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3Source: World Bank list of economies (July 2003).
4World Bank income group: Economies are divided according to 2002 GNI per capita, calculated using the World Bank Atlas method. The groups are: low income, $735 or less; lower middle income, $736 - $2,935; upper middle income, $2,936 - $9,075; and high income, $9,076 or more.
5World Bank indebtedness: Severely indebted means either of the two key ratios is above critical levels: present value of debt service to GNI (80 %) and present value of debt service to exports (220 %). Moderately indebted means either of the two key ratios exceeds 60 % of, but does not reach, the critical levels. For economies that do not report detailed debt statistics to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System (DRS), present-value calculation is not possible. Instead, the following methodology is used to classify the non-DRS economies. Severely indebted means three of four key ratios (averaged over 1999-2001) are above critical levels: debt to GNI (50 %); debt to exports (275 %); debt service to exports (30 %); and interest to exports (20 %). Moderately indebted means 3 of the 4 key ratios exceed 60 % of, but do not reach, the critical levels. All other classified low- and middle-income economies are listed as less indebted.
6Caribbean Community sub-region States comprise 15 members including the former Commonwealth Caribbean, Suriname and Haiti.
7Only the latest date shown for missions, meetings and funds dispensed, e.g. a Phase 2 date will overwrite the Phase 1 date.
8A few countries have developed a National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health as the mechanism for driving this process (e.g. Mexico, Ghana, Sri Lanka, India). Several others are using or considering the use of existing multi-partner/trans-sectoral commissions to manage the MHS process (e.g. Indonesia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Argentina). In this case, they are rewriting existing ToRs to look at health economics and financing issues within a cross-sectoral framework. In most cases they are also expanding the membership of such committees to include civil society, private sector and other ministries (e.g. Defence & Agriculture in Djibouti).
9Ethiopia is hiring a CMH country coordinator to work with the Ministry of Health.
10Funding provided for support from KIT: Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam.
11Caribbean Community sub-region States comprise 15 members including the former Commonwealth Caribbean, Suriname and Haiti.
12Funded by non-WHO resources, primarily internal government resources.
13Funding provided for support from KIT: Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam.
14This table only shows those countries that have expressed a strong interest in committing to Phase 1 activities, or those countries already actively pursuing Phase 1 or Phase 2 strategies.


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"Haircut One Hundred" (also known as "Haircut 100") was a pop music band, formed in 1980.
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* "Nick Heyward" - born Nicholas Heyward on 20 May 1961, in Beckenham, Kent - Vocalist/guitars.
* "Les Nemes" - born Leslie Nemes on 5 December 1960, in Croydon, Surrey - Bassist.
*"Graham Jones" - born on 8 July 1961, in Bridlington, East Yorkshire - Guitarist.
*"Phil Smith" - born on 1 May 1959 in Redbridge, Essex - Saxophonist/Guitarist.
*"Mark Fox" - born on 13 February 1958 - Percussionist.
*"Blair Cunningham" - born on 11 October 1957, in Harlem, New York - Drummer.
They were successful from the beginning, with their 1981 single "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" setting the stage for the breakthrough success of the album ''Pelican West'' (1982). The single "Love Plus One" was even bigger than anything previous, and Haircut 100 seemed poised for stardom just as Heyward decided to seek a solo career. The remainder of the band tried to continue with the album ''Paint and Paint'' (1984, with percussionist Mark Fox taking over Heyward's vocal duties), but they broke up soon after.
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Can we just take a second to gawk at this?! This is a fish swimming inside of a jellyfish. There's something that's actually really strange about it, but the warm and fuzzy part of me is like "Awww!!" It wasn't too long ago that we said we like to reserve some of our Sunday posts from something educational and while that is kind of true, I don't want to limit it to that – I still want to just include things that I find really interesting and fascinating. However… as I'm writing this, I realize that I try and do this for everyday, but the reason why I've probably designated it to Sundays is because it is the day in which I have the most time to blog.
Anyways, this photograph was captured by photographer Tim Samuel while diving in Byron Bay.
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Philosophy students have a number of study abroad options to choose from. Information on our most recent study abroad options can be found at our website. General information about study abroad can be found at the Office for International Programs.
We recommend you check out Bogazici University in Istanbul. A description of their summer session can be found here. For more information about studying at Bogazici contact Jon Mahoney: firstname.lastname@example.com
Continue reading for personal descriptions of study abroad experiences as told by fellow philosophy majors.
Study Abroad
Istanbul: Joseph Savage
Joseph Savage is a philosophy major at Kansas State and the current president of philosophy club (Spring 2011). After graduation he plans to pursue a joint P.H.D./J.D. program. He writes of his experience in Istanbul:
I studied at Bogazici University for Fall Semester of 2010. It was a wholly excellent experience. Istanbul is a fascinating city because of its history and its location. The food is delicious and the culture diverse and accessibly fascinating.
The campus itself is a delight; each daily walk to south campus required a downhill stroll with a gorgeous, unavoidable view of the Bosporus and the Bogazici bridge. I was quite busy with my studies during the semester, but what time I did spend out of doors never felt wasted.
I took only philosophy classes during my semester, and so became well acquainted with the half of the department that was not on leave during my time there. European universities place a stronger emphasis on social life, so I went out to dinner with professors and graduate students several times during the semester. Despite the fact that I was an undergraduate in a department which had a few dozen graduate students (and adding to this the fact that the department was a bit understaffed during the semester I was there), I felt well taken care of and welcomed by the department. The students were also generally hospitable and friendly, and afternoon coffee with them provided a variety of interesting perspectives.
My courses included an ethics and aesthetics, as well as philosophy of Islam and advanced philosophy of science- so I was exposed to a wide range of philosophical content and philosophical approaches in class (and an even wider range at social events). I gained a lot of knowledge of philosophy while studying in Istanbul, but I also learned a lot about academia and post-graduate study in philosophy from casual discussions with professors and graduate students.
Istanbul: Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart, not to be confused with Jean-Luc Picard, is a student of economics and political science currently at Cornell University. While at K-State, he took the opportunity to study abroad at Bogazici University.
He wrote:
"During my freshman year, I was presented with the opportunity to study philosophy at
Bogazici University. The idea of travel abroad and studying in distant lands thrilled me,
but the thought of studying in a foreign language overwhelmed me. The philosophy dept.
assured me that it was a K-State faculty member that would be teaching the course and
that I had nothing to fear. Several months later I found myself staring out the window of
a 777, taking in the vastness of Istanbul.
"The program was very well designed. Dr. Mahoney was there to introduce use to the
campus and the local area, which gave us all a tremendous head start. Instead of trying to
figure out how to check into our (rather nice) dorms, we could spend our time hopelessly
trying to understand their bus system and eventually exploring the area.
"The in-class experience was a truly unique and fascinating experience. Because Bogazici
is the Turkish equivalent of Harvard, you had the best and brightest minds in Turkey
studying right next to you. This provided us with perspective, which was completely
foreign. It shined light on subjects in a way that was novel to us. Many of our fellow
classmates soon became our friends, and in conversation over tea and nargile, they would
share with us their views and opinions which caused me to rethink and reform some of
my own.
"I felt that the experience abroad was structured in such a way as to accommodate
everyone from the most adventurous to those who have never left Kansas. With class
only 3 days per week, we were free to go off and explore as we saw fit. Some of our
fellow students went to surrounding countries, some went and had weekends in luxury
with Bodrum, while I and a fellow student from the Netherlands hiked all over the
country. Dr. Mahoney led us on many trips through Istanbul and throughout the country.
This, for me, was the best part of the trip. I was able to talk with the professor over
dinner many nights and build a relationship that would have been more difficult in a more
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Environmental and health concerns primarily govern the quality process in the food and beverage industry. In the near future, the food and beverage industry will be primarily influenced by the need to comply with EU legislation governing the discharge of industrial effluents. Demand for water and wastewater treatment equipment is poised to soar as food and beverage manufacturers move to build infrastructure compliant with directives such as the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC), Water Framework and the Landfill Directive.
"This legislation is likely to have a strong impact on this industry in the future as it is unlikely that the food and beverage industrial sites would have complied with necessary infrastructure in time before these regulations are rolled out," said Frost & Sullivan Environmental Analyst Suchitra Padmanabhan.
"Expected to be in effect from October 2007, the IPPC requires industries to install equipment that meets the requirements under the Best Available Technology (BAT) directive, which provides a fairly rigorous test for all treatment equipment, thereby guaranteeing success to suppliers providing technologies that meet these criteria," Padmanabhan added.
A high and constant requirement for water in the production process as well as related functions is presenting stable demand for water treatment equipment across the food and beverage industry. Also, the desire for process efficiencies and cost reductions is encouraging the reuse of water, especially in secondary processes such as boilers, steam generation, and washing and cooling towers.
Furthermore, food industry standards specifying that spent process water intended for reuse, even if it is for cleaning purposes, must be at least of drinking quality are resulting in demand for treatment equipment and encouraging technological innovations that provide suitable reuse solutions.
From $500 million in 2005, the water and wastewater treatment equipment market for the food and beverage industry is expected to reach $654.5 million in 2012. Despite such growth, an increasingly maturing market will throw up major challenges.
The traditional strongholds for the food and beverage industry such as Germany, France and the U.K. are experiencing signs of maturity, thereby restricting demand for treatment equipment in the long term. This is forcing equipment suppliers to explore newer regions such as southern Europe to sustain future demand.
Innovative solutions including diversified products, advanced technological options and efficient operational processes such as outsourcing contracts will also help maintain profit margins in a mature market. The challenge lies in being able to cater to the changing needs of the food and beverage industry such as the shift in investment towards replacements, upgrades and services with greater focus on cost efficiencies.
As opportunities decline, the competition among water and wastewater treatment equipment suppliers is increasingly being based on prices and innovative business strategies. Reducing the impact of price-based competition calls for solutions such as meeting specific technological requirements and the ability to undertake outsourcing projects.
In addition, a chief characteristic of the food and beverage industry remains its highly localized base. "The wide regional variations in the food and beverage industry will require an overall understanding of the market conditions as well as specialist knowledge of local conditions to be able to respond in a meaningful manner to the growing complexities of this market," Padmanabhan said. "Therefore, region-specific information and expertise will be critical in being successful in this diverse market."
Moreover, the food and beverage water and wastewater treatment market is characterized by highly fragmented competition with concentration levels in terms of equipment supply being very low at 18%. Large water companies such as Veolia Water have already entered into agreements with local participants to create strategic growth opportunities in this market.


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The rider, who had a woman riding on the bike with him, was heading west on Interstate 8 near Waring Road at high speed about 7:30 a.m. when a motorcycle officer spotted him and tried to pull him over, San Diego police said. The rider was doing approximately 112 mph, police said.
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Controlling components on a separate power supply from the Raspberry Pi. This project uses a PIR sensor, an IR range sensor, a solenoid, a reception bell and some bright LEDs to form a proximity alarm system.
I'm not sure if there's any real practical use for what I've made here but some of the techniques, both with the electronics and the software may be of interest. It was fun making it anyway!
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Colorado vs San Diego Game Final 9-5 - Jhoulys Chacin Earns Win
Colorado grabbed a 9-5 win over San Diego on Saturday, as Jhoulys Chacin was credited with a win at PETCO Park.
Colorado was favored by -121 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 7.5.
Colorado got 5 innings from Jhoulys Chacin, who gave up 2 earned runs on 4 hits, while striking out 3. He earned the victory, while the Rockies got 3 RBIs from Wilin Rosario in the win.
San Diego got a 3 1/3-inning outing from Edinson Volquez in the loss. He gave up 6 earned runs, 3 walks and 6 hits in his time on the mound, while Everth Cabrera had 4 hits in the loss for the Padres.
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SANTA MONICA BEACH - Jessica Simpson was out lying on the beach at Santa Monica taking in some rays when she was asked if the rumor about her getting back with Dallas Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo were true.
Jessica grinned and stuck her finger in her mouth and made a horrible face that kind of resembled a cross between Courtney Love and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.
The reporter said that he would take that as a "No."
Simpson said that it took her a while but she finally got over Tony dumping her butt on the day before her 29th birthday party. She asked, "What man dumps his girlfriend on the day before her birthday? Hell, that is so un American. That is so wrong. That is so chickenshit."
But Jessica said that she has forgiven him. After all she noted that he did buy her another little puppy last year after hers got stolen by what law enforcement officials figured was either a coyote or perhaps the Chupacabra.
Simpson said that she has gone on a diet and lost 17 pounds. She said that she has quite a bit of weight in the area of her knockers and that she does not have too much in her ass region.
She laughed and said that she would rather have some of her tit weight transferred to her butt region so she can have a booty like Beyonce, Alicia Keys, and Mariah Carey.
Naomi "The Queen of Mean" Campbell heard about Jessica's Simpson's remarks and she said that the next time she sees the cute little blonde skank she will be putting some big time hurt on her little midget ass and she will be wishing and hoping that she had a bigger butt fo sho (for sure).
SIDENOTE: Jessica Simpson does not ever bother anyone. She is just a big grown up little girl who has always gotten her way and now she is a big grown up big girl who is trying to adjust to the ways of the world. She did have a parting word for (Tony) Romo. She said, "Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told you to dump me and you did cause he said that I was a jinx and made the Cowboys lose. Well let's see what he does now that Cowboys receiver Miles Austin is dating the big butted Kim Kardashian. Will Mr. Jerry 'Skeleton' Jones insist that Miles dump Kim when his 'Boys start losing?"


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Credit for much of St. Augustine and Ponte Vedra vitality and prosperity is due to the many special events scheduled periodically throughout the year, which attract thousands of visitors annually.
Staging these events is complex and costly. Last weekend's Grande Illumination, which featured re-enactments of 18th-century British soldiers and townsfolk on parade, musical performances, etc., is typical. The St. Johns County Tourist Development Council paid for $8,000 of the illumination's total cost. This was the 15th largest amount on the council's current list of 34 such events receiving funding.
Established in 1986, the council consists of an advisory panel for the Board of County Commissioners. The council must develop and submit an updated Tourist Development Plan each year to the board, recommending amounts to be allocated from tourist development tax revenues, commonly known as the "Bed Tax." Last year, the county racked up a little more than $5 million from the Bed Tax.
By Florida statute and county ordinance, the council support is limited to three categories:
n Convention centers, sports stadiums, and museums publicly-owned and operated or owned and operated by not-for-profit organizations and opened to the public.
n Tourism promotion, and funding of convention and tourist bureaus and information centers.
n Beach improvements, maintenance and renourishment, fishing piers and walkovers.
The council supports these categories by using 60 percent of the Bed Tax for advertising and promotion, with the remaining money being evenly distributed among cultural and special events, beaches and recreation.
Determining which events get how much each year is a complex process. There are rules, established by the seven-person council funding panel, which set the bar high for qualification. Glenn Hastings, who's been the council's executive director for the past 10 years, explained that organizers must show that an event will attract significant numbers of visitors, especially during periods when tourism is relatively slow.
Other criteria are that the organization must be a not-for-profit activity and the event should focus attention on a unique tourist experience. Last weekend's illumination was such an event.
Hastings said, "Turning down requests for funding from organizations we respect and value is always difficult and unpleasant, but unfortunately we very often have no choice."
The process for submitting special event funding requests begins in March. Those interested in learning more about qualifying for arts, cultural and special events funding may contact the council at 829-1711, or visit the council's offices at 88 Riberia St., 4th floor.
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The Russellville Cyclones split a AAAAA-West Conference baseball doubleheader Tuesday at Rogers.
The Cyclones (3-4, 2-2 AAAAA West) got a late run to take the first game 5-4, but the Mounties (4-7, 1-3 AAAAA West) capitalized on seven Russellville errors to win the nightcap 12-10.
After Rogers rallied to tie the game 4-4 in the fifth inning, Derek Owens scored on a passed ball in the sixth to give the Cyclones the win in the first game. The pitching of Brandon Brown, though, allowed RHS to get the win.
Brown had to stop the Mounties push and was aided by a big double play in the sixth. He then recorded a pair of strikeouts in the seventh with the potential tying run in scoring position.
The Cyclones struck first in the game, scoring two runs in the first. Drew Van Es drove in the first run with a single, and Jarred Holloway reached on an error before later scoring on another error.
Owens banged out an RBI single in the second to increase the lead to 3-0, but the Mounties added a run in the second and third innings to cut the lead to two. Van Es later increased Russellville's lead when he drove in Owens with a two-out single in the fourth.
Owens, Van Es and Casey Wright had two hits each to lead RHS' eight-hit attack.
In the nightcap, Mounties pitcher Daniel Golden recorded 13 strikeouts, and Russellville committed seven errors to help Rogers salvage a split.
The Cyclones scored a run in both the first and second innings, but Rogers then turned on the offense. The Mounties scored five runs in both the third and fifth frames to pick up a 12-4 lead.
Russellville was able to score four runs in the sixth and two in the seventh in a comeback attempt that fell short.
The Cyclones will be back in action Tuesday with their first home action as they host Van Buren for a conference doubleheader.


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BERKELEY — Everyone seems to agree that Nate Longshore and Kevin Riley have handled their quarterback competition flawlessly. They even seem to be comparing notes on how to deal with a demotion.
In his first public comments since being replaced by Longshore as the starter, Riley sounded a lot like Longshore did when he lost the No. 1 job to Riley out of training camp.
"I'm just going to go out there and keep working every day and make the team better every day," Riley said several times during a interview after practice this week.
Now let's go back to the end of August, when Longshore addressed coach Jeff Tedford's decision to go with Riley as the starter.
"I'm just doing the same thing, focusing on getting better and improving, and focusing on doing whatever the team needs to win," Longshore said on several occasions.
Now we know what the Bears are talking about when they say team chemistry has improved this season.
Tedford gushed over the way Longshore handled losing the starting job to begin the season. He heaped similar praise on Riley.
"He handled it equally as well," Tedford said. "He was real supportive and had his head in the game."
All that being said, it's clear Riley is disappointed that he's lost the job — at least for now — that he worked so hard to earn during camp. He's more disappointed with himself than anyone else.
"I knew I could have played better," Riley said. "I was missing some throws. I would have been surprised if (Tedford) didn't do it.
"I was rushing some things. I was seeing everything clearly. I was probably trying too hard. I don't think that's the quarterback I am. You see me throw. It's not like me."
Riley started the first four games of the season before Longshore took over last week against Arizona State. Tedford said Longshore "probably" will start the next game at Arizona on Oct. 18, but added that the competition is ongoing and the two will continue to split first team reps.
"Nate went out there and did his job," Riley said. "I've showed I can go in there and play as well. We have two quarterbacks who can get it done. If Nate struggles or something like that, they might call on me to get something done. You have to be ready at all times."
Sophomore tailback Jahvid Best has been running and conditioning and should start lifting weights soon as he rehabs from a dislocated left elbow.
Tedford said Best will catch some passes Sunday and then the team will follow his progress next week before determining if he can play against the Wildcats.
Best suffered the injury on Sept. 27 against Colorado State and missed the Arizona State game.
"I'm optimistic. Is that a guarantee? No," Tedford said. "It's really important to see how he responds. He has to get his strength back. He has to be able to lift some weights. He has to be able to protect himself. He has to be able to fall to the ground. You just don't know until he starts to do it. If he's not ready to go, we're not going to risk him having a setback. That's not a sprained ankle."
Best foot forward
Big things were expected from redshirt freshman wide receiver Michael Calvin this season, but he's caught only eight passes in five games. Part of that is because of a sprained toe suffered just before the start of the season that is still bothering him now.
"Everyone has setbacks in life," Calvin said. "This is one of them. This is definitely going to make me a better player when I come back healthy."
Extra points
Freshman wide receiver Marvin Jones has returned to practice after missing two games with a sprained knee. Jones is expected back for the Arizona game. … Tedford said freshman Giorgio Tavecchio likely will continue handling kickoffs.
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Eight full-time MBA students have been chosen to participate in the Global Businesss Project (GBP), sponsored by the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER).
The Global Business Project is a semester-long learning experience that places students in a team with other MBA students from participating CIBER universities and a faculty advisor to solve real-time business problems of an international client. GBP culminates with travel to the project's host country for two weeks during the end of May, where groups finalize and present their recommendations to company management.
Project countries for GBP Spring 2012, include: Brazil, China, India, and Thailand. The eight Wisconsin School of Business MBA representatives are listed below with a brief description of their project.
Client: Dorf Ketal
Location: Mumbai, India
Role: Project Leader
Project: Dorf Ketal, a specialty chemicals manufacturer that provides titanium-based catalysts to customers in a wide variety of manufacturing industries. Our project aims to reduce operating costs by optimizing DK's supply chain, focusing on transportation and inventory management.
Client: Westinghouse Electric Company
Location: India: Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi
Project: We are developing a strategy for Westinghouse to enter the India market and navigate the political process for bringing nuclear reactors to market. We are trying to develop an understanding of the process that will involve government, businesses, and communities. The GBP last year performed a similar analysis for the China market that produced strong results.
Client: Phawat
Location: Thailand
Role: Language/Culture Officer
Project: Phawat is a logistics broker which arranges and schedules transportation of materials from suppliers to manufacturers. Our project is focused on reducing inefficiencies in Phawat's operations and identifying ways to decrease the total time and cost of logistics for the company's largest customer, Nissan.
Client: Sakchai Furniture Group
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Role: Logistics Coordinator
Project: Our team has been tasked with developing a growth strategy for our furniture client. There are two primary components to this business issue:
Client: Amgen Inc; the world's largest biotechnology company, specializing in the discovery, development, manufacture, and delivery of innovative human therapeutics.
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Option #1
Option #2
- Push-Ups: On Bench or Regular
- One-arm One-leg Dumbbell Row
- Dumbbell Front Squat to Press
- Romainian Deadlift with Dowel or Barbell
- Physioball Russian Twist. Add weight to hands if you desire resistance.
The Cardio Challenge
This challenge can be done on any piece of cardio equipment. Choose a speed or level that works you close to your maximum effort each interval, but that allows you to repeat all the intervals (of the same length) with the same intensity.
When you repeat the set from time to time, the goal is to maintain or increase your speed or level on the machine.
Option #1
- 5 x [:30 all out and :30 recovery]
- one minute recovery
- 5 x [:30 all out and :30 recovery]
- one minute recovery
Option #2
- 2 x [:30 all out and :30 recovery]
- 4 x [:60 all out and :60 recovery]
- 2 x [:30 all out and :30 recovery]
Finally, use the last minute to recharge and appreciate your effort. Take a few deep, energizing breaths while you do a few of your favorite stretches. These 30-minute holiday workouts can leave you feeling refreshed and ready to dive into the rest of your day.
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It appears what we have been calling up until now is just an unofficial name. The 4th generation of iPhone is not called as iPhone 4G, iPhone 4 is the official name unveiled by Steve Jobs in WDC yesterday.
This new iPhone 4 smartphone from Apple is featuring a stronger stainless steel body paired with a sturdy black glass. Unlike its predecessor, iPhone 4 looks quite blunt and solid. It doesn't has a capsule like design anymore. Measure in just 4.5 x 2.31 x 0.37 inch, this 137 grams iPhone 4 carry a 3.5-inch multitouch screen that support larger resolution at 960 x 640 at 326 ppi (Apple called it Retina Display).
Apparently, the Retina display is capable of displaying up to 4 times better than its predecessors iPhone 3GS. The retina display can provide an impressive sharpest, vibrant, highest resolution phone screen ever, with 800:1 contrast ratio, fingerprint resistant oleophobic coating on front and back side.
Even better, iPhone 4 has a built-in 5-MP camera complete with the LED flash at the back side, while you can also do video chatting (with FaceTime) with your friend using this new iPhone 4 thanks to the front facing camera. The camera itself has the capability to record video at 30 fps, and it can also do video geotagging easily using the built-in apps.
iPhone 4 is powered by a new Apple processor called A4. This processor could provide an immersive power and graphic performance and the processor was first used in Apple iPad tablet. So you can expect the iPhone 4 to perform as great and your iPad.
iPhone 4 provides up to 10 hours of web browsing on WiFi, or about 6 hours via 3G network. You can also use it as your PMP to watch movie (about 10 hours) and playing your favorite songs and music (for 40 hours per charge).
Apple iPhone 4 also support three axis gyro, accelerometer, proximity sensor, display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously and ambientlight sensor.
This smartphone will be available in June 24th (the rumor is true) under the two classic color selection, black and white. Similar to the previous version, this iPhone 4 will be available in various capacity. For the moment of the release, iPhone 4 will be available in 16GB and 32GB, which will need you to sign a contract and cost about $199 and $299, respectively.
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It was winter break of my junior year at Fairfield University in December of 2003. In a month, I would be leaving for a semester abroad in Australia. Life was good. One day I happened to notice a funky looking freckle on the top of my right forearm. I showed it to my mom, who is a nurse, and we both decided that while it probably was not a big deal, it would be a good idea to get it checked out before I left for Australia. I was informed via a phone call with the results of the biopsy; the tissue removed was benign.
Fast-forward a year and half to June 2005. I had just graduated from Fairfield in May and was on the customary European backpacking trip. While sitting on the train, I noticed the hints of a subtle re-growth emerging from the scar on my forearm where that initial excision had taken place. When I got back to the States, I immediately scheduled an appointment with a dermatologist to have the growth examined.
I remember sitting in the doctor's office with my parents. Over the last few days there had been a lot of talk between the various doctors who had been involved in my case and myself and my parents. I could tell by the way this was being treated that this was something serious, although no one wanted to admit it until we knew for certain. My doctor came in and explained the bad news. It turns out that both the original freckle removed in 2003 and the re-growth were both malignant melanoma.
I remember having mixed feelings as I sat there: I was shocked that something like this could happen to me, at my age; scared of what was to come; and confused as to how my original diagnosis from 2003 was incorrect.
Upon the melanoma diagnosis, my family and I immediately had my care transferred from the doctors in my hometown to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. I remember one of my first meetings with the dermatologist very clearly. I would like to preface this by saying that the doctors and staff at Dana Farber are incredible people. They are also realists; they can not afford to nor do they think it is right to sugar-coat their patients' situations. That being said, the dermatologist that day informed me that a patient in my situation, with the recurrence, depth of the disease and the amount of time that had elapsed, had a 5 year survival rate of 50%.
That was obviously tough news. It was around that time that I committed myself to a positive outlook; I taught myself to disregard such negative news which I knew could be lurking around the corner at any time. At that point everything was one day at a time.
I ended up having a fairly major surgery and skin graft on my arm to ensure wide margins, both a sentinel and radical lymph node dissection on the nodes in my right armpit and underwent the year-long interferon treatment. That sounds tough when put all together like that. But taken one day at a time it wasn't so bad.
Since then, I've stayed vigilant through countless doctor's appointments, skin checks, scans and follow-ups at Dana Farber. Luckily, there has been no sign of the disease since the removal of the lymph nodes in the Fall of 2005.
As I look back on the whole experience now, I can credit the origin of the disease pretty certainly on my sun exposure during my childhood and teenage years. Growing up in the coastal city of Newport, Rhode Island – I was always outside. Whether it was playing sports, sailing, surfing, golfing or working at an outdoor bar on the beach. I specifically remember a number of bad sunburns. It was an annual thing – part of the summertime routine. I did not use sunscreen nearly as much as I should have; nor was I ever particularly good at listening to most of the repetitive warnings and sun smart rules that are often lectured. This might be the most frustrating part of the whole experience – the fact that skin cancer is, for the most part, very preventable.
All of my friends and family are well aware of my experience with melanoma. I have been very open throughout the whole ordeal to anyone who has had questions, comments or concerns. As such, many of the people close to me have used my experience as a wake up call for them to improve their sun smarts. I try to lead by example. This openness lead me to seek opportunities to share my story and offer a hand, where I could. I am currently involved with the IMPACT Melanoma's Billy's Buddies program, a mentoring program for melanoma patients and survivors as well as IMPACT Melanoma's No-Tanning program for high school students called Your Skin Is In.


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I've been noticing a lot lately that there is a lot of negativity here. What I mean is this: When someone posts because they feel they may have been wronged by a quilt shop, the first reaction of most people is, Demand they fix it! Don't stand for it! Contact the BBB!, etc. Whatever happened to, Call and politely explain the issue and give them a chance to make it right? After all, honest mistakes happen all of the time. Also, when people share their stories of disappointment regarding how someone has received a gift, people post about rudeness and a lack of gratefulness and manners. There are also often a lot of posts about how kids, grand-kids, parents, in-laws, or what-have-you are "like that." It's not often that people give others the benefit of the doubt.
I know that there are times when we must fight to get what we've paid for, and I know that sometimes relatives and friends disappoint us, but there seems to be, in my opinion, an unneccesarily angry vibe around here sometimes. I'm sure I'm not innocent of it, but why can't we all just lighten up and enjoy our shared hobby a bit more? It seems to bring more grief than joy to many that post here. I've struggled a lot with whether or not to continue reading this board lately. I've taken breaks for days at a time to ponder the question. I still haven't decided, but I suppose I did decide to throw this out there and get it off my chest. I'm not sure how others feel about it, but I know I'm dreading the responses. ;)
For those of you who keep it light and fun, and who see the joy and pleasure where others choose to be disappointed and fight, thank you!


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Sewing days with Country School Quilter are always fun and always productive. I think it helps that I don't have any computer access while I'm there. It's also nice just to have some people to talk to. I make packing easier by having a project dedicated to working on only there. It only takes me 5 minutes to pull it all together and be out the door. This QOV has been my project for a few months.
When I started on Friday I had these blocks together. By the end of Friday I had the sashing and borders cut and had the rows together. I finished top Wednesday. This one is about 62 x 80 and I have a ton of fabric left. I think I can probably get another QOV and maybe a veteran's quilt done with the leftovers. I'll start working on those next month.
The pattern is from the book Stack a New Deck by Karla Alexander. I enjoyed making this quilt and another by the same pattern last year. But these blocks require a lot of concentration to keep up with the pieces. The next quilt will be something simpler.
Aside from my sewing time this weekend I was totally heads down at the computer working on the new site. I mostly love the new platform but there are a few "features" in the shop that I'm having to work around. So far I've created 148 pages on the web site and loaded 132 products. I still have lots of products to go but I think I'll be ready to share it soon!


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LINE MOVEMENT: The Kings opened as 5.5-point favorites but the spread has been bet down to 5 at most online and Vegas sports books, although some places still list the line at 5.5. The total, meanwhile, opened at 198.5 and has been bet up to 200.5.
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A Jacksonville man accused of killing a Ponte Vedra Beach woman on June 27 while driving under the influence remains in St. Johns County Jail after he was unable to post the $250,000 bond set Friday.
Michael Anthony Smith, 38, who broke his right foot in the collision, was shackled to his wheelchair as deputies pushed him into St. Johns County Circuit Court for a bond hearing on the DUI manslaughter charge filed against him.
He has been held without bond in the county jail since his arrest Oct. 15 in the death of Margaret Murray, 48.
He held his head down during the court proceeding, only giving short, polite answers to questions from his lawyer, Alex Christine.
Assistant State Attorney Norma Wendt recommended to Circuit Court Judge Michael Traynor that Smith continue to be held without bond. In the alternative, she recommended at least $500,000.
Christine told the judge that his client couldn't post more than $100,000. He added that Smith has no criminal record and only two speeding citations, one of which is around 20 years old.
Christine said Smith posed little flight risk as he and his wife have been living and working in Jacksonville for the past 10 years. His parents and siblings all live within 2 1/2 hours of St. Johns County.
In response to Christine's question, Smith said he believed he still had his job as a manufacturer's lab analyst at Itel Inc. in Jacksonville.
In urging Traynor to consider the highest bail possible, Wendt paraphrased the Florida Highway Patrol report of the accident.
Murray was on Palm Valley Road at 6:30 p.m. on June 27, returning from a trip to the Outlet Mall to buy clothes for her two children. She was westbound in her 1997 Astro van.
According to the accident report, Smith was eastbound, driving an estimated 64 to 74 miles an hour, when his 2003 Nissan pickup left the road.
Speed limits vary on the winding road that connects A1A out of Ponte Vedra with U.S. 1. For the most part, they range from 25 to 45 mph.
"Two witnesses moved out of the way, and he passed on a double yellow (line)," Wendt said.
As Smith overcorrected, leaving furrows in the grass behind him, his pickup slid sideways, into Murray's path. The report indicated she had pulled over as far as possible onto the right shoulder before the cars collided.
Murray's van spun through the grass and stopped at the edge of some woods, jammed up against a tree. She was pinned between her dislodged seat and the van's firewall, which was pushed 4 inches past the door latch.
Smith's pickup rolled once and came to a stop facing west -- the direction he had come from.
Murray had been wearing a seatbelt; Smith was not wearing his, according to the FHP report.
Murray's left leg was nearly amputated, Wendt said. Smith broke his foot.
According to tests run by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Smith's blood alcohol count was 0.24 percent, three times the legal limit.
He also had taken Clonazepan, an anti-anxiety medication, according to the FDLE.
When rescuers arrived at the accident, they needed seven minutes to get Murray out of the van's sliding door. She died on the rescue helicopter flight to Shands Hospital.
Traynor said that if Smith is able to post bond, he cannot drive an automobile, drink alcohol or be in a place where alcohol is served, sold or consumed.
"I don't know if they're going to be able to make bond or not," Christine said Friday evening.
Christine said he talked to Wendt on Friday about adjusting the meals served to his client, a diabetic, if Smith does stay in jail till trial.
"She was cooperative, and she's agreed to work with me on that, and on getting him the proper medical care and medication he needs for his (foot) injury," Christine said.
Smith faces 15 years in prison for DUI manslaughter.
If he doesn't plead during his next court appearance -- quite likely in January -- Wendt said she was inclined to add another charge, which would add "a couple more years" to his sentence.
The charge would be driving under the influence and causing serious bodily injury to himself.
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As I browsed thru auction, it seems that the only option for my necro is rare set of Traveler (medium condition damage + power + 3% magic find) and equip it with 3 major runes of pirate + 3 major runes of traveler (I don't have gold to buy superior runes yet).
What about accessory - amulet, rings? I found only opal items that give power, precision and magic find...no condition damage. What accessory should I get to get some magic find? If I take these opal items, even in green quality version, I get 6% magic find per item (3% in item itself and 3% in its rune) - that makes 30% magic find per all accessories, but big loose of condition damage. I have about 800 condition damage (and over 1300 power) with these items, wich is less CD than I had on level 70...and no thoughness, vitality...I am afraid that I will be dying a lot in orr with such low condition damage and no survavability stats.
Then also weapons exist in traveler form, but I think it may be better to get carrion to get some CD boost and equip it with sigil that gets magic find bonus with each kill (then again loose in CD against sigil of corruption).
What equip would you recommend to farm some gold in Orr (I suppose thru dynamic events and killing mobs) ?
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A Maryland woman is fighting to protect women in the workplace after she lost her job because she was pregnant, she said.
Peggy Young tells News4 she was delivering letters and packages for UPS in 2006 when she became pregnant with her daughter Triniti.
She went to the company nurse, who told her to get a doctor's note listing her restrictions. Young then provided the company with a doctor's note that recommended that she not lift more than 20 pounds.
"They basically told me, 'Go home. We don't have anything you can do until you're no longer pregnant because you're a liability'," Young said.
Despite her efforts to stay on the job, Young was not allowed to return to work until after she gave birth. She lost her pay and health insurance, and she couldn't get unemployment.
"I was willing to work," Young said. "I was willing to do my regular job, and they wouldn't let me, period.... We shouldn't be made to choose between our job and having a child.'
What happened to Young, she said, was not only wrong, but illegal. She took the fight to court -- but lost that case and an appeal.
However, the case sparked the attention of Maryland Del. Tom Hucker (D-Montgomery County), the Baltimore Sun reported, and in response, he introduced legislation that would require businesses to permit pregnant women to perform less strenuous work.
The bill passed the Maryland General Assembly and is now awaiting Gov. Martin O'Malley's signature.
"We just have to make sure that we are sending a message to the Maryland lawyers and to Maryland workers that we value Maryland workers and we're not going to tolerate back-door discrimination against pregnant women," Hucker said.
Young also plans to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her case.
"So far, the courts have said that what UPS did wasn't illegal," said Sharon Gustafson, Young's attorney. "We believe it was, and we believe it violated the clear terms of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act."
News4 was not been able to reach UPS to comment on this story.
However, in a statement published in the Baltimore Sun, UPS said that the courts have validated that the company policy does not discriminate against pregnant workers or violate the Americans With Disabilities Act.


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DescriptionMade of cotton jersey, this dress in an off-white and black Sahalaitaraita pattern has a classic A-line cut that ends in an above-knee hemline. It has cropped sleeves, a round neckline and pockets in the side seams.
InformationProduct code: 045330
Color ID: 190
Color: off white, black
Series: Sahalaitaraita co jersey
Pattern: Sahalaitaraita
Pattern Designer: Paavo Halonen
Made in: Lithuania
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Sunday Transfer Zone: Man Utd scout starlet, Chelsea plot £21m bid, Arsenal odds-on for Ba
MANCHESTER UNITED have sent their first team coach to run the rule over a Spanish starlet, Arsenal are favourites to land Chelsea striker Demba Ba and the Blues could be in the market for a former Stamford Bridge star.
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Chelsea's odds of re-signing Benfica star Nemanja Matic have been dramatically slashed following rumours of an immanent £21m bid from the Blues.
The former Real Madrid boss has also backed Petr Cech to carry on breaking goalkeeping records next season, casting doubts on the Stamford Bridge future of Thibaut Courtois.
Arsenal have been handed a blow in their bid to lure Roma striker Mattia Destro to the Premier League, but have been backed to snap up striker Demba Ba from their Premier League rivals.
David Moyes dispatched United first-team coach Phil Neville to Spain, before he flew to Italy yesterday, to scout creative midfielder Saul.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has moved to play down suggestions a loan deal is in the pipeline for Real Madrid's Alvaro Morata, but has hinted the club are looking for a replacement for Theo Walcott.
Manchester United and Chelsea look set to go head-to-head for 19-year-old Danish winger Viktor Fischer.


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With growing support for clean and renewable wind energy and the need for new sources of power generation to meet increasing demand, FPL Energy, a subsidiary of FPL Group, and the U.S. leader in wind energy development and operations, announced an aggressive goal to add between 8,000 and 10,000 megawatts of new wind to its portfolio by the end of 2012.
To achieve its goal, FPL Energy plans to add at least 2,000 megawatts of new wind generation to its portfolio in the 2007/2008 timeframe and 1,500 to 2,000 megawatts per year from 2009 through 2012.
The foundation of FPL Energy's growth plan is a pipeline of wind projects representing more than 14,000 megawatts in various stages of development and more than one million acres of land under its control across the U.S. FPL Energy continues an active prospecting program designed to add significantly to its already robust pipeline. In addition to its development pipeline, FPL Energy, through its subsidiaries, currently has more than 1,000 megawatts of new wind projects under construction in Texas, Colorado, Iowa and North Dakota; all are expected to reach commercial operation by the end of this year.
"With demand for energy continuing to increase, we believe wind power can have a positive impact on diversifying our energy supply and improving our environment," said Mitch Davidson, president of FPL Energy. "We need more economic, reliable and domestic sources of electricity to operate our homes and businesses and wind energy is an important and growing part of our energy supply. As the largest owner and operator of wind and solar power in the nation, the goal we announced today is part of our ongoing commitment to clean energy generation."
FPL Energy has a long and successful track record in wind energy development and operation. From 2000 through 2006, FPL Energy added more than 3,500 megawatts to its wind portfolio. No company in the world has added more wind capacity through new development than FPL Energy.
In 2006 FPL Energy installed about one-third of all of the new wind energy added in the U.S. In addition, FPL Energy's development activities in 2006 helped Texas supplant historic leader California as the top state in cumulative wind power capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The Horse Hollow and Red Canyon wind projects alone represent an investment by FPL Energy subsidiaries of more than $1 billion in Texas.
"Continuation of the tremendous growth we've seen in wind energy is not without its challenges," Davidson added. "Timely extension of the renewable energy production tax credit along with addressing ongoing transmission and interconnection challenges is vital to our ability to meet these goals and the long-term viability of the wind generation industry."
FPL Energy is a competitive energy supplier utilizing clean fuels such as natural gas, wind, solar, hydro and nuclear to generate electricity. It is the nation's leader in wind energy, with 49 projects currently in operation in 15 states. It is a subsidiary of FPL Group, one of the nation's largest providers of electricity-related services with annual revenues of nearly $16 billion. FPL Group's principal subsidiary is Florida Power and Light Company, one of the nation's largest electric utilities, serving 4.4 million customer accounts in Florida.
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Titan Energy Worldwide has announced that its subsidiary, Titan Energy Development, Inc., delivered a Sentry 5000 mobile utility unit to be utilized in a Department of Defense (DoD) program awarded to NextEnergy, called the Advanced Mobile MicroGrid system. The project, seeded with a Department of Defense grant, will allow government agencies and other entities to easily deploy mobile power control and conditioning assets capable of managing up to 1.5 MW of power to any location in the world within 48 hours. Other participants in this program include the (NAC) National Automotive Center, which is part of (TARDEC) the Tank/Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center.
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Private investors overtook central banks in hoarding gold for the first time last year as they sought a safe haven amid a turbulent world of economic instability and inflation.
Gold bars and coins owned by individuals accounted for 19 per cent of the world's 166,600 tonnes of gold, according to GFMS. In contrast, the precious metals consultancy said that the official sector, which includes the Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve, held an estimated 16 per cent of gold stocks.
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Resources for looking at art
A guide to some of the best websites, activities, and print resources for building visual literacy through the study of art.
The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.
— James Baldwin
What essential questions may be considered when you learn to look at art? Build critical thinking skills while you build visual literacy with these art-related activities.
Art Access encourages the examination of objects for style and in historical context. Objects are classified in the following categories: Ancient Indian Art of the Americas, African American Art, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Modern and Contemporary Art, American Art to 1900, and Art of India, Himalayas & Southeast Asia. Articles describe the work in context, linking throughout to a subject-specific glossary with audio pronunciation of all terms, like this glossary for the African American Art collection. Also available are arts-integrated lesson plans: Ancient American Art and Geometry (Grades 7-8 Math), Ancient Gold Working (Grades 3-5 Social Science), and Sport as Social Ritual (Grades 4-6 Social Science).
The Artist's Toolkit: visual elements and principles
Explore the tools that artists use, such as line, color, shape, and balance, to build works of art. Experience each visual element or principle by watching an animated demonstration, finding examples of the concept in works of art from museums, and creating your own composition. Don't miss the Artist's Toolkit Encyclopedia.
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Visit the library and look for Eye Spy: An Alphabet in Art or I Spy Two Eyes: Numbers in Art by Lucy Micklethwait. Examine the works of art to discover an object beginning with that letter of the alphabet or count your way through great works of art. Either way, the youngest students are exposed to a variety of fine art while building visual skills and working with numbers and letters!
I am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins celebrates the world we see and encourages children to see beauty in the natural world around them. This title is also available for preview in electronic format from Google Books.
Visual thinking strategies can be assessed and taught. Research in this area is based upon a theory of aesthetic development by Abigail Housen. Ms. Housen has identified five distinct patterns of thinking about art which she described as aesthetic stages. Where are you (or your students) in your aesthetic development? For more information see Visual Thinking Strategies and Thoughts on Visual Literacy (in PDF format) by Philip Yenawine.


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A 62-year-old Chula Vista woman died Monday after the car her husband was driving went through a red light in Otay Mesa, causing the vehicle to hit an SUV and then an armored van, authorities said.
Mamerta Tamines was a passenger in the front seat of the couple's Chevy Corsica when the crash occurred before 7 a.m. at Palm and Piccard avenues, said San Diego police and the county Medical Examiner's Office.
Tamines' 61-year-old husband, whose name police did not release, was driving east on Palm when his car went through a red light and hit a Nissan Armada SUV going north on Piccard. The SUV was turning onto westbound Palm when the crash occurred.
The passenger's side of the car was hit by the SUV. The car then spun into another lane and hit the armored van, which was stopped at the intersection, authorities said.
Tamines, who was wearing a seatbelt when the crash occurred, was taken to a hospital where she died just before noon, the medical examiner said.
Her husband was taken to the hospital with blunt chest trauma. The driver of the SUV and her daughter were taken to a hospital with complaints of pain, police said. The driver of the armored van was not injured.


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Telford father-to-be jailed over sawn-off shotgun
A father-to-be from Telford has been jailed for five years after his fingerprints were found on plastic bags that contained a sawn-off shotgun.
Bilal Ahmed, a Dutch national, sat in the dock shaking his head as a jury returned a guilty verdict on himself and his co-accused Steven Easthope.
The 26-year-old, of Saville Close, Wellington, appeared stunned when the verdict was reached after a week-long trial concluded.
The court had previously heard that a shotgun wrapped in plastic bags was found hidden in loft insulation by police searching a house in Telford for drugs.
The firearm was found with shotgun cartridges in a black plastic package when officers raided a house in Chepstow Drive, Leegomery, more than two years ago.
The package remained unopened until a forensic investigator arrived at the scene, Shrewsbury Crown Court was told.
Fingerprints traced to Ahmed and 19-year-old Easthope were found on plastic bags inside the package, while Ahmed's prints were also found on the loft hatch, the court heard.
Ahmed, 26, and Easthope, of Matlock Avenue, Dawley, had denied possessing a prohibited weapon.
Mr Stephen Cadwaladr, for Ahmed said that his client, who had come to England as a teenager and spoke several languages, was due to become a father in the near future. He had worked as a florist and in factories and had a good character.
Mr Danny Smith, for Easthope said that his client had been in care for much of his life and had had a number of spells in prison.
Judge Robin Onions sentenced Ahmed, who wept as he listened, to five years imprisonment. Easthope, who remained impassive, received three years in a young offenders institute.
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CFP: The First International Workshop on Video Mining (VM2008)
Call for Papers The First International Workshop on Video Mining (VM'08) Pisa, Italy, December 19, 2008 In conjunction with IEEE ICDM2008 (http://www4.comp.polyu.edu.hk/~csdct/Conference/VM2008/VM2008.html) ******************************************************************** With cameras become pervasive in our daily life, vast amounts of videos are generated in different aspects of our society every day. The popularity of YouTube-like websites is one of strong evidences for this. How to effectively analyze and use the already huge, rapidly growing video data is one of main challenges we are facing. Video processing and analysis techniques become more and more important in the field of computer vision and image understanding and other related areas. There are wide-rage potential video-based applications in many areas including multimedia, human computer interface, security and surveillance, copyright protection, personal entertainment, to name a few. Video mining is to discover and describe interesting patterns in video data, which has become one of the core problem areas of the data mining research community. Compared to the mining of other types of data (e.g., text), video mining is still in its infancy, and an under-explored field. There are many challenging research problems facing video mining. For example, how to discover knowledge from spatial-temporal data, how to infer high-level semantic concepts from low-level features extracted from videos, how to make use of unlabeled data. Applying general data mining techniques for video data will face a number of difficulties as well, because of the need to analyze large amount of high-dimensional data. To address these challenges, we have to adapt the existing data mining theory or algorithm for video data, or find new techniques and approaches suitable for video data. This one-day workshop seeks to present and highlight the latest developments in video data mining and video-based applications. It aims to bring together worldwide researchers from related disciplines, to provide a forum for the dissemination of significant research work and innovative practice, and to encourage exchanges, interactions and possible collaboration between participants. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, ------------------ * Video clustering and categorization * Video based object recognition * Video segmentation and summarization * Video feature extraction and representation * Video indexing and retrieval * Video search engines * Video editing and browsing systems * Visual event and activity detection * Statistical techniques for video analysis * Semantic video content analysis * Video processing for HCI * Video surveillance (person identification, abnormal activity labeling ...) * Consumer video applications (sports highlight detection, commercial message extraction ...) Program Co-chairs ----------------- o Dan Schonfeld University of Illinois at Chicago, USA o Caifeng Shan Philips Research, The Netherlands o Dacheng Tao Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China o Liang Wang The University of Melbourne, Australia PC Members ---------- o Rainer Lienhart Institut f�r Informatik, Universit�t Augsburg, Germany o Shaogang Gong Queen Mary University London, UK o Wolfgang Klas Institute for Distributed & Multimedia Systems, Austria o C.-C. Jay Kuo University of South California, USA o Greg Mori Simon Fraser University , Canada o Stan Li Chinese Academy of Sciences, China o Zoran Dimitrijevic Google Inc, USA o Qi Li Western Kentucky University, USA o Kadir A. Peker Bilkent University, Turkey o Tao Mei Microsoft Research Asia, China o Dimitrios Makris Kingston University, UK o Tianhao Zhang Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China o Stephen J. Maybank Birkbeck, University of London, UK o Jiebo Luo Kodak Research Labs, USA o Ashfaq Khokhar University of Illinois at Chicago, USA o Qi Tian University of Texas, USA o Xiaozhe Wang University of Melbourne, Australia o David Doermann University of Maryland, USA o Liang-Tien Chia Nanyang Technological University Important dates --------------- Submission deadline: **August 1, 2008** Notification of acceptance: September 15, 2008 Camera-ready due: October 7, 2008 Workshop: December 19, 2008 Paper Submission ---------------- * In submitting a manuscript to this workshop, the authors acknowledge that no paper substantially similar in content has been submitted to another conference, workshop, or journal. * As tradition at ICDM, a "forward to workshops" mechanism will be adopted this year, where a paper not accepted for the main ICDM conference can be (at the author's request) "fast-tracked" to this workshop, preserving reviews. * The format of the paper is the same as the ICDM main conference paper. 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Stewart-Haas Racing press release
Stewart Wins Wild Sprint Cup Race at Homestead To Score Third Career Title
In a race that will go down as one of the best in NASCAR's long and storied history, Tony Stewart won Sunday's Ford 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Homestead-Miami Speedway and clinched his third Sprint Cup championship.
Stewart, who led four times for 65 laps in the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), defeated Carl Edwards by 1.306 seconds to score his fifth win of the season and his third in 13 career Sprint Cup starts at Homestead.
I've got to believe that this is definitely one of the greatest races of my life.
He and Edwards both ended the season with 2,403 points, but Stewart's five wins in 2011 compared to Edwards' one win gave Stewart the tiebreaker advantage.
Stewart won Sprint Cup titles in 2002 and 2005 and, with this year's crown, became the first driver-owner to win a Sprint Cup championship since Alan Kulwicki in 1992. In addition, Stewart is the ninth driver to win three or more championships as he joins Richard Petty (seven), Dale Earnhardt (seven), Jimmie Johnson (five), Jeff Gordon (four), David Pearson (three), Darrell Waltrip (three) Cale Yarborough (three) and Lee Petty (three).
En route to winning, Stewart passed an incredible 118 cars throughout the 267-lap race.
"Our Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevy was awesome and I can't thank Darian Grubb (crew chief) and everyone at Stewart-Haas Racing for all their hard work and all of our partners and sponsors for supporting us," Stewart said. "I feel like I passed half the State of Florida. I mean, 118 cars is a lot of cars to pass in one race. I don't care what series you're in or where you're at. To do it under the circumstances and the pressure that we had today, I'm very, very proud of that. And, man, I've been racing 31 years and I can't even remember some of the races I've won. But I would have to say that, under the circumstances, I've got to believe that this is definitely one of the greatest races of my life."
Stewart started 14th and near disaster struck the Office Depot/Mobil 1 team less than 15 laps into the race as an unidentified piece of debris punched a sizeable hole in the grill of the No. 14 machine. With the race under caution for light rain shortly thereafter, Stewart spent a couple of long pit stops that allowed his crew to repair the damage as best it could in order to return the Office Depot/Mobil 1 car to the track in the top possible form.
The repairs worked as Stewart, who restarted 40th on lap 22, moved all the way to 25th over the next eight laps. Meanwhile, Edwards, who had started on the pole, led 24 of the first 30 laps.
By lap 68, Stewart was up to 12th and, by lap 108, he had cracked the top-five in an amazing comeback from his early misfortune while Edwards continued to lead.
Suddenly, the Florida skies opened up on lap 109 and rain began falling, which forced NASCAR officials to red-flag the race for 1 hour, 14 minutes and 6 seconds. At the time of the red flag, Edwards was at the point and had led four times for 87 laps while Stewart was fifth and had yet to lead a lap.
After the engines refired once the red flag was lifted, Stewart, Edwards and the rest of the field headed to pit road under caution for routine pits stops and, for the lap-116 restart, Edwards was third while Stewart was right beside him in fourth. Stewart blew past Edwards on the restart and, on lap 123, passed four-time Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon and took the lead for the first time. He held the top spot for 13 laps before pitting under caution for four tires and fuel on lap 136.
Unfortunately, during the stop, the crew had a bit of an issue changing the right-front tire and Stewart was forced to restart ninth while Edwards restarted fourth. The green-flag stint lasted only five laps before another caution came out for a spin by Jimmie Johnson and the field lined up for yet another restart with Edwards now third and Stewart ninth.
In an incredible four-wide move on lap 148, Stewart blasted past Edwards and several other cars and suddenly found himself in third place while Edwards fell to fifth. Just four laps later, Stewart was back in front and stayed there for five laps before pitting under caution on lap 156.
Once again, however, issues in the pits hurt Stewart as a lugnut jammed in the rear-tire changer's air gun as he attempted to change the right-rear tire. The delay was enough that crew chief Darian Grubb cut short what was going to be a four-tire stop and sent Stewart back on track with just two new right-side tires.
Stewart lined up for the lap-161 restart in 12th place while Edwards lined up in the fifth position. In just one lap, Stewart was up to seventh and, by lap 167, he was fourth with Edwards right ahead of him in third.
On lap 175, Edwards took the lead and, on lap 180, Stewart moved into second place right behind him to set up a fantastic championship battle with less than 100 laps remaining in the season.
Edwards, who by now had clinched the valuable bonus point for leading most laps in the race, headed to pit road on lap 201 for four tires and fuel.
Stewart inherited the lead from Edwards and stayed out in front until lap 211, conserving fuel in hopes that if he stopped late enough, he would not have to pit again before the race ended.
Finally, on lap 212, Stewart headed to pit road for four tires and a full load of fuel while Edwards rocketed around him and took the lead.
Just one lap later, the Florida skies opened up once again and a light rain began falling, bringing out a caution while NASCAR officials attempted to dry the track. Grubb and Stewart's call to stretch their fuel mileage worked to perfection as NASCAR kept the cars circling under caution for 17 laps in order to help the track-drying process, which also greatly assisting Stewart as he attempted to save gas.
It gave me the opportunity to do what I love doing best, letting it all hang out and putting it all on the line with the restart.
Meanwhile, on lap 214, Edwards headed to pit road for his final stop of the day, when he took two tires and fuel.
For the final restart of the day on lap 231, Stewart lined up third while Edwards was fifth and the two cars in front of Stewart still needed to pit.
Little did it matter as Stewart passed Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski just after the restart to take the lead on lap 232 and never looked back, leading the final 36 laps en route to victory.
"You know, I didn't question what the plan was or why the plan was," Stewart said. "I just stuck to what he (Grubb) told me and, the lap that he called us in, he called us in going into turn one and, when I came off turn two, the fuel pressure dropped, the motor laid down a little bit but was still running. When I got to turn three, I shut it off, coasted around to turn four, kicked the switch, kicked the clutch, drove down pit road. We did the stop and he's, like, 'Keep it revving, keep it running;' and I'm staring at a fuel-pressure gauge that's not building. It's sitting at two pounds. And we dropped the jack. 'Leave.' I get 50 feet from the last timeline and it dies. I mean, it's dead. It's out. And I'm, like, we just lost this thing, and we roll about a hundred feet and it takes off and the needle goes up and we are fourth at that point, and Carl has to come back in, and it's like, 'Wow, that is the call of the race, the call of the Chase, and it gave me the opportunity to do what I love doing best, letting it all hang out and putting it all on the line with the restart.'
"And that was the one probably hairy moment of anything that I did all day where I felt like, 'Oh, maybe I just lost this,' and got loose underneath the 18 (Busch) and the 2 (Keselowski), and it was a three-wide drag race down into three, and the way this thing drove all day, it had really good side bite. I knew I could bury it down in the corner. I just didn't know if I was going to make the front end stick out the back, and we drive back out with the lead. And, at that point, you just sit there and go, 'All you can ask for is where we are at right now and, whatever happens, it happens.'"
Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet Impala for SHR, finished 12th and ends the 2011 campaign 10th in points. Newman and Denny Hamlin each finished the season with 2,284 points and one victory, but Hamlin finished second once while Newman did not have a runner-up result. Thus, Hamlin was awarded ninth in the standings while Newman was slotted 10th.
Martin Truex Jr., finished third in the Ford 400 while Matt Kenseth and Gordon rounded out the top-five. Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Hamlin and Jeff Burton comprised the remainder of the top-10.
There were eight caution periods for 54 laps, with nine drivers failing to finish the 267-lap race.
With the racing season over, Stewart and his Sprint Cup brethren head to Las Vegas for the annual awards banquet Dec. 2. Once there, Stewart – the new series champion and first since Jimmie Johnson's unprecedented five-year reign – will be honored, along with the rest of the drivers who competed in the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup.


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