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Of the panels convening during the 46th annual conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), held Jan. 11-14 at the New York Hilton, "Global Artistic Exchange in a Time of Turmoil" offered foreign artists--and those wishing to show their work stateside--a chance to share views, pose ideas, and let off steam.
As previously reported last fall in Back Stage, performing arts presenters nationwide continue having great difficulty obtaining visas for foreign artists from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). What already was a difficult situation before Sept. 11 has only intensified, presenters say, with things more maddening now than ever.
To streamline the process, in June 2001 the INS instituted a Premium Process Service, allowing business organizations to pay a $1,000 fee to obtain approval or denial of visa requests within 15 days. Unfortunately, nonprofit performing arts presenters are hard-pressed to indulge in such expenditures, especially during a time of severe funding cutbacks across the board. Moreover, the service has inadvertently exacerbated the situation for those unwilling to pay, with average processing time now clocked at over 135 days. How to solve the problem--while accommodating the government's insistence upon domestic security--was the focus of the panel.
Moderated by Cora Mirikitani, a nonprofit administrator who is president and CEO of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, the panel included immigration experts, activists, and artists. Among them: Rick Swartz, incoming executive director of the American Arts Alliance, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group spearheading efforts to facilitate the visa quagmire; Dr. Faouzi Skali, founder-director of the Morocco-based Fez Festival of World Sacred Music, and Keith Khan and Ali Zaidi of Moti Roti, a multimedia art group dedicated to "pushing the boundaries of artistic and cultural discourse."
From the start, Swartz played the firebrand, repeatedly emphasizing that "Sept. 11 changed everything--and we had better not forget that," when discussing how to effect change to the system. "Safety," he noted, "does not justify constraints upon freedom."
He added that the American Arts Alliance remains committed to passing Congressional legislation mandating changes in how the INS operates. While acknowledging the Bush Administration "probably won't agree to a legislative solution to the problem," he reiterated his belief that "grassroots efforts" may impact upon the situation, and "the power to create change lies within our grasp."
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AALL is seeking co-sponsors for the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act, which reaffirms fair use in the digital age.
The Association and other supporters of the DMCRA need to gather additional co-sponsors before the House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee holds its hearing on the bill. So please mail or fax a letter to your representative urging him or her to co-sponsor this proactive legislation.
Introduced in the House of Representatives in October 2002, the DMCRA would restore the historic balance in copyright law by repealing key portions of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998.
The Digital Millenium Copyright Act currently punishes any circumvention of a technological protection measure that controls access to a copyrighted work, even if the circumvention is for a legitimate purpose. The DMCRA would prohibit circumvention only when the purpose is to infringe copyright.
The proposed law would also allow manufacturers to continue developing useful multipurpose consumer electronics and computing devices and ensure that the public has access to technologies that allow them to make fair use of copyrighted works.
In addition, under the DMCRA, researchers could produce the software tools necessary to carry out "scientific research into technological protection measures" and distribute their codes.
Lastly, the DMCRA would direct the Federal Trade Commission to ensure that record companies provide adequate notification on copy-protected CDs, clearly indicating that copying those CDs and playing them in various devices is prohibited.
For more information about the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act of 2002, please go to the AALL Washington Affairs Office Web site at http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/aa01082003.html.
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Republic Wireless opened to the public last year with a different take on mobile phone service. Instead of relying heavily on cell towers for voice and data service, Republic Wireless offloads those functions onto Wi-Fi networks instead. Phones that use Republic Wireless are outfitted with Hybrid Calling functionality that allows customers to make and receive calls over Wi-Fi. Data consumption is done over Wi-Fi as well. The result was a very cheap monthly bill that could go as low as $19. The catch was the compatible phones were outdated. That will all change once Republic Wireless begins selling the Moto X for $299 without a contract.
This is by far the cheapest way to get a Moto X without a contract. But there are still some things you should be aware of. Republic Wireless expects you to use Wi-Fi most of the time, but if you're without Wi-Fi for a moment, your voice and data will be handled by Sprint's network. This restriction means you can't just take this phone onto whatever carrier you want.
Now onto the monthly prices. Compared to the four major carriers, Republic Wireless is still pretty cheap. Plans will start a $5 a month for unlimited talk, text and data over Wi-Fi. $10 will get you unlimited talk and text on Wi-Fi and cellular. You'll also get unlimited data on Wi-Fi. $25 gets you the aforementioned plus 3G data, and $40 gets you 4G LTE data.
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NEW YORK, Nov 25 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose at the open on Tuesday, pushing the Dow and S&P 500 further into record territory, following a reading on economic growth that was much stronger than expected.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 34.84 points, or 0.2 percent, to 17,852.74, the S&P 500 gained 2.7 points, or 0.13 percent, to 2,072.11 and the Nasdaq Composite added 8.71 points, or 0.18 percent, to 4,763.60. (Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)


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MA+ students in Professor Dan Liston's Advanced Social Foundations of Education (EDUC 5005) course enjoyed the opportunity to hold personal meetings via Skype with two leaders in educational reform. After viewing the well-known documentary, Waiting for Superman, and reading related literature on education reform and history, students Skyped with Randy Testa, Vice President of Education and Professional Development at Walden Media (a partner in producing the film) about the film's roll-out and widespread responses. Student Ali Arams was able to then set up a Skype meeting with Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), about the film's depiction of her and the AFT as well as her own perspectives on education reform.
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Back in the day, and we're talking about maybe five or six years ago, the Good/Bad Art Collective could be counted on for at least one genius music moment every few months. Centro-matic's Will Johnson performing in a bunny suit on a swing. Chomsky playing in a box. E.F.F. doing a set on a trampoline while its drummer circled around it in the back of a pickup. (Those three all happened during the same event, Inflicted Music.) The legendary (and fake) space rock vs. roots rock battle. Plenty of other gambits involving John Freeman and/or Jon "Corn Mo" Cunningham. And, of course, the Rock Lottery, wherein 25 musicians were randomly split into five bands in the morning and came back 12 hours later with a name and three to five songs.
Good/Bad is gone now, but one thing lives on--or rather, has come back to life. On October 4 at Dan's Silverleaf, the occasionally imitated, never duplicated Rock Lottery will make its triumphant return to Denton. Rock Lottery remains our favorite Good/Bad concept, a rare repeatable formula (G/BAC preferred a one-night-only arrangement) that always produced a winner, even if it was just one of the names the performers came up with. We'll never forget the Don't Talk Backs, probably one of the best monikers we've ever come across. (The band that used it was pretty great, too.) The latest will be the fifth installment of the event, and hopefully not the last.
It won't be. Sort of. Former Good/Bad music coordinator Chris Weber (the man who came up with the Rock Lottery idea) is planning a Seattle version for next year. Why Seattle? Because that's where he lives now, working as the program director for Consolidated Works, a 30,000-square-foot art space with a theater, gallery and a music space with a small bar. And where Weber goes, so goes the Rock Lottery. He learned the hard way that he can't really put together a good version of the event from another city. That's why Rock Lottery has been on the shelf since 1999, when he assembled the last Denton-based version from Brooklyn, where he was living at the time.
"For the first three, I lived in Denton, and I was heavily involved in the music community and had seen just about every band that existed in the Golden Triangle during most of the 1990s," Weber says. "I had full confidence that I could choose participants that would work for this event. I organized the fourth event from Brooklyn, and even though I had been gone for less than a year, I found it very difficult organizing it, and I believe that showed in the final outcome."
Weber says that during the past year, the Baptist Generals' Chris Flemmons, a former Rock Lottery participant, slowly talked him into holding the fifth edition in Denton again. About the same time, Weber, former Good/Bad director Martin Iles and G/B member Heather Grace were discussing putting together an archive of the collective's past events. That's when it all came together: Flemmons, Little Grizzly's Colin Carter and J.R. Thomason (all former participants) would choose the musicians, and Weber, Grace and Iles would handle the organization, and all proceeds would benefit the archive project. Which should bring everyone up to speed.
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The bicoastal crew (well, if you consider Lake Ray Roberts a coast, and why wouldn't you?) has rounded up a varied crew of local musicians willing to give it a go, hailing from bands such as Faceless Werewolves, Raised by Tigers, Riverboat Gamblers, Jetscreamer, Record Hop, Ghostcar, Rock Creek Revelaires, Boy Division, History at Our Disposal and Mandarin. Oh, and Intesticle. Can't forget them. The 25 performers will meet at Dan's Silverleaf at 10 a.m., where they'll be parceled out into their ad hoc bands. At 10 p.m., they'll come back with a short set worked up, with only one cover song allowed. It's a simple concept, but it has paid off like a broken slot machine every time we've seen it in practice.
So, you can go to the Radiohead show on October 1 in Houston, and you should, but for true inventiveness, it might make more sense to head to Denton a few days later. Just saying.
Hand stamps: The Burden Brothers perform October 5 at Trees, and the Upsidedowners open for Holly Golightly there on October 8; John Wesley Coleman supports Black Eyed Snakes at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios on October 2, and the Deathray Davies play with Brian Jonestown Massacre at the club on October 4; the North Texas New Music Festival happens October 2 through October 4 all over Deep Ellum, including a special performance by Eisley kicking off the shindig at 7:30 p.m. October 2 on the Club Clearview Stage.


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I'm not sure if i will like the games (hard to tell from the description) but I generally like this studio if that make sense. There are a handful of overseas studios I have a warm feeling for - rather than name the studios I'll name a few of the games:
divinity series; arx fatalis; king bounty/space ranger; witcher; and age of wonders series (though while I like the studio; overlord was not my thing).
[I would mention king arthur but the crashes still annoy me]
Anyways I wish them luck and i'll probably buy the games (heck who am I kidding I know I will) and I hope they did ok on DKS (never heard the numbers but I think it was not as popular in usa as it was overseas).
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Hi How do I increase the sharpness of the background image in Layerslider?
I am using 1500px x 460px images but they look blurry.
Especially the CLICK (pink) slide.
The Images that slide in look great.
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Hey vic98!
I opened each image layers as well as background image in a tab and on my end they look the same. Uploaded image qualities are lower in those images, you should upload sharper images in that case
What is the correct image size for the large homepage slider.
I currently have 1500px x 460px images @ 72dpi.
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I have created the layerslider background images again at 1700 x 470px, they are still not that sharp.
I have sharpened the images heaps in photoshop that has helped.
Is there a trick to the amount of sharpness to get the best results?
The images in the background adapt to your browser width. So if you are using a screen that is 1920 pixels wide then your images will get stretched to 1920 pixels. If the screen is only 1700 pixels then they will not.
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Chicago police are investigating a double homicide in the city's Park Manor neighborhood.
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When dealing with police, the average person is always guilty until proven innocent. Apparently this rule even applies to senior citizens who are experiencing medical emergencies.
On January 4th of this year in San Antonio a 70-year old diabetic was brutally assaulted by police at a traffic stop because they had suspected him of being drunk. However, the man was not drunk, but was actually feeling ill and experiencing a diabetic attack.
70 year old Thomas Mathieu was spotted by police while he was stopped in a turn lane, and they immediately thought the worst.
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The BFG AR is Inspire's version of one of the most popular military rifles in history, the Assualt Rifle. This gun is used by US military, law enforcement and rifle enthusiests alike. The Inspire BFG AR is not only a great weapon for tactical paintballing and law enforcement/military training exercises, it's so light, sturdy and easy to use, it also makes a fantastic beginner gun for the paintball newbie.
The BFG AR has an authentic M16 style handguard and front site covering a 16 inch barrl. The BFG AR is built on the BFG as a base, so it's got the same great features.
The one piece metal receiver makes the BFG able to withstand serious beatings over and over again. The rails on the BFG are still open on the AR to attach any type of awesome tactical accessory you can find.
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The Brush and Palette Club will host a children's workshop for youth ages 10 to 16 on June 25, 26 and 27 from 9 a.m. to noon at United Methodist Church in Alexandria.
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Members of the Brush and Palette Club are $30 and non-members are $35. There are only 15 spots. Supplies are included in the workshop fee.
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Beijing, China - Top-seeded Novak Djokovic had to wait an extra day because of rain, but was able to finish off No. 8 seed David Ferrer in straight sets to capture the China Open title.
Djokovic needed a little under 1 1/2 hours to top his Spanish opponent, 6-2, 6-4 and win this title for the second consecutive year.
The Serbian star also captured only his second crown of the year after winning in Dubai back in February. He was the runner-up to Rafael Nadal at the U.S. Open last month.
"[I'm] just happy to win another tournament and make my record here in Beijing even better," said Djokovic. "It's definitely one of the most successful tournaments in my career."
The match was scheduled for Sunday, but rain delayed the start by about 4 1/2 hours. After Djokovic opened a 3-1 lead in the first set, rain again halted play and officials pushed the finish back to Monday.
Ferrer fell to 1-3 in finals this year, having won in Acapulco back in February, but he moved into the eighth and final place in the race to qualify for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals.
"It's very important for me for to go to London [for the ATP World Tour Finals], so I need to play very good [to] be there," said Ferrer.
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ATLANTA — Coach Paul Johnson hopes Georgia Tech is on the verge of something special.
Against No. 8 Clemson, the Yellow Jackets will have their biggest test yet in 2013.
The Tigers (8-1, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) have won two in a row since suffering an embarrassing home loss to Florida State three weeks ago, but the Tigers are a tough draw for Georgia Tech (6-3, 5-2 ACC).
Clemson's offense ranks 11th nationally. Its defense ranks first in tackles for lost yardage and many of the same players beat the Jackets 47-31 at Death Valley last year.
Since he took over at Georgia Tech, Johnson has won four of six games against Clemson, though one of those victories was a 2009 ACC championship vacated for a violation of NCAA rules.
Johnson has been pleased with recent improvement in the Jackets' defense quarterback pressure and the play of senior defensive end Jeremiah Attaochu and senior safety Jemea Thomas.
Attaochu has five tackles for lost yardage, four sacks and one forced fumble in wins over Virginia and Pittsburgh. Thomas had 18 solo tackles, 2 pass breakups and one interception in the past two games.
Offensively, Johnson has been pleased with sophomore quarterback Vad Lee, arguably the most skilled passer in the coach's six seasons, and his efficiency in orchestrating the triple-option attack. He said perimeter blocking has improved, too.
Under Johnson, Georgia Tech has always had one of the nation's top rushing offenses, and this year is no exception with a No. 5 ranking.
What the Jackets hope is that their defense, which ranks 12th nationally matches up well with an offense led by senior quarterback quarterback Tajh Boyd and junior receiver Sammy Watkins.
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Crisis-weary investors scoffed Monday at what had appeared to be a hopeful turn in the European debt crisis: a victory for pro-Europe parties in a Greek election. U.S. stocks were little changed, and borrowing costs for Spain surged to alarming levels.
Investors appeared fed up with policymakers' inability to resolve a crisis that has bedeviled markets for more than three years. Leaders of the most developed countries are meeting in Mexico to discuss the crisis and the slowing global economy.
"Even though we avoided the worst-case scenario in Greece, the crisis has entered a new and dangerous phase, and it doesn't end with Greece," said Michelle Gibley, director of international research at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, a division of the Charles Schwab brokerage.
U.S. indexes opened lower then drifted between modest gains and losses. Home builders rallied after a measure of confidence among U.S. builders rose to a five-year high.
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The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 25.35 points, or 0.2 percent, to 12,741.82. The Nasdaq composite index rose 22.53 points, or 0.8 percent, to 2,895.33. It was lifted by Apple, its biggest component, which rose $11.65, or 2 percent, to $585.78.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1.94 points, or 0.1 percent, to 1,344.78. Of its 10 major industry categories, only financials and energy stocks fell. Banks would be hit hard if the European crisis spun out of control. Energy companies followed oil prices lower.
Safe investments rose and riskier ones fell as traders continued their long vigil for a more permanent solution in Europe. Leaders there are considering a centralized system of bank regulation and deposit insurance to complement proposals of closer economic coordination.
"It doesn't appear that any lasting solution is a possibility any time soon," Schwab's Gibley said. "Until we get some kind of coming together, volatility is likely to continue."
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.58 percent from 1.63 percent earlier Monday as demand increased for low-risk investments.
The yield on Spanish 10-year bonds jumped as high as 7.18 percent, the highest since Spain joined the euro. Only a week ago, Europe unveiled a massive bailout of Spain's banks intended to reassure investors about the nation's finances.
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Eminent scholar Yehuda Bauer traces the Holocaust to its deepest roots by examining the history of the Jews' interaction with other cultures throughout history, a detailed portrait of the Jewish presence in Eastern Europe in the early 20th century, and an exhaustive depiction of the events before and during World War II. Professor Bauer's text is considered a masterly and authoritative work.
The revised edition contains new all new art--maps, charts, tables, graphs. All art elements and text contain updated, more accurate statistics. The book has a new design, bigger trim. It's easier to read and navigate. Lastly, there are two 8-page (16 pp. total) inserts of black-and-white photographs. This photographic element wasn't included in the first edition.
The original 1982 edition of this reference work was hailed as the second indispensable English title on the Holocaust, following Lucy Dawidowicz's classic The War Against the Jews, 1933-1945 (Holt, 1975). Since then, the literature of the Holocaust has grown enormously. This revision fully incorporates the substantial Holocaust scholarship of the past two decades. Bauer is one of the world's most respected Holocaust scholars and the author of several other important books on the subject, most recently Rethinking the Holocaust (Yale, 2001). The contents are presented attractively, with generous margins, numerous maps and charts, and a few well-chosen black-and-white photos. With an excellent index and many chapter subsections on topics such as "Christianity and the Nazis" and "Holocaust and Genocide: Is There a Difference?" this extensive history text can be approached in manageable portions or used for ready reference. Bauer's handling of the painful and often controversial subject matter is scholarly and judicious, but with a finely controlled sense of righteous indignation at the inhumanities he records. As the textbook for a Holocaust course, it is best suited to the college undergraduate level. Bauer's extensive accounts of Central European social history and of the geopolitical maneuvering of various factions before and during World War II venture well beyond the normal scope of high school curricula. Nevertheless the book is recommended strongly as a supplementary or reference text in secondary school classrooms and libraries. Like his text, Bauer's selective bibliography is calibrated to an undergraduate or general adult readership level. For Holocaust resources suitable foryounger readers, look to Elaine C. Stephens's Learning About the Holocaust (Shoe String, 1995); Edward T. Sullivan's The Holocaust in Literature for Youth (Scarecrow, 1999/VOYA February 2000); and William L. Shulman's Resource Guide, part of the eight volume Holocaust series (Blackbirch, 1998). Index. Illus. Photos. Maps. Charts. Biblio. Source Notes. Appendix. 2001, Franklin Watts, 432p. PLB Hogan


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The current widely held theory of the universe is that at some point, around roughly 13.7 billion years ago, everything that is, was and will ever be was packed into a tight little package from which sprung the big bang, which then violently hurtled everything we see into existence. To some scientists, 13.7 billion years isn't enough time to get to where are are. One particular physicist believes he can prove that things weren't that simple. In fact, drawing from the only evidence left behind after the big bang, he believes that evidence found in the cosmic microwave background (which is believed to have been thrust into existence when the universe was just 300,000 years old) proves that the big bang wasn't the beginning, but it was one in a series of cyclical big bangs. Each of which spawned its own universe.
Sir Roger Penrose estimates that our universe is not the first, nor will it be the last to spawn from a dense mass of highly ordered everything, into the complex universe we see around us. The current big bang model doesn't supply a reason as to why a low entropy, highly ordered state existed at the birth of our universe unless things were set in order before the big bang occurred. In Penrose's theory, each universe returns to a state of low entropy as it approaches its final days of expanding into eventual nothingness. By virtue, black holes spend their cosmic lifetimes working to scrub entropy from the universe. As the universe nears the end of its expansion, the black holes evaporate or gobble one another up, thus setting things back into a state of order. The universe is then unable to expand any further so it collapses back in on itself as a highly ordered system that's ready to trigger the next big bang.
The current model of the universe says that any temperature variations in the CMB should be random, but Penrose claims he has found very clear concentric circles within it that suggests there are regions where the radiation has much smaller temperature ranges. To him, these posits are spherical evidence of the gravitational effects of black hole collisions during the previous universe.
Of course, if his theory was able to withstand the test of time and rigorous scientific testing, it still doesn't explain where the first version of the universe spawned from or how the first black hole formed. Nor does his theory fit in with the standard inflation models. Still, it's interesting to ponder.
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The success rate is very high, but based on past recovery times for hockey players, six months seems to be the time table. It took Sami Salo six months and two weeks to recover following his in July 2011 and Teemu Selanna about that amount of time in January 1994 when he had it done. The good news, obviously, is that once recovered, it hasn't seemed to negatively affect a player's career.


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BREAKING: Craig Watkins Is Not Short on Swagger
The man isn't afraid to make a bold prediction.
In an Associated Press story that came out today, District Attorney Craig Watkins says the following: "To be realistic, this may be a 30-, 40-year career for me here as Dallas County D.A. I thoroughly enjoy what I do, and I think once we get through this election cycle, then the politics of it all will settle down." Mind you, that's just being realistic. If you want to get optimistic, let your imagination take you where it may, then we're talking an 80- or 90-year career as Dallas County D.A. Also, if Watkins had a month to train, really get himself in shape, cut back on the sauce, he could start at tight end for the Seahawks. Okay, maybe not start. But a solid backup for sure. He'd contribute.


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WHAT A great night, and what a list of thoroughly well deserved Glasgow Community Champions.
The winners emerged from yet another fantastic year of our Community Champion awards across the city, which showed once again the wealth of public spirit among people of all ages and backgrounds all over Glasgow.
From our Young Award winner Evanna Lynas to our Senior champion, Kate Semple, they all showed enthusiasm to help others, whether in fund-raising, volunteering or community organising.
The awards are Glasgow's chance to say thank you to the people who give their time and effort to make the city a better place and are possible because of the support form our Community Champion partners.
Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Housing Association, Strathclyde Police, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, and Community Planning Partnerships all ensure we are able to give recognition to those who work selflessly to help others.
Each winner, finalist and nominee across the city makes this event the success that it is, and the unstinting enthusiasm of the communities who turn up to show their support lets the winners know their efforts are appreciated.
Well done, and thank you to all our Community Champions.


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Musicians come together to benefit sick child's fightPosted: Updated:
Friends and musicians came together this week to raise money for the family of a 15-month-old boy facing a tough medical fight.
Levi Smith's parents have been waiting months for a liver transplant for their son. It's been a long and stressful wait.
Levi's body is being attacked on all fronts. It's difficult for his mother Andrea to watch.
"Every day he is getting worse. He needs blood transfusions. He's on nine different medications. His general health is getting worse and worse," said Andrea Smith.
Levi is under the care of physicians at Children's Hospital in Ohio, where a liver transplant would be performed. It's the wait, and their son's worsening condition, that is hard for Levi's parents to take.
Getting to the top of the transplant list is all a numbers game based on medical need. In Levi's case, that need gets more acute everyday.
"The higher his score, the more likely he will receive a transplant. It also means his health is getting worse," Smith said.
Smith has been identified as a perfect liver match for her son. However, the procedure she would need to go through to save her son could put her life in danger.
"They might let me do it. They might not. Doctors are very concerned the procedure could take my blood supply away from my liver during surgery. I think what makes me want to do it is the fact that its very hard to watch my son suffer all the time," said Smith.
A concert Wednesday at Third and Lindsley in downtown Nashville that included Keith Urban's guitarist raised money for the family.
If you would like to contribute, visit: http://teamlevi.org/ or send money to either:
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The Container Store increases mobile traffic by 62pc in past year
The company teamed up with Usablenet to help upgrade the new mobile experience. Additionally, in the past year, mobile traffic to The Container Store increased by 62 percent, with further growth anticipated in 2013.
"The Container Store wanted to create a mobile experience that was as seamless as possible – one that aligned closely with the desktop site," said Carin van Vuuren, chief marketing officer of Usablenet, New York.
"The refreshed site showcases mobile-optimized versions of features found on the mobile site and also provides an easy-to-navigate experience that is both deeply engaging and socially integrated," she said.
Deeper integration
Recognizing the importance of an engaging mobile experience, The Container Store sought to make more features from the desktop site available on mobile.
The new mobile site homepage features navigational icons that link to specific product categories.
The social integration feature lets consumers share products across Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social networks. This way, consumers can share their favorite finds with friends and family.
There is also an advanced mini-cart. For example, at any point in the browsing journey, customers can access items in their cart via an overlay that does not navigate away from the page they are on.
From there, consumers can choose to proceed to a streamlined checkout or to return to the page they are browsing.
The new mobile experience also lets customers write reviews and rate products directly from their mobile phones.
"The Container Store's new next-generation mobile experience includes comprehensive social integration, visual navigation and streamlined browsing and checkout processes," Ms. van Vuuren said. "The site also allows for the sharing of products across a variety of social networks and showcases a dynamic overlay with the Container Store's Twitter feed.
"The revamped site also features shoppable hotspots on banner images which highlight products and provide customers with suggestions on related items they might also like to purchase."
Past efforts
In 2011, the organization and storage retailer rolled out a mobile-optimized site to increase purchase intent, as well as have a presence on any device that its tech-savvy customers were using (see story).
Last year, The Container Store looked to strengthen its Web, tablet and mobile commerce strategy via an initiative that centered around interactive digital catalogs (see story).
"The Container Store recognizes the importance of mobile as a critical channel to drive customer engagement and keep the brand relevant," Ms. van Vuuren said.
"Shoppers are increasingly mobile, and it is imperative for retailers to develop experiences that leverage mobile as a key part of overall digital and brand strategy," she said.
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Rimma Kats is associate editor on Mobile Commerce Daily, New York


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Nanoparticles shaped like rods adhere more tightly to endothelial cells lining blood vessels than nanospheres, according to a new study led by scientists at UC Santa Barbara and the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute.
The finding could help develop drug delivery technologies targeted at specific cell types, the authors say. The study was published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Samir Mitragotri of UCSB is the senior author; Poornima Kolhar of UCSB is the first author. Erkki Ruoslahti of the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute contributed to the study.
The complete article from PNAS will be available after the embargo expires; it can be accessed by clicking on this link.
Scientists studied the preferential attachment of nanorods vs. nanospheres in live mice.
"Mathematical modeling of particle–surface interactions suggests that the higher avidity and specificity of nanorods originate from the balance of polyvalent interactions that favor adhesion and entropic losses as well as shear-induced detachment that reduce binding," the study stated.
Ruoslahti gave an answer more understandable to the layman in a Sanford-Burnham press release:
"Presumably the reason is that if you have a spherical particle and it has binding sites on it, the curvature of the sphere allows only so many of those binding sites to interact with membrane receptors on the surface of a cell," Ruoslahti said.


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Tokyo, Oct 1 (IANS) The sentiments at Japan's big manufacturers worsened in September from three months earlier although going ahead firms are looking to boost investments, the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) Tankan survey showed on Thursday.
The diffusion index for large manufacturers, including automakers and the country's electronic producing behemoths, dropped 3 points to a reading of 12, marking the first decline in three quarters, with the latest reading coming in below median analysts' expectations, the survey showed, Xinhua reported.
But along with service-sector sentiment improving during the period, large manufacturers maintained robust capital expenditure plans as healthy profits have been booked recently, according to the survey.
It showed that they plan to boost spending by an average of 10.9 percent this fiscal year through next March, up from a revised 9.4 percent increase in June.
"Capital expenditure plans remain relatively firm and we have yet to hear of firms say they plan to significantly reduce or scrap spending plans in Japan," a Bank of Japan official was quoted as telling a press briefing following the survey's release.
The index for non-manufacturers, which comprises firms in both construction and retail-related businesses, rose 2 points to plus 25, beating median analysts' expectations, with the rise being attributed to robust office demand, falling energy costs and surging numbers of high-spending tourists from East Asia, according to the bank's officials.


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Sita Sings the Blues
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Center for Korean Studies Auditorium at 6:30 PM
USA, 2008 (82 mins)
Director: Nina Paley
Writers: Nina Paley, Valmiki (original)
Animation: Nina Paley
Editing: Nina Paley
Songs: Annette Hanshaw
Cast: Annette Hanshaw, Aseem Chhabra (puppet 1 voice), Bhavana Nagulapally (puppet 2 voice), Manish Acharya (puppet 3 voice), Reena Shah (Sita), Debargo Sanyal (Rama), Nina Paley
Syndicated comic strip artist (Hots, Fluff), award-winning short film-maker (Storks), professor at Parsons School of Design and a 2006 Guggenheim Fellow, Nina Paley's animated film, "Sita Sings the Blues"–yet another retelling of India's great epic, Ramayana, is narrated as "the greatest breakup story ever told." Perhaps it would be more accurate to call it, as some have done, "Sitayana"–for it tells the tale from the perspective of Sita, not unlike the oral retellings through the ages by village women that made Sita the focus of the story. Only, here, the story is told through the jazz tradition of "torch songs," of a lovely, smoky-voiced lament at home in a dark New York lounge or bar, not the rural outposts of India.
Ramayana tells the story of Prince Rama, who has been banished to the forests for 14 years due to a boon given to his stepmother by his father, King Dasharatha. Ever the good son, Rama heads to exile with his loving wife Sita, who insists on accompanying him. When Sita is abducted by the ten-headed Ravana, King of Lanka, Rama battles the evil forces and gets her back. But the relationship is never the same, for doubt about his wife's fidelity has set in, and Rama, ever the king and Ideal Man, feels he must uphold the moral dharma.
Paley enlisted three New Yorkers, Manish Acharya, Bhavna and Aseem Chhabra, to improvise and offer their thoughts on the Ramayana, its characters, their halos and their warts. These became the voices of three Indonesian shadow puppets in the film, irreverent and outspoken commentators on the Ramayana, bringing it right into today's contemporary world. Amazingly, these critical scenes were not scripted, but recorded spontaneously.
This low budget movie conjured up on the computer by a single animator/artist over the course of five tedious years, has made big waves. It's probably one of the most awarded and lavishly reviewed little films of the year. It has won fans and great praise–along with ample scorn and hate mail.
One could say it's a Ramayana for our times. We've all seen the image of the mighty Lord Vishnu reclining on the Sesh Naga with Lakshmi massaging His feet. In Nina Paley's ending, you have Lakshmi reclining on the Sesh Naga with Lord Vishnu massaging Her feet! There is a delicious irony in this, and somehow Nina Paley gets the last laugh.
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Our thanks to Nina Paley for making her film available in the Public Commons for all of us to enjoy.


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Somewhere in a small box stored at Dorothy Atkins' artfully decorated home is an old painting of a woman holding flowers. She painted it in seventh grade, when a child's dreams ought to be encouraged and never squashed.
"The teacher told me I had no talent for art and I would never be any good at it," she said recently. "I was crushed, just crushed. I come from the generation that believed when authority figures said something, you took it as gospel."
Atkins is now 72, an elegant African-American woman from San Jose with short, curly white hair and sparkling round eyes. Her paintings hang all over the classy and cozy one-story Berryessa home she shares with her husband, Richard. Several were featured recently at a cooperative gallery in Saratoga, one of Silicon Valley's meccas of fine art.
She bounced back from that teacher's nasty critique, but it was decades later and only after the deaths of her father and her brother, football legend Dick Bass. Atkins spent 15 years lobbying for his 2005 induction into the Bay Area Sports Hall Fame.
"I wanted it done so my dad could see it," Atkins said. "But he died a few months before. And then Dick died not too long after."
The twin deaths in 2005 and 2006 sent Atkins into a deep depression worsened by migraine headaches. After months of crippling grief, she bought some paint and brushes to try "art therapy," a relatively new method. It worked.
"Art has saved my life," Atkins said at her kitchen table where she usually paints. She was working on a typical painting for her — four African women, stick figures really, in festive, tribal dresses. They have black necks and heads but no eyes, ears, noses or mouths. But somehow, they still exude happiness and optimism.
Her family's story begins in Mississippi, and is one she's reluctant to share.
"Let's stick to art," Atkins protested. "I don't want this to be about race. That's not what my father was about, not what Dick was about."
But she allowed a brief summary.
Her mother, Annie, was beautiful and black. Her father, Norman Bass, was tall, handsome, blue-eyed and white. Interracial marriages were illegal in 1942 Mississippi. Life would never be normal for them, so her father headed for California, eventually finding work and a house in a nice white neighborhood in Vallejo. When his black wife and their mixed-race kids arrived, the shocked neighbors employed all manner of threats to force them out. Her father took care of the problem one day by sitting on the front porch with a shotgun.
Atkins' parents then put discussions of race aside and concentrated on raising their children as best they could, encouraging them to excel at school, sports and outside interests. The neighborhood soon took its place in the growing Bay Area melting pot.
Atkins never told her parents about the art teacher's discouraging remarks. She's sure they would have urged her to pursue art anyway, but she didn't and can't explain it all these years later. Atkins instead set her sights on college and a teaching career.
Meanwhile, her brothers became star athletes. Norman Jr. played professional baseball and football and then became an internationally ranked table tennis player. Dick Bass became famous for his exploits on the gridiron. A sensational running back at Vallejo High, he played for the Los Angeles Rams from 1960 to 1969, amassing nearly 9,000 yards rushing, receiving and returning kicks over his career.
But that's not how sisters really remember brothers. Dick Bass had a favorite line of encouragement for his little sister: "Don't give up before the miracle happens!"
However, Atkins never became a teacher. While at a community college, she landed an entry-level job with the Bank of America, where she rose through the ranks to become a vice president.
Life and work were good, but her artistic spirit refused to die. As she commuted to San Francisco on BART, she sketched her fellow passengers and jotted down inspiring or clever captions. She filled dozens of sketchbooks over 18 years.
In 2001, she left the bank rather than move with it to another state, and began a greeting card business based on her commuter sketches, calling the line of cards "From Where I Sit." She was also writing letters to Bay Area sports writers, urging them to induct Bass in the regional hall of fame. It took 15 years.
"I had invested so much in getting him elected," she said. "It was a double whammy when he and my father died."
Months of art therapy produced nothing more than crude brush strokes. But in late 2006, she managed to lay down the image of a black, faceless woman in a purple dress.
"This was my breakout painting," Atkins said, holding it up with pride and relief.
She has since painted dozens of canvases, almost all of them faceless, black women who still reflect joy and sisterhood.
On the road back to art, Atkins met Shan Kelly Cecilio, a San Jose painter from the Bahamas who has become a friend and mentor. She expects Atkins will add facial features to her subjects soon.
"She definitely had the talent to become a professional artist a long time ago," Cecilio said. "There is still room for it. She's growing all the time, but I think she can do more. She tends to think too long about her projects."
Maybe that's because art remains a form of therapy for Atkins, but much less now than before. She has begun to write fiction, poetry, and plans to write and illustrate a children's book.
"I think my story can be a message for others in pain and sorrow," she said. "Don't give up before the miracle happens!"
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Be Grateful, Mother Earth Made You - Poem by Thomas Duncky
I'd be grateful now if i was you
For it would sound so unkind and untrue
To disdain and profane the land that made you
I wouldn't say now if i was you without reason
'There is a better place far beyond the horizon'
Why? I'm content with mother earth and her changing seasons
If there was a God who ruled with love
He wouldn't have left and lurk above
I say to you, He would be the Earth we have
I in my rightful senses, i'm no fool
I'm just a soul to Nature so true that speaks now to you
Saying if i was you, living on this earth
From the second of my birth to the moment of my death
Given by whatever gods the chance to trod this earth so beautiful
I would stop whining and forever be grateful
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.- Two Catholic legislators from Massachusetts sought to justify their support for same-sex marriage last week by citing their religious convictions. Representative Marie P. St. Fleur said Feb. 10 that her conclusion was "coming from a place of faith," and Senator Marian Walsh said her "faith" gave her the "clarity" she needed to make this decision.
"These two Massachusetts lawmakers are free to come to any conclusion they want on the issue of gay marriage, but they look rather foolish seeking support for their position by citing their fidelity to Catholicism," said Catholic League president William Donohue. "There is nothing in Catholic teaching that lends credence to their belief. It would have been more honest to simply say they reject the teachings of the Catholic Church."
The Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry, a liberal group of mainline Protestants and Jews who reject biblical teachings on marriage, the family and sexuality, honored both politicians at a ceremony Feb. 10.


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Open house at WCGH to introduce new cardiac rehab phase
The Cardiac Rehab program at Waldo County General Hospital will hold an open house to introduce its phase 3 program on Friday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the cardiac rehab space on the first floor of the hospital.
During part of that time, there will be phase 3 participants working out as they do twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays, for up to an hour and a half.
Phase 3 is a maintenance program with the goal of getting participants to push themselves to exercise regularly and effectively in a setting where they feel safe.
The hospital has run a phase 2 program for more than 10 years but just recently added phase 3. Phase 1 occurs while a patient who has suffered a heart "event" is still hospitalized. Phase 2 is an eight- to12-week exercise program that is closely supervised and monitored.
Sharron Walsh of Searsport suffered a heart event a year ago and completed phases 1 and 2. Since then she has been going to the YMCA and to pilates and Zumba classes but she is still thrilled to be part of the phase 3 program.
"Here I feel like I am in a safe environment so I challenge myself more. I was a little afraid to start to increase my endurance at the Y and it's been great to start to really push myself. And I enjoy working out with other people who have had a similar experience. I still go to the Y and that's fun but I don't work out as hard as I do here. It's a wonderful staff with great music and the time flies by," she says.
Insurance does not cover the phase 3 program. The cost is $40 per month.
Phase 3 is open to participants who have suffered a cardiac event or have risk factors that could lead to such an event.
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All fire restrictions for unincorporated, private lands in Archuleta County were lifted Tuesday thanks to recent monsoonal moisture that fell in the area, but, unfortunately, the effects of the recent intense storms is still being felt in other ways, as well.
Stage I fire restrictions were instituted on July 7 for the unincorporated private land within Archuleta County that is located south of U.S. 160 and west of U.S. 84.
With recent moisture, area officials were comfortable rescinding those restrictions, but not without urging folks to use caution.
Archuleta County Director of Emergency Management Thad McKain reminded those who choose to burn to have a water source and shovel nearby and to monitor fires at all times. Also, McKain reminded to make sure no red flag warning or fire watches are in effect before burning.
While the lifting of the fire restrictions is a positive outcome of the rain provided by the recent storms, other facets of the storms were not so positive.
Localized flooding in the downtown Pagosa Springs area, specifically in the area of 1st and 2nd streets along U.S. 160, has left both business owners, including the Pinewood Inn, and residential property owners facing unanticipated costs to recover from damage sustained.
On the other end of the spectrum, the storms also provoked numerous reports of smoke in wildland areas, though those fires were kept in check and firefighters within Archuleta County are not actively fighting any fires.
Perhaps the lightning strike fire that has demanded the most attention recently was not a wildland fire, but a structure fire.
Pagosa Fire Protection District personnel battled a "stubborn" blaze at a house in the Vista subdivision for more than five hours during the evening and night of July 16, that fire believed to be the result of a lightning strike earlier in the day.
According to PFPD Assistant Chief Brian Leewitt, who served as incident commander for the fire, 27 PFPD personnel and five apparatuses were used to fight the fire.
The call came in at 5:09 p.m. for the fire on Surrey Drive, with smoke coming out of the eaves of the house by the time firefighters arrived, Leewitt said.
The fire was contained to the attic space of the house, according to Leewitt, leaving the interior of the home clear of smoke.
However, when firefighters began to knock through the ceiling of the house to locate the fire, it flashed over -— the name given to the occasion when all combustibles, such as gasses, reach ignition temperature and flash, Leewitt explained.
"It was definitely a stubborn fire," he said.
However, while crews battled the blaze via the ceiling and roof, additional firefighters were able to salvage numerous items from the house and place salvage covers over items that could not be removed from the house to lessen damage from the fire, Leewitt reported.
PFPD personnel cleared the scene at 10:42 p.m., Leewitt noted.
In addition to the PFPD, law enforcement and fire personnel from the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office, the Red Cross and EMS also responded.
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Bar-Ilan Program Head Defends Decision to Admit Yair Lapid
Council for Higher Education's oversight committee rules that students admitted to graduate programs must first earn an undergraduate degree.
The head of the university graduate studies program that admitted television personality-turned politician Yair Lapid even though he lacks an undergraduate degree on Wednesday defended his decision.
On Tuesday the Council for Higher Education's oversight committee ruled that students admitted to graduate programs must first earn an undergraduate degree.
It also ordered the suspension of Bar-Ilan graduate programs offering accelerating study to 21 professionals.
Speaking to the media for the first time since Lapid's enrollment in Bar-Ilan University was reported several days ago in Haaretz, cultural studies program head Prof. Avi Sagi told Israel Radio's "Hakol Diburim" program on Reshet Bet on Wednesday that the university would honor the council's decision but reserved the right to appeal.
Sagi expressed regret at the oversight committee's decision, which must be ratified by the council plenum. He said he would view the application of the decision as a "black flag for academia," in which the university's doors were closed to new possibilities.
After the decision was issued Lapid wrote on his Facebook page, "In general, I don't care if I have a degree or not, I just love to learn."
'Academia is not a guild'
In explaining his program's flexible admission policy for students like Lapid, Sagi said: "The academic establishment is not a guild, and membership in it and the granting of diplomas has no value in itself."
He said generally people study for a bachelor's degree because they lack knowledge, "but a large portion of the knowledge of some people is acquired outside of the university."
When asked on the radio program whether the assertion by Rivka Carmi, president of the association of Israeli university heads, that Bar-Ilan is the only Israeli university with such flexible admission standards, Sagi replied: "It exists at every self-respecting academic institution in the world."
With respect to Lapid specifically, Sagi said: "I don't know him. From my standpoint, he's not a celebrity," adding that Lapid had been studying with various teachers for the past two years and no one bothered to examine his scholastic achievements. He said other students were accepted in a similar fashion as Lapid, but added: "Fortunately or unfortunately, they are not involved in political discourse."
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2013 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championship Credentials
Media Credentials
2013 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships
Credentials will be required for all members of the working press at the 2013 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships set for Madison, Wis., from Jan. 9-13.
How to apply: Fill out the information requested after clicking here. You will receive confirmation from USA Cycling by Wednesday, Jan. 2.
Photo: Photographers please request photo bibs for priority access. Photo vests are limited and are to be returned at the conclusion of the event. A driver's license, credit card or $20 cash can be used as collateral to obtain a photo vest. This could be done on a daily basis or for the duration of the event.
Credential: Credentials and photo vests will be distributed in the event media room (Verona Public Library, 500 Silent St., Verona, WI 53593) during the below time windows. Credentials will not be mailed.
Media Room Hours: Tuesday, Jan. 8 – 1-6 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 9 – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 10 – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 11 – 9 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 12 - 9 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 13 – 9 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Event Info: USA Cycling will crown the nation's best cyclo-cross riders in various age groups from Jan. 9-13 in Madison, Wis.
Web: http://www.usacycling.org/2013/cyclo-cross-nationals
Please note that a completed media credentials application does not guarantee access. Confirmations will be issued via e-mail. Space permitting, media members can also apply for and receive credentials on-site with documentation of assignment.
To avoid some of the issues encountered during the 2012 event, the number of credentials allotted to each outlet will be limited and determined by USA Cycling. Additionally, as space at the finish line was extremely limited at the 2012 event, media entry to that area of the course will be restricted and monitored.
For more information, please contact:
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Created in 1969, the animated short called Bambi Meets Godzilla still was shown at midnight movie showings for many decades after.
Which was where I first came across this modern masterpiece. It's been a staple of animation festivals and other movie festivals ever since it first was released.
It's a marvelous example of the mash-up culture, taking two disparate things and mashing them together to form something completely distinct from its origins. The animator had permission neither from the makers of Bambi nor the creators of Godzilla. He just had a good idea and ran with it.
If you were a lucky dude, as when I was growing up and seeing this for the first time, you were able to watch a scratchy, ugly copy of a copy of a copy. Now, though, through the magic of the internet, a fan of the original animated short went back and painstakingly restored the movie, frame by frame.
And, so, I present to you dudes Bambi Meets Godzilla: The Restoration. It's awesome. Enjoy.
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The Poolside Drink Cabana
The Poolside Drink Cabana will keep drinks cold while enjoying the swimming pool.
May 17, 2014 (Newswire.com) - In American homes, there are more than 4,500,000 in ground swimming pools and more than 3,500,000 above ground swimming pools. Americans enjoy their pools-swimming, partying, tanning, and just relaxing. After a trying day at work, you may want to unwind with a cold, refreshing drink by the swimming pool. One problem with this scenario is that the heat from the sun heats your drink and melts the ice. The Poolside Drink Cabana can solve this problem. It is a shaded table surface for beverages that is specially designed for use while enjoying an outdoor pool. The Poolside Drink Cabana provides you with a simple yet attractive way to keep drinks consistently cool even on the warmest of days. Televised test marketing has been completed indicating exceptionally strong consumer interest in the Poolside Drink Cabana.
The Patent Pending Poolside Drink Cabana was invented by Douglas Wright of North Las Vegas, NV, who said, "The Poolside Drink Cabana is a shaded table surface that is specially designed for beverages. It can be offered in circular, oval, or square shapes and has a circumference of approximately two feet. The weighted, solid base anchors the Poolside Drink Cabana in place, elevating it off the surface of the concrete. An attached umbrella is attached in the center and has a handy ring so that you can move it around as needed. Also, it can be made available in a variety of colors and styles."
The inventor added, "Before jumping into the pool, you put the Poolside Drink Cabana right at the edge of the water. You open the umbrella and place your beverages directly on the table surface. The shade of the umbrella blocks the sun, keeping the drinks from becoming heated. You can then enjoy your backyard pool and still keep your drink cool."
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By ERIC PACE
Published: May 16, 1986
Theodore H. White, the ex-newsboy who became a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist skilled at humanizing events in his ''Making of the President'' books and myriad other writings, died late last night at Lenox Hill Hospital.
Mr. White was admitted to the hospital after suffering a stroke last Friday.
He was 71 years old and lived in a house in Bridgewater, Conn., and a brownstone on the East Side of Manhattan.
''A storyteller of elections'' is what the exuberant Mr. White liked to call himself in his later years. ''There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war,'' he once wrote, ''to match the excitement of an American Presidential campaign.''
His excitement was contagious. The British political scientist and author R. H. S. Crossman praised what he called Mr. White's ''brilliant presentation of democracy in action,'' noting that he ''knows the art of creating suspense.'' Correspondent in China
Simon Michael Bessie, the editor and publisher of eight of Mr. White's books, beginning with ''The Making of the President 1960,'' at the Atheneum and Harper & Row publishing houses, said: ''Teddy White has made the history and inner working of American politics interesting and intelligible to more people than any other writer of his generation. His gifts as reporter, historian and storyteller have produced books of lasting value.''
It was after a hardscrabble Depression boyhood and a summa cum laude Harvard degree that Mr. White started out, as a foreign correspondent for Time, covering war and famine in China. He later was co-author of a 1946 book about that country, ''Thunder Out of China,'' which the former New York Times editor Harrison E. Salisbury later called ''indispensable for an understanding of the struggle which brought the Chinese Communists to power.''
Mr. White also covered the wrenchings of history in India and the spit, polish and drama of the Japanese surrender aboard the the battleship Missouri for Time, finding himself - as he wrote later - ''entranced by power and force during the war years in Asia.''
Moving on to Europe, he became, as he put it, ''convinced of American virtue during the years of reconstruction'' after World War II. Later, back in the United States, he began seeing American politics ''as an adventure in which men sought their identity.'' Novel-Writing Techniques
After working also for The Reporter, Collier's and other publications and writing two works of fiction, he decided, during a quiet weekend on Fire Island in late 1959, to use novel-writing techniques in a book-length chronicle of the next Presidential campaign.
The upshot was ''The Making of the President 1960,'' which won him national fame and the Pulitzer Prize. Heartened by its success, he went on to write similarly titled works, about the races of 1964, 1968 and 1972, which kept his name on best-seller lists.
Then came his stinging ''Breach of Faith: The Fall of Richard Nixon,'' which came out in 1975 and was praised by the Times columnist James Reston as the best of Mr. White's ''superb books on the Presidency.''
It was followed by Mr. White's stirring and much-praised memoir, ''In Search of History: A Personal Adventure,'' in 1978 and his sweeping and controversial ''America in Search of Itself: The Making of the President 1956-1980'' in 1982. 'Literature of Reality'
Summing himself up, as his writings summed up legions of other notable men and women of his time, Mr. White once called himself an author dealing in observed reality - what has come to be called in France ''les choses vues.'' That literary tradition, he said, ''proliferated with my generation.''
''The American literature of reality includes John Gunther inside his U.S.A., Edgar Snow following the Red Star over China, John Hersey reporting on Hiroshima,'' he observed. ''I think I fit in that stream and I'm proud of it.''
Not only proud, ecstatic. Pounding at his typewriter, peering down through his wire-rimmed glasses at the emerging words, Mr. White used to feel, as he once put it, ''bursts of ecstasy when the hours of writing swept by like minutes, all the words flowing in paragraphs preshaped by unconscious thinking.''
The joy and success that Mr. White found in his work might have brought serenity to a simpler man. But by late 1975, he wrote in his memoirs, he was angry with himself, mainly because for years he ''had neither paused nor dug deep enough to answer'' the question of what events were ''really all about.'' Identities and Ideas
Now it struck him that ''identities in politics were connected far more to ideas than to ego,'' as he wrote then, and that ''at the core of every great political identity lay an idea - an idea imposed on the leader from his past, which the leader absorbed, changed and then imposed on the others outside.''
Mr. White came to be widely seen as what Robert Sherrill, writing in The New York Times Book Review in 1982, called someone ''who with age and success has turned conservative.'' But Mr. White viewed himself in a different light.


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I'm SMH at how Nicole has come back and mixed things up.
Yep, this DOES take things up at LEAST a notch or two or three, because until Nicole's return, I was figuring Laura, Roy, Rod and Derek for F4.
Well, Rod blew himself out of the water by being hardheaded. He HAD the goods (self-taught, or not). But absolutely could/would not break himself out of that round-faced mold he'd placed himself into.
Derek, ITA, is ALL OVER THE PLACE. Like Rod, he's got the goods, but HIS problem is consistency.
Roy. I think it's more than safe to say he's on the bubble. And no, I don't think hardheadedness is the particular cross that he's bearing. Good as he is, if he can't downscale and downsize what it is he does every week, yep, I DO think he's a goner. Why he can't just figure out that for at least ONE challenge, he could and should reward himself by actually NOT working like a Hebrew slave, I'll never know. And I don't think Glenn COULD'VE made the panel's position ANY clearer.
So, much as I'd like to see him as one of the F2, I won't lose any sleep over it if he blows himself out of the water, either.
Laura. OK. Bad challenge. She's had her major screw-up, so, hopefully, it's onward and upward from here.
Nicole. There are, what? Two? Three challenges 'til the finale? If she keeps going like she HAS been the past two challenges, she just may be sitting at the top of the heap when the smoke clears, maybe. That kind of work, the quality, imagination, execution, etc., AFTER going out, CANNOT be ignored, I think.
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LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - European stock markets lost ground on Tuesday, with French bank Credit Agricole and German carmaker BMW among the worst performers after reporting results, while weak oil prices also weighed on energy stocks.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index, which had risen 0.7 percent on Monday, edged back by 0.3 percent while the euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index also weakened by 0.5 percent.
Credit Agricole slumped 8 percent after it booked an additional 350 million euros in litigation provisions while posting second quarter results.
BMW also fell 2.7 percent after its second quarter operating profit eased 3 percent on slowing China sales, leading the carmaker to caution that while it still expects new records for sales and pretax profit in the full year, earnings momentum was slowing. (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Lionel Laurent)


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Former legislator Jack Cera has been called on to represent the 95th House District following the appointment of State Representative Lou Gentile (D-Steubenville) to the Ohio Senate.
A member of the Ohio House from 1983-1996, Rep. Cera brings many years of experience and dedication to public service to the legislature. Rep. Cera was officially sworn back into the Ohio House during today's session.
"It is a true honor to be back in the Ohio House of Representatives," Rep. Cera said. "I look forward to serving the people of the 95th District and fighting for Ohio's working families. I will do everything I can to make sure my constituents' voices are heard in Columbus."
After leaving the General Assembly in 1996, Rep. Cera has stayed busy in his community in various capacities, including as Belmont County's Workforce Development Director and as Executive Director of the Jefferson Belmont Regional Solid Waste Authority.
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PS 3 Solutions.
1a This is true: with a higher interest rate, there is less investment (investment as a function of output shifts down), so demand shifts down, which gives a smaller level of equilibrium output.
1b This is true: a fiscal expansion increases Y and I, a monetary expansion increases Y and decreases i. So combining these two may lead to unchanged interest rates and higher output.
1c False: Monetary policy means changing M, which enters only the LM curve (financial markets). The IS curve stays the same.
2a The LM curve comes from equating money supply and demand: 280 = Y/10*i, so
i = Y/2800.
2b The IS curve represents equilibrium output as a function of the interest rate. To derive it, we need to equate the demand and the supply of goods:
Y = C+I+G = 50+0.5*(Y-10)+20-100*i+10=75-100*i+0.5*Y.
This implies
Y = 150-200*i.
2c Solving for the intersection of IS and LM: 2800*i = 150-200*i, so
i = 150/3000 = 0.05 = 5%.
Output is then
2d If G increases by 15, it does not change the LM curve but shifts the IS curve up (to the right). It becomes Y = 180-200*i. The new equilibrium is given by
2800*i = 180-200*i, so
i = 180/3000 = 0.06 = 6%.
Output is
and investment becomes I = 20-100*0.06=14 (it used to be 15). This is what is called "the crowding out" effect of government spending: higher G means higher interest rates, which then might decrease investment: higher output is good for investment but higher interest rates are bad. In our example, investment did not depend on output, so an increase in G had only the negative effect on investment.
2e Now it is the LM curve that shifts out (to the right), and becomes i = Y/3550. IS stays the same; so the equilibrium interest rate is given by
3550*i = 150-200*i, so i = 150/3750 = 0.04 = 4%.
Output is Y = 150-200*i = 142, and investment is 20-100*i = 16. A monetary expansion increases output and decreases the interest rate, which both help investment. Here we did not have the positive effect through output, only the boost through lower interest rates.
In general, both fiscal and monetary policy increase output, but they have opposite effects on the interest rate; which means that a fiscal expansion has an ambiguous effect on investment, while a monetary expansion has a clear positive effect.
3a RD =1/6*(1-0.1)* MD, since the demand for checks is (1-0.1)* MD, and 1/6 is the amount of reserves.
HD =0.1* MD + RD = 0.1*$Y*L(i)+1/6 *0.9*$Y*L(i)=$Y*L(i)*(6/60+9/60)=0.25*$Y*L(i)
3c H= HD =0.25*$Y*L(I); the graph is a downward sloping line and a vertical supply
MD =M=4*H (Using that H=0.25M)
The intuition for M being 4 times bigger than H is the following: H goes into the hands of consumers and banks. Consumers use it as currency (C); banks will end up keeping it as reserves. How much reserves banks will keep?
Suppose someone gets a dollar – then she will deposit 0.9 of it to a bank. The bank puts aside 1/7 of it, and 6/7 is given to someone (as a loan, or via purchasing bonds with it). That person deposits 90% of the money to the bank again – 0.9*1/7*6/7 is put aside, 0.9*6/7*6/7 is again given to someone, etc. In the end, the amount of total checkable deposits is 0.9*6/7*(1+0.9*6/7+(0.9*6/7)2+…) = 0.9*6/7*1/(1-0.9*6/7); and reserves are 0.9*1/7*(1+0.9*6/7+(0.9*6/7)2+…) = 6*R.
Now C = 0.1*M, CD = 0.9*M, so C =1/9*CD = 6/9*R. Hence H = C+R = 15/9*R, so R=9/15*H, CD = 54/15*H and C = 6/15*H. Therefore M = C+CD = 6/15*H+54/15*H=60/15*H=4*H.
3d If the 0.1 goes up, then the 0.25 multiplier (which is 1/6+5/6*cash-to-money ratio) goes up, so H-demand goes up, so the demand line shifts up in the H diagram, the interest rate increases.
The intuition behind this result is the following: people want to hold more of their money in currency. This has two effects on the demand for H: a direct increase (more currency wanted by the public) and an indirect decrease: less checkable deposits, hence less reserves. The decrease in checkable deposits is the same as the increase in currency, but reserves are only 1/6 of deposits, so the net effect is an increase in HD.
In the M-world, the 4 goes down (1/0.25), so money supply goes down while demand stays the same. Again, the same interest rate increase.
The intuition is also similar to the H-case: the increased desire for currency will lead to smaller reserves, therefore smaller deposits. Since the multiplication of H into M is achieved through bank deposits, so if there are smaller deposits around, the multiplication effect is weaker, hence the same amount of H implies a smaller amount of MS.
The CB should expand the supply of H (hence M) to maintain the same interest rate. In more details: If the interest rate is to be kept constant, then M must also stay constant. So the amount of currency will increase, and the amount of checkable deposits will decrease by the same amount. This means a 1/6 decrease in reserves – so H must increase (1-1/6 is positive).
Note that banks might be in temporary problems here: when people start contracting their deposits, banks have only 1/6 of them available immediately, the rest is lent to some firms or consumers. After a while, banks will be able to get all their funds back and then pay all of their depositors – but there might be a period when they need extra cash. This would be an example of a bank run.
3e In both diagrams, the demand line shifts up, thus the equilibrium interest rate increases. With more income, people will want to make more transactions, so they want to hold more money. At the given interest rate, however, there is not enough money to satisfy their needs -- interest rates must rise to dissuade people from holding more money.


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PHS MEMS has announced it has raised over 31m euros ($26.3m) in a third funding round
Investors included AXA Private Equity and Sofinov. Including this recent round of funding, PHS MEMS has raised over 45m euros ($38.1m).
The company plan to use the funds raised to further expand its MEMS Design Centre, Sales and Marketing force, as well as increasing its international presence.
"Micro-electronics and copper have enabled the technology evolution we live in today," said Alberto Martorell, president and CEO PHS MEMS. "Micro-electromechanics and fibre will unleash a technology revolution of greater social and economic impact, through its multi-disciplinary nature and its complementarity with micro-electronics."
"MEMS represent one of the fastest growing technologies, particularly in the wireless and optical communications industry," said Pascal Voulton, IT Investments Director, Sofinov. "As a co-leader in this significant round, Sofinov confirms its active support of PHS MEMS, shown in the previous round."
"PHS MEMS has the required assets to consolidate its industrial leadership as a communications MEMS supplier," said Vincent Gombault, Board member, Axa Private Equity. "PHS MEMS meets all the fundamental criteria we seek: strategic know-how and technology in a fast-growing sector, an experienced management team and a unique market position, enabling a rapid company growth."


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The Neverkink 3/4 in. Dia x 75 ft. Commercial Duty Hose features NTS Reflex Mesh technology for resistance to kinking, twisting and tangling. A crush-resistant, heavy duty brass coupling and protective collar combine for durability.
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1. Montale Wild Aoud
2. Amouage Jubilation XXV
3. Montale Red Vetyver
4. Taur L'air du Desert Marocain
5. ELdO Fat Electrician
Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.
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Naaaaaaw! It always happens that once I have already ordered my nth Montale sampler bundle from TPC, the next day I find out that they have just released some wonderful new scent. Happened with Dark/Moon Aoud, and now this one!
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Last week I received a sample of Black Musk and my first impression it had the strong aoud note that covered the musk, however in some time aoud faded a bit and released its muskiness. Despite aoud still was clearly perceptible, it is less strong than, let's say, Red Aoud, which is perfect for some people that might be offended by a strong aoud scent. It's sexy and projects very well. Certainly it will be one of my next buys.
The musk here is basically the same as in Aoud Musk minus the oud and the saffron. Dark, deep, intense and completely satisfying. Leather and musk with a remarkable medicinal vibe and spicy undertones (no flowers detected). Pretty minimalistic but if you like the Montale's chemical blast you'll dig it (in tiny doses I do). I don't get the comparisons with Black Aoud at all, sorry.
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I got Black Musk and Aoud Musk samples.
Aoud Musk is a very mature scent , its quite similar to SL's Kublai Khan , but not as dirty . , Aoud musk is more Musty and reminds me of old people in their 80s and 90s. The drydown on the contrary is sexy, an incensey smell, which smells EXACTLY like Balaji's Chandanam Incense http://www.amazon.com/Chandanam-Sand...8570820&sr=8-1
I love the drydown , 5 hours later , but the 5 hours before that were nauseating. This one sadly is not for me.
Black musk is HANDS DOWN more versatile , I detect some Oudh, it does not smell like Black Aoud , except that it shares a dark quality with it ,thats it. It actually is quite Parisian , more than Eastern. A definite winner from the house of Montale ! It breaks out of the rosey oud concoctions.
Sampling this right now. The moment I dabbed it on, it reminded me of New York Oud by Bond no 9
I don't get any "Black Aoud Light" with Black Musk.
I did 3 sprays from my 2ml decant on my chest.
If the Montale bottles have a good sprayer, that would be like 1 ~ 1,5 spray.
Sillage and longevity are out of this world.
I was wearing 2 shirts that day.
The shirt that touched my chest is still smelling like it, and it has been washed...
The shirt that never touched my chest, was projecting slightly but noticeable in a 3 meter radius 72 hours later.
I kinda like the opening but the drydown, I don't know...
I like to smell different but this is not crossing the line, it's crushing the line.
I feel at unease with this kind of projection plus it smells weird like a lot of Montale's.
A couple in a store was walking by for at least 5 times.
It was no coincidence, they constantly took a direction to cross my path.
When they walked by for let's say the third time, I looked behind me and they were both staring at me.
I would do the same, if a 23 year old guy was projecting this monster.
For me it's basically a musky woody aoud fragrance which is very dark and like a lot of Montale's, has something of a fuel-chemical-factory-waste kind of overall smell.
It seemed to smell "normal" after 72 hours on the shirt that never touched my chest.
I have no problem waiting 2 or 3 hours to get rid of awful topnotes, but 72...
I bought a bottle of this in Jan, I loved it so much. For me its a dark , camphorous, cooling yet silver metallic fragrance. The sillage is insane and the longevity is about 10-12 hours on me. Great fragrance for hot climates.
Is this the best montale? I have to smell it on Saturday. Is it better than parfumiere generale or amurage?
Sampling this now and this one is quite nice. I definitely get the musk and leather as key players but get an overall metallic/antiseptic type vibe as well. I appreciate that the oud is toned down as well, though seems to be still be there a bit in the background. There is something intriguing and oddly futuristic about the fragrance, but that might just be my brain getting amped up from repeatedly sniffing the chemicals. Impressed so far half an hour in.
Edit: This might be the first truly "weird" full bottle I purchase. It is weird and wearable at the same time.
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Its incredibly potent, well the Vendome bottle I have is. Its best worn in the summer Its mainly Leather, Musk, Rose , Cardamom and Pepper.Rose is not listed but its in there.
Excellent for summers.
I have a sample of this and find it very good. Can't say I detect any rose; it's nothing like black aoud. Aoud, leather, and musk. I need to test again.
Is the juice worth the squeeze?
This is another one on my skin that is like "Attar" that seems to last forever. Extremely strong.
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This is on my "to try" list, as well as Greyland.
....EDIT: Who am I kidding, there will be tons more from this line that I will be sampling. lol
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