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Columbia University prepares an annual security report, which is available to all current and prospective employees and students. The report includes statistics for the three previous years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus, in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Columbia University, and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security, such as policies concerning sexual assault, and other matters. You can obtain a copy of this report by contacting the Director of Administration and Planning, Public Safety at (212) 854-3815 or here located in the Public Safety Office's website.
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Thanksgiving weekend is over and it's time to return to our usual round-up of gifs. We're excited to show you all the gifs we've found for this week. As always, we have a bunch of reaction gifs, some funny gifs, and some just plain cool ones too. This week's reaction gifs are for those who are out of shape, or sick, or just want to dance! We also have a plot twist of a gif below and a pretty cool gif of a dude with pretty sweet hair.
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It was the highlight of the 2004-05 season and it may go down in history as the greatest hit ever recorded in the game.
Manitoba's Jennifer Jones made the most dramatic shot to ever win a curling championship when she executed an in-off takeout to crack the winning four at the national Scott Tournament of Hearts. That "shot-heard-around-the-curling-world" also earned Jones a trip to the Canadian Curling Trials and with it, funding as carded athletes and a spot in the Canada Cup.
That shot also killed the notion that Manitoba women's curling had plunged into a deep, dark abyss.
After failing miserably at the world championship on questionable ice in Scotland, Jones went on to play Alberta legend Randy Ferbey in a Battle of the Sexes Skins Game in Brandon, then made more coin on the cashspiel circuit than any other women's team. But her run came to an abrupt end at the trials in Halifax when she was felled, not by an opponent, but by kidney stones. And her squad failed to qualify for the playoffs.
Jones had been forced to make a change to her lineup when lead Cathy Gauthier decided she could not commit the time away from her children to prepare for the Olympic trials. B.C.'s Georgina Wheatcroft, who had won Olympic bronze with Kelley Law, then replaced Gauthier. Wheatcroft, who had to establish Manitoba residency to be eligible, will remain at lead when Jones competes at the next Scott as Team Canada.
Jones had defeated St. Vital clubmate Kristy Jenion in the Manitoba final. During the summer, Jenion's third, Lisa Roy, suffered a significant injury to her eye when an unidentified idiot tossed a soft drink bottle through her windshield on the highway. But she has returned to the ice and has qualified for this year's provincials in Thompson.
On the men's side, Valour Road's (Dandy) Randy Dutiaume shocked the masses when he won the Safeway Select with a team thrown together just before the MCA's annual bonspiel. He hooked up with former Manitoba champions Dave Elias and Shane Kilgallen to form a squad that dominated the bonspiel, then took the Manitoba title. The ever-colourful Dutiaume then became the most popular curler at the Brier. Dutiaume, who was also the first Manitoban since 2001 to make the playoffs, fell just one game short of earning a trip to the Olympic trials.
Meanwhile, Charleswood's Jeff Stoughton made it to the trials final, then dropped a close game to Newfoundland's Brad Gushue, the guy he had suggested had "no chance" to win after parachuting veteran Russ Howard in to call the shots and throw second stones.
But before last season had ended, Assiniboine Memorial's legendary Kerry Burtnyk called it quits, leaving a void that has yet to be filled. Daley Peters won his second straight junior provincial title, then joined his old man, Vic, in time to put on a show at the first Grand Slam ever held in Winnipeg. That Slam was a resounding success both on and off the ice when an attendance record was set (since broken).
In other events of note, Doug Armour of Souris won the Western Canada Masters title and Granite's Doug Harrison won his first senior crown. David Hamblin of Morris won the Manitoba Mixed, then lost the national final.
The Manitoba Curling Association braved a number of problems. First, it denied former junior provincial champion Reid Carruthers a zone spot because his entry apparently got lost in the mail. Then it turned around and begged for entries into its annual bonspiel well after the deadline date as it suffered its lowest number of entries since 1966. And the Manitoba Curling Tour had problems of its own when three players defected from MCT champion Renaud Gagne to join Mark Lukowich. That forced the MCT to call for a playoff (won by Gagne) to see which team would be eligible for a Select spot playoff with this year's winner.
Nationally, the CCA has yet to explain why it ever signed the TV agreement that cut TSN out of all curling telecasts and limited the number of Season of Champions games to be seen on CBC's prime time. Then it asked fans to pay for a digital cable hookup for something they had been getting for free. The CCA suffered a huge outcry throughout the season. Then it compounded its own problems by attempting to get out of the CBC contract, which resulted in a threatened lawsuit. With the CBC's help, TSN was finally brought back on board and fans have been celebrating ever since. So has the board. Giddy with the new arrangement, which is the same as the old arrangement, it awarded CCA CEO Dave Parkes with a raise and a bonus.
Meanwhile, Edmonton set a Brier attendance record as Ferbey won his record sixth Canadian crown in his hometown, then went on to win the worlds in Victoria.
Splitting the world championships also proved to be a failure for the women as their games were played on poor ice before a trickle of fans in Scotland. Former Canadian champion Colleen Jones had suggested that the women would have to curl naked to draw fans at the worlds. The next thing you know, someone came up with a calendar celebrating naked female curlers. Thanks, Colleen.


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The search for co-integration between money, prices and income: low frequency evidence from the Turkish economy
In this paper, we aim to test the empirical validity of the QTM relationship for the Turkish economy. Using some contemporaneous time series estimation techniques, our estimation results reveal that stationarity characteristics of the velocities of currency in circulation and the broad money aggregate in the economy cannot be rejected through a quantity theoretical co-integrating long-term variable space. We find that there exists an about one-to-one proportionality between money and prices and money and real income, and that the exogeneity of money cannot be rejected for the currency in circulation in the economy. But, the exception here comes from the broad monetary aggregate used in the QTM equation such that money seems to be endogenous as for the long-term variable space.
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R & B singer [lastfm]Tank[/lastfm] was out on the town with Ray J and said "the car got away from me." Are you more surprised that he can afford one or that he crashed a $200,000 Lambo?
Was Tank tipsy when he crashed his ride? Hmmmmm..now that would be an AWNAWHELLNAW. Glad he and [lastfm]Ray J [/lastfm]were okay. Talk about blowing money fast!Vodpod videos no longer available.
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pair of Ospreys had their nest on top of a pine tree near the River Tay in Perthshire.
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In terms of Santa Anita Derby wins, Bruce Headley is a rookie,
despite his 78 years. Gary Stevens, on the other hand, has won the West
Coast's major steppingstone to the Kentucky Derby a record nine times.
Headley and Stevens, no spring chicken himself in jockey years at
50, team up Saturday when Stevens rides Storm Fighter for Headley in
the Santa Anita Derby.
Headley has never won the race, whose winners have gone on to
capture the Run for the Roses nine times. A trainer of the hay, oats and
water philosophy since he began his career in 1963, the California
native was second once, in 1992 with Bertrando, who led into the stretch
before 9-10 favorite A.P. Indy overtook him under Eddie Delahoussaye to
win by nearly two lengths.
"Bertrando was a great horse and a great stallion, who still has
his progeny doing well
at the races," said Headley, who on Saturday tries his luck in the 76th
Santa Anita Derby with promising California-bred maiden winner Storm
Bertrando, Eclipse Award winner as champion Older Male in 1993
and a leading California sire before his retirement in 2011, won or
placed in 15 Grade I or Grade II stakes. He earned $3,185,610.
A bay colt by Stormin Fever out of the Deputy Commander mare
Throne Seeker, Storm Fighter is owned by one of the state's iconic
Thoroughbred operations, Golden Eagle Farm.
"They've had great horses at Golden Eagle and this one is an
exceptionally good-looking horse," Headley said of Storm Fighter, who
broke his maiden against older horses by nearly six lengths going a mile
and a sixteenth. "He looks like a mile and a quarter horse, with high
withers, big shoulders and big girth. He's a big horse."
It doesn't hurt his chances that Headley has Stevens riding with
his record nine Santa Anita Derby victories. This will be his first ride
in the race since coming off a seven-year retirement three months ago.
His last Santa Anita Derby win came in 2003 aboard Buddy Gil.
"We're lucky to have Stevens," Headley said.
The feeling is mutual.
"I love my draw," the Hall of Fame jockey said. "It's a perfect fit."
Stevens has already done his pre-race homework. Now it's in the
hands of fate. "When the gates open," he said, "it's up to the Man
Upstairs and the four feet of my horse.
"He's obviously an intelligent colt to be able to come off of a
sprint race where he sat just a couple lengths off a 21 and two first
quarter, a 44 and change half. You would have thought he would have been
in front when we stretched him out to two turns.
"I told them I was just going to let him get away from there and
he sat 3 ½ lengths off an almost 24 first quarter and a 47 half. He was
very kind, very ratable and finished up the right way. His works have
been outstanding since he's come back from that race.
"The only work I rode him was the mile where he went 1:40. He
finished up the right way that morning, so I'm pleased and they're
Stevens is scheduled to leave for Kentucky after Sunday's riding
engagements here. "I ride Wednesday, Thursday and Friday there, and
ride (Oxbow for D. Wayne Lukas) in the Arkansas Derby on Saturday (April
"Then the following week I ride Titletown Five (also for Lukas)
in the Illinois Derby (April 20), fly back here and if everything goes
according to plan, ride Smart Ellis in the San Juan."
The field for the Santa Anita Derby, race nine of 11: Flashback,
Garrett Gomez, 6-5; Power Broker, Rafael Bejarano, 4-1; Tiz a Minister,
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OSCEOLA, Wis., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Austrian-born health and beauty industry pioneer Horst Rechelbacher died of pancreatic cancer Saturday at his Wisconsin home, his family said. He was 72.
Rechelbacher, who founded Aveda Corp., which he sold to Estee Lauder in 1997 and then started up Intelligent Nutrients, was surrounded by family and friends when he passed at his home in Osceola, KARE-TV, Minneapolis, reported. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2011.
"The planet has lost one of its most passionate friends," Intelligent Nutrients said in a statement on its website. "To know Horst was to wake up to the world around you, to your own potential, to a new way of thinking. His impact truly does live on in salons, shops, fields and minds worldwide. And his mission continues."


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New Zealand Rugby
All Blacks to play extra match in July
ESPNscrum Staff
March 16, 2011
Water pours from a broken water main outside Christchurch's AMI Stadium © Getty Images
The All Blacks will play an extra match in New Zealand ahead of the Tri-Nations to raise funds to support rebuilding projects in earthquake-ravaged Christchurch, the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) announced on Wednesday.
The match will be used to help prepare the team for their busy schedule in the second half of the year, which includes the Tri-Nations and the Rugby World Cup, but there will be a strong focus on fundraising activities after the devastating February 22 disaster which caused widespread destruction and an expected death toll of around 180 people.
An opponent and a venue are yet to be confirmed, but All Blacks coach Graham Henry revealed the match will be played on New Zealand soil.
NZRU chief executive Steve Tew announced the tentative date for the match was July 22, eight days before the All Blacks play their first Tri-Nations match against South Africa in Wellington.
"We are yet to confirm the opposition and venue for the match but we are talking to a number of parties and we hope to have all details confirmed by the end of the month," Tew said.
The match will preferably, but not necessarily, be a Test, while details on the fundraising activity are also yet to be confirmed.
All Blacks coach Graham Henry said the extra match had been part of their planning before the earthquake struck, given there is a six-week break between the end of the Super Rugby regular season and their first Tri-Nations match.
"We came back from the overseas tour and had a couple of meetings at the beginning of the year and thought there was too big a gap between the end of the Super 15 and the start of the Tri-Nations, so we were looking at that opportunity," he said.
"Some players will have a longer break than others, depending on when they finish their Super rugby campaign, so it's an opportunity for us to get together and do some work. The players have been very keen to help out the people of Christchurch, so it was great to marry those two things together."
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"The 125th Tournament of Roses Parade" (8:30 a.m. PST, NBC): Another floral extravaganza blooms in the streets of Pasadena. Al Roker and Hoda Kotb provide color commentary.
The Rose Bowl (2 p.m. PST, ESPN): Can Stanford post back-to-back victories in "The Granddaddy of them All"? The Cardinal of the Pac-12 take on the Michigan State Spartans of the Big-10 in Pasadena.
"Kim of Queens" (10 p.m., Lifetime): In this new reality series, children's beauty-pageant coach and Miss Georgia 1991, Kim Gravel scouts talented young women who might look good in sashes and crowns.
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BizBash and NYC & Company co-hosted a meeting of about 40 event professionals on Tuesday afternoon to share information about Hurricane Sandy's impact on events and meetings. Held at the Sentry Center conference facility on Seventh Avenue, the meeting effectively took the temperature of the industry as it begins to formulate a response to the economic impact of the storm.
NYC & Company C.E.O. George Fertitta opened the meeting with an overview of the convention and tourism bureau's efforts so far and stressed the importance of balancing concern for the people most affected by the storm with the importance of communicating that New York is largely back to business as usual: "We do not want to be in a situation where we send a message that keeps people away."
Fertitta and other event professionals stressed the point that for out-of-town hosts, spending money on events and meetings here is one way to help the city recover.
An attendee suggested that the challenge is to temper the "business as usual" message with the sentiment that many people and businesses do need help. BizBash C.E.O. David Adler suggested encouraging the power of gathering people in the season ahead, both for camaraderie and for the economic impact on the city: "This is a good time to have a holiday event."
Several corporate planners mentioned that because many companies are already interested in incorporating charitable elements into their meetings—often billed as corporate social responsibility programs—an authorized set of Sandy-related activities would likely be popular.
Fertitta stressed that what's needed most is monetary donations. He suggested that planners encourage hosts to donate to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City as part of any charitable activities. An in-house corporate planner in the room said that for the time being "every event should have a fund-raising component."
The attendees were a mix of event professionals including caterers, venue owners and managers, independent planners, and in-house corporate planners, many of them also representing local chapters of organizations include the International Special Events Society, Meeting Professionals International, the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives, and the National Association of Catering Executives.
While few attendees from venues and vendors spoke about their own problems during the meeting, in private conversations several expressed concern over losing business due to the storm. It was clear that the industry is worried about the ongoing loss of business, due not just to physical damage or events scrapped during the power outage, but also from event hosts cancelling gatherings due to changing priorities, questions about perception, or issues that might not actually be related to Sandy.
In a conversation about clients invoking force majeure clauses in contracts while canceling events—a topic that perked up many in the room—one planner mentioned a client looking to cancel an event booked for December 2. When another planner asked the question, "Where do you draw the line?" others in the room nodded their heads.
Postponed events are also creating considerable work for independent planners, who aren't likely to be compensated additional fees for the extra time spent effectively producing something a second time.
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Participants made plans to work together to raise funds, share information, and help find resources for struggling businesses in the areas most affected by the storm. As a couple of people used their phones to read from emails they received during the meeting, it was clear that the industry is still in midst of figuring out how to respond to the still-evolving situation.


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In 1994 more emphasis than in previous years was given to private initiative and responsibility in devising social security reforms, especially in Western Europe, the U.S., and Canada. Against the background of economic stagnation and financial deficits in Western Europe, employment creation was favoured over income distribution. Though Central and Eastern European countries faced worse economic conditions than their Western neighbours, they forged ahead with social security reforms. Newly industrialized countries advanced social security systems in line with economic performance. In the less developed world individual countries introduced reforms but, on the whole, problems of inadequate social security coverage and financial imbalances predominated.
North America
In both the United States and Canada, 1994 was marked by reassessment and proposed reform of some basic social protection policies. The U.S. Congress and the Clinton administration wrestled with health care reform for most of the year before reaching a stalemate. The administration's proposal had been introduced near the end of 1993, after the Task Force on National Health Care Reform, headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, had conducted months of meetings. At the heart of the plan was the promise of universal health insurance paid for largely by employers, with subsidized care for those who could not afford insurance and provisions to contain soaring health costs. The plan proposed to set up local quasi-governmental entities, known as health alliances, through which consumers would buy insurance and care providers would be paid.
Interest in reform was widespread. Health costs had been rising faster than inflation; they topped $900 billion in 1993 and were expected to exceed the trillion-dollar level in 1994. One estimate put the number of Americans without health insurance as high as 39.7 million in 1994, or 15.3% of the population. Despite these conditions and early public support, passage of reform bogged down. Partisan politics, questionable legislative strategy, the complexity of the issue, and lobbying efforts by various special-interest groups eroded the initial backing. Major issues included the cost of massive overhaul, the creation of a new bureaucracy, and the impact on patients' rights to choose their physicians. As Congress neared adjournment, attempts at compromise failed.
In the meantime, the spotlight shifted from Washington to the states. In September the federal government gave Florida permission to conduct a Medicaid experiment aimed at providing coverage for 1.1 million poor Floridians with no health insurance by enrolling them in some form of managed care. At least five states implemented programs to expand health coverage to hundreds of thousands of people not reached by Medicaid. A dozen others applied for federal waivers to allow such trials or were expected to ask for them. California, Florida, and Texas enrolled thousands of people in health insurance alliances that pooled the purchasing power of small businesses. Most states tightened insurance regulations, requiring insurers to sell coverage to small businesses and limiting the variation in rates. States were limited in what they could do, however. Federal law prevented them from regulating, taxing, or interfering with the health plans set up by companies that served as their own insurer.
The U.S. welfare system also had its problems. Aid to Families with Dependent Children grew to a record 14.3 million recipients in 1994, a 31% increase since the 1989 recession. The cost of running welfare programs was rising twice as fast as the number of people on the rolls. At the same time, welfare benefits had declined 40% over the past 20 years when adjusted for inflation. Following up on a campaign pledge to "end welfare as we know it," Pres. Bill Clinton in June unveiled a plan for welfare overhaul. The proposal was designed to get recipients off the dole by requiring them to take part in job-training, education, and placement programs; cutting off cash benefits to some mothers on welfare after two years; and providing subsidized jobs for persons who were unable to find other work after that time. The plan would also toughen enforcement of child-support laws and provide $400 million in grants to fight teenage pregnancy.
The cost of the Clinton plan was put at $9.3 billion over five years, with the bulk of the money to come from reducing other existing social programs, tightening and ending welfare eligibility for noncitizens, putting caps on state emergency welfare programs, limiting disability payments for drug and alcohol addicts, and reducing benefits to legal immigrants. The plan was greeted with criticism from both the left and the right, and welfare reform was put off by Congress to 1995.
In October the Census Bureau reported that the number of poor had risen in 1993 for the fourth year in a row; 39.3 million people, or 15.1% of the population, were below the official poverty line of $14,763 for a family of four. It was the highest level since 15.2% in 1983. The poverty rate dropped to 12.1% if noncash benefits, such as food stamps, school lunches, Medicare, and Medicaid, were included.
Reform measures were also pushed for social security. U.S. Rep. Daniel Rostenkowski, former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, sponsored a bill to raise taxes and reduce benefits enough to ensure that the system remained fiscally sound for the next 75 years. The measure was introduced after social security officials warned that the Medicare trust fund that paid hospital bills for the elderly would run out of money in 2001 and a separate trust fund that paid benefits to disabled workers would be bankrupt in 1995.
While Rostenkowski's bill failed to get out of committee, other changes were enacted in social security. Congress removed the Social Security Administration from the Department of Health and Human Services, making it a separate entity. The newly autonomous agency, to be administered by commissioners appointed by the president for six-year terms, would be one of the largest in the federal government. More than 40 million elderly and disabled received social security benefits, and 135 million paid into the funds in 1993. At the beginning of 1994, the trust fund balance was $365.9 billion. Congress also raised the earnings threshold above which an employer had to pay social security taxes for domestic workers from $50 to $1,000 annually.
Reform of social programs was also a major concern in Canada. After months of preparation, Human Resources Minister Lloyd Axworthy issued in October an 89-page discussion paper outlining radical reforms in $38.7 billion worth of government programs for welfare, unemployment insurance, and postsecondary education. The paper criticized the welfare system for trapping too many people in a cycle of dependency and offered several options for discussion. It suggested two possibilities for reforming unemployment insurance: an entirely new system that would differentiate between frequent and occasional users and tightening admissibility rules and reducing benefits. The paper concluded that the welfare system failed because of the high level of child poverty (40% of Canada's welfare recipients were children) and suggested replacing the shared-cost Canada Assistance Plan with block funding that would give provinces greater leeway in designing their own programs. For postsecondary education the government proposed to make $2.6 billion in loans directly to students (the money was currently distributed through the provinces). This would allow students to use the money for nonuniversity training.
While Canada's health care system was often cited as a model in the U.S. health debate, Canadians were engaged in their own reassessment of health care delivery. One concern was the growing privatization of health care. According to a study by the Canadian Medical Association, the private share of total health care spending rose from 25% to 28% between 1985 and 1991. In 1992 and 1993 every Canadian province except Prince Edward Island reduced or eliminated coverage that it had offered over and above the requirements of the law.
Western Europe
A major debate on social policy took place among the members of the European Union. EU institutions, governments of member states, workers' and employers' organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals participated in the discussions. A European social model for the future was developed; outlined in a White Paper, it was published by the European Commission in July.
The objectives of an EU social policy were reconsidered. Rather than providing cash benefits through the redistribution of income, it placed a new emphasis on creating jobs and stimulating the economy. The 1994 outline for European social policy did not provide for a total harmonization of policies throughout the EU. Common objectives were to be defined and minimum standards respected, with a continuing aim to improve social standards for all EU members.
A new vision of the welfare state's role and capabilities was also reflected in concrete social security reforms, such as the passage of Germany's nursing care insurance and Sweden's pension reform.
New German legislation stipulated that a special benefit would be payable to persons requiring some form of nonmedical personal care. Benefits were structured according to the extent of the individual's impediment, with a choice of cash benefits or a higher value of benefits in kind. A major goal was rehabilitation. Effective April 1, 1995, benefits would be granted to persons being cared for at home, while those in institutions would be paid benefits only from July 1, 1996. The role of the state was also diminished; everyone was encouraged to purchase additional private insurance to cover any difference between the statutory benefit and the actual cost of care. The state would not cover deficits associated with nursing care insurance but would subsidize investment in institutions providing nonmedical care.
In Sweden's Riksdag (parliament) agreement was reached on old-age-pension reform and the limitations of the welfare state's capabilities. Radical changes were dictated by economic realities. The national pension system would be reformed so that the size of an individual's pension would largely reflect the contributions paid on the income earned by that person. In the present system employees made no contributions; in the future half of the total contributions would be paid by the insured persons themselves and the rest by the employers. In this pay-as-you-go system, acquired pension credits, as well as the ceiling on pensionable income, would be indexed in accordance with general wage trends instead of on prices. The reform introduced a mechanism that provided for longer working lives as life expectancy rose; at retirement the yearly pension amount would be computed on the basis of the accumulated wage-indexed contributions and the pensioner's average life expectancy from age 61. Retirement age would be flexible--between the ages of 61 and 70. Because benefit payments would be linked to economic growth, negative adjustments were also possible. Years of child care, military service, and studies would carry pension rights. The system would remain a compulsory national scheme with a basic protection for those with a previous low-income level. The new rules would be introduced gradually and primarily affect future retirees.
Central and Eastern Europe
Problems associated with the transition from a centrally planned economy to a market-oriented one led many countries to completely restructure their social security and pension systems. Most countries adopted a three-layer system, consisting of a means-tested flat-rate pension, a mandatory earnings-related pension, and an optional private (occupational) complementary scheme. High levels of inflation and unemployment posed difficulties in implementation, but reforms were made.
The Czech Republic and Hungary introduced the most notable changes during 1994. In the Czech Republic governmental contributions to approved private funds, including a bonus contribution during the first two years, provided incentives to individuals to contribute to a personal pension fund. Legislation to that effect was adopted in March 1994. In Hungary a law on voluntary mutual pension and savings funds took effect in January 1994. By September three funds had already been established.
Suggestions of raising the retirement age and equalizing the retirement age of men and women met with open hostility in all of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe where the issues were publicly debated.
Industrialized Asia and the Pacific
For members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, support to families was the primary issue during the year. In Japan the increasing participation of women in the labour force and a declining birthrate were reflected in debates on social security reform as well as in legislation. An employer-financed Child Rearing Program was set up to support households in which both parents were employed. The law provided for flexible child-rearing services to be organized on a private basis. Proposals under discussion included a pension-contribution exemption and a benefit package for employees on child-care leave.
In Australia, where family allowances were financed from general revenues, measures were introduced to improve the distribution and equality of payments. In 1994 the income threshold in determining entitlement to these allowances was reduced, and overseas income was factored into the income level. Improved targeting for family support was also sought in New Zealand, which provided additional assistance to low-income families and launched pilot programs to facilitate single parents' entry into employment or training contracts.
Emerging and Less Developed Countries
High economic growth rates helped place the newly industrialized countries in a position to advance social security schemes in line with economic performance, and during 1994 almost all of them enhanced the levels of social protection. In South Korea the entire population was covered by health insurance, and more than half of them were enrolled in a pension plan. A proposal to extend compulsory coverage to farmers and fishermen by mid-1995 would cover 62% of the population in the old-age scheme.
Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam all expressed interest in installing comprehensive social insurance schemes, financially autonomous from the state budget. Vietnam adopted a new Labour Code, and Mongolia passed legislation paving the way for the implementation of a 1995 integrated social insurance scheme. China's reform moved slowly, stymied by regional diversity and substantial internal labour migration. Argentina and Colombia adopted pension reforms inspired by a Chilean scheme. Zimbabwe's social security program provided retirement, disability, survivors', and unemployment benefits. In South Africa 1994 marked the implementation of nondiscriminatory regulations adopted in 1993. Previously most benefits had differed according to the recipient's colour of skin. Whites, for example, had been paid 15% more than blacks in old-age benefits.
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Iran's Foreign Minister visits Malaysia
Iran's Foreign Minister, Dr. Kamal Kharazi began Monday a two-day official visit to Malaysia during which he will lead his country's delegation to the 5th meeting of the joint Iranian-Malaysian economic committee.
The committee's meeting, which will start later on Monday, will review means of strengthening bilateral relations between Tehran and Kuala Lumpur in various levels, especially commercial, industrial, cultural, educational, monetary affairs and joint investments, IRNA reported.
On the sidelines of the meeting, Dr. Kharazi is expected to meet with his Malaysian counterpart Hamid Al-Bar, in order to discuss matters of mutual concern and means of enriching integration amongst Islamic countries. (Albawaba.com)
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Georgie Lee Simmons, 72, St. Augustine, died April 5, 2001, at Flagler Hospital. She was born in Wadley, Ga., and she had resided here for the past 71 years. She was a member of St. Mary's Baptist Church, and one of the oldest members of the church. She retired after 25 years at Webster Sixth Grade Center, the former Excelsior School.
Funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Baptist Church, with the Rev. Isaac Davis, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at Chase and Son Funeral Home chapel from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, and at the church from noon Saturday until the hour of services.
Survivors include sons Herbert and Herman Simmons, St. Augustine; a cousin, Dea Binnie Jackson, St. Augustine; three grandchildren and other relatives.
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Obama orders flags at half-staff
In a Friday proclamation, President Obama ordered the flags on public buildings flown at half-staff in honor of the victims of the shooting in Aurora, Colo. "as a mark of respect."
The order applies to the "White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States," as well as military bases, embassies and consulates abroad.
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I had a christmas tree in New York for the very first time this year. Bam Bam set it up, and we threw a party. Everyone who came had to bring or make an ornament. The tree is garish and gaudy and totally fantastic.
Crazy Dan contributed this gorgeous blue glittering elk.
"I saw it and thought of you," he said. "I mean...an elk wearing a feather boa?"
Soon after the party, the tree became dry and brittle. Was it out of water? I looked and discovered it never had water. Bam Bam didn't know you were supposed to give it water.
"Would you put cut flowers in a vase without water?" I ask him.
"I'm Australian," he says, aloof. "We don't have christmas trees." Maybe due to drought?
As you may recall, Bam Bam thinks water is a mysterious elixir.
I'm gonna let it slide. The tree hasn't caught fire quite yet. And the elk in a boa looks fabulous.
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For ISTC's 2012 SEI International E-waste Design Competition, students and recent graduates from around the world were invited to submit ideas by Nov. 1, 2012, for preventing the generation of e-waste or for the reuse of e-waste in new and useful products. As part of their entry, individuals or teams created YouTube videos highlighting their ideas. Jurors from industry, government, academia, and non-profit organizations judged the entries in two categories: E-Waste Prevention and E-Waste Reuse. The event grew out of a local event associated with an e-waste course taught by UI Professor William Bullock in 2009. In 2010, the competition went international.and there have been entries from a number of countries worldwide. The webinar will feature discussion of the competition and show videos of this year's winning entries and announcement of awards.
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For most of us, commuting is a time-consuming nuisance. But for some, commuting to the office can be downright brutal.
"I used to have to fly literally a million miles a year," says Digital Nomad Jay Shapiro, whose commute was a grueling 21-hour flight from his home in New Jersey to the headquarters of Singapore-based BLUE, a digital advertising agency he founded in 1999. With satellite offices in London, Singapore, Tokyo, China and on both U.S. coasts, Shapiro lived in a narrow seat with no leg room at 30,000 feet and ate unevenly heated meals from an airline commissary.
Hear Jay talk about his commute—and how he ditched it for a virtual office.
"I would typically spend three weeks of every month flying circles around the planet. At the height of the stupidity, in 2007, I had a house in Singapore, a house in San Mateo [CA], a leased flat in west London and a leased flat in Beijing. I'll never do that again," Jay says.
The travel—and the multi-day commutes to and from cities in Asia and Europe—was a necessity for Jay's rapidly expanding business. But frequent travel also meant time spent away from his wife, Alice, and children, Maya and Kurt.
In 2011, tired of recycled air, bland food, drab office interiors and too much time away from family, Jay made the decision to sell BLUE and found Infinite Monkeys, a DIY mobile apps tools site—that he built as an entirely location-independent business, relying on support from a virtual team.
Taking advantage of his newfound freedom to work wherever he wants, Jay and his family began touring the world. They also took their "home" with them, in the form of a custom-built "Eco-Roamer," a 33-foot camper van fashioned entirely out of sustainable materials. Jay designed the camper to serve as both a second home and mobile headquarters for his blossoming virtual business.
Check out Jay's mobile digs, the Eco-Roamer.
Jay still works more than 50 hours per week, but from anywhere he wants now—including a glacier in Alaska, stops in southeast Asia and many parts of the United States, as well as beside the lake behind a vacation home he has in Canada.
"I've learned that I don't have to be tied down with a permanent staff or have to be headquartered in one location," Jay says.
The other upside: Jay never has to worry about the commute. Instead, he's busy scheduling the next leg of his adventure around the world.
Want to learn more about location-independent work? Jay shares five tips on working virtually with worldwide teams on the oDesk blog.


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2P.com has a new article for Landmark where they talk about why the game is worth your purchase. So if you're interested in the MMO give a read, or not it's your choice.
On May 14th, Sony Online Entertainment announced its sandbox, free-to-play MMORPG Landmark (Formally EverQuest Next Landmark) is now available on Steam Early Access. While this opens up an entirely new audience for the game, many of these people find themselves asking "What IS this?" If you find yourself in this position, these next few paragraphs are for you.
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Adam Dalgliesh takes on a baffling murder in the rarefied world of London book publishing in this masterful mystery from one of our finest novelists.
Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of impenetrable complexity. A murder has taken place in the offices of the Peverell Press, a venerable London publishing house located in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames. The victim is Gerard Etienne, the brilliant but ruthless new managing director, who had vowed to restore the firm's fortunes. Etienne was clearly a man with enemies - a discarded mistress, a rejected and humiliated author, and rebellious colleagues, one of who apparently killed herself a short time earlier. Yet Etienne's death, which occurred under bizarre circumstances, is for Dalgliesh only the beginning of the mystery, as he desperately pursues the search for a killer prepared to strike and strike again.
©1995 P.D. James (P)2013 Random House Audio
"Complex and compelling.... James is writing in full mastery of her craft." (The New York Times Book Review)
"One of James's best novels.... James transcends literary classification." (Chicago Sun-Times)
"The queen of the British murder mystery demonstrates why the crown is hers." (Newsday)
"Good book, still needs some work on the audio thou"
Almost the first 6 hours are building up to the murder. So it's not really an edge of the seat type book. The nice thing is you do know all the characters. I somehow missed this one when I started reading P. D. James. I like the stories and I know what I'm getting.
The story like others of P. D. James is great though it did take a while to get started. I just wish there was more attention paid to the audio file. Every so often lines are repeated. It seems that an tape version was converted. At least we don't get the side 2 message.
"Needs better editing"
Too many passages were repeated twice. This was very annoying . The narrator of the private patient created a better Dalgleish.
"as always PD James is good"
The philosophical elements, such as the exploration of what personal identity means and how it is expressed in life.
She expresses the characters in different accents that I would not even know about let alone be able to imagine as I read the book.
One very disturbing thing about this audio book was that every 30-40 minutes a sentence or two would repeat. It bacame very disturbing by the end of the book
"Sloppy editing"
Yes but the numerous instances of repeated lines was extremely distracting. There were also a number of places in which the dialog skipped forward.
I suggest this this edition be revised and edited properly.
" needs better editing. "
the performance is marred by poir editing, as there are several places where the performer repeats herself.
"to hard to understand"
Didn't understand the language it was okay but the language was hard to understand bye
"The worst audio book ever!!"
I can't imagine anyone listening to this narrator whose voice is atonal, lacking in inflection and irritating.
I don't know. Didn't get beyond the first 30 annoying minutes.
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Guilt-free enjoyment is one of the reasons we read romance novels—where else can we imagine being swept away by someone who is gorgeous, attentive, and devoted to our every need? Without feeling as though we are betraying our current real-life love?
In the upcoming Hungry Girl to the Max!, author Lia Lillien reveals another guilt-free enjoyment: Over 600 recipes of low-calorie yumminess. She's sharing her recipe for Very Berry Dreamboat Parfaits with Heroes and Heartbreakers today, and we've decided to share some of our favorite guilt-free dreamboat obsessions!*
*read to the end for more of H&H's favorite desserts, plus info on a special Hungry Girl to the Max pre-order offer!
Very Berry Dreamboat Parfaits
You'll Need: medium bowl, 2 mid-sized glasses
Prep: 5 minutes
Chill: 20 minutes
1/2 of recipe (1 parfait): 212 calories, 2.5g fat, 742mg sodium, 34g carbs, 3g fiber, 12.5g sugars, 11g protein


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ST. LOUIS - Chris Burke's name can be added to the list of the Houston Astros' "Killer B's."
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The 25-year-old rookie had two hits, scored two runs and drove in a run for Houston in the Astros' 4-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night to even the NL championship series at one game apiece.
"Burke has been Mr. October, so his numbers speak for themselves," Houston catcher Brad Ausmus said. "We've said all along, in order to win, you need to get contributions out of slots in the order other than four, five, six."
After all, the Astros lost one of their main "Killer B's" from a year ago when Carlos Beltran signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
"We need these guys to contribute offensively in order for us to win because we don't have the offensive lineup that we had a year ago," Ausmus said.
Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio, who have played together in Houston for 14 years, became the mainstays of the "Killer B's," a group that altered its membership over the years. They've included current teammate Lance Berkman, along with former teammates Derek Bell and Beltran.
Now, there's Burke.
"He's been phenomenal," Biggio said. "He's been a huge contributor for us and a big lift."
Burke hit .248, mostly as a platoon left fielder facing left-handed pitching during the regular season. He's been virtually unstoppable in the postseason, going 5-for-8 with two homers, a triple and a double, four runs and four RBIs.
His biggest hit was an 18th-inning homer in Game 4 of the first-round series with Atlanta, sending Houston to the NLCS.
The hot bat has carried over to the NLCS. Burke hit a two-run pinch-hit homer off Chris Carpenter in his only at-bat in Wednesday's 5-3 loss in the series opener. With homers in two straight at-bats, and with the left-handed Mark Mulder starting for St. Louis in Game 2, starting Burke in Game 2 was a no-brainer.
He quickly made the move pay off. In the second inning, he hit a ball to the wall in right-center and decided to go for third. He slid in just ahead of Mark Grudzielanek's relay throw, and scored on a passed ball.
"It's a rule of thumb for me if I'm at second when he has the ball, I try to go for three," Burke said.
His two-out single in the eighth scored Berkman to give the Astros some breathing room in what had been a 2-1 game, and he scored on Adam Everett's triple.
Still, he refused to take credit for the win, pointing to starting pitcher Roy Oswalt's dominant performance.
"I was hardly the hero tonight," Burke said. "Roy was great."
Burke came up from the minors as a shortstop and learned to play outfield in spring training. Manager Phil Garner said Burke developed into what he considered the best defensive left fielder in the National League.
Before Burke's eighth-inning single, the Astros were 0-for-14 for the series with runners in scoring position.
"We're definitely pleased to take one game here and take the momentum," Burke said. "We're excited to get home to our fans and that place will be rocking."
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St. Louis at Houston, 4:05 p.m. (FOX), Series tied 1-1
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HOUSTON - A man is dead and another is in the hospital after a fatal shooting in northwest Houston.
It happened on Hollister near Pitner around 9 p.m. Sunday.
Police said they arrived at the T & T Food Mart and found two men with gunshot wounds.
Officials said one of the men died at the scene. The other was taken to a nearby hospital in unknown condition.
Police said their investigation continues as they try to locate a suspect for the killing.
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Hundreds of people remain without power this morning, after a line of severe thunderstorms swept through the Twin Cities area early this morning.
Xcel Energy says about 1,800 people remain without power this morning. Lights started blinking off shortly after 1:30 a.m.
At one point, the electric utility said more than 10,000 customers in Minnesota were without power during the night, although most of the outages were brief.
Instruments at the St. Paul downtown airport reported wind gusts reaching as high as 40 mph during the storm, and observers at the Minneapolis-St. Paul international airport saw one-inch hail. Trained observers reported inch and a half hail in Mahtomedi, and hail in St. Paul and Hudson, Wisconsin, as well.
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1. How are employer health-care premiums forecast to change in 2009?
a. Increase by 4.3%
b. Increase by 10.6%
c. Increase by 13.1%
2. What new ID document can employees now show to verify their work eligibility for Form I-9 purposes?
a. AARP card
b. New U.S. passport card
c. Copy of personal tax return
3. Federal law says employers must give departing employees their final paycheck:
a. Immediately upon termination
b. Within one week
c. State laws govern final paycheck rules
4. A recent workplace "Happiness Index" survey revealed that employees in which region of the country are most content with their jobs?
a. West
b. Midwest
c. Northeast
5. What do older workers say is the No. 1 company-provided incentive for delaying retirement?
a. A pay increase
b. Feeling truly needed for an assignment
c. Receiving a full pension while working part time
6. Which two types of EEOC claims have seen the biggest increases since 2007?
a. Retaliation and national origin
b. Sexual harassment and retaliation
c. Race discrimination and sexual harassment
7. More than half (57%) of HR professionals say they automatically rule out applicants who lie or embellish on their résumés. What percentage of HR pros says they've actually hired embellishers?
a. 0%
b. 4%
c. 6%
Sources: 1. Aon Consulting survey; 2. USCIS; 3. U.S. Department of Labor; 4. SnagAJob.com survey; 5. Employee Benefit Research Institute survey; 6. EEOC; 7. CareerBuilder.com survey.
Answers: 1. B 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. C
1. How are employer health-care premiums forecast to change in 2009?


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The Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants rocked the baseball world with blockbuster deals this week for All-Star outfielders Hunter Pence and Carlos Beltran, respectively. Both deals should help those division-leading clubs in the postseason as much as they will in the regular season. In contrast, the Detroit Tigers' six-player deal today with the Seattle Mariners was designed more for the 162-game regular-season pennant race than it was for a potential AL postseason matchup.
The Tigers did that in acquiring starting pitcher Doug Fister and reliever David Pauley from the Mariners in exchange for left-handed pitcher Charlie Furbush, minor league third baseman Francisco Martinez, minor league outfielder Casper Wells and another prospect to be named. The announcements were made by Tigers president and GM Dave Dombrowski and Mariners VP and GM Jack Zduriencik.
The Tigers needed to do something to bolster the pitching staff to give them their best chance of winning the division, and this move improves both the rotation and the bullpen. The Tigers' fifth starters this year had a combined record of 4-16 and the acquisition of Fister should at least help them get closer to a .500 team at that spot in the rotation. The Tigers also called up top prospect Jacob Turner to make one start on Saturday with the intent of optioning him right back to Triple-A afterward. However, don't be misled, it's also an important audition for the Tigers' best pitching prospect.
Dombrowski and Zduriencik hooked up at the deadline two years ago when the Tigers acquired Jarrod Washburn from the Mariners. Washburn went on to go 1-3 with a 7.33 ERA, then had to have knee surgery and didn't return to the major leagues. This deal is much different, as Fister and Pauley are much younger with little to no injury risk.
This was a solid trade for the Tigers in this pennant race. The move probably doesn't help them if they get to the playoffs for matchups against the Yankees, Red Sox, Rangers or Angels, but this deal is more focused on the Tigers trying to get there, and fending off the Indians, White Sox and Twins in the meantime. Fister probably won't start a postseason game for the Tigers, and Pauley won't have as much playoff impact as Joaquin Benoit and Jose Valverde. But you have to get there first and this deal helps them do that.
The Mariners acquired one of the Tigers' top position prospects in Martinez -- he was the key to the deal for them. Seattle also got decent depth in the form of an extra outfielder in Wells and a fifth starter or long reliever in Furbush.
Here is the breakdown of the players involved in the deal:
Doug Fister
Fister, 27, immediately upgrades the fifth position of the Tigers' rotation. He was 3-12 this year for the last-place Mariners, but that was with an impressive ERA of 3.33 in 21 starts. He's pitched 146 innings with a WHIP of 1.171. The last three years for the Mariners he was 12-30 with an ERA of 3.81 pitching 378 innings for them over that span. The expectation of improved run support and better back-end protection in the bullpen should help him become a .500 pitcher for the Tigers, which would be a big improvement from the 4-16 record Detroit has gotten from that spot this year. Fister is a competitor who doesn't overpower hitters rather gets by with pitching to contact with an effective sinker and a good changeup. He will battle you and pounds the strike zone with below-average stuff.
David Pauley
Pauley, 28, has put it together this year for the Mariners. At the time of the deal he was 5-4 with a 2.15 ERA and a WHIP of 0.994 allowing just 38 hits in 54 1/3 innings pitched. He was the Padres' eighth-round selection of the June 2001 free agent draft. His career has included trades to the Red Sox and Orioles. He signed with the Mariners as a minor league free agent in November 2009. Pauley's fastball clocks at 89-92 mph with good movement. He has a solid curveball and good changeup. He can field his position well with a good pick-off move. His command has really improved this year, as he's making fewer mistakes over the middle of the plate. After giving up 13 home runs last year for the Mariners, he has only given up two this year thanks to the improvement of his command and control. His WHIP has been trending downward as well from 2.27 in '08 to 1.3 in '10 to 0.99 this year. He should help the Tigers' bullpen depth in the sixth or seventh innings.
Francisco Martinez
Martinez, just 20 years old, was the key to the trade for the Mariners. He has All-Star potential. He has a line-drive stroke with a good path to the ball with above-average bat speed. His power is below average now, but projects to average when he learns to add a slight upper-cut to his swing. The Tigers have moved him aggressively up the ladder pushing him all the way to Double-A this year to playing for their Erie club in the Eastern League. Martinez has held his own there by batting .282/.319 with seven home runs and 46 RBIs in 91 games. Martinez has soft hands and an above-average arm from third base. He makes throwing errors because of his not having his feet in proper position, which is often caused by his above-average range; this should improve with experience.
Casper Wells
Wells, 26, gives the Mariners a right-handed-hitting outfielder and adds depth to a low-inventory outfield. Wells played seven seasons in the minor leagues, hitting 81 home runs with an OBP of .342 and an OPS of .836 in 1,968 plate appearances. In the major leagues with the Tigers in parts of two seasons he's hit eight home runs with 29 RBIs and an OPS of .831 in 224 plate appearances. He is considered a fourth outfielder because of an inconsistent swing, difficulties with hitting good fastballs and susceptibility to nasty breaking balls, always swinging over them. His swing is choppy at times. However, he does have good pop when he does connect. Wells has the ability to play all three outfield positions, with right field being his best defensive position. He has a plus arm and can throw you out. He has the potential to be a solid fourth outfielder.
Charlie Furbush
Furbush, 25, is a tall left-hander with a violent delivery, and he lives off deception and hiding the ball. His command and control comes and goes. Furbush is 25-20 with a 3.71 ERA in 73 minor league games striking out an impressive 406 hitters in only 386 innings pitched, but that's thanks to deception rather than any one wipeout pitch. He has an average fastball at 89-93 mph that's equipped with average movement. His curveball comes in around 74-77 mph, and he does get some swing-and-misses on it. The slider is a decent pitch for him, coming in at 80-83 mph, and he'll flash an occasional average changeup. He profiles out to be a fifth starter or long reliever.
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At CPH PIX we had the honour of hosting several of the leading directors, producers, artists and musicians from all over the world. Meet this year's guests in the gallery below.
Director of 'Kati Kati'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'Dark Night', 'Memphis' and 'Pavilion'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'Couple In A Hole'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'Good Funk' and producer of 'Lace Crater'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'Sand Storm'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'How Heavy This Hammer'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of '37'(Photo: Yann Houlberg Andersen)
Director of 'The Untamed'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'Despite The Night' and member of this year's jury.(Photo: Yann Houlberg Andersen)
Director of 'Here... or There', 'On the Endless Road' and 'Homostratus' and screenwriter Jean-Luc Mello(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Directors of the BUSTER film 'Múne'(Photo: Yann Houlberg Andersen)
Director of 'Porto'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'The Last Family'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of the New Talent Grand PIX-winner 'Godless'(Photo: Yann Houlberg Andersen)
Director of 'The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'Copenhague, A Love Story' and 'The Demons'(Photo: Alexander Albl)
Director of 'Aloys'(Photo: Yann Houlberg Andersen)
Director of 'Den Alvorsfulde Leg'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'I Was A Dreamer'(Photo: Peter Juhl Christiansen)
Director of 'El futuro perfecto'(Photo: Yann Houlberg Andersen)
Director of 'Parents'(Photo: Niels Roe)
Director of 'Shelley'(Photo: Lars Hansen)
Director of 'Needle Boy'(Photo: Alexander Albl)
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Danish actor(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
the composer behind 'The Greasy Strangler'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Karl Lemieux, analogue film artist, and BJ Nilsen, sound artist. Together they performed in KoncertKirken. Karl Lemieux has also directed the film 'Shambles'(Photo: Yann Houlberg Andersen)
kenyan artist collective who contributed with films, music and visual art to the festival
gaming expert and host of the TV show 'Troldspejlet'(Photo: Yann Houlberg Andersen)
Aidan Baker, Erik Knive Skodvin and Andrea Belfi from the trio B/B/S/(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Directors of 'David Lynch: The Art Life'(Photo: Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol)
Director of 'A Quiet Passion', 'Distant Voices, Still Lives', 'Of Time and the City' etc.(Photo: Fotograf: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'In Embryo'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'Bakerman'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'Anti'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'Indignation'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'De Vildfarne'(Photo: Jacob Hansen)
Director of 'Welcome to Norway'(Photo: Yann Houlberg Andersen)
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Tired of hot? Get ready for cold.
After one of the hottest, driest summers on record, the National Weather Service is forecasting the Augusta area's first autumn freeze Thursday morning -- a few days before the average first-freeze date of Nov. 12.
That means any remaining peppers, tomatoes or garden vegetables should be picked -- and any succulent flowers still blooming should be brought inside.
Morning lows have dropped gradually since Nov. 1, when the mercury dipped to 53 degrees, followed by 47 degrees Friday, 38 on Saturday, 34 on Sunday and rising slightly to 36 degrees Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
The latest forecast calls for lows in the 40s today, dropping to 35 Wednesday and 32 Thursday morning. Accuweather predicts freezing temperatures to arrive today.
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