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After being fired from Fox News after a series of sexual harassment allegations were made public, the veteran TV host is lashing out at the "unfounded claims" against him.
O'Reilly, 67, released a stinging statement where he slammed the accusations that he sexually harassed multiple women and that the network paid out over $13 million in settlements.
"It is tremendously disheartening that we part ways due to completely unfounded claims," he said in the release.
Besieged with complaints about his conduct, the Murdochs announced they were letting him go on Wednesday.
"After a thorough and careful review of the allegations against him, the Company and Bill O'Reilly have agreed that Mr. O'Reilly will not return to the Fox News Channel," Rupert, James and Lachlan all wrote in a letter to employees.
O'Reilly attributed the "unfounded claims" to his celebrity status stating that such allegations are "the unfortunate reality many of us in the public … must live with today."
"Over the past 20 years at Fox news, I have been extremely proud to launch and lead one of the most successful news programs in history, which has consistently informed and entertained millions of Americans and significantly contributed to building Fox into the dominant news network in television," he continued.
Without naming the Murdochs or any co-workers, O'Reilly thanked his fans.
"I will always look back on my time at Fox with great pride in the unprecedented success we achieved and with my deepest gratitude to my dedicated viewers. I wish only the best for Fox News Channel."
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I was admitted to A&E on the9th April. Not realising how very seriously Ill I was the staff on duty were professional, caring, and treated me urgently. I was then put on 10a observation ward for a week. During my stay on that ward the staff were caring, respectful, and conscientious. I did not have to wait for pain relief, and all my needs were met. However, I was then put on a ward for the frail and elderly. I'm retired, and I was frail, but I do not suffer from dementia, and almost all the patients were suffering from dementia. During this stay they closed the ward because of suspected infection of two patients, instead of removing the patients concerned the rest of us had to stay in the ward with a high risk of this spreading. I understand how stretched the NHS is, however, the level of care, and respect was appalling. I was without pain relief after asking for it and then being told they were too busy to administer it. Four hours later when night staff came on duty I was given my medication. I see the problem as no continuity takes place, no notes are written up therefore, things are missed. I have seen the two levels of nursing, the observation ward was first class, but wards 9a and 9b it was as if the staff just wanted to get through their day, do the job and get home. I am grateful to the hospital as I know they saved my life, also that nothing is perfect, but respect for patients is paramount , nobody want to have to stay in hospital, everyone at sometime will have to, so share a thought for the patients , most of them I'll otherwise they wouldn't be there.
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KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii – President Barack Obama stepped away from the seclusion of his quiet Hawaii vacation for what's become a Christmas tradition: paying tribute to U.S. troops and the sacrifices their families make during the holidays and throughout the year.
After a morning of presents and carols with their two daughters, the president and first lady Michelle Obama took a short drive to Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
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The visit to this wind-swept base on a peninsula on Oahu has become almost a ritual for Obama, who seeks refuge from the stresses of Washington during his annual vacation in Hawaii. He frequently visits the base's golf course and gym.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel also offered his holiday wishes to troops by phone, calling military members stationed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Pentagon said. And Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, paid a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., where they visited patients and families.
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By, Nofia FITRI
"It is never the technical stuff that gets you in trouble. It is the personalities and the politics." (Rick Cook, Wizardry Compiled)
Considering the media's publications of the hacker's conceptions, firstly I do need to quote a short clear statement "a hack is a net programming trick and a hacker is a computer virtuoso, and it was a hacker that created the technology and computer programs that make up the internet we all take for granted today." (Paul Miller, 2001:4). We might have been found how did the media defined a hacker with a wrong perception, while there are many articles still ongoing published to make a clarification for it. For instance, some scholars even indentified hacker as a semi-criminal individual while on the contrary there was no computer innovations either internet revolution without the roles of hacker.
Hacker defines as "someone who enjoys tinkering with computers to find concrete solutions to technical problems" (Taylor, 1999). Hackers believe that they should promote the free flow of information, and causing anything to disrupt, prevent, or retard that flow is improper. Steven Levy (1984) through his famous book "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution" articulated the hacker tenets:
1. Access to computers should be unlimited and total.
2. All information should be free.
3. Mistrust authority - promote decentralization.
4. Hackers should be judged by their hacking not bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race, or position.
5. You create art and beauty on a computer.
Alexandra Samuel (2004) quoted a definition of hactivism from Graham Meikle (2000) as "the marriage of political activist and computer hacking" then described the hactivism as detail:
"An engaged politics which seeks solutions in software in the search for a specific technological fix to a social problem. So it refers to any use of computer technology for political ends, including diverse on-line practices: cross-border: information sharing, action planning and coordination via personal emails: chat rooms and electronic distribution list."
The way of hacktivism expansion from just a hacking politics into the new social movement in the modern era may reflected from the statement of analyst Ted Julian from Yankee Group which he said "when we look back years from now we'll see this as a tipping point in 'hactivism' going from largely a theoretical threat to something that's more a day-to-day issue." (Guardian, 2010).
Meanwhile Conway (2007) argued "hacktivists, although they use the Internet as a site for political action, are not cyberterrorists either. They view themselves as heirs to those who employ the tactics of trespass and blockade in the realm of real-world protest. They are, for the most part, engaged in disruption not destruction." Thus the things that hacktivist have been doing are to promote the freedom of information through the internet, to transform the message of hackers' beliefs about the future of world. Hence they are struggling for the global justice, human rights, and freedom.
The most familiar and prior hacktivism group may the Cult of the Dead Cow (CDC) who has sought to combine a humorous with a hardened attitude to corporate power on the Net. This group created "Goolag" a vulnerability software. They announced the release of Goolag Scanner, a webauditing tool which enables everyone to audit his or her own website via Google. The scanner technology is based on "Google hacking," a form of vulnerability research developed by Johnny I Hack Stuff (Metac0m, 2003). The method in which "Goolag" was released achieved four things; "1) an increased awareness of Website vulnerabilities, 2) an increased awareness of Google's compliance with censorship practices in China, 3) refreshed the public of the presence of the cDc, and 4) promoted a tool that can be used for more constructive purposes." (Ranario, 2008).
Another well-known hacktivism group is a Net based affinity group called 'the Electronic Disturbance Theater' (EDT). This group of hacktivist pushed and agitated for new experimentation with electronic civil disobedience actions aimed mostly at the Mexican government. They coordinated a series of Web sit-ins in support of the Mexican anti-government group, the Zapatistas. EDT created the Flood Net software which internet users once downloaded on to an individual's computer automatically connects the surfer to a preselected Web site, and every seven seconds the selected site's reload button is automatically activated by the software. It worked by thousands of people use Flood Net on the same day, the combined effect of such a large number of activists will disrupt the operations of a particular site.
Those two hacktivism groups mentioned above are the most well-know since the hacktivism movement emergent. Following it, in the spring of 1998, a young British hacker known as "JF" accessed about 300 web sites and placed antinuclear text and imagery while Milw0rm broke into computer systems at India's Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay (BARC) in a protest against nuclear weapons tests. Kaotik Team defaced 45 Indonesian Websites to include messages calling for full autonomy for East Timor. In 1999, The ElectroHippies a group of hacktivist in Britain organised a cyber protest whereby anybody who wanted to could join together to repeatedly 'ping' the WTO website. They used the tehcnique of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack during the Seattle World Trade Organisation (WTO) protest.
The latest issue on hacktivism may the wikileaks phenomenon at the end of 2010. This whistleblower controversial was not only bring more attention on government and citizens relation about secrecy and leak but also the internet freedom, press freedom, democracy, and hacker culture. The hacktivism action as a response to the global constellation emergent through the Operation Payback to support the wikileaks. It appeared by the hacking action of the Anonymous-Anonops. This unorganized group of hackers attacked the VİSA, Mastercard and Paypal with denial of service attack technique (DDoS). In their efforts they organized the payback action through social Networks such Twitter and Facebook, and chating server IRC. In an online letter, Anonymous said its activists were neither vigilantes nor terrorists. It added: "The goal is simple: Win the right to keep the Internet free of any control from any entity, corporation, or government." (Reuter, 2010).
To understand the hacktivism as deeply we need to see the way of hacktivism itself put an attention into the hacking-computer and idealism on politics. These excerpts below are reflecting the main ideology of the hacktivism movements:
- The Cult of the Dead Cow, "The Hacktivismo Declaration"
"We recognize the right of governments to forbid the publication of properly categorized state secrets, child pornography, and matters related to personal privacy and privilege, among other accepted restrictions. But we oppose the use of state power to control access to the works of critics, intellectuals, artists, or religious figures...we will study ways and means of circumventing state sponsored censorship of the Internet and will implement technologies to challenge information rights violations." (Ruffin, 2001)
- The Electrohippies, "Client-side Distributed Denial-of-Service"
The structure of the client-side distributed actions developed by the electrohippies means that there must be widespread support across a country, or continent in order to make the system work. Our method has built within it the guarantee of democratic accountability. If people don't vote with their modems, the collective action would be an abject failure. Fundamentally, it's the mode of the protest on the Internet that is important when evaluating the legitimacy of the action. (DJNZ, 2001)
- The Electronic Disturbance Theater, "On Electronic Civil Disobedience"
As hackers become politicized and as activists become computerized, we are going to see an increase in the number of cyber-activists who engage in what will become more widely known as Electronic Civil Disobedience. The same principals of traditional civil disobedience, like trespass and blockage, will still be applied, but more and more these acts will take place in electronic or digital form. (Wray, 1998)
- The Anonymous-Anonops
"We're against corporations and government interfering on the internet. We believe it should be open and free for everyone. Governments shouldn't try to censor because they don't agree with it. Anonymous is supporting WikiLeaks not because we agree or disagree with the data that is being sent out, but we disagree with any from of censorship on the internet. If we let WikiLeaks fall without a fight then governments will think they can just take down any sites they wish or disagree with. (Guardian, 2010)
The hacktivism movement has been attracted different perceptions of public society. Some accepted it as a new phenomenon of political participation and communication in the modern era; hence the hacktivism movement could be one of the ways of democracy expansion while some rejected and uncompromised by the legal hacking computer methods build by the hacker-activists. In other way, based on the Samuel's argument the hacktivism movement has raises questions about the way that free speech and anonymity have been formulated by theorists of deliberative democracy, and it also poses a larger problem for would-be discursive democrats. She mentioned that "hacktivism illustrates the challenge of enforcing any rules of deliberative discourse; without enforceable rules, the proceduralist vision of deliberative democracy may have to give way to a more amorphous form of online deliberation." According to Samuel "hacktivists can elude the mechanisms that allow states to enforce policy, pursuing policy circumvention rather than policy change. Also the keys are the characteristics that go along with hacktivism's digital nature: like most forms of Internet communication it can be anonymous, trans- and multinational, and take advantage of many-to-many and one-to many communications" (Samuel, 2007: 27).
Source: Nofia Fitri, Democracy Discourses through the Internet Communication: Understanding the Hacktivism for the Global Changing, www.ojcmt.net/articles/121.pdf .


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The State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) has recently published the Amendments to the Patent Law of China (Draft for Comments) to invite feedback from different sectors of the society. The deadline of the public consultation is 28 April 2015.
This latest draft of the fourth revision of the Chinese Patent Law since its first promulgation in 1984 focuses on improving the existing patent protection mechanism of China in five aspects, namely, protection of legal rights of patent owners, exploitation and application of patent rights, roles of patent administration departments, patent examination, and patent agency.
The draft amendments involve 30 articles of substantive changes, of which 18 relate to revision, 11 to new addition, and 1 to deletion. Noteworthy among the changes is the creation of a Chapter 8 on exploitation and application of patents, which includes the following content:
- specify exploitation and application of patents as responsibilities of patent administrative departments of various levels;
- grant a service inventor the right to enter into agreement with the entity he serves on exploitation of the patent for his service invention-creation;
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- provide for implied licensing of standard essential patents; and
- establish the legal status of patent pledges by registration.
In respect of patent protection, another focus of the draft amendments, Chapter 7 contains the following changes:
- establish the legal effect of mediation agreements;
- entitle the patent administration departments to the right of compulsory execution of confiscating and destroying infringing products;
- extend administrative penalties to wilful infringing acts of group infringement and repeated infringement;
- specify the procedures subsequent to the publication of an examination decision on the request for invalidation;
- specify patent evaluation reports as mandatory evidence for adjudication and disposition of patent infringement disputes;
- introduce rules on proof of evidence to facilitate determination of the amount of damages;
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- apply punitive compensation to patent infringement.
In addition, the draft amendments also make some changes related to design patent protection to prepare for China's accession to Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs, such as providing for the protection of partial designs, allowing for claims of priority to prior domestic design applications, and extending the protection term of design patents in China from 10 years to 15 years from the date of filing.


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New Delhi, Oct 9: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asked people to choose between "two models of politics emerging in this country", saying the AAP stood for a united India.
Kejriwal tweeted that the first model tried to keep youths unemployed and uneducated "and use them to do riots and spread hatred".
The second model, he said, gave education, skills and jobs to youths and channelised their energy positively. "AAP (is) doing this politics to unite India."
ALso read: CM Kejriwal sacks Food Min Asim Ahmed Khan for demanding bribe of Rs 6 lakh from builder
Between the two models, the chief minister said, people "have to decide which model you support".


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Chapter Titles in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese
Chapter 24: Rita Skeeter's Scoop
(For the romanisation of Chinese and Japanese, see Transliteration. To understand the writing systems of CJV, see Writing Systems. For word order notes, see Word Order)
Where a Vietnamese word has been borrowed from Chinese, the original Chinese character is shown in parentheses.
|Chinese (Mainland)
Lìtǎ Sījītè de dújiā xīnwén
= 'Rita Skeeter'.
的 de = connecting particle
独家 dújiā = 'sole, exclusive'.
新闻 xīnwén = 'news'.
|Rita Skeeter's exclusive
|Chinese (Taiwan)
Lìtǎ Shǐjī de dújiā bàodǎo
= 'Rita Skeeter'.
的 de = connecting particle
獨家 dújiā = 'sole, exclusive'.
報導 bàodǎo = 'report'.
|Rita Skeeter's exclusive report
Riita Sukiitā no toku-dane
Riita Sukiitā = 'Rita Skeeter'.
の no = 'connecting particle'.
特ダネ toku-dane = 'special source' = 'exclusive news, scoop'.
|Rita Skeeter's scoop
|Tin giựt gân của Rita Skeeter
= 'news, information'.
giựt gân = 'exciting, sensational'.
(Together tin giựt gân mean 'scoop'.)
của = 'of'.
Rita Skeeter (pronunciaiton: Ri-ta Xki-tơ).
|Rita Skeeter's scoop
Rita's name is interesting in English because (1) 'Rita' and 'Skeeter' rhyme for speakers who don't pronounce the 'r' in 'Skeeter' (many British, Australian, New Zealand, South African, and New England speakers) and (2) 'Skeeter' sounds like 'mosquito' -- an annoying blood-sucking insect.
None of the translators reproduces the rhyme.
The Mainland Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese translators stick to transliterations that lose the rhyme (the -a in 'Rita' and the -er in 'Skeeter' are transliterated differently.)
The Taiwanese translator makes an attempt at reproducing the unflattering undertones of 'Skeeter' ('mosquito') by writing 'Skeeter' with characters meaning 'history' and 'ridicule, mock, satirise', a nice description of Rita's journalism. But the pun on 'mosquito' itself is, of course, lost.
The way 'scoop' is rendered in the three languages is quite interesting. Despite having a press noted for its subservience, China and Vietnam both have words to express this most aggressive of journalistic tactics.
(A summary of this chapter can be found at Harry Potter Facts. Detailed notes on the chapter can be found at Harry Potter Lexicon)
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William Blake, who was writing and painting in the late 1700s / early 1800s, has always been one of my biggest influences, not just because of the way he wrote but also because of the way he thought. It hadn't occurred to me till now, but Coloring The Wind owes a lot to him: he published illustrated poetry as wall-art 200 years ago.
Everyone – certainly everyone in the UK – knows something by Blake. At school, you probably learnt "Tyger tyger burning bright". English sports fans have made his 'Jerusalem' their anthem. Hand on heart, proud of their heritage, they sing:
And did those feet in ancient time.
Walk upon Englands mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On Englands pleasant pastures seen?
I'm sure Blake would smile if he could see how his words have been completely misinterpreted. Far from praise of England, this was an attack on those industrialists who were destroying his country with their 'dark satanic mills'. The questions in the first lines are deeply ironic. If England was ever a promised land, it wasn't any more. The only way to repair the damage that had been done was to resist – and Blake was ready to lead the way:
I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In Englands green & pleasant Land
Mental fight, note. The struggle would be intellectual, led by artists and thinkers who had the weapons to change the world.
When the artist uses symbols – in this case Jerusalem as England – there's always the possibility that your audience will misinterpret. You present an image believing it to have powerful associations. Perhaps you highlight them. But in the end, your message is implicit: you're leaving it up to the audience to interpret, and their associations may not be the same as yours.
(Delightfully, this happened here on the site yesterday, after I posted a symbolic photograph End of the tunnel and asked readers to come up with the words. The first response I had, from Fredi Stewart (you'll see it in the Comments section) really surprised me – it was a completely different take on the picture from the one I'd expected … and it opened up new levels of meaning.)
Blake's most famous work, perhaps his greatest, was a set of poems called Songs of Innocence and Experience. Blake's lifelong interest was the contraries in life: good and evil, heaven and hell, innocence and experience, and in the collection he sets pairs of symbols together. So The Tyger is paired with The Lamb:
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life, and bid thee feed
By the stream and o'er the mead;
And what shoulder, & what art.
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?
and at the end, a question:
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
In poetic tradition, the rose is a symbol of love and beauty … and, it shouldn't be forgotten, England, where the rose has long been the national flower. In 1794, Scotland's great Robbie Burns published his famous song 'My love is like a red, red rose', which drew on all the associations of romantic love. It's tempting to think that Blake's poem about a rose might have been in response to Burns's, since it was published in the same year, although I have no evidence for that. But Blake turned the tradition on its head, from the very first line:
O Rose, thou art sick.
What a shock – after the first two words! In this poem, Blake brings together innocence and experience, beauty and bestiality in a single poem. Let's see how it develops:
O Rose, thou art sick!
The invisible worm
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.
That's it. Just 36 words – but, for me, one of the most powerful poems, one of the most resonant images in the language.
What makes it so special? First, it's because Blake, with his artist's inner eye, thinks beyond the easy, lazy cliché. Lion = brave, moon = pale wanderer, rose = beauty … those are the normal associations, but not for Blake. What he describes here can be seen by anyone who's ever set foot in a garden, but he defies poetic convention, forces us to look at the rose in a different way – corrupted, diseased, dying.
Woven into the poem, there's a second powerful image, implicitly sexual. The worm finds its way into the rose's 'bed of crimson joy' and again corrupts from within.
Every time I come back to the poem, there seems to be a new layer of meaning, rippling out from the center. It's about the impermanence of beauty, it's about questioning long-held beliefs, it's about sexuality, it's about Blake's views on England, echoing Jerusalem again. But none of these ideas are presented as arguments. Poetry works by suggestion. It doesn't ask me to agree or disagree. It just demands that I reconsider my own experience and preconceived ideas.
What about the structure? First, what does Blake do with words? Not too much. He doesn't try to be poetic, loading lines with fancy adjectives. Had he done so, he might have detracted from the symbolism. Nevertheless, there's a master craftsman at work, and words are carefully chosen. The rose isn't 'unwell' or 'fading' or 'poorly'. It's 'sick': monosyllabic, shocking, isolated at the end of that first line. It's a 'howling' storm – you hear the storm in the word. Then 'Crimson' – not 'red', or 'pink': there's an association with blood, and the consonant clusters in the word somehow give it sensuality.
You'll perhaps hear the impact of the words as I read the poem aloud – the best poetry always comes to life in a live reading. Listen too for the natural rhythm of the lines. Each has a double beat, but when you analyze closely you'll see that none of the lines are regular. If you want to impress you can tell people that the rhythm is an Anapestic Dimeter with Substitutions. That's what someone on the web says anyway. I could care less. What I know is that it's a joy to read, and it would be easy to set to music. That works for me.
So as a writer, what can I take from The Sick Rose? There's power in symbols – and in a short poem – one central image is probably enough. I'd like to offer layers of meaning, just as Blake does. I want to offer fresh perspectives, to develop my inner eye. I don't want to overload my poems with 'poetic' language. And the final edit will always be a check for clichéd ideas and words: I don't want them to appear … unless it's deliberate.
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Love, love, love this, Alan! Blake is one of my favourites (John Donne is another – dare I hope he may feature later in your series?), though 'The Sick Rose' is new to me. Thanks so much for such a beautiful post. Can't wait to see what you have for us next!
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Runtime: 54 minutes
Victoria Caballaire, Godfrey Johnson, Nicole Franco, Nicholas Spagnoletti, Aldo Cupido, Annelie Rode, Dane Bezuidenhout, Louise Kotze, Marcus Pillay, Lin Sampson, Fabio Todeschini, John Caviggia, Nigel Murphy and Caroline Abrams.
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The 220,000-member, $5.4 million San Diego County Credit Union reported that a debit card promotion tied to Bank Transfer Day wound up doubling the number of accounts the CU usually opens.
Final numbers show debit cards without fees generate significantly more members.
The bank has stopped issuing credit cards with between roughly 40 and 50 credit unions.
oFlows Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of paperless origination solutions for credit unions and banks, has been sold to online account opening pioneer Andera Inc. of Providence, R.I.
Credit unions in California and Oregon enjoyed a surge of new members on Bank Transfer Day, as well as on the days leading up to Nov. 5. To encourage new member signings, some CUs kept branches open during extended hours while others marketed Bank Transfer Day promotions.
The $1.7 billion NEFCU in Westbury, N.Y., said it opened a total of 932 accounts last week, nearly two and half times the normal pace.
Bank of America alone is in danger of losing 10.3% of its retail customers over the next 12 months, study says.
San Diego County Credit Union gained 362 new checking account members on Nov. 5 and more than 850 in the first week of November.
I have opted to offer an opinion on the recent announcement of impending conversion of First Technology from a credit union into a mutual. I offer the unique perspective of having gone through such a conversion in 2000.
When Bank of America announced a monthly $5 debit card fee would take effect in 2012, questions about the potential backlash ran through my head. Would consumers put up with this? Would the bank cancel the fee to combat lost business? How angry would the fee make Gen Y?


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Top 10 selling records from May 4 to May 10 at Borders Books Music & Cafe, 20 The City Blvd. W., Orange, (714) 385-1025; www.bordersstores.com.
1) Amy Winehouse, Back to Black (Republic)
2) Alison Krauss, A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection (Rounder)
3) Nine Inch Nails, Year Zero (Interscope)
4) Tori Amos, American Doll Posse (Epic)
5) Various Artists, A Tribute to Joni Mitchell (Nonesuch)
6) Feist, The Reminder (Cherrytree/Interscope)
7) Jane Monheit, Surrender (Concord Music Group)
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10) Patti Smith, Twelve (Columbia)
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The stock is down about 5.7% this morning, apparently because a group of investors who follow technical metrics fear that the Netfllix rally has peaked. Shares are up more than 80% so far in 2013, mostly due to the disclosure in January that the streaming video company generated far more in earnings for last year's Q4 than analysts expected. But Netflix's stock price has plateaued over the last two months, and recently fell below the moving average for the last 30 and 50 days. That set off alarm bells for so-called momentum investors. "They ride the charts and when a stock starts to lose momentum they move things around," Janney Capital Markets' Tony Wible says. Some also may have wondered whether Netflix might be nicked by Warner Bros' quiet introduction of its WB Archives Instant, a streaming service for its old movies and TV shows. Major investor Carl Icahn dispelled one rumor, telling CNBC that he hasn't been selling his shares.
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Last week, U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci (OH-16) signed on as an original co-sponsor of H.R. 5720, the Regulatory Reform Act of 2012, which would guarantee an up-or-down vote once every four years on a package to cut, modernize, streamline, and improve regulations. The bill is a product of the bipartisan working group Rep. Renacci co-founded.
"Everyone agrees rules that are outdated, no longer necessary or unnecessarily burdensome should be changed or stripped from the books altogether," said Rep. Renacci. "Time and time again business owners cite over-regulation as one of the main factors holding them and our economy back. This common sense, bipartisan legislation will help ensure everyone -- especially the American people -- get their wish for a streamlined and more efficient federal government."
The bill would require the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to submit the Federal Regulatory Reform report to Congress, detailing ineffective rules and recommendations to modify or repeal those rules. All recommendations would require supporting data and the rules in question must have costs shown to outweigh the benefits. No amendments would be permitted -- ensuring a prompt up-or-down vote.
OIRA will draw from action plans agencies are required to compile that periodically review existing regulations to determine whether they can be made more effective. OIRA will also consult with relevant congressional committees in the months prior to publication. Members will be able to suggest changes and respond to OIRA's proposals. In addition, the list of proposed regulatory changes will be published in Federal Register for public comment.
The legislation establishes a process for prompt consideration in the House and Senate by relevant committees, followed by an expedited floor vote.
Rep. Renacci is serving his first term in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he is a member of the Financial Services Committee. Prior to his election he worked as a Certified Public Accountant in the health care industry, and owned and operated over 60 other businesses in the automotive and sports management fields.
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He had made certain comments targeting Congress members on Thursday
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy submitted a breach of privilege notice in the Rajya Sabha on Friday against Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad for "lying" that the UPA government had blacklisted helicopter maker AgustaWestland and its Italian parent Finmeccanica.
Swamy said in a tweet the notice pertained to the breach of privilege committed by Azad "for wilfully telling a lie to RS (Rajya Sabha) on AW (AgustaWestland) blacklisting".
He raised the issue soon after the House met and said he had submitted a privilege notice.
"The notice is under Rule 187 for breach of privilege against Ghulam Nabi Azad," he said.
Swamy had said before entering parliament that Azad "lied" about blacklisting.
"No blacklisting took place. It is also untrue that we removed the blacklisting. We gave orders that there would be no fresh purchase by the defence ministry until court gives decision," Swamy said, responding to Congress' allegation that the present government took the helicopter maker off the supposed "black ist".
As Swamy spoke, he was interrupted by Congress members, including Kumari Selja who questioned why his microphone was "always on".
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien urged the Congress members to be quiet and told Swamy that his notice will be examined by Chairman Hamid Ansari.
The BJP and the Congress have been battling it out in Parliament since it emerged that bribes were paid in India during the UPA rule for the Rs. 3,600 crore deal with AgustaWestland for 12 VIP helicopters.
Swamy has been leading the attack on the Congress on the helicopter deal or the "AgustaWestland scam"in Rajya Sabha.
On Wednesday, he named Congress president Sonia Gandhi in connection with the scam. His comments were later expunged from the records.
Swamy protested against the expunction.
"I have also filed a Notice in RS challenging the expunging of my words by Dy Chmn since it is arbitrary unreasonable and against RS Rules," he said in one of his tweets on Friday.
In another tweet, Swamy said Hamid Ansari has assured him a hearing over expunging of his remarks in the Rajya Sabha.
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Indian Oil Corp, the country's biggest refiner, may cut petrol prices if global crude prices drop, chairman RS Butola said on Thursday.
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Defending the company's steep price hike, Butola said it wasn't an easy decision to make but it was done as all options available had been exhausted.
The company has said it will review petrol prices again in early June after claiming to lose almost Rs 50 crore everday on petrol.
State oil companies raised the price of petrol on Thursday for the first time in more than six months in a gesture of fiscal discipline that economists said is unlikely to give a significant lift to the embattled rupee.
IOC says it has lost Rs 1056 crore in 50 odd days this year in under recoveries while the industry has lost Rs 2400 crore this year in under recoveries.
India imports 80% of its oil.
Butola promised to pass on the benefit to consumers if global crude prices began to ease.
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The new protections include a grace period of a few days during which motor vehicles can be returned, stricter guidelines for what constitutes a "certified" used vehicle and caps on how much dealers can mark up wholesale-loan rates.
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When Grace Hunt passed away in January of 2003, just shy of her 100th birthday, she had already made an invaluable contribution to the Department of English - she had founded the English Reading Room. More than 50 years ago, Mrs. Hunt left her position in the UCLA President's office to organize the resources and services of the newly created English Department Library, which was established from a generous gift of Professor Frederic Thomas Blanchard's estate.
Mrs. Hunt lovingly nurtured the English Reading Room, which was then located on the third floor of Royce Hall, turning it into what her dear friend, Dr. Ralph Ranald, remembers as the "intellectual and social center of the UCLA English Department." Her afternoon servings of tea and cookies on the balcony fostered an inspirational environment where faculty and graduate student would gather for many an interesting discussion of literature, and her knowledgeable management of the collection helped turn the English Reading Room into a model of its kind. Dr. Ranald, who was an English honors student at the time, recalls how Mrs. Hunt became a trusted advisor and mentor to students within the department and a valued colleague to the faculty and staff. Though the idyllic afternoons on the balcony of Royce gave way to the more modern amenities and more spacious facility of Rolfe Hall when the department migrated north, the English Reading Room remained her home for many years, and the members of the English Department became her family.
Upon her death, we learned just how dearly she regarded our department and the library she so graciously guided for 20 years, when the UCLA Department of English received a gift as the "residuary legatee" of her estate. In death, as in life, Mrs. Hunt made yet another remarkable contribution to our department - she helped insure that the English Reading Room would continue to serve the needs of the our faculty and students. What started as a collection of 6,000 volumes is now an impressive collection of over 30,000 volumes supporting the Department's instructional and research mission, and her gift will not only enable the Reading Room to maintain this timeless collection, but it will also allow us to keep pace with the current and future research needs of our scholars. Her generosity will be felt in the department for many years to come.
On May 13, the Department of English held a ceremony to dedicate the Grace M. Hunt Memorial English Reading Room in honor of the great contributions made by Mrs. Hunt, both as founder and now as benefactor. In the inaugural lecture "The Cost of Everything in George Eliot's Middlemarch," Professor Christine Krueger of Marquette University noted how Grace Hunt was indeed "George Eliot's kind of hero." Professor Krueger praised Grace Hunt for leaving "a legacy to the living, not to aggrandize herself or control us, but to give us the freedom and tools to cultivate our imagination and read books like Middlemarch." Professor Krueger ended her lecture with the closing passage from Eliot's Middlemarch:
"the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world [. . .] is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs."
It is a certainty that Mrs. Hunt's legacy, the Grace M. Hunt Memorial English Reading Room, will remain a testament to the "incalculably diffusive" good spread by this remarkable yet unassuming woman who has already touched so many lives, and whose generosity will continue to benefit countless others.


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Can sitting in front of a light box increase your creativity more than listening to a Bach concerto?
In Your Creative Brain, Harvard psychologist Shelley Carson explains that creativity isn't something only scientists, inventors, artists, writers, and musicians enjoy, but rather all of us use our creative brains every day at home and at work. Everyone has the ability to increase mental functioning and creativity by understanding and putting into play seven brain activation patterns Dr. Carson has coined the CREATES brainsets: Connect, Reason, Envision, Absorb, Transform, Evaluate, and Stream.
Step-by-step, Carson shows how these seven brainsets affect the way we experience the world around us and how each brainset contributes to the process of creative problem solving. The book is filled with entertaining (and often surprising) exercises, quizzes, and self-tests that will help you take advantage of your creative potential and enrich your life.
This vital resource can also help you meet the challenges and opportunities of today's complex world. The rulebooks for virtually every aspect of human endeavor and interactionfrom corporate life to personal life to dating and even parentingare being rewritten right in the middle of the game. So if all the old bets are off, how do you survive and thrive? The most important asset you have for negotiating this rapidly changing world is your creative brain.
Basing this book on her Harvard psychology course, Creativity: Madmen, Geniuses, and Harvard Students, Carson sees creativity in a broader context—not just coming up with new ideas but being able to evaluate them and put the good ones to practical use. Each phase of this process utilizes different brain states, and each person feels more comfortable in some brain states than in others. Carson includes self-tests for discovering which brain states the student favors, exercises to strengthen the weaker brain states, and help in sticking to the program. Unlike most self-help books, this is grounded in solid experimental work. The only downside is that the actual text is a bit dull, and attempts to lighten it (e.g., with a series of unfunny jokes and cartoons about a creative caveman and his dim sidekick) fall flat. Readers with whom this title will resonate will probably skip straight to the "What brainset do you prefer?" quiz. VERDICT Readers who liked Michael Gelb's How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci will love this. So will the self-improvement and business seminar-loving crowd. And for once they're getting some substance!—Mary Ann Hughes, Shelton, WA


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East Lansing's volunteer stars honored
Recipients talk about their passions
EAST LANSING - Service to others in the East Lansing community is greatly prized. It's importance is reflected every year with the presentation of the annual Crystal Awards.
This year the city turned the spotlight on the East Lansing Meridian Lions Club, Art Korroch, Carol and Tom Luster and Creative Wellness.
"Thank you to all who do so much for our community (through) the unselfish contributions of your energy, your talents and expertise to make the city of East Lansing the wonderful community that it is," Mayor Victor Loomis said during ceremonies April 22 at the Hannah Center.
Creative Biz Gets Ahead by Putting Others First
The minute one walks into Creative Wellness, there is a sense of peace. Low lights, quiet voices, the gentle sound of water in a small fountain, soft music--all blend to create the feeling that here is a place where we can find the serenity that so often eludes us in our everyday lives.
Behind the peaceful façade, there's a thriving, growing business. With close to 50 employees and more being added, Creative Wellness is now in the process of relocating in order to provide more space for the services they offer. Within the next year, they should be settled in their new location, close to their current site.
E.L. Acupuncturist speaks to MSU Chinese Club students
Philosophy senior Brittany Collins held perfectly still as needles were inserted into her ears and wrists Tuesday evening, while other students watched in amazement.
Collins was one of several students who volunteered to try the treatment when East Lansing acupuncturist Shalena Havens visited the MSU Chinese Club Tuesday at Wells Hall.
The presentation was one of several activities used to teach members of the club parts of Chinese culture and prepare them for study abroad in China.
Dr. Mark Poletti voted best Chiropractor by City Pulse
Our own Dr. Mark Poletti was voted the area's favorite chiropractor in 2010 according to the City Pulse Best Services survey for 2010.
Global Trends in Complementary and Well-being Healthcare
The upcoming changes to the United States healthcare system and the global rise of healthcare costs have contributed to an increased awareness and use of complementary, or alternative, healthcare. More and more patients are working with their family doctor and additional sources of health management to create a total health and well-being plan.
Creative Wellness Featured in Natural Awakenings
Natural Awakenings reports on Creative Wellness's expansion of space and services.
Articles by Creative Wellness Staff
Capital Area Women's Lifestyle Magazine Articles
Monthly Recipe Contest
Each month CAWL magazine holds a recipe contest and the winner receives a Creative Wellness gift certificate for a one hour massage. Enter your tasty creations at this link for a chance to win!
Creative Wellness – Where health and happiness go hand in hand By Chris Reay, Co-Director of Creative Wellness
Creative Wellness's business profile as a featured local women-owned business.
Greater Lansing Business Monthly Articles
Centers Lead Wellness Path, April 2012
In Greater Lansing, two highly specialized organizations offer a range of options that can put employees on the road to wellness. Both Creative Wellness and Wycoff Wellness provide a blend of services, therapies and treatments that complement and provide alternatives to traditional medicine. Their services are designed to be easy to align with existing wellness programs.
A New Look at Offsite Company Retreats By Chris Reay, Co-Director of Creative Wellness
Make your next company retreat something unique and lasting. Help your employees learn new wellness practices that they can bring back to the office and use to increase their effectiveness at work.
Workforce Wellness Programs on the Rise By Chris Reay, Co-Director of Creative Wellness
It is natural to protect and preserve those things that are important and valuable in our lives. But it may not always be top priority to preserve ourselves or those around us.
Global Trends in Complementary and Well-Being Healthcare By Chris Reay, Co-Director of Creative Wellness
The upcoming changes to the United States healthcare system and the global rise of healthcare costs have contributed to an increased awareness and use of complementary, or alternative, healthcare. More and more patients are working with their family doctor and additional sources of health management to create a total health and well-being plan.
Press Releases
Creative Wellness Airs Television Ad
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
East Lansing – Creative Wellness, Michigan's largest complementary health care center has taken to the airwaves, and is currently airing a TV spot running on WILX-TV 10, NBC in Lansing!
Creative Wellness Moves to a Larger Center
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
East Lansing – Creative Wellness, Michigan's largest complementary health care center is expanding its services and moving. They are still located within the Asher Court complex near the corner of Abbot and Lake Lansing roads in East Lansing, Michigan.
Creative Wellness Add Another Acupuncturist
Friday, March 25, 2011
East Lansing – Creative Wellness, Michigan's largest center for Complementary Medicine in Michigan, is pleased to announce the addition of a second acupuncturist to its growing family of practitioners. Robyn Grieve is currently a doctoral fellow with Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM) for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM).
Three New Massage Therapists Join Creative Wellness
Friday, December 16, 2010
East Lansing – Creative Wellness has added three new Massage Therapists to its growing family of practitioners. Corey Rivera is a Lansing area native who trained at the Ann Arbor Institute of Massage Therapy.
Creative Wellness Practitioner Appointed to the Michigan Board of Acupuncture
Friday, November 23, 2010
East Lansing – Creative Wellness, the largest massage therapy center in Michigan, is pleased to announce that one of its acupuncturists, Annie Haas, has been appointed by Governor Jennifer Granholm to the Michigan Board of Acupuncture.
Creative Wellness Gives Back
Friday, March 18, 2011
East Lansing – Creative Wellness was honored to give a $722.00 donation to the Greater Lansing Food Bank. The proceeds were collected at the Lansing Center Women's Expo in early February. Creative Wellness felt that it was important to donate to the food bank at this time because of the great need to fill the shelves and combat hunger. A donation of a $1/minute was received for chair massage services. Creative Wellness offers similar fundraising services for a variety of events.
Creative Wellness Fundraiser Raises $4,500 for Victims of Haiti Earthquake
Friday, January 29, 2010
East Lansing – On Saturday, January 23, Creative Wellness in East Lansing hosted a fundraiser and about $4,500 was raised for The Mid-Michigan Chapter of the American Red Cross to assist the victims of the earthquake in Haiti....
Local Health Center Announces New Clinic for Smoking Cessation, Weight Loss and other Unhealthy Habits
Wednesday, September 22, 2009
Creative Wellness will offer a clinic on Wednesday, September 30 at 7pm at their center in East Lansing. The Healthier Living Clinic is open to anyone looking for help with smoking cessation, weight loss, alcohol dependency, prescription or recreational drug dependency or any other addictive behavior...
Acupuncture Offers Hope for Treating Cerebral Palsy
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Havens has a special interest in treating difficult cases that others may have turned away. "I am drawn to cases and trying what others deem impossible" said Shalena Havens. A graduate of Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, M.S. in Acupuncture, with National Certification in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and University of Alaska, B.A. Biological Sciences...
Creative Wellness Selected to Receive RicStar Award
Creative Wellness, Michigan's largest complementary health center, received the RicStar Award for outstanding community service from the Michigan State University Community Music School's Eric "RicStar" Winter Music Therapy Camp. Each year, the award is given to a person or business that has gone above and beyond in its support of the camp in prior years.


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Lattice-Based Proxy Signature Scheme
Inspired by the demand to have secure proxy signatures, even in the presence of quantum computers, and with the help of the Bonsai trees and the pre-image sample function, a post-quantum lattice-based proxy signature scheme which satisfies all the security requirements of the proxy signature scheme is thereby proposed in this paper. This paper proved that the unforgeability of the proposed scheme is based on the hardness of the Small Integer Solution (SIS) problem in the random oracle model. Since there exists the quantum intractability assumption on lattice problem, the author's proposed scheme is secure even on quantum computers.
Provided by: Shandong Institute of Business And Technology Topic: Security Date Added: Nov 2011 Format: PDF