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Strandvillen Heringsdorf - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Badstr. 11, Heringsdorf (Show map)
Located in the resort town of Heringsdorf, this historic hotel features a sauna area and a restaurant with panoramic views of the beach and Baltic Sea. Guests can look forward to elegant rooms, some with sea views. Strandvillen Heringsdorf has spacious rooms with a flat-screen TV, seating area, and a modern bathroom. All rooms are decorated in modern, neutral colours and furnished with wooden furniture. Strandvillen Heringsdorf's sauna area provides a view of the sea. Massages are also available on request. Guests can relax and play games in the rustic reading room or on the sunny terrace in warm weather. A meditation room can be found in the Heringsdorf's attic. Rich buffet breakfasts are prepared at the Strandvillen Heringsdorf. The restaurant serves local seafood in the evenings and offers stunning views of the sandy Baltic coast.
Rooms price from € 116
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Strandhotel Heringsdorf - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Liehrstr. 10, Heringsdorf (Show map)
This 4-star Superior hotel stands directly on the sandy Heringsdorf Beach, on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom. It offers a modern spa, a heated outdoor saltwater pool and a Wi-Fi. The privately-run Strandhotel Heringsdorf has spacious rooms and apartments with modern bathrooms. All rooms are equipped with a private balcony. Wellness facilities at the Strandhotel include both an indoor and an outdoor pool, various saunas, and a gym. Thalassotherapy treatments and massages can be booked. A breakfast buffet is available each morning. The restaurant offers freshly caught fish and regional dishes. In good weather, guests can eat on the Strandhotel Heringsdorf's terrace. Guests can enjoy discounts at the Baltic Hills Golf Course in Korswandt, which is just 5 km away. There is a parking lot 300 m away from the property
Rooms price from € 118
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Travel Charme Strandidyll Heringsdorf - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Delbrückstr. 10, Heringsdorf (Show map)
This 4-star hotel is 300 metres from Heringsdorf Beach on the island of Usedom. It offers free WiFi, a large garden and a luxury spa area with heated indoor and outdoor pools. Travel Charme offers Mediterranean-style rooms with free wired internet and satellite TV, as well as featuring a balcony or terrace. Bathrobes and slippers are provided in the bathrooms with heated floors. Travel Charme Strandidyll Heringsdorf's Puria Spa features saunas, an oriental bath and massage and beauty treatments. Guests can also enjoy free aqua aerobics, yoga, Tai Chi and other fitness courses. Breakfast is served in the Giardino restaurant. The Belvedere restaurant offers Mediterranean dishes and Baltic Sea views, and the stylish Club-Bar with fireplace serves exotic cocktails. The hotel is a 5-minute walk from Seebad Heringsdorf Train Station, providing connections to all parts of Usedom.
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Maritim Hotel Kaiserhof - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Kulmstraße 33, Heringsdorf (Show map)
This modern 4-star-superior hotel is located on Heringsdorf's beach promenade on the island of Usedom. It offers a 1500 m² spa with indoor and outdoor pools, 2 restaurants, a garden with sea views and an extraordinary conservatory with a glass fireplace and extensive library. Brightly decorated rooms with satellite TV and work desk are offered at the Maritim Hotel. Guests receive free WiFi throughout the hotel. The Maritim Hotel Kaiserhof's spa includes a Finnish sauna, a steam room and modern fitness equipment. In summer, guests can relax in the garden, which overlooks the Baltic Sea. International dishes and a varied breakfast buffet are served in the Palmengarten Restaurant. Live music and cocktails can be enjoyed in the stylish Piano Bar, where smoking is allowed. The hotel is just 1 km from Lake Schloonsee and Lake Gothensee, and bicycles can be rented at the hotel.
Rooms price from € 133
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SEETELHOTEL Ostseeresidenz Heringsdorf - Aparthotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Seestr. 41, Heringsdorf (Show map)
Located in the seaside resort of Heringsdorf on the island of Usedom, these 4-star holiday apartments offer tasteful accommodation close to the beach and the Seebrücke Heringsdorf pier. The Seetel Ostseeresidenz Heringsdorf's apartments are equipped with an en suite bathroom, a high-quality kitchen, a comfy seating area and a range of modern amenities. Take some time to relax in the Seetel Ostseeresidenz Heringsdorf's Oriental spa area. This spacious spa area is spread across 2 floors, and features an indoor swimming pool, hot tub, fitness room, steam room and quiet area. Start your day with the Seetel Ostseeresidenz Heringsdorf's rich breakfast buffet, which is served in the conservatory restaurant of the adjoining Hotel Pommerscher Hof. During the evenings, you can enjoy delicious regional cuisine here. Golfers will benefit from a discounted rate at the nearby Golfpark Balmer See golf course.
Rooms price from € 119
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SEETELHOTEL Hotel Esplanade - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Seestr. 5, Heringsdorf (Show map)
Set in a renovated 100-year-old castle, the Esplanade offers romantic accommodation 300 meters from the beach on the Baltic Sea coast. It offers free access to the Sherazade Spa, located across the road. Elegant rooms at the SEETELHOTEL Hotel Esplanade retain the old-time grandeur and combine it with modern facilities. They all include a TV set and en suite bathrooms with hairdryer, while some open out onto private balconies. Fine dining options are available at the Epikur Restaurant, serving regional specialities, and at the Weißer Salon, offering French gourmet cuisine. In fine weather dinner can be enjoyed on the outdoor terrace. The SEETELHOTEL Hotel Esplanade offers rental bikes to discover Usedom Island's lagoons and wetlands. Guests enjoy a 30% discount at the Balmer See and Baltic Hills Golf Courses. Free Wi-Fi access is available in all public areas.
Rooms price from € 88
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SEETELHOTEL Pommerscher Hof - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Seestr. 41, Heringsdorf (Show map)
This 3-star hotel offers free use of the nearby spa, a summer terrace and underground parking. It lies a 5-minute walk from Heringsdorf beach, on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom. Dating from 1865, the Seetel Hotel Pommerscher Hof offers renovated rooms in a classic style. They include a minibar, TV and safe. Some rooms feature a balcony. Guests can enjoy a rich breakfast buffet each morning. The conservatory restaurant offers an à la carte menu. A range of drinks, including cocktails, are served in the lobby bar of the Pommerscher Hof. Guests can also enjoy free internet and a selection of newspapers here. The Shehrazade spa is located in the nearby Ostseeresidenz Heringsdorf hotel. Guests can use this oriental wellness area for free. It includes a swimming pool, saunas, steam rooms and hot tubs. A 30% discount is available on green fees at the nearby Golfpark Balmer See.
Rooms price from € 87
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Hotel OASIS - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Puschkinstrasse 10/Strandpromenade, Heringsdorf (Show map)
A minute's walk from the sandy beachfront in Seebad Heringsdorf, this 4-star superior hotel offers elegant rooms. This Baltic Sea villa has a small individual spa area, a private beach and a daily buffet breakfast. The stylishly furnished, non-smoking rooms at the Hotel Oasis feature a TV, a minibar and a seating area. The bathrooms feature complimentary toiletries and a shower. Guests can enjoy Thai specialities at the on-site Thai restaurant, which features a spacious terrace and garden. Additionally, there is an Italian restaurant called Rossini, which features Italian and Mediterranean cuisine. The spa area at the Oasis Hotel includes massage baths and a sauna, and massages are available upon request. Guests can take a walk in the hotel's garden, or rent a bicycle for a small fee. Free Wi-Fi is available in the main building. The hotel is an 8-minute walk from Ahlbeck-Ostseetherme Train Station. Private parking is provided on site for a small fee.
Rooms price from € 142
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Hotel Residenz - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Kanalstr. 1, Heringsdorf (Show map)
The family-friendly Hotel Residenz is 2 km from Heringsdorf 's sandy beach and town centre. It has a spa with sauna, children's playroom and a café with terrace. All rooms at Hotel Residenz include satellite TV and a desk. A private bathroom with hairdryer is provided. A rich buffet breakfast is served each morning in the spacious breakfast room. Packed lunches can be organised for day trips. Visitors can enjoy a massage or relax with a book in the cosy library. Mini-golf and a playground are available for children. Residenz Hotel is a 5-minute walk from the Gothensee Lake and a 20-minute walk from Bansin. Guests can use the hotel's rental bikes to explore the surrounding Usedom Nature Park and the Baltic Coast.
Rooms price from € 65
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Upstalsboom Hotel Ostseestrand - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Eichenweg 4-5, Heringsdorf (Show map)
Located on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom, this superior hotel in Heringsdorf offers a spa with indoor pool, spacious rooms, and regional cuisine. The sandy beach is 30 metres away. Each room and suite at the non-smoking Upstalsboom Hotel Ostseestrand is decorated in a different style. All include a flat-screen TV, free WiFi and minibar. Most rooms also have a balcony or terrace. The 1,000 m² Baltic Spa features free use of the pool, steam room, Finnish sauna, relaxation rooms, ice fountain and gym. Massages and beauty treatments are provided on request. Varied Usedom specialities are served in the Theo's restaurant with terrace. Rich buffet breakfasts are available until 13:00 every day. Rental bicycles and private parking spaces are available at the Hotel Ostseestrand on request. Seebad Heringsdorf Train Station is only about 1 km away.
Rooms price from € 119
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Villa Neptun - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Maxim-Gorki-Str. 53, Heringsdorf (Show map)
Just a few steps away from the 42-km long coast of the Baltic Sea, this family-run hotel and fish restaurant awaits you in a peaceful location in the seaside resort of Heringsdorf. All rooms and apartments at Villa Neptun include a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom. The pier and town centres of Heringsdorf and Bansin each lie 1.5 km away, and can be reached via a wonderful walk along the sea promenade.
Rooms price from € 64
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Hotel Weißes Schloss - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Rudolf-Breitscheid-Str. 3, Heringsdorf (Show map)
Enjoy your vacation in our traditional hotel on the bank of Kulm in the seaside health resort of Heringsdorf, offering magnificent views of the Baltic Sea. Quietly located in its own park, the hotel is only a few walking minutes away from the town centre. In direct proximity you find the beautiful, long beach of the Baltic Sea, the sea bridge and the beach promenade reaching all the way from Bansin to Ahlbeck – perfect for day excursions afoot or by bicycle.
Rooms price from € 54
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Strandhotel Ostseeblick - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Kulmstr. 28, Heringsdorf (Show map)
Strandhotel Ostseeblick is a family-run, superior hotel on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom, just steps from a sandy beach. It features spacious rooms, a 1,000 m² spa and the award-winning Bernstein restaurant. Guests have free use of the MEERness Spa. This includes a panoramic indoor pool, different saunas, an outdoor terrace and a gym. There are also many quiet areas with sea views, and massages and beauty treatments can be booked. All rooms at the Strandhotel Ostseeblick feature a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, a minibar, and a modern bathroom. The award-winning Restaurant Bernstein serves gourmet German and international food. Exotic cocktails and fine wines can be enjoyed in the stylish Strandlounge Bar overlooking the Baltic Sea. Subject to availability paid private parking is available on site.
Rooms price from € 120
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Hotel garni Arte Vita - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Badstr. 1, Heringsdorf (Show map)
Centrally located in Heringsdorf, within comfortable walking distance of the beach, town centre and pier, this hotel offers a welcoming, peaceful base for a lovely beach holiday. The Hotel garni Arte Vita offers non-smoking rooms, brightly decorated in a Mediterranean style. Inspired by the charm of Tuscany, the Arte Vita features a permanent exhibition of paintings by the well-known artist Franco Costa. After a delicious breakfast buffet, relax on the sunny courtyard terrace while you plan your day's activities. Spend lazy days on the beach, or enjoy sports such as horse riding, hiking, and angling. Alternatively, go exploring on one of the Arte Vita's rental bicycles. After a fun-filled day outdoors, relax in one of the welcoming restaurants and bars in the vicinity.
Rooms price from € 54
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Aurelia Hotel St.Hubertus - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Grenzstr. 1, Heringsdorf (Show map)
Situated directly on the beach promenade, on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom, this stylish 4-star hotel offers excellent spa facilities and a heated indoor pool. The elegant rooms in the Aurelia Hotel St. Hubertus are decorated in an English, colonial style. The rooms feature tobacco-coloured furniture, warm wooden flooring, sparkling chandeliers and leather upholstery, and most have a terrace or balcony. The wellness facilities include a pool heated to 30ºC, various saunas, a tepidarium and a Turkish steam bath. Treat yourself to Pomeranian-style cuisine in the Restaurant 1900 with its Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) flair. Watch your meals being prepared in the open kitchen. The Aurelia Strand Lounge & Bar 1901 is a great place to relax with a cigar on the comfy sofas in the glass lounge. Sit in the peaceful garden or enjoy the view of the promenade and Baltic Sea from the terrace. The St. Hubertus is situated right between the beach resorts of Heringsdorf and Ahlbeck. Walk along the 8 km of sandy beach, or hire a bicycle from the hotel to explore the island.
Rooms price from € 99.75
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Aurelia Villa Flora - Guest houses, Heringsdorf, Germany
Kirchsteig 2, Heringsdorf (Show map)
This newly renovated hotel enjoys a peaceful location near the famous Seebrücke pier, spa centre and sandy beaches of Heringsdorf, the Baltic Sea Resort on the island of Usedom. Set in a green inner courtyard, the Aurelia Hotel Villa Flora boasts a charming Belle Epoche design featuring tobacco-coloured furniture and bright colour schemes. The lovingly decorated breakfast room provides a cheerful start to the day. You are welcome to use the wellness area at the Aurelia Hotel St. Hubertus, which is just a 5-minute drive or a short walk away.
Rooms price from € 156
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Hostel Dünenweg 16 - Hostels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Dünenweg 16, Heringsdorf (Show map)
This hostel is a 5-minute walk from a sandy beach and a 10-minute walk from the centre of Heringsdorf. It offers good bus connections. The Hostel Dünenweg 16 provides rooms with private bathroom and a TV. Hostel Dünenweg 16 is a good base for discovering the island of Usedom and the Baltic Coast. A bus stop is a 3-minute walk away. Buses run directly to the resorts of Bansin and Ahlbeck.
Rooms price from € 30
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Ferienwohnungen Ostsee & Mehr - Holiday homes, Heringsdorf, Germany
Maxim-Gorki-Str. 5, Heringsdorf (Show map)
Just a 5-minute walk from the beach in the Baltic Sea resort of Heringsdorf, on the island of Usedom, these cosy apartments feature a garden with a children's playground. Free private parking is available on site. Built in 2005, Ferienhaus Ostsee & Mehr provides brightly furnished apartments. The apartments are 40 m² in size, and feature wooden floors and fully equipped kitchens. The neighbouring house features 2 sophisticated apartments with 70 m² and 2 bedrooms each. The allergy friendly apartments features wooden floors and a fully equipped kitchen. Take a stroll along the beach and come back to the apartments to relax on the balcony or terrace. Visit the many little shops and cafés nearby.
Rooms price from € 75
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Hotel Wald und See - Hotels, Heringsdorf, Germany
Rudolf-Breitscheid-Straße 8, Heringsdorf (Show map)
Centrally located in Heringsdorf, this family-run hotel is less than 500 metres from the Baltic Sea coast. It offers rental bicycles, a spa area with a sauna and hot tub and Wi-Fi access in public areas. The rooms and apartments at the Hotel Wald und See are quiet, light and decorated with wooden furniture. Some rooms have a balcony or a view of Heringsdorf and the sea. A breakfast buffet is served each morning in the breakfast room overlooking the Baltic Sea. Snacks and drinks are available in the beach bar. During the summer, guests can enjoy smoked fish and regional specialities from the barbecue. Just 400 metres behind the hotel starts the Usedom Nature Park. The border of Poland is just 5.5 km from the hotel.
Rooms price from € 96
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Pension "Am Fischerweg" - Apartments, Heringsdorf, Germany
Strandstr, 9, Heringsdorf (Show map)
These self-catering holiday apartments are just a 2-minute walk from the sandy beach in Heringsdorf. They offer fully equipped kitchens and free parking spaces. All apartments at the Pension Am Fischerweg include a CD player and cable TV. A bathroom with hairdryer is provided. A bread delivery service is available at the Am Fischerweg. The shops and restaurants of Heringsdorf are less than 10 minutes away on foot. The Pension Am Fischerweg also offers rental bicycles for exploring the Baltic island of Usedom.
Rooms price from € 81
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Women are made for homes or graves. –Afghan saying
Gen. Stanley McChrystal says he needs more American troops to salvage something like winning in Afghanistan and restore the country to "normal life." Influential senators want to increase spending to train more soldiers for the Afghan National Army and Police. The Feminist Majority recently backed off a call for more troops, but it continues to warn against US withdrawal as an abandonment of Afghan women and girls. Nearly everyone assumes troops bring greater security; and whether your touchstone is military victory, national interest or the welfare of women and girls, "security" seems a good thing.
I confess that I agonize over competing proposals now commanding President Obama's attention because I've spent years in Afghanistan working with women, and I'm on their side. When the Feminist Majority argues that withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan will return the Taliban to power and women to house arrest, I see in my mind's eye the faces of women I know and care about. Yet an unsentimental look at the record reveals that for all the fine talk of women's rights since the US invasion, equal rights for Afghan women have been illusory all along, a polite feel-good fiction that helped to sell the American enterprise at home and cloak in respectability the misbegotten government we installed in Kabul. That it is a fiction is borne out by recent developments in Afghanistan–President Karzai's approving a new family law worthy of the Taliban, and American acquiescence in Karzai's new law and, initially, his theft of the presidential election–and by the systematic intimidation, murder or exile of one Afghan woman after another who behaves as if her rights were real and worth fighting for.
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"Fear?" my colleague said. "Yes. We live with fear. In our work here with women we are always under threat. Personally, I work every day in fear, hoping to return safely at the end of the day to my home. To my child and my husband."


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Andreas Savakis
Dr. Savakis received the B.S. (Summa Cum Laude) and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Old Dominion University and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University. He served as department head from 2000 to 2011. During 2011-12, he was American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow and spent the year at the University of Rochester and UMass Dartmouth. Before joining RIT, he was with the Eastman Kodak Research Labs.
His research focuses on Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision, including object detection and tracking, activity and expression recognition, interactive displays, processing on mobile platforms, and hardware acceleration of imaging algorithms. He has been the primary thesis advisor for more than 30 graduate students in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. in Imaging Science and Ph.D. in Computing and Information Sciences. His research has generated over 100 publications and 11 patents. Dr. Savakis is ABET program evaluator for the accreditation of Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering programs. He has served as Chair of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, Rochester Chapter, Treasurer of the IEEE Rochester Section and was co-founding member of the IEEE Western New York Image Processing Workshop. Dr. Savakis received the IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000), the NYSTAR Technology Transfer Award for Economic Impact (2006) and the IEEE Region 1 Outstanding Teaching Award for contributions to education in Computer Engineering and Multimedia (2011). For more about Dr. Savakis, see his website.
Selected Publications
· R. Ptucha and A. Savakis, "Joint Optimization of Manifold Learning and Sparse Representations," IEEE Int. Conf. on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG2013), Shanghai, China, 2013.
· R. Ptucha and A. Savakis, "Fusion of Static and Temporal Predictors for Unconstrained Facial Expression Recognition," Int. Conf. on Image Proc. (ICIP 2012), Orlando, FL, 2012.
· S. Azary and A. Savakis, "3D Action Classification Using Sparse Representations on Spatio-Temporal Features," Int. Symp. Visual Computing (ISVC 2012), Crete, Greece, 2012.
· Savakis, M. Stump, R. Melton, G. Behm and G. Sterns, "Low Vision Assistance Using Face Detection and Tracking on Android Smartphones," Midwest Symp. Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2012), Boise, ID, Aug. 2012.
· G. Tsagkatakis and A. Savakis, "Online Distance Metric Learning for Object Tracking," IEEE Trans. Circuit and Systems for Video Technology, Nov. 2011.
· R.W. Ptucha, G. Tsagkatakis, A. Savakis, "Manifold Based Sparse Representation for Robust Expression Recognition without Neutral Subtraction," International Conference on Computer Vision, ICCV BeFIT Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, 2011.
· Bellmore,R.W. Ptucha, A. Savakis, "Interactive Display Using Depth and RGB Sensors for Face and Gesture Control," Proceedings of IEEE Western NY Image Processing Workshop, Rochester, NY, 2011.
· J. S. Schildkraut, N. Prosser, A. Savakis, J. Gomez, A. Singh, D. Nazareth, H. K. Malhotra, "Level Set Segmentation of Pulmonary Nodules in Megavolt Electronic Portal Images Using a CT Prior," Medical Physics, Nov. 2010.
· G. Tsagkatakis and A. Savakis, "Face Detection in Resource Constrained Wireless Systems," in Mobile Multimedia Processing: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, X. Jiang, M. Ma and C. Chen Eds., Springer Verlag, 2010.
· G. Tsagkatakis and A. Savakis, "A Framework for Object Class Recognition with No Visual Examples," IEEE Western NY Image Processing Workshop (WNYIP 2010), Rochester, New York, Nov. 2010. (Best Paper Award)
· J. Luo, A. Savakis and A. Singhal, "A Bayesian Networks-based Framework for Semantic Image Understanding," Pattern Recognition, pp. 919-934, June 2005.
· N. Serrano, A. Savakis and J. Luo, "Improved Scene Classification Using Efficient Low-level Features and Semantic Cues," Pattern Recognition, vol. 37, pp. 1773-1784, Sep. 2004.
· Loui and A. Savakis, "Automated Event Clustering and Quality Screening of Consumer Pictures for Digital Albuming," IEEE Trans. Multimedia, pp. 390-402, Sep. 2003.
· Savakis, "Evaluation of Lossless Compression Methods for Continuous Tone Document Images," Journal of Electronic Imaging, pp. 79-86, Jan. 2002.
· J. Luo and A. Savakis, "Self-Supervised Texture Segmentation using Complementary Types of Features, Pattern Recognition, vol. 34, pp. 2071-2082, Nov. 2001.
Selected Patents
· U.S. Patent 6,832,006, "System and method for controlling image compression based on image emphasis," with M. Rabbani, Eastman Kodak Co., issued December 2004.
· U.S. Patent 6671405, "Method for Automatic Assessment of Emphasis and Appeal in Consumer Images," with S. Etz, Eastman Kodak Co., issued December 2003.
· U.S. Patent Number 6323956, "Adaptive quantization of grayscale images," Eastman Kodak Company, issued November 2001.
· U.S. Patent Number 6044179, "Document Image Thresholding using Foreground and Background Clustering," Eastman Kodak Company, Issued March 2000.
· U.S. Patent Number 6035058, "Automatic Color Form Dropout using Luminance / Chrominance Space Processing," with J. Madigan, Eastman Kodak Company, Issued March 2000.


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Pittsfield's New Crime Analyst Already Detecting Criminals
|Amanda O'Connor is changing law enforcement in the city with just some clicks on a computer.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Criminals often think they are too smart to get caught.
Well, not if they meet Amanda O'Connor, a military-trained intelligence officer with a psychology degree from one of the nation's top colleges.
O'Connor is the Police Department's first crime analyst who was hired not to chase down the bad guys, but rather to get ahead of them.
"It's a lot about looking for patterns and knowing how to map them out so you can see them, see what's going on," O'Connor said on Friday. "Intel is all about finding out every little bit of information that you can possibly get because it is all basically a piece to a puzzle."
In just her second week, the Sheffield native is already making a difference. She began by looking at daily report logs and developed a system to sort them by an array of criteria — from locations to types of crime.
She found a report of a residential breaking and entering and found a similar one a different officer had investigated in the past. She looked into it further and found many instances of burglaries with the same items being stolen. O'Connor then ran the information against a database of items sold to pawns shops and found the items were being sold to the same place by the same person.
"Now we know what their target is and where they are fencing the goods. So we call and say next time he shows up, let us know. We wouldn't have been able to make that catch two weeks ago," Police Chief Michael Wynn said.
But that is just "scratching the surface" of her capabilities, Wynn said. The department will be adding more databases and O'Connor will not only be able to both spot trends — such as an increase in robberies — but will have more tools to research locations or people for individual cases.
"The patterns we are looking for are human driven so it comes down to behavior analysis. What are the things that drives somebody?" Wynn said. "Basically, our hope is that we will be able to use some of this data to start predicting behavior."
O'Connor can research a suspect to find out who they associate with, where they'd likely be at certain times, what they've done in the past and reasons behind the crimes — information that would previously take officers days to find.
"Things that would have taken us days in the past to do a hard data pull and hand count, she can do in minutes," Wynn said.
O'Connor's work will enhance open investigations, help the department direct resources to certain areas and find hot spots of activity, all while officers are out on the beat.
"Everybody is looking at different things and my job is to look at everything. I read every report so I can catch trends that others may not have seen," O'Connor said.
And O'Connor knows what she is looking for and how to build the systems needed. Just two days after graduating Williams College in 2010, she enlisted in the Army National Guard, where she earned her degree in intelligence.
"It's a really interesting field. You get to use your brain, doing problem solving," she said. "You can look at numbers all day long, look at a bunch of names but if it is not organized then its meaningless. It is a lot about finding missing pieces but most of it is already there — but you need to know how to read it."
She spent two years in the Army training as an intelligence officer before returning home. O'Connor wanted to go into policing and contacted the Williams Alumni office to see who she could talk to about getting into the field. They directed her to fellow Williams graduate Wynn.
Wynn said when she contacted him the money for the position had been allocated and the personnel office was finalizing the job description. O'Connor told him about her intelligence background so he told her to keep an eye out because they would soon be looking for an analyst. When the job was posted, she jumped at it.
"I've just always had an interest in criminal justice and you add the intel on top of that and it is a perfect fit," O'Connor said.
The 25-year-old Mount Everett Regional School graduate is still "wrapping her head" around the various databases — discovering state resources the department hadn't accessed before — and the information.
"We haven't even scratched the surface of the data yet," Wynn said. "As we gain more capabilities, we can add more databases."
The city allocated the funds for the position as an effort to fight crime in a more efficient way. So be warned, criminals. The game has changed.
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Stores find that layaway programs pay off
Major retailers say their extended and cheaper layaway programs successfully spurred holiday shopping across the nation this year, contradicting several surveys that found the opposite.
In August, Wal-Mart, Toys R Us and Sears began announcing lowered or waived fees associated with their pay-as-you-go programs, which this year they decided to offer up to a month earlier.
San Antonio-based H-E-B also launched its first layaway program, free of fees, although it only offered it at nine H-E-B Plus! locations in the Rio Grande Valley and Gulf Coast regions.
H-E-B is offering the program for such things as toys and electronics, offered at its Plus! stores.
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Sears and Toys R Us eliminated all layaway fees this year, and Wal-Mart said customer demand pushed it to reduce its upfront cost by two-thirds to $5, which then is refunded as a gift card when customers pay off their balance.
The approach seems to have paid off.
Though local numbers weren't available, Bill Simon, president and CEO of Walmart U.S., reported that customers had placed layaway orders totaling $400 million by Oct. 10, the latest data available.
"That's basically over half of what we had in layaway all of last year, and we didn't start last year until the middle of October," Simon said at an annual investment meeting.
Similarly, Toys R Us said layaway orders at its stores increased over last year.
Spokeswoman Katie Reczek wouldn't cite specific numbers but said the increase is "a testament" to how the company's free layaway appealed to customers. She added that the average value of a layaway order placed at Toys R Us is about $200.
A spokeswoman for H-E-B said it has "heard praises from customers" participating in its layaway program, which the grocery chain decided to launch in the border and Gulf Coast regions to test the popularity of the concept.
As of last week, however, firms such as BIGinsight, a consumer research group, released data indicating shoppers had little interest in the retail tactic.
Only 12.3 percent of holiday shoppers told BIGinsight that they use or planned to use layaway this season, a slight dip from 12.7 percent last year. At this point in the holiday season, most layaway programs have closed to new accounts.
Other surveys pegged consumer interest as low as 9 percent, while the CFI Group found that of the shoppers it surveyed, more than two-thirds of them were less likely to take advantage of layaway offerings this year as compared to last year.
"With a flatlining number of consumers boarding the layaway train for 2012, it appears that this Great Depression-era policy is more bygone gimmick rather than a modern-day marvel," Pam Goodfellow, director of consumer insight for BIGinsight, wrote in an analysis of the firm's survey.
Deborah Fowler, an associate professor of retail management at Texas Tech University, suspected the surveys might have yielded results that contrasted with what retailers reported because shoppers may prefer to keep their financial behavior private.
She also pointed out that the appeal of layaway doesn't discriminate based on a customer's economic status, in part due to the credit crunch during the recession.
"Layaway is wonderful for shoppers, because either they don't have credit (or) they're trying to avoid paying interest," Fowler said. "Even if the store charges a small fee, it's not going to be as much as layering more debt on the credit card."
Goodfellow made the same point.
"While plans to use layaway aren't staggering this holiday season," she said in a statement, "this service provides a relief for those shoppers seeking to stick to their budgets while staying off the credit cards."
That was true for Jaime Montoya, who waited at the Wal-Mart Supercenter at 8923 W. Military Drive on Thursday as his wife picked up their layaway order.
A 36-year-old father of four, Montoya said he wanted to get the hottest toys and electronics for his children but didn't want to purchase the gifts with his high-interest credit cards.
"Our rent went up this year," he said, "so we're watching the money closer now."
Layaway "is like another monthly payment we have to remember," Montoya added. "It makes us stay within our means."
He and his wife increased their layaway spending by $100 this holiday season compared to last year, reflecting other "layaway-ers" across the nation.
According to BIGinsight, 41.6 percent of layaway shoppers intended to spend more on gifts this year compared to 2011 — more than double the percentage of shoppers in general who planned to increase their holiday budgets.
And if layaway did in fact loosen their wallets, it will provide a boon to retailers who already have their layaway business, Fowler said.
"They're going to spend more money and spend that money at the retailer offering the layaway," she said. "Every time they walk through that store to make a payment, they're going to see a sale (and) they're going to buy something."


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If you've missed the latest fiscal melodrama gripping our nation's capital, don't worry. Stay tuned. More nail-biting episodes are on the way.
Automatic government-wide spending cuts — called a "sequester" in bureaucratic jargon — of roughly $85 billion will start kicking in now that President Barack Obama and Congress have failed to meet a Friday deadline for striking a deal to avert or soften the reductions.
"The pain will be real," Obama told reporters, saying the impasse saddles Americans with "a series of dumb, arbitrary cuts."
The current budget crisis comes just two months after tense year-end negotiations yielded a New Year's Day deal keeping the government from plunging over a "fiscal cliff" of huge spending cuts and tax increases.
The next self-inflicted panic deadline is the March 27 expiration of stopgap legislation to fund the entire government.
"I'm hopeful that we won't have to deal with the threat of a government shutdown while we're dealing with the sequester at the same time," House Speaker John Boehner said Friday after a White House meeting between Obama and congressional leaders failed to produce a breakthrough.
Another deadline comes May 18, when legislation permitting the Treasury to borrow above the current $16.4 trillion debt limit runs out. Failing to raise it further threatens a first-ever default on the government's debt.
It took over 200 years for government borrowing, begun to help finance the Revolutionary War, to climb above $1 trillion, which it did in President Ronald Reagan's first term.
By Friday, the national debt stood at a whopping $16.61 trillion.
After the debt limit, another big deadline comes Oct. 1 when the government's new fiscal year begins. If new spending bills aren't passed by then for every department and agency, Congress must yet again pass emergency stopgap legislation.
It's no apocalypse, Obama said of the government sequester now taking hold. "It's just dumb."
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Skip to comments.Scandal probe ensnares commander of U.S., NATO troops in Afghanistan ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
Posted on 11/12/2012 10:22:04 PM PST by JouleZ
Here we go again. Obama is taking down the leadership of Americas military.(my words)
According to a senior U.S. defense official, the FBI has uncovered between 20,000 and 30,000 pages of potentially inappropriate emails between Allen and Jill Kelley, a 37-year-old Tampa woman whose close friendship with Petraeus ultimately led to his downfall. Allen, a Marine, succeeded Petraeus as the top allied commander in Afghanistan in July 2011.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Think Mikhail Tukhachevsky.
In progress. How many officers are involved in this????
Then Kelley hired John Edwards' criminal defense lawyer! That didn't make any sense for a woman who simply complained to the FBI about cyber-stalking. Now we know why.
From what I know the current director of the FBI is Robert Mueller, A 'lover of John Kerry' so we could be seeing a MAJOR push by the Socialist regime to purge the last of the good guys and install players more hardcore than mere Socialists. This is sickening.
A coup beyond being mere president, by 0bama if you ask me.
If the Obama Administration started this to deflect attention away from Benghazi, they may have made a serious miscalculation. If however this is about something else entirely, then who knows? This is getting into real ominous territory, real quick...
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sell guns to narco terrorists to kill hundred of people but just keep your pants zipped no problem...
I feel like I have just seen the world go mad. In less than a week, rhe walls come tumbling down.
Did you gentlemen see THIS ONE??????
The Lebanese Kardashian and ANOTHER general????
Am I going crazy?
I can't think of him 'cause I don't know who he is.
Just did a search.
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I could hardly believe this. The 20,000 - 30,000 pages of emails tells me she must have known this guy for a number of years to write that much. And, how does she have that much time to devote to this?
According to other articles today, she and her doctor husband are losing their house and an office building and they are completely in debt with credit cards on top of non-payment of the house notes and office building notes.
I think all the players so far need to be put in separate rooms and depositions taken - who did what to whom? We need a score card to keep up with the players. How many more?
Allen is a Marine. It's no secret he doesn't care much for the won...or the state department. Ham, others. War.
Greta played a brief clip from The View this AM and they had a giant picture of Petraeus with Broadwell behind them and the conservative blond said "cover-up" while the others gasped!
If America gets upset about these military brass having 'sex scandals', shouldn't America be more upset that their president does the gay thing? Oddly, if these Generals were having GAY affairs, no one would dare talk about it! Whoever talked about it would quickly be assailed as homophobic!!
That's right. I would not be surprised at all if Ogabe is purging the military of those that don't support him. The only difference is that he does not seem to be into shooting them that much. But never put that past a marxist. Just give him the chance and he will.
Hmmm.. Wasn't that a Commander killed at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan; That the media did NOT talk about..??
Night of Long Knives.
I just hope some good guys and gals are going to tell the truth.
"Are you getting any sleep as these are coming fast and furious?"
Very little and when I do I feel guilty. This is the most frightening time of my life. Fear for my country. Huge. A madman sits in the office where presidents USED to sit. And the world has gone mad with him.
Israel is on the brink. States wanting to secede. Danger everywhere. Can you trust your neighbor anymore?
Pray for this country. For us all.
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Big 12 Campus Correspondent
Every successful team has one.
The grinder, the hard worker, the player who is always doing whatever he can to better himself and the team. The leader who always puts the team first. The player who has been through the fire, and makes sure his teammates learn from his experiences.
For Texas Tech, that player is junior forward Jaye Crockett.
"It's great being able to give my knowledge to my teammates," Crockett said. "Because I have been through it. This is my fourth year playing. I just learned from all the different coaches I have had, so I enjoy being able to give some information out to new players."
First-year head basketball coach Chris Walker agrees, and says Crockett has the ear of the younger Red Raiders because he has their respect.
"With Jaye's personality, I think that the guys really like him, and they respect him." Walker said. "Jaye's been here the longest and he has certainly earned his stripes."
Indeed he has.
Being a sixth man, and fighting through injuries through most of last year, Crockett knows he has to work to achieve his potential.
"I've been working hard," Crockett said. "I've been in the gym everyday after practice, and between classes. I'm just really working on my game."
Walker has seen Crockett fight, and is proud to see the Clovis, N.M. native never giving up or settling.
"He suffered through a lot," Walker said. "He was injured last year, and I just think that it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. He's getting the fruits of his labor. He worked really hard on his game this summer, and good things happen to good people."
But every the team player, Crockett is reluctant to talk about his own success. He, rather, draws attention to the rest of the Red Raiders on the court alongside him.
"I have to say how hard our team works," Crockett said when asked to describe how he has been successful this year. "Our guards are great. They can draw three people on them at once, then dish it off to the open man."
Walker isn't quite as modest when talking about Crockett's success. When asked about Crockett's success this season, Walker attributes more than just the junior forward's skill set.
"I would just say his calm demeanor," Walker said. "He's always had ability, it's just that the style of play has allowed him to flourish with a little more freedom. When he's healthy, he's a pretty good player."
Crockett has certainly flourished this season. Through eight games, Crockett leads the Red Raiders in a multitude of categories, including points per game (16.4), minutes per game (26.9), and rebounds per game (8.9).
However, it is the last stat in which Crockett takes the most pride.
"My greatest strength is rebounding, finding where the ball is going to come off the rim," Crockett said. "It's a process of working hard, but you have to get your body ready to go wherever - and have the timing and knowledge."
While Crockett leads the team in many of the major statistical categories, many are surprised to find that he is the Red Raider's sixth man. While others may see the starting position as more glamorous or consisting of the better players, Crockett isn't buying it.
"I really don't pay attention to the whole starting or coming off the bench thing," Crockett said. "You come in and out. You can come off the bench and play 39 minutes. But you just have to go out there and be ready to play hard while you're out there."
Crockett even is quick to point out the advantages of coming off the bench.
"Sitting on the bench, you can get your own scouting report," Crockett said. "You can watch whoever you're going to be guarding, or whoever is going to be guarding you. You can see their weaknesses and strengths, and get ready to do it when you go out there."
Walker enjoys the production he is getting out of the junior, and connects his success as a sixth man to the intangible qualities that define Crockett.
"I think his play indicates his willingness and his patience to wait his turn," Walker said. "I love what I see right now, and I don't want to get ahead of ourselves, but he's been playing great. I am very happy to have Jaye part of this program."
But for both, it all comes back to the team.
"It's just his time to shine," Walker said. "If he can continue to do what he's doing, and we get some of the other guys to play up to his level, we have a chance to have a really good year."
Crockett agrees, and has a simple, yet focused outlook.
"My personal goals are to help this team win as many games as possible," he said.
Every successful program has a team player.
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Globes Most Humourless: Joaquin Phoenix & Kevin Costner
Did you see Joaquin Phoenix's face during the Tina and Amy opener? You cannot defend a man who can't smile during that opener. You cannot defend a man who looks like he's eating sh-t during that opener. It is indefensible. Whatever it is that Joaquin Phoenix objects to in the world should not prevent him from SMILING.
Same goes for the downer that was Kevin Costner. I'm sorry. Did he just win? Because God, I swear I was watching someone realise that he's not George Clooney because his ego in the Wet Postman cost him his reputation.
PS. Joaquin Phoenix did not walk the carpet so there are no photos of him.
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At 75 years young, Chuy Lemos has been into fixing up cars since he was a teenager. He started lowriding back in the era when you lowered your car by putting sandbags in the trunk or cutting the coils on the car. From out of these humble beginnings, Chuy's first lowrider was a '37 Oldsmobile, which he got at the age of fourteen. Since those early days, he has gone on to have many different lowriders over the years, and this '48 Fleetline was one that his wife, Mercy, of 51 years had always wanted.
Chuy found the '48 in Camarillo, California, in the '80s and bought it for an astounding $900 dollars. Once it was home he began putting in the long hours it took to restore this vintage beauty and once it was completed all that was left to do was name the vaunted Fleetline.
In 1959, the husband and wife musical duo of Gene and Eunice hit the Billboard charts with their hit song "Poco Loco." "Poco Loco" translated into English means "A Little Crazy." Chuy thought the name of the song would be a perfect name for the Fleetline and thus christened it "Poco Loco." With the restoration completed and the '48 named, all that was left to do was cruise in it and hit the many car shows and cruise nights in Ventura County and the surrounding areas.
As a young boy, Chuy Lemos grew up in Ventura County, California, in the midst of the Pachuco era. He fondly recalls seeing the Pachuco youth wearing the double-soled shoes and the tapered pants. The style and pride the Pachuco youth had always stayed with Chuy, so when it came time to join a club, there was no other choice than the Pachuco car club. The club is built on the same principles as carried by those Pachuco youth that inspired the name: pride and style.
Chuy and Mercy have no plans on giving up lowriding or parking the Fleetline anytime soon, and recently, Chuy was honored as a lowriding legend in Ventura County. The car is still in excellent shape and with a 33-year-old paintjob, it is still winning at shows. Once they do decide to part with the '48, it will go to Chuy's grandson, Michael, who will inherit not only a beautiful car, but a piece of Ventura County lowriding history.
"Poco Loco"
Owner: Chuy Lemos
Vehicle: 1948 Chevy Fleetline
City/State: Ventura, California
Club: Pachuco Car Club—Ventura County
Engine: American Engine, in Oxnard, CA, rebuilt the '54 Chevy 235ci engine and Chuy added some chrome parts to dress it up. The '54 Chevy transmission was also rebuilt and a dual exhaust system was installed on the forty-eight. All chrome was done by Valley Plating in Ventura, CA.
Body/Paint: Saticoy Auto Body in Saticoy, CA, painted the Fleetline in Lacquer paint and Jimmy painted the fenders in Candy & Pearl paint. The paint on this Fleetline is over 33 years old!
Interior: Art Lopez, from Ventura, CA, covered the interior in Velour fabric with rolls. Chuy added spotlights, fender skirts, and a visor the finish off the Fleetline.
Setup: Chuy installed hydraulics in the front of the Fleetline using 8-inch cylinders and 4-inch blocks. Chuy added air shocks to the rear. The set up consists of one pump, one dump, one solenoid with one switch to bring the front end up and down. Two batteries power the system.
Tires: Firestone 6.50's tires are paired with the stock Chevy wheels and Cross Bar hubcaps.
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Crosby with a hat trick tonight. A very enjoyable game if you're a Pen's fan.
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At 7:15 PM, Monday December 30th, the Maine Department of Transportation announced that the Penobscot Narrows Bridge would be open tonight, December 30th from 8 PM to 9 PM
The Bridge will be open tonight between 8 PM and 9 PM
The Maine Department of Transportation has posted some amazing photos of the ice on the bridge.
The Maine Department of Transportation suggests you use these alternate routes.
Five or six cars were damaged by falling ice on Sunday, Dec. 29, which led to the bridge closing.
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Manchester officer cleared in domestic assault is subject of probeBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 06. 2014 10:27PM
MANCHESTER — The Manchester police officer cleared last month of a domestic assault charge is the subject of a criminal and internal affairs investigation, Manchester police said on Friday.
Meanwhile, Officer William Soucy learned his certification to do police work had been suspended just days before he was found innocent. The suspension means that Soucy is on unpaid administrative leave from the police department, Assistant Police Chief Nick Willard said.
Willard said police started the current investigations after receiving a complaint, but he would not go into details.
However, the lawyer who represents Soucy's former girlfriend, Jodi Nunn, claims Soucy had contacted a mutual acquaintance in the weeks leading up to his March 24 trial. Manchester lawyer Joe Kelly Levasseur said Manchester police have interviewed Nunn, the mutual acquaintance, and Nunn's roommate about Soucy's actions.
Levasseur said the woman, who had only met Soucy once before, was suspicious. Soucy arrived at her Manchester home on foot; he said he had heard she had been hurt at work; he offered to plow her driveway, Levasseur said.
Soucy later returned and asked the woman not to say anything because he would get into trouble, Levasseur said.
"He talked about how much he loves her, how much he misses her; he bought her an engagement ring," Levasseur said.
The contact with the mutual friend took place before Soucy went to trial on a misdemeanor simple assault charge involving Nunn. Standard bail conditions on such a charge prohibit any contact with a victim, as well as attempting contact through another person.
A telephone message left with Soucy was not returned.
The New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council confirmed that the council suspended Soucy's certification to be a police officer. Council rules call for the temporary suspension of a police officer who has been charged with a crime.
The suspension lasts until the outcome of the case and until Soucy meets with the council, whose next regular meeting is scheduled for April 22.
The council suspended Soucy on March 25. At that point, Soucy's trial had taken place and he was awaiting a verdict.
Willard said Manchester police learned about the suspension on March 27. For months, Soucy had been working "modified duty" inside Police Department walls. However, once his certification had been suspended, Soucy was placed on unpaid administrative leave, Willard said.
Late last month, Hooksett District Court Judge Kristen Spath found Soucy innocent of misdemeanor assault, saying reasonable doubt existed as to how Nunn received a cut or scratch during an argument between the two in April 2013.
The allegations against Soucy became part of a political firestorm involving Levasseur and Police Chief David Mara. New Hampshire Attorney General Joe Foster rejected Levasseur's claims that Manchester police intimidated him because of his involvement in the case.
The back-and-forth culminated with Manchester aldermen censuring Levasseur in February.


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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Saturday night that his cancer has returned and that he will undergo another surgery in Cuba.
Chavez, who won re-election on Oct. 7, also said for the first time that if his health were to worsen, his successor would be Vice President Nicolas Maduro.
"We should guarantee the advance of the Bolivarian Revolution," Chavez said on television, seated at the presidential palace with Maduro and other aides.
Outside medical experts said that based on Chavez's account of his condition, he is facing a very difficult fight against cancer.
The president, who just returned from Cuba early Friday, said tests had shown a return of "some malignant cells" in the same area where tumors were previously removed.
"I need to return to Havana tomorrow," Chavez said, adding that he would undergo surgery in the coming days.
Chavez's quick trip home appeared to allow him to send a clear directive to his inner circle that Maduro would be his chosen successor. He called for his allies to pull together, saying: "Unity, unity, unity."
Chavez named Maduro, his longtime foreign minister, as his choice for vice president three days after winning re-election. Maduro, a burly former bus driver, has shown unflagging loyalty and become a leading spokesman for Venezuela's socialist leader in recent years.
The vice president's expression was solemn as Chavez said that Maduro should become president if any complication were to prevent him from finishing his current term, which concludes in early January. Chavez said that if new elections are held, his movement's candidate should be Maduro.
"You all elect Nicolas Maduro as president," Chavez said, holding a small blue copy of the constitution in his hands and waving it.
The Venezuelan constitution says that if a president-elect dies before taking office, a new election should be held within 30 days and that in the meantime the president of the National Assembly is to be in charge of the government.
While he spoke, Chavez was seated at a table flanked by both Maduro and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello.
Chavez is scheduled to be sworn in for a new six-year term Jan. 10, and he called his relapse a "new battle."
He is to undergo his third operation to remove cancerous tissue in about a year and a half.
The 58-year-old president first underwent cancer surgery for an unspecified type of pelvic cancer in Cuba in June 2011, after an operation for a pelvic abscess earlier in the month found the cancer. He had another cancer surgery last February after a tumor appeared in the same area. He has also undergone chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
Chavez said tests immediately after his re-election win had shown no sign of cancer. But he said he had swelling and pain, which he thought was due to "the effort of the campaign and the radiation therapy treatment."
"It's a very sensitive area, so we started to pay a lot of attention to that," he said, adding that he had reduced his public appearances.
Chavez made his most recent trip to Cuba on the night of Nov. 27, saying he would receive hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Such treatment is regularly used to help heal tissues damaged by radiation treatment.
Chavez said that he has been coping with pain and that while he was in Cuba thorough exams detected the recurrence of cancer.
He arrived back in Caracas on Friday after 10 days of medical treatment in Cuba, but until Saturday night had not referred to his health. His unexplained decision to skip a summit of regional leaders in Brazil on Friday had raised suspicions among many Venezuelans that his health had taken a turn for the worse.
Chavez said that he was requesting permission from lawmakers to travel to Havana.
"I hope to give you all good news in the coming days," said Chavez, who held up a crucifix and kissed it. "With the grace of God, we'll come out victorious."
Dr. Carlos Castro, scientific director of the League Against Cancer in neighboring Colombia, told The Associated Press that he expects the operation will likely be followed by more chemotherapy.
"It's behaving like a sarcoma, and sarcoma doesn't forgive," Castro said, adding that he wouldn't be surprised if the cancer had also spread to the lungs or other areas.
"We knew this was going to happen," he said. "This isn't good."
Throughout his treatment, Chavez has kept secret various details about his illness, including the precise location of the tumors and the type of cancer. He has said he travels to Cuba for treatment because his cancer was diagnosed by doctors there.
Dr. Michael Pishvaian, an oncologist at Georgetown University's Lombardi Cancer Center in Washington, said in a phone interview that he wasn't surprised by the news.
"I think this is recurrent cancer that at this point is almost certainly not going to go away," Pishvaian said. "It's unlikely that what he's going through now is curable."
He speculated that given what Chavez has said about his cancer, it is most likely a soft-tissue sarcoma. He said those in the pelvis area have a likelihood of recurring of 50 percent to 70 percent, even with the best treatment.
Associated Press writers Fabiola Sanchez in Caracas and Frank Bajak in Bogota, Colombia, contributed to this report.
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HAMPTON — Two years ago, Linda Batchelor Smith couldn't finish a lap around the track at Darling Stadium during Hampton's Relay for Life.
The nerves in her legs had been damaged from her chemotherapy treatment and her entire body was weak.
Last year's relay was a different story.
"As I walked in the 2011 relay with other survivors, I was grateful to be alive and inspired by the determination of other survivors," Smith said.
"There was a numbness that took over my body that words can't explain," she said, recalling how it felt to walk the lap. "You see the love, the friendships developing, the oneness and the unity as we all come together for one purpose, fighting cancer."
Smith, clerk of Hampton's Circuit Court, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer on March 21, 2008. She still remembers the doctor coming in and telling her the news no one wants to hear.
"I was going out of town for training, so that's the mind-set I was in," Smith said. "I was just at the doctor's to be told everything was fine, and then be on my way."
But everything wasn't fine.
"When the doctor came in, he had a thick red packet in his hands," she said. "He told me I had breast cancer, and I just sat there emotionless."
Smith can remember the physician being concerned about her reaction.
"He kept asking me if I was OK, because I wasn't crying, I wasn't saying anything," Smith said. "It hadn't hit me yet, what the doctor had just told me."
After leaving the doctor's office, Smith went home to tell her husband.
"I walked in and handed him the packet and walked out," Smith said. "It wasn't until after I finished my training that I pulled out the packet and read the information in it alone in my hotel room. That's when it all hit me."
Once Smith returned home from her business trip, she underwent chemotherapy first, since the form of cancer she had was an aggressive one. After six weeks of treatment, she then had surgery, a lumpectomy.
After the surgery, Smith was then placed on radiation treatments for what was supposed to be six weeks, but ended up being just two.
"I had the radiation five days a week, and I began deteriorating. I thought I was supposed to be feeling better," she said. "I became so weak and had breathing issues."
What Smith had was a severe case of pneumonia, which landed her in the hospital for a month to get antibiotics intravenously. She was also put on oxygen.
"I always tell people, it wasn't the cancer that almost killed me, it was the pneumonia," she said. "Cancer and the treatments affect everyone differently, and by the time I made it to the hospital I was told I had a 15 percent chance to live."
That experience forever changed Smith.
"Laying there, knowing you're on your death bed, you appreciate life so much more, you're thankful for life," she said.
Smith turned that appreciation into something else. She and her office formed a Relay for Life team after she came out of the hospital, and raised more than $17,000.
For this year's Relay for Life event in Hampton, taking place 7 p.m. Friday, May 18 at Darling Stadium, Smith has been chosen to serve as honorary chair.
Sandra Pugh and Audrey Cooper are this year's co-chairs for the Hampton relay.
Cooper, a two-time cancer survivor has been involved with relay for 18 years. Pugh has been involved for eight.
"Every year I'm here is a special year," said Cooper. "So it's important for me to get involved and make sure others that are touched by cancer get the education and resources they need to be able to celebrate another birthday. That's our goal each year, to celebrate more birthdays."
Hampton's Relay for Life has a goal of raising $236,000 this year, and has raised more than $111,181 so far, Pugh said. They have 94 teams, totaling 1,222 participants, and have 518 survivors and caregivers set to walk in this year's Survivor's Lap.
"We hope to get more people involved in our relay each year," Pugh said, "because the more people out there we have helping, the closer we will get, we hope, to finding cures for all cancers.
"It's like we say every year, there's no finish line until there's a cure."
Upcoming Relay for Life events
•Hampton: Darling Stadium, 4111 Victoria Blvd., Hampton. 7 p.m.- 7 a.m. May 18-19.
•Gloucester/Mathews: Gloucester High School, 6680 Short Lane, Gloucester. 7 p.m. May 19-20.
•Newport News: Todd Stadium, 12465 Warwick Blvd., Newport News. 7 p.m. June 1.
•Yorktown/Poquoson: Tabb High School, 4431 Big Bethel Road, Tabb. 7 p.m. June 2.
•Smithfield/Surry/Isle of Wight: Smithfield High School, 14171 Turner Drive, Smithfield. 7 p.m.-7 a.m. June 1-2.
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Getting Started with Ruby on Rails – Week 3 – Testing
I've fallen for the hype and started using Ruby on Rails for building database driven web applications. You can follow along with my weekly experience discovering gotchas with Ruby on Rails.
Previously: Getting Started With Ruby on Rails – Week 2
(I swear, back to your regularly scheduled non-rails content soon enough)
Gotcha #1 – after_initialized is after_instantiated
Yes, after_initialized is called more often than just when you call Model.new. Use if new_record? inside of it.
Gotcha #2 – button_to has it's own class
You can't pass :class parameters to the button_to helper because it creates it's own :class=>"button_to". Use :id instead.
Use console
script/console will give you an interactive console for playing with objects. Use it! It makes debugging tiny little gotchas with ruby syntax you might not be familiar with so much easier. Type reload! in the console to reload your models after any changes you've made. Type object.methods to see a list of everything an object responds to.
You can use many familiar console navigation keys like Up, Down to move between previous commands and Ctrl-A for start of line and Ctrl-E for end of line.
The Migration Shuffle
When you're building a new migration on your development database always do the following:
rake db:migrate rake db:migrate VERSION={current version - 1} rake db:migrate
It'll let you know that you've made an error in your down method right away, instead of weeks later when you're trying to rebuild the database.
Little Bobby Tables
At some point your going to write a bad migration and screw up your development database, so rebuild it.
> mysql -u root -p drop database proj_development; drop database proj_test; create database proj_development; create database proj_test; quit
> rake db:test:prepare
> rake db:migrate
Data Migrations
If you're building data migrations, always uses .save! so that it will fail on a validation error and you may want to litter your migration with puts statements to jump to which object is failing validation. There's probably a better way of doing this using fixtures, or using –trace to find which migration failed.
Or hell, don't use a data migration for bulky legacy data.
There's Something About Tests
I really like how simple it is to write fairly complicated tests. One thing I didn't like was how many tests it is possible to write. The examples from Agile Web Development with Rails showed them creating a lot of tests for the validates_* helpers. Unfortunately, you don't need to create tests that duplicate those helpers because they are bulletproof. You do however need tests to prove that you used them correctly.
Cut-and-paste errors do happen, and double checking my validations did reveal at least one case where I thought I was validating a field but I wasn't. Not to mention that if you're using a regular expression filter to validate the format of a field you might forget to put start and end delimiters on it. Even testing something simple like all values are in the list is useful because you might have another validation that invalidates one of the values from your list.
Ruby is Dynamic
One thing I can't stress enough is how much you NEED unit tests. Ruby is a dynamic language, and as such there isn't a great and easy way to find out if the code will blow up without running it. If you run it by hand you won't find all the interesting scenarios for the simple reason that you won't be rechecking features you implemented last week that exploded because of a change you made this morning. You need a regressable test suite.
And there's nothing like writing a test to make you realize how much more complicated you've made things than they need to be.
How to Run Tests
Run an individual test
ruby test/unit/testname.rb
Run multiple tests:
rake test # run all test rake test:unit # run unit tests etc
They can all be done inside of emacs by using the Tests drop down menu in rails-mode. This is the preferred method because you can click on errors and go directly to that file.
rails-mode also lets you use C-c C-c . to run the current test file. This allows you to rapidly iterate through test development.
Running Tests – Verbose Assertions
Here's another tip that I didn't realize at first: you can supply a message argument to your assertions that will display when it fails. This is essential if your using loops in your tests, IE: looping over an array of invalid field values, because the line number isn't enough information to find out why the test failed.
Debugging a Test – Breakpoint
You can use the breakpoint keyword where a test is failing. This will open up a console at the breakpoint spot. Unfortunately it doesn't work well inside of emacs because the ROutput buffer is read only (in fact, you'll have to kill the process). So run the test from the command line when you want to play with breakpoints. I can't seem to find a way to access the local variables in a method… so on to ruby-debug.
Debugging a Test – rdebug (or redbug according to Microsoft Word)
sudo gem install rdebug -y
in config/environments/test.rb
require 'ruby-debug'
Then use the debugger keyword instead of the breakpoint keyword where you want to stop. Don't use it when you're running tests from emacs because things will look weird.
Running Tests – Fixtures – Validating Fixtures
Here's the fun bit: sometimes you break your fixtures. Not on purpose, to test bad data, but because your erb goes a little wrong, or because they've gotten out of date with your schema. Here's a rake task that will let you do rake db:fixtures:validate
If you are using erb to generate your fixtures, you can also see how your fixture will roll out using:
erb test/fixtures/fixturename.yml
And while you're at it, you probably want to validate your existing database against your models. Here's a rake task that will let you do rake db:validate_models
Running Tests – Advanced – autotest (part of ZenTest)
There's a plugin called autotest that will automatically run tests on any files that have changed. This is great because you can keep the console open in the background and it will immediately catch if you've saved a file with a typo! No need to go to the web browser, navigate to the changed page and hit refresh. In fact, using the web browser should be an afterthought… you should be able to create tests for any features.
sudo gem install ZenTest rehash autotest -rails
One gotcha: disable autotest if you're manually running tests as well! You'll end up creating duplicate records in the test database. The solution is: don't manually run tests with rake at the same time as autotest.
Walkthrough of autotest: http://maintainable.com/articles/dry_up_testing_with_autotest
There's a way to integrate autotest into emacs.
Running Tests – Advanced – RedGreen (for autotest)
Not the horrible Canadian TV show, but a notifier for autotest status reports.
Running Tests – Advanced – ZenTest
ZenTest is useful for parsing your rail files and creating stubs of tests.
Running Tests – Advanced – Test::Rails (part of ZenTest)
Test::Rails provides a mechanism for splitting functional tests into controller tests and view tests. This decoupled lets you check your business logic as is, and your view routing as is.
If you want to add a generator for creating view/integration/controller tests:
./script/plugin install http://topfunky.net/svn/plugins/vic_tests
Some collected thoughts about Test::Rails
- Assertion Cheatsheet
- http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7776
- http://blog.michaeltrier.com/2007/3/17/working-with-test-rails
- http://tuples.us/2007/06/03/fragility-of-view-tests/
Running Tests – Advanced – Rcov
Rcov is another tool that will help your testing by calculating the code coverage of your tests. This is an essential tool to find holes in your testing strategy. All the usual caveats of code coverage apply.
sudo gem install rcov rehash rcov test/path_to_specific_test.rb - or - ./script/plugin install http://svn.codahale.com/rails_rcov
Now you can do
rake test:units:rcov
Running Tests – Advanced – Heckle
Heckle mutates your code to see if the tests actually check anything. Unfortunately highly coupled code is heckle-proof because changing anything breaks everything else.
sudo gem install heckle
Running Tests – Measuring – Flog
Flog measures reports a score based on how complex it thinks your code is. The higher the score, the higher the chance that there is a bug hiding there.
sudo gem install flog
A Handful of Blogs About Rails Testing
These guys have written a lot (all?) of the plugins I've mentioned and are worth checking out if this stuff interests you:


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"Big Data" Big Tuesday Topic
This morning's session on Big Data: Impact on Innovation (Session 235, 10:15AM, Room 210ABC) opened with a Keynote Address by Dr. Michael Rosenblatt (Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Merck & Co., Inc.).
"We're in the middle of a very exciting transformation in American and global healthcare, and big data are a major driver. Yet the term 'big data' and all it encompasses can seem mystifying."
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To help Attendees hear the patient's voice more clearly and understand the patient perspective, we are pleased to present two film documentaries, brought to you by The Kauffman Foundation, on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. Wednesday's documentary is Here.Us.Now.
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First Place: Evaluation of Cytochrome P450 2C19 Activity in Normal, Healthy Adult Subjects in a Western Indian Population Presented by: Harshavardhan Narendra Sant
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Diplomatico Hacienda Saruro
Posted by Arctic Wolf on January 8, 2011
Hacienda Saruro is an aged rum liqueur produced by Distilerias Unidas, S.A. In case that particular distilling company doesn't roll off your tongue easily, just think Diplomatico Rum. That's right, the people who brought us the wonderful Diplomatico Rums are responsible for Hacienda Saruro.
If you are wondering what an aged rum liqueur is supposed to be, then my next suggestion is that you think about Drambuie. Drambuie is the honey flavored scotch whisky liqueur made from aged malt whisky, heather, honey, and a blend of herbs and spices. What Drambuie is to Scotch, Hacienda Saruro has the potential to be to Rum.
I was given my first sample of this elixir over a year ago at a special tasting I was invited to by the local Importers of Diplomatico Rum, PB Beverages. At the tasting, everyone who was there was bowled over by the flavour and richness of this unique spirit. It has taken a year to finally reach the market, but the product has finally arrived in Alberta, and so has my sample bottle from PB Beverages.
Here is an excerpt from my review:
"… There is a nice mixture of honey sweetness and sharper oak tannin, as well as a bevy of dry fruit and fieldberries sitting underneath to support the flavour. I taste a nice ribbon of orange flavour as well as citrus zest riding in the currents. Vanilla, hazelnut and almonds ride in the currents as well although the nutty flavours are not assertive…"
You may read my full review here:
Review: Diplomatico Hacienda Saruro
As usual I have included a nice recipe after the review which I call the Kentucky Crocodile.
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I admit that this school does wonders with the mind. Thomas Aquinas delves into critical thinking and reading between the text. Although this style of learning works for many people who are vocal, the school also fails to present the application of the argument. Many times, I find myself reading material that I have no interest in, because it does not apply to what I want to do.
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Three-flour blueberry pancakes
We were jonesing for some blueberry pancakes this morning, so I threw together the following:
2/3 cup buttermilk
2/3 cup milk
2 large eggs
1/4 cup oil
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 cup whole rye flour
1/2 cup whole oat flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup fresh blueberries
First I whisked all of the wet ingredients until they were thoroughly blended. Then I added the dry ingredients and whisked them to form a uniform batter. Then the blueberries were stirred in. This was allowed to stand 15-20 minutes so that the flours could hydrate somewhat.
The pancakes were cooked on a dry non-stick griddle over medium-high heat. When the first side browned, they were turned and cooked until the second side was also browned. The first side didn't display as much bubble formation as an all-wheat batter would do. Once flipped, though, the now-upper crust helped trap the steam, making each one puff up. I found it helpful to loosen the edges before attempting to lift the pancakes for turning or removal but didn't experience any problems with sticking.
The flavor was wonderful, in spite of my wife's initial skepticism about rye in a pancake. Not only were they tasty, they also gave us a good shot of complex carbohydrates and antioxidants. This amount of batter made 7 pancakes that were approximately 8 inches in diameter.
The flour blend wasn't by design; I just used what happened to be on hand. Some experimentation with spelt or barley or whatever else you have will probably be equally delicious.
My wife's final comment was "You did write this down, didn't you?" And now I have.


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I am trying to build a SDL project. So far I haven't been able to properly set up the project, this is what happens:
sdlmain.lib(SDL_main.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _SDL_main
Debug/SDL.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
I get this before I even write any code in. I am pretty sure I have set up SDL correctly (I put the SDL.dll in system32 [I am currently on Windows 2000], I have selected multithreaded dll, and I added sdl.lib and sdlmain.lib libraries to the project)
I do not know why this isn't working, and to tell you the truth I don't really even understand the errors I am getting (the ones listed above). If anyone can either shed some light specifically to what I am doing wrong in SDL, or if they can just give me some clarifications on what the errors mean, I will be very happy.
Thank you thank you thank you.