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California Politician Who Wrote Unconstitutional Anti-Video Game Law Plans To Try Again With New Law
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"It is simply wrong that the video game industry can be allowed to put their profit margins over the rights of parents and the well-being of children."Except... that's wrong. Nothing in the ruling has any impact, whatsoever, on the rights of parents. Why would Senator Yee make a statement that is clearly dishonest? The ruling was over the rights of children. Parents still have the same rights they had before. Parents are still able to raise their kids in the same way they did before. There is nothing, whatsoever, in the ruling that limits or changes how a parent can raise their kid. Furthermore, as pointed out over and over again (and actively denied by Senator Yee), there is no evidence that violent video games have any impact on "the well-being" of kids. Senator Yee is pandering to a public by misstating what the research says.
Even worse, it appears he wants to waste more California taxpayer money by going through this whole charade all over again. Yes, that's right, he's indicated that he wants to try again with a new law. Apparently, he has his staff "poring through the opinions to see where we can create a pathway for a successful bill that could withstand a challenge." In other words, more California taxpayer money is going to be spent going through another round of legal challenges.
Is it really that hard for him to understand that he's wasting time and money here? This ruling does not restrict parents. The research has failed to show any causal relationship, and all indications are that the "well-being" of children is not at all harmed by such video games. Why bother trying to go through all of this again over a fantasy?


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Whether you are a first-time job-seeker or you're a veteran in your field, it is important that you take the right steps toward landing you ideal job. There's more to a successful job search than ironing your best suit and printing out extra resumes.
Today's employers are looking for the best of the best, and one typo on your cover letter can can get you thrown into the "Do Not Call" pile. Avoid these common mistakes to score your dream job.
6. Failing to Customize Your Cover Letter
If you are applying to many of the same positions at different locations, it is tempting to cut and paste your cover letter, substituting the appropriate employer name and position title. But job-seeker beware! Employers can sniff out a cut-and-paste cover letter from a mile away. If you notice that your department-of-choice has begun to do work in the counter-terorrism field, and you have a 5 years of counter-terrorism, military, or security experience, you can tailor your cover letter to mention it.
By using a cut-and-paste cover letter, you also risk leaving in an incorrect employer by not thoroughly re-reading what you wrote. A letter that is meant for the Department of Energy should not say Department of Defense.

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I'm cleaning out my closet. What are the basics I should buy?
I'm so glad you asked because this is a question I've thought about a lot over the years! First and foremost, you need a black blazer. Look for something tailored and classic and pair it with anything: jeans, little dresses, trousers, or skirts. Just make sure you find one that a) fits you well and b) accentuates your waist. You don't want it to look like it's swallowing you! Another key piece is the striped shirt, which is really having a comeback moment right now. It's great in classic colour combos (like black and red or red and white) or you can go for a modern update, which looks great paired with brights or peeking out from under a blazer. Next up: flared jeans in dark or black denim. This silhouette is flattering on most body types, especially if you pair the jeans with platforms or wedges to casually elongate your legs. I also think every woman needs a classic trench coat in her closet. Don't be afraid to splurge on a timeless designer version; this is an investment piece you'll wear forever, even if you fluctuate in size. My advice? Look for a trench with an A-line silhouette that will cinch you in at the waist and wear it over everything from dresses to jeans. As for accessories, make sure you have a fantastic print scarf, which can transform even a basic t-shirt and jeans into a much cuter outfit. I also swear by leopard flats because they make any outfit pop, no matter the season. Last, but not least, you need opaque matte tights in your wardrobe. A great pair of tights can slim your legs and help you get away with wearing a dress that's just a little too short. Plus, you can double them up to keep you warm in the winter!


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Annual to trees, some dioecious
Stem: nodes often swollen
Leaves simple, basal or cauline, alternate, opposite, or whorled, generally entire; stipules 0 or obvious and fused into a generally scarious sheath around stem
Inflorescence: small cluster, axillary or arrayed in cymes or panicles; involucres sometimes subtending 1many flowers
Flower generally bisexual, small, ± radial; perianth generally 56-lobed, base ± tapered, often jointed to pedicel; stamens 29, often in 2 whorls; ovary superior, styles generally 3, generally fused at base
Fruit: achene, generally enclosed by persistent perianth, generally 3-angled, ovoid, and glabrous
Genera in family: 50 genera, 1100 species: worldwide, especially n temp; some cultivated for food (Fagopyrum ; Rheum , rhubarb; Rumex , sorrel) or ornamental (Antigonon , coral-vine; Muehlenbeckia ; Polygonum )
Reference: [Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd 1988 Bot J Linn Soc 98:321371; Reveal et al. 1989 Phytologia 66(24):83414]
Treatments of the 15 eriogonoid genera are based on the monographic work of James L. Reveal, who is gratefully acknowledged.
Annual, perennial herb, shrub, vine
Stem prostrate to erect, or climbing, or floating, < 3 m
Leaves generally cauline, alternate, sessile or petioled; stipules fused, sheathing stem above nodes, generally scarious or membranous; blade sometimes obviously jointed to stipule sheath
Inflorescence: unit a 18-flowered cluster, these arrayed singly or in head-like to open panicles
Flower: perianth lobes generally 5; stamens 38, filaments generally wider at base
Fruit generally ovoid, 3-angled, sometimes round, flat, indented; shiny to dull, brown to black
Species in genus: ± 300 species: worldwide, especially n temp
Etymology: (Greek: many knees, from swollen nodes of some species)
Reference: [Ronse Decraene & Ackeroyd 1988 Bot J Linn Soc 98:321371]
Segregate genera (e.g., Bistorta, Fallopia, Persicaria ) are sometimes recognized.
Stem erect, < 6 dm, ± round; ribs obvious
Leaves < 4 cm, sessile; blade linear to lanceolate, gradually smaller upward then abruptly reduced to bracts, often falling early
Inflorescence: flower clusters in most upper leaf axils; flowers ± sessile, enclosed by stipule
Flower: perianth 2.5 mm, greenish, margin generally white
Fruit 22.5 mm, widely ovoid, brown, very shiny
Chromosomes: 2n=20
Ecology: Uncommon. Salt marshes
Elevation: < 10 m.
Bioregional distribution: Deltaic Great Central Valley, San Francisco Bay Area
Distribution outside California: native to e Europe
Closely related to P. aviculare and P. argyrocoleon (neither found in salt marshes); applicability of this name to CA plants remains uncertain.


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Vizio is probably best known in the tech world for it's televisions. Quality high definition displays are a top priority for Vizio when producing TVs, so it should come as no surprise that the California-based company is bringing that expertise to the tablet market with it's Vizio Tablet PC.
Featuring a 1080p display that will be stretched across a spacious 11.6-inch screen, the Vizio Tablet PC continues the trend of pushing the bounds of portability by increasing size, a trend that will eventually end in us dropping the "t" from the end of "tablet" because they'll be as big as the top of a table. Running Windows 8, no RT involved, the device will be the first of the Windows tablet family to be powered by an AMD processor. This particular model will be packed with a 1GHz AMD z60 chip, which will run alongside 2GB of RAM. Apps and files will live on the 64GB solid-state drive for storage. Microsoft Signature software will come installed on said hard drive, but it won't be accompanied by any bloatware.
Other notable features on the Vizio Tablet PC includes a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Micro HDMI and Micro USB ports have a home on the device as well. While no hint of price point or release date has been made available, you should probably be looking forward to getting hands on this device – however hard that may be do to given its size. hands-on coverage coming soon from the show floor.


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RJ & Francis' NYC-Meets-Cali Kitchen
When your kitchen is in an open loft, lighting becomes a key part of the design. RJ and Francis live in a rented loft in Downtown Los Angeles, and their one-wall kitchen opens up into the living/dining space. A striking globe chandelier over a long, dark wood table separates the space, and creates a stunning, sparkling visual distraction.
The rest of the kitchen matches the couple's "modern, pop and industrial" style. Black plays a dominant role as seen in the countertop, the pots and pans, and the dining room table, offset against white dishes and the light wood-colored cabinets. The only color in the space is a bright red pantry cabinet!
See the Full Tour: RJ and Francis' East/West Coast Loft at Apartment Therapy
Related: Defining a Dining Area in a Loft
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Exactly one week from the busiest online shopping day of the year, Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) is forecasting that Cyber Monday online revenue will grow 18% year-over-year to $2 billion, making it the most lucrative digital shopping day in history.
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The software maker, which compiled the forecast using more than 150 billion website visits to more than 500 Adobe retail customers over the past six years, predicts Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that marks the official start to the holiday shopping season, will be the year's second busiest shopping day, with sales growing 12% year-over-year.
The biggest winners this Cyber Monday will be so-called Brick-to-Click retailers, or retailers like Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) and Target (NYSE:TGT) that have both a brick-and-mortar presence as well as a strong digital footprint. Adobe predicts those retailers will rake in nearly 540% more than what they do on an average day in 2012.
The second-largest beneficiaries will be online-only retailers like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), which San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe forecasts will record a sales increase of 210% this Cyber Monday from an average day.
While Black Friday weekend is known for its door buster deals that ignite a buying frenzy in the weeks before Christmas and Hanukkah, Adobe warns that the best holiday deals will actually be found online the week before Christmas.
The National Retail Federation expects holiday sales to grow 4.1% this year to $586.1 billion, which is higher than the average 10-year holiday sales increase of 3.5% and puts sales on track to rise above the $462 billion recorded in 2011.
Helping the fuel some of those sales this year will be social media, particularly from Pinterest referrals, which Adobe predicts will double year-over-year.
Mobile shopping is also expected to take up a bigger chunk of digital sales this holiday, representing 21% of total online sales, up 110% from a year ago.


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A Live Teller in a Box
Don't be surprised if the next teller you see in a bank branch office is communicating with you via video conferencing. Banks are experimenting with so-called personal teller machines that handle conventional ATM tasks but can also do more complex transactions. Tellers working at a remote call center can assist customers with complex deposits, open checking accounts and help with official check printing. Smaller banks such as Dollar Bank and Coastal Federal Credit Union are already using the technology and larger banks are starting to experiment with the units.
"Many banks are using this to improve customer service and add hours and locations that they didn't have before," said Nicole Sturgill, research director at The Corporate Executive Board Company's (CEB) TowerGroup. "Banks are now reliant on their CIOs to help them figure out how to improve the customer experience because consumers are relying more on technology," she said.
Dollar Bank, which has 65 locations in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, sees personal teller machines as a way to extend hours. "We've had to use technology to provide a real convenience to our customers," said Joseph Smith, senior vice president of marketing at Dollar Bank. The personal teller machines run 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days per week, he said.
So far, the biggest use of personal teller machines has been at Dollar Bank drive-thru machines, after-hours when the branch is closed. Mr. Smith said Dollar Bank was one of the first financial institutions to install personal teller machines from uGenius Technology Inc. which was acquired by NCRration on January 3. Eventually Dollar Bank would like to offer personal teller services 24 hour per day, said Mr. Smith.
As more customers turn to mobile and online banking and fewer actually walk into branch offices, some banks are also trying to streamline branches or get rid of them altogether. Traffic into branch offices is declining on average from three to six percent per year, said Ms. Sturgill at CEB TowerGroup. Last year, 2,249 bank branch offices closed in the U.S., according to financial information firm SNL Financial LC.
With personal teller machines, a bank wouldn't need to have employees with specific skill sets at each branch location, said David Albertazzi, senior analyst at independent research and advisory firm Aite Group. "Loan officers and small business specialists can serve many people from one location," he said.
While other vendors are working on video banking machines, uGenius pioneered the technology, said Ms. Sturgill. The challenge for CIOs is to make sure that these machines actually enhance the customer experience and are not used simply to cut costs, she said. A better customer experience leads to loyal customers, she said. But replacing in-person tellers with difficult-to-use machines would send a message to customers that banks don't care about them, she added.
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'Terriers' creator Ted Griffin hopes FX will give show another shot
"Save Terriers: the FX show, not the dogs."
That headline on Cinemablend.com pretty much says it all. FX's fine new drama wraps up its first season Wednesday, but its prospects for a second cycle are not great.
Despite its terrific cast, led by Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James, and behind-the-scenes pedigree, "Terriers" has been a notable disappointment for FX in terms of ratings, averaging about 500,000 viewers per episode.
Is it the title, which has nothing to do with a buddy show about plucky private investigators? Or the marketing campaign that showcased a mad dog more than the two actors?
"There's definitely a lot of coulda shoulda woulda as far as how it got launched," said "Ocean's Eleven" scribe Ted Griffin about "Terriers," his first TV series. "And we could kick ourselves over what could have been the poster, what could have been the title -- it could have gone either way. It's just one of those things. I've worked on movies that I thought were really going to succeed and didn't and vice versa."
The series about two best friends who are trying to do better in life and become unlicensed private investigators could have worked as an episodic amateur-hour crime-solving caper on the strength of the performances alone. But what Griffin, executive producer Shawn Ryan ("The Shield") and Tim Minear ("Dollhouse") have developed is a rich, compelling story that has been unveiled gradually over 13 episodes as Hank (Logue) and Britt (Raymond-James) solve cases in dingy Ocean Beach in San Diego.
"These guys come from a genre of story that I've always enjoyed, whether it's 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' or 'The Sting' or even 'The Professionals,' " Griffin said. "All the movies that influenced 'Ocean's Eleven' -- that kind of camaraderie has always appealed to me, and I think I was trying to mine that same thing for this show. It started off with that camaraderie and built through there and deepened from that."
Griffin said he came up with the title, figuring it was a fitting description of the personalities of the characters.
"They're scrappy, scruffy, un-intimidating but unrelenting, tenacious, indefatigable," Griffin said. "Once they get a bone, they won't let go. Probably using a dog in the poster would have been better in [the] second season when what we were about was already established. We've all, in second-guessing, thought, 'Well, you put an opera diva on the poster of 'The Sopranos,' people might have gotten confused too. But they did a good job of labeling themselves a mafia show. And we could have done a better job of labeling ourselves as a PI show."
Griffin says he expects that FX will make a decision about the show's future next week, after all the final ratings for the season are in.
"I won't hold it against [FX President John Landgraf] if it doesn't go our way, but I hope it does," he said. "I think, in their hearts, FX and John Landgraf would love to renew it. They're very proud of it and feel strongly about it. I think they're a little baffled by the numbers. I think they're also in business and they have to be realistic about it. They can't just go with their hearts on that. So I'm not buying anything expensive. I'm not taking out mortgages based on future income."
In case Wednesday does mark the end of his first TV show, Griffin wants to express his gratitude to the fans of the show:
"From what I've read online, I couldn't ask for a better response, a more intelligent and loving response," he said. "It's really gratifying when you work on something and people really get it."
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Photo: Donal Logue, left, and Michael Raymond-James star in "Terriers." Credit: Patrick McElhenney / FX


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It was a simple mistake made in a passing drill by an undrafted rookie, but Joe Flacco wanted to make sure that it was corrected immediately.
So when Rashaad Carter got out of his break too late, causing Flacco's pass to hit the ground, the quarterback quickly reminded the rookie that he had run the wrong route.
"I'm always a leader. I'm not going to really change my role," Flacco said. "We don't have Ray Lewis here anymore. … Me and him are probably different in terms of how we lead anyway. I'm not going to change what I do at all because I make more money. That has nothing to do with leading a football team. I'm going to go out there and play well and lead by example, and I'm going to have fun with my guys. I'm going to get them to trust me and we're going to be a good football team because of it."
This week marks the start of Flacco's sixth training camp in the NFL, but as he was reminded often during his post-practice interview with reporters Tuesday, it's his first since becoming a Super Bowl Most Valuable Player and the highest-paid Raven in team history.
The new set of circumstances elicited little more than a shrug from Flacco, who insists that in his mind, not a whole lot has changed as he prepares for the 2013 season. He's also either immune or indifferent to any changes in the level of pressure and expectation on the Super Bowl XLVII champions and their $120.6million quarterback.
"I don't think it really matters either way. All we can do is go out there and keep winning, just like we have every year we've been here, and not really worry about what people say and what our expectations are and what the pressure is going to be," Flacco said. "Who really cares? I can't really complain at this point. We won last year, I have a lot of money — or I'm going to get a lot of money — and we're going to win football games. That's the way it is around here. That's what we're going to get used to, and that's what we want to be used to, is winning football games.
"We're not going to apologize for acting like we're a good football team. Yeah, our expectations are high and we don't care if that comes with pressure or not pressure, whatever it is. We expect to win."
The Ravens will have their first full-squad practice of training camp Thursday. Tuesday's and today's practices were designed primarily to help the rookies get acclimated to the structure of the workouts so they are not left behind when the veterans report.
However, Flacco, 28, wasn't just going through the motions. He got up to the line of scrimmage and ran plays fast, spreading the ball around to several running backs, wide receivers and tight ends. When one of his deep throws landed about 10 yards beyond his intended wide receiver, he chastised himself loudly.
Having been around Flacco during the various offseason camps, Ravens coach John Harbaugh still sees a quarterback who is obsessed with improving in all facets.
"That's the factor that's relevant, is the fact that he continues to grow," Harbaugh said. "The [new] contract really doesn't have much to do with how hard you work as long as you continue to work, which he will and he has. He'll just continue to grow as a quarterback, and we sure hope he continues to get better. … [He] couldn't be much better than the last five outings that he played but overall, there are a number of things that he's working to improve on and Joe's determined. Joe looks very hard at all of this."


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CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:
They don't make movies like they used to — which is why James Caan was happy to go back to the 1970s in Guillaume Canet's "Blood Ties."
An icon of '70s cinema through his role as Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather," Caan plays the patriarch of a divided family in the Brooklyn-set drama. His younger son, played by Billy Crudup, is a cop; the elder, played by Clive Owen, is an ex-con trying halfheartedly to go straight.
"I've become very negative about the films of today, and that's why (I leapt at) the chance to do a film of the '70s with talent like this," 73-year-old Caan told reporters at a Cannes press conference Monday.
"I was very fortunate in the '70s to work with the best actors, the best directors, the best cinematographers. And (the films) had a beginning, a middle and an end, which was something very odd."
Today, he said, "it seems like most of the films they're doing, in Hollywood anyway, are these franchise films."
Canet is a French screen heartthrob-turned-director who made a splash with his taut 2006 movie "Tell No One." He said he was inspired by the '70s American cinema renaissance — films like Martin Scorsese's "Mean Streets" and Jerry Schatzberg's "The Panic In Needle Park" — to revisit the gritty, litter-strewn streets of the era.
A remake of the 2008 French film "Les Liens Du Sang" (Blood Ties), which starred Canet as the policeman's brother in his English-language debut, is playing out of competition in Cannes.
Canet assembled an international cast including "Star Trek'''s Zoe Saldana, Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts and French star Marion Cotillard, who is also the director's romantic partner.
Cotillard plays the Owen character's Italian-born ex, adopting a New York-Italian accent — an experience she admitted was "very, very stressful."
When an Italian reporter complimented her accent, she emitted a loud sigh of relief.
"I'm going to kiss you!" she said. "You can't imagine how much pleasure you've given me."
— Jill Lawless, http://Twitter.com/JillLawless
Along the water on the yachts where many of the Cannes Film Festival's uber-exclusive parties are thrown, guests are required to take off their shoes before stepping on the boat. And for that "Fruitvale Station" actress Ahna O'Reilly is grateful.
"I can't be in heels for that long — I'm so uncomfortable!" the smiling actress said Sunday evening aboard the posh Jettee Albert Edouard. "But it's amazing, I love seeing people all dolled up."
This is O'Reilly's first trip to the Cannes Film Festival, and she has two films on display. The actress, who was also in "The Help," is starring in "Fruitvale" with good friend Octavia Spencer and also in "As I Lay Dying," in which she was directed by another friend, James Franco, who also stars in the film. Both were in attendance as she was the guest of honor at the event, hosted by the charity Art of Elysium.
"I'm just pinching myself, I can't believe it, and I'm here with some of my best friends in the world representing projects that I'm deeply passionate about, and also here tonight representing the Art of Elysium, an organization I care a lot about," she said. "So it's just all of these people that I love in the most beautiful setting, where everybody is celebrating their love of cinema, so it's a total dream."
The Art of Elysium has thrown events at Cannes for the past five years. The charity brings artists into hospitals to entertain children afflicted with life-threatening diseases like cancer.
Founder Jennifer Howell said it was a natural to have the event at a film festival: "We're so artist-centric that we want to be tied into what are artists actually do as fundraisers."
O'Reilly hasn't had much down time to explore the Cannes area but had one to-do on her wish list:
"I'm dying to go to the Hotel du Cap," she said of the ritzy hotel outside of Cannes where some of the festival's top events are held. "Everyone says it's the most beautiful location."
— Nekesa Mumbi Moody, http://www.twitter.com/nekesamumbi
What was inside the "Inside Llewyn Davis" after-party? Plenty of bold-faced names and of course, more folk music.
The movie, which got a rapturous reception when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, is about the folk-music scene in 1960s New York. The Coen brothers film stars Oscar Isaac and features Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan and Garrett Hedlund.
Timberlake was on hand with wife Jessica Biel, while Hedlund cozied with his girlfriend, Kirsten Dunst. Others at the party included Frances McDormand, Grammy-winning producer T Bone Burnett, CBS head Les Moonves and his wife, Julie Chen.
A DJ played music from the film, which is in competition at the festival.
— Nekesa Mumbi Moody, http://www.twitter.com/nekesamumbi
Metallica's Lars Ulrich is used to fast-paced action, but even he was a bit taken aback by the pace at the Cannes Film Festival.
"Most people have a romantic notion of Cannes," said Ulrich, who was promoting the band's upcoming film "Metallica Through the Never."
"(But) there is a lot of work that goes on here. And I was a little bit unprepared for. basically the whole infrastructure of worldwide cinema and the movie business is here," he said in an interview.
"People have a tendency to think that is just red carpet and movie stars and sipping champagne but people come here to work. People come here to sell their films, people come here to finance their films, people come here to create hype."
"Metallica Through the Never" marries the concert film format with a dramatic narrative. Directed by Nimrod Antal and released by Picturehouse, the film stars young "Chronicle" actor Dane DeHaan as a member of Metallica's concert tour crew who's sent on a special mission by the band. The movie blends concert footage with a plot that includes computer-generated effects.
"We wanted to challenge ourselves a little bit and try and do something different and try and bring a little bit more of a film element into it," explains Ulrich.
"Whether anybody loves the film as much as we do we'll have to wait and see in a few months. But the one thing I can guarantee you, which there is no question about, is that it is a very unique film. Nobody has ever seen a film quite like this."
"Metallica Through the Never" is scheduled for release on Sept. 27.
— Nekesa Mumbi Moody and Adam Egan, (http://www.twittercom/nekesamumbi)


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Note that I am not saying that it is in any way faster, just that the overhead for most applications will be minimal.
Generally I like the concept of doing performance critical stuff in high-performance languages like C or C++, and then interface with them from a scripting-like language.
A lot of GNOME applications are already using Python, so nothing has changed in this regard.
As of language preference, good luck finding any group of programmers that agree on which language is the best.


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California's cotton acreage has plateaued at about 700,000 acres annually for the past three years. In another five years, there likely will be another benchmark.
Unfortunately, according to Earl Williams, president of the California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association (CCGGA), that plateau will be 500,000 acres of California cotton. At least half of that will be Pima. Extra Long Staple Pima cotton is quickly becoming the future for the valley's cotton industry. That means SJV Acala acreage will tumble to a fourth of what it once was 20 years ago.
Last year the valley produced 670,000 bales of the total U.S. Pima crop of a record 736,000 bales. California's average Pima yield was just 12 pounds less than the upland/Acala average. With Pima prices generally 15 to 20 cents above Acala, a federal loan rate of about 80 cents plus a strong government export incentive program, the reason Pima is the future of California's high production cost cotton industry is obvious.
Pima may take a bigger chunk of the California cotton pie sooner than expected. It could reach well beyond 250,000 acres in 2005. Pima spot prices are currently well above $1.50 pound and Pima planting seed is sold out for 2005. However, cold, wet weather is keeping planters out of the field. Longer season Pima needs to be in the ground by April 20 for average yields. If poor weather precludes a big increase in Pima acreage, growers will switch back to Acala or upland varieties.
Williams made his predictions about the future of the California cotton acreage at a recent Cotton Technology Seminar in Carmel, Calif., sponsored by Bayer CropScience.
If Williams is correct, that would represent a 50 percent reduction from the California cotton acreage just eight years ago.
That is the bad news. The good news is total bale production has not fallen as dramatically. Total California production last season (2.4 million bales) was only 18 percent less than it was in 1994 (2.9 million bales). It will be difficult to repeat last year's near perfect growing conditions that resulted in a record average yield of more than 1,500 pounds of lint per acre. However, there has been an upward trend in yields since 1999 and that is expected to continue, softening the blow of reduced California acreage with higher yields.
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The outspoken Williams detailed some of the challenges and issues continuing to face California cotton producers
While the recall of Gray Davis and the landslide election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California was popular and welcome, changes have not been as dramatic as most had hoped.
A liberal legislature maintains a status quo in Sacramento and unfavorable for agriculture. Failure to quickly reform workers compensation has been a disappointment in the Schwarzenegger administration.
"Businesses in California needs immediate assistance with workers comp," said Williams.
The biggest disappointment so far in the new governor's term, according to Williams, was his signature on legislation sponsored by Shafter, Calif., Democrat Sen. Dean Florez making farmers liable for spray drift. It was opposed by every agricultural group in the state, yet Schwarzenegger signed it.
Dust and air pollution and water issues continue to dominate lobbying efforts in Sacramento for cotton growers as well as volatile organic pesticide compounds which face a ban because of strict air quality standards.
CCGGA focuses on state issue, deferring to the National Cotton Council do "do the heavy lifting" on the national scene where Williams said NCC is "highly respected" by agencies and legislators and does an exceptional job in representing California cotton producers in California and Beltwide.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) case Brazil brought and won against the U.S. continues to dominate the national and international agenda for NCC.
Like many in American agriculture, Williams sees little chance for WTO to benefit American agriculture with developing countries continuing to complain and win rulings against U.S. farm policy that was supposed to be WTO-complaint proof when the last fall bill was passed.
The U.S. recently lost its appeal of the anti-U.S. ruling in the case brought by Brazil. Williams said it is puzzling to see Brazil's cotton acreage double while at the same time the nation complains that U.S. farm policy has hurt its cotton marketing efforts.
No enforcement
"If our farm program is so hurtful, I cannot image what they would do if they did not did not have the U.S. farm program," said Williams, who noted that the even though Brazil won its WTO case, the WTO has no enforcement power.
Williams continues to bristle over the role University of California, Davis economist Dr. Daniel Sumner played for the Brazilians in the case against the U.S. Sumner was hired by the Brazilians. Sumner is a former USDA official who testified against USDA farm policy on behalf of Brazil.
Williams believes Sumner should be fired over his role in the WTO dispute.
Williams offered no solution to the WTO trade dilemma. "Quite frankly, I am for fair and balanced trade, but I do not see how we can achieve that.
"All I see is the American farmer traded away and forced out of the world marketplace," he said.
"The State Department — not USDA or the trade negotiators — is running agricultural trade policy," said Williams, who cited the Australian free trade agreement as an example.
"There are 18 million people in Australia and 280 million people in the U.S. Who is going to benefit from a free trade agreement with Australia? Certainly not the U.S.," said Williams.
"We cannot continue down this road. American agriculture is too big of a piece of the pie in this country to be sold away to other countries who subsidize their own agriculture through a different mechanism than is used in this country," he said. "I cannot believe the American people will stand for that."
Farm law prospects
He admitted it will be a challenge to maintain the current farm bill when it comes up for renewal. The challenge came earlier than expected when the Bush administration recommended cutting the current farm bill spending before it expires to reduce the federal deficit.
Changing the farm program in midstream would be disruptive to American agriculture which made decisions based on the five-year program passed by Congress and signed by Bush, who now wants to change what farmers and ranchers considered a contract.
Agriculture expenditures account for 1 to 1.5 percent of the federal government budget, yet agriculture contributes 15 percent to the American economy, said Williams. The challenge is to make sure legislators and the consumer understand that, he noted.


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Eeft to right, ECU occupational therapy graduate students Elisabeth Sitton of Summerfield, Caitlin Davis of Davidson and Laurie Armstrong of Winston-Salem display wear awareness bracelets in support of the Person First campaign. Photo by Cliff Hollis, ECU News Services.
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— Occupational therapy students at East Carolina University have started a "Person First" campaign to encourage health care professionals to avoid labeling people as their disability or condition.
ECU's Delta Beta chapter of Pi Theta Epsilon, the national honor society for occupational therapy, is asking students to sign a pledge that they will refer to people with disabilities as a person first and not their condition.
ECU chapter president Laurie Armstrong said members discussed the need for the campaign.
"In working in the community, reading articles from popular media sources and seeing people converse on social media sites, we have read and heard instances of non-person first language being used to describe individuals," Armstrong said. "While the speakers did not intend to be derogatory, we hope to make people aware that using person first language is a more empowering and appropriate way to refer to individuals than to identify them by their diagnosis."
Occupational therapy students will distribute flyers and pledge cards and will collect donations for the national Person First campaign at a kick-off event and bake sale from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Sept. 26 outside The Wedge in the College of Allied Health Sciences and at other events this year. Those who make a $2 donation will get a blue awareness bracelet.
The American Occupational Therapy Association and other professional organizations have taken steps to encourage health care providers to use person first language but the practice isn't routine, said Dr. Denise Donica, assistant professor and graduate program director of occupational therapy and Delta Beta chapter advisor.
"It is commonly found that people refer to individuals as their disability first which is impersonal and demoralizing to individuals with disabilities," Donica said. "Our organization is striving to increase awareness on the medical campus of the importance of person-first language to demonstrate respect for all people. That is the reasoning behind this pledge."
ECU occupational therapy graduate student Elisabeth Sitton shared a quote by Dr. Robert Marion, author of "Genetic Rounds: A Doctor's Encounters in the Field that Revolutionized Medicine," that illustrates the importance of the Person First campaign.
"When I speak with families of children with Down syndrome, I take great pains to use this terminology: they are children first, children who happen to have Down syndrome. They are not Down syndrome children, a label that implies that everything they are is a consequence of the condition," Marion said. "Although this difference may seem subtle, it is vitally important."
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Treasuries fell, pushing 10-year yields to a two-week high, as investors sought higher-yielding assets and the Federal Open Market Committee began a two-day meeting amid forecasts it will decide to buy more bonds to spur the economy.
U.S. government debt declined even as the Treasury sold $32 billion in three-year securities at a record low yield of 0.327 percent. The auction was the first of three note and bond sales this week totaling $66 billion. Stocks rose as risk appetite gained amid signs Europe's fiscal crisis may ease.
"The onset of supply is one factor, as is a positive move in the stock market," said Dan Mulholland, head of U.S. Treasury trading in the capital-markets unit of BNY Mellon Corp. in New York. "The FOMC meeting is pretty critical."
The benchmark 10-year note yield increased three basis points, or 0.03 percentage point, to 1.65 percent at 3:40 p.m. in New York, according to Bloomberg Bond Trader prices. It touched 1.66 percent, the highest level since Nov. 27. The price of the 1.625 percent security due in November 2022 declined 9/32, or $2.81 per $1,000 face amount, to 99 25/32.
The yield on the current three-year security rose as much as one basis point to 0.33 percent before trading little changed at 0.32 percent.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index climbed 1.1 percent after German investor confidence jumped and as Greece drew enough bonds to a sovereign-debt buyback crucial to unlocking aid from the International Monetary Fund. The index pared gains to 0.6 percent amid concern that a budget showdown in Washington may push the U.S. economy into recession.
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The U.S. will auction $21 billion of 10-year notes tomorrow and $13 billion of 30-year bonds on Dec 13. The offerings will raise $25.7 billion of new cash as maturing securities held by the public total $40.2 billion, according to the Treasury.
At today's three-year debt auction, direct bidders, non-primary-dealer investors that place their bids directly with the Treasury, bought a record 24.8 percent of the notes. They purchased an average of 12.5 percent at the past 10 sales.
The bid-to-cover ratio, which gauges demand by comparing total bids with the amount of notes offered, was 3.36, versus 3.41 at the last sale.
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Lewis Carroll Society of North America – Operating Rules
The Society shall be called the "Lewis Carroll Society of North America, Incorporated."
- The purpose of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America is to encourage study in the life, work, times and influence of Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson).
- The Society shall be an autonomous entity. The North American Society will endeavor to have a cooperative reinforcing relationship with the British Lewis Carroll Society.
- Membership of the Society shall be open to any person or institution who pays the required annual membership dues. Types of membership and annual dues shall be specified in the By-Laws.
- The elected officers of the Society shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. A Program Chairman and a Publications Chairman shall be appointed by the officers.
- The normal term of officers shall be two years.
- A governing Board will consist of the officers, 4 elected directors, the previous 2 officeholders from each office, and 2 directors appointed by the president. The board will be responsible for the financial affairs of the Society, and for the annual audit of accounts. The President shall be Chairman of meetings of the Board.
- Every two years, the Board shall appoint a Nominating Committee to recommend candidates for the offices of the Society.
- A board of advisors will consist of all previous officeholders not currently on the board of directors plus any other advisors appointed by the Board of Directors.
- The 2 boards will meet simultaneously, but only the board of directors will have voting privileges.
- There will be at least an annual meeting of the Society at a time and place determined by the Board. Other meetings may also be convened. Regional societies should be encouraged to organize and hold regional meetings. Membership in the Society, however, will be required of all members of regional societies.
- A quorum at any meeting shall consist of 25 members.
- The proceedings of the Society shall be governed by and conducted according to the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order, when not in conflict with Dodgson's Principles of Parliamentary Representation.
- The By-Laws can be amended by two-thirds of those members present at a meeting, or by a majority of the total membership.
- The Constitution can be amended by three-quarters of those members present at a meeting, or by two-thirds of the total membership.
- In the event of the dissolution of the Society, its assets shall be donated to a children's hospital.
- The official map of the Society shall be a perfect and absolute blank.
Classes of membership.
There shall be three classes of membership, Regular Members, Sustaining Members, and Honorary Members. Honorary Members shall be nominated with the approval of the governing Board. All members shall be entitled to vote at general meetings.
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The annual dues for Regular Members shall be $35 for mainland US members and $50 for all others. The annual dues for Sustaining Members shall be $100. Membership shall be for the current year except that persons joining after October 1 shall be members for the following year. Payment of the dues shall entitle members to receive the Society newsletter for one calendar year.


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Rachael Ray's Kitchen Cake (762)
When we were asked to replicate Rachael Ray's talk show kitchen, we definitely didn't know what we were in for! I'm not even sure how many hours it took my staff and I to complete this cake…but let's just say we were all at Pink Cake Box into the wee morning. (I want to take this time to thank the entire Pink Cake Box staff for your hard work on this project! It was a great team effort!)
This replica cake was 3 feet long by 2 feet wide. The flavor was chocolate cake with oreos and cream. Everything in the kitchen was edible, except for the walls and shelves…although those too were covered in sugar. The counter, refrigerator, stove and all of Rachael Ray's trinkets were replicated out of fondant, sugar paste, and cake.
Below enjoy some of the photos of our staff and behind the scenes at the Rachael Ray show. Happy 40th Rachael Ray! We are so glad we could help make your day special.
You can catch the video of the cake on the Rachael Ray website. Here is what they had to say on the website:
No birthday party is complete without cake, and this one is what Rachael would call a "jaw-dropper" — an exact replica of the studio kitchen, from the baby blue fridge and the orange stove to the wine rack, counter accessories, the kitchen table, tile floor and more!
Some of the Pink Cake Box staff poses in front of the cake:
Per a request via facebook, here are some more detailed photos of the cake.
Kristin and me in front of the cake after unloading it from the car:


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Cathedral Choir Presents Spring Concert
Siloam Springs, Ark. (March 1, 2004) - The John Brown University Cathedral Choir will present a choral music concert and worship service on Sunday, March 7, at 4:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Rogers, Ark. The concert is a preview of the Cathedral Choir's spring tour to Texas, March 12-March 21. The Cathedral Choir consists of 54 of the most qualified singers attending John Brown University and represents many different academic disciplines. The choir will present songs in a variety of musical styles from the Renaissance through the Twentieth Century including American Folk Hymns "We'll Shout and Give Him Glory" and "Saints Bound for Heaven", the beautiful but complex "O Crux" by Knut Nystedt, and several eight-part a-capella selections including popular spirituals. This year marks the 62nd anniversary of Cathedral Choir's existence. The choir was formed in 1942 and has enjoyed much success since then, traveling across the country presenting worship services at prominent churches such as First Presbyterian Church, Orlando, Fla.; Calvary Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tenn.; and Northwest Bible Church in Dallas, Texas. Under the guidance of Choral Director Paul Smith, the choir has built a reputation of excellence in cities across the nation. Smith received his bachelor's degree in music with an emphasis in vocal performance from Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kan., and his master of music degree, with an emphasis in vocal performance, from Wichita State University in Wichita, Kan. He has done graduate work at California State University in Los Angeles, where he was voted "Outstanding Conductor" by the music faculty. Prior to joining the JBU music faculty, Smith was the principal choral director at Anderson University in Anderson, Ind., for five years. He has served as a choral clinician across the nation and has had solo engagements throughout California, Oregon, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. One of his most recent performances was in Carmina Burana with the North Arkansas Symphony. Completing his seventeenth year at JBU, Smith believes more strongly than ever in continuing the tradition of excellence in the Cathedral Choir. He feels strongly that choral music possesses a unique power to bring hope and spiritual refreshment to God's people. John Brown University is a top-tier university, ranked 11th by U.S. News & World Report in the Southern Region. JBU is a private university with an enrollment of more than 1,800 students from 42 states and 45 countries. JBU is a member of Arkansas' Independent Colleges and Universities and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Court records show Mayim Bialik filed for divorce from her husband of nine years on the same day she announced the couple's split in a blog post.
She cited irreconcilable differences with husband Michael Stone in the documents filed Nov. 21 in Los Angeles.
Bialik currently stars on the CBS comedy "The Big Bang Theory" and rose to fame as the star of the TV show "Blossom."
She has been a proponent of "attachment parenting" and the former couple have two sons together, ages 7 and 4. Bialik has said their parenting style was not a factor in the divorce and she is seeking joint custody of the children.
The 36-year-old wrote in her post last week that the divorce is "terribly sad, painful and incomprehensible" for children.


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If variety is the spice of life, our 2013 RedEye Rock 'n' Vote show is going to be spicy.
With more than 38,000 votes, you narrowed down our Rock 'n' Vote Top 10 to catchy pop-rockers (The Addies), a lyrically pointed rapper (DVS Jackson, Esq.), a folk/country singer-songwriter (Michele McGuire) and an 8-piece funk/hip-hop band. (whysowhite). They appear at our free show, 7:30 p.m. May 14 at House of Blues (17+), where on-site voting determines the overall 2013 Rock 'n' Vote winner, who scores a spot July 14 at Taste of Chicago.
Read on for more about the four acts you picked to perform. If that's not enough to get you in the door, the Rock 'n' Vote show will be headlined by Chicago favorites (and Lollapalooza alums) Maps & Atlases!
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The Addies
There's Rock 'n' Vote support, and there's Rock 'n' Vote support. "We were surprised ourselves when we would vote once or twice and then have 30 or 40 votes more," says the Addies guitarist John Tuzak, 21. "It was a little stressful, but I think the whole time we were pretty confident in our voting and our fans. I think we've generated more buzz in the past week or so than we have in the past year." They deserve it—the Little Italy/UIC-based pop-rock group takes command of your toes so you're tapping and singing along without noticing. Tuzak says the band plans to market the Rock 'n' vote show feverishly, including the release of a teaser video and other goofy Internet bits to spread the word. "We know that our friends and family can only last so long before we have to expand to a broader audience." Nothing to worry about, man.
DVS Jackson, Esq.
Perhaps you're wondering if South Shore rapper DVS Jackson, Esq. carries over the clown-related theme of his photos and album "DVS 4 Alderman" into his performances. The answer: Sometimes, though it's more likely to be a wig or face paint than full clown apparel. (He says he can't find clown shoes in his size 13.) The 38-year-old's material is timeless hip-hop that he says captured the attention of co-workers who didn't know about his music career and others who simply "appreciated the art form." The biggest response, though, was people saying, "Oh my god, they're going to let you perform?!" Yep. Can't wait.
Michele McGuire
Singer-songwriter Michele McGuire and her band took the Rock 'n' Vote poll very seriously. "Every time we'd wake up in the morning we'd be like, 'Oh my god, the polls have changed!" says the 24-year-old South Side native, now living in Bucktown. They continually reminded fans about voting ("Hopefully nobody lost friends on Facebook," she says) while also receiving support from multiple Melmans and other members of the Lettuce Entertain You family, since McGuire works as a waitress at R.J. Grunt's. So what does the 24-year-old artist, whose music can be both charming and heartbreaking, have up her sleeve for Rock 'n' Vote? "Oh my gosh, I cannot reveal my secrets!" she says, mostly kidding. Hey, music this easily appealing doesn't need surprise.
"We try to play every show like there's 100,000 people out there, even if it's just a small show," says whysowhite guitarist Chris Miller, 24. "So we'll just come at it with all we got." Audience members should be prepared: The 8-piece, jazz-influenced funk/hip-hop outfit is difficult to listen to without wanting to dance, and Miller says that's the North Center-based group's number one goal in concert—claiming proudly that whysowhite has conquered "the dreaded half-circle" of people standing around at a distance from the stage. In other words, whysowhite deservedly classifies as a band that if you're watching them and standing still, you're doing it wrong.
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The U.S. government will treat Bitcoin as property for tax purposes, applying rules it uses to govern stocks and barter transactions, the Internal Revenue Service said in its first substantive ruling on the issue.
Today's IRS guidance will provide certainty for Bitcoin investors, along with income-tax liability that wasn't specified before. Purchasing a $2 cup of coffee with Bitcoins bought for $1 would trigger $1 in capital gains for the coffee drinker and $2 of gross income for the coffee shop.
The IRS, faced with a choice of treating Bitcoins like currency or property, chose property. That decision could reduce the volume of transactions conducted with the virtual currency, said Pamir Gelenbe, a venture partner at Hummingbird Ventures, which invests in technology businesses.
"It's challenging if you have to think about capital gains before you buy a cup of coffee," he said.
Charles Allen, chief executive officer of BitcoinShop Inc., an online marketplace, said he'd like to see the IRS reconsider its decision as virtual currencies develop.
"The implications this decision will have on the Bitcoin ecosystem are far reaching, and will be burdensome for both individual users of Bitcoins, Bitcoin-focused business and for the general adoption of virtual currencies," he said, adding that Bitcoin users will adapt to the rules.
Technological Breakthrough
Bitcoin, the most popular digital currency, emerged from a 2008 paper written by a programmer or group of programmers under the name Satoshi Nakamoto. The Bitcoin network uses a public ledger to record transactions made under pseudonyms, a technological breakthrough that allows purchases and sales without using a trusted third party, such as Visa Inc. or Western Union Co.
Powerful computers that record the transactions and guard against double-spending the same currency generate new Bitcoins, a process referred to as mining. Mining has made some early Bitcoin adopters wealthy in dollar terms.
Others bought into the currency in early 2013, before its price rose more than 50-fold to peak at $1,200 in early December. A Bitcoin was worth $584.35 at 4:02 p.m., New York time, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index. That's less than 0.3 percent below today's high.
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Bodyworks History
Bodyworks is the brainchild of Michael Nelson, who after completing his Master's Degree in Sports Medicine, saw the need for a different kind of workout facility. One that catered to not only a person's physical well-being, but emotional, mental, and spiritual as well.
Michael is a respected exercise physiologist and is a frequent author and lecturer on the subject of health and fitness. At its core Bodyworks is centered around personal service, personal interaction, personal training, and family. When every consultant, industry magazine, and chain store said that building a family-friendly club with an emphasis on personal training was a death-trap and a money pit, Bodyworks bucks the mold of other health clubs and offers incredible facilities for all members of the family with great service and reasonable prices.
Some features of the club are:
Beautiful Locker Rooms
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Women in Black (2002) – "We will stand until there will be peace. Because peace has to come."
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We bring you the empowering story of the 'Women in Black' movement. An organisation set-up by Israeli women, but now joined by women the world over, all trying to bring peace through non-violent direct activism.
We see ordinary women from all sides going to extra-ordinary lengths to help and highlight the plight of the Palestinians. And we witness first hand the struggle to maintain normal life surrounded by tanks and snipers.
Everyone in the Palestinian quarter has a story to tell. A girl pulls back her hair to reveal a large bruise. "They hit me because they wanted to step on the Koran and I wanted to stop them," she claims, recalling the night Israeli soldiers ransacked her house.
Another woman recounts how her young daughter discovered their neighbour's body "splattered all over the wall." An aid worker describes how Israeli soldiers fired at journalists to prevent them recording Israelis looting Palestinian shops. Every house bears telltale signs of snipers or bombs.
Sharon may have come to power by championing an aggressive Palestinian policy but not all Israeli Jews agree with him.
The Women in Black movement, founded by a group of Israelis in 1988, believe that ending the occupation is the only way that Israel will achieve peace.
As the traditional view of Israel as a haven for the oppressed is challenged, many Israelis are struggling to come to terms with the actions of their government.
Anna Colombo's family were murdered at Auschwitz. Despite this, she declares that "ever since I learned what was happening here, I have been suffering terribly …
I don't want to cause Arabs to suffer because of me being here." Israeli Batya Makover agrees.
"I hate what we are doing now, I hate it. I am very worried about what this means to these soldiers as they destroy houses and kill people."
Enthusiasm for the movement rapidly spread and there are now over 150 groups worldwide.
They have pioneered a way of encouraging a more humanitarian course of action.
We spend five months with the London Women in Black (affectionately dubbed 'Hell's Grannies' by one British newspaper) as they go to the West Bank to form a human shield around Palestinian civilians.
As well as dismantling roadblocks and flypostering 'Return to Sender' on Israeli tanks, they become caught up in the attack of Jenin and the siege of the Nativity, braving mines and the army to take aid to besieged Palestinians.
One of the main aims of the international Women in Black is to relay information about conditions in the occupied territories. "I have never seen such an injustice take place," states member Liz Khan, describing the way of life that Palestinians have been reduced to.
"How can you have peace when you're blockading people within their villages?" questions member Julie Slowik. "Their families are hungry and they're desperate. They're absolutely desperate."
Unfortunately, not everyone is sympathetic to their plight. "God owns this land and he gave it to the Jewish people!" shouts one opponent. "How dare you be on the side of Hitler number two? … You're the worst, you're Jew haters, Nazis, self-hating Jews."
It is clear that the current stalemate is benefiting nobody. While most coverage of the situation focuses on extremists from both sides of this conflict, this thought-provoking documentary shows normal people caught up in a cycle of violence, trying to make a difference and lend their voice to the suffering Palestinians.
It's heartening to see that there are Israelis and Palestinians working together with the international community towards peace.
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The Human Resource Department at Virginia Wesleyan University is committed to helping maintain a work-friendly campus environment that is fair to all its employees and free from harassment of any kind. It is dedicated to offering a fair and competitive benefit package to all of the University's eligible employees and to servicing the employees in the maintenance of this benefit package.
Contact Information
The Human Resource office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Mrs. Karla R. Rasmussen, Director of Human Resources may be reached at 757.455.3316 during these hours. In case of an after-hour emergency, the Director may be reached by calling the main switchboard at 757.455.3200.
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MSRP $214,276. New 2019 Thor Motor Coach Outlaw Toy Hauler model 37RB is approximately 38 feet 9 inches in length with 2 slide-out rooms, Ford 26-Series chassis with Triton V-10 engine, frameless windows, high polished aluminum wheels, residential refrigerator, electric rear patio awning, bug screen curtain in the garage, roller shades on the driver & passenger windows, as well as drop down ramp door with spring assist & railing for patio use. New features for 2019 include new exterior graphics, updated dcor stylings, a power driver chair, wi-fi extender, solar charge controller, front cap with chrome light bezels & accent lighting, clear front mask paint protection, 360 Siphon Vent cap, upgraded exterior entertainment center with a sound bar and a tankless water heater system. Options include the beautiful full body exterior, 2 opposing leatherette sofas in the garage and frameless dual pane windows. The Outlaw toy hauler RV has an incredible list of standard features including beautiful wood & interior decor packages, LED TVs, (3) A/C units, power patio awing with integrated LED lighting, dual side entrance doors, 1-piece windshield, a 5500 Onan generator, 3 camera monitoring system, automatic leveling system, Soft Touch leather furniture, day/night shades and much more. For more complete details on this unit and our entire inventory including brochures, window sticker, videos, photos, reviews & testimonials as well as additional information about Motor Home Specialist and our manufacturers please visit us at MHSRV.com or call 800-335-6054. At Motor Home Specialist, we DO NOT charge any prep or orientation fees like you will find at other dealerships. All sale prices include a 200-point inspection, interior & exterior wash, detail service and a fully automated high-pressure rain booth test and coach wash that is a standout service unlike that of any other in the industry. You will also receive a thorough coach orientation with an MHSRV technician, an RV Starters kit, a night stay in our delivery park featuring landscaped and covered pads with full hook-ups and much more! Read Thousands upon Thousands of 5-Star Reviews at MHSRV.com and See What They Had to Say About Their Experience at Motor Home Specialist. WHY PAY MORE?... WHY SETTLE FOR LESS?
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Uncover the natural beauty of South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe
Discover the allure of southern Africa as you roam from the golden plains of the world-famous Kruger National Park and the awe-inspiring Victoria Falls to the watery wonderland of the Okavango Delta and the teeming game parks of Botswana. Whether it's spotting the Big Five, relaxing by dreamy lagoons, experiencing tribal village life or cavorting near raging waterfalls, this adventure tour will fill your memories with the wonders of the African south.
Stay two nights at Victoria Falls – enough time for just a glimpse of everything this amazing destination offers.
Get your paddles out and navigate a mokoro through the Okavango Delta.
Try and spot the famous elephants of Chobe National Park swimming in the river – which boast the largest concentration of African elephants in the world.
Track rhinoceros's on foot with a local expert guide in Matabos National Park - an exhilarating way to experience the wildlife of Zimbabwe.
Immerse yourself in the culture and way of life of the Hananwa people. You will enjoy a cultural dinner cooked by the locals while listening to your hosts tell stories of this fascinating community.
Camp under an Africa sky within Kruger National Park. You can't get much closer to nature than that!
Camping on a remote island in the heart of the Okavango wilderness is an experience you'll never forget. However, there are no facilities. Dig a bush toilet and go without a shower, it's all part of the Delta experience.
The Limpopo Province stay, where you will meet and interact with the Hananwa people and their traditions, is a heavily culture-based activity. This is a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in the local way of life – so keep an open mind.
Wildlife viewing requires some sacrifice, like getting up before day break for dawn game drives. However, the lack of sleep is worth it for the exhilaration and excitement of spotting your first lion or rhino!
We use our purpose-built overland vehicles for the duration of this trip. This multi-purpose truck allows for great game viewing with large sliding windows. As such the trucks do not have air-conditioning and conditions can be dusty and hot.
The going can be slow over the long distances and often bumpy roads. A little bit of patience will go a long way towards your enjoyment of this beautiful land.
This is a participatory camping trip. You will be expected to set up and take down you own tent as well as assist with food preparation and cleaning.
As the early bird catches the worm, the early camper sights the animals. There will be many early starts either to make use of the better safari time or to beat the morning traffic on long travel days.
This itinerary is valid for departures from 01 January 2018 to 31 December 2018. View the itinerary for departures between 01 January 2019 - 31 December 2019
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1. A single supplement is available on this trip. Please see your booking agent for more information.
2. This is a combination trip made up of two shorter trips. This means the composition of your group may change in Victoria Falls as some group members leave and new ones join you.
3. This trip finishes upon arrival in Johannesburg on Day 18. Please do not book any flights until after 10pm this evening.
Our Explore Southern Africa trips score an average of 4.6 out of 5 based on 116 reviews in the last year.
Adventure in the wild. Long drives but necessary to cover the interesting places.
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Excellent intense tour of Southern Africa, very close to the nature and the local culture however have to like camping!
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Individuals with severe mental health issues such as BPD often require intensive and ongoing care, which DBT® is designed to provide.
Fort Myers, FL (PRWEB) February 07, 2013
Behavioral Tech, LLC, presents Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intensive Training™, a 10-day course for mental health professionals June 3-7 and Dec. 16-20, co-hosted by Florida Gulf Coast University(FGCU) Counseling and Psychological Services, at the FGCU Cohen Center, Room 214.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), developed by Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., ABPP, at the University of Washington, is a comprehensive cognitive-behavioral treatment that was originally developed to treat chronically suicidal individuals suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Research has shown DBT to be effective in reducing suicidal behavior, psychiatric hospitalization, treatment dropout, substance abuse, anger, and interpersonal difficulties.
"Individuals with severe mental health issues such as BPD often require intensive and ongoing care, which DBT® is designed to provide," said Carla Chugani, team leader for the FGCU DBT team. "Additionally, DBT® has been shown to assist these individuals in effectively managing this disorder, resulting in reduced utilization of community services such as hospitalization. This training represents a huge step forward in accessibility to DBT services for those who are in need as the FGCU DBT team is, to my knowledge, the only one operating anywhere in the five county area."
Training is conducted in two, 5-day sessions of instruction divided by six months of home study. The first session consists of lectures, videos, and small group exercises to teach DBT theory and strategies in-depth. In the second session, teams present the programs they have developed and receive consultation on difficult cases they are currently treating.
Teams wishing to attend the training will need to submit an application to Behavioral Tech, LLC at http://behavioraltech.org/training/intensive_details.cfm?eid=1394
Application deadline is April 8, 2013.
For more information, contact Carla Chugani at (239) 590-7950, or Stephanie Sullivan at Behavioral Tech at (206) 675-8588.


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Icy roads blamed for 5-vehicle crash on Franconia Notch ParkwayBy SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
February 23. 2013 6:14PM
Icy roads led to a five-vehicle pileup on Franconia Notch Parkway Saturday afternoon, but somehow no one got hurt, police said.
Sgt. Jeff Meier of Lincoln police said the chain-reaction accident happened in the Basin Hill area on the southbound side of the parkway shortly after 3 p.m. It closed the southbound roadway for about an hour, leaving traffic backed up for miles.
"It was close to white-out conditions," Meier said. "The weather had turned and the roads had glazed over."
The first car spun out and struck the guardrails a couple times, Meier said. Drivers behind it tried to brake to avoid the car, but a pickup truck struck a Jeep and another car, sending the car into the guardrail.
Just as those four vehicles were about stopped, Meier said, a Toyota Tundra towing a snowmobile trailer came upon the scene and struck the pickup truck.
The roadway was so blocked by the crash that emergency vehicles had to travel northbound in the southbound lane to reach the scene, he said. An ambulance that was taking a patient from Cannon Mountain to the hospital was stuck in the traffic and the patient had to be transferred to a second ambulance that came in from the other direction.
Meier said that area is notorious for icing up in bad weather. "Franconia Notch Parkway has its own weather anyway," he said. "Once it glazes over, it really turns into almost like a ping-pong match up there. Everybody seems to get bounced around."
He said he's seen it so bad that the state trucks have to back up the parkway to sand the roads.
Meier said four of the five vehicles involved in the crash were driven by out-of-state drivers: three from Massachusetts and one from Connecticut.


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Yesterday the U.S. Senate began debating whether or not to ratify the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities treaty, which would recognize fundamental human rights for persons living with disabilities on an international level. Currently 124 countries have ratified the treaty, and 154 have signed it including the United States.
The treaty requires a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate in order to be ratified. However, over 30 conservative senators have already pledged to block any international treaty up for debate during the lame duck session. Many conservatives fear that ratifying the treaty would present a challenge to U.S. sovereignty. In addition, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires that persons with disabilities have equal access to reproductive health care, which some argue will lead to more abortions.
Supporters of the treaty believe it would revolutionize disability rights across the globe. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) has called the claim that the treaty will lead to more abortions "absolutely, positively, factually inaccurate," stating that the treaty only acknowledges what procedures are legal in that country. He also stated that he believed the Americans with Disabilities Act (which the treaty was modeled after) is the standard of disability rights, and the treaty would "take that gold standard and extend it to countries that have never heard of disability rights."
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SOURCE: SeanieMac
February 11, 2013 08:30 ET
HUNTINGTON, NY--(Marketwire - Feb 11, 2013) - Compliance Systems Corp (OTCQB: COPI), doing business as SeanieMac Limited, parent company of the all-Irish online sports & casino wagering website www.SeanieMac.com, today issued the following Special Letter to Shareholders from its Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-Founder Sean McEniff.
Dear Shareholder:
SeanieMac Limited's recent successful transition to a publicly traded company was a major milestone in our company's history. I would like to welcome all of our new shareholders, and take this opportunity to discuss our position, strategy and goals for 2013.
We are preparing to launch our new, online wagering website, www.SeanieMac.com. It is the only full-service online betting website that is Irish owned and focused on the underserved Irish market, Irish bettors and Irish sports book featuring the Gaelic Athletic Association's (GAA) Gaelic Games -- a powerful differentiator. Based in Dublin, Ireland, SeanieMac is closely and clearly connected with the GAA, which provides instant, dominant brand recognition comparable to the U.S.' NFL. The Irish gambling industry generates $18.7 billion in revenue with approximately $3.2 billion being produced online and growing rapidly at double digit rates.
While our website is now online, we plan to go live with actual wagering operations next month supported by a major, nationwide public relations and multi-faceted advertising campaign.
We have an efficient business model that uses a highly regarded online gambling software platform, so that all back office and customer service functions will be provided through a joint venture with an industry leader. This enables us to focus on the sales and marketing of the SeanieMac brand. We are confident of quickly capturing market share.
The SeanieMac Beginning
There is much overlap between the hospitality and gambling industries as is clear in the U.S. with its integration of hotels and casinos. Over the last 20 years, I've built a successful hotel business as a principal in Brian McEniff Hotels, which owns eight resorts throughout Ireland. Relatively speaking, the McEniff name in Ireland would be considered the equivalent of the Trump name in the United States.
Although I had a minor sports career in the GAA in the '80s, you are more likely familiar with my father, Brian McEniff (the hotel company's namesake). He had an illustrious GAA sports career that began by being named to the GAA All-Star Football Team in the '70s and, early in his career as manager, leading Donegal to its first All-Ireland Senior Gaelic football title in 1992 -- the Irish equivalent of winning the U.S. Super Bowl. Today, he is widely regarded as the senior statesman of GAA football.
While there is no affiliation between Brian McEniff Hotels and SeanieMac, with my many years of successful experience in the hotel business I am confident the opportunity and timing are right to launch SeanieMac and capitalize on the underserved online Irish sports gambling market. My expertise in the hotel industry is sales, marketing and public relations and SeanieMac is, at its core, a sales and marketing company.
For the benefit of our U.S. shareholders, I will note that while Gaelic Games are actively played in leagues in U.S. cities such as Boston, online gambling is not legal in the United States and we do not market to or serve the U.S.
$3.2 Billion, Fast Growing Irish Online Gambling Market
Industry analysts report global online gambling revenues currently total $32 billion, and are expected to grow 52% to reach $46.1 billion by the end of 2015. Clearly, this is a vast marketplace with strong growth.
Online gambling is quickly becoming a key driver in the gambling industry as a whole. Since 2003, the market has grown by an annual average of 23%, while the gambling industry as a whole grew an average of 15% during the same time period. Sports betting is the strongest category of online gambling, representing 41% of the market's overall value.
The total gambling industry in Ireland is estimated at $18.7 billion in gross revenue in 2011. Its gross revenues from online gambling reached $1.7 billion in 2011, or approximately 5% of the global market. According to the Irish Examiner, the Irish online gambling market is estimated at $3.2 billion in 2012. Extrapolating industry growth as a whole on the Irish market, Irish online gambling is expected to grow to $6.5 billion in 2015 and reach $9.8 billion by 2020.
Gaelic Games Growing in Appeal
As its national pastime, the Gaelic Games have long been popular in Ireland but they are gaining worldwide appeal, especially in areas with large communities of Irish emigrants and their descendants, such as the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom, where many communities have their own teams and clubs participating in the Gaelic Leagues locally and internationally. Traditional Gaelic Games include Hurling, Shinty and Gaelic Football. To learn more about the GAA, see www.gaa.ie.
Competitive Advantage: McEniff and the GAA
SeanieMac is well positioned to become the only full-service online betting website that focuses on the Irish market, Irish bettors and Irish sports, such as the Gaelic Games. We are targeting the Irish market where the McEniff family name ensures instant brand recognition, as well as credibility and quality.
For our American shareholders, can you imagine if the NFL's Joe Namath, John Elway and Joe Montana all did televised, web-based and print endorsements of an online gambling site focused on betting on NFL games? We have assembled an impressive roster of "A-list" Gaelic Games former athletes for endorsements, starting with Larry Thompkins, who is considered the Irish equivalent to the NFL's John Madden.
The Irish are, by nature, nationalistic and incredibly loyal to their local and regional sports teams and sports heroes -- all wrapped in a positive spirit of healthy competition. One friendly wager I can make with you is that, if you come to Ireland, you will find the passion of the Irish people for Gaelic Games and its star athletes far surpasses anything you have ever seen in the American NFL football. We will roll out the names of the other GAA superstar athletes in the weeks ahead as we prepare a mass-market advertising and public relations blitz next month to support our operational launch.
Our GAA relationships enable us to secure streaming rights, through seaniemac.com, of GAA's in-season games worldwide, as well as the ability to offer in-play GAA betting, which distinguishes the Company from its closest competitors. Our initial product offering features sports betting, the largest and most well-known industry segment. We will also offer a full range of both traditional and live casino games, poker, roulette, blackjack, baccarat and other skilled and interactive games such as bingo.
Our upcoming launch and marketing strategy for 2013 will also feature competitively better than average odds for bettors, and special bets and promotions which we know to be a major draw, helping to build brand loyalty.
Highly Scalable Growth Strategy
As a purely online business, SeanieMac has no cost of goods, inventory or shipping. All of the odds and risk management are managed by sophisticated software and have been market tested. Once our overhead is covered, margins are extremely high and profits can grow quickly.
Our target market includes bettors in Ireland and the UK, and Irish expatriates & descendants in the United Kingdom that bet online through mobile devices, pub affiliates and by phone, on sports, casino games, and poker. Once we have captured significant share of this market, we will begin expanding our offerings to include sports such as darts, cricket, rugby and boxing.
SeanieMac intends to partner with an online gambling industry leader, BoyleSports, one of the UK's leading independent bookmakers. It will provide us the complete SeanieMac-branded online betting platform along with full back office support and top quality front office customer service. This leaves us with low overhead and operating expenses while greatly reducing our technological and operational risk. Through BoyleSports, we plan to license OpenBet's software, renowned as the Internet gambling industry's leading software with the best user experience.
SeanieMac 2013: Betting on Success
Our business plan envisions an aggressive operational launch shortly and sets an ambitious agenda for 2013. Our goals include:
As a newly public company, we have raised our visibility and increased our opportunities for growth. It is a privilege to lead this company into what I strongly believe to be an exciting and rewarding future.
Sincerely yours,
Sean McEniff
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains statements that involve expectations, plans or intentions (such as those relating to future business or financial results, new features or services, or management strategies) and other factors discussed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These statements are forward-looking and are subject to risks and uncertainties, so actual results may vary materially. You can identify these forward-looking statements by words such as "may," "should," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "intend," "plan" and other similar expressions. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors not within the control of the company. The company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The company disclaims any obligation subsequently to revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.
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