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International: The following is a statement from Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, reacting to yesterday's weaker than expected U.S. GDP data release.
"Today's weaker than expected GDP report shows just how out of touch most professional economists remain with respect to the fundamental weakness of the US economy. After more than four years of nearly never ending monetary stimulus and more than US$5 trillion worth of new federal debt, the economy remains stuck in a serious recession. The report shows that federal stimulus and deficit spending can't create sustainable economic growth.
Although the tepid data shocked many economists, I was not surprised. I believe zero growth is consistent with the state of the real economy. The stronger growth numbers that we saw in the second half of 2012 were likely inflated due to pre-election hopes.
The disappointing economic data takes on an even gloomier tone when considered against factors that will make recovery that much more difficult. Interest rates are making their first strong upward move in nine months. Yields on 10 year Treasury bonds are up 60 basis points since the end of July, and are over 2.00% for the first time since April 2012.
The dollar is falling against most currencies except the Japanese yen (it is down more than 11% against the Euro since July), and energy prices are rising (crude oil is approaching $100 per barrel). Although these conditions are not promising, the stock market seems blissfully out of touch. As of yesterday, the S&P 500 had advanced for 8 days in a row, its longest daily winning streak in eight years.
But the confidence seems to be confined solely to Wall Street and Washington. After hitting a five year high back in October of 2012, consumer confidence has plummeted in the last four months to its lowest level in 14 months.
Given that official statistics concerning employment, real estate, and inflation, have improved over that time, what would explain the rising pessimism? Interestingly, yesterday's consumer confidence data showed that consumer expectations for inflation are between five and six percent.
But today's GDP report showed inflation at effectively zero. If inflation had been reported slightly higher, today's GDP report would have showed the economy in deep contraction. Is it possible that consumers, who are closely attuned to changes in prices, may be more informed as to the true levels of inflation than government statisticians who are analyzing processed data from the federal ivory tower?"
Note: Peter Schiff is CEO of Euro Pacific Capital. For more information about Euro Pacific Capital, please visit www.europac.net/
Peter is frequently cited in the financial media and as host of the nationally syndicated Peter Schiff Show, streaming at www.schiffradio.com. He is the author of 6 bestselling books, including his latest NY Times Best Seller, The Real Crash: America's Coming Bankruptcy.
(c) Copyright Peter Schiff 2013.


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The actual rate that appears on the employer's payroll report and is used to calculate workers compensation premiums is called a blended rate. The blended rate consists of several assessments added to the premium rate.
The various assessments contribute to the administrative costs, or the operating costs of BWC and the Industrial Commission of Ohio, and to fund the Disabled Workers Relief Fund (DWRF).
DWRF is a supplemental benefit to those injured workers whose regular PTD benefits have not kept pace with inflation. The DWRF fund is only utilized for those injured workers who have been declared permanently and totally disabled (PTD).
There are two separate DWRF assessments. The first DWRF 1 is an assessment that funds injuries that occurred prior to Jan. 1, 1987. DWRF 2 assessment that covers injuries occurring on or after Jan. 1, 1987. Currently, the BWC is not collecting for these two assessments but reserves the ability to assess for these funds at a later time.
Included in the base rate is an assessment an employer pays which is used to finance BWC's Division of Safety & Hygiene. The mission of the Division of Safety & Hygiene is to educate employers to help prevent industrial accidents and occupational diseases.
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So NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the league's protocol regarding concussions served its purpose with regard to Terrelle Pryor.
The whole issue of whether the Pryor situation was handled correctly was overblown because the league can't possibly be ahead of the medical profession when it comes to the issue of brain injuries of any type.
Yes, Pryor played two plays after taking a blow to the head. Then he apparently felt worse afterward. From personal family experience, this isn't unusual.
About a year go, my son was removing his helmet after a baserunning drill just in time to get nailed in the head with an errant infield throw from the shortstop. Coaches came over, as did the trainer. Questions were asked. They looked in his eyes. He knew where he was and what he was doing. Wanted to get back to practice.
He took his last round of batting practice. Then on the way to the gym, he began to feel nausea. My wife took him to get checked out, and was told to keep an eye on him but that he seemed fine. He later threw up, so it was a trip to the emergency room, a CT scan, etc. , etc.
This was several hours after the trauma.
He's fine, and was much luckier than a teammate who had a similar incident but had a much rougher road to recovery.
I remember talking to former Raiders special teamer Ricky Brown, who was diagnosed with a concussion after a game that he finished. Said he felt fine. Finished the game, went home, was watching a movie with his wife then had an overwhelming feeling of sickness and dizziness.
The concussion wasn't diagnosed until hours later.
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You said that I made "stupid" comments. That means I got your attention.
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Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT) today reported that L-3 Link Simulation & Training's (L-3 Link) operation in the United Kingdom has cut the number of electrical engineering change orders (ECOs) at production by 90 percent using Capital® software. The improvement is largely attributed to the Capital tool's detailed component modeling functionality, extensive checking automation, and database stability, among other tool capabilities. Together, these help ensure design data arriving at production is of the highest quality.
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Mission creep: A short history
As the U.S. Congress debates the use of military force against Bashar Assad's regime, the primary question for people on all sides of the issue is this: Will these strikes pull the United States deeper into Syria's quagmire?
Some who support the use of force ardently hope so. Sen. John McCain, for instance, would like to see the United States tip the scales of the conflict against Assad. After meeting with President Obama on Labor Day, McCain said that the president had addressed his and Sen. Lindsey Graham's complaints about not supporting the rebels sufficiently. (He later changed his mind, apparently.)
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Others, even some who support the attacks, fear that strikes will drag the United States ever deeper into the conflict, especially if the limited strikes do not achieve their objective. According to this school of thought, once the U.S. is directly involved, greater American involvement is inevitable because our credibility is further on the line — that once you go in, you had better be seen to "win."
( PHOTOS: John McCain visits Syria)
These fears are well grounded in history. President Obama would be wise to use the permission from Congress to send the message to the Syrian regime and the world that the use of chemical weapons is a violation of international law and leave it at that. To do more would risk repeating the mistake of mission creep that has resulted in disaster several times in the past.
For example, after driving the North Koreans out of South Korea in just three months, the U.S.-led force expanded the mission and crossed the 38th parallel, seeking to remove the regime and reunite the Korean peninsula. As a result, the United States fought for two and a half more years, losing 30,000 lives only to end up back at the 38th parallel.
In Vietnam, President Lyndon Johnson used the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution not just to punish the North Vietnamese for allegedly attacking American ships but also to increase troop levels to 500,000, drop more bombs than the United States did in World War II, and lose 60,000 lives in a vain attempt to prevent the Communists from taking over Vietnam.
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In 1992, President George H.W. Bush sent 30,000 troops into Somalia as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation. But the mission expanded the following year when the warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid attacked elements of the U.N. force; the U.N. authorized "all necessary measures" to punish those responsible for the attack and secure Somalia, and President Bill Clinton ordered U.S. troops to raid targets in Mogadishu, hoping to capture or kill Aidid. The operation ended disastrously when two U.S. helicopters were shot down and subsequent rescue forces were embroiled in a bloody urban battle.
More recently, of course, in Afghanistan and Iraq, the goal expanded from regime change to nation building, resulting in the loss of thousands of lives and the expenditure of trillions of dollars in an ill-fated attempt to make those countries peaceful, stable democracies.
( PHOTOS: Syria: Where politicians stand)
There are also examples of the United States using limited military force to achieve limited objectives. President Ronald Reagan bombed Libya in 1986 after Muammar Qadhafi attacked a nightclub in Berlin frequented by American servicemen. In 1995, the Clinton administration and NATO partners conducted a two-week bombing campaign against Bosnian Serb positions, which stopped their attacks on the U.N. peacekeeping force and persuaded the Serbs to adhere to U.N. requirements, helping lead to the Dayton Peace Agreement. In 1998, Clinton ordered missile strikes and air attacks against Iraq after Saddam forced U.N. inspectors out of the country. Again in 1999, Clinton conducted a 70-day bombing campaign that — along with Russian diplomatic pressure — forced Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to withdraw his troops from Kosovo and enforced an international plan to end the fighting. While NATO ground forces did eventually deploy in Kosovo, it was only after limited strikes to enforce a negotiated agreement. Finally, in 2011, President Obama supported a NATO air campaign that helped end Qadhafi's regime once and for all.


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Language doesn't exist in a vacuum. It's a means of personal expression, a conduit for new ideas, a medium for doing business, and a foundation of culture.
.أهلاً وسهلاً ومرحباً بكم
Ahlan wa-sahlan wa-marHaban bikum.
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Comparison of phenotypic and genotypic tropism determination in triple-class-experienced HIV patients eligible for maraviroc treatment.
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BACKGROUND: Determination of HIV-1 tropism is a pre-requisite to the use of CCR5 antagonists. This study evaluated the potential of population genotypic tropism tests (GTTs) in clinical practice, and the ... [more ▼]
BACKGROUND: Determination of HIV-1 tropism is a pre-requisite to the use of CCR5 antagonists. This study evaluated the potential of population genotypic tropism tests (GTTs) in clinical practice, and the correlation with phenotypic tropism tests (PTTs) in patients accessing routine HIV care. METHODS: Forty-nine consecutive plasma samples for which an original Trofile(TM) assay was performed were obtained from triple-class-experienced patients in need of a therapy change. Viral tropism was defined as the consensus of three or more tropism calls obtained from the combination of two independent population PTT assays (Trofile Biosciences, San Francisco, CA, USA, and Virco, Beerse, Belgium), population GTTs and GTTs based on ultra-deep sequencing. If no consensus was reached, a clonal PTT was performed in order to finalize the tropism call. This two-step approach allowed the definition of a reference tropism call. RESULTS: According to the reference tropism result, 35/49 samples were CCR5 tropic (R5) (patients eligible for maraviroc treatment) and 14/49 were assigned as non-R5 tropic. The non-R5 samples [patients not eligible for maraviroc treatment according to the FDA/European Medicines Agency (EMEA) label] group included both the CXCR4 (X4) samples and the dual and mixed CCR5/CXCR4 (R5/X4) samples. Compared with Trofile(TM) population PTTs, population GTTs showed a higher sensitivity (97%) and a higher negative predictive value (91%), but almost equal specificity and an equal positive predictive value. CONCLUSIONS: In line with recent reports from clinical trial data, our data support the use of population genotypic tropism testing as a tool for tropism determination before the start of maraviroc. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 47 (6 ULiège)
HIV-1 V3 envelope deep sequencing for clinical plasma specimens failing in phenotypic tropism assays.
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ABSTRACT : BACKGROUND : HIV-1 infected patients for whom standard gp160 phenotypic tropism testing failed are currently excluded from co-receptor antagonist treatment. To provide patients with maximal ... [more ▼]
ABSTRACT : BACKGROUND : HIV-1 infected patients for whom standard gp160 phenotypic tropism testing failed are currently excluded from co-receptor antagonist treatment. To provide patients with maximal treatment options, massively parallel sequencing of the envelope V3 domain, in combination with tropism prediction tools, was evaluated as an alternative tropism determination strategy. Plasma samples from twelve HIV-1 infected individuals with failing phenotyping results were available. The samples were submitted to massive parallel sequencing and to confirmatory recombinant phenotyping using a fraction of the gp120 domain. RESULTS : A cut-off for sequence reads interpretation of 5 to10 times the sequencing error rate (0.2%) was implemented. On average, each sample contained 7 different V3 haplotypes. V3 haplotypes were submitted to tropism prediction algorithms, and 4/14 samples returned with presence of a dual/mixed (D/M) tropic virus, respectively at 3%, 10%, 11%, and 95% of the viral quasispecies. V3 tropism prediction was confirmed by gp120 phenotyping, except for two out of 4 D/M predicted viruses (with 3 and 95%) which were phenotypically R5-tropic. In the first case, the result was discordant due to the limit of detection for the phenotyping technology, while in the latter case the prediction algorithms were not computing the viral tropism correctly. CONCLUSIONS : Although only demonstrated on a limited set of samples, the potential of the combined use of "deep sequencing + prediction algorithms" in cases where routine gp160 phenotype testing cannot be employed was illustrated. While good concordance was observed between gp120 phenotyping and prediction of R5-tropic virus, the results suggest that accurate prediction of X4-tropic virus would require further algorithm development. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 64 (14 ULiège)


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Student advocates gun rights, gets suspended
Church-affiliated university to require mental evaluation before return allowed
A Christian church-affiliated university in St. Paul, Minn., has suspended a student after he raised questions about the campus ban on concealed weapons, and is ordering him to have a mental health evaluation before he can resume his education.
The Hamline University case involves student Troy Scheffler, who, after the Virginia Tech massacre where a student shot and killed nearly three dozen others, suggested the killing spree might have been stopped if students had been allowed to carry concealed weapons.
"Questioning administrators on controversial topics isn't going to be a threat even if the conversation involves guns," Robert Shibley, vice president of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education told WND.
Scheffler turned to FIRE for help after his brief exchange of e-mails was followed by an invitation from the university to meet to discuss his concerns, and then a letter notifying him of his suspension before he could even respond to the request for a meeting.
The e-mails, according to the university were "deemed to be threatening and thus an alleged violation of the Hamline University Judicial Code," although Shipley said it was hard to see where school managers perceived a threat.
"That simply isn't manifested in the e-mails," Shibley told WND.
He said Scheffler remains on suspension under orders to undergo a "Mental Health Evaluation," conducted by someone approved by the school. "The University reserves the right to stipulate a specialization or certification," the school letter to Scheffler said. "Based on the evaluation, the University may require you to commit to a treatment plan as a condition for continued enrollment. You will be responsible for any cost incurred by the evaluation and/or treatment."
"He's refusing (to have the evaluation)," Shibley said of Scheffler. "They haven't justified to him, or to us, the need for a psychological evaluation. It's a very intrusive way to regulate someone's behavior or beliefs."
The university declined to discuss the situation with WND, but spokeswoman JacQueline Getty said FIRE "has inaccurately portrayed Hamline's interaction with one of its students.
"Fire has inflamed the details of this student's grievance with university policy, enacted to ensure the safety of our community. As we have already informed FIRE more than once, federal privacy laws that protect the rights of that student actually prevent the university of correcting each piece of FIRE's press release and articulating in detail what may have transpired with this student."
FIRE, however, noted it had a signed release from the student allowing the university to discuss the situation with FIRE.
The school did reveal to FIRE that "various members" of the Hamline community who had interaction with Scheffler also contributed to the decision, but it declined to provide any accusations, allegations, or complaints.
A subsequent letter from FIRE was met with a response from the university's lawyer, Rebecca J. Bernhard.
"Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP represents Hamline University. Hamline University has referred your correspondent to me. Please be advised that Hamline University received your September 17, 2007 letter clarifying FIRE's opinion on the matter of Mr. Scheffler's interim suspension. The University disagrees with your assessment of the situation, and stands by its decision…" she wrote.
Shibley suggested perhaps advocating for the ability to carry concealed weapons on campus "isn't a sign of bad mental health."
The e-mail exchange between Sheffler and the school started after the Virginia Tech attack. Scheffler wrote to David Stern, the school's vice president of student affairs, raising the issue of the allowing students to protect themselves, after Stern e-mailed the community offering "counseling" following the shootings.
"Considering this university also pushes 'diversity' initiatives like VA Tech, maybe its 'leadership' will reconsider its ban on conceal carry law abiding gun owners … Ironically, according to a few VA Tech forums, there are plenty of students complaining that this wouldnt (sic) have happened if the school wouldnt (sic) have banned their permits a few months ago…," Sheffler wrote.
"I just dont (sic) understand why leftists dont (sic) understand that criminals dont (sic) care about laws; that is [why] they're criminals…," he said.
"Considering that accoriding (sic) to the university president that there were recently serious 'hate crimes' that were committed in the womens bathrooms; there may be people on the edge ready to snap. I cant (sic) say I blame them, I myself am tired of having to pay my own extremely overpriced tuition to make up for minorities not paying theirs," he said.
"Hamline's punishment of Troy Scheffler is severe, unfair, and apparently unwarranted," said Greg Lukianoff, FIRE president. "Peacefully advocate for students' ability to carry a concealed weapon as a response to the Virginia Tech shootings may be controversial, but it simply does not justify ordering a mandatory psychological evaluation."
A short time after Stern's e-mail Linda Hanson, Hamline's president, sent another e-mail out, and again Scheffler responded:
"I was wondering why a swastika painted by some frustrated ladies in their bathroom turned somehow into red flags of a hate crime but you dont (sic) consider an asian (sic) guy admittedly killing people because he hated them not hate motivated… Anyhow, in response to your most recent email concerning a vigil for people most likely nobody in the school knows; I would like to comment on your claims of upped 'security'. I attend a MPLS cohort so I dont (sic) see any security in the area ever. Infact (sic) it seems the dirty bums on the street are the only ones patrolling anything. I would suggest if you are truly concerned about student security, you lift a ridiculous conceal carry campus ban and let the students worry about their own 'security'," he wrote.
"VA Tech just recently passed their conceal carry permit ban; we can all see how well that worked for criminal minds…," he said.
He went on to suggest that the attacker probably wouldn't even have attempted the atrocity "if we didnt (sic) pay for everybody and their mother to come here for free to soak u tuition funds but also that by knowing law abiding citizens carried weapons to defend themselves that criminals wouldnt (sic) be so bold to commit crimes against them…"
He also criticized the "wanton misrepresentation" of the United Methodist Church-affiliated school because of its "atheist professors" and charges that its diversity policies are anti-"white folks."
Hanson responded to Scheffler about his "concerns" about "concealed weapons, diversity and financial issues."
"We are always interested in the concerns of students and suggest that you meet with some of our university personnel to discuss your views," she wrote. "If you will provide us with 2-3 times on Monday or Tuesday of next week when you are available to meet, we will arrange an opportunity."
That was on a Friday, FIRE said. On the following Monday, a courier delivered a letter to Scheffler at his home ordering him to remain away from the campus because of his "interim suspension."
The letter, from Alan Sickbert, dean of students, said he was accused of violating the campus ban on "physical abuse, verbal or written threat, intimidation, harassment, coercion, sexual violence, and any conduct, which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person."
Sickbert said in the letter Scheffler would have to have arrange for, pay for and have the mental health evaluation as well as release the results to the "dean of students (or designee)," have an interview to review the results and then be subject to a decision by Sickbert on his future at the university.
"Approval to return may include specific conditions and/or requirements for continued enrollment," the letter said. Even if the suspension would be lifted, "we will determine if further judicial action is required."
FIRE's letter to the school expressed its grave concern "about the danger to freedom of speech and due process" in the case.
"Because Scheffler's e-mails sent on April 17 and April 19 do not meet the legal standard of a 'threat,' FIRE asks that you lift the 'interim suspension' against Scheffler and forego the mandatory mental evaluation…"
"While Hamline's overreaction to Scheffler's e-mails was doubtless prompted by a reaction to the Virginia Tech shootings, it is important that administrators not let an understandable amount of apprehension lead to an abridgement of liberty for peaceful, law-abiding students."
"The First Amendment permits the prohibition only of 'true threats,' which the United States Supreme Court has held are 'those statements where the speaker means to communicate a serious expression of an intent to commit an act of unlawful violence…'" FIRE told the school.
"While Hamline, as a private university, is not directly bound by the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech, like most universities advancing a liberal education, Hamline is ostensibly committed to free expression," the letter continued, citing the schools' policy of freedom of expression.
That states, "Hamline students and student organizations are free to examine and discuss all questions of interest to them and to express opinions publicly and privately."
The order for the evaluation, FIRE said, "seeks to assess his political opinions, implying that an outspoken advocate for Second Amendment rights or a critique of 'white privilege' doctrine is somehow mentally unstable.
"Does Hamline really wish to operate a system of campus discipline in which conclusions are made prior to evaluation of the facts or where evaluations of the facts requires that students subject themselves to intrusive psychological evaluations to be judged by campus administrators?" FIRE asked.
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R/K Fan Encounter in Paris
@AnnieMary83 So Saturday night/sunday morning at 4am, my friend and i are at the hotel (good thing that it the week end)anyway, we wait and wait... 5:30 am still nothing. i decide to smoke a last cig and i'll go home, they wont come, or maybe they're already inside, sleeping... buuuut i hear footsteps behind me, and ppl talking english, i turn my head and BAM THE SHOCK! HBG, John and another guy are walking toward me, and right behind them...OUR BBS !! Yep, while we were expecting them in a car, i see them taking a walk in Paris' streets at 6am!! Anyway they keep walking toward me, i look at them and all i can do is to wishper "awwwwww i love you guys", of course they hear me and smile. They pass by me, i watch them from behind, and im like "awww aawwww awwwww" and they're inside the hotel. And im dead !! They were holding each other sooo tight.They were walking "arm in arm". His arm was on her shoulder, she had her arm around his waist, he was holding her sooo close, she was sooo tiny, and perfect in his arms!! he was leaned toward her so their heads were touching and i think their were holding hands with their free hand !!! that why i "awwwww"ed !! it was SUPER CUTE!! It was wonderful to see them walking like a "normal couple" without having to run from papz. I will forever remeber this !!
@QueenKingfish apparently they went to resaurant and then 3 different clubs. And the last one they were in is at 10 min walk from their hotel.
So this time i met Kristen, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. And of course Rob. The first time i met RK together was saturday around 10pm i think when the left the hotel. Everything went really fast. A lot of papz were there...
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Enrico Donati (b. 1909) is perhaps the last living Surrealist artist closely associated with the movement's acknowledged leader, André Breton. He was a key figure in the community of European expatriate artists in World War II–era New York. This exhibition recreates the extraordinary assemblage of objects in the artist's New York studio.
The cool glamour, spare elegance, and iconic style of the late Mrs. Thomas L. Kempner, one of the most renowned members of the Best-Dressed List's Hall of Fame, is celebrated through a selection of her favorite designers and couture ensembles.
The extraordinary 30-year career of Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948) is celebrated in this retrospective of more than 100 luminous photographs, made from 1976 to the present. This presentation, in an installation designed by Sugimoto, constitutes the first major survey of Sugimoto's oeuvre.
The de Young presents an exhibition of the work of Peter Max in conjunction with the community celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love. The exhibition features fifty works by Max. As a prolific, multi-dimensional artist and Pop art icon, Max continues to create colorful paintings and posters. The psychedelic imagery, bright color palette, and "Cosmic '60s style" of his works express the spirit of the Summer of Love.
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Contemporary artist Michael Arcega reinterprets the Oceanic collections at the de Young with Homing Pidgin, a Collection Connections exhibition. Arcega is known for sculpture and installations that revolve around language, a subject he dealt with early in his life when his family emigrated from the Philippines to California. At the de Young, he shows common Oceanic objects that have become altered after frequent interactions with Western culture. He compares this phenomenon to the pidgin languages (dialects that blend Western and Oceanic words) spoken throughout Oceania.
Louise Nevelson's life (1899–1988) and work are a story in sculpture. The story is a weaving together and intermingling of several histories: her personal history as a woman artist, the history of Jewish migration to this country, and the history of 20th-century art, including major movements such as Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Minimalism.
Renowned Santa Fe collector Sandy Besser has assembled an extraordinary array of objects in almost every conceivable medium. This exhibition features a selection of his finest objects, drawn from three major collection areas.
This exhibition features selected masterpieces from the Fine Arts Museums' extraordinary collection of Turkmen carpets and tent trappings from Central Asia. More than 40 examples are on view in the Textile Gallery, almost all given to the Museums in the past twenty years by four major donors: H.T.


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About Time
We all wish we could go back in time. Remember that time you said something stupid and hurt someone's feelings? Or that time you stumbled over your words while talking to the prettiest girl you've ever met? Or when tragedy struck a friend or family member? What if you could go back and do it all again, changing those moments for the better? That's the premise behind "About Time," the latest film from Richard Curtis, the writer and director of 2003's romance hit, "Love Actually." What's explored here isn't exactly new ground, but the way it's handled is positively exquisite. If 2009's "The Time Traveler's Wife" is an example of how not to tackle similar themes, "About Time" is the exact opposite. It nails it to a degree few films that explore life and love do, making it one of the best and most emotionally affecting movies of the year.
Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) has just turned 21. Aside from the expectations the monumental birthday brings, his life seems pretty normal, but his father (Bill Nighy) is about to change it drastically. It turns out that all men in his family have had an extraordinary ability. They can actually go back in time. All it takes is a dark, secluded room and some concentration and they can be whisked off to any place they're thinking of, with a couple caveats: they can't go forward in time, only back, and they can only revisit places they've already been and change events they've already experienced. This unique ability gives the otherwise timid and introverted Tim a chance to try new things without consequence. Eventually, he ends up in London working a boring job at a law firm, but one night, he meets Mary (Rachel McAdams) and he immediately falls in love.
The story that follows is one of both utter joy and inescapable sadness. It's one that explores the craziness of life and the hopelessness that one finds when they realize that some things simply can't be changed. Even with this power, Tim finds that when one thing is fixed, another is broken. It's a movie that acknowledges that life is messy and it sometimes isn't going to play out the way you want it to, but it also stops to see its beauty. Throughout his time twisting journey, Tim realizes that happiness isn't in fixing life's stumbles, but in embracing them. But perhaps more than anything, he learns that the true key to happiness is simply in living and not taking for granted this wonderful and magical ride we've all been granted, in noticing the little things and not letting precious moments pass you by.
While these life lessons are hardly revelatory, they're handled with the utmost care, turning what could easily be an overdose of cheese into something that's truly beautiful and easy to embrace and understand. All but those who have led the easiest of lives will be able to connect to the raw emotion presented here. Much of this success comes from the technical expertise in its crafting. "About Time" is a beautiful film to watch, with one of its few downsides being an unnecessarily shaky camera. The camera is so uncomfortable wonky at times that it's difficult to even see the emotion on the character's faces, particularly in an early scene when Tim's walking home after meeting Mary, his elation barely registering because of it. While such shakiness can add to a more hectic movie, it doesn't fit this film's generally calm demeanor.
But what really makes "About Time" work is its performances. Bill Nighy is as charming as ever and Domhnall Gleeson proves his chops after working in side roles in films like "Dredd" and "Harry Potter," but it's the lovely Rachel McAdams that really shines here. She's one of the most likable and beautiful actresses working today, but she is normalized here. Her hair is occasionally off kilter, her dresses a bit nerdy and her overall beauty is toned down, but it's her charisma that makes it work. When Tim runs into his first love, who by all accounts is a much prettier and physically desirable woman, one night in London and she invites him to her place, he turns her down and rushes back home to Mary. There's an unexplainable connection he feels with her, but we get it. McAdams creates in Mary the girl all guys want to bring home to their parents.
"About Time" is admittedly a little rough around the edges, particularly in its clumsy handling of its numerous side characters like Tim's perpetually unhappy playwright friend, Harry, played by the criminally underused Tom Hollander, but those rough edges are minor when compared to the joy that encompasses them. This film is relatable to anyone who has ever made a mistake they wish they could fix, anyone who stumbled over their words when trying to explain to their crush how much they cared for them and anyone who has lived through life's sad inevitabilities. "About Time" may be too sentimental for some to handle, but the romantically inclined won't want to miss it.
About Time receives 4.5/5


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The Coalition Government has responded to the Constitution Committee's report on the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill.
Mon, 28/02/2011
Equality Impact Assessment for the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
Fri, 07/01/2011
In elections to the House of Commons, an individual is elected from a Parliamentary constituency to serve as the Member of Parliament. This can be done either by the current voting system known as First Past The Post (FPTP), or by the Alternative Vote (AV) system. This note describes the operation of the two systems.
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The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister set out the Coalition's programme of policies over the next five years to "rebuild the economy, unlock social mobility, mend the political system and give people the power to call the shots over the decisions that affect their lives". This information includes the Programme for Government and Agreement for stability and reform.
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British police said they would review accusations of sexual misconduct made against a former official of the coalition's Liberal Democrats, intensifying a scandal that threatens to overwhelm the party ahead of a by-election.
Detectives from London's police force will consider whether "criminal activity" took place relating to the allegations of sexual impropriety made against the party's former chief executive Chris Rennard, the Metropolitan Police Service said.
Rennard, a member of parliament's upper house, denies the allegations, but has stood down from party duties while they are investigated.
The furore comes at a difficult moment for the party following the resignation of a former cabinet minister Chris Huhne this month after he admitted asking his then wife to accept a penalty for a speeding offence he had committed.
A local election to replace Huhne takes place this Thursday, with the Liberal Democrats, below 10 percent in national opinion polls, fighting a close battle with their Conservative coalition partners for the seat.
The Liberal Democrats' stumbling response to the reports that Rennard inappropriately touched female party members and activists several years ago has put it on the back foot since they emerged in a television news report last week.
Liberal Democrat President Tim Farron, in an apparent criticism of party leader Nick Clegg, said the party had "screwed this up".
Conservative-supporting newspapers have leapt on the crisis, putting Clegg, who serves as deputy prime minister, on the spot after he appeared to change his position on when and how much he knew about the allegations.
The Daily Mail accused Clegg of a cover-up after he disclosed he had been aware of "indirect and non-specific concerns" about Rennard in 2008.
Clegg denied hushing up the matter, saying his chief of staff had gone to Rennard at the time to put the concerns to him along with the warning that such behaviour was "wholly unacceptable".
"It is wrong ... to suggest that we could have acted further given that we didn't have specific allegations five years ago. We have them now. That's why we will act," Clegg told Sky News.
The party has now announced two internal inquiries, one into how the party handled the allegations, and another into the allegations themselves.
"We don't want there to be any no-go areas. If there are things which are criminal they need to pursued," party deputy leader Simon Hughes told Sky News.Last Mod: 26 Şubat 2013, 16:11


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This document provides an overview of Multipath TCP (MPTCP), its impact on flow inspection, and the Cisco products that are and are not affected by it.
Hosts connected to the Internet or within a data center environment are often connected by multiple paths. However, when TCP is used for data transport, communication is restricted to a single network path. It is possible that some paths between the two hosts are congested, whereas alternate paths are underutilized. A more efficient use of network resources is possible if these multiple paths are used concurrently. In addition, the use of multiple connections enhances the user experience, because it provides higher throughput and improved resilience against network failures.
MPTCP is a set of extensions to regular TCP that enables a single data flow to be separated and carried across multiple connections. Refer to RFC6824: TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses for more information.
As shown in this diagram, MPTCP is able to separate the 9mbps flow into three different sub-flows on the sender node, which is subsequently aggregated back into the original data flow on the receiving node.
The data that enters the MPTCP connection acts exactly as it does through a regular TCP connection; the transmitted data has guaranteed and in-order delivery. Since MPTCP adjusts the network stack and operates within the transport layer, it is used transparently by the application.
MPTCP uses TCP options in order to negotiate and orchestrate the separation and reassembly of data over the multiple sub-flows. TCP option 30 is reserved by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for exclusive use by MPTCP. Refer to Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Parameters for more information. In the establishment of a regular TCP session, a MP_CAPABLE option is included in the initial synchronize (SYN) packet. If the responder supports and chooses to negotiate MPTCP, it also responds with the MP_CAPABLE option in the SYN-acknowledge (ACK) packet. The keys exchanged within this handshake are used in the future in order to authenticate the joining and removal of other TCP sessions into this MPTCP flow.
When deemed necessary, Host-A might initiate additional sub-flows sourced from a different interface or address to Host-B. As with the initial sub-flow, TCP options are used in order to indicate the desire to merge this sub-flow with the other sub-flow. The keys that are exchanged within the initial sub-flow establishment (along with a hashing algorithm) are used by Host-B in order to confirm that the join request is indeed sent by Host-A. The secondary sub-flow 4-tuple (source IP, destination IP, source Port, and destination Port) is different than that of the primary sub-flow; this flow might take a different path through the network.
Host-A has multiple interfaces, and it is possible that Host-B has multiple network connections. Host-B learns about addresses A1 and A2 implicitly as a result of Host-A sourcing sub-flows from each of its addresses destined to B1. It is possible that Host-B advertises its additional address (B2) to Host-A so that other sub-flows are made to B2. This is completed via the TCP option 30. As shown in this diagram, Host-B advertises its secondary address (B2) to Host-A, and two additional sub-flows are created. Because MPTCP operates above the Network layer of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) stack, the IP addresses advertised can be IPv4, IPv6, or both. It is possible that some of the sub-flows are transported by IPv4 simultaneously as other sub-flows are transported by IPv6.
A data stream given to MPTCP by the application must be segmented and distributed across the multiple sub-flows by the sender. It then must be reassembled into the single data stream before it is delivered back to the application.
MPTCP inspects the performance and latency of each sub-flow, and dynamically adjusts the distribution of data in order to gain the highest aggregate throughput. During data transfer, the TCP header option includes information about the MPTCP sequence/acknowledgement numbers, the current sub-flow sequence/acknowledgement number, and a checksum.
Many security devices might zero-out or replace unknown TCP headers with a No Option (NOOP) value. If the network device does this to the TCP SYN packet on the initial sub-flow, the MP_CAPABLE advertisement is removed. As a result, it appears to the server that the client does not support MPTCP, and it reverts to normal TCP operation.
If the header is preserved and MPTCP is able to establish multiple sub-flows, in-line packet analysis by network devices might not function reliably. This is because only portions of the data flow are carried over to each sub-flow. The effect of protocol inspection upon MPTCP might vary from nothing to full disruption of service. The effect varies based on what and how much data is inspected. Packet analysis might include firewall Application Layer Gateway (ALG or fixup), Network Address Translation (NAT) ALG, Application Visibility and Control (AVC), or Network Based Application Recognition (NBAR). If application inspection is required in your environment, it is recommended that clearing of TCP option 30 is enabled.
If the flow cannot be inspected due to encryption or if the protocol is unknown, then the inline device should have no impact on the MPTCP flow.
These products are impacted by MPTCP:
Each product is described in detail in subsequent sections of this document.
By default, the Cisco ASA firewall replaces unsupported TCP options, which include the MPTCP option 30, with the NOOP option (option 1). In order to permit the MPTCP option, use this configuration:
tcp-map my-mptcp
tcp-options range 30 30 allow
class-map my-tcpnorm
match any
policy-map my-policy-map
class my-tcpnorm
set connection advanced-options my-mptcp
service-policy my-policy-map global
The ASA supports inspection of many protocols. The effect that the inspection engine might have on the application varies. It is recommended that, if inspection is required, the TCP-map described previously is NOT applied.
CX Versions 18.104.22.168 and later permit the MPTCP option, if the ASA is configured in order to allow it. CX software versions prior to Version 126.96.36.199 remove the MPTCP option.
CX, when configured for SSL decryption, acts as a full-session proxy. As a result, it impersonates the SSL server when it communicates to the client, and also impersonates the client when it communicates to the SSL server. Since the CX terminates the two TCP connections, it does not use MPTCP, and operations revert to normal TCP operations.
The Cisco IPS product alerts on signature 1306/0 when the TCP option 30 is seen in the TCP SYN. Because the signature belongs in the normalizer class, it does nothing in promisicious mode. It is possible to edit the signature in order to remove option 30 from the trigger conditions. This prevents the signature from matching.
CBAC does not remove the TCP headers from the TCP stream. MPTCP builds a connection through the firewall.
ZBF does not remove the TCP headers from the TCP stream. MPTCP builds a connection through the firewall.
By default, the ACE device strips TCP options from the TCP connections. The MPTCP connection falls back to regular TCP operations.
The ACE device might be configured in order to allow the TCP options via the tcp-options command, as described in the Configuring How the ACE Handles TCP Options section of the Security Guide vA5(1.0), Cisco ACE Application Control Engine. However, this is not always recommended, because the secondary sub-flows might be balanced to different real-servers, and the join fails.
Cloud Web Security acts as a Layer-7 proxy. Whether you use the Web Security Appliance (WSA) or Cisco ScanSafe Towers, the client terminates its TCP connection at the proxy. Because the servers do not support the MPTCP options, the connection acts as a regular TCP connection.
The workaround to address the problem is to configure the ScanSafe connector in order to prevent a redirect of MPTCP flows to ScanSafe. When MPTCP flows are bypassed, the ScanSafe connector retrieves the content directly from the originally-requested web server without contacting ScanSafe. For more information, refer to the Bypassing Scanning on the IS section on page 12 of the Cisco ISR Web Security with Cisco ScanSafe Solution Guide.
Generally, any device that does not inspect TCP flows or Layer-7 information does not alter the TCP headers, and as a result should be transparent to MPTCP. These devices might include:


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Some here live MLK legacy along with celebrating it
Marchers could total 100,000.
Close to 100,000 people are expected to converge on the East Side today to honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr. in what's believed to be the largest march of its kind in the nation.
They'll carry signs of peace, shout slogans for a multitude of causes and sing old protest songs from a civil rights struggle waged before some of them were born.
Among them will be those for whom promoting equality and social justice is a daily avocation.
Amy Casso will be out there. An analyst for La Fe Policy Research and Education Center, she works on programs to empower people, including one that helps West Side seniors organize and advocate for themselves. She studies policy and keeps an eye on legislative agendas that affect health care, immigration and the poor.
Tanya Garduno will be in the crowd, too. As an organizer for the Southwest Workers Union, she's used to hitting the pavement to get low-income people registered to vote, informed and to the polls.
Lindsey Logan won't be marching here. The juvenile probation officer stationed at Sam Houston High School will be at President Barack Obama's inauguration, shepherding a group of East Side teens to see the nation's first African American president take his second oath of office.
Casso's family of migrant farm workers from South Texas settled in Salem, Ore. Though never a field worker herself, "we were very connected to struggle," she said, and her work today is informed by being part of "a family that was economically insecure and wanting to do better."
One of her "aha!" moments came in college when she saw farmworker camps that "hadn't changed since my mother was in them," and Casso became a community organizer. But she soon recognized that decisions are made at the policy level, "and we're not there, nor do we have the resources or the tools to get there."
Being in today's crowd allows reflection on King's legacy "but the real hard work" happens every day, she said.
Garduno is a self-professed "anchor baby" whose parents immigrated from Mexico.
"I grew up crossing the border," she said. "At a young age, I understood the issues. My family in Mexico is poor. We were still poor here, but the difference in poverty is real. I grew up understanding the difference."
"It's a San Antonio story," Garduno said: Her father gained U.S. citizenship under a Reagan-era amnesty program, and her mother became a citizen last year.
In college in Oakland, Calif., she was involved in immigration marches, organizing students. Back home, she volunteered for the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Fuerza Unida and Southwest Workers, in which she landed a job.
Headquartered on the East Side, its website describes it as a grass-roots, membership-based organization that works for social change from the bottom up. Garduno's work includes engaging people — immigrants included — in the political process from school board meetings on up.
She loves the annual march but admits, "I kind of hate it, too," because for too many participants, it's the only time they go to the East Side, once predominantly African American and now more Latino.
Too few of the companies that promote themselves at the event have stores in the area, Garduno added, and she hopes marchers notice "the lack of investment by the city on the East Side."
Logan, the probation officer, was born into a middle-class family that afforded her many opportunities. She has supervised juveniles in the criminal justice system as young as 10. Her charges at Sam Houston are between 15 and 17.
"My dream right now is to save a juvenile," she said. "When I say 'save them,' I mean get them to experience something they haven't thought of, like college."
"Generally, these kids come from the East Side," Logan said. "There's indigence, lack of education, gang activity and violence. Sometimes, that's all they know. My job is to show them the opposite."
She has a lot of hope for them, especially today. Four of "her kids," all of them in the Claude and ZerNona Black youth leadership project, will be with her to see and hear Obama take his oath.
"I'll be looking at these kids experience history," Logan said.
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One of the World Food Programme's main priorities is to strengthen communities so that individuals can support themselves and their families. Through its Food-for-Training activities, WFP provides food rations to encourage community members to participate in training that teaches practical vocational skills, such as literacy or tailoring. In Bossaso, in northern Somalia, women are learning how to tie dye cloth and make woven goods – skills that will stand them in good stead as they seek to rebuild their lives after fleeing their homes elsewhere because of conflict.
BOSSASO – In a courtyard at the GDA centre in the port town of Bossaso, women ululate and sing as they pull brilliant pieces of cloth out of a boiling cauldron, then rinse them and hang them on a clothes line to dry.
Despite the gruelling afternoon heat in this corner of Puntland, there is a buzz of energy and a feeling of easy camaraderie among the women, who will make dresses and other items from the tie-dyed cloth. After the course, they hope to be able to use their new skills to start small businesses and support themselves and their families.
The GDA centre is one of many vocational training projects that are supported, in part, by the World Food Programme (WFP), under its Food-for-Training initiative in Somalia.
WFP distributes monthly food rations or food vouchers for families when an individual enrolls in literacy or vocational skills courses.
"Most of the women here are internally displaced persons (IDPs), who have fled from violence in other parts of Somalia. Many are widowed and have no means of supporting their families. They are learning a number of skills, including tailoring and making handicrafts, which will enable them to gain employment or be self-employed," said Sadia Abdisalam, the manager of the centre.
"Everything you see on display has been made by these women," she added, waving towards the woven baskets and other items on display throughout the busy, chatter-filled centre.
"After completing the course, some of the ladies have stayed on to become teachers while others set up their own small businesses," she said.
Empowering the most vulnerable
The food assistance received by the women on the course acts as a temporary safety net while they learn new skills that will make them self-reliant.
"WFP is supporting 12,842 individuals in 76 centres that offer different kinds of training, including literacy and numeracy courses, in the 19 districts of Puntland," said Rumbidzai Chitombi, WFP's programme officer in Bossaso.
According to Chitombi, many of the students enrolled in these centres have never been to school before and never benefitted from any kind of structured learning.
"The concept behind Food for Training is to empower the most vulnerable people and give them income-generating skills. Most of the people who attend the centres that WFP supports are from poor families and would not otherwise have the opportunity to learn these skills," she said.
Siraad Sharif lives in theAbsame B IDP camp in Bossaso. She enrolled at the GDA centre when other women from the camp told her the classes were free.
"I have nothing here [in Bossaso]. I am like a refugee and I have to start anew. I am learning how to make tie-dye dresses so that I'll be able to start a small business and, god willing, be able to provide for my children. We are thankful for this opportunity," she said
The GDA centre has been operational since 2011. The items produced by the women, including beakers, wall ornaments and tie-dye dresses, are very popular and receive good prices, said Abdisalam.
"After the sales, profit is shared among the students on a rotational basis: each month, one participant will get a lump sum. That way, the money received is substantial enough for families to invest in other things, or in business," she said.


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Mike Vallone told me that as soon as his dad gets off campus from the graduation, he is using his ceremoney to throw a huge keg party.
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A 10-year coaching veteran, Bento served as the program's recruiting coordinator as well as worked with the Orangewomen perimeter players and opponent scouting. In her four seasons at Syracuse, Bento coached two perimeter players who were invited to the WNBA pre-draft camp and one player who was invited to the USA Junior World Championship trials in Colorado Springs, Colo. Additionally, Bento's most recent recruiting class was ranked 15th by the All-Star Girls Reports.
"Santa Clara has a great tradition of success in women's basketball and I am confident that Michelle is the right person to lead our program" said Athletic Director Cheryl L. Levick upon Bento's hiring. "She is highly-qualified and prepared to be a head coach. She played a major role in helping Syracuse established a track record of success in the highly-competitive Big East Conference. With her recruiting ties to both the East and West coasts, she should be able to continue to attract top quality talent to our program."
Bento, who helped guide the Big East Conference all-star team to a 6-0 record in a summer tour of Germany in 2001, inherits a program that lost two seniors from a squad that went 21-10 last season and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in five seasons.
"I am very excited about the opportunity to lead the Santa Clara women's basketball program," said Bento, who helped lead Syracuse to three wins over top-25 teams and its first NCAA Tournament berth in 14 seasons last season. "I grew up following Santa Clara and was recruited by (former SCU coach) Ken Thompson out of high school. Now, I am ecstatic to have the opportunity to come in and help take an already successful program to the next level. I could not ask for a better situation with such a great group of players returning and having the chance to return home to the Bay Area."
A 1992 graduate of Fresno State with a degree in physical education, Bento spent the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater where she coached the perimeter players, served as scouting coordinator and directed the strength and conditioning program. She also supervised academic progress.
Prior to returning to coaching at her alma mater, Bento spent one season as a graduate assistant and two seasons as a full-time assistant at San Jose State University. Bento also served as the head girls' varsity softball coach at Lynbrook High School in San Jose, Calif. in 1994.
As a player at Fresno State, Bento helped the Bulldogs basketball team to an appearance in the NIT in 1990, and was team captain and MVP of the 1991 squad. In addition, Bento played on the Fresno State softball team, and was named to the College World Series All-Tournament team in 1992. In the spring of 2000, Bento was invited to the WNBA Pre-Draft Camp in Chicago.


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By Katina Caraganis
SHIRLEY -- Selectmen on Friday morning accepted the resignation of Chief Administrative Officer David Berry, effective March 31.
Selectmen Dave Swain and Kendra Dumont emerged from an executive session to say they had voted to accept Berry's resignation. Andy Deveau, who was on the board and supported Berry, has resigned from the board and his spot has not been filled.
Selectmen asked Berry in January to resign, but when he told selectmen he would not, they began to draw up charges to fire him. Berry had a "just cause" clause in his contract that the town could execute if they deemed Berry was not measuring up.
Berry was placed on administrative leave by selectmen earlier this year, and he will use the remainder of his vacation time between now and the date his resignation becomes effective.
He was hired in 2010 to replace interim Town Administrator Ron Marchetti, who was filling in for the town after the arrest and firing of Kyle Keady.
Keady was arrested on a slew of wiretapping and other charges.
Swain previously said he felt that because Berry had not been an effective manager, he and the other members of the board had enough reason to execute the clause.
"You're never happy when you have to accept someone's resignation, but that's how this played out," Swain said after Friday's meeting.
That next step, Swain said, could be working with the Massachusetts Municipal Association to hire an interim administrator.
Dumont said she did not sign on to Berry's contract because she could not support spending $90,000 on Berry's salary, and she's happy at this outcome.
"We're happy to have come to an amicable resolution," she said. "I'm glad that Dave (Berry) could admit this was not the best option for the town anymore."
Swain, who did vote for Berry to be hired, said that situations like this are never easy, but it's what had to be done.
"I don't regret the decision. I thought we'd be getting more from him than we actually got in the end," he said.
Berry attended Friday morning's executive session but left before the meeting was adjourned. Messages left at his Lexington home were not returned Friday.
Selectmen did not convene the meeting in open session before going into executive session, as is required by the Open Meeting Law. They also did not announce the reason for the executive session before they went behind closed doors, although their posted notice of the meeting stated they would be going into executive session under Section 21 (1) -- which includes discussion of a dismissal of an employee.
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The newest season of "Hard Knocks" will follow a club that got knocked around quite a bit a season ago.
The Atlanta Falcons will be profiled by HBO's "Hard Knocks," the annual summer documentary that follows one NFL team through training camp and the preseason, the club said Thursday.
The Falcons have never before been selected for "Hard Knocks," which enters its ninth season. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the club "volunteered" to be on the show.
"We are excited about the opportunity to give our fans a behind the scenes look at what it takes to prepare an NFL team for the rigors of a 16-game regular season and beyond," Falcons owner Arthur Blank said Thursday in a team-issued statement.
The Falcons are seeking to bounce back after a disastrous 4-12 campaign in 2013. The club had made the postseason the previous three seasons and went all the way to the NFL title game in 2012.


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Conselho Indigena de Roraima (CIR) or Indigenous Council of Roraima –The work of the CIR is directed primarily to the demarcation of indigenous lands in Roraima and its approval (32 total). Special attention is given to the following areas: education, health and self-sustainability.
CIR is one of the most respected indigenous organizations in Brazil and is a founding member of COIAB (Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon). The Council maintains strong links and partnerships with governments and non governmental organizations from all over the world. The main results of the organization were the liberation of indigenous farmers from oppression, the affirmation of cultural identities of different peoples and territories.
One of the partnerships consolidated by the organization in recent years is with the Federal Government, through an agreement with FUNASA (National Health Foundation) for primary health care in 235 villages in the Eastern Health District of Roraima.
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GREENSBORO � Greensboro Dudley battled from behind for most of the game but led when it counted against Southern Alamance, using overtime to defeat the Patriots 67-61 in the semifinals of the Metro Conference Tournament for girls� basketball Thursday night.
�I talked to the girls, I said, �We�ve missed about 10 free throws in a row,� � Greensboro Dudley coach Frank McNeil said. �We could have been up by a large margin if we hit our free throws. We finished 10 of 26, but when our free throws and shots are not falling, we have to pick up the defense and pick up easy baskets. Our team started playing defense and we ended up on top. (Shaylen) Burnett is a wonderful player though. She works hard, she plays hard and that�s a good basketball team.�
Burnett kept the Patriots in the game early as she finished with 22 points, 13 of them in the first half. Burnett wasn�t part of the action though when it mattered most: The last 1:54 of the fourth quarter and the four minutes of overtime.
The guard picked up quick fouls late in the quarter that forced her to be the team�s loudest cheerleader from the bench. When Burnett was called for the foul, O�Neill said he knew the importance of the Patriots main threat having to watch the rest of the game.
�(Essence) Abraham was the key,� McNeil said. �She looked at me and said �Coach, put me in.� That tells me the player is up to the challenge. She made Burnett play a little bit faster than she wanted to and ultimately got her to foul out.�
Having departed leading 53-52, Hollie Boggs and Kelsey Durham picked up the slack for the Patriots as Boggs knocked down two free throws with 42.7 seconds left, then Durham hit the game-typing free throw with 15 seconds to go in regulation.
With the ball and a 56-56 tie, O�Neill put the ball in Makala Rouse�s hands in hopes of finding a buzzer beater. Rouse drove the lane, but her layup came just short of the rim as the buzzer sounded.
Without their leading scorer for overtime, the Patriots relied on Boggs to carry the load. The Panthers knew that, clamping down and jumping out to a quick lead in the extra session.
Having to watch the remainder of the game next to her coaches, Burnett said she was proud of the way her teammates stepped up.
�We all shared the ball, but my teammates stepped up when I fouled out,� she said. �They took over the game and I was just cheering for them. They played well.�
Though Boggs, who finished with 17 points, knocked down a desperation 3-pointer at the end of overtime, Greensboro Dudley had begun the celebration.
�We set up our schedule throughout the season for situations like this,� McNeil said. �We have a quick turnaround. We�re capable of being ready, though. We just have to be willing to step up to the challenge.�
The Panthers will turn around quickly to get set for the Metro Conference title game at 6 tonight. against Greensboro Page.
�Our girls said they wanted Page and we�re going to play Page,� McNeil said. �We�ll be ready for them.�
Though visibly upset following the game, Southern Alamance coach Chris Miller was proud of the way his team played.
�We played great,� Miller said. �That�s one hell of a team, even in overtime when I was down three starters. I can�t ask any more from our girls than what we got. Our girls played their tails off.�
The Patriots have the Class 4-A state playoffs on the horizon, starting Monday.
�We�re going to go to practice (today) when the bell rings at 3:30,� he said. �... This team has played their tails off the whole year and I don�t expect them to stop now.�


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Dialogue and Mediation
Dialogue and Mediation Skills (HS 240A)
Fall 2014
Thursday 2:00-4:50 pm
Theodore Johnson
This course teaches dialogue and mediation skills that are particularly designed for work in the field of intercommunal conflict. A practitioner who is skilled in such work at both local and international levels will teach this course.
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This recipe was adapted from a cookbook a friend gave me, 'Journey into Cooking', by Maria Gray. It's even an autographed copy. There is more content in this book than any illustrated, commercial cookbook has nowadays, with 270 pages with 1-4 recipes per page.
Next time you go to the bookstore or Amazon.com to purchase the next celebrity chef's new cookbook, go to the bargain section and look for an old-school, un-illustrated, un-trendy cookbook someone cared to pass on to you. You'll find treasures.
Italian Meatballs (serves 8-10)
- 1 lb. ground pork
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup real bread crumbs (bread torn by hand)
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/2 small onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 2 Tbsp. fresh basil, chopped
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 cup processed bread crumbs
- 1 Tbsp. Italian seasoning
- 4 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 quart tomato sauce
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Soak real bread crumbs in a cup of milk.
2) In large bowl, mix all ingredients except tomato sauce together. If you're not afraid to get dirty, use your hands to mix. It is finished mixing when you get that springy, bouncy texture from the meatball mixture.
3) Gently shape meatball mixture into balls (little smaller than golf ball size), but do not handle them much, or they will be very tough after baking.
4) Cook sauce in pot over low heat. Lightly drizzle olive oil to grease 2 cookie sheets. Bake for 20 minutes, turning over once.
5) Spoon into sauce, simmer for 5 minutes – 1 hour. Serve over pasta.
– 1/4 cup sour cream instead of 1/3 cup milk
– The longer the meatballs simmer in the sauce, the more it enhances the flavor/saltiness. You may want to add a little more salt to the meatball mixture if you don't want them to cook in the sauce for a long time.


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Talking Tech: Slacker face lift dials in more listeners
Online radio's Slacker revamped and remodeled its music service--a Talking Tech preview.
LOS ANGELES — Being No. 3 isn't such a bad deal for Slacker.
The online radio service — with 35 million registered users, way behind industry leader Pandora (200 million) and Clear Channel's iHeartRadio (170 million) — relaunched with a face lift in February and likes what it sees.
The San Diego-based service offers programmed radio stations, personalized radio and on-demand music. It has picked up 6 million new listeners since the redesign, and folks are staying to listen longer.
For the re-launch, "We wanted to broaden our wings and go after the average listener," says Slacker CEO Jim Cady. "What we had was a very powerful service. The challenge was that it wasn't very user-friendly."
So out came the redesign and fresh coat of paint. Slacker introduced a new tool, Fine-Tune, that lets consumers move sliders up or down to adjust the mix of related artists, favorite and popular songs and newer or older songs.
Slacker was formed in 2006 as a more aggressively programmed online radio offering for consumers. At first it focused on a $200 Slacker-branded MP3 player to make its music mobile. That fizzled, and Slacker turned to cutting deals with wireless manufacturers (mostly Android and BlackBerry) to feature the service.
It never found a huge audience on Apple's iPhone as prime space on the device is harder to come by, and Pandora had a big head start there, Cady says.
What makes Slacker most different from Pandora and other online radio services, such as iHeartRadio and CBS' Last.fm, is that it takes a more aggressive approach to programming. It has 200 pre-programmed radio stations in addition to stations based on your tastes. The basic service is free. You can pay $3.99 for an ad-free version or $9.99 to subscribe to on-demand music (similar to services from Spotify and Rhapsody). Slacker also runs news and sports programming from ABC and ESPN.
Steve Jones, general manager of ABC Radio, says he's seen a boost on Slacker since the relaunch. "Our audience has grown 3% to 4% every week since February," he says. "We're thrilled."
Prior to the relaunch, awareness of the service was lacking.
At the end of 2012, researcher NPD surveyed consumers and asked which service they were familiar with. Pandora was best known, with 58% of consumers, compared with 37% for on-demand service Rhapsody, 35% for Clear Channel's free online radio service iHeartRadio, 24% for on-demand Spotify and 13% for Slacker.
"Slacker was a service in need of this relaunch," says Russ Crupnick, an NPD analyst. "While they had better awareness than some of the other services — nobody knew who MOG or Rdio was — people couldn't listen if they weren't familiar with the service."
The company is owned by Cady, other Slacker staffers and four venture-capital firms — Mission Ventures, Rho Capital Partners, Centennial Ventures and Columbia Ventures. Overall, the company has raised $50 million.
Cady predicts Slacker will be profitable by the end of the year.
Pandora has had a few profitable quarters but currently is unprofitable. Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, says Slacker's route to profitability trumps Pandora's for a simple reason: It runs more ads.
"Slacker is one-sixth the size of Pandora, and both run ads," he says. "Slacker does three minutes per hour, Pandora one per hour. It's that simple."
Meanwhile, like many of its competitors, Slacker sees a big future in the car. The company is working with various car and audio-device manufacturers to get Slacker into car stereos and in the dashboard. It is currently in cars by Chrysler, Tesla and Acura.
"We think the car is a big thing for us," Cady says. "That's where 70% to 75% of all listening happens."
Slacker is playing catch-up to Pandora, which has many more deals, but Cady says it's a priority. Getting audience on mobile and desktops is the beginning, he says, "But the long-term win is having a key position in the car that's easy for the consumer to use."
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Super Time Force to Launch on Xbox One and Xbox 360 Simultaneously
Capybara Games has announced that they've delayed the release of Super Time Force in order to self-publish it on the Xbox One via the ID@Xbox program.
A post on the Capybara Games site revealed its side-scrolling, time-traveling run 'n gun platformer is coming to Xbox One and Xbox 360's XBLA at the same time.
Because of the simultaneous release, the devs need a little more time to polish the game, which is why Super Time Force's release has been pushed back into 2014.
Capybara Games is working on both Super Time Force and a game called Below at the same time, which might be another reason why the game's been delayed.
Nathan Vella, co-founder and president at Capybara Games, and Kris Piotrowski, creative director and game designer at Capybara Games, said: "With these projects, we're constantly exploring new ideas, and doing so generally means we need to keep our games in the oven for as long as humanly possible. It's the nature of the beast, but it's also core to the personality of our studio. We take our time and we aim for the stars, but that often results in the intervals between our games being longer than we (or our beloved fans) may anticipate."
Look forward to the insane run 'n gun action in 2014 on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One.


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Digital Reasoning, a data analytics company, and Riptano, the company providing support for the Apache Cassandra open source distributed database management system, have announced a partnership to advance the deployment of cloud-scale analytics solutions.
As a high-performance open-source database, Cassandra is used by Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Cisco and many others commercial players. Ripanto says that the increasing demand for actionable intelligence from unstructured data requires innovative solutions to make timely, accurate judgments on large quantities of information.
"For developers, one of the immediate benefits from the partnership is the release of new open-source software, PyStratus. Digital Reasoning developed PyStratus to run Cassandra in the cloud and released it today. Developers can download the software and quickly get Cassandra running on Amazon EC2. We're excited about the partnership because it saves developer's time and illustrates how a variety of organizations look to the NoSQL movement and find Cassandra the logical choice," said Riptano's Devin Knighton.
Asserting that the ability to distribute analytical capabilities is changing how information is used, the companies reason that their new union will help to promote and simplify the evolution to cloud-scale analytic intelligence solutions.
Digital Reasoning's flagship product Synthesys is deployed over the largest Cassandra instance in the government intelligence infrastructure. Riptano and Digital Reasoning are therefore working to promote both commercial and governmental level Cassandra solutions and will be involved in the analytic and data storage layers of a 400-node Cassandra architecture. The database itself is in fact designed to allow for the analysis of hundreds of millions of intelligence documents.


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UCLA officially fired men's basketball coach Ben Howland, the school announced Sunday evening.
The 10th-year Bruins head coach leaves Westwood as the second-winningest coach in program history after John Wooden, compiling a 233-107 record. Despite his recent struggles, he is one of three coaches to reach three straight Final Fours since the NCAA Tournament field expanded to 64.
"I have been blessed with the opportunity to coach at UCLA for 10 years," Howland said in a statement, "and I will always be grateful to Dan Guerrero and Chancellors (Gene) Block, (Norman) Abrams and (Albert) Carnesale for the opportunity to coach and teach our players and work alongside tremendous coaches.
"The UCLA community and fans have been unbelievable to my family and I, and it's been an honor and privilege to represent this great institution. I look forward to what comes next."
Guerrero said Howland's buyout will be the $3.5 million left on his contract, which has five years remaining. Should Howland secure another job, that total will be mitigated.
A national search for a replacement has begun, although Guerrero said he will not contact a coach still currently guiding his team through the NCAA Tournament. While college coaches have an advantage, he will consider NBA coaches as well.
The news followed numerous reports that Howland's departure was imminent, with Yahoo! Sports reporting Saturday evening that he had already been notified. The school initially refuted the reports late Saturday night, and Guerrero said in a teleconference that he did not make the decision until Sunday afternoon.
"I felt like now was the appropriate time to make a decision, to make a change, and to get a fresh start," Guerrero said, adding that he did not give Howland "tangible benchmarks" after committing to him after last season.
Howland is five years removed from three consecutive Final Fours, but his recent track record has been less than exemplary. The Bruins have not advanced past the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament since their Final Four berth in 2008, and have missed the field entirely twice in the past four years.
An 83-63 second-round loss to 11th-seeded Minnesota on Friday ended this season on a down note. UCLA had won a regular-season Pac-12 title, but soon lost second-leading scorer Jordan Adams to a broken foot in the conference tournament. The injury made the Bruins underdogs in Austin, Texas, against Minnesota despite a No. 6 seed.
Guerrero did not want to comment on whether a fully healthy roster and a deep tournament run could have saved Howland's job, but suggested that the numerous transfers the team has lost played a part in his dismissal. Players have made a habit of leaving the program early – whether by transfer, dismissal or the NBA draft – and the team was hit again in November with the loss of two former starters: guard Tyler Lamb and center Josh Smith both left within a four-day span.
"The fact that we had such a depleted roster, in many respects, is in part one of the reasons for making the decision," Guerrero said.
A top-ranked recruiting class presented hope for UCLA, generating preseason talk of the Bruins as a dark-horse Final Four contender. That hype fizzled almost immediately. Shabazz Muhammad, the gem of the group, was suspended for the first three games of the season, and needed to work his way back into shape.
Although he was named Pac-12 Co-Freshman of the Year, Muhammad was also dogged by controversy along the way. In late January, a Yahoo! Sports columnist questioned his ability to pay for a Gucci backpack – later ruled a gift from his family. He also drew criticism in February for not openly celebrating a teammate Larry Drew II's game-winning buzzer-beater against Washington.
Widely expected to enter the NBA draft, his season finale was prefaced by a revelation in the Los Angeles Times that he was not 19, as officially listed, but 20 years old. Muhammad denied ever trying to falsify his age.
The touted freshman also gave Howland impetus to employ a high-tempo offense. Though his defensive-minded, half-court style led to his success, it also drew criticism from fans who wanted a more exciting product.
Guerrero said a balance will be struck as he pursues a new coach.
"We'll look for someone who can play a fun brand of basketball, but also a quality brand of basketball," he said. "Fundamentals are still important. Ability to defend is still important. But certainly, we don't want to bring in a coach who's going to average 50 points per game."