text: ________________________________________ From: Serge Sharoff [s.sharoff at leeds.ac.uk] Sent: 22 April 2013 11:40 To: elsnet-list at elsnet.org; ln at cines.fr; mt-list at eamt.org; IRList at lists.shef.ac.uk; informaoesi at cervantes.es; listmaster at loria.fr; news at multilingual.com; nlpcall at watarts.uwaterloo.ca Subject: Final CFP: BUCC6, ACL2013 Workshop on Building and Using Comparable Corpora BUCC, SIXTH WORKSHOP ON BUILDING AND USING COMPARABLE CORPORA When: 8 August 2013 Where: Sofia, Bulgaria, co-located with ACL2013 *New deadline for papers: 3 May 2013* Notification of acceptance: 24 May 2013 Camera-ready deadline: 7 June 2013 Website: http://comparable.limsi.fr/bucc2013/ Website for submissions: https://www.softconf.com/acl2013/BUCC2013/ *Invited speaker:* Hinrich Schütze, University of Munich Motivation In the language engineering and the linguistics communities, research in comparable corpora has been motivated by two main reasons. In language engineering, it is chiefly motivated by the need to use comparable corpora as training data for statistical NLP applications such as statistical machine translation or cross-lingual retrieval. In linguistics, on the other hand, comparable corpora are of interest in themselves by making possible intra-linguistic discoveries and comparisons. It is generally accepted in both communities that comparable corpora are documents in one or several languages that are comparable in content and form in various degrees and dimensions. We believe that the linguistic definitions and observations related to comparable corpora can improve methods to mine such corpora for applications of statistical NLP. As such, it is of great interest to bring together builders and users of such corpora. Parallel corpora are a key resource as training data for statistical machine translation, and for building or extending bilingual lexicons and terminologies. However, beyond a few language pairs such as English-French or English-Chinese and a few contexts such as parliamentary debates or legal texts, they remain a scarce resource, despite the creation of automated methods to collect parallel corpora from the Web. Interest in non-parallel forms of comparable corpora in language engineering primarily ensued from the scarcity of parallel corpora. This has motivated research concerning the use of comparable corpora: pairs of monolingual corpora selected according to the same set of criteria, but in different languages or language varieties. Non-parallel yet comparable corpora overcome the two limitations of parallel corpora, since sources for original, monolingual texts are much more abundant than translated texts. However, because of their nature, mining translations in comparable corpora is much more challenging than in parallel corpora. What constitutes a good comparable corpus, for a given task or per se, also requires specific attention: while the definition of a parallel corpus is fairly straightforward, building a non-parallel corpus requires control over the selection of source texts in both languages. Topics The special theme for this edition is terminology mining, which featured in a number of submissions in the past years, and this time it will serve as the highlighted theme for the workshop. In addition to this special theme, we solicit contributions including but not limited to other relevant topics: Building Comparable Corpora: Human translations Automatic and semi-automatic methods Methods to mine parallel and non-parallel corpora from the Web Tools and criteria to evaluate the comparability of corpora Parallel vs non-parallel corpora, monolingual corpora Rare and minority languages Across language families Multi-media/multi-modal comparable corpora Applications of comparable corpora: Human translations Language learning Cross-language information retrieval & document categorization Bilingual projections Machine translation Writing assistance Mining from Comparable Corpora: Extraction of parallel segments or paraphrases from comparable corpora Extraction of bilingual and multilingual translations of single words and multi-word expressions; proper names, named entities, etc. Organizers: Serge Sharoff, University of Leeds, UK (Chair) Pierre Zweigenbaum, LIMSI-CNRS and ERTIM-INALCO, France Reinhard Rapp, Universities of Mainz, Germany, and Aix-Marseille, France Programme Committee: Chris Biemann (TU Darmstadt, Germany) Hervé Déjean (Xerox Research Centre Europe, Grenoble, France) Kurt Eberle (Lingenio, Heidelberg, Germany) Andreas Eisele (European Commission, Luxembourg) Pascale Fung (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology) Éric Gaussier (Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France) Gregory Grefenstette (Exalead, Paris, France) Silvia Hansen-Schirra (University of Mainz, Germany) Hitoshi Isahara (Toyohashi University of Technology) Kyo Kageura (University of Tokyo, Japan) Adam Kilgarriff (Lexical Computing Ltd, UK) Natalie Kübler (Université Paris Diderot, France) Philippe Langlais (Université de Montréal, Canada) Emmanuel Morin (Université de Nantes, France) Lene Offersgaard (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Reinhard Rapp (University of Tarragona, Spain) Serge Sharoff (University of Leeds, UK) Mandel Shi (Xiamen University, China) Michel Simard (National Research Council Canada) Richard Sproat (OGI School of Science & Technology, US) Dragos Stefan Munteanu (Language Weaver, Inc., US) Justin Washtell (University of Leeds, UK) Michael Zock (Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale, CNRS, Marseille) Pierre Zweigenbaum (LIMSI-CNRS, France)


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As if there weren't enough reasons for Web-related paranoia, Xerox just patented a technique to get a demographic lock on you—age, sex, and possibly income—by just looking at the sites you have visited.
The patent explicitly describes the invention as a workaround for all of those pesky users who input incomplete, inaccurate or, God forbid, false demographic information. Of course, the thing will only work if the system can get ahold of a set of Web pages accessed by the user. That's probably right about the point where the EFF steps in.
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ICD-9 Code 656.60
Excess fetal grth-unspec
Diagnosis Code 656.60
Short Description: Excess fetal grth-unspec
Long Description: Excessive fetal growth, affecting management of mother, unspecified as to episode of care or not applicable
This is the 2014 version of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 656.60
Code Classification
Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (630–679)
Normal delivery, and other indications for care in pregnancy, labor, and delivery (650-659)
- 656 Other fetal and placental problems affecting management of mother
- Normal delivery, and other indications for care in pregnancy, labor, and delivery (650-659)
Information for Medical Professionals
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The following edits are applicable to this code:
Maternity diagnoses (age 12 through 55) Maternity diagnoses (age 12 through 55)
Maternity diagnoses: Age range is 12–55 years inclusive.
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The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- O36.60X0 - Maternal care for excess fetal growth, unsp trimester, unsp (approximate) Approximate Flag
The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
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Fetal Health and Development
A normal pregnancy lasts nine months. Each three-month period of pregnancy is called a trimester. During each trimester, the fetus grows and develops. There are specific prenatal tests to monitor both the mother's health and fetal health during each trimester.
With modern technology, health professionals can
- Detect birth defects
- Identify problems that may affect childbirth
- Correct some kinds of fetal problems before the baby is born
- Developmental disorders of the female reproductive tract
- Fetal development
- Intrauterine growth restriction
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Health Problems in Pregnancy
Every pregnancy has some risk of problems. The causes can be conditions you already have or conditions you develop. They also include being pregnant with more than one baby, previous problem pregnancies, or being over age 35. They can affect your health and the health of your baby.
If you have a chronic condition, you should talk to your health care provider about how to minimize your risk before you get pregnant. Once you are pregnant, you may need a health care team to monitor your pregnancy. Examples of common conditions that can complicate a pregnancy include
- Heart disease
- High blood pressure
- Kidney problems
- Autoimmune disorders
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Infections
Other conditions that can make pregnancy risky can happen while you are pregnant - for example, gestational diabetes and Rh incompatibility. Good prenatal care can help detect and treat them.
Some discomforts, like nausea, back pain, and fatigue, are common during pregnancy. Sometimes it is hard to know what is normal. Call your doctor or midwife if something is bothering or worrying you.
- Bed rest during pregnancy
- Hydramnios
- Hyperemesis gravidarum
- Insufficient cervix
- Morning sickness
- Morning sickness
- Placenta abruptio
- Placenta abruptio
- Placenta previa
- Polyhydramnios
- Serum progesterone
- Striae
- Vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy
- Vaginal bleeding in late pregnancy
- Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy
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May 2008 - Technology triumphed over adversity in the great outdoors when an outdoor adventurer was rescued from a remote Scottish highland after using SPOT, the World's first satellite messenger system, to alert emergency services.
Niels Vinther, was rescued after he sent a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) message to a SPOT emergency call centre from his location in Glen Etive, 15 miles south of Fort William in Scotland. The Danish man, who currently lives in Sunderland, had pressed the emergency button when he became incapacitated with acute abdominal pain whilst attempting a coast-to-coast trek across Scotland.
April 15, 2009 -A Norwegian man was caught in blizzard conditions on March 31 during a 5 day solo ski sailing attempt across Hardangervidda, the largest high mountain plateau in Northern Europe. Despite studying the advanced forecast and being prepared with the proper equipment, an unexpected late winter storm suddenly caused blinding, white-out conditions high winds and heavy snow snowfall.
March 2, 2010 – In February, Brent Martin was enjoying an off-road motorcycle trip with a group of riders across a remote desert near Lake Isabella in Southern California. He came upon an injured rider who just crashed her motorcycle. Martin stated that he had only limited cell phone coverage, and was unsuccessful maintaining a mobile phone connection and explaining their location to local 911 dispatchers.
"Being in the middle of nowhere limits your ability to effectively communicate your geographic location, even with cell phones," said Brent Martin, a motorcycle enthusiast and member of a Los Angeles County Search and Rescue team. "Everything looks the same out there and you're miles from any streets signs."
April 21, 2010 – On the morning of Sunday, March 14, Robert Cortis and three friends set off in their boat to enjoy the day fishing off the coast of
Mr. Cortis reported that their 23 foot 2006 vessel had begun to take on water due to a breach in the hull shortly before 4 p.m.
Despite cellular service and navigational devices, SPOT was needed to initiate life flight for critically injured rider
March 3, 2009 – SPOT LLC today announced that the SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger™ successfully notified emergency rescue authorities of a severely injured off-road motorcyclist in California's Mojave Desert. The man's condition became critical and despite cell phone service, friends at his side could not communicate their remote location to local authorities.
In January, David Cheney and friends had set off to enjoy a 100 mile motorcycle ride through the desert outside of Barstow, California. Thirty miles into the ride a fellow rider, and experienced desert racer, took a bad fall hitting his head. Some of the party rode on while others stayed behind to help.


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The Austin College football team capped off the 2013 season with a dominant 35-7 win over Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference rival Trinity University on Saturday, marking the first time the 'Roos have knocked off the Tigers since 1993. The 'Roos finish the season with a 5-5 overall record and a 2-1 mark in SCAC play.
The game started out as a defensive struggle with neither team being able to get any momentum going on offense, and the teams entered the second quarter with no points on the scoreboard. However, after the 'Roos took over at their own 35 early in the second, Noah Jesko found Cooper Woodyard for a 65 yard touchdown strike to make it 7-0. However, two possessions later the Tigers were able to put together an eight play, 80 yard drive capped off by a nine yard touchdown run from Travis Williams to send the teams into halftime knotted up at 7-7.
It was in the second half that the 'Roos took control of the game, with Tre Stewart forcing a fumble on the first possession for Trinity in the third quarter and James Nwankpah scoring from a yard out after Austin College recovered on the Tiger 28 yard line to make it 14-7. Austin College forced a Trinity punt on the next possession, and on the very first play of the 'Roo offensive possession, Jesko found Woodyard for a 58 yard score to make it 21-7 with 8:10 left in the quarter.
That remained the score heading into the fourth, but just five seconds into the final quarter Jesko found Gabe McCarthy in the endzone for a six yard strike to make it 28-7. The 'Roos took over on downs on another late Trinity possession, and with 6:25 left started a seven play, 31 yard drive culminating in the second one yard rushing score for Nwankpah to make it a 35-7 final.
For the game, the 'Roos out-gained Trinity 449 to 243 in total offense, rushing for 175 yards while throwing for 274 as a team. Jesko finished the season with arguably his strongest overall game, completing 16-of-23 passes for 274 yards and three scores, with Woodyard hauling in four passes for 154 yards and two touchdowns. Nwankpah carried 22 times for 90 yards and Bryce Murphy added 58 yards on 13 carries.
Murphy and Nwankpah finish the season as the number one and number two rushers in the SCAC, respectively, marking the first time teammates have done that in the 22 year history of the conference. Defensively, Brooks Ward led a defense that racked up six sacks, making 10 tackles including 1.5 for loss and a sack. De'Andre Holmes had seven stops, including 2.0 for loss, while Nathan Packard had seven stops and a sack.
For Trinity, Stephen Smith completed 13-of-21 passes for 151 yards to lead the Tigers offensively and Cody Sandman had seven catches for 68 yards. Jeremy Simmons rushed 11 times for 29 yards to lead the Tigers on the ground. Camdeb Joubert had 11 tackles to lead Trinity defensively.
Austin College athletic teams participate as a member of the NCAA Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
About Austin College
Austin College is a leading national independent liberal arts college located north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas. Founded in 1849, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Texas operating under original charter and name, the college is related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA). Recognized nationally for academic excellence in the areas of international education, pre-professional training, and leadership studies, Austin College is one of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope's influential book Colleges That Change Lives.


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Jodrell Bank Observatory
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Cheshire, England
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The Jodrell Bank Observatory, the proposed nomination, which is part of the University of Manchester's School of Physics and Astronomy, is dominated by the monumental Lovell Telescope, the first large fully steerable radio telescope in the world - which still operates as the 3rd largest on the planet. The telescope is 76m in diameter and stands 89m high. Despite its age (53 years in 2010), it is now more powerful than ever and remains at the forefront of Astrophysics research, working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to observe distant galaxies and objects such as Pulsars and Quasars, far out across the Universe. The Lovell Telescope sits in a fenced compound on a 35 Hectare site that includes both spaces open to the general public (the 'Discovery Centre') and spaces that are used solely for Astrophysics research. The research space is home to three other radio-telescopes (including the 25m diameter 'Mark II' telescope) and the purpose-designed 'Control Building', which is now the hub of the UK's national network of radio telescopes 'e-MERLIN'. The proposed site also includes several other original buildings.
The radical developments in Astrophysics generated by the emergence of Radio Astronomy are overlaid on the landscape of the Jodrell Bank Observatory site. Experiments began in 1945, using WWII radar equipment to study meteor showers. Astronomers then began building the world's largest radio telescopes in succession. The Transit Telescope (1947), made the revolutionary first identification of a radio object outside our own galaxy - the great nebula in Andromeda (1950). Subsequently it was replaced by the Lovell Telescope, (1952-1957). Its first act was to track the carrier rocket of Sputnik I - witnessing the dawn of the Space Age - the only instrument in the world then capable of this, though in fact it works predominantly on scientific research. At the forefront of Astrophysics since its inception, it is world leading in the research of quasars, pulsars, gravitational lensing and in the development of interferometry.
Justification of Outstanding Universal Value
The Jodrell Bank Observatory is a unique site which reflects the heritage of pure science with the authenticity of ongoing scientific research and provides accessibility to the general public. Founded in 1945, Jodrell Bank Observatory was a pioneer of a completely new science: the exploration of the invisible universe using radio waves instead of visible light, thus creating a new awareness of the Universe of which we are a part. The new radio telescopes discovered previously undreamt of things - quasars, pulsars, gravitational lenses and the fading glow of the Big Bang, and allow us to see out to galaxies outside our own and back in time almost 14 billion years to the origin of the Universe itself. This has resulted in a philosophical shift as radical as the realisation that the Earth orbits the Sun : that our Sun is one of 100 billion stars in our own Galaxy, the Milky Way, and that our own Galaxy is one of 100 billion galaxies in the known, expanding, Universe.
The Lovell Telescope is a feat of master engineering, inspired by a creative scientific genius that encapsulates the move from the lone scientist to modern 'Big Science' - cooperative endeavours that push back the frontiers of knowledge. Jodrell Bank currently does just this as it acts as the hub of the UK's e-MERLIN network of radio telescopes.
Criteria met:
(i) The Jodrell Bank Observatory, and the Lovell Telescope in particular, is a masterpiece of human creative genius creating the then-largest radio telescope in the world which transformed our understanding of the universe and captured the imagination of a generation
(ii)Jodrell Bank reflects the interchange of human values leading to the international development of radio-astronomy as a major scientific discipline which has transformed our understanding of the universe. The Observatory demonstrates the development of the team approach to modern 'Big Science'.
(iv) The Lovell telescope and other structures on the site are outstanding examples of a technological ensemble which exemplify the transition from optical astronomy to modern Astrophysics, which has allowed us to see out to the edges of the known universe.
(vi) The Jodrell Bank Observatory is directly associated with the establishement of the idea that our place in the Universe is defined by our position on a small rocky planet orbiting a star that is one amongst 100 billion in our Galaxy - and that our Galaxy, the Milky Way, is one amongst 100 billion in the known Universe.
Statements of authenticity and/or integrity
Integrity: At Jodrell Bank, world leading scientific research sits alongside scientific history. The proposed boundaries include all the features and attributes of Outstanding Universal Value. The location of the first experiments at the site (the 'Botany Huts'), the position of the Transit Telescope (now the site of the Mark II telescope), and the original Control Building coexist with the Lovell Telescope and the remnants of equipment long abandoned. The fabric of the Lovell Telescope still incorporates both the original supporting framework and its first collecting dish. Scientific developments have required the refinement of these, with the addition of further supporting girders and a new reflecting surface (nested in the original). However, with a great deal of care and commitment from Jodrell Bank staff, the primary structure has been retained throughout. Worn out components are currently replaced with others made to original designs.
Authenticity:Jodrell Bank is both a monument to past achievements and a living research institution with high authenticity in both respects. The priority for the Jodrell Bank Observatory is research. and much of its authenticity lies in the continuing use of the site for its original purpose. Paradoxically, this has ensured that the Lovell Telescope has been preserved as a 'living' structure for over 5 decades (extremely rare for a scientific instrument). All Jodrell Bank's radio telescopes are operated and maintained by a dedicated team of engineers, who keep them at the forefront of scientific research.
Comparison with other similar properties
There are a number of historic radio telescopes, some of which are older than the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank, but none which are as iconic. The Lovell telescope was also the first fully to be fully steerable.
The Jodrell Bank site is one of the earliest planned sites for radio-telescopes and many of the earliest features or their locations are extant and recognisable. This gives it significance over and above other sites in the world.


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'All Florida' Artists Up Close: Vanessa Diaz
Jun 08th 2012
To begin our annual series of Q&As with artists selected for this summer's All Florida exhibition at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, we're starting with the best – at least according to juror Valerie Cassel Oliver. Vanessa Diaz, a Boynton Beach sculptor of found materials, took home the prestigious Best in Show prize for "The Offering." This intriguing contraption, placed in the dead center of the exhibition, was refashioned in 2012 from portions of a tufted chair, table, mirror frame, bed finials, light fixture and string.
Beguiling in its possibilities and radical in its manipulation of material, "The Offering" suggests a rebirth, generating a wholly new object out of the discarded detritus of so many living rooms. There is a hint of mad genius in Diaz's final products – the sense that a grand tinkerer's most ambitious works have finally been realized – and whether they can be used for good or evil is in the eye of the beholder. (To see more of Diaz's work, visit vdiazart.com.)
When did you first "discover," if that's the appropriate word, that furniture could be your medium of choice?
Diaz: For the past few years, my work has been influenced by the materials and objects used to customize and modify a living space. I am interested in what we collect, display, relocate with, the continual cycle of rearranging these things, and evidence of use that accumulate on objects. I started using furniture about a year ago, initially as a support system for these large tent-like structures that I was making with textiles. In the process of dismantling sections of furniture, I became more aware of the formal qualities of the wood, upholstery, hardware, interior components, and isolated shapes in the pieces.
Were you trained as a more traditional, brush-to-canvas artist? And did you have to learn things like carpentry and woodworking when you began this pursuit?
I graduated from Florida Atlantic University about 3 years ago with a BFA in painting. At the time, I made sculptural forms of shaped canvas, heavily coated with paint, which extended off the walls and often utilized existing architecture as a support. I am currently seeking an MFA at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Because the direction of my "paintings" were three dimensional, I decided to focus on sculpture rather than painting and have been working in the wood shop for the past two years.
Is the oldness of a given piece – the fact that it has a history – vital to what you do? Could you raid an IKEA for materials, in other words, and still produce art?
Evidence of use on a piece of furniture is appealing to me. I like to see the marks made by repetitive behaviors and habits, such as armrests worn down, scratches, repaired areas, painted surfaces. My process involves dismantling and retaining specific forms; in the case of used furniture it is an attempt to conceal damage and to repurpose. I look at an object or piece of furniture and break it down into separate shapes; it is somewhat relative to dissecting something and laying out all the pieces. I then selectively choose forms that fit together in a way that could provoke an uncanny experience. I want the viewer to see the combination of objects appearing to belong together, and experience uncertainty in how to approach the piece. I feel that this could be done with new furniture, but as of now, I enjoy the hunt to find pieces with some history.
The day I visited the museum, I heard more than one person say that "The Offering" suggests a guillotine or some other medieval torture device. Was that your intention?
With "The Offering," I was thinking about personal territories; the idea of space and objects within the home being simultaneously inviting, but also remaining private. My intention was to create a compressed form that represents an inviting environment, with an underlying element of threat. I see this experience as similar to being in someone's private space, and cautiously or politely navigating that person's territory.
I left the exhibition still unsure of what I actually thought of your piece, and what it said to me … but at the time, I couldn't stop staring at it. Is it a complement to you that your work is dense enough for people to ponder it for an extended period of time, rather than achieve a snap judgment?
Artwork should be somewhat of a challenge. It is a fragmented reflection of intuition, history, and concept rendered in a language of its own. Artists spend months making and editing their work before exposing a piece to the public, and it is a great compliment for a viewer to engage and show appreciation for a piece.
Has your art-making process changed the way you feel about the furniture with which we surround ourselves in our daily lives?
I pay close attention to the objects and furnishings that people live with to understand how these items dictate our habits and tastes, and to expose various levels of privacy. I like the idea of compressing environments, and when I am in someone's home, I often think of ways to combine their furniture together. I also notice objects and furnishings that one considers valuable, for various reasons – either family history or of high quality artisanship –and how these things are restricted from use. I would love to make a piece based on a person or family's collected furniture, out of pieces that they have selected to remove from functionality and consider more precious than other furniture. The work would question the value that is placed on the pure or original form of an object, but also change the experience that one has with that thing. I believe that the act of customizing is a method of claiming territory and reflects personal identity, which is so prevalent in our living spaces.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Applying Connections
|Introduction | Using Hexominos to Manufacture Boxes | Problem Reflection | The Hexominos Problem in Action | Classroom Checklist | Your Journal
Consider this fictional scenario: Mr. Glover is a teacher from Sparks Middle School. His students have been working with hexominos. They have found all of the hexominos that will fold into a cube. Mr. Glover wants to connect this activity to a real-world application for his students, so he gave them the following problem:
You are starting a company to make boxes that are three inches on each side. You have to make the boxes out of a special type of paper, which comes in rolls that are three feet wide and three feet long.
You want to cut out the boxes from the rolls of paper and then fold them and attach the adjacent faces with tape. You must use one, and only one, of the nets (hexominos) shown above, and you want to waste as little of the paper as possible. Which net will result in the least waste? (A net is a two-dimensional pattern that you can fold to make a three-dimensional shape.)
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READ about Piers Morgan's long career in journalism here.
Coming up this evening at 9, Piers Morgan welcomes the return of Tony Robbins and Nick Walczak for an inspiring primetime interview that comes on the eve of the one year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shootings.
Walczak himself is a school shooting victim, having been one of the five students fired upon as part of the February 27, 2012 incident at Chardon High School in Ohio.
Left to live in a wheelchair as a result of his injuries, Walczak has formed a bond with Robbins, a man internationally known for his positivity, and messages of hope.
As part of a previous edition on "Piers Morgan Live," Robbins felt compelled to invite Walczak to join him in helping support those impacted by the December 14th shootings in Newtown. Without hesitation, the teenager accepted, and this evening he shares details of the experience:
"It was a very, very powerful, powerful event. We introduced ourselves, we told our story. I feel like I got a lot out of that, and I feel like the other families, they got a lot out of it too," explains Walczak. "You just feel the connection in the room, when you're talking to survivor's, survivor's families. It's a connection that I feel like, is necessary, to be able to keep going on a positive level."
Joining the program from California, Robbins shares specific details of the ways in which he aims to help those trying to overcome personal tragedy and devastation:
"What I'm really into is uncovering the psychology of what drives somebody, and how they can heal. And there are all kinds of studies that have been done over the year on post-traumatic stress, but there are few studies done on post-traumatic growth, how people have been through the most-horrific experiences a human being could possibly imagine, and not only transcend the experience, but actually grow so much they can help other people, and that is my absolute passion," he tells Morgan. "So, the way I help people, is I try to empower those to make that transformation."
Watch the clip above to hear Walczak and Robbins further discuss their journey and partnership, and for the full interview, watch CNN at 9 p.m.
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Congress will never do anything, there can be million more deaths, their bottom line is getting paid to vote against anything that will help the country. So America, anyone can get a cannon, bazooka, rocket launcher or anything weapon with a thousand round magazine to do what they want. It's everything, as long as you can pay Congress, you yourself can do anything you want, maybe even have your own atomic bomb. If you pay enough, you can hide the rest of your money so you don't have to pay taxes. Congress is living large on these people, so unless you can pay off Congress, you have no chance
Lets cloes the roads to end drunk and driving. Or we can ask when did this start, what came in to being. The movies the games may be cauesing what our men in war faces. Wake up. England ended guns but the evil is as bad there. May be we need less morals in school or more broken homes. What happen to us hollywood and the money making machine they are. What did that guy say no way am i going to stop making bloodly movies that makes me rich.
The Tony Robbins interview was pathetic. Interview? Sir, you are known for "asking the hard questions".
It may have been helpful to quell Mr. Robbins and encourage Nick to speak. Very disappointing .
Thank you.
None of those gun control proposals would have prevented the Sandy Hook shooting ..or any of the other mass shootings and that's a hard FACT....And as expected the tabloid Morgan was salivating about today's Colorado shooting....Here's a flash...again it was shotgun used...just as was used in the Washington DC navel base shooting...kind of blows a hole in the AR-15 theory of being the only weapon capable of mass carnage.....In fact a shotgun ..Biden's weapon of choice is even more devastating then a AR 15 type sporting rifle..but a plan ordinary shotgun just doesn't fit the liberal gun grabbing narrative does it ?? Why does CNN keep Morgan on the air...Morgan has a track record of deceit and scandal...and a test pattern has higher ratings.
A kidnap child is not impotant compare to kids being shoot why is this?
Piers, some guys like cars, some like guns. The only place macho comes in to play is in the ghettos and when it comes to an honest discussion about gun murder rates in the US, that's one place you won't go.


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'Bombs' Thrown at Several Sioux Falls Businesses
Police say three bomb-type devices were tossed into or near businesses in southwest Sioux Falls over the weekend.
Officer Sam Clemens says the first was reported just after 5:00 p.m. Friday in the 4400 block of West Empire Place:
Clemens says the bottle was thrown from a vehicle that went past the store, and exploded in front of the automatic doors where an employee inhaled some of the vapor. The employee was treated at a hospital.
Similar devices were reported Saturday evening, one at 8:55 p.m. just inside the door at Skyzone, on West Solberg Place and the other just after 9:00 p.m. in a garbage container at Pomegranate Market on South Louise Avenue.
Clemens says police are still investigating and are looking at surveillance video at two of the businesses.


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Search on the map below for your preferred location in BURLINGTON (or elsewhere in Canada), then call us to book an appointment and obtain the full address details.
At DNAForce, we have done more than 10,000 DNA tests in Canada over the last 10 years. We have helped thousands of families obtain reliable answers when they need it the most. Here are the tests that we offer:
A standard DNA paternity test to establish if the alleged father is the biological father of the child.
A non-invasive paternity test done before the baby is born using fetal DNA circulating in the blood of the mother.
A DNA test done between two of more people in order to determine if they are related by DNA. For example; an avuncular test (uncle, aunt), a test with grand parents, a test between siblings to determine if they have the same father, etc.
A standard DNA maternity test to establish if the alleged mother is the biological mother of the child.
A DNA test to identify the ancestral origins of the tested person. The test is done using genomic DNA and therefore, produces results regarding the ancestry of both parents.
A DNA test done to identify percentage of Native American DNA of the tested person. The test is done with a chain of custody such that the results can be used for purposes of tribal enrolment.
2 Come to your appointment.
3 The nurse will collect saliva inside the mouth using swabs.
4 The analysis will be done at the laboratory.
5 You will obtain your results! By mail and/or email.
For a paternity test, the alleged father and the child must both be collected. It is recommanded to both come at the same appointment because it is simpler. However, if this is not possible, two distinct appointments even at different locations can be had with additional fees of 50$+tax.
We ask to keep the mouth clean, meaning no drinking and no eating at least 30 minutes before the appointment. If you are doing a court-admissible DNA test, we will ask for 1 ID card for the alleged father. If the child is above the age of 18 years old, he or she will also need to have an ID card. In addition the centre will take a photo (certain locations only) or we will ask you to bring a passport-style photo for all tested participants.
Approximately 15 to 30 minutes
If you would like to book an appointment immediately,
call us at 1 800 830-6306
Many laboratories will test as little as 13 genetic markers and as a consequence will provide incorrect results once in every 100 reports. The tests proposed by DNAForce comprise up to 31 markers reducing the error rate to less than one in 1 BILLION.
DNAForce is a trusted name in Canada for paternity tests. All of the tests that we propose are done in an facility that is accredited by ISO 17025. You can view the accreditation certificate here.
A simple and painless mouth swab collection is sufficient to do a DNA test that will exclude paternity with an accuracy of 100% and prove paternity with an average accuracy greater than 99.9999%.
DNAForce offers the highest testing standards because we understand how important these results are.


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In today's business world, it's essential to stay in touch and have access to business documents and functionality anytime, anywhere. Mobile devices have opened a new world of accessibility and flexibility for day-to-day business users. We've pulled together 10 popular apps that help streamline the business process and provide unprecedented access to business productivity. All apps are available for download through iTunes or the iPhone App Store.
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text: We recently added a Library Page to the website advising victims who have been injured in an animal attack or dog atack in St. Joseph and where to obtain a dog attack report. There are laws that apply to dog owners in St. Joseph and an owner or keeper of a dog who violates these ordinances can be held liable for damages in a civil lawsuit to a dog bite victim. For more information on your legal rights after a St. Joseph dog bite injury, call us at (800) 606-1717 to speak with an experienced dog bite lawyer.


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Stevens Pass Charitable Donations
Stevens Pass Mountain Resort believes that giving to the community is an essential part of our success and supports hundreds of organizations and events each year. We recognize that our business is generated from the local community and that it is imperative that we acknowledge that support by giving back.
It is our goal to support the local community by providing charitable contributions within the confines of responsible business practices. We place our focus in efforts that have a positive impact on our local families, specifically children, their well-being, and environmental stewardship.
Due to the large volume of donation requests each year we have created the guidelines listed below. Every fundraiser is important but because of demand we can only consider requests that meet the following criteria.
- Requests must be made 60 days prior to the event.
- Requests must be made through our online donation request system Powered by ApproveForGood.
- Requesting organization and auction must reside locally, within a 95 mile radius.
- Requests must benefit children under the age of 18, medical research, or the environment.
- Requesting organization must be a nonprofit.
Our standard donation is two any-day adult lift tickets valid during winter operations, typically late November through mid April. View Season Schedule. Tickets will be issued for the current season if auction is on or before the last day of February. Auctions occurring on or after March 1st will be issued tickets for the following operating season. No exceptions to this rule will be made.
Due to the volume of requests received, we ask that you do not contact us by phone or email for donation inquiries or status. We do not accept physical donation request letters by mail.
Thank you for thinking of Stevens Pass Mountain Resort. We wish you much success in your fundraising efforts.


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The median household income in Kalamazoo, Michigan is $32,959. The median household income for the surrounding county is $46,356 compared to the national median of $53,482. The median age of people living in Kalamazoo is 25.7 years.
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text: Do you get hung up on a favorite color for a year or so and can't buy enough fabric in that shade? One year, it was browns for me; another oranges. This spring I was on a purple and green kick. On a similar note, do you start building a stash with a particular theme such as fall, winter? I also find that I start zeroing in on a couple of designers without even knowing I'm doing it. I see a bolt of fabric, have to buy it and when I get home, realize that it is a particular designer. All this being said, I'm currently on the lookout for reds and find I lean towards Red Rooster and Bernartex. Guilty as charged - come lock me up and provide candy corn! Thanks for reading my ponderings.


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Chipotle Mexican Grill • Danville, CA
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Job Description
The Service Manager is responsible for maintaining a positive customer experience by ensuring safe and quality food is prepared and served; and that the restaurant crew is well trained and provides good customer service. He/she maintains a clean, organized line with properly functioning line equipment. The responsibilities of this position require Service Managers to be on their feet working while clocked in, unless on break. If they are not busy, they are expected to evaluate what other tasks need to be completed, and assist others with those tasks.
In addition to following Chipotle's policies and procedures, principal responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Food Quality
Making sure great tasting, high quality food is served. Resolving food quality issues. Managing food safety which includes the following: ensuring hand washing and glove changes, monitoring time and temperature on the line, monitoring secondary shelf lives, and enforcing the Daily Food Safety Checklist and food safety policies and procedures.
Customer Interaction
Resolving customer incidents and working to ensure positive customer experiences.
Team Management
Managing crew breaks, shift changes, shift meetings, and line schedules. Developing and cross-training all front of house Crew. Assisting with Crew performance reviews and the resolution of performance issues. Training and developing future Service Managers.
Office Administration
Assisting with miscellaneous office administration duties such as: banking, cash handling policies and responsibilities, and office paperwork. Overseeing office equipment and making sure office supplies are ordered as necessary. Ensuring the proper quantity of supplies are available as needed. Troubleshooting back of house computers and POS system.
Ensuring the line and reach-in cooler are organized and clean. Managing daily and weekly cleaning of the line, dining room, restrooms, and patio. Assisting with the execution of marketing promotions.
The ideal candidate will:
- Have Chipotle Crew member and/or Kitchen Manager experience
- Be able to understand and articulate Chipotle's Food With Integrity philosophy
- Have knowledge and experience of cash handling policies and procedures
- Have knowledge of Food Safety and health department matters
- Have managed office paperwork management before
- Have the knowledge and ability to speak, write, read, and understand the primary language(s) of the work location
- Have a high school diploma
- Have restaurant experience


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Hubble Goes 'Deep' to Sample Young Galaxies
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reached back to nearly the beginning of time to sample thousands of infant galaxies. This image, taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, shows several thousand galaxies, many of which appear to be interacting or in the process of forming. Some of these galaxies existed when the cosmos was less than about 2 billion years old. The foreground galaxies, however, are much closer to Earth. Two of them [the white, elongated galaxies, left of center] appear to be colliding.
This image represents less than one-tenth of the entire field surveyed by Hubble. The full field, consisting of about 25,000 galaxies, is part of a larger survey called the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), the most ambitious study of the early universe yet undertaken with the Hubble telescope. This survey targeted two representative spots in the sky - one in the Northern Hemisphere and the other in the Southern Hemisphere. This image represents the southern field, located in the constellation Fornax. The entire GOODS survey reveals roughly 50,000 galaxies. Astronomers have identified more than 2,000 of them as infant galaxies, observed when the universe was less than about 2 billion years old.
Because infant galaxies are very faint and very rare, astronomers are using Hubble to search for them over a relatively wide swath of sky. In fact, the new observations cover about 60 times the area of the original Hubble Deep Field Observations, obtained in 1995. Astronomers also are using the Chandra X-ray Observatory to search the GOODS fields for the earliest black holes in the universe. The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) will sample these same fields soon after it is launched in August 2003.
By combining light from all three of NASA's great observatories with data from ground-based telescopes, astronomers hope to build a coherent picture of galaxy evolution.
This image of the southern field was assembled from observations taken between July 2002 and February 2003.
The science team consists of M. Giavalisco (STScI), A. Barger (U. Wisconsin, Madison), N. Brandt (PSU), S. Casertano (STScI), C. Cesarsky (ESO), C. Conselice (Caltech), L. Cowie (U. Hawaii) S. Cristiani (Osservatorio Astronomico Trieste), T. Dahlen (STScI), D. de Mello (JHU), M. Dickinson (STScI), S.M. Fall (STScI), C. Fassnacht (STScI), H.C. Ferguson (STScI), R. Fosbury (ST-ECF), A. Fruchter (STScI), J. Gardner (GSFC), G. Garmire (PSU), N. Grogin (STScI), R. Hook (ST-ECF), R. Idzi (JHU), A. Koekemoer (STScI), C. Kretchmer (JHU), Kyoungsoo Lee (JHU), B. Leibundgut (ESO), M. Livio (STScI), R. Lucas (STScI), P. Madau (UC Santa Cruz), B. Mobasher (STScI), L. Moustakas (STScI), C. Papovich (U. Arizona), S. Ravindranath (STScI), A. Renzini (ESO), M. Richardson (STScI), A. Riess (STScI), Piero Rosati (ESO), H. Spinrad (UC Berkeley), E. Schreier (STScI), D. Stern (JPL/Caltech), M. Stiavelli (STScI), M. Urry (Yale Univ.), and R. Williams (STScI). Also on the team are Y. Park (JHU), A. Hornschemeier (JHU), R. Somerville (STScI), S. Jogee (STScI), D. Alexander (PSU), F. Bauer (PSU), E. Chatzichristou (Yale Univ.), B. Simmons (Yale Univ.), S. Cristiani (Osservatorio Astronomico Trieste), E. Daddi (ESO), M. Nonino (Osservatorio Astronomico Trieste), and J. Lotz (UCSC).


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You didn't think I was serious about the Jumbo & Jaden Project, (and I probably wasn't) but every time I visit Jaden's site I can't help it, I want to make what she's making. If her drool inducing photos aren't enough to convince you that you're missing out by not being a guest at her table, her words certainly will. So even though I was sort of joking about the whole Jumbo & Jaden Project it seemed as though fate had other plans for me when Lynnylu of Café LynnyLu announced that the theme for this round of Hay Hay It's Donna Day would be gnocchi. Well that just settled things, I would have to make gnocchi and I would have to use Jaden's recipe for Pan Fried Lemon Ricotta Gnocchi, the Project required it.
Much to my surprise, it was easy too. Dad walked into the kitchen as I was setting up, asking what was for lunch because he was hungry. I said I was making gnocchi and he looked at my inquisitively, asking "for dinner?" No, I replied, for lunch. He seemed unconvinced that I could make gnocchi quickly enough to quell his hunger and wondered aloud whether or not he should make himself a chicken sandwich. I told him it would be ready soon. He grabbed a piece of bread and some cheese and lumbered off to the garage to occupy himself while I finished making lunch. Dad wasn't the only one who had doubts that gnocchi could be made with relative ease. I had previously thought about making this gnocchi one night when I was making dinner with a friend. We were in the grocery store, puttering around, looking for nothing in particular when I suggested we made gnocchi, (I was also planning on making Jaden's salmon that night so I figured I couldn't go wrong with two Jaden recipes). His response was to look at me skeptically and say that he was really getting hungry and didn't think we had time to make gnocchi. On that particular day I gave in without a fight and we ended up having pasta with our salmon, which was good, but gnocchi could have been great. Although I should have known better than to let this friend influence my decision making in any way, he's the same person who ordered his lamb medium-well done the last time we ate out, (and in a very nice restaurant no less). I almost ended the friendship right there. Medium-well? Lamb? You've got to be kidding me. I'm still struggling with this one, but he does like ice cream and chocolate so I guess he's not pure evil.
Much to Dad's surprise, the gnocchi didn't take an eternity to make and the end result was worth it. The gnocchi were cute and pillowy and filled with flavour and just a hint of spice. To get the recipe, visit Jaden's site, I copied it exactly: Pan Fried Lemon Ricotta Gnocchi. The Jumbo & Jaden can't be stopped now, it's full steam ahead. Who knows what we'll make next? (Possibly me, but I'm not telling.)
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Dramatic Thanksgiving Table Setting
Recreate this look for your table with a complete list of sources.
Thanksgiving table settings do not have to mean the traditional palette of autumnal shades. Forget the burgundies and golds this holiday season and use these tips to create a more modern and dramatic setting for your special guests. This Thanksgiving table and the many Thanksgiving decorating ideas will certainly impress this holiday season. The best part every idea is easy to twirl up at home in a pinch without breaking the budget! This holiday centerpiece focuses on the dramatic jewel tones that are definitely not expected. The purples and fuchsias paired with the blacks and pewter add extra flair to any Thanksgiving table setting. The centerpiece is easy to recreate at home because it exemplifies that sticking with one color palette makes for flawless floral arranging. Black linens are what make the palette really pop, yet nothing is strong enough or overly bold that will cause your mother-in-law will to frown.


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WFP is taking swift action to assist people in the Caribbean affect by recent floods. Tens of thousands of people in Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic need help after Tropical Storm "Noel" tore its way across the region.
Watch footage from the Dominican Republic. Fed on EVN at 16:00 GMT 08-NOV-2007.


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In response to my post, Vicious Techniques, my good friend, Sensei Jim Alexander (of Belleville, Illinois) wrote:
"First rule of real combat....there are NO rules. Second rule; NOBODY WINS , Everybody gets hurt. Third rule...the one who gets hurt least gets to walk away.Thank you Jim. I appreciate your views and experiences. -- Charles
I'm totally against the teaching of ideas that give a student any delusions about winning an encounter... training may improve your odds, but there are no guarantees and anyone that has had real life experience, in the military or the police will tell you, the only way to guarantee an outcome, is don't be a participant to [in] violence.
I had a friend once, from a dojo I was involved with, that went to Vegas on business, got mugged and beaten severely. He was a brown belt at the time. He felt from all his training it was worth resisting the two guys that demanded his wallet (it had credit cards and a considerable amount of cash in it). Instead of turning it over he took a defensive stance... when he returned from the trip he was totally demoralized. He complained to his sensei... what good is all this training if I can't even defend myself? His sensei responded... "You didn't listen when I told you to walk away from danger, run if possible and do not fight unless it is your life or the life of a loved one."
To this I always add, when teaching a community service class on self defense... It may be your first fight... but you can bet it is not your attacker's first attack. Bad guys get PLENTY of practice...that's why good guys should practice MORE, and practice like it is for real. Better to get a bruise on your forearm in the dojo than one on your brain in the street.
I sincerely hope your students listen more closely to you than my friend did to his sensei.


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The cold, dry air damages our skin, causes cracking, splitting and scaliness. Temperature and humidity change can cause havoc with our skin. In my quest to save you some serious cash, a website-crashing deal I explored last year is back on sale.
There are ways to protect the largest organ of our body short of moving to the tropics. My favorite deal to get the job done is the top pick from our mom tester focus group, something I use, a product my wife swears by and a deal that's extremely well-rated online.
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Think of it as your dose of Vitamin C on sale and a deal to moisturize and repair skin of all ages. Powered by viewer request, today's price drop is one of the best you'll see.
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As New York slowly comes back to life, it's electrical power that divides the haves and have-nots. Gridlock also remains a concern, but subway service is slowly beginning to resume and the New York Marathon is still slated to go forward. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.
NEW YORK -- Days after the country's most densely populated region was brought to its knees by Superstorm Sandy, those without power were going to desperate lengths to find it.
For graphic designer Robert Romiti, that meant a three-mile march up Lower Manhattan in search of electricity to charge his iPhone. Romiti told NBC News he had walked from his apartment on South Street to the corner of 36th Street and Fifth Avenue, where a condominium tower had put out several surge protectors for passers-by. About 20 people were huddled around it.
Romiti said he'd found a similarly improvised power station six blocks to the south – but it was fully occupied.
Some people were searching for even more juice. Widespread power outages, combined with forecasts of falling temperatures and ongoing uncertainty about when power would be restored, sparked a surge in demand for home power generators. Online sites recorded most models as "out of stock" and home centers sold out shipments shortly after they arrived. Phone lines to dealers of permanent standby generators were jammed. Home center stores turned away customers looking for portable models.
A Home Depot in Port Chester, N.Y. sold 190 units within hours on Wednesday, according to a store employee. At another location in Nyack, N.Y., a cluster of customers gathered in the darkened store based on word that a truck was en route with more generators. A store employee created an impromptu waiting list by handing out slips of paper with hand-written numbers and explaining the rules: "You can't leave and come back," she told a new arrival. "You have to be here when your number is called."
Across the region, more than 6 million people were without power, and many were driving miles and miles to find it.
At a Lukoil gas station in Bloomfield, N.J., about 40 cars lined up for gas Wednesday afternoon. Cesar Baez and a friend had tried five stations from Newark to Union before reaching the station, where they had already waited 90 minutes before nearing the entrance. In nearby Union, he had waited two hours before reaching the pump, only to be told the station was rationing. Baez wanted to fill his BMW to drive to Boston. "We're trying to get out of town," he said. Baez did not gas up before the storm. "That was an error," he said.
After days without power, residents of lower Manhattan have begun searching for new ways to charge their devices, even if it means standing out in the cold.
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Also in line were Eileen and Michael Minogue, from Butler, N.J., about 20 miles northwest of Bloomfield. This was their first stop because none of the stations in Butler had gas. The Minogues had been waiting 40 minutes for gas for their SUV and a generator they were using to power their home. The Minogues had been without power since Monday and had been told it wouldn't be back until at least Monday. They were going through about two gallons of gas a day to run their generator for about 4 or 5 hours a day, mostly for their refrigerator.
Jonathan Sanger / NBC News
New Yorkers charge their cell phones on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on Wednesday.
For some, the scenes harken back to the fuel-shortages of the 1970s.
"Right now, there is a shortage of gas in the area because of the extraordinary demand of the few places that have electricity," AAA Spokesperson Chris McBride told NBC News. "Without power, even if they do have reserve gas in their storage tanks, they can't pump it out."
On one side of an Exxon station in Belleville, N.J., cars stretched down the street, snarling traffic. On the other, people stood in line with gas cans in hand, grabbing as much fuel as they could for cars and generators.
One man from Montclair, N.J., said his girlfriend's car ran out of fuel in line at another Exxon station. He offered money to people for their empty gas cans, hoping to carry away as much fuel as possible, but he didn't have any takers.
The station's owner said the pumps would run out of fuel around 8 p.m. He said Exxon had a new shipment of gas on the way, but that it wouldn't be in time to help anyone tonight.
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Stephanie Sikaris, of Union, N.J., waits in line with others at an Exxon station on Route 22 to fill up her gas containers to feed the generator that she bought Monday from Home Depot.
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New York City's power company, Consolidated Edison Inc., said Wednesday that it had restored power to more than 160,000 of the 930,000 customers left in the dark by Hurricane Sandy. Con Ed estimated Tuesday that those served by underground electric equipment in Manhattan and Brooklyn should have their power restored within four days.
Even without power, New Yorkers found creative ways to charge their phones and devices.
At 10th Street and Avenue C, where Bill DiPaola said he saw cars floating in flood waters just a day ago, some two dozen people were huddled around a two-person bike hooked up to a generator that was charging tens of phones. DiPaola, founder of the not-yet-open Museum of Reclaimed Urban Spaces, said he had used the bike earlier to power a pump to drain the basement. He hoped he'd still be able to open the museum as planned on Nov. 17.
Outside, two women were pedaling furiously; they had volunteered to do so in exchange for getting to charge their phones. Audrey Conway, a fashion school student whose apartment is without power or running water, said pedaling this bike was harder than the one she rides every day.
"I'm happy I can do this," Conway said, slightly out of breath. "Better than sitting in my apartment."
Jonathan Sanger / NBC News
New Yorkers found unique ways to work with limited electricity in New York on Wednesday.
At the main branch of the Montclair Public Library, where a line formed before its 10 a.m. opening, several hundred people were using every available outlet to charge computers and cellphones, with some sprawled on floors near electrical plugs. Library staffers opened an auditorium, additional conference rooms and arranged for a branch building to open Wednesday to accommodate townspeople without electricity.
"We're trying our best to serve the public the best we can," said library supervisor Dawn Quinn.
Jennifer Dwyer found a desk space at the library to work. "I was here earlier but the Wifi was overwhelmed so I had to buy my own hot spot," a battery-powered Internet connection, for her computer. Dwyer had lost power Monday night. "I'm like everyone else here," she said of her hunt for electrical power. "At least it's not cold."
Driving around in a mobile hotspot of their own creation, Daymion Mardel, 38, and Angel Hernandez, 36, were out in lower Manhattan to help people charge their phones out of their car. The two photographers, who live in Harlem, where they actually do have power, set up a solar panel where they could plug in about 40 phones.
"We're just trying to help in the small ways we can," Mardel told NBC News. "Some people donate money, we had the resources to do this. We know how important it is for people to have mobile phones to keep in touch."
Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters
People congregate in front of a building that still has wireless Internet access in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York on Tuesday.
NBC News' John Schoen, Jane Weaver, Becky Bratu, Rosa Golijan and Jason White contributed to this report.
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For op-ed writer Robert O. Freedman, it's not a question of if Israel is to launch an attack on Iran, but when ("Is reelection driving Obama's Israel policy?" March 7).
I am tired of the hawks' view that every Middle Eastern episode of tension can be solved by military force. True, Iran has said it would "wipe Israel off the map." But this talk — absurd on the face of it — sounds like the posturing of a street corner punk. Iran surely knows that any attack on Israel would be suicidal because Israel could strike back with overwhelming military force, and perhaps with nuclear weapons.
President Obama is wise to hold firm to his policy, borrowed from Theodore Roosevelt, to "speak softly and carry a big stick." Sanctions clearly have already seriously hurt the Iranian economy. Mr. Obama has tried to tamp down Israeli alarmism, and he should keep pushing to resume the negotiations the Iranians now say they want to reopen.
As a result of President Bush's ill-conceived preemptive attack on Iraq nine years ago — supposedly because Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction he turned out not to have — the U.S. must advocate restraint. Going on the offensive prematurely would produce an ugly chain of consequences throughout the Islamic world, where American good will is worth less and less these days.
Moreover, U.S. or Israeli aggression against Iran would almost certainly obscure the horrors of Syrian President Bashar Assad's brutal repression of his own people. And the price of oil would certainly spike.
Since he came to power in 2009, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had little regard for the Obama administration's opinions — because the president has not been afraid to speak his mind about Israel's intransigence and a policy which might be dubbed "shoot first, ask questions later." Let us hope that President Obama can remain firmly for a peaceful resolution to an increasingly tense situation.
Bruce R. Knauff, Towson


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Welcome to the Philosophy Department
UIS is one of the best places to go for an online degree in Philosophy.
Graduates in the online program receive the Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy diploma from the University of Illinois at Springfield—and there is no distinction between an online degree and one earned on-campus.
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Oct. 5, 2007
SPARTANBURG, S.C. _ The Lipscomb Bisons came on strong early in the second half, but they could not hold off USC- Upstate in a 4-2 Atlantic Sun loss Friday night.
After allowing Upstate to take a 2-0 lead in the first half the Bisons went on the offensive after intermission.
Senior defender Xander Vooys scored at the 47:51 mark for the Bisons as his shot from about 30 yards out bounced off the hands of goalkeeper Jason McCabe.
The Bisons tied the game at 68:02 as freshman forward Miguel DaSilva scored on a breakaway off of a pass from Vooys.
A minute later Upstate scored to take a 3-2 advantage. They iced the game at 83:56 when David Acosta scored on a one-timer off of a breakaway.
Jack Burridge scored a pair of goals for Upstate.
Lipscomb senior goalkeeper Jake Goergen made six saves. Jason McCabe made 10 saves to Upstate.
The Bisons out-shot Upstate 22-15. The Bisons had 13 shots on goal and Upstate made 10.
Lipscomb senior forward Ben Page made a team-leading six shots, three on goal. Freshman midfielder Angel Chairez added five shots with three on goal.
DaSilva leads the Bisons in goals with four and points with eight.
It was the first NCAA Division I victory for Upstate.
The Bisons fell to 1-6-2 overall, 0-1-1 in the conference. Upstate is 1-8-0, 1-2-0 in the A-Sun.


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Kate has done her 30 days, she has her $10,000 and I am sure a stack of non-disclosure agreements signed. The experiment is over and so begins the postmortem. The irony is it is almost pointless doing a review of the job that Kate McGroarty did over the last 30 days (much to her joy I am sure) since she did an affable job at saying nothing. That's the place to start with this review for me, in that regardless if the Directors of the Museum of Science and Industry didn't allow her to be open, she wisely decided there was little to be gained from being objective and human or worse there is really nothing to be said about the Museum that isn't sterile and devoid of saccharin but regardless there was little said and even less done over 30 days.
How do you measure success in a project like this?
Is it success in the social media arena? If so it was an abject failure since the twitter feed had at most 1,800 followers (less then 300 more then @badatsports and no one works that as a full time job) & 4,126 fans on Facebook (which is pumped by the fact that they initially linked the like button on the site and not the actual Facebook page) but if I was the Director I wouldn't measure it by social media since that is only a single and rather small apple in the larger marketing & PR bushel.
Is it press coverage? Well that was stilted in the bigining with the media's interest in the human story of 1 person trapped in a
mine museum which quickly dried up and the press didn't know how to grab onto the story by and large. Kate was a mascot, she put a ribbon on everything that didn't have one and cut the ones that did, cheered for the home team and had a free smile for anyone that wanted one. She was in essence the Ronald McDonald clown in a orange countdown shirt and she did it well from day 1 to 30. The problem is from a press angle there is no story to tell.
Success can be measured by ticket sales? That may be true and as I am sure I will never know the performance of foot traffic over the course of that month in comparison to the previous 30 days or same time last year but if that is so then she was part human oddity exhibit/part greeter.
I can go on but this turned out better then I expected since I was afraid if they didn't get the perfect marketing spokesperson and that live mic was handed to them you would have a mixture of silence from editorial indecision and exasperation as the thirty days came to a close. Not constantly but eventually it would slip out. They avoided that by getting the perfect person for the role, someone who was willing to take what they gave her, put a fun spin on it and make two posts and four tweets a day about it (300 in total but many are replies to others). Also I don't know what the travel and official work schedule was like for Kate but the volume of posting, tweeting and documentation seemed a bit (honestly considerably) low for someone locked in a building 24×7. The average blogger does 2-3x as much if its a full time gig and many even more then that.
I am not a negative person and more so hate reviews or critics that tear down and don't build or at least offer constructive direction and honest review. If you live in Chicago you want the Art Institute, Museum of Science and Industry, Museum of Contemporary Art, Field Museum & others to grow, flourish and succeed. At its core this is a good idea, at its core this is what social media was built for and at its core this is why social media will fail. Since the 1980's (and even before but it really came to it's own then in my view) there has been a top to bottom clamp on message and public image. Gone are the days where Grocery stores would have homegrown competitions and promotions on the store level, gone are the local town commercials where a franchise owner would speak directly for his/her business or brand. They were all removed so that you could control the message nationwide and eliminate potentially expensive missteps. Social media though flourishes on the human voice, insight, personalization, inclusivity and minutia; the very things that contemporary marketing fears most and actively looks to either eliminate or synthesize artificially in a controlled manner (think bad viral ads or national campaigns exactly the same just customized by local age, race, sex, sports affiliation or celebrity).
In order to succeed you need to make social media a part of your PR team (key point to remember, PR is not marketing and never the twain shall meet) have someone daily write, photograph and honestly talk about all the great aspects, locations & touchstones of your group in such a way that you don't visit the museum to learn about them but to finally see them in person. People don't visit the Louvre in droves to see this "Mona Lisa" for the first time but to write the final chapter that image has had in their life by seeing it for themselves, outside of books & film.
The web, where pages are free to publish is the prefect place to build a trap for the human imagination so it can roll around joyfully in subject mater of individual pertinent interest like a pig in mud and learn, celebrate and know as much about your product as possible. Its not a billboard, its a quilt as I presume Kate McGroarty's wise mother knows all too well. Woven with history, personality, flaws & perfection. Thats how social media works and without it that is how it fails.
Social Media I said in May of this year quietly to whoever would listen was dead, by that I meant its growth had hit a plateau and it had come to the crossroads in its life as so many good ideas have. Those ideas and the people that advocated them always knew what the right path was, without exception they knew it. But they never took it. You know WHY? Because it was TOO damn hard (thank you Bo Goldman). Social Media is a dual edged sword that no one wants to swing no mater how sharp it can cut to the truth since no one has faith in the knight swinging it to not cut themselves or the royal family. Until that paranoia or risk calculus changes as a whole you will get performances like the Month at the Museum, all pomp and no circumstance.
Nothing really said or done, nothing to get excited about and worse yet nothing shared about a beautiful gem locked away that only few get to see and one got to live but can never truly tell about without breaking a presumed confidentiality agreement.
In short, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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One lucky local woman will have a chance of a lifetime this Sunday when she gets the chance to have an Extreme Makeover sponsored by area businesses.
FORT WALTON BEACH � One lucky local woman will have a chance of a lifetime this Sunday when she gets the chance to have an Extreme Makeover sponsored by area businesses.
Beal Street Bottle Club, Brava Hair Studio and the Closet Swap have teamed up to give one deserving lady an Extreme Makeover.
Nominees were posted on Facebook by friends and family and narrowed down to seven women.
The winner will be selected Sunday at the Beal Street Bottle Club by customer voting. She will be whisked away to Brava Hair Studio and Day Spa where she will get a complete hair and make up change and a new outfit by the Closet Swap.
The chosen woman will then be returned to the Beal Street Bottle Club for her revel.
During the makeover, audience members will be entertained by vocalist and have a dance lesson demonstration by Loki. They will also be able to shop with local boutique vendors who will set up that night.
There is a $10 cover, a portion of which will benefit the charity of the winner's choice. All runner ups will receive $200 in services from Brava Hair Studios.
READ ABOUT THE NOMINEES: Brava Hair Studio and Day Spa is taking votes through Sunday. Click here to learn how to get involved and choose your favorite lady >> Extreme Makeover
Nominated by Victoria Lell George
I nominate DJ of Niceville for the extreme makeover. She doesn't have any children of her own but mentors our children at the local elementary schools. She always has a kind word whether she is checking you out at the store or running into you out in town. She has had a positive effect on countless students, athletes, and boy/girl scouts during their weekend bagging fundraisers at our local Winn Dixie over the last 20 years.
Leaving a legacy is not about the buildings or discoveries you leave behind. It is about the effect that your everyday actions have on the people around you. DJ's genuine care for people and her quiet bubbly nature sends ripples of happiness throughout our community.
She has been diagnosed with Stage 3 ovarian cancer and has a tough road ahead of her. Come on Niceville, let's do this. Let's give DJ a well deserved day of pampering.
Kayla Lynn
Nominated by Lisa Lynn
I want to nominate my 21 yr. old daughter, Kayla Lynn. She is a full time student at NWF/UWF, works two jobs, and has a beautiful little one-year-old boy, Landon.
She is an amazing young woman who will not give up her dream to finish college.
She and her fianc�' struggle with bills, work, her school, and their son daily, but she has held them all together with her strength, courage and drive.
She spends all her available time with her son reading, playing, and enjoying him, in between working, and school work.
Kayla never has the money to do anything for herself � every dime goes toward the baby � which she so richly deserves. She is a terrific daughter, sister, and friend to everyone.
When I grow up I want to be just like her!
Angi Washington
Nominated by Sarah Herbst Drahn
I want to nominate Angi Washington-Phillips because she is one of the most positive, sweet people. She has been handed some pretty tough situations in her life , but she just goes with the flow.
When a new trial comes at her, she takes it head-on. For a normal person going through some of the situations she has been put in, they would question "why me?"
But not Angi she knows that there is reason, a purpose to everything.
She has four sons that she loves so much. She gives everything she has for them � time, money, affection.
She is also a full-time employee and does not do much for herself. She always puts her children first. If they need something for school, sports, their personal needs, that comes first. And that doesn't always leave much or anything for her.
She is a beautiful woman and does not need to change the way she looks, but deserves someone taking care of her once. She takes care of her children, family and friends unselfishly.
Senora Vanessa Wesley
Nominated by Michelle Lollie Cooper
I would like to nominate my niece Senora Vanessa Wesley.
Senora is a single mother of three, she works full time and maintains an amazing attitude towards life's challenges. Senora has had to endure obstacles that no mom should ever have to yet she is still standing! I am sure the other women nominated are deserving of this great gift as well.
Every woman deserves to feel as beautiful on the outside as we know they are on the inside! I know this would mean a lot to my niece.
Becca Jo Field
I nominate Becca Jo Field. She is young � only 22 � but has experienced more in her life than most in a lifetime.
She was in a severe car accident, her stepdad and grandfather passed away, both from cancer; she was badly burned at work, and of this was within two years.
Yet, through it all, she's always cheerful with a smile and a laugh for everyone. She is always willing to help others, even if it means she sacrifices.
She is working her dream job but still struggles to make ends meet. This makeover would give her a chance to shine for herself like she shines for others
Marion Kirkland
I nominate Marion Kirkland. She's an amazing woman that we nominate for a makeover.
She was training to become a firefighter and learned she was pregnant. She is now very pregnant and needs a makeover to make her feel better about herself. This is her first pregnancy and she is not used to all of the changes her body is going through.
I nominate my mom, Mildred. I'm 16 so I don't always make life easy for her, not to mention she's bipolar and off of work with no pay.
I don't see a problem in attempting to get her something good and she could use a makeover. I love her for giving me everything she can and being so sweet and crazy then giving those qualities to me!


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The standard dates for North American Daylight Saving Time (DST) have changed. As a result, you may need to install a software patch to your BlackBerry® smartphone in order for it to correctly display time and calendar events. Check with your IT department to confirm their update plan. If your organization is using BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, your IT department may already have updated or be planning to update your smartphone remotely.
If you need to install the patch yourself, don't worry – installing the patch is easy! This article shows you how to do it, so you don't miss a single scheduled event when DST comes early this year, on March 11, 2007 at 2:00 am.
What do I need to do?
Check your smartphone to see if you already have the DST patch installed. To check this information on your BlackBerry smartphone, from your home screen, click on the "Options" icon. If you see a line at top that reads, "2007 DST Patch" you do not need to do anything, your smartphone has already been updated. If you do not see this, please keep reading.
How do I install the patch?
If your organization is running BlackBerry Enterprise Server, your IT Administrator may be able to administer the patch to your smartphone remotely. Check with your IT department for more information.
BlackBerry users can install the software patch in one of two ways:
Via USB Connection
Wirelessly by User
What's different about DST this year?
Beginning in 2007, Daylight Saving Time (DST) will now begin on the second Sunday in March and end on the first Sunday in November in North America. The result is three weeks of additional daylight saving time in the Spring, and one week in the Fall. (Prior to 2007, DST began on the first Sunday in April and ended on the Last Sunday in October.)
The changes come as part of the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005. Both the U.S. and Canada will be implementing the new DST changes this year.
What does this mean?
Many BlackBerry smartphone users in the U.S. and Canada will need to install a software patch to their BlackBerry smartphone in order for it to recognize the new Daylight Saving Time changes.
What happens if I do not install the DST Software Patch?
Any unpatched BlackBerry smartphones will display the incorrect time for certain time periods during the year. This means any appointments (and their reminders) will appear 1 hour late on your BlackBerry smartphone if the appointments start in one of the following windows in any year:
Spring Window: Between the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in April (e.g. March 11, 2007 to April 1, 2007).
Fall Window: Between the last Sunday in October and the first Sunday in November (e.g. October 28, 2007 to November 4, 2007)
Spring Window: Between the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in April (e.g. March 11, 2007 to April 1, 2007).
Fall Window: Between the last Sunday in October and the first Sunday in November (e.g. October 28, 2007 to November 4, 2007)
When DST comes early this year, be ready! Install your software patch update to your BlackBerry smartphone BEFORE March 11, 2007. For more information please visit blackberry.com/select/dst2007.
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