text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - Japanese summer festival Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Japanese summer festival Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Culture View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message bonchan723Joined: 16 Apr 2003Posts: 1 Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 8:35 pm Post subject: Japanese summer festival Hi ! I am a Japanese Girl. I am 18 years old. My hobby is listening to music and watching movie. I have a dream of becoming ground staff. I like yakiniku, festival,karaoke and carry rice. Let me introduce Japanese summer festival. Japanese summer festival is (natumaturi). This is very traditional culture. Many people carry portable shrine on their shoulders. And we wear yukata! Yukata looks like kimono. But yukata is thinner than kimono. Made of cotton. And many street stall for example, candy like cotton, scoop goldfish. Many Japanese people Like these. Please tell me about your countrys festival. I am looking forward to your reply!!!!! Back to top RoserayJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 47 Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 2:52 am Post subject: I am from Hong Kong. First of all, I want to ask how the Japanese Spring festival comes from? Besides, do you have Christmas or Easter in your country? In Hong Kong, we have Christmas, Easter, Lunar New Year, New Year, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid Autumn Festival. It seems that our festivals are come from eastern and western countries. Lunar New Year, Mid Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Festival are come from China. Whereas Christmas and Easter are come from Western countries. Of the festivals in Hong Kong, I like Christmas. Perhaps, it falls at the end of the year. Most children in Hong Kong like Lunar New Year because they can get red packets( with money inside) from their relatives and parents. Back to top hideo kokuboJoined: 13 May 2003Posts: 2Location: japan Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 8:20 pm Post subject: japanese festival In Japan there are many trsditional festivals through four season. But we have lot of them in summer season. Some of them came from Chine and europian countries originally. We have also Christmas but we don't think it japanese festival because christian people are a very few in japan. But most of japanese young children enjoy christmas day because they believe Santa Claus and he gives them wonderful present. Next time I'll give you more detail about japanese festival. By Back to top CoreyJoined: 23 Mar 2003Posts: 445Location: Costa Rica Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:01 am Post subject: Re: Japanese summer festival bonchan723 wrote: I have a dream of becoming ground staff. I like yakiniku, festival,karaoke and carry rice. What is yakiniku? Also, it may be better to say "I dream of becoming a memeber of the grounds staff". You maybe the only person I know who enjoys carrying rice!! Take care, Corey_________________Niagara Summer Programs Back to top BakaGaijinJoined: 26 Jul 2003Posts: 226Location: Houston, Texas Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 10:49 pm Post subject: Hmm. I'd love to be able to just go to a Jpanese Festival. I'm not sure of what the American version would be, July 4th Independence Day maybe? But, I'd like to ask some questions of you on other Japanese Culture Festivals if I may! Maybe she meant Curry Rice. lol_________________ I'm Kevin Tillman. Japanese Exchange and Teaching ALT Back to top Xelloss111Joined: 10 Aug 2003Posts: 10Location: China, Jiangsu Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 4:08 pm Post subject: Chinese Spring Festival As Roseray said, we Chinese now combine the holidays in our own culture with those of the western countries. I believe it is due to the quick globalization of world's economy. By the way, I'm also curious about the origin of the Japanese Spring Festival for we have a Spring Festival too. And it comes from an old story about "nian", which means "year" in Chinese. It was said that "nian" was a terrible monster during the ancient times. It looks mostly like a lion. It comes to the village to do harms to people during the end of winter. So people came up with an idea of scaring it away with fireworks. So that's the reason why we light fireworks during Spring Festivals. _________________It's a new world, it's a new start, it's alive with the beating of young hearts... 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Coyotes Recall Brule from AHLby Staff Writer / Arizona Coyotes
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
GLENDALE, ARIZONA – Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have recalled forward Gilbert Brule from the Portland Pirates, the club's America Hockey League (AHL) affiliate.
The 5-foot-11, 187-pound Brule has recorded 7-5-12 with a plus-3 rating in 11 games with the Pirates this season. His seven goals are tied for second most on the team and his four power-play goals rank first.
In parts of seven NHL seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers and Coyotes, the 26-year-old native of Edmonton, Alberta has played in 296 regular season games, collecting 43-52-95 and 154 penalty minutes. Brule registered 5-9-14 with a plus-7 rating in 33 games with Phoenix in 2011-12. He also appeared in 12 Stanley Cup Playoff games with the Coyotes that season, totaling 2-1-3.
Brule was originally drafted by the Blue Jackets in the first round (sixth overall) in the 2005 Entry Draft.

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New Year's Lunch at TGIF, Curve
>> Thursday, January 1, 2009
Date: 1 January 2009, Thursday
Venue: Friday's, The Curve, Kota Mutiara Damansara
Occasion: Day out with Mabel :)
Overall comment: Friday's has so far maintained their quality & taste. We're pretty satisfied with the food that we ordered & it isn't too expensive for our pockets (although I ended up broke & in debt after the meal...hahaha). I guess food to Ruth isn't too great a factor when there's good company ;) I lurve me Mabes!
We took the Value Set, which costs RM39.90 (not inclusive of gov tax & service tax)
Sourish, spicy (Tabasco), tangy. The prawns were fresh & the bits of diced tomatoes & bits of lettuce & pickles made this dish a true appetizer indeed :)
The breast meat was quite nicely marinated...it's a 'lil dry & 'meaty' for those who aren't fans of breast meat. The mash was lovely & so was the cheese!!
I thought the salmon looked overdone, but it wasn't :) Still good. The pasta was just nice, with a cheesy feel that satisfied me well...
Nice :) It'll be a bit too sweet for those who don't fancy sweet stuff, but it's a very nice dish to end the meal :) The 'cookie' is actually soft, but the texture sure goes well with the vanilla ice cream.
This gurl brought much color to my life!! :D
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Karbonn and Taiwanese chipmaker Mediatek have joined hands to bring down the prices of high-end Octa-core and new Hexa core devices in India.
Karbonn Mobiles on Wednesday announced the launch of three new devices, two with MediaTek Octa core and another with Hexa core. These phones will also be the first by Indian manufacturers to run Android's new Kit Kat version.
The Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus is the top end device of these three and has a MediaTek MT6592 1.7 GHz Octa core processor. It will have a FullHD screen and 16GB internal storage. The phone will cost Rs 17,990 which is at least Rs 2,000 cheaper than the Micromax Canvas Knight with Octa core. The phone has a 16MP camera, while the other two phones have a 13MP sensor.
The Karbonn Titanium Octane is the HD version of the phone and will have a cheaper Rs 14,490 price tag.
The Karbonn Titanium Hexa is priced at Rs 16,990 and will have a MT6591 1.5 GHz hexacore processor and FullHD screen.
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My question to those who have interviewed and maybe do interviews, what should I be expected to bring and what kind of questions should I expect to be asked?
I have a very small portfolio with only 1 project that I worked on in an internship. Should I include some homework projects that I've done in class in there?
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Tagged News for Salford
Gomez, Fernandes take Salford World Cup
31/07/07 - The bike course of the 2007 Salford BG Triathlon World Cup nudges up against Old Trafford, the iconic home stadium of Manchester United. Although the world's best triathletes cycle past it eight times,... |Full Story
Flying Fernandes takes Salford
29/07/07 - In typical fashion, Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal ran away from the field today at the 2007 Salford BG Triathlon World Cup to claim the 17th world cup win of her career in a time of 2 hours 2 minutes and... |Full Story
Gomez sets the standard for Worlds
29/07/07 - Number one ranked Javier Gomez of Spain keeps his top spot after the fastest swim and a devastating 29:56 minute final run enabled him to win the 2007 Salford BG Triathlon World Cup today in England. The... |Full Story
Salford World Cup this weekend
24/07/07 - For the fifth consecutive year, the BG Triathlon World Cup series travels to its only UK stop, in Salford, England. The home crowds will have a number of contenders to cheer for including current world... |Full Story
Warriner cruises to victory in Salford
30/07/06 - Under threatening skies in Salford, England, Samantha Warriner has just won the 2006 Salford BG Triathlon World Cup in a time of 2:04:28. Behind her were Brazilian Mariana Ohata, who finished second and... |Full Story
Aussie one-two in Salford
30/07/06 - Commonwealth Games gold medallist Brad Kahlefeldt from Australia won the newly renamed 2006 Salford BG Triathlon World Cup today in north-west England. His time of 1:54:31 bested three-time world... |Full Story
Salford race video now available.
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Sunny Salford hosts round 10
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Large field for Salford
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Some 11,000 investment funds are registered in the Cayman Islands, accounting for approximately half of the world's assets under management. When the 2008 financial crisis hit and global economies froze, approximately $175 billion was trapped in Cayman Islands funds that had become illiquid. And although the amount is smaller today, it still hovers around $60 billion.
Investors who fear their investments have soured are quite concerned. Today, some of those investors are losing patience and are increasingly opting to take costly legal actions to recover their funds. Legal recourse o en involves petitioning Cayman Islands courts to place a fund into liquidation. If the petition is granted, the court will appoint an independent professional liquidator to sell or otherwise dispose of the fund's assets and return the proceeds to its creditors and investors. Unfortunately, some investors are taking this drastic step without first considering less costly and possibly more efficient avenues of resolution.
Part of the challenge involves a common misconception about the Cayman Islands. The British overseas territory generally is thought of as a hotbed of financial misdeeds hidden behind secrecy laws and weak corporate governance. Consequently, if troubles persist at a fund and communication to investors is poor, they may fear the worst and turn to the Cayman courts. Legal actions are on the rise. According to an FTI Consulting analysis of publicly available petition filings, stakeholders brought as many liquidation petitions against Cayman Island investment funds in the first six months of 2015 as they did in all of 2014.
This negative perception of governance in the Cayman Islands does not reflect reality. The Cayman Islands constitute a modern and sophisticated financial center, with a deep bench of experienced lawyers, accountants, independent directors, administrators and other investment fund specialists. As a British territory, the islands also have a sound regulatory, legal and court system. The ultimate court of final appeal is the Privy Council in England.
In fact, every year a large number of funds are wound down with little or no rancor or disagreement between investors and management. At the beginning of the global financial crisis in 2008 and continuing into 2009, for example, managers restructured many funds by, among other things, paying back investors with fund assets instead of cash. They also ring fenced illiquid assets in separate special purpose vehicles (e.g., side pockets) until market conditions improved and these assets could be sold. In some cases, however, fund managers have caused frustration among investors by moving too slowly and communicating too infrequently, contributing to the perception of a lack of transparency. This may be due to the fact that personnel changes occur over the years at most funds and that new individuals may be unfamiliar with the investments made by their predecessors and the options they chose to monetize the assets. Given the additional time and resources needed to find an appropriate exit, newer managers may have little incentive to make progress toward resolving investor concerns.
Confronted with this lack of attention, investors may be inclined to pursue resolution in the courts. Litigation is a serious step to take. For example, obtaining a winding up order to place a fund into liquidation requires that the fund must be either insolvent or that the liquidation is "just and equitable" because of alleged fraud, a lack of management probity or the inability of a fund to achieve its primary investment purpose. In certain cases, the Cayman courts have taken the view that a fund should be liquidated because it no longer is practical to continue its investment business. In these instances, the funds had ceased to make any new investments and were winding down and monetizing the remaining investments. However, in other similar situations, the courts refused to appoint an independent liquidator because it considered the fund's investment manager or directors as best placed to extract the greatest value from the fund's portfolio.
Think Twice — and Then Think Again — Before Going to Court
The first question investors should ask when contemplating filing a winding up petition is whether legal action is even feasible. The constitutional documents of some funds may contain provisions that present obstacles that would prevent a successful legal action. Often the investors' due diligence processes did not focus on the best mechanisms to resolve issues and disputes should investments go south.
In a recent case, investors claimed that the fund's investment manager (and others with whom he was affiliated) were charging unjustifiable management fees that were draining the fund's assets. The investors, who were limited partners, wanted the fund liquidated. But the Cayman Islands court dismissed the petition because the fund's limited partnership agreement specifically prohibited such action. This decision is controversial, but the moral of the story is clear: Investors need to examine fully the terms of a fund's governing documents before taking any legal action.
Since the financial crisis, a large number of funds have updated their governing documents to define what should happen should a wind down become necessary. Typically, governing documents require that the process be conducted by the fund's managers and directors rather than an independent liquidator. Although the Cayman Islands courts have broad discretion to determine if a fund should be liquidated, their hands may be tied if the current agreement specifies the who, when, why and how of liquidation. By the same token, agreements may include arbitration clauses or require other forms of dispute resolution instead of the Cayman courts.
Several steep legal hurdles also can stand in the way of putting a Cayman fund into liquidation absent insolvency. The burden of proof for a "just and equitable" petition is high, especially if the petition is based on allegations of fraud or mismanagement. Because liquidating a fund is a severe measure, the Cayman Islands courts will demand substantial, probative evidence. However, the governing documents for most funds do not require fund managers and directors to disclose detailed information to investors beyond periodic net asset value statements and annual audited accounts. When facing potential legal action, fund managers and directors usually are reluctant to share more information than is required, which makes it extremely difficult, or impossible, to amass sufficient evidence to satisfy a court.
Time is another issue. It can take a number of months to put a fund into liquidation, particularly if its board and management oppose the action. In such cases, investors may be hesitant to trust the fund's management and directors to continue in their roles pending the resolution of the action, especially if the issue is alleged mismanagement.
However, the alternative — designating an interim provisional liquidator — can be costly and risky. To have the court name a provisional liquidator, investors must show that one is needed to mitigate management misconduct or to prevent dissipation and/or misuse of the fund's assets. Moreover, if the court dismisses the petition and the fund suffers losses because of the legal action, the court may demand that the petitioning investor pay damages, which is the price of appointing liquidators provisionally.
Finally, investors have to demonstrate that they have something to gain. In order to place a fund into liquidation, investors must show that they would have a tangible financial interest in the outcome should the fund be liquidated. Meeting this requirement can be difficult if asset values are uncertain and there are additional more highly ranked creditors, such as lenders, or other significant liabilities.
A Better Way: Resolving Issues out of Court
Although there is no denying that some fund managers are bad actors, a far greater number are credible and will listen to investor issues and will entertain shareholder suggestions. As a result, resolving matters outside of court, rather than through it, can be far more efficient, cost-effective and reliably less risky.
For example, investors can request that the fund hire an independent third party such as a professional restructuring advisor to assess the fund's situation and develop specific solutions. The advisor's analysis and recommendations can include possible refinancing strategies, independent fee and expense calculations and assessments, and cash flow projections. An independent advisor also may bring fresh eyes to how assets can be disposed of most effectively and profitably.
Naming a wind-down specialist to the fund's board is another possible path to pursue. Appointing a specialist requires that investors have voting rights or, if not, that they have other sources of influence. For example, if a fund is in need of a cash infusion, investors can agree to provide it on the condition that the fund expands their rights to include the ability to designate an independent advisor or director.
In a surprising number of cases, investors do not realize that their shares have voting rights. We know of several instances where investors not only had voting shares but had enough leverage to call for an extraordinary general meeting and the removal of a board. A er the board is removed, or changed, investors can threaten to terminate — or terminate — the investment management agreement. Short of that, boards usually have the right to override a fund manager's decisions.
Finally, to help support the fund, investors can ask the directors to renegotiate agreements with service providers. In some circumstances, the directors may be willing to assess the fund's fee structure to determine if it still is appropriate.
If All Else Fails
Although taking legal action always is a drastic move, it sometimes is necessary. But before taking that step, investors should make diligent efforts to resolve the issues out of court. Amicable solutions, many times, can be found. And even if they can't be, the attempt will provide useful evidence in any litigation and will help persuade a court to grant the remedy investors are seeking.
For example, investors in a closed-end fund (a fund that has a finite period for investment) had heard no word about their investments as the date passed for the assets to be returned. The situation was serious. For eight years, the fund had had no independent audit. The auditors hired by the fund had run into so many roadblocks that they finally gave up. Investors were receiving information only sporadically because the fund had ceased paying its administrator, who then stopped preparing net asset value statements. What financial information investors did get led them to believe that the value of their assets was dissipating. To top it off , the fund had no independent directors providing oversight for investors.
To protect their interests, the fund's investors decided to collaborate and work with the fund's manager to address their collective concerns. The investors found each other through the brokers who had sold each investor his or her investments. These investors then formed an action group with a legal representative. The group proposed several solutions to the fund manager, including either the appointment of an independent advisor or an ad hoc oversight committee of investors.
Despite their efforts to be reasonable, the fund manager continued to ignore the investors' requests. However, the group members had a paper trail that made it clear to the court that they had exhausted all other means and that a petition to place the fund into liquidation now was their only recourse. When confronted with the overwhelming evidence the investor group presented, the fund's management did not oppose liquidating the fund, which the court then ordered.
Investment Managers Take Notice
When investor angst mounts, swift and transparent actions by fund managers can calm the situation and produce an environment that fosters collaboration. If managers take investor patience for granted, fail to address shareholder concerns in a timely manner or withhold pertinent information, they simply will create more distrust, leading investors to attempt to take matters into their own hands through extreme measures.
If liquidity is the principal issue, investment managers should explore potential asset sales. There is a healthy secondary market for all classes and sizes of assets, even those that are illiquid, with cash-rich and sophisticated buyers chasing relatively few opportunities. The market will seek to discount illiquid assets, which could reduce the pool of money for investors, but this may be a better solution than sitting in a long holding pattern or being brought to court.
Managers also can turn to the secondary market, and even to the fund's investors, for lending. Both may seriously consider making loans against assets to improve liquidity, as opposed to selling the assets and accepting losses. Secondary market players can be creative in how they earn their returns. Deal structures are a blank page that can be filled according to the requirements of the situation. Nonetheless, borrowing when in distress is likely to be expensive and should be considered only in circumstances where it is in the best interests of the fund's investors.
Investors can do a great deal to protect themselves when investments in Cayman Islands funds run into trouble. Going to court to have the fund liquidated is one course of action. But before taking that route, investors need to understand the legal landscape fully and attempt to determine whether they can successfully pursue legal action. Even if they can, litigation always should be a last resort. The best scenario, absent fraud or wrongdoing, is to work with the investment manager and directors to find an adequate solution. More often than not, fund managers will cooperate, and the issues can be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties.


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ASTM and Skill Development
Members Weigh in on Skills Honed with ASTM Participation
He had a new job, a new role and new responsibilities. But first he had to attend an ASTM meeting. And it took a while, but John Stieha came to value that unexpected and unlooked for opportunity — one that has been of great benefit professionally.
"It turned out that D20 was probably the best training I could have," says Stieha, a D20 on Plastics member who joined ASTM in 2005 and is a technology and innovation product specialist leader at Celanese in Florence, Ky.
John Scott McCartney, Ph.D., P.E., associate professor of geotechnical engineering and geomechanics at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a member of Committee D18 on Soil and Rock, agrees about the value of ASTM work. "I have found that ASTM provides a wealth of opportunities for professional development," he says. From creating and reviewing standards, presenting at workshops or symposia, and publishing in ASTM technical journals, to participating in interlaboratory studies, opportunities exist to be active, and develop skills, in many ways.
To aid members in making the most of their ASTM International participation, ASTM offers resources online for all ASTM International members. Check "Your Leadership Connection" at www.astm.org/leadership, to link to collected information about taking advantage of ASTM participation and leadership. Also, link to the "Virtual Classroom for Members" and its ongoing array of sessions.
There's expertise to be gained by immersion in technical discussions and standards development. Through learning D20 methods, and talking with others in the industry, Stieha says, "My knowledge base and understanding dramatically increased." The payoff has been the ability to use that expertise to better help his customers.
Steve Sandstrum, director of technical services for ISCO Industries in Louisville, Ky., and a new member of the ASTM International board of directors, puts it this way: "Participation requires that you know your product capabilities inside and out," he says. "Participation forces you into a position where you should think as a technical or critical expert on your product or service. This is an invaluable resource to any organization in today's dynamic marketplace." That can only be good professionally for you, your customers and your company.
In Stieha's case, he has gained in-depth information about plastics test methods and materials classification systems, an understanding that he applies with his customers to respond to questions and to connect their needs with particular polymers, with performance and test parameters. For McCartney, the information exchange can also identify practical engineering issues that may lead to research ideas that could have a useful outcome and implementation in engineering practice.
Participation in ASTM technical committees also takes you out of your usual company hierarchy, which may mean out of your comfort zone as well, adds Stieha; it will give you opportunities for growth in other ways as well. Communications is one of those ways.
You can build your communications skills as you participate in the consensus process and contribute to how a standard is written, McCartney says. Developing a test method or other standard requires the ability to express ideas clearly both verbally and in written form, the ability to listen and understand others' points of view, the ability to adapt, and for task group, subcommittee and committee leaders, the ability to motivate others and to respect and work through differences of opinion and what that means for the text of a standard.
"Involvement at ASTM helps educate each of us in how to address differences of opinion in a professional and responsible manner to the overall satisfaction of all parties involved while still working toward the advancement of an industry or technology or, for that matter, society at large," is how Sandstrum puts it.
Sandstrum notes another skill that can be developed with ASTM participation — organization. Participating in standards development calls for organized thinking through how to best represent your company's interests in a particular area, how to respond to issues or questions, and motivating and leading volunteers. A task group leader or committee officer sharpens skills through setting up meetings, developing agendas and forwarding action items as well as following up on action items, and guiding the group, along with the help of Robert's Rules of Order, in working through conflicts and dissension.
There's much more to be gained professionally through your ASTM participation and leadership (without even touching on enduring partnerships and friendships made at the ASTM table); the skills remarked on here are just a few highlights.
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Deaths of children in fire prompt changes
Children's mother pleads guilty in deaths
Changes were being made Thursday in the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare after the deaths of three children in a fire.
A fire on an April night in West Allis revealed a heartbreaking reality for a community. Three children died in a house fire.
The mother of the children, Angelica Belen, 24, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of child neglect resulting in death.
Firefighters said the children were found alone in an upstairs bedroom, and the door to the room appeared to be locked with a deadbolt.
"How often does this happen where there's a death involved where CPS didn't do anything, where CPS knew what was going on in the home and did nothing," said Belen's sister, who asked only to be identified as Leah.
Two weeks ago, Belen's sisters said they wanted answers and wanted to know, after several visits from the Bureau of Child Welfare, who let Belen keep her children and why.
A government review released Thursday showed at least nine contacts with the children and their mother in the months and years leading up to the fatal fire.
The report found the bureau was:
- "Not in compliance ... in areas of screening decisions and identification of impending danger threats."
- "Not in compliance in the areas of time frame for response, required interview contacts, review of child protective services history."
- "Not in compliance in the areas of reporting a new referral."
Because of what happened in the fatal fire, the bureau said it completely redesigned its intensive in-home services program in June.
The report also said all of Milwaukee's child welfare staff will receive further training.
The head of the Milwaukee bureau didn't want to be interviewed on camera Thursday night. Calls to state officials also were not returned.


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Dear Hostesses,
Every Sunday, we venture out to different parts of Brooklyn and NYC to check out some of the new exciting neighborhoods.
Last week, we journeyed out to Smith Street in Downtown Brooklyn and the sweet sight of moms and dads wheeling strollers and Sunday morning coffee shops made me feel like I'd like to spend a little time discovering the area. Looking for some great shopping, I started to scout around. You might be thinking that great spending to me means Intermix, Scoop, Chanel, and Prada- (well, it doesn't hurt to window shop!), but really fun shopping is when I can walk into a store like Paper Source, and feel like a kid again. Located at 102 Smith Street, it's a crafter's dream. For anyone that's really a kid at heart, Paper Source will allow you to create to your heart's content. The friendly staff will help you choose from arrays of colored and patterned paper, glitter, stamps, and tons more. (They didn't pay me for this post! REALLY!)
I decided then and there, that I would try to see if I could challenge myself to some DIY Purim cards. After browsing around in heaven for a couple of minutes, I realized that I had to speed it up seeing that my hubby and kids were getting a little fidgety. I quickly threw some coordinating card stock, a wine bottle stamp, gold ink, leaf patterned ribbon, raffia, a burlap ribbon, and a hole puncher into my basket. As the sales girl rang me up, I also grabbed some packaged glue dots which ended up being a key ingredient to my DIY cards.
That evening, I was so excited to rip open my Paper Source bags. I felt like I had just gotten home from the toy store. The best part of the whole night was that I put away my phone, my kids became a part of the process, and together we created a fantastic mess, plus the one of a kind cards below.
The secret to this scrapbooking style of card making is to layer, layer, and keep on layering. And if you make a mistake, then LAYER again!
For my mishloach manot this year, I am thinking of buying wine, grapes, and cheeses and mounding in a basket. The greens and purple and golds were a good choice for me.
Using the same colors and materials, we created several different designs featured below. Which one is your favorite? What colors would you choose for your own DIY Purim card?
Below are some inspiration boards by the pros at Paper Source. I snapped photos in the store so that I could grab some ideas later on.
A hole puncher is a great tool to help you weave cord through any shaped card like the heart shape below:
See how their layers create such a professional and handcrafted look?
Stamps like the "Thank You" below can really make it look like you did the calligraphy yourself.
I hope you enjoyed my DIY Purim card. Even though life gets so hectic, its all about the personal touches in life. Whether we make our own Purim cards, lovingly pinch hammentashen, or tuck our kids in at night, its all about the memories that our kids take with them as they grow, and g-d willing raise their own families. HAPPY PURIM!!! XOXO


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Women's Rowing Releases 2010-11 Schedule
By ODU Athletics
Sept. 15, 2010
NORFOLK, Va. -- The Old Dominion women's rowing team has released its 2010-11 schedule, which includes the Lady Monarchs hosting the Head of the Lafayette and the University of Miami on its home waters of the Lafayette River.
The ODU women's rowing schedule kicks off for the second-straight year with the Lady Monarchs hosting the Head of the Lafayette on October 30th. Last season, ODU claimed the top three positions in the race with the varsity boat crossing the finish line first, followed by the Frosh "A" shell, and the Frosh "B" boat right behind in third.
November 5th-7th will see the Lady Monarchs head to Chattanooga, Tennessee to row in the Head of the Hooch Regatta. The Head of the Hooch will mark ODU's second appearance in the Regatta. Last season, the Novice 8+ group had a first place showing, beating out Clemson by nearly six seconds. Additionally, the Frosh 4+ claimed fourth place in their field.
The fall slate concluded on November 14th when ODU competes in the Rivanna Romp, which features a highly competitive and seasoned field, including host and 2010 national champion, Virginia.
The Lady Monarchs gear up for the spring portion of its schedule in March first with their annual Spring Break Training Trip. This year's trip will take the ODU women rowers to Austin, Texas from March 5th-12th where they will conclude their training by facing the University of Texas.
The women's rowing team returns from spring break to the Occoquan Sprints on March 27th, a race which saw the Lady Monarchs advance to the Grand Final for the first time in the program's young history. The Varsity 8 finished with a fourth place showing and the Junior Varsity boat added a win in the second-level finals, recording the fourth fastest time of the event, and won the consolation race.
Mark your calendars for April 2nd. Not only will the Lady Monarchs host the University of Miami, but it will also mark the opening of the home to ODU women's rowing program with the dedication of the state-of-the-art ODU Rowing Center located in Lakewood Park. (click here for more information about the ODU Rowing Center)
The spring continues with the Knecht Cup on April 8th-10th in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and a meet with Colgate and host Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on April 15th-16th.
The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championships get underway on April 23rd in Fairfax, Virginia and the season concludes at the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia on May 12th-14th. The Dad Vail Regatta is the largest collegiate regatta in the United States, with over 100 colleges and Universities from the U.S. and Canada. Last season, ODU's Frosh/Novice 4 boat reached the semifinals and the JV 8 was just one spot away from reaching the finals.


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Courtesy of Grant Wahl, comes this bizarre billboard in Poland for some kind of energy drink. There is a whole lot to lovingly scratch your head about here. The idea of a company marketing an energy drink called "Black Energy," for one. The other products that make up the Mike Tyson Collection, for another. And, you know, face-tattooed Mike Tyson sponsoring an energy drink called Black Energy in Poland. [@GrantWahl]
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NEWARK, N.J. – A Transportation Security Administration agent is being credited with helping save the life of a passenger at Newark Liberty International Airport.
The TSA says security inspector Robert Kennish of Metuchen, N.J., performed CPR on an elderly woman after she collapsed Tuesday night on a passenger ramp and stopped breathing.
Flight attendants from the Virgin America aircraft and two passengers — an ophthalmologist and a nurse — also came to the woman's aid.
The TSA says the doctor administered an automatic defibrillator an attendant retrieved from the jet, and Kennish resumed CPR. The woman was also given oxygen and was breathing when paramedics arrived.
TSA officials say the quick action by Kennish, a trained emergency medical technician, was likely responsible for saving the woman's life. Kennish called it a group effort.


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Mutant gene causes epilepsy, intellectual disability in women
Monday, 12 May 2008
A mutated gene has been discovered as the key behind epilepsy and mental retardation specific to women, thanks to new research at Adelaide's Women's & Children's Hospital and the University of Adelaide.
The world-first discovery, published today in Nature Genetics, shows that although men carry the 'bad' gene, only women are affected.
The research has been led by Dr Leanne Dibbens and Associate Professor Jozef Gecz from the Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's & Children's Hospital, and the Discipline of Paediatrics at the University of Adelaide. The discovery is a result of a major international collaboration involving the Sanger Institute in Cambridge (UK), Wellcome Trust (UK) and many other collaborators in Melbourne, the United States, Ireland and Israel.
Their work has linked, for the first time, a large family of genes known as protocadherins with a condition known as "epilepsy and mental retardation limited to females" (EFMR).
Although a relatively uncommon disorder, the condition is hereditary, with successive generations of women affected. In just one of seven families studied across the world, 23 women were affected by the disorder across five generations. This discovery will now enable such families to benefit from genetic counselling, including screening for the genetic mutation at pregnancy.
"This is the first time this type of gene has been found to be involved in epilepsy," Dr Dibbens says.
"One of the most important discoveries we've made is that women in families affected by EFMR carry both a 'good' gene and a 'bad' (mutated) gene, while the men carry only the bad gene. For some reason, the men remain unaffected by the condition," Dr Dibbens says.
"We suspect this may have something to do with the male Y chromosome, but more research will be needed to find out exactly how or why."
Dr Dibbens says the gene involved in this discovery is important for cell-to-cell communication in the brain, and could also hold the key to better understanding related issues, such as autism and obsessive disorders.
"With 100 related proteins involved in this gene family, this study could lead to many new areas of research, with the need to understand the role and function of each protein," she says.
Clinically, the disorder EFMR was first described more than 10 years ago, but the cause of EFMR has been unknown until now. Why females rather males are affected - as is usual for X chromosome associated disorders - makes this a unique disorder among the epilepsies and mental retardations.
For this study, seven families were studied in Australia, the United States, Israel and Ireland. The genetic mutation was discovered in each family.
Crucial to this research was access to state-of-the-art technological support including the sequencing of 737 genes on the X chromosome, which was conducted by collaborators at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the UK.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — Are the markets crazy?
Spanish debt is downgraded to near junk status late on Wednesday, and the U.S. stock market rallies strongly at Thursday's opening. Go figure.
Crazy as this reaction might otherwise seem, however, I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss it as irrational. In fact, far from being particularly surprising, Wall Street's behavior in the wake of the Spanish debt-rating downgrade was right in line with how it has reacted to past sovereign-debt crises.
That at least is the conclusion I reached upon analyzing the stock market's performance following the four prior occasions over the last two decades in which a potential sovereign default sent shock waves through the global equity markets.
These four were (a) the 1994 Mexican peso devaluation and associated crisis; (b) the Thai government debt crisis 1997, which led to the phrase "Asian contagion;" (c) the Russian ruble devaluation in August 1998, which led to the bankruptcy of Long-Term Capital Management, and (d) the 2001 Argentinian government debt/currency crisis.
The accompanying chart plots the progress over the last three years of two data series. The first represents the stock market's performance over the last couple of years in the wake of the European debt crisis, and the second is an average of how the market reacted following those four prior cases. For both series, 100 represents the stock market's level when those crises first broke onto the world financial scene.
Note that, for the beginning of the European debt crisis, I chose the last week of November 2009, since that was when the mainstream press began to take notice of the impending crisis. (Yes, that's right: The crisis is nearly three years old...)
For example, the U.K.'s Guardian that week ran a story, referring to Greece, with the headline: "Fears of default grow as years of profligacy come home to roost."
I don't know about your reaction to the chart, but I'm struck by the broad similarity of the two data series that are plotted there.
To be sure, my sample based on those four prior crises is not as big as statisticians would like. Confidence in my conclusion would be much greater if my sample contained a couple of dozen crises.
Still, it's worth stressing that I didn't cherry-pick my four crises after the fact in order to come up with a sample that matches the market's behavior over the last four years. I first created this sample in March 2010, when the European debt crisis was just over three months old. (Read my March 1, 2010, column: "Swine flu?")
The common theme in the market's reaction to these various sovereign-debt crises can be summarized in the immortal words of Marty Zweig, institutional money manager and erstwhile investment newsletter editor: "Don't fight the Fed."
Zweig's famous aphorism is good advice, not because the Fed and other central banks around the world are infallible. But their track record is impressive in preventing debt crises from spiralling out of control — even when, from virtually any other perspective, it seems irrational to bet that the economy and the stock market won't plunge.
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One of the big questions surrounding the iPhone has been just how secure the device is. Apple has already fixed some security issues, and the upcoming iPhone SDK may introduce more of the vulnerabilities Steve Jobs was loath to avoid. In the meantime, hacker HD Moore has released details about the TIFF-based exploits for MobileSafari and MobileMail as part of the Metasploit Framework.
Although the explanation of the code looks like a lot of scary memory addresses, the basic point of the exploit is that, because of the vulnerability, a TIFF file can be crafted to include a malicious payload that can be run on an iPhone. The exploit can be triggered from MobileSafari and MobileMail, and works on any version of the iPhone so far. Apple hasn't yet patched the TIFF library in question, although a fix is expected to be included in the next iPhone update. But even then, Moore claims that future hackers may be able to roll back the firmware and use the (theoretically patched) exploit.
Although they sound a bit sinister, in this case, the TIFF vulnerabilities may be more of a help than a threat to the iPhone community. The TIFF exploit was used to gain further access to the iPhone 1.1.1 firmware, leading to a jailbreak and unlock of the device. This may work out for the hacker community now, but basing the jailbreak/unlock on this exploit seems like a bad idea; Apple is sure to patch it up as soon as it can, which will render that stuff useless pretty soon.


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Text Messaging to Improve Adherence to Clinic Visits and Reduce Early Resumption of Sexual Intercourse After Male Circumcision
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01186575
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 23, 2010
Last Update Posted : January 16, 2015
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Male circumcision (MC) reduces, by more than half, the risk of HIV-1 acquisition. WHO and UNAIDS recommend that "male circumcision should be recognized as an efficacious intervention for HIV prevention especially in countries and regions with heterosexual HIV epidemics and low male circumcision prevalence." As a result, programs have been introduced and scaled up for voluntary medical male circumcision. Kenya leads with the largest expansion of services.
Early resumption of sexual intercourse after MC may have deleterious effects, including higher rates of post-operative surgical complications, and higher HIV acquisition among females in couples that resume sexual activity before certified wound healing. In the context of rapid scale-up of MC, adherence to post-operative clinic appointments allows clinicians to assess wound healing and to deliver risk reduction counseling. Abstinence from sexual intercourse before complete wound healing would reduce the rate of post-operative adverse events and minimize the risk of HIV transmission from HIV-infected men to their uninfected female partners.
To the investigators knowledge, the effect of reminders delivered via text messaging to promote adherence to clinic visits and abstinence after MC has not been investigated. The investigators propose a randomized controlled trial in which men who will have undergone voluntary medical male circumcision at selected sites in Kisumu will be randomized to receive either the intervention (context-sensitive text messages after circumcision) or the control condition (usual care). This study seeks to determine (a) the effect of regular text messages sent to men after circumcision on attendance of the scheduled 7-day post-operative clinic visit versus usual care; (b) the proportion of men who resume sexual activity before 42 days post-procedure after receiving regular text messages versus usual care within the 42 days post-circumcision; and (c) to identify potential predictors of failure to attend the scheduled 7-day post-operative visit and early resumption of sexual intercourse.
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Circumcision, Male Patient Compliance Cellular Phone
|Other: Text Message
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|1200 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|Text Messaging to Improve Adherence to Post-Operative Clinic Appointments and Reduce Early Resumption of Sexual Intercourse After Adult Male Circumcision: A Randomized Controlled Trial
|Study Start Date :
|August 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|March 2011
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2011
Experimental: Text Message
Context-sensitive text messages are sent to men after undergoing circumcision
Other: Text Message
Context-sensitive text messages are sent to men after undergoing circumcision
Other Name: SMS, short message service, text messaging
No Intervention: Usual Care
Usual care after adult male circumcision (no text messages)
- Proportion of men failing to return for a post-operative clinic visit at 7 days. [ Time Frame: 7 days ]This proportion will be determined by examining each participant's clinic records after their 7th post-operative day. Adherence to this clinic visit will be analyzed as a dichotomous variable.
- Proportion of men who report resumption of sexual activity before 42 days post-circumcision. [ Time Frame: 42 days ]This proportion will be determined by self-report using a brief questionnaire delivered via phone call. The analysis will be as a dichotomous variable, with participants considered as having either 'resumed' or 'not resumed.'
- Time to resumption of sex by study arm [ Time Frame: 42 days ]
- Correlates of failure to attend the scheduled 7-day post-operative visit [ Time Frame: 42 days ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
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- Male
- 18 years or older
- Have undergone circumcision on the day they are screened for the study
- Currently own a mobile phone with text-messaging capability, and
- Have the mobile phone in their possession at the time of enrollment
- Able and willing to respond to a questionnaire administered via a phone call
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- Prior participation in a study on male circumcision
- Currently participating in other ongoing research studies
- Any medical condition or situation exists such that study participation would not be in the man's best interest, as determined by the investigator
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01186575
|Nyanza Reproductive Health Society
|Kisumu, Nyanza, Kenya
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|Thomas A Odeny, MBChB, MPH
|University of Washington
|Study Chair:
|R S McClelland, MD, MPH
|University of Washington
|Study Chair:
|Elizabeth A Bukusi, MBChB, MMed, MPH, PhD
|Kenya Medical Research Institute
|Study Chair:
|Jane Simoni, PhD
|University of Washington
|Study Chair:
|King K Holmes, MD, PhD
|University of Washington
|Study Chair:
|Robert C Bailey, PhD, MPH
|University of Illinois at Chicago
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|Thomas Odeny, Investigator, University of Washington
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|First Posted:
|August 23, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 16, 2015
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|January 2015
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Measures and records vital signs; records patient interview, history, and chief complaint.
Prepares patients for examinations and performs routine screening tests; assists physician with exams; explain treatment procedures and physicians' instructions to patient.
Phlebotomy and collection of other lab specimens; performs basic waived lab tests.
Prepares and administers medications under physician supervision; changes dressings, applies bandages, removes sutures and other first aid procedures; uses CPR skills when necessary.
Maintains supplies, equipment, stocks and sterilizes instruments; practices OSHA safety standards; performs accurate, legal, and ethical documentation at all times.
Processes patient phone messages, returning calls and routing them to other team members as appropriate; calls patients to obtain and relay pertinent information for the physician.
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Exclusive: Kakai, Stealthy No More–It's a Kindle for Students and Much More
Founded last May, Kakai is one of the start-ups in Silicon Valley in the deepest of stealth modes, despite a panoply of high-profile players involved.
But while there have been sketchy reports suggesting that the start-up may be working on some kind of e-reader, BoomTown has found out exactly what it's up to via reports of a concept video the company has shown potential investors and interviews with several sources close to the situation.
In simplest terms, it's essentially a Kindle for students.
But that's just the tip of what is perhaps one of the more ambitious and innovative efforts on the part of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who already has one hit under his belt.
That would be Osman Rashid, whose other start-up is fast-growing online textbook rental leader Chegg.
Chegg recently hired former Yahoo (YHOO) exec Dan Rosensweig as its CEO, taking over from Rashid, who wanted to focus on Kakai.
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But rather than focusing on making an old business better via the Web, as Chegg does, Kakai is plunging right into the competitive tablet market that now includes Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Samsung, Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and, reportedly, Google (GOOG).
While these efforts, including Apple's iPad, for example, are mostly aimed at broader media markets, sources said Kakai's effort focuses solely on the educational niche, offering a Linux-based foldable double-screened device.
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While Kakai declined to comment, sources said a key part of the endeavor goes well beyond the tablet itself by including robust software and seamless Web site to deliver course material, allowing for note-taking and offering other audio and video capabilities.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Kakai, which is nearing 50 employees, is now prepping the device to be ready for a demo in several months.
It's paying for all this with almost $10 million in funding from prominent venture players like Andreessen Horowitz and First Round Capital, along with investors Mike Maples and Ron Conway.
In addition, Marc Andreessen is now on Kakai's board.
Rashid, who founded Kakai with Babur Habib, has worked in companies related to the consumer electronics industry.
Until he reveals more specifics, though, don't expect much from Kakai's homepage (see below), which has a very funny trio of jokes that play with the company name, asking "Which Kakai are you looking for?"
The possibilities include Kakai Bautista, a singer-comedienne in the Philippines; Neferirkare Kakai, third Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty; and Kakai, an Austrian pumpkin that yields valuable oil that promotes prostate health."
Not looking for the singer, the pharaoh or the pumpkin?," reads the bottom of the Kakai homepage. "Well, we wish we could tell you more, but you'll just have to cool your jets."
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There were nearly as many Yanks as Brits at Saturday's BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party at the Four Seasons, where five types of tea flowed along with Champagne and coffee. "Downton Abbey" scribe Julian Fellowes surveyed the room with a smile, saying, "Most of my characters are represented here today."
Among them was Michelle Dockery, who said, "It's thrilling the reception we've all gotten in the States. I couldn't be more excited." The statuesque Brit kept her cool in the presence of heavy hitters like Kathryn Bigelow, Harvey Weinstein and Ben Affleck. Others, like Juno Temple and Kara Hayward, were more nervous.
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"I never know what to say when I meet other actors," said Temple, standing a few feet away from Anne Hathaway. "I always worry that I'll say something stupid and embarrass myself." Hayward didn't have time to think when Jennifer Lawrence made a beeline for her to tell her that she loved "Moonrise Kingdom."
"OK, that was pretty major," she told her friends after the exchange. Cutting out of the fun early was Amanda Seyfried, who had presenter's rehearsals.
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The only reason people may have considered buying the Speccy version would be to see a presentation of digitised graphics and be wowed visually oh and the sonics were good too.
The arcade game was great for a blast in the pub between college lectures. So glad I never bought it tho!
and you are not even joking.
8bit version was pretty much done out of obligation I reckon, to honour contacts with the arcade licence and the software house. T
I'm being generous I know , but considering digitised graphics showing Atheletes training in a slideshow along with the music is about all you could say for the game . I wouldn't have bought it ,but that would be about all its worth for on ZX Speccy
Domark were never known for putting any budget behind their arcade conversions on the 8 bits. It was always about fleecing customers and making a fast few quid. How many CPC versions of their games were just lazy Speccy ports?
Yes Domark had 50/50 I'd say. And I think they relied a lot on good presentation over content. They did occasionally get it right though. But also they got it very wrong --Super Space Invaders?!
I will still take Super Space Invaders over 1943 and it's two levels on repeat. xDBad as the Tengen/Domark rep was, US Gold/Capcom was more of a shambles. I also forgot to put Vindicators on the Tengen/Domark list which was also done very nicely too on the CPC. But look at USG/Capcom shambles. 1943, Street Fighter, Bionic Commando, Last Duel, LED Storm, and Dynasty Wars! Strider and Forgotten Worlds were the only two good games out of that entire batch from recollection.
Oh man , Super Space Invaders over 1943!? well You can take SSpaceInvaders, and I'll take 1943 on that one . I agree the 2 levels are somewhat of a shortchange , but at least it plays and looks sweet. Is it 2 Levels or 4levels I will have to give it a run through? Isn't it a crying shame that they dropped the ball with that one , All that impressive coding that could have been turned into probably the best vertical shootemup on the CPC.
@ChinnyVision; Is it possible that when you review arcade ports - to show the actual arcade version at the beginning?
Same reason no ST version. Just wouldn't run on my ST no matter what I tried.
Works on my expanded 520STE...
True , 1943 was very easy , which made the fact that they made it very short very daft tbh , they should have made it brutally hard so no one could have found out the game was so short .
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The service will arrange transport for moms with high-risk prenatal needs by specially trained personnel to the specialized labor and delivery unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, provide safe, quick, and easy transport arrangements for mom, and ensure access of the infant to the newborn intensive care unit at St. Louis Children's Hospital, if needed.
"Traditional transport services are designed to handle a mom requiring a higher level of care," says Michael Nelson, MD, vice chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine and the medical director of the Maternal-Fetal Transport Team. "This will also take into account the baby's needs should there be an emergency delivery along the way."
Moms requiring emergency transport include those with pre-eclampsia, pre-term labor and any other health conditions that complicate pregnancy.
Each transport team will include a high-risk obstetrical nurse from Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and a neonatal nurse and paramedic from St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Transport is provided 24 hours a day by ground or air by one of three mobile intensive care units (MICUs), the KidsFlight 1 and 2 helicopters, and KidsFlight 3, a fixed-wing aircraft dedicated to transporting maternal fetal patients and critically ill newborns and children.
Based on the needs of the referring community, the service predicts to have three to four transports a day by the middle of next year.
"It's never optimal to separate mother and child," says F. Sessions Cole, director of newborn medicine at St. Louis Children's Hospital. "A maternal-fetal transport ensures mother and baby remain connected after delivery, and that baby's needs are accounted for even before delivery."
The new transport service is an extension of an existing relationship between Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's Hospitals for fetal and newborn care. In 2010, both institutions along with Washington University School of Medicine, launched the Fetal Care Center, a comprehensive center that offers advanced fetal diagnosis, surgical interventions before and after birth, and newborn medicine all on one campus.
Barnes-Jewish Hospital is a 1,288 bed teaching hospital affiliated with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. The hospital has a 1,763 member medical staff, with many recognized as "Best Doctors in America." Barnes-Jewish is a member of BJC HealthCare, which provides a full range of health care services through its 13 hospitals and more than 100 health care sites in Missouri and Illinois. Barnes-Jewish Hospital is also consistently ranked as one of America's "Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report.
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The Pointlessness of Your Life Revealed in Email
What were you doing this day a year ago? Thanks to your obsessive use of Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and/or Instagram, this information can now be mined in the blink of an eye. Sadly, the answer will probably be depressing.
The New York Times' Jenna Wortham signed up for a variety of digital nostalgia services, including PastPosts, MorningPics, and the horribly named "4squareand7yearsago" (get it?).
Each emails you a summary of what you did one year ago on a particular social network. They are fun to read about, but kind of depressing in practice. Odds are, your life has changed very little in the past year. Here's what the narcissism newsletters told Wortham about November 16, 2010: "I spent the day working from a local coffee shop. As the sun began to set, I picked up some takeout from my favorite eatery and spent the rest of the night writing in my living room." Ugh, the quintessential day in the life of a tech writer. We know the pain. How did Wortham spend today? Tech writing, apparently.
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All of Israel is in deep shock and shame over the horrific murder of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir allegedly by six young Jewish hooligans. The Israeli government and Jews from across the political spectrum have vociferously condemned this reprehensible murder.
With the images of Gilad, Eyal and Naftali swiftly cast aside, replaced by headline news of the grisly revenge murder by Jews -- along with a video of Israeli police beating a 15-year-old Palestinian-American, Israel is taking a beating in the world press.
At this time of deep national soul-searching, here are five points to balance our perspective (and help us effectively respond to critics).
(1) Condemnation and horror. The Israeli response to Jews committing murder is one of abject horror and unequivocal condemnation. This heinous act has no basis in Jewish values; the alleged perpetrators are from an extremist fringe that we entirely denounce.
This is in contrast to the Palestinian public's response to Arabs committing murder -- celebration and joy. These killings are not only tolerated in Arab society but are praised. As Prime Minister Netanyahu noted, Palestinian terrorists are hailed as heroes with public squares named in their honor.
Indeed, the mother of one of the Hamas suspects said: "If he did the kidnapping I'm proud of him."
(2) Rule of law. The Israeli response to Jews committing murder entails immediate arrests and punishment. "If a Jew kills they will be put to the court like any other criminal..." President Shimon Peres said. "The law is equal to all, and all are equal before the law."
Palestinians, in contrast, are responding to Arabs committing murder with obfuscation and denial. Senior Fatah member Mahmoud al-Aloul suggested that the three teens weren't even kidnapped. "Let's think well of the growing possibility that all what's happening is a play that wasn't produced well and that no one was kidnapped in the first place," he wrote on Facebook.
Hussein Abu Khdeir, the father of murdered Arab teen said to the grandfather of Gilad Shaer, one of the murdered Jewish teens, that there is no proof that it wasn't Jews who were behind the killing and murder of the three teens.
This is in contrast to Rachel Frankel, the mother of the slain Naftali Frankel, who strongly denounced the killing of the Muhammed Abu Khdeir and sent condolences to his family.
She said in a public statement, "Even in the abyss of mourning for Gilad, Eyal and Naftali, it is difficult for me to describe how distressed we are by the outrage committed in Jerusalem – the shedding of innocent blood in defiance of all morality, of the Torah, of the foundation of the lives of our boys and of all of us in this country. Only the murderers of our sons, along with those who sent them and those who helped them and incited them to murder – and not innocent people – will be brought to justice: by the army, the police, and the judiciary; not by vigilantes."
She emphasized that the legacy of the three slain teenagers "is one of love, of humanity, of national unity, and of integrity."
(3) Value of life. In an ancient world that practice infanticide and killing humans for entertainment, the Jewish people taught the world the inherent value of life and that every person is created in the image of God. Israel seeks peace and worships life. This is the bedrock of our society, and in light of the horrific murder allegedly committed by young Jewish thugs, we must recommit to this value.
As Netanyahu once famously said, "If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel."
(4) Spiritual reaction. The overwhelming Jewish response to the appalling murders of Gilad Shaer, Naftali Frankel and Eyal Yifrach was spiritual introspection, deep unity and out an outpouring of love and mitzvot, good deeds. The funeral that brought tens of thousands Jews from all walks of life was one of surreal calm and intense sadness.
This is contrast to the ongoing riots and Arab acts of violence erupting daily in East Jerusalem and northern Israel.
(5) Enemies seek Israel's destruction. Despite the media cackling about a "cycle of violence," the current situation was sparked by the kidnapping-murder of three Israeli teens, along with waves of new Hamas rocket attacks. The Hamas charter calls for the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews, and polls continue to show that Israel in the midst of an existential war against enemies who seek her destruction. Hamas is attacking the south with dozens of rockets that are now reaching Beersheva, Israel's most populated southern city, as well as Ashkelon and Ashdod. It is a life threatening situation that no country in the world would tolerate. Yet Israel is showing enormous restraint, trying to calm the situation down. We are living in dangerous times and Israel must do what it has to in order to protect her citizens, while the media carefully watches with their double standards.
Six Jews are accused of committing a shocking crime that is condemned by everyone. Their so-called act of revenge has absolutely no basis in Jewish values and Torah and if guilty they deserve the full weight of the law. There is only one place in the Middle East where you can expect this response, and that is in Israel, the sole democracy in the region.
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London's Boxing Day shoppers and tourists carried on regardless today despite a tube strike.
Aslef, the train drivers' union, took the action in a long-running row over bank holiday pay.
The disruption, which has already led to the Premier League derby between Arsenal and West Ham United being postponed, will continue with two further walkouts on the last two Fridays in January.
Drivers are paid about £46,000 per year but want more money for what they say is an increased bank holiday workload - but bosses at Transport for London say their pay deals take that into account.
Today, as millions of bargain hunters buzzed through the capital, the Tube network continued to run but with a limited service.
Howard Collins, LU's chief operating officer, said: "Services on the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines are running to central London this morning serving the West End and busy shopping areas in west and east London, with very limited services on all other lines.
"The bus network is also in full operation serving all main shopping centres and sporting events.
"Tube services will be busy and we would urge customers to check on the TfL website and TV and radio bulletins before setting off.
"This strike action is completely unnecessary, train drivers are paid a salary that reflects some bank holiday working, but the Aslef leadership is demanding to be paid twice for the same work and has rejected our attempts to resolve the matter.
"In doing so they have demonstrated a complete disregard for our customers and for the thousands of transport staff who will be working hard to get around the capital."


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Securing, Digitizing Medical Records Remain Priorities in Healthcare ITBy Chris Gonsalves Print
Security and electronic health records top the priorities in IT for the healthcare industry according to a new study.
Healthcare technology professionals are scrambling to secure their systems with one in four saying they've been the victim of a data security breach in the past year, according to a new study. Identity management and the more general "security technologies" are among the top technologies healthcare IT executives said they planned to implement for the first time in the next two years at 45 percent and 42 percent respectively, according to the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Leadership Survey. 43 percent also placed RFID technology rollouts among their near-term debuts.
Despite the high number of breaches, the HIMSS survey, sponsored by Cisco Systems, found that healthcare technologists have made significant investments in security and disaster recover technologies in the past year, a trend that will continue for the next two years. Firewalls are now in place at 98 percent of respondent's facilities, while 83 percent are employing user access controls and logs to audit access to patient records, the survey found.
"Hand inhand with an emphasis on implementing healthcare technology there must be a focus on making this data secure," said John Wade, HIMSS board chair. "Consumers are concerned about the privacy of their health information, and this survey suggests that the industry is responding to those concerns."
The healthcare industry will have to make those improvements even as it faces IT budget pressure from Medicare cutbacks and reductions in managed-care fees, according to the survey; 26 percent of respondents said lack of financial support was the biggest obstacle in IT implementations. Still, the continued push to digitize patient records and efforts to reduce medical errors should mean more IT jobs and spending in the sector in the coming year, the survey concluded. 75 percent said they expected their overall IT budgets to increase in the coming year; 68 percent said they'd increase staff.
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Among the other top priorities for the 307 respondents: 23 percent said they would implement systems to delivery of clinical knowledge to users in the next two years; 20 percent said that implementing or upgrading data warehousing and data mining would shift from a low priority to a high priority.
In a significant shift from last year, bar code technology was on the minds of just 35 percent of the survey respondents this year. Bar codes were far and away the top priority in last year's survey with 74 percent saying they expected to implement the technology within two years. Speech recognition also took a hit, dropping to 36 percent this year from 55 percent in 2007.
"The survey should build confidence that healthcare providers are adopting new technologies to improve patient care and collaboration among care providers," said Frances Dare, director of healthcare business solutions at Cisco, in a statement. "However, there is also a clear message that Medicare and Medicaid cuts impact IT investment. With 26 percent indicating such cuts significantly impede their success, we still have work to do to ensure IT is recognized as the powerful enabler of efficiency and better patient care that it can be."
De rigueur for a Cisco sponsored study, participants were also asked about their plans to implement unified communications technologies. While it officially managed just a sixth-place finish among top priorities with 19 percent, Cisco officials said the study results show that UC "is expected to become more of a priority … as organizations empower users to connect with each other and healthcare systems."
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One of the great things about new film technology is that it gives studios a perfectly legitimate reason to re-release classics from their back catalog. Are you ready for a state-of-the-art copy of one of the most influential gangster epics of all time?
"Scarface," which features some of Al Pacino's finest scenery chewing is coming out on Blu-ray Sept. 6, Now watch the trailer and be reminded of how ridiculously awesome--and awesomely ridiculous--this movie is.
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