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The psychopathic family system is not a legitimate family system; not for humans! Psychopaths are not humans! Not in the sense that we humans understand humanity! They are a cross of biological humanoid body parts and a lizard predator brain! They are a mix between lower basic animal types and humans!
The psychopathic family system is not a legitimate system! It is a falsified system!
If a child is born into this mess; they must get out! then could die!
The psychopath mis leads! And this is a strange concept for the human family system! Mis leading its members is not a human trait! Being a mis lead child within a family system causes great harm to the child! It is not moral or ethical! It is completely insanity and cruelty to humans! It is sadistic to mis lead a member of a family system for the thrill of destroying them! However, this is not abnormal for the psychopath! This is how psychopaths breath and eat! This is how they eat human souls!
I have not started my childhood yet! Not until the last breath and memory of the psychopath is gone from my system will I breath childhood again! It will happen; childhood! This time I will be in control of it!
The last years I had or the childhood of my past years were the equivalent of a butchery of blood mangling! I use the words blood and butchery as philosophical! I was not bludgeoned with a knife! However, I went through the equivalent! In many respects; I was played with; miss lead! Everything in my childhood was a lie; it was mis leading! I was led to believe I had loving parents! And I had proof! But it was a lie! The proof was false fabrication by the parent psychopaths! They created a false front! I never knew until I was used and thrown away!
I thought I had 2 loving brothers! Again; a complete false front! One will turn into a sociopath! The other a degenerate! I simply had no idea! And they will steal from me or abandon me or bully me or blame me! They are not and never were connected to me! I had no idea I was living with this type of sycophant!
Relatives; Aunts, uncles, cousins! I was led to believe I had all these things; relatives! I did not! I was groomed into believing we were connected to these other people; relatives! I did not know that my father was feared by them! And they wanted nothing to do with me or him! He forced his way into their lives; show-boating my brother and I as if he had a family! In fact; we were born for this very purpose!
Sociopaths do not love anything! They have an agenda! I was born to please or be part of a false family system! That this family system look real to others in the relative family systems; aunt, uncles, grandparents! I was not wanted or non wanted! I was an object for this purpose; that when the psychopaths would visit someone, they took us with them; making them9 psychopaths) look legitimate! Other then this! I had no purpose! I was part of a bigger skeem! And this sceem intertwined into rich peoples families! My father would visit wealthy people; taking us with him; it made him look legitimate as if he was successful! We were being used! he cared nothing about us!
Sociopaths/psychopaths do not love anything! They have no connection to children! If children are born; they are used and then thrown away!! They are objects at the lowest form! They are no different then a wood lamp stand!
I was miss lead the whole time! Up until 18 years old! It never stops! I did not know! I know now!
I realized; Im a nice person! Im a decent human being; sensitive! Why would you or anyone else not like me or want to hang out with me or be around me! Im the nicest person you would ever know! So; why was I being treated so horribly! Simple! I was being treated horribly by these creatures that did not see any value in me! How can that be! Simple! They are not human; problem solved!
One must leave and never look back; do not worry about what they have done or taken or stolen! God and the Universe can bring anything back to me that I desire if I ask!
Its important to get help and get as much help as possible to de personalize the situation! Taking this personally is what destroys you!
Psychopaths do not see you! meaning; they do not know who I am on the inside! they do not have an inside person within them! they do not see me! I am a complete stranger! Therefore, they are simply looking for victims with no names! and I was one of them!
The none human system cannot be occupied by humans! This will kill and destroy humans!
Childhood; when you work through the childhood mis lead! You begin to see the whole of it! One giant wounding and maiming! One giant horror show that ended! You were destroyed! Ran into the ground and gone!
To see this clearly takes work and allot of time! Yet, it begins to give freedom because the truth sets you free!
The whole of this experience begins to disappear in your mind as you come to the truth! It is processed correctly because you see things correctly! Then it is absorbed and felt and dealt with! And it starts to create a generalized picture of truth; the full story! When this happens! You can bottle it up and throw it out! And move into reality once more!
I realized; no one took anything from me! their promises were false from the beginning! when I realized they were master pathological liars and thieves! I no longer counted anything they said or promised as truth! I no longer believed in them! they fabricated themselves through manipulation, cohesion and lies! And they did this to innocent children! They used children simply because it was convenient and the easiest targets!
My childhood was not legit! However, I was! I was not able to live during those years! Ive understood that it was a full mangling! And all of those years must go; people, places, and things! All of them! Up to the age of 18! It all must be looked through and then let go of! All of it! That is the goal!
The girls I loved, the best friend! it was all a joke! all of it perpetrated through lies and brainwashing!
I was simply being played!
To see it correctly is to see one basic principle; Im being controlled by unsafe degenerates! And that is all that is needed to know! For with this I will know the truth! There will be many false starts into freedom and freedom will be taken away from me! Mis lead! I was directed down many dead-end paths for the purpose and entertainment of the sociopaths! My life was cracked open, wrecked and ruined by this! I was played like a bad piece a music software! This includes the idiot scum I called my friends during this time and their creedy families! and anyone else who participated! ###$ all of them! They are all sycophants; all of them! Incredible! All evil, all losers!
The idea is to continue to look at these things; then come into the present and look at these things from the safety of the present! And begin to pull me out of the past; pull me out of this place! This was a forced past! I did not chose to participate under legitimate grounds!; I was groomed, manipulated and mis lead! I had no idea I was being used! When they got done with their fun n games! They packed up and left! And this was the most gruesome part!
The equivalent of this would be; you are taken to an amusement park by your parents in another city! During one of your rides, they secretly leave and never return! You are left their! You are 8 years old! And its permanent! If you ever see them again! They will claim they never met you! If you have to go back and live with them legally! I would advise against it! You will be treated like a second class citizen to the new families they are now living in!
You never expect this kind of thing to happen to you! But it does happen to some of us! It takes you by surprise and is very confusing and heart breaking!
Many children will kill themselves! Other will become permanent drug addicts and kill themselves later! Some will turn into sociopaths! Others criminals! Possible serial killers or the equivalent! And others full mental illness and social security for the rest of their lives!
In my case! Im one of the very lucky few who has gotten some help and has an understanding of what happened! And can possibly retain new relationships and some type of work activities! Very lucky on this! Work is unlikely; Long term PTSD problems! Interaction with others is very hard!
Im not home yet! The idea is to look back and be able to tell about the story of what happened! But have it have no effect on my direction or interest in the present!
To be free in the present to do as I wish!


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My gut answer is yes, and I thought I would be able to lever the canonical distinguished triangle $j_! j^* \to id \to i_* i^* \to j_!j^*[1]$ into a proof. But I have failed so far.

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I was absently staring at a new tube of toothpaste this morning as I washed my hair. You have to look at something, right? This one declared "healthy, whiter teeth for longer". An image of extremely long (but healthy and white) teeth filled my mind, and was immediately pushed out by the technical writer in me asking "whiter and longer than what, exactly?"
Most marketing slogans give technical writers the screaming heebie-jeebies. Not only do they make spurious and vague claims like 'more fibre', 'less fat', and '20% bigger' with alarming regularity, but the adjectives! I have no doubt that it is actually possible to sell things with sentences that contain only one adjective. And if they do need more than one, I'm sure a comma wouldn't kill them. I could rant on the folly of adverbs, too, but that is a whole different article.
Why are marketers such terrible writers?
Because customers expect spin, and spin is easy to write. All you need is a handful of adjectives and a call to action: "The new fruity refreshing Globswoddle Fizz is now available. Experience the heady taste of summer today!"
While yelling at the toothpaste tube in the morning might make us all feel better, it is not likely to turn us into marketers just to help an obviously flailing industry. I finished my marketing degree about three weeks before I decided that the marketing industry was the last place in the world I wanted to work. Eventually, I became a technical writer instead, and discovered that I had inadvertently ended up working in marketing after all. Every word we set to paper is marketing in one way or another. If it is going to be read by a customer, then it needs to sell the product. But the last thing we want to write is spin.
Why are writers such terrible marketers?
Because customers want anything but spin, and while spin is easy to write, spinless marketing is not so easy.
Spin is wanted and welcomed in places where it is expected, like product packaging and on the airwaves. When our customers read technical manuals or help text, they are looking for a solution to a problem. If they were suddenly faced with the empty promises of spin, they would lose faith in the documentation, and possibly the product.
However brutal honesty is not required, either. Product documentation should not tell customers that the product cannot fulfill their expectations. Every question needs to be anticipated and answered. The documentation must give the customer hope that their problem can be resolved, their task completed, and their sanity retained in the process.
Effective documentation never tells the customer that a product is terrible (even if it is), and it never tells a customer that they are stupid (even if they are). It never makes over-inflated claims of software brilliance, and it never assumes greater-than-average user intelligence.
Somewhere nestled in there is product documentation that shows the product in a positive light, without the hard sell. Sound easy? Like most technical writing, it sounds easy until you actually try to do it. Some tips for getting started with spinless writing:
Kick adverbs, take names.
Adverbs are a big red flag for spin. Be ruthless and cut them all out. If your sentence requires a modifier, consider what you are really trying to say. If it forms part of an instruction or description ('The widget can be fully removed by …'), reword it to remove the adverb ('Remove the widget by …').
Never call anything 'simple'.
If you tell your users that something is 'simple', 'quick', or 'easy', and the customer struggles with it (for whatever reason), you are essentially telling them that they fail at life. Try not to insult your users.
Mind your adjectives.
Adjectives are fine in their place. Use them only where necessary, though, and try not to use more than one at a time. ('Locate the red button' is fine, but avoid 'Locate the large, shiny, red button' that is next to the 'tiny, silver, shiny lever').
Know your stuff.
If you can't describe your topic in a single short sentence, you don't understand it well enough, and it becomes too easy to succumb to spin statements. You need to be able to give succinct and accurate descriptions for each and every component part, as well as the product as whole. If you are not able to do this, continue to research your product until you can.
Understand the enemy.
As modern humans, we are largely desensitised to advertising, simply because we are so totally immersed in it. Start noticing it. Analyse what language is used, the sentence structure they've employed. Work out how you would re-write it to send the same message, but without the spin.
Edit with a knife.
Never say more than you need to.
This article was originally published in Words: A Quarterly Bulletin for Technical Writers and Communicators. Volume 3, Issue 1: February 2011, with the following bio:
Lana Brindley has been playing with technology since that summer in the 80's when she spent the whole time trying not to be eaten by a grue. She has been writing since she could hold a pencil, and is currently writing technical documentation for Red Hat. Lana holds business degrees in marketing and information systems, and with any luck will have a technical communicators degree by the end of the year. She works from her home in Canberra, Australia, and occasionally leaves the house in order to berate university students and conference goers about passive sentence construction.
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I've found long names, and alphabetical sibling names, but this could be the first alphabetical single name I've seen.
A baby girl born on December 19, 1882, in West Derby, Liverpool, to Arthur and Sarah Pepper was named Ann Bertha Cecilia Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Jane Kate Louisa Maud Nora Orphelia Quince Rebecca Starkey Teresa Ulysis Venus Winifred Xenophen Yetty Zeus Pepper.
Regarding the name, the Boston Evening Transcript quipped, "Apparently the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has little power in London":
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We seem to learn hard lessons about energy scarcity only when something big and unexpected happens. That was definitely the case this summer in Juneau, Alaska, when avalanches suddenly destroyed our power supply and threw our community headlong into an experiment in conservation.
The avalanches, released 40 miles south of Juneau on April 16, were massive even by Alaskan standards. They roared thousands of feet down, tossing car-sized boulders and snapping centuries-old spruce trees before they plunged into the ocean.
Ordinarily, Juneau's 30,000 residents would have known nothing about the slides, which occurred in remote Port Snettisham. However, Snettisham is home to a hydroelectric plant that provides about 80 percent of Juneau's power. When the speeding snow reduced five utility towers to twisted metal, all the lights in town went out.
Juneau residents are accustomed to disruptions in electricity: Eagles fly into power lines, downed trees and moving earth are all-too-common events. We're used to diesel generators kicking on while crews make repairs. But losing five utility towers at once was unprecedented, and we were told that simply digging them out would take weeks, while doing the major repairs would take months. In that long meantime, we'd have to burn 80,000 gallons of diesel daily just to keep the lights on. Even worse: The utility announced a 500 percent rate increase.
Suddenly, a family could expect an electric bill higher than their mortgage.
In April, snow still mixes with Juneau's copious rainfall and nights are cold. Even so, energy conservation became a sensation. The big-box stores turned off half their lights. The federal building shut down one of four elevators. The library closed on Tuesdays. Hardware stores saw a rush on clothespins and energy-efficient bulbs.
Letters to the editor scolded the city about office lights burning over the weekend and streetlights illuminated after dawn. The paper published tips for reducing energy use. Meanwhile, thermostats and water heaters went down a few degrees in thousands of households.
For a global-warming alarmist like me, the daily talk of conservation was wonderful and long overdue. And to the surprise of many, all these simple actions made a huge difference. In two weeks' time, Juneau reduced its energy consumption by a third. Soon, we were flirting with decreases of over 40 percent. Faced with skyrocketing energy prices, a city as resistant to energy conservation as any had dramatically cut its energy use.
No doubt, there were inconveniences. But the sky did not fall. The Chinese didn't take over; iPods and cell phones still got charged. We became accustomed to dimmer lighting in stores and neon-free storefronts. Some, faced with a longer wait at the elevator, took the stairs. Quickly, we learned a key lesson in conservation: Every day offers new ways to save energy. One columnist even called conservation "fun."
But ever since Jimmy Carter was maligned 30 years ago for wearing a sweater in the White House to promote conservation, Americans have reacted coolly to the idea of trimming energy use. More recently, Dick Cheney claimed conservation could contribute little toward solving America's energy problems. And for the last eight years, our president has rejected conservation as serious energy policy.
The words of oilmen aside, in Alaska's capital city we unequivocally showed that conservation works. We demonstrated that it's the cheapest, most readily available source of new energy. And it's 100 percent terror-free, home-grown and climate-safe.
But now it's October, with snow again mixing with the rain. Since our hydropower was restored four months ago, energy use gradually climbed back toward previous levels -- though the initial investment in new bulbs and the like still accounts for lower-than-average use.
So we also provided another lesson about conservation: It requires strong economic incentives to keep it going.
That presents us with a choice. We can wait for a crisis, such as more massive storms related to climate change or another spike in gas prices. Or we can elect leaders who will create the incentives for conservation. And there are other ways to help: We could encourage rebates for renewables, genuine investment in green technology, even the four-day work weeks recently started in Utah and Washington.
As we learned in Juneau, there's a new idea every day. Together, they provide more oil than we'd ever drill from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, our greatest wilderness. And it would save Americans millions of dollars.
Drilling proponents cynically assume Americans lack the ingenuity to think our way out of our energy problems. But I know different. If conservation can work in Alaska, it can work anywhere.
Tim Lydon is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He works as a wilderness ranger in Alaska and spends winters in Whitefish, Montana.


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AAVSO Newsletter 70, October 2016 is published
AAVSO Newsletter 70, October 2016 is now available to members
The AAVSO Newsletter is a periodic, general forum that supports our various observing programs with lists of new targets, observing programming ideas, and general information that spans a wide area of interest. Guest writers contribute pieces that can range from current events to book reviews.
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Nate & Arno:
On the way there we took the long and scenic route along the North Cascades Highway on a warm (hot) and beautiful day. With scenery like this, it was easy to forget about corruption in the market place and corporate money that was transforming our Government into a giant bought and paid for Ponzi enabling machinery:
The Twisted Edge – Motorcycle Heaven:
This two wheeled anecdotal economic report is a prelude to my upcoming expedition to Central and South America via Motorcycle. Along the way I will bring you interesting economic pieces as the inspiration strikes. For example, I couldn't help but laugh as we stopped for a break at a little rest area next to the Chief Joseph Dam:
Here's this government facility's little playground & Outhouse:
And here are the rules and regulation posted to the side of the outhouse governing the use of the playground:
It struck a harmonic on my funny bone just knowing that the rules and regulations undoubtedly cost more to produce than the playground itself! And I'm sure little Johnny and Suzie (and their parents) stop and take the two hours to study this worthless piece of government waste that probably employed three full time lawyers.
But I digress.
I'm here to talk about my experience and what I learned in Kooskia – down on Main Street where the REAL economy resides.
On Wall Street the financial engineers, "geniuses" if you will, devise ways to increase leverage and skim money off as many transactions as possible (think cap and trade). They create obscure and complex derivatives of DEBT and sell them to unsuspecting "investors." This would be "getting credit flowing" in their parlance. Their activities are responsible for creating more debt than can ever possibly be repaid by America and by Americans. They have brought the REAL ECONOMY to its knees. For this they reap windfall profits, millions in bonuses, and bailouts from the U.S. Government using YOUR MONEY and YOUR future earnings.
On Main Street in Kooskia (pronounced Koos-kee), Idaho, the REAL ECONOMY has ground to a halt.
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After a hard day's ride along the Lolo trail, we touched pavement for the first time that day just outside of Kooskia and rode past the post office – on Main Street…
Kooskia Post Office:
We stopped for a quick dinner, talked to several very friendly and nice townsfolk, and then set off to find a good camp area as it was about to get dark. As we were headed out of town I spotted a large area of nice looking grass that looked like it could be a campground but turned out to be a small park right on the South Fork of the Clearwater River. As we did a slow drive by, a man on an early model Harley rode by and stopped right in front of us in his driveway next to the park. We stopped and asked him if he knew where we might find a nice spot to camp… he said, "heck, you should just camp in the park! I'd pitch my tent right over in that corner, right next to the Mayor's house, that's where most folks do it, just watch out for the sprinklers, they go off at 11 PM, and heck, I'll probably come over and join you for a beer!"
Wow, that was some kind of nice welcome, but us city boys are trained via repeated City Police beatings not to camp (or pee) in city parks! But he sure sounded like he knew what he was talking about – and he did ride a Harley after all - and the park on the river was beautiful and empty, so we headed on over and set up camp:
Camp pic:
Clearwater River:
Nice and peaceful night, no phone calls from the Mayor to the local police - sweet. Early the next morning we heard the Harley start up and over came Lowell for a visit:
Lowell's Harley:
This is where we started to learn about the economy of Kooskia…
It seems that Lowell is currently unemployed after working for the past few years for the local saw mill. Now he adds to his unemployment check by driving an ambulance – on call for $7 a trip with no hospital trip, or $18 for a trip with a "carry" to the emergency room. Needless to say, Lowell is not out stimulating the economy.
And he's not alone in Kooskia. According to year 2000 Census data, there were a whopping 675 residents in Kooskia and, according to Lowell, there are now about 600 – that's because a wood mill closed down in 2006 laying off a little more than 90 people. Now the last mill in the area is closing down as the owner simply doesn't have the money to pay his ongoing debts. According to Lowell, the owner had installed a $2 million state of the art saw a few years back and today is in default on over $2.5 million in debt. The mill is for sale, but there have been no takers and all 110 employees are now drawing extended unemployment.
OUCH! 110 employees in a town of 600 people? That has to be a huge percentage of the workforce. And think about what that means for the all the other small businesses and employees who work there. Just another tragic sawmill closure and the death of another small town, or is there more meaning behind this?
Lowell pointed across the river. "Look over there…"
"…They closed the local train tracks down and PARKED IDLED TRAIN CARS ALONG SEVEN MILES OF TRACK."
Those were not just timber cars, they are freight and other types of cars too – a train boneyard if you will.
What does that say about our economy? The closed mill says to me that housing and other construction demand is down and that what wood products are being sold, are mostly coming from Canada and from overseas. The parked rail cars say to me that demand for other goods is also depressed.
Very interesting talking to the locals, you'd be amazed what you can learn. Turns out Lowell is NOT oblivious to what's going on in the economy, we had a pleasant talk and he knows how bad the real economy is hurting and believes fully that more economic and other upheaval is on the way. On that I would definitely agree.
We packed up our camp, said goodbye to Lowell and cruised back to the local café for breakfast. There we met even more interesting and nice people, all with their own stories of course… I sat next to a very spry and sharp as a tack 87 year old gal who could recall every date and every little town within a hundred miles.
That's her husband, Tony, in the back of the booth, also 87 years old, but age is catching up to Tony's synapses, unlike his wife. Tony, it turns out, was a turret gunner on a B-17 during WWII and was shot down over Germany, lived, and was held as a prisoner of war for 17 months there. They too are concerned about the economy and what will happen to their small town, but they remain upbeat in a way that only people who have lived through real adversity can.
I really enjoyed talking to the people in Kooskia, they were all somehow "real" and genuinely happy to see and meet a stranger. A very different experience than you will find in any large city, that's for sure.
And to seal the deal on why I liked the town of Kooskia, on the ride south out of town I spotted a very prominent windmill along side the road with a bulletin board attached to the base:
Hmmm, looks like they get it... Oh yeah, there's "change" coming all right. What's not coming is help for the people of Kooskia. All the help it seems has found it's way into the hands of the people on Wall Street.
We rode to the Hell's Canyon area and explored off road there too.
Hell's Canyon:
As Tony's sharp wife pointed out, "When you look at that canyon, you can imagine how they must have felt crossing over the pass only to stare at that massive wall! That's when you'll realize why it's called Hell's Canyon."
And on the ride north and west from Hell's Canyon, along route 95, Arno and I found the idled timber industry cars – well over 10 miles worth of them, parked and rusting. Here's some video shot from the forward mounted video camera on Arno's bike, that's me in the lead, we pull over for a break then resume riding by miles and miles of parked lumber cars that you can see on the right side of the road. This 7 minute video, at roughly 70 mph, is only a portion of the length of the cars we passed:
Of course everyone realizes that the timber industry in the United States has been in decline for years. Maybe I'm just being pessimistic, or maybe I'm just telling it like it is. Nowhere on my trip did I see signs of a strong and vibrant economy. In Spokane I drove past many empty commercial buildings. I saw 10 minutes of the news and the lead story was how the Spokane police department is going to have to cut their staff due to budget shortfalls.
The little city of Kooskia undoubtedly has budget problems of their own. According to Lowell, most of his friends are living on unemployment checks. What happens when their benefits run out? Where do they find new meaningful jobs? Perhaps we can all just blog to one another and live on Google ads! Please click generously!
Dickey Lee - The Day The Sawmill Closed Down – 1963:


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| 8.8°C Belfast
Steve Bruce wants Hull to use Stoke's blueprint for their own success in the Barclays Premier League.
The Tigers host the Potters on Sunday with manager Bruce hoping to build on last season's 16th placed finish.
Both sides were promoted to the Premier League in 2008 but the Potters have stayed in England's top tier ever since - reaching Europe after being beaten FA Cup finalists in 2011.
Hull's stay lasted only two seasons but they returned last term and Bruce - who has had two bids for Blackburn's Jordan Rhodes rejected this week - hopes to achieve similar success to that enjoyed at the Britannia Stadium.
"This club went up with Stoke in 2008, and they've been there ever since," he told the Tigers' official website.
"That shows how they've progressed and what they've done in those years. That has to be my aim, to copy something like Stoke.
"They have a nucleus of some very good players. Mark Hughes is changing the way they want to play and they are a good side."
The game comes three days after Hull lost the first leg of their Europa League qualifying play-off tie 1-0 against Lokeren in Belgium.
Bruce is confident the Tigers will shrug off that disappointment and avoid a Europa League hangover that has afflicted many English sides competing in the competition in past campaigns.
He added: "Stoke have had all week to prepare and that is an advantage. We haven't had the chance to do any preparation work. We recovered from Thursday on Friday and we'll do some preparation on Saturday.
"I made nine changes on Thursday night, so hopefully we'll be fresh enough to get the three points that we need."
Goalkeeper Allan McGregor, whose error led to Lokeren's winner on Thursday, is the Tigers' only fitness concern for Sunday's encounter after he picked up a shoulder injury.
"To get back-to-back wins in the Premier League would be great. I don't think we've done that for about a year so it shows how hard it is," said Bruce.
He is expected to make wholesale changes but is without the suspended Yannick Sagbo and Robert Snograss, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a dislocated knee.
They miss out as Marc Wilson insists Stoke must recover from their opening-day defeat to Aston Villa.
The defender admitted the disappointment from the 1-0 home reverse hit the side hard after Andreas Weimann's winner stole the points for the visitors.
Stoke are expected to do well in the top flight this season and Wilson knows they cannot afford a hangover.
"It was a set-back for us, and we are all still hurting from the result," Wilson told Stoke City Player.
"We just weren't able to hit the levels we hit last season (which finished with Stoke in ninth, the club's record-high Premier League final position), both as a team and on a personal level, and that was frustrating.
"We had come through a good pre-season, added a number of new players to the squad and we were really expecting to start the season better than we did.
"For us to have produced the kind of performance that we did was a real kick in the stomach to be honest.
"It's a disappointment we are determined to bounce straight back from however, and we have a real chance of doing that against Hull.
"We know that we need to be better, and we know that we have to learn from the mistakes we made last weekend. We are itching to get those three points on the board."
Stoke are without Stephen Ireland, who suffered a chest injury in training to rule him out for at least two weeks but United States defender Geoff Cameron and Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie are available after their extended break following the World Cup.
Hughes is confident Robert Huth will be available, despite the defender feeling a slight twinge in his knee while over-stretching.
Victor Moses could make his debut after his season-long loan move from Chelsea with Hughes deciding whether the Nigeria forward will be fit enough after a lack of game time in pre-season.
Dionatan Teixeira, Andy Wilkinson, Ryan Shotton, Wilson Palacios and Brek Shea were also absent last week with Palacios linked with Villa and Derby interested in Shotton.


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03 January 2013 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
AITbiotech becomes first-ever ASEAN firm to secure CE-IVD certification for molecular diagnostic assays
AITbiotech gets CE-IVD certification for molecular diagnostic assays
Singapore: AITbiotech, a leading molecular diagnostic and genomic services provider in Singapore, has secured CE-IVD mark certification for its abTES Flu 4-Plex and abTES MTB real-time PCR assays.
The CE clearance of abTES Flu and MTB qPCR Kits marked a significant milestone for AITbiotech in the year of 2012. The firm also got the ISO 13485:2003 certification (for design, development and manufacturing of medical devices for detection of infectious diseases) in October 2012. AITbiotech is in the process of seeking certification of its several other abTES assays including the multiplex malaria and dengue assays.
According to Dr Masafumi Inoue of Experimental Therapeuitics Center, a Singapore A*STAR Research Institute, "This is a historical milestone for Singapore's molecular diagnostics industry.We are very excited that A*STAR's technology has helped Singapore's local SME, AITBiotech break into the international market for molecular diagnostics. Receiving the CE certification for these two made-in-singapore kits is a stamp of international endorsement on our technology and a remarkable testament to the success of our collaboration with the clinicians and the industry to impact public healthcare."
AITbiotech licensed the assays from ASTAR in 2009. It is the first genomic services provider in Asia to secured 13485:2003 certification for its genomic services including oligonucleotides synthesis, capillary sequencing and next generation sequencing (NGS) services in October 2012. It is now the first diagnostic company in the ASEAN region to secure CE Marking for real-time PCR diagnostic assays.
According to CEO Mr Alex Thian, "Securing CE Mark for our assays is crucial to AITbiotech for its goal to be a significant MDx player in Asia as it is a necessary step for product registration in most Asian countries. With the certification AITbiotech will be able to capture this growing MDx markets in Asia."


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Chopped fresh mint lends an unexpected twist, giving broccoli a brand-new identity.
- Yield
- Makes 6 servings
- 3 large broccoli stalks (about 1 1/2 pounds total), stalks trimmed to 4 to 5 inches long, each stalk halved lengthwise
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
- 3 small garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup fresh breadcrumbs made from crustless French bread
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- Steam broccoli until tender, about 9 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Do ahead Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
- Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-low heat. Add garlic and sauté until soft, about 1 1/2 minutes. Add breadcrumbs, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cook until pale golden, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Stir in mint and lemon peel.
- Add broccoli to breadcrumbs and sauté until heated through, turning broccoli to coat, about 3 minutes. Arrange broccoli on platter. Sprinkle any remaining breadcrumbs over and serve.


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This update contains the Adobe® DNG Converter and Camera Raw 4.4.1 update.
Adobe DNG Converter
The Adobe DNG Converter, a free utility that converts files from more than 150 cameras to DNG, enables you to easily convert camera-specific raw files to a more universal DNG raw file. Visit the Camera Raw page for a complete list of supported cameras.
Digital Negative was developed to address the lack of an open standard for the proprietary and unique raw files created by each digital camera. DNG allows photographers to archive their raw camera files in a single format for easy cataloging and access in the future. With the format specification freely available, any developer can build software that supports and takes advantage of DNG. For more information, visit the Digital Negative page.
Camera Raw 4.4.1 update
Support for the following cameras has been added. Visit the Camera Raw page for a complete list of supported cameras.
Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi/EOS Kiss X2)
Fujifilm S100FS
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Refer to the following ReadMe files for other updates in this version:
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Photoshop CS2: Camera Raw 3.7
Photoshop Elements 3.0: Camera Raw 3.6
Photoshop CS2: Camera Raw 3.7
Photoshop Elements 4.0: Camera Raw 3.7
Photoshop Elements 3.0: Camera Raw 3.6
The Camera Raw 4.4.1 plug-in requires Photoshop Elements 4.01 on Macintosh in order to load successfully.
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See the system requirements for Adobe Creative Suite® 3, Photoshop CS3, or Photoshop Elements 4.01 for Macintosh software.
To open a DMG file:
Double-click the file. This will open Disk Copy, which mounts the image on your desktop.
For the DNG Converter:
There is no installer for the DNG Converter. Drag the DNG Converter from the disk image to your Application directory, and then double-click the DNG Converter icon to launch the application.
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This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original Camera Raw plug-in that was installed with Adobe Creative Suite 3, Photoshop CS3, or Photoshop Elements 4.0.
To install with Adobe Creative Suite 3 or Photoshop CS3:
1. Exit Photoshop CS3.
2. Open the Finder.
3. Navigate to: (Please read directory carefully)
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4. Move the existing plug-in to another location (for example, a new folder on your desktop). Ensure you keep this version in case you need to revert back.
5. Copy the Camera Raw plug-in, Camera Raw, from the download into the same folder as in step 3.
6. Launch Photoshop CS3 or Adobe Bridge.
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2. Start Adobe Bridge.
3. Choose Tools > Cache > Purge Central Cache.
Important: Purging the Central Cache deletes cached thumbnail information for all folders. It also deletes labels, ratings, and rotation settings for read-only files (for example, files on a CD or locked files) or file formats that don't have XMP support.
To install with Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.01:
1. Exit Photoshop Elements and Adobe Bridge.
2. Open the Finder.
3. Navigate to the root of the local disk (not the user's home folder).
4. Navigate to: (Please read directory carefully)
Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CS2/File Formats
5. Move the existing plug-in to another location (for example, a new folder on your desktop). Ensure you keep this version in case you need to revert back.
6. Copy the Camera Raw plug-in, Camera Raw, from the download into the same folder as in step 4.
7. Launch Photoshop Elements or Adobe Bridge.
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Re: New Moon movie, take 5
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:51 pm
From what I've read, it says that they use wires to pull edward down to the ground so it's more intense... obviously, just falling naturally wouldn't demonstrate enough intensity... The wires would probably cause his to fall to look more dramatic and painful ??mandyb7 wrote:whoa apparently when Jane uses her power on Edward it like throws him across the room and into a wall, I guess they wanted to make it more visual and that's okay, sounds pretty intense.
Being thrown across the room would not make sense at all, unless it's all in his head like someone mentioned... I guess we'll just have to wait, have faith in CW, and see and hope for the best... *crosses fingers*


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The BAcC is the UK's largest professional body for traditional acupuncturists. We ensure the collective voice of our members is heard where it matters by liaising with the Department of Health, regulators, and policy makers. We also co-ordinate national PR campaigns to promote the benefits of traditional acupuncture.
As a member of the BAcC you will benefit from:
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Two recent images of the gantry of the float bridge of New York Central Railroad at 69th Street, next to Trump Place.
The gantry of the float bridge of New York Central Railroad at 69th Street, next to Trump Place
Two recent images of the gantry of the float bridge of New York Central Railroad at 69th Street, next to Trump Place.
NEW YORK TIMES December 10, 2001
Ferry at Riverfront Seen as Gateway to Wall St.
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
Travelers who funnel through the overcrowded subway station at Broadway and 72nd Street are so accustomed to feeling like cattle that they may welcome the chance to be treated like freight.
Waterborne freight, that is.
Under a new plan for Riverside Park South, being built between the Hudson River and the 13-block-long Trump Place development, a 90-year-old New York Central Railroad float bridge at the foot of 69th Street would be turned into a landing for small, high-speed ferries.
Abandoned as a gateway to America, it would re-emerge as a gateway to Wall Street. And, Donald J. Trump said last week, "It will take a lot of pressure off the 72nd Street subway."
That was not its original purpose. The float bridges that once lined the Port of New York were designed to transfer freight cars from waterside rail yards to barges called car floats, on which they were taken out to ships or to rail lines in New Jersey that connected with the rest of the country.
Like many such structures, Float Bridge No. 4 at 69th Street has a pair of hinged bridge decks suspended by cables from a barnlike overhead housing. Motors inside that housing lifted and lowered the decks to align them with the floats, whose position depended on the tides and the loads they carried.
Unused for decades, the renovated 69th Street bridge would be adapted for commuters through the addition at the far end of a gangway and a boarding platform known as a spud barge.
The landing could open in the fall of 2003, said Michael W. Bradley, executive director of the Riverside South Planning Corporation, a nonprofit organization formed by Mr. Trump and five civic groups to design Riverside Park South and the towers along its edge.
Neighborhood opponents wonder whether a landing would be an intrusive step toward commercialization of the park. They question the financing of the project and the speed with which it is being reviewed. And they ask how many people would forgo the subway for a ferry that could only be reached on foot across steeply sloping riverfront parkland.
"There are no buses," said Madeleine Polayes, president of the Coalition for a Livable West Side. "You couldn't get a car or a cab down there. And if we ever get a real winter, who's going to walk down there?
"It's not that we're against ferries," she said. "We just think there's a better place to put it."
But Arthur E. Imperatore Jr., president of NY Waterway, said a 69th Street stop would present a "very attractive opportunity for creating a new commuter ferry to Lower Manhattan."
He envisions service from the World Financial Center or Pier 11, near Wall Street, to 69th Street, where there might be a ticket office, waiting room and perhaps a coffee stand.
"It need not be too elaborate," he said. "It can be designed into the fabric of the park so that it can be used by the community."
Last month, NY Waterway began ferry service linking East 90th Street and Pier 11. A one-way ticket is $5; a monthly pass costs $150. On this line are new 97-passenger, 65-foot Super Otter class ferries that reach a top speed of 35 miles per hour.
Built by Allen Marine in Sitka, Alaska, they are, in essence, successors to the "railroad navy" hundreds of lighters, barges, tugs, scows and tankers that moved railroad freight around the archipelago of New York Harbor and across 80 or 90 float bridges in the port.
Float Bridge No. 4 is "one of the most significant marine structures remaining in the city," said Thomas R. Flagg, author of "New York Harbor Railroads in Color" (Morning Sun Books, 2000).
Designed and patented in 1911, it corrected for the twisting forces encountered when car floats listed during loading and, Mr. Flagg said, "showed less inclination to dump boxcars into the river." Almost every subsequent transfer bridge in the Port of New York had that design, he said.
Preservation of the bridge was required in the plan for Riverside Park South, which shares the former rail yard with Trump Place and is being built in phases corresponding with the construction of the Trump towers. The first segment, including the renovated Pier I, opened in April. The second phase is being triggered by the construction of 140 and 220 Riverside Boulevard.
The park is financed by the developers, a partnership of Mr. Trump and Henry Cheng, David Chiu, Vincent Lo, Charles Yeung and Edward Wong of China. On completion, each segment is to be turned over to New York City.
The original plan called for stabilization of the 69th Street bridge as an artifact and visual amenity, not unlike the Long Island Rail Road float bridges at Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City, Queens.
Then a few months ago, Mr. Bradley got to thinking.
"Here you have all these people," he said as he stood near the bridge, arms open to encompass Trump Place and Lincoln Towers. "And everyone of them complains about the 72nd Street subway station."
As a vice president of the Hudson River Park Trust, which is developing the waterfront south of 59th Street, Mr. Bradley oversaw the restoration of a wooden float bridge that once served a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad freight yard at 26th Street. That project is nearing completion.
Quickly too quickly, critics have said, for a meaningful study of financing, practicality, demand or environmental impact Mr. Bradley drew up a $2.7 million plan for a ferry landing at 69th Street.
This would involve renovating the housing from which the decks are suspended, repairing the pilings, cross-bracing the bridge girders, adding timber planking, attaching the spud barge and even replacing the missing train tracks, Mr. Bradley said, "so you would understand what this thing did."
The remnants of two other float bridges immediately to the south would be cleared away, though the bridge trusses may be kept in place. The most monumental ruin of the rail yard is the shed on Pier D, transformed by fire 25 years ago into an undulating skeleton almost worthy of Frank Gehry. To its south, Pier C is a tangled spaghetti-like mass of rusting steel.
Last week, the planning corporation applied for a $2 million federal grant for the ferry landing project. It would be managed by the city's Transportation Department, which is excited about the potential, said Tom Cocola, a spokesman. The developers had budgeted $250,000 for stabilization and $450,000 would be needed to redesign the park to accommodate the landing.
"It's terrific," Parks Commissioner Henry J. Stern said of the new plan. "They're obligated to stabilize it. But making it functional would be even better."
The application was supported narrowly at Community Board 7 on the Upper West Side. Ethel Sheffer, chairwoman of the board's Riverside South task force, said she personally found the idea appealing but that it needed "hard study to see whether it really can work."
The Manhattan borough president, C. Virginia Fields, was more enthusiastic.
"Adaptive re-use of this magnificent transfer bridge," she said, "will enable residents and visitors to reconnect to New York City's industrial history."
The gantry of the float bridge of New York Central Railroad at 69th Street, next to Trump Place.
Construction started on a 27-acre public waterfront park along the Hudson River. 24 March 2003.
Urban Studies | Rusting Away
Hope Floats
Librado Romero/The New York Times
By MICHAEL POLLAK
Published: April 6, 2008
AT the very tip of West 69th Street, at the end of Riverside South Park, an arrangement of half-submerged, half-burned, rusted platforms sits awkwardly in the Hudson River, flanked by rotting pilings. Looming over the debris is a hulking 35-foot-tall gantry, whose gears once lifted and lowered bridge decks from its suspended cables.
The bizarre-looking assemblage, which was once known as Float Bridge No. 4 and which dates to 1911, offers a sharp contrast to the parks pathways and ornamental grasses, and its presence has not gone unnoticed by local residents.
Its junk, and it ought to be removed, said Jeff Jadin, a retiree who lives in Trump Place, not far from the park, and was staring at the machinery the other day from a bench near the waterfront. If they have a plan to actually do something with it, thats fine, but all I see is garbage.
Since 2001, the citys Parks Department has in fact had an ambitious $4 million plan to clean up the site and make it a ferry landing. The float bridge, a relic from the days of the New York Central Railroad, which used it to transfer rail cars to and from ferries, would become a landing for ferries, possibly traveling to and from Wall Street.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation does not object to the idea of cleaning and preserving the bridge. But in a letter to the Parks Department last spring, the state agency recommended scrapping the proposal for ferry service, on the ground that the dredging required to create a landing site for the ferry would eliminate precious habitats for aquatic plants and animals.
Adrian Benepe, the parks commissioner, said negotiations were continuing. We intend to work closely with the D.E.C. on this, Mr. Benepe said. We havent ruled anything out.
Copyright 2008 The New York Times.
Another chance for you to look at Edwards photographs from 2002 and 2003.
Is that the consensus?Its junk, and it ought to be removed, said Jeff Jadin, a retiree who lives in Trump Place, not far from the park, and was staring at the machinery the other day from a bench near the waterfront. If they have a plan to actually do something with it, thats fine, but all I see is garbage.
I thought is was left there as sculpture.
Perhaps it's the view of those who live in Trump Place.
They probably don't like the view it presents to their visitors.
Its amazing the difference between 2002 and now, looks like folks have beem stealing bits of it..
When they built the park, they removed pieces from the gantry, and the debris around it; and cleaned the graffiti.
For a while, someone set up house in the machinery room at top.
So a guy moves into the new Trump Place condo-traption and then complains that the folks in charge should move the nearly 100 year old pier structure (which was looking pretty much like it does now when this guy moved in).
The gall ...
I bicycle past it frequently, up and down the Hudson River, and it is the visual highlight of my trip. It is absolutely beautiful. If the Trumpers don't like it, we should move it down to BPC in place of that ridiculous fake pier called South Cove.
I say move Trump Place ...
I also thought they kept it as "art". I mean, what could they possibly install that would be more interesting than that?
There's a few tickets left if you're interested. The former NYCRR yard and float bridges will be viewed and discussed by railmarine experts.
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One of the brightest lights in late-twentieth-century literature, Frederick Buechner has published more than twenty-five works of fiction and nonfiction that continue to dazzle critics and readers alike, adding continuously to the ranks of his fiercely loyal following. On the Road with the Archangel is sure to continue this tradition with its powerful blend of humor, artistry, and insight into the nature of the human and the divine.
Inspired by events in the apocryphal Book of Tobit, from the second century B.C., this is the magical tale of two families brought together, as no mere coincidence, by the devilishly clever archangel Raphael. One is the family of Tobit, a virtuous man who can no longer support his wife and son because of Raguel, the quiet, devoted father of Sarah whose pact with the demon Asmodeus has left her life in tragic shambles.
Assuming human form, Raphael appears before Tabias, Tobit's devoted son, to help him retrieve his father's fortune hidden in a faraway city. Together, they embark on a miraculous journey in search of the answers to both families' prayers--a journey that is made challenging and delightful by Rapheal's artful efficiency.
On the Road with the Archangel is a masterful combination of fluid writing, lyrical storytelling, and ancient truth blended with modern wisdom. And beneath it all lies a subtle, glowing meditation on the nature of the Holy.
Hailed as "one of our most original storytellers" (USA Today), Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Frederick Buechner has written an extraordinary new novel that shines with the mystery and wonder of the divine.Drawn from the ancient apocryphal Book of Tobit, On the Road with the Archangel unravels the tale of a eccentric blind father and his somewhat bumbling song who journeys to seek his family's lost treasure. Narrated by the wry and resourceful archangel Raphael, Buencher's tale is a pure delight, alive with vivid characters, delightful adventures and wondrous revelations.


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RALLYDAY 2012 CASTLE COMBE RACE CIRCUIT The crowds started to arrive early, maybe because the sun was shining for a change, for a day of everything to do with rallying.
The star of the show this year was Petter Solberg putting his Ford Fiesta RS WRC through its paces on the circuit. There was an abundance of rally cars & motor clubs on show and on the feature rally stage – historic, WRC, clubmans and ex works. The Rally Car Experience gave people the chance to be a passenger in a rally car and be driven by an experienced rally driver. Challenge trucks and Trials vehicles put on an amazing display driving around a specially built very off-road course. Race2Recovery (for injured servicemen) was raising funds for the 2013 Dakar Rally. Being a passenger in a Wildcat speeding around 2 circuits of a gravel stage was amazing. No Limit was sited next to the Camel Trophy 4x4 display at the entrance to the rally raid area so all spectators had to pass our playground, and they were there in their thousands. Ian and Gareth from MMR Largescale came down for the day to join in the fun with No Limit. Last year everything was slippery because of all the rain so No Limit could only put on a limited display, but this year, because the ground was dry, No Limit and MMR were able to put on a full display of jumps, donuts and bashing with the HPI Baja 5B's and Baja SC's, plus Gareth's spectacular flying HPI Vorza, ending with a spectacular smash'n'bash with the HPI 5SC's smashing through the tailgate of the wrecker car. It was a very exciting rallyday with non stop rallying entertainment. Thanks go to Brian & Darin for inviting us. Put Rallyday in your diary for next year, you'll really enjoy it!


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Let me start by telling you that on Friday January 22nd we were getting ready to go watch the Arkadelphia Badgers take on the De Queen Leopards. We were running late (of course) I was doing 90 things at one time and not paying attention to what M.C. was saying. She kept on and on and on... so I finally stopped and said WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU SAYING MICAH CLAIRE???? She said something about taking the baby with us. I said what baby and she said your baby. I again said what baby are you talking about and she pointed to my belly and said the baby in your belly. I said is it a girl baby or a boy baby and she said " A BOY BABY!" Shawn looked at me and I didn't know what to say. We just kind of joked it it off. Then 3 days later we took a test and IT WAS POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We've been keeping are secret for a while now but now we are finally ready to share our EXCITING NEWS! We are expecting our second child at the end of September! We are officially a little over 13 weeks along and doing great (now that the morning sickness has gone away;hopefully for good!) We've had 2 OBGYN appointments thus far and our first ultrasound on March 4th.
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Israeli settlers attacking Palestinians in front of Israeli soldiers who watch without intervening.
At least four different incidents of settler violence against Palestinians occurred last week in different areas across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Extremist Jewish settlers set fire to al-Huda mosque in the southern West Bank town of al-Jaba on Wednesday February 25. They also sprayed racist Hebrew slogans calling for killing Arabs and Muslims on the walls.
I similar incident occurred in Hebron that same day. Settlers uprooted one hundred olive tree saplings recently planted by Palestinian farmers on land they believe to be under threat of annexation due to the proximity of Jewish-only settlements in the area.
A day later, suspected Jewish extremists set fire to a Christian seminary in East Jerusalem's Old City, leaving behind messages such as "Jesus is a son of a whore" and "Redemption of Zion" scrawled across the walls.
That same day, settlers spray-painted "Death to Arabs" and other racist graffiti on the walls of a school in Nablus. This attack is typical of so-called "Price Tag" policy - acts of random violence against Palestinians or the Israeli security forces carried out by a group of primarily young, extremist Israeli settlers because the later two are "harming the settlement enterprise," according to leading israeli human rights organization B'Tselem.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, there were at least 329 reported instances of settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in 2014.
Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of the Palestinian Authority's Israeli Settlements File in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, sees a connection between the upcoming Israeli elections and the increase in settler violence against Palestinians. According to Ma'an News Agency, he accuses the Israeli government of "giving free rein to extremist settlers to carry out attacks against Palestinians in an attempt to win settler votes in the upcoming Knesset elections."
As for Senior PLO official Saeb Erekat, "These terrorists have been incited (sic) for and protected by a government that claims exclusivity over this land and that justifies its illegal occupation and colonization based on distorted religious claims," he said in an interview with Ma'an News Agency.
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An excellent article in the New York Times looks at Andy Rubin, Google's director of mobile platforms, and tries to uncover what the gphone really shall become in the ever evolving mobile market.NYT are confident referring to the gphone as a "software" package, rumours of which we have heard countless times. According to the extensive report, the gphone will be made available by the middle of 2008 and is being produced by Google's partners (HTC, among others?) Google's contribution will be an open OS that shall be distributed freely and will earn revenue via advertising links. Interestingly, the model of bundling free software has been pretty successful in the past, as exemplified by Internet Explorer.
It seems Mr. Rubin is the right man for the project, as one of the founders of Danger Inc., the company behind the excellent Sidekick smartphone series, he seems well qualified to deal in the competitive market. That is not the only experience he is bringing to the game either; back in 1990 Mr. Rubin worked with Apple on a project called Magic Cap, which focused on a groundbreaking platform for portable devices. The venture fell through, as it was apparently too far ahead of its time. (Is this how the gphone and the iPhone inadvertently cross development paths?) Mr. Rubin went it alone, he blew his entire savings on producing his vision of a mobile platform that would be open to all software developers. The name of Mr. Rubin's project? Yup, you guessed it—Android.
Whatever the gphone is officially confirmed to be—phone / software suite or both—the potential impact Google will make to the way we communicate will be definitively game changing, if successful. With all this information seeping through, it is only a matter of time before the covers are dropped on the big G's big plans. For now, the wait goes on.


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From electing a president to buying a latte, Big Data is increasingly influencing consumer decisions. The science of analyzing huge troves of data has become such a big business that investors in Massachusetts are rushing to to find the next billion-dollar companies.
For now, much of the commercial use of Big Data is in the form of more targeted advertising — think of those eerily prescient Google ads.
But Chris Lynch, a partner at the Cambridge venture capital firm Atlas Venture, said Big Data analysis can benefit businesses of all kinds and goes beyond commercial uses. Recently, for example, Prize4Life, a Cambridge nonprofit that supports research on the disease ALS, awarded prizes to three winners of its contest to analyze and predict the progression of the illness by using data from thousands of patients.
Meanwhile, PatientsLikeMe, a social-networking health site also based in Cambridge, aggregates and analyzes data from more than 100,000 patients who report on their conditions, treatments, and outcomes.
Big Data could also help revamp the retail and food-service industries.
Objective Logistics, in Boston, taps into data generated by its clients' point-of-sales (POS) systems to better identify top performers and to discover what helps products sell better. Typically, each point-of-sale system holds 3 million to 15 million transactions, or anywhere from 2 to 10 gigabytes of data.
"We'll get as specific as saying you should be selling more Alabama Slammers or molten lava cakes, or pair things together like saying when servers sell this kind of pizza, customers are far more likely to buy an antipasto beforehand," said Philip Beauregard, the chief executive of Objective Logistics.
Big Data can even get first-time customers in the door: The team behind the start-up SCNVGR's mobile payment app, LevelUp, tracked sales among its clients based on weather conditions.
The team found fewer customers ventured out when it rained; however, customers who were already in a coffee shop spent an additional 20 percent while waiting out the storm.
Seth Priebatsch, the founder of SCVNGR, said the findings suggest retailers should conduct an extra "push" of marketing, through ads on mobile apps or e-mail notifications, just before a storm to increase sales through what would otherwise be a lull.
Massachusetts is already home to a substantial Big Data community, thanks in part to research at Boston-area universities and a rich legacy of corporate giants in the information technology business. Even so, the state is losing data scientists who are lured away by other opportunities.
"We're creating 5,000 advanced-degree data scientists a year here," Lynch said. "But we have been losing them."
So Lynch and others opened a nonprofit hacker space this month, dubbed hack/reduce, to encourage development in the field by providing researchers with access to large data sets and the computing power necessary to analyze them.
"My view is there are a thousand big-data experts in the world, and I cofounded hack/reduce to create the instrumentation to create a thousand a year," Lynch said. "We can have a center of competence because we have all the basic raw material."
And that raw material includes many tough, interesting challenges.
"We have to show how these problems are changing the face of industries," Beauregard said.
"If there aren't cool companies that keep popping up and getting seed funding in Boston, people are going to leave for San Francisco.
"It's a no-brainer: You work around smart people, but you also go to places where companies are working on cool problems."
There are numerous efforts underway to continue to keep Boston as a center of the Big Data world; there is even a new venture-capital firm, Big Data Boston, focused solely on the field.
If all goes well, some of those investments will grow to be the next SAP or EMC, Lynch predicted.
"We have a real opportunity in Boston if we're able to galvanize the community," Lynch said.
Michael Morisy is curator of The Hive, Boston's online news source for developments in the innovation community, at
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Saturday, May 17, 2008
Toyota's melting pot?
Busch who's currently 23yr's old, drives the M & M's Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing and is known to prefer the regular black M 'N M's, although he also enjoys the NUTS type too…
But inquiring minds want to know if his hands will slip off of the steering wheel, even though the candy manufacturer claims that they melt in your mouth, NOT in your hands!
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MeThinks the boy has gobbled too many peanut clusters and has gone off the deep end.ReplyDelete
Busch notes any possible F1 test would be at Motegi a Honda owned and operated track.
Fat chance I say considering he drives a Toyota stock car. And I would think the reverse would also be true, Honda wouldn't give a Toy driver an F1 Honda test on their home track.
Here's my take, I believe he and Toyota will in fact ship a Camry car to Motegi and Busch will do a exhibition run.
Why Motegi?
Because they run a fan driver thing there like the Petty Experience in the States.
It would be a good promo for Motegi to have one of the hottest stock car drivers there in cars nearly identical to those fans can strap into.
For that they would forgive the Honda/Toyota conflict, but for F1 test I think not, but I could be wrong.
As a side note, and based on my seven years there, Motegi has an almost cult-like group of dedicated fans that spend thousands of dollars per year driving the stockers at Motegi and also the 600hp winged sprint cars they rent out to run the dirt track that is on the property.
Very well said! Didn't know that they had announced testing venues for said publicity stunt, but if Motegi is the place then you've got a very valid point about Honda...ReplyDelete
Did you catch Scott "NOSE" Speed's comments towards Shrubb trying' his hand at F1 on Wind Tunnel?


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Welcome Back
What happens when you take two acrylic paintings and merge them? Today I'm sharing a picture which is a digital blend of two of my recent mixed media backgrounds.
The first picture was
The second was
These were two of my favourite background paintings so I scanned them into the computer and then took them into Photoshop Elements and played with the opacity and this was the result. Play a bit more and you could add a photo in there somewhere too.
Hope you like it, think I'll do more of these 🙂
Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon
Billie 🙂