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U.S. Aid Is Getting Lost In the Fog of War
Even before the opening shots of the Battle for Baghdad were fired, President George W. Bush went to great lengths to advance his other War -- the one that's aimed at winning the hearts and minds of 23 million Iraqis. Like the real war, this one may be no cakewalk, either.
On Mar. 25, Bush announced plans to spend $3.5 billion to rebuild Iraq and distribute a mountain of food. The scale of the coming humanitarian aid effort, vows U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) head Andrew S. Natsios, will dwarf anything that the U.S. has done since World War II. "Soon," Bush said, "the Iraqi people will see the great compassion of not only the United States, but other nations around the world who care deeply about the human conditions inside that country."
The President's promises of quick aid could prove tough to keep, however, if dangerous conditions continue to leave relief workers sidelined. The U.S. military's initial strategy -- skirting the major cities on the way to Baghdad, and leaving behind small numbers of troops to protect the flanks -- has kept a large disaster response unit holed up in the Hilton Kuwait Resort, for example. "Our people are not soldiers," says Natsios. So far, the delays have deprived the Administration of the positive images of relief efforts it had hoped TV cameras would quickly start beaming across the region.
This is especially true in the southern city of Basra, where a severe water shortage occurred when the electricity was severed and water pumps stopped working. And although coalition forces were in control at Umm Qasr, Iraq's busiest port, mines in the harbor delayed relief ships from arriving. On Mar. 26, only seven trucks, out of what originally had been planned as a 30-truck convoy of food and water, limped into the city under military escort.
Still, a week into the war, the much-feared humanitarian crisis has so far shown little sign of developing. Refugees were not yet a problem and there was no sign of food shortages. Before the war began, the Iraqi government gave some 16 million people double rations under the now-suspended U.N. food-for-oil program, allowing enough food stockpiling to last five weeks, according to some estimates. Whether a deeper crisis will emerge, however, clearly depends on the length of the conflict -- particularly as the fighting moves towards urban centers in Basra, Baghdad, and elsewhere.
Also key is whether the U.S. succeeds in bringing in nongovernmental organizations; many of those with experience in running relief efforts have so far been little involved. Natsios says AID soon will notify some 30 NGOs that grant money is on the way.
Making Iraq safe for aid convoys is crucial. U.S. commanders aim to station more troops in the rear, which may provide aid workers with sufficient security. But if Iraqis start going without, the blame will fall squarely on Bush -- and that's the last thing America needs right now.
By Paula Dwyer in Washington and Stanley Reed in Kuwait City, with Laura Cohn in Doha, Qatar


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Regional News of Thursday, 13 February 2014
Source: Graphic.com.gh
Deputy Information and Media Relations Minister, Murtala Mohammed, has apologised for his use of the word 'bastard' while on radio.
On Tuesday, an ostensibly bemused Murtala had dared Ernest Owusu-Bempah, Deputy Communications Director of the National Democratic Party to prove an allegation that the Deputy Minister had previously been arrested in Nigeria for visa fraud.
While denying ever being arrested anywhere, 'including Ghana let alone Nigeria,' he said failure on the part of Owusu-Bempah to substantiate the allegation would mean he is not the true child of his parents.
"If you don't expose me you are a bastard," he had dared his accuser while engaged in an argument on Asempa FM on Tuesday.
But a more sober Murtala on Wednesday said he had regretted his use of the offensive word and upon reflection, regrets the whole episode. He consequently apologised to listeners of the radio station.
Many, he said, had called him to counsel that he ignored Owusu-Bempah, and he agreed he could better invest his time.
Meanwhile, Owusu Bempah, who had claimed he had documentary evidence to prove his allegation, has been asked by host of Asempa FM's Ekosii Sen programme, KABA, (Kwadwo Asare-Baffour Acheampong) to submit same.
Owusu-Bempah and Murtala have dared each other to a radio encounter to end the spat.

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Ranchi, July 12 (ANI): Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) party leader Hemant Soren is likely to take an oath as Jharkhand's ninth chief minister on Saturday.
"We are making this government for Jharkhand's progress. We will not compromise on the development," he said.
The Union Cabinet has request President Pranab Mukherjee to revoke President's rule in Jharkhand. Soren met Jharkhand Governor on July 9 and claimed to have the support of 43-MLA's in the 82-member assembly.
The President's rule was imposed in the state on January 18 after the fall of the BJP-led coalition government headed by Arjun Munda. (ANI)


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Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, told The Wall Street Journal late Friday that the Fed should be slow in removing the central bank's easy money policies and also about changing its strategy.
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MR. ROSENGREN'S REACTION TO THE JANUARY JOBS REPORT: "It's a bit disappointing," he said. "We've now had two months in a row where it's been below expectations." Mr. Rosengren noted that Fed officials had been hoping to see steady growth job gains above 200,000 per month. The latest data suggest there has been a lull in that pace of growth. But he added, "I don't think it really changes much in terms of our perspective on labor markets. We still have labor markets that are improving gradually."
MR. ROSENGREN ON HOW OFFICIALS ARE LIKELY TO RESPOND TO SHIFTS IN THE DATA: "This validates the idea that we should only gradually be reducing accommodation because we are only seeing gradual improvement in the economy," he said. He said if the Fed were to continue to see data suggesting slow economic growth, "there would have to be serious discussion" about whether to change its policy stance. But one or two months of data aren't enough to draw conclusions, he said. "We have another employment report before the next (Fed) meeting," he said. It would be premature for him to change his forecasts, he said. "We should be fairly slow moving until we get a better assessment," he said. "You want to have a consistent story across data series and across time." He hasn't changed his 3% growth forecast for 2014 "at this time."


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Kala Ramnath has had a busy year, as have several other Indian classical musicians. But she hasn't merely been notching up frequent flier miles. The acclaimed Hindustani classical violinist has spent the last 12 months plucking at the heart-strings of audiences in India and abroad. She earned huzzas and claps as the opening act at the Gunidas Sangeet Sammelan, one of the most prestigious music events in the country, in December. She previously featured in a Seasons of India concert at the Royal Conservatoire at the Hague, the Netherlands, in November.
That's hardly the whole story. "Personally for me, 2012 has been a satisfying year," Ramnath, 45, says. "In June, the London Symphony wrote a composition in my honour, which I consider to be a big compliment. I also figured in the third edition of Rough Guide to World Music, which has carried a 1,000-word essay on me and my violin." Ramnath was also invited in August to the US to conduct a workshop for fiddlers at Shasta Mountains, California. "Darol Anger, the renowned fiddle virtuoso, as well as Grammy award winning fiddlers Tim and Mollie O'Brien attended this workshop," Ramnath says.
She will spend the last day of the year in Kolkata, performing with the Chicago Quartet, Civitas Ensemble, who play string instruments. Next year, Ramnath will perform at the Uttarpara festival in Bengal in February and the Jitendra Abhisheki Memorial Festival in Pune in March.
Ramnath is the only violinist to have been given the Rashtriya Kumar Gandharva Sanman, an award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh government. She has a charming stage presence, apart from tremendous control over speed and movement. Ramnath hails from a family of violinists on both sides of the Indian classical music divide: Her uncle is Carnatic giant T.N. Krishnan, while her aunt is Hindustani stalwart N. Rajam. "Most of my cousins played Carnatic music on the violin," she recalls. "My grandfather thought that my playing Hindustani music would eliminate rivalry, which is why I began learning Hindustani music."
Apart from being groomed by Rajam, Ramnath also learnt a lot by accompanying Mewati gharana maestro Pandit Jasraj. Her style has been described as "vocal music"—it is akin to khayal singing. "All instruments like the sitar, sarod and flute can play the gayaki ang (vocal style), but only a bowed instrument like the violin can emulate vocal music in totality," she says.


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Pay as You Go with Smartphones
Osama Bedier is about to buy a pair of scandalously skimpy size 4 denim cutoff shorts from American Eagle Outfitters. The beefy, Egyptian-born vice-president at Google—and former bouncer at the Roxbury night club in Los Angeles—is buying the $25 Daisy Dukes to demonstrate a novel way of paying in stores and restaurants: with a cellphone. As about 200 bankers, credit-card executives, journalists, and Googlers watch at the company's New York building in late May, Bedier waves his Nexus S smartphone in front of a credit-card reader. The device beeps in response, and three things happen at once: The phone submits a $5 store coupon, his Citibank MasterCard account is charged $20 for the shorts, and his loyalty card with the retailer, also stored on the phone, is credited with the purchase. "And that's how simple it is," says Bedier, awkwardly holding a brown paper bag with the short-shorts, which he vows to give to his daughter. "We call that single tap."
Sixty years after the creation of the plastic credit card, big corporate names are backing a new wave of payments technology—a tap with a phone, rather than a swipe with a credit card. Pretty much every major bank, credit-card company, wireless network operator, and a good number of Silicon Valley players are exploring the cellphone as the next ubiquitous way to spend money. Efforts such as Google's fledgling service, Google Wallet, which begins trials this summer in New York and San Francisco, are the culmination of a decade of arduous technology development and a multiparty, cross-industry battle over who will control the $20.5 trillion global market for in-store retail transactions. Also pushing their own digital wallets are, among others, Visa, American Express, EBay's PayPal division, and Isis, a venture of three large U.S. mobile phone carriers.
Should this technology take off, the cellphone could become the central repository of not just bank account information but coupons, loyalty points, and membership cards, allowing companies such as Google to route deals to cellphones at just the right time and place. "Ten years from now, a major portion of marketing is going to go through this personalized media channel," says Mohammad Khan, who worked at credit-card terminal vendor VeriFone before starting what is now a rival, ViVOtech.
If technologists such as Khan sound overconfident, it might be because they're compensating for the fact that futuristic visions about new ways to pay have so rarely come true. Among the fields where humans have vigorously innovated throughout history, payments pretty much ranks near the bottom, well behind food cultivation, transportation, and online dating. There have been only a few major breakthroughs: the switch from barter to non-precious metal coins in Egypt around 700 BC, the move to paper money in China in 960 AD, and then to checks in the 12th century, courtesy of the Venetians. Credit cards, which emerged in the early 1950s first as dining cards in Manhattan before spreading more widely in the '60s, introduced the era of electronic money and the idea of buying a completely unaffordable item and paying for it later.
There have been some important, if relatively incremental, innovations since then. Smart cards with microchips, which you can tap at "contactless" credit-card terminals (no swipe needed) in some 300,000 locations around the world, have been widely embraced in Europe and Canada—and largely ignored by most U.S. consumers, who remain committed to a swipe and ensuing signature. PayPal, with 100 million active customer accounts, has caught on as a way for people to send money to each other and pay for items, primarily online. Companies such as Boku and Zong, recently acquired by EBay, have developed ways for shoppers to purchase items by charging them to their cellphone bill.
For any new approach to really catch on, it has to offer some compelling advantage. "If there's not a significant improvement from the past, either in convenience or in some form of monetary value to the merchant or consumer, payment technologies generally don't catch on," says Chetan Sharma, a mobile industry consultant. "There has to be something different about a new technology that makes life better."
Much of the mobile payments activity centers on a technology called near field communication, or NFC. Apart from being another maddening wireless industry acronym to remember, an NFC chip built into the phone (or added to it via a microSD slot or a carrying case) communicates with a credit-card terminal over a distance of less than two inches. It's a big upgrade over the magnetic stripe on a plastic card—a format invented in 1960 and now easily feasted on by card cloners and other fraudsters.
Nearly every phone manufacturer, including Nokia, Samsung, and Research In Motion, says it plans to pack its handsets with these NFC chipsets, which in 2011 should cost $2.13 on average, down from $2.57 in 2009, according to ABI Research. Apple has stayed characteristically quiet about its NFC plans, but competitors say Apple is talking with almost every NFC startup—there are a lot of them—exploring whether it should build or buy the necessary technology. Analysts such as Richard Doherty of Envisioneering Group believe Apple will include NFC chips in an upcoming version of the iPhone, likely next year. Since 2008, Apple has applied for 36 patents that involve NFC, including one that describes a way to turn NFC-equipped iPhones and iPads into cashier terminals, and another that involves allowing Apple devices within close proximity to quickly and easily share files with each other.
NFC "is going to come, it's just a matter of when," says Mark Beccue, a senior analyst at ABI, which forecasts that the number of NFC-equipped phones worldwide will skyrocket, from fewer than 6 million in 2010 to 172 million by 2013. "The ecosystem is starting to come together," says Bill Gajda, head of mobile products at Visa. "We are going to create a new payment and commerce experience."
Digital wallets may seem like a solution in search of a problem. After all, withdrawing a credit card or a few dollars from an actual wallet is hardly the most taxing chore. But banks, wireless carriers, and phone makers have a lot of reasons to nudge the smartphone into the center of the payment universe. The companies backing NFC claim it will make financial transactions more secure and get lines at stores moving more quickly. They really start to salivate at the potential marketing bonanza. Companies developing these services plan on packing loyalty cards, coupon folders, and Groupon-like deal-of-the-day offers right into the digital wallet. Retailers could build comprehensive profiles of their customers, targeting them with additional discounts and come-ons at the checkout terminal or when they're out and about, in pretty much the same way Amazon and other online retailers track shoppers as they browse the Web.
Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google—and not, apparently, an especially savvy clothes shopper—described the opportunity this way. "You're walking down the street," he said at a mobile conference earlier this year. "You're confused like I am typically, and your phone remembers that you need new pants or some other product. It knows there's a store ahead of me, on the left and on the right. It knows one is going to offer me a 20 percent discount, the other a 30 percent discount. It shows me the two offers, and being a cheapskate I always take the biggest discount. I walk into the store, the store knows I'm coming, the pants are ready. I go, boom, and I'm out of the store." More than likely—Google says the details are still in flux—the merchant will pay a fat commission to the search giant or whoever else greased the deal.
There's plenty that could go wrong with this mobile vision. While phones may be safer than plastic, they come with their own security challenges: They are susceptible to malware (and certain British tabloid journalists) although some NFC chips are designed to self-destruct if they're tampered with. Funneling purchases through the phone will also allow Google and its rivals to greatly expand their data collection abilities, a chilling prospect for privacy advocates.
The biggest problem confronting NFC is practical: It may require new phones as well as new point-of-sale terminals, plus software that serves up targeted offers. It's the mother of all chicken-and-egg scenarios, what economists call a multisided platform problem. Merchants don't want to upgrade their terminals if there aren't new payment-enabled phones, and consumers have no reason to buy NFC phones if there aren't many places to use them.
Overcoming those hurdles is partly why the high-tech and financial industries are whipping up so much hype about NFC; they are, in effect, trying to bluff the world that the bold new age of mobile payments is inevitable. "Publicity and hype have a role to play here, to encourage both sides, the chicken and the egg, that there are some real heavyweights behind this technology," says Douglas G. Bergeron, chief executive of VeriFone, which sells the majority of credit-card terminals to U.S. retailers—and has had a prime seat at the tortured, decade-long gestation period of NFC.
Near field communication was born in the early 2000s, through an unusual partnership between Sony and Philips Electronics. Long before the onset of smartphones, both companies had outfitted plain old plastic cards with microchips to communicate using radio waves over short distances with stationary terminals. Back then, Sony's FeliCa smart cards were becoming widely used in train stations and convenience stores in Japan and Hong Kong, and the company was starting to bring the technology into mobile phones. Philips's popular MIFARE smart cards, designed by its then-subsidiary, NXP Semiconductors, were being embraced by dozens of regional public transportation systems, including those in Moscow, Seoul, and Kuala Lumpur.
Both companies wanted to ditch the plastic and work this technology into all consumer devices but realized they alone couldn't persuade the world's electronics manufacturers to back a proprietary platform. They found another partner in Nokia, whose researchers were exploring ways phones could interact with inanimate objects. They had toyed with the idea of distributing cheap radio tags that could convey snippets of information to cellphones held close by (e.g., put a tag on a photo of grandma; tap the tag with your phone, and it dials her). "To really make it big, and to drive into the market, would require a standards organization," says Gerhard Romen, director of mobile financial services at Nokia and one of the primary figures in the development of the NFC Forum, which was officially born in March of 2004.
The forum's founders had high hopes for the quick adoption of NFC in cellphones. Within a year, 20 other companies had signed up, including Microsoft, Samsung, MasterCard, and Visa. The dirty work of setting up technical specifications took a few more years. A radio chip built into phones would operate at a 13.56 MHz frequency and work like the RFID chips used in E-ZPass toll-road systems. A second chip with the somewhat cinematic descriptor "the secure element" was designed to work in tandem with the radio chip, but keep the customer's personal info and payment data safe and encrypted.
Early test runs of the technology didn't amount to much. In 2004, Nokia released it first NFC-equipped phone, the 5140, an otherwise undistinguished device. In a mobile-payments trial in 2007, Wells Fargo gave 50 employees Nokia handsets. After calling an 800 number to activate the payment service, trial participants had to download and run separate applications for each credit card they wanted to use. Participants found that a phone tap was no better than a card swipe. They often left their Nokia phones in the office, and even when they did remember to bring along their test gadgets, they wouldn't go out of their way to find a merchant whose terminal could accept a contactless payment. The fact that the wireless network Wells Fargo was using for the trial crashed for an entire week probably didn't help.
At around the same time, fissures were beginning to appear among the NFC Forum's partners. If phones were to be used for payments, there would be a lucrative opportunity to collect fees associated with these transactions. Cellphone carriers such as AT&T Mobility, which joined the NFC Forum in 2007, buy phones from manufacturers and resell them at a subsidized price to consumers. The carriers argued that they should profit from mobile payments, putting them on a collision course with banks and credit-card companies that wanted to protect their turf. In early 2007 a wireless carrier trade group stated that it would embrace NFC only if the carriers got to manage payment transactions and if the secure element sat on the SIM card, which they controlled. "We kind of reached an impasse," says Dom Morea, a senior vice-president at First Data, the country's largest processor of payment transactions. NFC-equipped phones trickled out over the next few years, but they didn't get much attention.
Two engineers at Google, Rob von Behren and Jonathan Wall, believed in the potential of the smartphone to break this impasse. In 2009 the two were examining mobile payments using their free "20 percent" time, the company's famous practice of allowing employees to spend a fifth of their time on the project of their choice. "We saw that tons of people had tried doing mobile payments," says von Behren, who left a computer science graduate program at University of California at Berkeley after he joined Google in 2004. "But the best they could do with a flip-phone is to turn it into a really thick plastic card." The iPhone was then just two years old, and the pair wondered if such a device, with its rich user interface and voluminous storage, could also be used to collate receipts, track corporate expenses, and earn loyalty points—and whether that was the key to finally making the mobile phone a compelling tool for in-person payments.
Von Behren and Wall successfully pitched their idea of a digital wallet to Google's mobile executives and got a green light to develop the concept, but the company didn't have a logical place to tuck their project. The pair ended up in something of a corporate ghetto—Google Research, a think tank whose long-term pursuits include developing machine translation and artificial intelligence.
Stephanie Tilenius rescued them. A former senior vice-president of EBay and PayPal, Tilenius joined Google at the beginning of 2010 as vice-president for commerce. In one of her first moves, she sent an e-mail to co-founder Larry Page arguing that the company should aggressively enter the market for online purchases via a cellphone. She was quickly routed to von Behren and Wall, and the trio hit it off, agreeing that Google's open Android operating system gave it a unique opportunity to back the NFC standard and drag the messy network of payment players along with it. Tilenius met with Andy Rubin, Google's senior vice-president of mobile, and found that the Android group was already planning to embed an NFC chip in the upcoming Nexus S.
At the May 26 press conference at Google's Chelsea headquarters in New York City, the group, now part of Google's commerce unit, unveiled its plans for "a new era in commerce." Google Wallet is designed to let smartphone users tap their phones against credit-card terminals at the nation's largest retailers—Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Walgreens, Foot Locker, and Peet's Coffee, among others, have already signed up to honor Google Wallet. Shoppers will also be able to collect Groupon-style daily deals, called Google Offers, meant to spur additional purchases. Citibank, MasterCard, and First Data, the payments processor, are also on board with Google Wallet.
In true Google fashion, the company professes a certain degree of selflessness while positioning itself to profit wildly if its wallet service takes off. Instead of Google taking a cut of the purchase, credit-card issuers such as Citibank will handle the transactions, as they normally do. Google will get paid by sending ads to the phone and when users take advantage of a coupon at a nearby restaurant, for example. Google and its primary partners are also trying to sweeten the deal for retailers by subsidizing their installation of contactless terminals and the software to deliver targeted deals—upgrades that analysts believe could cost hundreds of dollars per terminal.
Tilenius declined to divulge the extent of the subsidy and who has received it, but Bergeron of VeriFone says: "It's kind of like stimulus spending. Their hope is that they can stimulate the market in the beginning, as a temporary measure to help it gain mass appeal."
As Google Wallet moves into trials, it will have severe limitations, at least at first. Only owners of the Nexus S smartphone running on Sprint's new 4G network will be able to program their phones with a Citibank MasterCard (if they have one) or with a Google prepaid debit card, to which they can transfer money using other cards. Then they can use their phone to pay at any of the 24 nationwide retailers. Tilenius says Google is talking to other Android phone manufacturers, banks, and retailers and is convinced they will also embrace the service. (Tilenius also faces a more direct challenge: EBay has sued her, Osama Bedier, and Google, claiming the two former PayPal execs misappropriated its trade secrets when they joined Google. A Google spokesman declined to comment on the suit.)
Another serious test will be persuading wireless networks other than Sprint, the nation's third-largest carrier, to sell NFC-equipped Android phones. Last fall, AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA, and Verizon Wireless banded together to form a venture called Isis to create their own digital wallet in conjunction with Discover Financial Services. Their original plan was to create a payment network that would compete with MasterCard and Visa, with the carriers collecting fees on every transaction (the plan even called for Isis to distribute plastic credit cards to customers as a backup for their phones).
Merchants reacted coolly to the idea, and after the Durbin Amendment to the Consumer Protection Act of 2010 set the stage for a cap on credit- and debit-card fees, Isis scaled back its plans. The coalition now says that, like Google, it will try to lure other banks and card companies to its wallet without taking a cut of their transaction revenue. Also like Google, it's exploring ways to make money on coupons and ads and could work with deal companies such as Groupon, says Ryan Hughes, Isis's chief marketing officer. "These are three companies that are not afraid to spend money to build a brand," he says of Isis's joint-venture partners. The first Isis trial is planned for next year in Salt Lake City and Austin, Tex.
And that's only the beginning. Visa is talking to both Google and Isis but also wants to put out its own competing wallet by this fall. American Express recently introduced a digital wallet named "Serve." And MasterCard is working with everybody. The idea of putting even a few of these competing services onto a single phone sounds like a nightmare of complexity and competing interests, so it will be up to the major players to win over merchants with the lowest advertising fees and to wow them by luring shoppers into their stores and spurring additional purchases.
In the past, it's taken some expensive stunts to get regular folks to even pay attention to a new form of payment. In 1958, a Bank of America manager named Joe Williams had a novel solution to the multisided platform problem that was stymieing the acceptance of plastic. He sent nearly every consumer in Fresno, Calif.—60,000 households—a new credit card, without even asking that they fill out an application or submit to a credit check. The Great Fresno Drop, as it was later called, soon persuaded some 1,000 area retailers to embrace this strange new form of payment. Although fraud was rampant and delinquent accounts were high, within two years the cards had spread throughout California. The era of plastic had officially begun.
It's not yet clear whether there's a company willing to pull off a stunt as ambitious (and reckless) as a Great Fresno Drop to launch the era of cellphone payments. Google, with its hoard of cash, is in a position to seed the market with thousands of subsidized point-of-sale terminals. Apple, too, has the financial heft to engage in such an effort. Other companies are betting on more incremental approaches that can solve real short-term problems in the payments industry.
Square, the brainchild of Twitter co-creator Jack Dorsey, is giving small businesses such as food carts and farmers market vendors a way to take credit cards almost immediately. The startup is freely distributing plastic devices that have a slot for swiping cards. These card readers, which are slightly larger than a Scrabble tile, plug into smartphones and turn them into payment terminals. It's free for a retailer to sign up, whereas a conventional merchant credit-card account can cost hundreds of dollars.
Square is now processing $3 million in credit-card transactions a day. Based on a recent $100 million infusion of venture capital, the 2-year-old company is valued at $1 billion.
Square has also recently introduced tools to turn iPads into digital registers and to let shoppers use their smartphones to pay for items at local shops as well as store coupons and receipts. It sounds a lot like the capabilities dreamed of by NFC's backers, but without the hassle of adding chips to phones and changing the behavior of regular people. Not surprisingly, the folks at Square have a skeptical view of NFC. "We believe NFC is a technology in search of a value proposition for both consumers and merchants," says Keith Rabois, Square's chief operating officer and a former executive at PayPal. "I've yet to meet a merchant that turns around saying, 'I can't wait for this NFC stuff.' "
PayPal, currently the leader in online payments with more than 100 million users, is thinking beyond NFC while hedging its bets. The company recently said it would allow owners of NFC-equipped Nexus S smartphones to make payments to each other by tapping their handsets together. Sam Shrauger, PayPal's vice-president for global product and design, wonders if NFC isn't just an interim step along the path to a universal digital currency. He foresees a day when consumers won't even walk up to a cashier: They will browse a store; when they find what they need, they'll pay with their phones by accessing payment information stored securely on the Internet. "The notion of walking to a checkout line and walking up to a point-of-sale terminal doesn't need to be the way people behave," he says. "That's the real promise of a digital wallet. If I want to walk in and pay that way I can, but I should have an easier alternative."
When the world moved from cash to credit, consumer behavior changed drastically. It altered people's basic ideas about what was affordable and how much they were willing to spend. James E. Katz, director of the Center for Mobile Communication Studies at Rutgers University, believes we will have even fewer brakes on spending and could drive ourselves even further into debt when these mobile payment tools finally arrive. "The difference between a credit card and a mobile phone is, the credit card is a dedicated instrument people associate with buying. This other is a mobile phone, so you are one more step removed from seeing a change in your financial status." Early evidence from NFC trials backs this up. Khan of ViVOtech says that in one of the 35 field trials his company has conducted, people's expenditures jumped more than 20 percent when they used their phone to pay.
Rob Killian of Campbell, Calif., who is testing an NFC-equipped BlackBerry as part of a Bank of America mobile-payment trial, isn't sure that he's spending more money than usual, but he's having an awfully good time being an early adopter. On a weekday morning this summer, Killian buys deodorant and a few shaving items at a Walgreens and pays for it with his phone. "That's just new," says the cashier. "That's crazy."
Outside, Killian holsters his BlackBerry with satisfaction and notes that he still carries a good old-fashioned leather wallet in his back pocket. "You still can't put a driver's license on a phone," he says.
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A Brain Imaging Study of Opioid (Morphine) and Non-opioid (Ketorolac) Conditioning Effects
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Healthy right-handed volunteers aged 21 to 50 needed for a research study of the effects of morphine and ketorolac on brain activity in response to pain stimuli as measured by functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Study will be conducted on six separate days not requiring an overnight stay in the hospital.
|Healthy Controls
|Radiation: Integrated MR-PET scan Drug: Ketorolac Drug: Morphine
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Other
|Official Title:
|A Brain Imaging Study of Opioid (Morphine) and Non-opioid (Ketorolac) Conditioning Effects
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Drug Information available for: Morphine sulfate KetorolacU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Jian Kong, Massachusetts General Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- PET and fMRI signal changes [ Time Frame: one day ]Obtain information about brain activity (including BOLD signal and opioid binding potential) using an integrated PET & fMRI system
- Pain ratings [ Time Frame: 5 sessions involving pain ratings ]Characterize analgesic response to morphine and ketorolac using pain ratings
|Actual Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2017
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Morphine condition
Radiation: Integrated MR-PET scan
Integrated MR-PET scan using [11C]diprenorphineDrug: Morphine
3 administrations of morphine over course of study
|Experimental: Ketorolac condition
Radiation: Integrated MR-PET scan
Integrated MR-PET scan using [11C]diprenorphineDrug: Ketorolac
3 administrations of ketorolac over course of study
Experimental: Pilot
Drug: Ketorolac
3 administrations of ketorolac over course of studyDrug: Morphine
3 administrations of morphine over course of study
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy male and female adults, aged 21-50
- No contraindications to fMRI scanning
- Within 15% of normal BMI
- Right handed (dominant hand is right hand)
- Have taken an opioid drug at least once in the past (for example, after a surgery)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current or past history of major medical, neurological, or psychiatric illness
- Women who are pregnant or breast feeding, have gone through menopause, or have irregular menstrual cycles (length of cycle must be within 26 to 32 days)
Contraindications to morphine administration:
- i) Hypersensitivity to morphine or other phenanthrene-derivative opioid agonists (codeine, oxycodone, etc.), morphine salts, or any component of the product
- ii) Concomitant use of other CNS depressants including antihistamines or alcohol
- iii) History of drug or alcohol abuse
- iv) History of head trauma
- v) History of liver problems
- vi) Pre-existing respiratory conditions (ex. COPD, asthma)
- vii) Current use of any drugs that interact with morphine
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- i) Allergic-type reaction, or urticaria in response to exposure to aspirin or other NSAIDS
- ii) Concomitant aspirin or NSAID use
- iii) Hypersensitivity previously demonstrated to ketorolac tromethamine or to any product component
- iv) Peptic ulcer disease (active or history), or other gastrointestinal problems
- vi) Current use of any drugs that interact with ketorolac (ex. heparin/warfarin)
- vii) History of bleeding disorder
- viii) Low body weight, under 50 kg
- Contraindications to fMRI scanning (including cardiac pacemaker, metal implants, claustrophobia, pregnancy)
- Contraindications to either of the emergency medications (Ondansetron or Narcan)
- History of head trauma
- High blood pressure (>140 systolic, >90 diastolic)
- History of impaired urinary elimination
- Major kidney problems, bleeding problems, severe dehydration, or recovering from a recent surgery (within past year).
- Instability of responses to experimental pain (see Study Procedures Section)
- History of asthma
- History of diabetes
- Liver Function Test results greater than 2.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) at Screening
- History of smoking (past or current)
- Use of psychotropic drugs, hormone treatments (including hormonal birth control) within 1 year
- Non-fluent speaker of English
- Positive urine drug screen (i.e. positive on any of the 10 measures tested, including cocaine, marijuana, opiates, amphetamines, methamphetamines, phencyclidine, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, methadone, and tricyclic antidepressants)
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|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States, 02129
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
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|Jian Kong, Assistant Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital
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|NCT01576276 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 24, 2012
|Last Updated:
|August 18, 2017
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Ketorolac Tromethamine
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Analgesics, Opioid
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
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Critique Group Member: Glad to see you didn't go with the 'standard' football cake. The design is very creative - I love those footballs in the corners, nice touch. Your logos are perfect. Not sure about the face guards - I think these could have been a simple grid (grey or black). This cake is gonna be a huge hit at the party. Being a New Yorker I have to cheer for the underdog!!
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New Delhi: Under attack over AgustaWestland issue, a combative Sonia Gandhi today hit back at the Modi government, saying it should "not try to frighten" Congress and that life has taught her "to fight on", as she, Rahul Gandhi and other top party leaders courted arrest after they were stopped from marching to Parliament.
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A heavy police posse stopped the protesters after which Sonia, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and others courted arrest at the Parliament Street police station. They were released after a short while.
"Do not try to frighten or defame us. Life has taught me to fight on," the Congress Chief said, in the backdrop of the bribery allegations in the VVIP chopper deal case.
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Targeting RSS, Sonia said, "We have to send a message so strong that people sitting in Raisina Hill and Nagpur sit up and listen."
Accusing the Modi government of "murdering democracy and destroying democratic institutions", she said, "I want to say clearly that whatever effort you make to destroy democracy, we will not allow it to happen. We are used to waging struggle and we have faced many challenges in the past.
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News BulletsBy Caillan
May 29, 2003 - 12:22 PM
- Anthony Montgomery (Travis Mayweather) will be chatting at StarTrek.com on June 2 at 2:00 p.m. PDT. Questions can be submitted at this page.
- The Star Trek Nemesis DVD will be released in Brazil on August 5, but will only be available to rent. The full report is available at Trek Brasilis. Thanks to Fernando Penteriche for this!
- Jolene Blalock (T'Pol) was named the equal sixth sexiest woman in the world by FHM (story), but came 97th in Maxim's Hot 100 2003. Thanks to Alex for this!
- Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun), Casey Biggs (Damar) and Marc Alaimo (Dukat) will be appearing at Page's Bar on Saturday, July 19. Thanks to Jackie Bundy for this!
- According to a report at the Chicago Tribune, children's series Reading Rainbow, hosted by LeVar Burton, is looking for outside funding to ensure its survival. "If you are a wealthy philanthropist out there, I'm not that difficult to find," Burton said. Thanks to Deb Stone for this!
- Both of Scott Bakula's (Jonathan Archer) recent appearances on UPN News are available for download at Bakula Games. Thanks to 'Miri' for this!
- The official Star Trek Nemesis web site has received a nominaton for Internet advertising in the 32nd Annual Key Art Awards, according to StarTrek.com. Fans can vote for the web site here.
- The issue of whether NASA should introduce a Kobayashi Maru-style scenario is currently being debated, according to the Associated Press.
- Australian actor Hugo Weaving told Miami.com he drew inspiration from Spock in creating the voice of Agent Smith in The Matrix and its sequels.
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Laugh Often..Live Well
Julie Ann Sullivan
Monday, April 30, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
Event Details
Laugh Often..Live Well
Bring a Friend
Laughter Workshop
Monday, April 30th at 7 PM
Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Hills
1240 Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon, PA 15228
Register at 724-941-9430 or just show up
Please bring a can of food for the local food bank
If you have experienced one of these workshops before, come again. Each session offers a unique experience!
Want to relieve stress, power up your immune system and have fun too? Join Julie Ann Sullivan, Certified Laughter Leader, for a laughter workshop that will transform your perspective.
Laughter workshops allow its participants to learn how to create true mirthful laughter from within. Sound research has shown time and again the benefits of laughter, including:
- Relief of stress
- Stronger immune system
- Increased attentiveness
- Improved mood
This program will allow participants to:
· Realize the ability to and the value of creating spontaneous laughter
· Learn 14 benefits of "Laughing Out Loud"
· Learn through the "Good Hearted Living"™ principles, ways to carry a joyful life into everyday of the week.
Julie Ann Sullivan has been engaging audiences for more than 20 years. Through her workshops, she inspires participants with a passion to create a life with more joy and less stress. Julie Ann's unique style and humor will enrich any workplace; leading to increased efficiency and productivity. Her audiences include educators, students, non-profits, and executives and business people from across the United States and Canada. She is also the author of Life Lessons, Pocketful of Inspirations and Shape Up for Success!
With great energy, enthusiasm, and insight, Julie Ann empowers her audience to make smart choices and live extraordinary lives.
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1240 Washington Road
Mt. Lebanon
Monday, April 30, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
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Fleischmann's Mixer's Manual
The front panel has a red background with a gold trimmed cocktail shaker ready to pour drinks into three gold rimmed glasses with a cherry in the bottom. There is a black triangle behind the glasses. The title is black and white lettering. The back panel is red with a white rectangle for distributor's name. There is a gold eagle at the bottom with the company name and address below. Along the spine near the top is Designed by Joseph Binder. There are color line drawings. The recipes has whisky recipes such as Manhattan, old fashion, whiskey sour, highball, etc.; gin recipes such as martini, pink lady, Tom Collins, etc.; scotch recipes such as highball, scotch on the rocks, etc.; rum recipes such as daiquiri, Cuba Libre, etc.; and recipes for punches. Page 16 and the back end page have information about Fleischmann whiskeys, scotch, and bourbons. There is no date.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Fleischmann's Distilling
Publisher: Fleischmann Distilling Co. (New York, N.Y. ; Owensboro, Ky. ; Peekskill, N.Y. ; Plainfield, Ill. ; Clinton, Iowa)
1965 (ca.)
16 p.
15.9 x 9.5 cm
Language: English
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Copyright: This item is under copyright.
Citation: Fleischmann's Mixer's Manual. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=3511


text: Habitat teams up with Hawaii-based In4mation on a new collaborative package. Inspired by vintage airline posters and Hawaiian travel advertisements, the art for the project features charcoal, burnt red and orange hues throughout, each symbolizing fire, pumice and lava. The Habitat x In4mation collab consists of the brand's Lark Mid sneaker, a snapback hat, premium T-shirt and matching deck, all available now through In4mation.


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Research Topics
Katherine A Schneider
Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Sharing BRCA1/2 test results with first-degree relatives: factors predicting who women tellAndrea Farkas Patenaude
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Clin Oncol 24:700-6. 2006..This study identifies factors predicting patterns of disclosure of BRCA1/2 test results to first-degree relatives (FDRs) among women tested in a clinical protocol...
- Accuracy of cancer family histories: comparison of two breast cancer syndromesKatherine A Schneider
Population Sciences, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Genet Test 8:222-8. 2004..Our data suggest that it may not be necessary to confirm breast cancer diagnoses routinely; however, documentation of other cancer types remains important for appropriate risk assessment and follow-up...
- Ethical issues in cancer genetics: I 1) whose information is it?Katherine A Schneider
Department of Adult Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, SM331, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Genet Couns 15:491-503. 2006..e. duty to warn). We also provide a summary of consensus points and additional discussion questions for each case...
- Young adult daughters of BRCA1/2 positive mothers: what do they know about hereditary cancer and how much do they worry?ANDREA F PATENAUDE
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Psychooncology 22:2024-31. 2013....
- A novel TP53 germline mutation in a family with a history of multiple malignancies: case report and review of the literaturePankaj K Agarwalla
Department of Neurosurgery, Children s Hospital of Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatr Neurosurg 44:501-8. 2008..We describe our finding of a novel germline mutation in the TP53 gene in a family with multiple malignancies and in association with a child presenting with CPC...
- BRCA1/2 genetic testing in the community settingWendy Y Chen
Department of Adult Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Clin Oncol 20:4485-92. 2002..This study evaluates the process and early outcomes of BRCA1/2 genetic testing as a clinical service in the community setting...
- Issues Arising in Psychological Consultations to Help Parents Talk to Minor and Young Adult Children about their Cancer Genetic Test Result: a Guide to ProvidersAndrea Farkas Patenaude
Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
J Genet Couns . 2016..Successful consultation to parents requires true counseling, matching parents' fears and questions with information, exploration and advice specific to their concerns, their circumstances and strengths...
- Talking to children about maternal BRCA1/2 genetic test results: a qualitative study of parental perceptions and adviceAndrea Farkas Patenaude
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Genet Couns 22:303-14. 2013..Recommendations are made for more active involvement by genetic counselors with tested parents around the topic of delivery of genetic information to children...
- Information needs of mothers regarding communicating BRCA1/2 cancer genetic test results to their childrenKenneth P Tercyak
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007 2401, USA
Genet Test 11:249-55. 2007..In conjunction with enhanced genetic counseling focusing on family disclosure, educational literature, and psychosocial support may promote improved outcomes...
- Role of parenting relationship quality in communicating about maternal BRCA1/2 genetic test results with childrenTiffani A Demarco
Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Washington, DC 20007, USA
J Genet Couns 17:283-7. 2008..Finally, this report addresses potential ways in which the genetic counselor may be able to facilitate parental communication regarding the evolving process of disclosure of genetic information to children and adolescents...


text: « Return to Search Jae-Hyun Jung, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School Instructor in Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Investigator Research Summary Institutes/Centers of Excellence Mobility Enhancement and Vision Rehabilitation Research Summary Dr. Jae-Hyun Jung's research focuses on the interface between optical/electrical systems and human vision. He proposes to uncover the principles underlying human visual perception, and apply them to improve low vision aids, from prism glasses to visual prostheses. He is studying three-dimensional (3D) imaging and display systems and image processing methods to restore vision and rehabilitate people with visual impairments. He has applied this novel light-field imaging system to improve visual prostheses for people with visual impairments, such as retinal/cortical implant and sensory substitution devices (SSDs). He has developed visual field expansion devices for patients with homonymous and bitemporal hemianopia, and for patients with acquired monocular vision using various prism devices. He has also developed real-time light-field microscopy that captures and then simultaneously represents entire 3D volumetric information of live specimens. Selected Publications Kim J, Jung J-H, Jang C, Lee B. Real-time capturing and 3D visualization method based on integral imaging. Optics Express 2013;21:18742–18753. Jung J-H, Kim J, Lee B. Solution of pseudoscopic problem in integral imaging for real-time processing. Optics Letters 2013; 38: 76-78. Jung J-H, Peli E. Impact of high power and angle of incidence on prism corrections for visual field loss. Optical Engineering 2014;53:061707-1-13. Kim J, Jung J-H, Jeong Y, Hong K, Lee B. Real-time integral imaging system for light field microscopy. Optics Express 2014;22:10210–10220. Jung J-H, Aloni D, Yitzhaky Y, Peli E. Active confocal imaging for visual prostheses. Vision Research 2015; 111:182-196. View a select list of publications on pubmed.gov » View Google Scholar profile » Biosketch Education 2007: B.Sc., magna cum laude, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea 2012: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Postgraduate Training Seoul National University, Fellow (09/2012-11/2012) Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Fellow (12/2012-10/2015) Honors 2009 - Merck Young Scientist Award, International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) 2009, Society for Information Display (SID) 2011 - Best Researcher of the Year by PhD Student Award, School of Electrical Engineering, Brain Korea 21, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea 2012 - Student Travel Grant, Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week 2012, SID 2012 - National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea 2015 - Best Paper of the Year by a Trainee, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School


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Leaps and bounds
The energy and vigour of one of the world's great cities and its people is captured in the Royal New Zealand Ballet's new season of three contemporary danceworks. Christopher Moore reports.
New Yorkers are a resilient breed used to moving at speed through life. But New York son Larry Keigwin defied the odds in his new dancework created for the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Final Dress took five weeks to complete from the first studio session to the first onstage rehearsal - a compressed creative time-frame that left a choreographer used to working under pressure breathless but unbowed.
"I'm currently excited and nervous about the end result but I suspect that it'll be fine," Keigwin says.
Final Dress is one of a trilogy of short pieces, NYC, to be performed by the RNZB during its first season of 2012.
In Keigwin's new work, the ritual of performance mirrors the ritual of the chase. The result, according to those who have seen it, is dramatic, athletic and rigorous.
"It hints at the anticipation before showtime and the romance which is unfolding," Keigwin says.
"The music came first. It anchors and moulds the work. When we moved into the studio, I shared my ideas with the dancers. We worked together to ensure that they were comfortable in creating the work. There is a certain 'New York' style at play here; a slightly Mad Men quality which emerges with other influences ranging from Andy Warhol to Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. These are fairy tales for the contemporary world."
The work joins Benjamin Millepied's 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini and George Balanchine's iconic Who Cares?, in a dance collation inspired by the spirit of the Big Apple. The brainchild of RNZB artistic director, Ethan Stiefel, the season opened in Auckland last night before beginning the national tour which sees it performing at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on March 14 and 15.
"New York city is a truly exceptional place," Stiefel says, "Its energy, pulse and creative spirit are palpable."
Larry Keigwin is a graduate from Hofstra University. He founded Keigwin + Company in 2003 and remains as its artistic director. He has completed commissions for the Guggenheim, The Juilliard School, The New York Choreographic Institute, and The Martha Graham Dance Company.
In 2010, Keigwin became the Vail International Dance Festival's first artist in residence. In 2011, he choreographed the new musical Tales of the City, at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, as well as the new off- Broadway production of Rent.
Keigwin has also created Keigwin Kabaret, a fusion of dance, vaudeville, and burlesque. Throughout all his work, the affable but highly charged and focused Keigwin continually attempts to de- mystify what happens on stage through a informality which underpins the choreography. In Final Dress, the dancers move to the music of Adam Crystal in an interpretation of that moment in time before the curtain rises.
Keigwin's creations have been described by one critic as "embodying a sensibility of wit, style and heart." His own company reflects this attitude - after seven years Keigwin + Company now has "legs," he says.
With a company of 12 ("and there will never be more than that"), it is gaining recognition throughout the United States with its performances of 16 works choreographed by its founder. The early years also opened his eyes to the mechanics of running a contemporary dance company.
"I quickly learnt that there is much more to a dance company than putting on a show. For the first four years we had no lead administrator - we now have two full time."
With choreography by George Balanchine to music by George Gershwin Who Cares? is more than a tribute to a friend. It emerges as a hymn of praise to Manhattan and the spirit of New York.
The third work in CYC, 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini is an intricate and dynamic piece created by Benjamin Millepied, choreographer of the film Black Swan. Taking Brahms' piano music Millepied has created a classically inspired work for 10 dancers.
The RNZB season of NYC features as its principal guest artist - and fiance of its artistic director - Gillian Murphy. On leave from the American Ballet Theatre where she has danced for 15 years. Currently she is a principal ballerina with American Ballet Theatre.
Murphy's repertoire includes leading roles in all of ABT's current full-length classics and in shorter works by a spectrum of 20th century choreographers including George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Jiri Kylian and Martha Graham.
"Coming to New Zealand to join Ethan is an adventure which I'm enjoying one day at a time. Ballet is a tightly knit world and people here have been very supportive," she says.
She agrees with Keigwin - an old friend - that New York has evolved a different style of dance.
"It's been unquestionably influenced by Balanchine, New York's cultural melting pot and musical theatre. There's a loose-limbed, flirtatious quality alongside the technical demands. Balanchine created masterworks which are still being performed and which still have a huge influence on today's dancers."
The Royal New Zealand Ballet presents NYC: Three Short Ballets from the Big Apple, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, March 14 and 15. Book at TicketDirect.
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Noise Levels and Temperature
In order to test our case, we decided to do things a little more unconventionally. Instead of installing a system into our case which would obviously be easy to cool, we used a heat gun set to low to give us an idea of just how well the case would stand up to increasing temps. Even the heat gun, which simulates a worst case hot system scenario, could not produce enough hot air to warm the inside of the chassis more than 15 C degrees above the room's 20C ambient temp.
I'd also like to point out that the fans just barely break the 28dB noise level which was recorded in a perfectly quiet room. And, they do an expert job of keeping the interior cool by expelling warm air through the top and back very quickly. The side panel monster fan is especially the MVP when it comes to keeping the case cool.
Final Thoughts
The Cooler Master Storm Series Sniper Black Edition Gaming Case definitely scores at the top of the class for features that gamers love like the mesh lit side panel, tool-less assembly, extra interior chassis space, aggressive design, expert cooling, and fan control. The enclosure takes a lot of what makes a good case back to basics while improving on things that make life easy. Things like the motherboard tray cut out for easy CPU cooler assembly should be, in our opinion, an industry standard.
Though the chassis is completely tuned for gamers you can't see your internal system very easily through the mesh side panel. Gamers like to show off their brand new "Nitros Injected" motherboards and video cards. I would've really enjoyed seeing a clear or tinted acrylic window used instead. This is specifically why Cooler Master does make a version that uses a clear plexi window as well called the Black Edition Window Version. It shows that Cooler Master definitely has their ears on when it comes what gamers are looking for.
But if you are looking for a bit more privacy, this case still requires a sizable CCFL light to light up the inside enough to see what's inside making it pretty obvious when people are trying to snoop around your case at a LAN Party.
While the regular Sniper saves you a few bucks (when in stock), it seems like a shame to deny yourself this elite, deadly silent beauty. At $149.99, it's currently only $10 cheaper than its comparable nemesis, the Antec Twelve Hundred which is pretty much a legend on the battlefield. With the major holiday rush over, it seems probable that more year end rebates or price drops would make the enclosure even more appealing.
Congratulations soldier! You're being highly recommended for the system builders and elite gamers "Bronze Star". Sniper Class of 2009, dismissed!
- Plenty of interior space for builds
- Tool-less features work well
- Removable hard drive trays
- Excellent fan control system for customized cooling
- Black interior chassis is both tasteful and cool at the same time
- Excellent cable management
- Can't easily see the elite interior without heavy lighting (buy the plexi version instead)
- Lots of competition at similar price points
Overall Rating: 8.75/10.0
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YouTube Wants You to Say: No to Your TV
YouTube is really going to be at the top of video sharing and broadcasting world. It is looking all set to mark the beginning of video revolution. Recently it has completed just 5 years and it has crossed the milestone of more than 2 billion full video views, which is a remarkable achievement.
As YouTube is growing big, and getting more ambitious with unbounded ambition. It is envy of people sticking to their television sets for longer.
Excerpt from Official YouTube blog:
Over time, these aspirations have created a vibrant and inspiring community that helped transform a murmur of interest into something far greater than any of us ever could have imagined. Today, thanks to you, our site has crossed another milestone: YouTube exceeds over two billion views a day. That's nearly double the prime-time audience of all three major U.S. television networks combined.
But we do know there's a lot more to be done. For instance, we want to make it even easier for you to sort through and find the videos that matter to you. Although the average user spends 15 minutes a day on YouTube, that's tiny compared to the five hours a day people spend watching TV. Clearly, we need to give you more reason to watch more videos! And we want to give you all the tools and support to make YouTube both your career and your community. After all, this is only the beginning of the video revolution. We're just getting started.
The above lines are clearly bubbling up with strong ambition. Though there will be some obstacle in its journey of development to provide similar experience as of TV.
The video length can be the hindrance, as it wouldn't be enough for people to watch short 3-5 minutes video clips in spite of watching full serials and movies. Moreover, the worldwide internet connection may not be so capable of watching live streaming videos.
The Ubiquitous YouTube has plans to come up soon with the "no browsing-no searching-no clicking" sort of interface with an uncluttered look. It is expected that the new interface will provide comfortable living room experience which would be closer to TV.
It would be very difficult for now to predict the exact features of what YouTube is planning as its all Google's game now. But it's almost sure that soon YouTube is coming up with its new uncluttered interface which could be further enhanced to provide the similar experience as of TV.
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May 21, 2013 at 6:53 PM
That is a big sucker. If you have the equipment, go for it!
gonna haul the splitter there. I will cut it to about 16 inches. I have a few lawn service accounts in the neighborhood. Her insurance paid to have it felled. The tree company said it ould be another 300 to remove stump and I think she just pocketed the money. Im gonna try to hit her for 200. No one else is willing to tackle it for free
Hey I used to live in that neck of the woods
Time to go back for a visit...and bring that saw in your sig pic.
That's reminiscent of the monster Pin Oak I posted about a couple of years back. 71" where they cut it, about 65" DBH. The trunk is still there, and probably will be for thirty years.
Splitting in place is a good idea
Looks like some nice firewood.
Watch for nails etc
I hate cutting anything within 100 yards of a house for that very reason. I think i may go to the fire dept and get a rescue saw. Nails dont even slow it down
Steel leaves a blue/black stain in the wood.
Not sure if it travels up or down the trunk from it's location.
Scotty "O" posted about it a while back.
Yep, look for "black and blue" streaks in the end grain of the log.....that's a tell-tale for iron or steel. Now stainless steel, not sure if that would leave any streaks (I'm thinking NOT). One thing's for sure.....there's gonna be a lot of "uglies" from the top couple rounds on that log!
It won't hurt to ask for a hundred or so for doing the removal of that stump. There's some hard work involved in that puppy!
I guarantee you if that were a log that I was working, that I would DEFINATELY be noodling the top couple of rounds, for sure.....


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The AggreGAYtor: February 7
What happened today in gay? Here's your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
By David Estlund,
1:35PM, Fri. Feb. 7, 2014
Sochi opens under fire, Utah has nervous bathroom talks, and Piers Morgan has a teachable moment, as your AggreGAYtor whispers, "Mary Hartman," and then does so again.
The Good
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon voices his full-throated opposition to Russia's crackdown on human rights, and so does Queer Nation NYC and Google too.
Russia's slow-moving anti-gay disaster too confusing? ABC Australia has a good run-down.
A lot of people are in love with the people they're boinking. Yes, even people like us.
President Obama is determined to place the first black gay judge on the federal bench.
If we weren't so obsessed with policing bathrooms, Utah wouldn't be having such odd conversations.
Locally, a little bit of ice can't hold back the AGLCC from stating its State of the Chamber. Tonight's event was moved from City Hall and will be held at El Sol y La Luna.
The Bad
Kansas is discussing how to protect bigoted business' fists from our noses.
The Fugly
We're coming for their kids, according to the Russian deputy prime minister.
Scott Walker says gay rights in Wisconsin are dead, dead, dead.
Piers Morgan is offended that Janet Mock was offended. Janet Mock teaches a lesson.
It Came from the Tubes
Less funny:
David Estlund, June 1, 2015
David Estlund, May 29, 2015
May 26, 2015
May 20, 2015
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Buttery Chicken Spread Recipe
I have fond memories of my grandmother preparing this rich and delicious snack. It's stood the test of time and remains a crowd-pleaser today.
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 3 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon dill weed
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Dash ground cinnamon
- Party bread, toast or crackers
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the first nine ingredients. Transfer to a small crock or serving dish. Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
- 2. Let stand at room temperature 20 minutes before serving. Serve with bread, toast or crackers. Yield: 20-25 servings (3-1/2 cups).
Nutritional Facts
2 tablespoons: 115 calories, 10g fat (6g saturated fat), 40mg cholesterol, 114mg sodium, 0 carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 5g protein.
Reviews for Buttery Chicken Spread
Average Rating
Reviewed Apr. 5, 2012
"A surprizingly tasty combo, Dill & cinnamon!I put in an entire tsp. of cinnamon myself, then found I had over powdered the dill. Added more dill till it balanced properly. Great!"
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