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Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software, today announced that Swiss Re has deployed its Axcelerate Review & Analysis solution in-house to add to Swiss Re's efficient and strategic approach to eDiscovery and information governance.
The Swiss Re Group is a leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer with more than 60 offices in Europe, the United States, Asia and Africa. Swiss Re will use Axcelerate Review & Analysis to enhance its sophisticated early case assessment (ECA), culling and first-pass review of documents as part of litigation, arbitration and regulatory investigations where this is possible and appropriate.
"Axcelerate Review & Analysis is a truly remarkable eDiscovery solution," said Christian Zeunert, Head of eDiscovery Management at Swiss Re. "Our first experience with Axcelerate eDiscovery has been very positive and promising. The Recommind team is extremely focused and customer oriented, which has contributed greatly to the success of this project. Most importantly, Recommind shares Swiss Re's vision of addressing multiple enterprise information management, governance and eDiscovery challenges with a single extensible platform like CORE. As a first step toward this vision, the deployment of Axcelerate has helped us to further lower our costs."
"Swiss Re approaches unstructured information management in a forward-looking way: holistically, so that short-term tactical needs are addressed, but with an eye to addressing longer-term data integration and the analysis of unstructured information throughout the entire business," said Bob Tennant, CEO of Recommind. "Companies like Swiss Re need to analyze more data in less time than ever before, and without Recommind's advanced platform for machine-learning and analytics, they find it's hard to keep up. Swiss Re is among a rapidly growing number of large enterprises enjoying an immediate benefit from using Recommind's CORE platform as the basis for numerous unstructured information applications."
Axcelerate Review & Analysis uses machine-learning technology to enable fast, accurate review of small and large document collections, including more than 300 file types such as email, Microsoft Office files, and Adobe PDFs. Built on Recommind's patented CORE machine-learning platform, Axcelerate could also be used to automatically pinpoint the most important documents from the very outset of the analysis and review process, identifying key documents, people, phrases and concepts of interest.
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Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs and Newsletters
-- Oprah rebuilds her television set out of chocolate. No word on how much of it she ate. [Grub Street]
-- The White Stuff: an author's exploration (in Gastronomica) of his mother's all-white eating habits. [Psycho-Gourmet]
-- Biking the L.A. River, but with food. [Eating L.A.]
-- Ubuntu's former chef Jeremy Fox 'on vacation' in Los Angeles. [Daily Dish]
-- Pork neck stew at Ham Ji Park. [Gourmet Pigs]
-- An L..A. food blogger travels to South Africa. Giraffes. Namibian oysters. (The giraffes were part of the scenery, not dinner.) [Burnt Lumpia]
-- Eating on the relative cheap at Mozza's Amaro Bar. [gastronomy]
-- "Chinese Day Valentine's New Year Boozin' Mashup." [SinoSoul]
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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:16 PM
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Burning Fuel Particles Do More Damage to Climate Than Thought, Study Says
So, 'Thought' does damage to the climate??...just less than the particles produced by burning fuels???
Whoops. Parse error.
The title of this New York Times Environment article would be better phrased as, "Burning Fuel Particles Do More Damage to Climate Than Previously Thought, Study Says"...but that's quite a mouthful.
Here's the summary:
The tiny black particles released into the atmosphere by burning fuels are far more powerful agents of global warming than had previously been estimated, some of the worlds most prominent atmospheric scientists reported in a study issued on Tuesday.
These particles, which are known as black carbon and are the major component of soot, are the second most important contributor to global warming, behind only carbon dioxide, wrote the 31 authors of the study, published online by The Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres.
The new estimate of black carbons heat-trapping power is about double the one made in the last major report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in 2007. And the researchers said that if indirect warming effects of the particles are factored in, they may be trapping heat at almost three times the previously estimated rate.
Although some scientists have long believed that black carbon is a major force in climate change, the vast majority of previous mathematical models had predicted that the particles had only a modest impact. That view should now change, said Mark Z. Jacobson, an atmospheric scientist at Stanford University and one of the studys authors, calling the old models overly simplistic. He said that many of his co-authors had previously hewed to the lower estimates.
The article discusses some of the scientific and political context for the study, as well as the opinions of some supporters and some skeptics.
The full 40MB pdf of the study is available the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres website here. I haven't managed to read the 232 pages of the report, but the abstract on JGR page says:
Black carbon aerosol plays a unique and important role in Earth's climate system. Black carbon is a type of carbonaceous material with a unique combination of physical properties. This assessment provides an evaluation of black-carbon climate forcing that is comprehensive in its inclusion of all known and relevant processes and that is quantitative in providing best estimates and uncertainties of the main forcing terms: direct solar absorption, influence on liquid, mixed-phase, and ice clouds, and deposition on snow and ice. These effects are calculated with climate models, but when possible, they are evaluated with both microphysical measurements and field observations. Predominant sources are combustion related; namely, fossil fuels for transportation, solid fuels for industrial and residential uses, and open burning of biomass. Total global emissions of black carbon using bottom-up inventory methods are 7500 Gg yr-1 in the year 2000 with an uncertainty range of 2000 to 29000. However, global atmospheric absorption attributable to black carbon is too low in many models, and should be increased by a factor of almost three. After this scaling, the best estimate for the industrial-era (1750 to 2005) direct radiative forcing of atmospheric black carbon is +0.71 W m-2 with 90% uncertainty bounds of (+0.08, +1.27) W m-2. Total direct forcing by all black carbon sources, without subtracting the pre-industrial background, is estimated as +0.88 (+0.17, +1.48) W m-2. Direct radiative forcing alone does not capture important rapid adjustment mechanisms. A framework is described and used for quantifying climate forcings, including rapid adjustments. The best estimate of industrial-era climate forcing of black carbon through all forcing mechanisms, including clouds and cryosphere forcing, is +1.1 W m-2 with 90% uncertainty bounds of +0.17 to +2.1 W m-2. Thus, there is a very high probability that black carbon emissions, independent of co-emitted species, have a positive forcing and warm the climate. We estimate that black carbon, with a total climate forcing of +1.1 W m-2, is the second most important human emission in terms of its climate-forcing in the present-day atmosphere; only carbon dioxide is estimated to have a greater forcing.
... confirming the simplification by the NYT author.
Perhaps a reason that estimates of warming have been low.
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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:25 PM
NYC_SKP (68,644 posts)
1. Had there not been thoughts, there would never be power plants.
We need to do something about these thoughts!
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Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:53 AM
silvershadow (10,336 posts)
2. I think, therefore I am doing damage to the climate.
Trust me, it will only get worse. These kids today will be in charge of us when we are old. Thanks for allowing me a cynical moment.


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Social data platform DataSift on Tuesday announced raising $15 million in a Series B funding led by Scale Venture Partners and including Northgate Capital and Daher Capital.
Launched last year, the startup allows companies to aggregate and analyze historical social data from Twitter, Facebook and other social properties to gain insights on brands, businesses, financial markets and public opinion.
"We have the world's best infrastructure in real-time, as well as historical processing of social data, and through our Series B funding, we now have the ability to take that infrastructure to the next level," said Nick Halstead, DataSift founder and CTO, in a statement.
DataSift says it has almost 300 corporate customers, up from 200 a quarter ago, including Fortune 500 companies. It operates offices in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Reading, U.K. In connection with the investment, Rory O'Driscoll, a managing partner with Scale Venture Partners, will join the DataSift board.


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A kosher winery in Berkeley: If you know premium kosher wines, then you're familiar with Napa Valley's Jeff Morgan, the winemaker behind Covenant. A jazz musician and Wine Spectator editor-turned-vintner, Morgan has spent the past decade working with California vineyards to produce some of the top kosher cabernet sauvignons, chardonnays and sauvignon blancs on the market.
This year, the wine nomad and his wife, Jodie, are settling into permanent digs: a 7,000-square-foot warehouse near downtown Berkeley. Covenant's new winery will enable the Morgans to gradually increase annual production from 5,000 to 10,000 cases. It's scheduled to be up and running in time for this year's harvest. The location is across the street from the future site of Urban Adamah, a Jewish educational organic farm. Talk about kismet — and a place to compost all those grape skins. Details: www.covenantwines.com.
Russian River Valley Pinot: Oh good, you're still listening. This year, Memorial Day weekend marks the highly anticipated Russian River Valley Pinot Classic, a three-day extravaganza exploring the rugged beauty of this appellation, its world-class wines and local cuisine.
Events include the Passport to Pinot barrel tasting, featuring 30 wineries, and the second annual Pinot Classic Paulée Dinner hosted this year by Jean-Charles Boisset's DeLoach Vineyards. Guests will enjoy access to prerelease wines, as well as barrel, library and limited edition winery-only wines, plus artist demonstrations, entertainment, food and more. Tickets to the barrel tasting are $65. The dinner costs $250. May 23 to 26. Details: http://pinotclassic.com.
Urban Sip 2014: Rock Wall Wine Co.'s annual celebration of urban winemaking promises to be epic, with nine new releases from the winery paired with bites from some of the Bay Area's best eateries. Attendees can taste the entire Rock Wall portfolio (30-plus wines) paired with bites from Pican, Ozumo, Scolaris and Venga Paella, among others. Sign up for a cellar tour or barrel tasting, savor a chocolate tasting of Coco Tutti, get silly in the photo booth, or just groove to live music by Rick Baskin. Tickets: $45 in advance; $55 at the door. 1 to 4 p.m. April 26, 2301 Monarch St., Alameda. www.rockwallwines.com
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Carlos Santana came to the U.S. as a teenager and decades later is regarded as one of rock's greatest guitarists. Jeffrey Brown sat down with Santana to discuss the "screaming charisma" that first inspired him to play guitar, his career as a Latino musician and being honored for lifetime achievement at the Kennedy Center. Continue reading
Carlos Santana remembers Nelson Mandela during an interview with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown at the Smithsonian Museum for African Art.
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With @JeffreyBrown @NewsHour for interview with icon Carlos Santana pic.twitter.com/3fzChrhKLv — Mike Fritz (@mikewfritz) December 6, 2013


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MILWAUKEE - There are new calls for Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn to step down.
"We are greatly disturbed by the incidents surrounding the death of Derek Williams," Rainbow Push Coalition Bishop Tavis Grant says.
Community members are now turning to Mayor Tom Barrett, questioning his leadership and asking him to re-evaluate the Milwaukee Police Department. Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Push Coalition joins a long list of groups questioning Milwaukee city leaders in the death of Derek Williams.
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Damn Katie! :SHOCKED::SHOCKED:
I am sitting here hard as a rock, stroking my cock ;jerk;;jerk; and wishing that you were under my Christmas tree this morning.:biggrinbandit::biggrinbandit:
Really hott story and I love the pics. Check out my pic threads. Love to do a shoot with you.
Your hairy pussy looks absofuckinglutely delicious and I'd love to have you for Christmas breakfast.:iconsex-cunnilingus:iconsex-cunnilingus
Unsatisfied married women are my favorite food group.
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I hope this is the right place to post this...
In the past, I have taken a class on blurbs - the tag lines, the log line, and the 200 word blurb... and I thought I had the concept down, but this current one I am working on -- me thinks I might be a bit rusty... (that's what I get for taking a couple years off from writing - LOL)
I have my main character's goal and motivation in the first two lines (paragraph one).
I have my other main character's goal and motivation in the next two lines (paragraph two).
I have their conflict in the next three lines (final paragraph).
Total word count is 200.
I have a blurb written, but after mulling it over for a few days, I really feel it needs to be tighter... and I am not sure if it has a hook -- (I mean, I think it' a hook, but still...)
It is for an M/M romance.
Is there anyone willing to take a quick peek at it? If so, please PM me...
Any thoughts would truly be appreciated.
Thanking you in advance.


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My Analogue Days: Photographing Food in Film2013-03-08 5 12 Share Tweet
While some of my friends would be whipping out their digital cameras and/or iPhones out to take photos of their food and drinks, I would be wielding my trusty Nikon FE2 to immortalize delicious dishes in film.
I must confess that I am part of the population of Asians who like taking photos of their food. I shoot first, then eat after, much to the dismay of my friends who can't wait to wolf down the delicious food before them. But, while some of those who share this hobby or practice with me would use their digital cameras or smartphones to take photos, I would do so with my trusty Nikon FE2 typically loaded with ISO 400 film.
I guess it's one of my own ways to make my days a little bit more analogue. It's easier and more convenient for people to just use their phones and Instagram away photos of their delicious lunches and dinners, but I am just not content with that. I actually prefer taking photos of food in film; they just look so much better and I don't have to edit them anymore to make them appetizing. So, whether I simply eat out on my own, get invited in parties, or dine in a fancy restaurant with my family or friends, I always bring my Nikon FE2 and a bunch of ISO 400 films with me.
Of course, I don't always get good photos, but those that do turn out nice can really be nice. Come and take a look:
You can find more of my food in film snaps in this album.
It's these results that keep me shooting food in film with every chance I get. I hope you find them as nice and appetizing as I do!
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This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2013, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
It is sad that your still mostly excellent paper is so understaffed that editing and fact checking sometimes lack. A June 21 caption to a photograph read: "A protestor holds a sign on Thursday that reads in Spanish 'Hunger, misery and oppression and Brazil five times champions,' a few miles from the soccer stadium."
Having time to fact check before going to press would have reminded someone that in Brazil the language is Portuguese! (the mistake was later corrected online).
This is so small and unimportant compared to the big world problems you report daily; still, it's nice to get things right.


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A 90-minute standoff on the Sixth Street railroad bridge ended Friday with a Richmond County sheriff's candidate negotiating a robbery suspect's surrender.
Yearby Foston, 33, was on the railroad trestle about 11 a.m., police said. Police had been searching for him since Thursday, when a woman identified him as the man who attacked, robbed and tried to rape her at a Peach Orchard Road insurance office.
The woman told authorities that Foston, a longtime customer of the business, had entered the office and hit her several times with a pistol and possibly a blunt object. He forced her to the ground at gunpoint and told her to take off her pants.
After she refused to remove her clothing, police said, the assailant hit her several more times, took a laptop and ran away.
Richmond County school Public Safety Lt. Richard Roundtree said he received a call from one of Foston's relatives about 10:30 a.m., which became a three-way call with Foston on the line. Roundtree said Foston wanted to meet with him and told him to come to the Sixth Street railroad trestle.
"He told me where he was going to be, so I called the sheriff's office," said Roundtree, who is facing Capt. Scott Peebles in the Aug. 21 Democratic runoff for Richmond County sheriff.
When Foston walked out onto the bridge, Roundtree followed, along with a couple of sheriff's deputies.
By 11 a.m., Foston was standing in the middle of the trestle talking with Roundtree as sheriff's investigators, hostage negotiators, members of the SWAT team, fire rescue officers and North Augusta public safety officers arrived.
CSX Railroad was asked to stop trains on those tracks.
Capt. Scott Gay said negotiators initially believed Foston was armed but later discovered he was not.
"He does not want to go back to prison," Gay said. "He has a long criminal history."
Roundtree said the man was agitated by all the commotion and by friends and relatives who continued to call Foston on his cellphone while he stood on the bridge. Foston threatened to harm himself and others, investigators said.
"The best thing that happened was his cellphone fell into the water," Roundtree said. "From that point on, he was only talking to me."
Roundtree said Foston attempted to provoke officers into a physical confrontation a couple of times, but they were able to calm him down. He lauded the professionalism shown by sheriff's deputies and SWAT team members who were keeping their eyes and weapons trained on Foston.
"We held on the fact that we knew he wanted help," he said.
Roundtree said the suspect said he would jump and at one point leaped down to one of the bridge pilings and lay down.
After about an hour and a half, Roundtree said, he was able to talk Foston into climbing back up to the bridge, and officers took him into custody.
Foston faces charges of armed robbery, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and criminal attempted rape in connection with the Thursday incident.
Lt. Blaise Dresser said Foston will not face charges for Friday's incident.
Paramedics were called after one of the suspect's relatives become distraught, but they said she recovered quickly.


text: He had to do it. Harry Brown, the passive, easy-going, soft-spoken farmer had no choice. There was only one way he could repair the mistake he'd made twenty-eight years ago when he'd married the young and beautiful Marsha Sweet. At the time he didn't know any better. He'd spent all of his life dedicated to tending the Brown family farm. At nineteen years old, Harry had never even had a date before he'd met Marsha. His mother had introduced Harry to the seventeen year old bombshell when she'd begun to worry about her son's introversion. He was instantly smitten by her seemingly innocent eyes, radiant smile, and warm, friendly personality. He was instantly in over his head. In contrast to Harry's hard rural upbringing, Marsha had enjoyed a life of privilege and luxury. Harry should have known Marsha would be spoiled. He should have known he'd never be able to maintain the kind of lifestyle she'd been accustomed to. Harry was a simple man. He could find no legitimate reason for them to own expensive cars, fur coats, diamond necklaces, or why he should spend a week's worth of profits for one night out on the town. Still, he had tried to indulge his wife's expensive taste when he could. He should have known it wouldn't be enough, that it would never be enough. That's why Harry had to do it. She'd forced his hand. She'd sealed her own fate. Before they could even celebrate their first wedding anniversary, Marsha had started in on him. She'd begun a relentless campaign to emasculate him. She scolded him like a child, criticizing everything from his choice in clothing to his table manners. She spoke down to him. Marsha treated him as though he had no intelligence or humanity. "Wherever did you get that hideous shirt? Don't shuffle your feet across the floor. Hold your fork the right way. Can't you make more money with this smelly farm? Get your hair cut. Don't slouch. Get your elbows off the table. Can't I have a maid to help me with the cleaning? Turn down that television. My dresses are all outdated and my shoes are too worn to wear, buy me new ones now. Why can't we ever go anywhere? Why are you so slow? Why are you so stupid? Why are you so worthless?" Her squawking filled his ears from the time he came in for dinner, through the evening news, and followed him up the stairs when he slumped off to bed, utterly defeated. The gentle, quiet man that he was, Harry never stood up for himself. He refused to show any kind of disrespect toward Marsha, despite her constant disregard for his feelings. He silently endured her abuse and never said an ill word toward her or about her. All the while things were beginning to stir inside of him. It began as a distant nagging feeling, like when a pot of water on the stove begins to steam. With every insult, the hissing became louder. He could feel the steam scalding his face. With each criticism the temperature increased and the waters began to churn. After twenty-eight years he was dangerously close to boiling over. His thoughts turned dark as his restraint began to waiver. Who does she think she is? Ungrateful wretch. She's pure evil. She's demon spawn incapable of ever doing anyone any good. She's the one that's worthless. Harry didn't bother with any careful planning. He just wanted to silence her. Even when Marsha wasn't scolding or criticizing, he could hear her godawful voice echoing in his ears. She was inside his head, telling him he wasn't good enough. Nothing he'd ever done was good enough for spoiled little Marsha Sweet. Even in his sleep her grating voice found him in his dreams and pulled him down into his most disturbing nightmares. Marsha Sweet. The once beautiful, sunny girl of his dreams had turned into a dangerous monster, threatening his very manhood. He had to do it. Harry trudged up to his home from the barn just as the sun was sinking behind the mountain range to the west. His boots were heavy with mud as he climbed the porch steps one by one. He had an eerie determination set in his eyes. He didn't remove his boots at the door as he usually did. It didn't matter. She wouldn't be able to say anything about it. He reached a steady, grimy hand out to open the door and let himself inside. He was a looming shadow in the darkness of the living room. Harry watched Marsha in the kitchen, slamming pots on the stove and cursing. She muttered inaudibly, but Harry knew all too well what she was saying. "Why should I have to cook for such a good-for-nothing? He doesn't deserve my cooking! I deserve my own personal chef. He should be catering to me!" Don't worry darling. You will never have to serve me ever again, he thought. Harry took slow footsteps across the hardwood floor. He suddenly felt excitement rising up inside him. The anticipation of freedom made his joy hardly containable. A sinister smirk grew amidst his gray and grizzly face. He stepped into the light of the kitchen unnoticed by Marsha. The table was set. A steaming bowl of mashed potatoes, a stack of corn on the cob, country gravy in a silver gravy boat, a stick of butter in its dish, salt and pepper shakers, a pitcher of milk, plates, forks, spoons, knives, napkins. Everything in its place, perfectly arranged. It sickened him. He stood behind the table, waiting for her to bring out the fried chicken he had smelled all the way out in the barn. After more clatter and cursing she appeared holding a large platter of golden brown legs, thighs and breasts still sizzling from their dip in hot oil. She paused a moment when she saw him, then began her scolding. "You're filthy. Why haven't you gone to wash up? You tracked mud all over the floor. Are you going to clean that up? Ha! I'd like to see that. You down on your hands and knees scrubbing the floor instead of me. I'd like to see you cooking and cleaning while I go do nothing on that sorry excuse for a farm you have. Are you deaf or stupid? I told you to go get washed up!" She rounded the table meaning to grab his sleeve and drag him to the sink. Harry raised his arm, revealing the well-sharpened hatchet he held in his hand. He cocked it back and just as Marsha opened her mouth to ask just what he thought he was doing bringing that dirty thing into her house, Harry swung it forward with lightening speed. The hatchet sunk into her flesh with a sickening thwack, lodging itself in the back of her skull. The blade had hit her across the mouth, just as he'd intended. Harry had shut her mouth for good. Still holding the handle of the hatchet, he lowered her into her chair and rested her neck on the back of the chair. Harry stood back and took a deep breath. Blood poured down her chin turning her white satin blouse crimson. He slowly exhaled. The absolute silence in the house eased all the tension Harry had been carrying in his neck and shoulders all those years. He closed his eyes and reveled in it. He savored it. It was the most pleasurable feeling he'd ever had in his life. After washing the grease and blood from his hands, Harry gleefully sat down across from his wife and began dishing up blood spattered chicken and mashed potatoes. He covered his plate with gravy and heavily salted his food. "Don't worry Marsha. It's not going to kill me." He chuckled to himself as he grabbed an ear of corn and smeared it with butter. He chomped away at the corn, bits of it clinging to his chin. He set it down and hungrily shoveled food into his mouth. He chewed with his mouth open. He didn't hold his fork the right way. He didn't place his napkin in his lap. He put his elbows on the table as he tore into his chicken leg, noisily licking gravy from his fingers. He hadn't enjoyed a meal that much in twenty-eight years. "What's the matter dear? You're awfully quiet tonight. Something on your mind?" Harry let out a hearty maniacal laugh. His nightmare was over. His burden had been lifted. His chains had been cut. He finished his dinner, even helping himself to seconds, with a baleful grin. He didn't take his dishes to the sink, or bother with clearing the table. He went down into the basement. He pulled the chain attached to a single hanging light bulb, filling the damp room with dim light. He grabbed a shovel and drove it into the dirt floor. Harry whistled a happy tune as he moved shovelfuls of earth. Even when sweat was dripping from his temples and his hands were blistered from gripping the wooden handle, Harry still felt at ease. It took several hours, but he had dug a hole large enough to dump his wife's body into. He wiped his face with his handkerchief and returned it to his back pocket. Harry climbed the stairs toward the kitchen. He would retrieve the body, throw it down the stairs for another taste of retribution before covering her in the dirt she so despised. He would never have to lay eyes on her again. The thought reinvigorated him. But when he reached the top of the stairs and turned toward the table, he didn't see Marsha's corpse sitting at the table where he'd left it. Assuming the body had just slid out of the chair, Harry continued on his path to Marsha's chair. Once past the table he could clearly see the floor where the body should have been. A large pool of blood had accumulated both in the chair and on the floor. But she wasn't there. He lifted the tablecloth and bent over to search under the table. She wasn't there either. A surge of panic struck his chest. He knew he'd left her there. She was sitting there when he'd gone to the basement. Wasn't she? "Marsha?" He called, his voice sounding hollow in the stillness of the house. He cautiously approached the living room. Harry's hand went to the wall, his fingers sweeping blindly for the light switch. He tried to make out the shadows of the furniture as he fumbled, but the shapes were indistinct. At last his fingertips found the smooth cover of the switch. The room flooded with warm light. There was no corpse in the room. Harry turned toward the stairs that lead up to the bedrooms and what he saw stopped his heart. Bloody footprints across the wood flooring and up the carpeted staircase. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. But how? Had she really been dead? She must have been. There's no way...was there? With the sound of his speeding heartbeat pounding in his ears, he followed the footprints up the stairs. On the landing, they turned left toward their bedroom. He was trembling as he saw blood smeared along the wall and down the bedroom door. He approached the door and slowly pushed it open. Marsha's body was lying on her side across the corner of the bed, the hatchet protruding from her face. Harry couldn't explain how she'd gotten there. He knew he hadn't carried her up the stairs. He was sure of it. But he had just committed murder. Had he ever thought himself capable of that? Not in a million years. Maybe it was just stress. Maybe he'd blacked out. But...the footprints. He shook it off as an overwhelming sense of urgency came over him. He had to get her in the ground. Harry wrapped Marsha in the blood-soaked bedspread and hoisted her over his shoulder. He struggled under the weight, but moved as quickly as his legs could carry him down one flight of stairs and then at the top of the basement door, Marsha's voice screamed in his head. "You worthless low-life! Do you see the mess you've made? Who do you think is going to clean this up?" He remembered his desire to toss her lifeless body down the stairs as a final insult. Harry let her slip from his shoulders and with a firm shove, she went tumbling, bones snapping and cracking all the way down. The hatchet dislodged itself halfway down and Harry got a haunting view of the gaping hole it had left before she rolled to a stop at the bottom. Try and get up now you bitch. He hurried down the stairs. He just wanted to get her into the ground. He just wanted it to be over with. Harry re-wrapped the blanket around Marsha and dropped her into the hole he'd dug for her. There was no pang of guilt, or fear of being arrested for murder. There was just him and the steady scraping of dirt being shoveled back into the hole. After a long hot shower, Harry dressed for bed and crawled between the sheets. It had been so long since he'd felt such peace. He felt so relaxed, so at ease it took no time at all to drift off to sleep. He'd never had a better night's sleep. He woke sore but refreshed in the morning. He pulled on his coveralls and boots and went out to get to work on the farm chores. The animals needed fed, the tractor needed a tune-up, the irrigation pipes needed to be moved. As he stepped down off the porch though, he felt eyes on his back. He turned to look at the house. The windows were all vacant. There was no one there. Stress, he thought. After all, he had just killed the woman who'd made his life hell for nearly three decades. He was still recovering, getting attuned to his new found freedom. It was just stress. But the feeling that someone was watching him never left him as he went through the day's work. Harry kept looking over his shoulder fully expecting someone to be standing there. He kept trying to explain it away as trauma, that maybe he was beginning to feel guilt, or maybe on some level he was beginning to fear being caught. The feeling was so strong by the end of the day, it was hard to brush it off as something other than someone actually watching him. When Harry had locked up the barn around sunset he was rattled. Paranoia was making him jumpy. Every little sound or movement in his peripheral vision sent his heart racing with a jolt of adrenaline. He had to find something to do to distract his thoughts. He removed his boots outside the front door and went to the supply closet in the hallway. He found a mop and bucket and went to work scrubbing the mud and bloody footprints from the floor. He worked his way from the living room into the kitchen making sure he'd left the floor spotless, especially where Marsha's blood had pooled in the kitchen. He rested the mop against the wall and he turned his efforts toward cleaning last night's dinner from the table. He took the plates to the sink first. When he turned back, he was stopped cold. Flies swarmed in frenzied circles over the food that had suddenly become blue with mold and turned to mush. Moving closer he could see thousands of maggots crawling from the spoiled food. The acrid stench of decay hit his nostrils like a suffocating tidal wave, causing his stomach to pitch. Harry leaned over the sink and vomited. My mind is playing tricks on me. That was the only explanation. Not enough sleep. That's all it is. He rinsed his mouth and dried his face on his towel. When he looked up, a horror-struck yelp was torn from his lips. A steaming bowl of mashed potatoes, sizzling golden brown chicken, hot corn on the cob, country gravy, sparkling plates, forks, spoons and knives all in their perfect place, just as it had been the night before. In utter disbelief, Harry stepped forward on unsteady legs. Marsha Sweet. She was sitting in her chair with her head slumped over, the blood spilling from her face into her lap. No. This isn't happening. He closed his eyes. Harry couldn't breathe. He would count to three and everything would go back to the way it was when he'd come home. 1...2...3... He opened his eyes. Nothing had changed. Marsha was still there. He could smell the delicious aroma of the food. He couldn't stand it. He lurched forward and grabbed Marsha's arm. He jerked her angrily out of the chair and drug her body back down the basement stairs. He took the shovel in his hands and began to dig, checking periodically to make sure Marsha hadn't gotten up and walked away. When he'd dug as deep as he had the night before, his shovel uncovered a foot with a pristine pedicure. His heart jumped. Harry dropped himself down into the hole and brushed of the rest of the dirt with his hands. The foot belonged to Marsha. He turned back to where he had left her on the ground, but there was nothing there. He screamed in frustration. Harry climbed back out and filled the hole again. He stood there for what seemed like hours waiting for her to emerge from the ground. But nothing happened. He wiped the sweat from his brow with his handkerchief and dropped the shovel before wearily climbing the stairs. Harry was exhausted. He just wanted the comfort of his bed, the escape into nothingness that came with sleep. He climbed the second staircase and shuffled into his bedroom. He stripped off his dusty farm clothes and fell onto the bed. Please God, just let me sleep. Let this all be over with in the morning. He silently pleaded with God until he began to feel the tendrils of sleep whisking him away. But he was startled awake again by loud heavy pounding coming from downstairs. It carried the strength that seemed impossible for any human to possess. It was relentless. Harry curled up on his bed and began to cry as the sound seemed to move from downstairs to just outside the door to being right next to him. He covered his ears with tightly clenched fists. "Stop! Stop! Go away!" he screamed over and over again. Just as suddenly as it had begun the pounding stopped. The house fell silent. Harry removed his hands hesitantly, expecting the sound to pick up again. His mouth was dry. His heart thudded rapidly in his chest. Then he felt hot breath against his ear and he heard a low, threatening growl. He fled his bedroom in uncontainable terror. In his rush to get away, he slipped on one of the top steps and fell to the bottom of the stairwell. Pain ripped through his body. He gasped for air. Coming from the kitchen came sounds of banging pots and pans on the stove. Harry managed to get to his hands and knees and crawled toward the source of the clatter. Marsha emerged carrying a plate of chicken. Her skin was pale and clammy. Her face was split by a deep bloody gash across her mouth. A dark, toothless mouth opened to speak. "Come and eat, darling." Harry sobbed. He was out of his mind. He moved slowly to the table, gingerly pulling himself up into his chair. Marsha's corpse sat down across from him. His plate had already been filled with chicken and potatoes and gravy. "Eat up while it's hot," Marsha said, her voice hoarse and cracked. Harry raised a violently trembling hand and took his fork. He scooped up a bite of mashed potatoes and lifted it to his mouth. He raised his eyes to meet Marsha's, which had gone gray and milky. Her slashed mouth lifted in a morbid grin and she nodded encouragingly. He put the fork in his mouth. It tasted just as good as the night before, the creamy savory gravy caressing his taste buds and urging him to take another bite. He did, and took another and another all the while watching the pleased look on Marsha's face. Sharp pain shot through his stomach. Harry doubled over as it rose up into his chest and throat. He managed to utter, "Poison," before he felt the inside of his mouth melt with searing pain. Dark blood poured over his lips as he struggled to breathe. His lungs were filling with burning liquid. He was drowning at his kitchen table. Harry made loud gurgling noises as he desperately tried to suck air in, but it was too late. His esophagus had already been dissolved by whatever corrosive chemical Marsha had fed him. He fell dead into his plate of food, and eternal silence fell over the Brown home. It had been a week since Mary had heard from her sister, Marsha. She was becoming concerned about her sister. It wasn't like her to not keep in contact. She contacted the local sheriff and asked if he would be so kind as to visit the Brown farm and make sure her sister was okay. Later that evening, she received a knock at her front door. Her heart sunk as soon as she opened it to greet her visitor. It was the sheriff. He stood there in his crisp blue uniform. His face was colorless and it held a grave expression. "Mary, I uh...I have some bad news.""Oh God," she whispered."He killed her Mary.""Harry? But he couldn't...""I'm sorry. He killed her and buried her in the basement."She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Harry had always been such a quiet man. "Did you arrest him?""Couldn't.""Why not?""I found him first still sitting at the dinner table. He killed himself after he done her.""Killed himself? How?""With drain cleaner. Never seen anything like it."


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Telos (Greek: τέλος) is Greek for "purpose," "end," or "goal".
- Telos — generic designation of taxes, used in both narrative texts and documents in Byzantium.
It may refer to one of the following:
- Telos (company), a defense contractor and software business in Ashburn, Virginia
- The Telos Alliance, a manufacturer of equipment for broadcasting stations
- Telos Publishing, a publishing company that deals primarily in horror/fantasy and unofficial program guides
- Telos (journal), a journal of politics, philosophy, and critical theory, and its accompanying publishing company, Telos Press
- TELOS - Revista de Comunicación, Tecnología y Sociedad,[1] a review of communication and innovation, published by the Fundación Teléfonica
- Telos (fanzine), a defunct fanzine
Computer science[edit]
- Telos (computer science), a logic-based knowledge representation language
- TELOS, acronym for The EuLisp Object System
In fiction[edit]
- Telos (Star Wars), a planet in the Star Wars universe
- Telos (Doctor Who), a planet in the television series Doctor Who
- T-elos, an antagonist in the video game series Xenosaga
- Telos (philosophy), the philosophical concept of purpose; it is related to teleology, the study of design, purpose, and intent
- Telos Lake, in the Maine north woods
- Tilos (Ancient Greek: Telos), a Greek island in the Dodecanese
- TELOS (project management), an acronym used in Project Management regarding feasibility studies
- "Telos", a song from the album The Parallax II: Future Sequence by American progressive metal band Between The Buried and Me.
- Lornoxicam, an anti-inflammatory drug; one of its trade names
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According to data released yesterday by business aviation market information firm JetNet, pre-owned business jet and turboprop inventories trickled downward in August from a year ago. "While the pre-owned market continues to show improvement, all market metrics have been slow to recover," the company said, "though are much improved compared to the lows recorded over the past three years."
Inventory of used business jets fell year-over-year by 0.1 percentage point, to 13.7 percent of the in-service fleet, while sales transactions rose 6.6 percent in the first eight months. Meanwhile, asking prices slipped by 1.1 percent, to $4.588 million, and average number of days on the market for a business jet dropped by eight from last year to 372 days.
Turboprop inventory in August dropped further to 1,192 aircraft, equating to 8.8 percent of the in-service fleet and a 1.3 percentage point decrease from a year ago. In the first eight months, turboprop sales transactions fell by 3.2 percent from last year, while average asking prices sagged by 5.2 percent, to $1.264 million. Average number of days on the market for used turboprops climbed by 17 year-over-year and now stands at 339.


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TAMPA — A 23-year-old Tampa man died from ingesting a drug sold as "bath salts," the first such fatality reported in Florida, officials said Thursday.
Jairious McGhee died April 3 from intoxication of methylone, the main compound in the now-banned "bath salt" found in his stomach, according to the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office.
Tampa police initially believed McGhee died of viral meningitis because of symptoms he displayed after an altercation with a police officer, authorities said.
Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill into law Tuesday banning the white powder marketed as bath salts but used as an alternative for drugs like cocaine and LSD.
The bill was supported by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who in January issued an emergency rule making it a third-degree felony to possess or distribute drugs sold as bath salts.
The Florida Poison Information Center documented 113 cases involving so-called bath salts since becoming aware of the use in August, said Cynthia Lewis-Younger, medical director for the center in Tampa.
The number of calls dropped by about half after Bondi issued the emergency rule. But this case marks the first death in the state caused by the outlawed substance, she said.
The American Association of Poison Control Centers has received 2,507 calls about exposure to the drug since it began gathering reports last year.
But Lewis-Younger said many more incidents do not get reported. The state center was alerted of deaths from the drug in Europe and other states before it showed up here.
People on the drug can experience many symptoms, including hallucinations, anxiety, violent behavior and seizures. The symptoms can last a few hours or up to a few days. Some users wound up in psychiatric wards and others have harmed themselves or others, Lewis-Younger said.
The day before McGhee died, police said, a motorist alerted a police officer about a man walking in and out of traffic at Dale Mabry Highway and Kennedy Boulevard and banging on cars. McGhee was yelling, cursing and "acting erratically," according to an autopsy report.
Officer Greg Preyer approached McGhee, who said he wanted to fight and lunged at him. Preyer struck McGhee with a Taser, but medical examiner spokesman Dick Bailey said the autopsy found it bounced off McGhee's clothes.
McGhee was handcuffed and taken into custody under the Baker Act, which allows for observation of people considered a danger to themselves or others. He was transported to Tampa General Hospital.
McGhee died at the hospital 28 hours later as his brain swelled from a lack of oxygen and his body temperature soared to nearly 106 degrees, shutting down his kidneys and other organs. He bit his tongue, possibly because of an acute seizure.
"Essentially, he's just deteriorating very quickly," said Julia Pearson, a toxicologist with the medical examiner's office.
Believing he had meningitis, the police officers who came in contact with McGhee took an antibiotic as a precaution.
McGhee's mother, Melody Thompson, said in April that she didn't accept the police account that her son was acting erratically in the intersection.
"I know my son's personality," she told the St. Petersburg Times. She could not be reached for comment Thursday.
It's not clear how much of the drug McGhee ingested or whether he snorted or swallowed it. The drug is a powerful stimulant that is very new to medical examiners and other officials. Before this case, Pearson did not have a method developed for identifying it.
The "bath salts" are synthetic drugs manufactured as an alternative to cocaine or heroin not to be confused with what someone can buy in a grocery store, said Jennifer Davis, a spokeswoman for the Florida Attorney General's Office. They were marketed as "bath salts" as a way to sell drugs in convenience stores before they were outlawed here.
Legitimate bath salts are not affected by the new law.
But while the so-called bath salts are illegal in Florida and some other states, they can still be found and purchased online.
"As long as people are going to want to use drugs," Lewis-Younger said, "they're going to find a way to do it."


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Anyway, long story short, after searching for a local consultant and not finding any, you couldn't imagine my excitement when I was approached about reviewing some of their products. I got hooked up with Jamey Shelden, a LuLaRoe consultant out of Alabama, and was given the opportunity to look through her Facebook group and pick out some items that caught my eye. So not only was I getting to review some awesome products but I also learned that many LuLaRoe consultants sell their inventory in private Facebook groups so you don't have to have a local consultant to be able to rock these awesome clothes... Yay!
I was sent two pairs of Leggings and a Randy Tee and I could not be happier! Being new to LuLaRoe I was so happy to have Jamey there to help me with sizing and fit. LuLaRoe sizing is done a little differently for the leggings and I was absolutely lost until Jamey helped me out. They have One Size which fits sizes 2-12 and Tall & Curvy that fits sizes 10-22. I'm not gonna lie, I was a little wary about the whole one size fits all concept but I'm a size 10 and the One Size fits absolutely perfect!
Not only does LuLaRoe offer the most awesome leggings ever to grace the Earth but they also offer a variety tops to go with them, along with some dresses and skirts, and even kids clothes. I'm a huge fan of baseball tee's so I knew the Randy Tee would be perfect for me! It's a unisex knit shirt with raglan mid-length sleeves in a contrasting pattern and goes so well with the leggings.
I think my favorite thing about LuLaRoe, besides the fact that the leggings are one of the softest things I've ever owned, is the fact that the prints are so fun and unique. I mean, I've seen some funky prints since discovering LuLaRoe that I never thought I'd like but when I see them paired with chunky jewelry, booties, and the perfect top, I instantly add them to my unicorn wish list... Which is another awesome part to LuLaRoe.
They only offer a certain amount of items in each print and the consultants have no idea what they're going to get until their inventory arrives... Thus begins unicorn hunting. I've actually joined several Facebook groups just to find those elusive guitar leggings I mentioned before and guess what?!?! I found them last week and I'm actually wearing them as I write this post!
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New Delhi, Apr 27: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released its recommendations on foreign investment limits for the broadcasting sector under which it proposes a hike in foreign investment in the DTH, Teleport, and Cable Network from the present 49 per cent to 74 per cent.
''Foreign investments have an important role as a source of funding in the development of the sector. Foreign investments have other benefits also such as bringing in new technology, international best practices, and access to export markets,'' a statement said.
However, the extent of foreign investment is also conditioned by considerations such as national security, preserving sociocultural fabric of the country, protection of domestic industry among others, it added.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had sought recommendations of the authority on foreign investment limits for various segments of broadcasting sector on December 11, 2007.
In line with its consultative approach, the Authority issued a Consultation Paper on March 3 this year for comments from the stakeholders before giving its recommendations to the Government on foreign investment limits for various segments of broadcasting sector.
Trai said it favours 74 per cent foreign investment in the HITS category where no policy exists as on date.
For FM Radio, the authority proposes to raise the foreign investment limit from the present 20 per cent to 49 per cent while it proposes to maintain status quo in the downlinking of TV Channels at the present 100 per cent.
Trai said it favours 49 per cent of foreign investment in the uplinking of TV News Channel from the present 26 per cent.
The statement said in the category of uplinking of Non News TV Channels, status quo be maintained at the present limit of 100 per cent foreign investment.
For Mobile Television, where no policy exists at the moment, Trai proposes 74 per cent foreign investment.
The percentage of foreign investment includes foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign institutional investment (FII).
The recommendations also cover the procedure for approval and suggest that within the composite foreign investment limit of 74 per cent (wherever applicable) for carriage services, foreign investments up to 49 per cent may be permitted under the automatic route. Beyond this, FIPB approval would be required as prescribed for the telecom sector.
For content services, it has been suggested that FIPB approval should be required for foreign investments. The methodology for calculation of foreign investments in different segments of broadcasting is also proposed to be standardised.
In this direction, it has been recommended that methodology used in telecom sector for calculation of foreign investments should be adopted for the broadcasting sector as well.


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Family Trees – Trebuchet – Towers – Dungeons – Maze and More
Two-day half term breaks from £47pppn
February 2017: Warwick Castle (www.warwick-castle.com) is extending its early booking offer into February, enabling families to save up to 25 per cent off mediaeval themed short breaks this half term.
From just £47 per person per night, families can enjoy two days at the castle staying in Knight's Village that offers mediaeval-style accommodation within the grounds of Warwick Castle. The package includes overnight accommodation in a riverside woodland lodge complete with themed evening entertainment such as Knight's School; breakfast; car parking and two days' priority access to Warwick Castle.
There's plenty going on at the castle this half-term to keep the entire family entertained. Step back in time to explore 1,103 years of history through the ancient Towers and Ramparts, State Rooms and Time Tower, where visitors can discover more about the castle and its previous inhabitants.
There's also the opportunity for families to explore their own history and heritage with Ancestry.co.uk, the global leader in family history and consumer genomics, who are on a quest to find living descendants of Richard Neville, the fifteenth-century Earl of Warwick, known as The Kingmaker. This half term (18-26 February), visitors to the attraction can enjoy a discount on a 12-month Ancestry membership, providing access to millions of online records.
Furthermore, the Mighty Trebuchet is back and preparing to fire for the 10,000th time. Watch this amazing spectacle from the Riverside Arena and marvel as the mediaeval machine of war catapults cannonballs over 150 metres.
Also not to be missed this half-term are six expert-led tours including, new for 2017, Upstairs Downstairs, a glorious romp through the heyday of Daisy, Countess of Warwick, and a special Kids' Tour.
The twice-daily Flight of the Eagles showcases birds of prey including vultures and eagles soaring over the castle whilst the remarkable Horrible HistoriesÆ Maze features long-gone eras from England's past. The Princess Tower provides a whimsical storytelling experience, ideal for younger visitors. To complete a full day at Warwick Castle, enjoy Kingmaker, the story of how Richard Neville prepared for battle, and – for the bravest – The Castle Dungeon awaits!
Price for two-day Half Term family short break:
February half-term short breaks (17th – 25th Feb) start from £188 per night (£47pppn) based on a maximum of two adults, two children and one infant sharing a Woodland Lodge with
priority two-day access to Warwick Castle. Knight's Village guests will enjoy exclusive
mediaeval entertainment throughout the half term including Knight's School, where little warriors will learn the skills required to fight fierce dragons and mediaeval battles, plus a real life story-telling knight will roam Knight's Village sharing his tales and experiences. The price also includes breakfast and car parking.
Book before the end of February to take advantage of savings of up to 25 per cent on a range of Warwick Castle themed breaks taking place throughout the year, including:
TINY KNIGHTS – dates in March and May; from £163 per family per night (2 adults and one under-3)
New for 2017, Tiny Knights midweek breaks are perfect for tots and toddlers. There's plenty to entertain even the most active of little knights or princesses as they explore history in the Horrible Histories® Maze, play to their hearts' content in the Pageant Playground and marvel at the birds of prey show. They'll meet some memorable faces from history along the way, too.
Historical quests completed, retire to a themed mediaeval lodge where little ones can drift off in either a travel cot (provided) or their own sleeping area whilst parents relax and enjoy cable TV and free Wi-Fi. In addition to breakfast, car parking and two days' entrance to Warwick Castle, Tiny Knights enjoy a free two-hour playtime in the Tiny Knight's Club. Hosted by the Castle jester, it's a hands-on play experience with crafts, colouring, building, songs and story telling.
Tiny Knights are available 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd March and 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th May 2017.
EASTER BREAKS; from £79.70pppn
Easter (7th – 22nd April 2017) at Warwick Castle is packed with 'egg-citement', with each day bringing the opportunity to 'egg-xplore' the Towers and Ramparts, following the story of
Devile Warwick. Admire birds of prey soaring over the ancient castle; navigate the Horrible Histories® Maze and meet characters from history in a real castle. Then, head over to Knight's Village for an 'egg-xtremely' comfortable night's sleep in a lodge before a hearty breakfast – and the chance to see even more of the castle the next day!
NEW War of the Roses Live SUMMER SPECTACLE – 50 selected dates from 27th May to 3rd September 2017; from £40pppn (Warwick Tent)
Based on true events that tore apart England in the fifteenth century, War of the Roses Live (50 selected dates between 27th May – 3rd September 2017) promises to set hearts racing and adrenalin pumping, as the Houses of York and Lancaster – cousins at war – take over Warwick Castle. The live action show is held in a dedicated arena by the River Avon. All guests must pledge allegiance to either the Red Rose or the White Rose, and Knight's Village will echo the show ground with memorable mediaeval themed décor. Sleepover in the Mediaeval Glamping Village or a lodge in the wooded glade and enjoy an overnight stay in a themed lodge; an encounter with the knights themselves; longbow shooting and sword handling; breakfast and car parking; and two days' entry to Warwick Castle.
STARLIT SUMMER SLEEPOVER – June and July: from £40pppn (Warwick Tent)
Make the most of the summer sunlight hours (30th June-21st July 2017) with a full day out exploring the attractions and shows at Warwick Castle followed by a sleepover under the star-filled skies.
Families will love the comfortable Mediaeval Glamping Village (tents come complete with electricity, Wi-Fi, wooden floors and sturdy beds) or they can retreat to a cosy lodge. All guests enjoy exclusive evening entertainment and breakfast in the Banquet Hall! Guests can meet a real life knight, and really get involved: shoot a mighty longbow and train to handle a mediaeval sword in the unmissable sword skill workshop.
THE HAUNTED CASTLE – October; from £49.50pppn
With wondrous witches, heinous hags, Horrible Histories® and the return of the Mighty
Trebuchet, Warwick Castle – The Haunted Castle – is the best place to be spooked at Halloween (20th-31st October 2017)! After a day of fearsome fun for all ages the fright factor is cranked high after dark and the Castle remains open until 9pm. Spine well and truly chilled, guests can head back to their comfortable Knight's Village lodge to hear tales from the battlefield from a real-life knight.
SANTA SLEEPOVER– December; from £49.50pppn
Maximise the magic for Christmas 2017 (1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th – 24th December 2017) with a deeply fabulous festive getaway as packed as a yuletide stocking with treats for all the family. A Santa Sleepover comprises of an overnight stay in either a Knight's Lodge, Woodland Lodge or one of the two Tower Suites; an enchanting Storytime with Santa in the Castle
Library and an Elf-tastic wake up call, plus gift for young guests. Breakfast, car parking and two days' entrance to the Castle are included.
ALL YEAR: HERITAGE BREAKS; from £85pppn
Why wait for the weekend? Midweek Heritage Breaks in Knight's Village start from just £85pppn offer immersion into all the history, myth, intrigue and adventure Warwick Castle has to offer. With a host of new expert-guided tours on offer throughout 2017, from Women of Warwick to A Royal Welcome, shedding light on previously unknown characters and events, there's never been a better time to become immersed in the ancient castle's 1,103 years of history.
Or, indulge in a Tower Suite sleepover from £550 per night (based on two adults). Each of the two suites occupies its own floor of the mediaeval Caesar's Tower and is sumptuously appointed with a hand-carved wooden four-poster bed, exquisite drapes and unmatched views of the River Avon. Champagne upon arrival, a concierge and breakfast in one of The State Rooms ensure this is always a night to remember. Car parking, two days' castle entrance and admission to The Castle Dungeon included.
Book now at www.warwick-castle.com for the best price guarantee.


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The Hendersonville Rotary Club will host "Under the Stars and Stripes," the third Fourth of July Concert and Celebration on Tuesday at the National Technical Honor Society facility on Airport Road, across from Blue Ridge Community College. The event is open to the public and will include a concert by the Hendersonville Community Band.
Gates will open at 5 p.m. and the concert will begin at 7:30 p.m., followed by the fireworks display from Jackson Park at approximately 9:15 p.m.
Patron tickets are available for $50 each, and include dinner and adult beverages served under the hospitality tent. The patron meal is being catered by Outback Steakhouse and will begin at 6 p.m. Members of the Hendersonville Rotary Club will serve as bartenders and servers.
General admission tickets are $10 each and student tickets are $5 each. Free parking. General admission attendees should bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnic baskets. Food and drinks will be available to purchase at the concession tent.
Funds raised will be used to fund educational grants for teachers and youth programs in Henderson County. Tickets are available for purchase at all Mountain 1st Bank locations, the Opportunity House, Visitors' Center, Mountain Lore and Dixon Hughes.


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Rising current account deficits and falling foreign direct investment flows, combined with deteriorating fiscal positions, could dampen Latin Americas economic feelgood factor.
Most Latin American countries in the region expect to return to growth next year after muddling through the global financial crisis but Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile and Colombia are all due to register larger fiscal deficits next year, according to the International Institute of Finance (IIF).
This suggests that long-term sustainable growth will only be achieved if some of the pitfalls that have marred public policy in Latin America in the past can be avoided.
Brazils fiscal deficit is expected to grow from 1.5% of GDP this year to 3.5% in 2010, the IIF estimates. Standard & Poors, the credit rating agency, has hinted at a possible sovereign downgrade in Mexico, as the fiscal deficit may hit 4% of GDP next year. Argentina is also expected to register a fiscal gap in 2010, following a surplus of 0.8% of GDP this year.
Latin Americas performance in difficult times has also benefited from the rebound in commodity prices and capital flows, and general policy trends have been positive, the IMF has said. The Fund is forecasting a 2.5% average drop in GDP this year, followed by a 2.9% rebound next year. The IIF forecasts are -2.4% and 3.9% respectively.
Joerg Decressin, head of the World Economic Studies Division at the Funds Research Department, said: Latin America has come through this crisis much better than they did during previous crises. That is a testament to the strength of the macroeconomic framework that you have in many Latin American economies.
We see just a modest current account deficit emerging in the future, he said.
Nevertheless, a deterioration in the global environment, or even a sluggish recovery in the developing economies, would have an adverse effect.
Nicolas Eyzaguirre, Western Hemisphere director at the Fund, said that a double dip recession in the US would be a mess although he rates the probability of such an event as low. Latin America is better prepared than in the past, but Central American countries and Mexico are more exposed.
Daniel Volberg, Latin America economist at Morgan Stanley in New York, said: With final demand in advanced economies still weak, relying on export-driven growth may be a risky bet for Latin America.
There are also conflicting views regarding the inflation outlook, which reflects the degree of uncertainty about the global economy. While the IMF has forecast declining inflation amidst renewed growth with some notable exceptions, such as Venezuela the IIF has forecast higher inflation next year with a measured tightening of monetary policy.
Interest rates are expected to go up during the first half of 2010 in Mexico and Colombia, and in Brazil and Chile by the end of that year, according to the IIF.


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Country: Belgium
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- Hemodynamic changes induced by laparoscopy and their endocrine correlates: effects of clonidineJ L Joris
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium
J Am Coll Cardiol 32:1389-96. 1998..We then studied whether clonidine might modulate the hemodynamic changes induced by PNO by reducing release of catecholamines and vasopressin...
- Hemodynamic changes and catecholamine release during laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytomaJ L Joris
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium
Anesth Analg 88:16-21. 1999..Titration of a nicardipine infusion allowed easy and quick control of the hemodynamic aberrancies related to these processes...
- Randomized trial of diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin solution as an alternative to blood transfusion after cardiac surgery. The DCLHb Cardiac Surgery Trial Collaborative GroupM L Lamy
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine of the University of Liège, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Belgium
Anesthesiology 92:646-56. 2000..New oxygen-carrying compounds such as diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin (DCLHb) could enable more patients to avoid allogeneic blood transfusion...
- Oxidation of tetrahydrobiopterin by peroxynitrite or oxoferryl species occurs by a radical pathwayS L Kohnen
Laboratory of Homogeneous Catalysis CERM, University of Liege, Institut de Chimie, Sart Tilman, Belgium
Free Radic Res 35:709-21. 2001..These data demonstrated that BH4 oxidation, either by ONOO- or by Mb/H2O2, occurred with the production of activated species and by radical pathways...
- Supplemental oxygen does not reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting after thyroidectomyJ L Joris
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, CHU de Liege, Belgium
Br J Anaesth 91:857-61. 2003..It is unlikely that thyroid surgery compromises intestinal perfusion. We therefore tested the hypothesis that supplemental perioperative oxygen does not reduce the risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after thyroidectomy...
- Norepinephrine and ephedrine do not counteract the increase in cutaneous microcirculation induced by spinal anaesthesiaJ P H Lecoq
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, CHU de Liege, Domaine du Sart Tilman, Liege, Belgium
Br J Anaesth 105:214-9. 2010..We therefore investigated the effect of i.v. norepinephrine and ephedrine on skin perfusion using laser-Doppler flowmetry (LDF) in patients during spinal anaesthesia...
- Cerebral subarachnoid blood migration consecutive to a lumbar haematoma after spinal anaesthesiaG A Hans
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, CHU de Liege, University of Liege, Belgium
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 52:1021-3. 2008..During the following days, blood migrated from the spinal haematoma towards the cerebral subarachnoid spaces. The patient presented with stupor, nausea and vomiting that resolved within 2 weeks with conservative treatment...


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St. Louis, MO, United States, 2009/09/22 - Business leaders participate in the launch of The Beta Gamma Sigma Center for Ethical Business Leadership.
The International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma, the honor society recognizing business excellence, is featuring business leaders known for their commitment to building strong, ethical corporate cultures in the Societys launch of the Beta Gamma Sigma Center for Ethical Business Leadership an online resource for information and ideas on effective ethical leadership practices.
Executives including Douglas Conant, president and CEO, Campbells Soup Company, Anne Mulcahy, chairman and former CEO, Xerox, and Timothy Flynn, chairman, KPMG International, among others, are participating in the initiative by sharing what they do as leaders to ensure ethical leadership is practiced throughout their organizations.
The Beta Gamma Sigma Center for Ethical Business Leadership was created to assist our more than 625,000 members and the entire business community to adhere to the highest ethical standards and to show that this is one of the most important aspects of the 21st Century, said David H. Blake, chairman, Beta Gamma Sigma Center for Ethical Business Leadership and professor of strategic management at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine.
We feel extremely fortunate so many outstanding business leaders have agreed to sit down and discuss so openly the ethical cultures within their organizations.
The Beta Gamma Sigma Center for Ethical Business Leadership was conceptualized by the Societys Board of Governors in 2006 while they were seeking impactful ways to serve members, alumni and the broader business community. The Board determined the new initiative would focus on the most critical, ongoing issues of business ethical business practices. However, instead of concentrating on business ethics itself, Beta Gamma Sigma wanted to address the role of leadership a perspective that seemed to be missing from the dialogue.
Leadership is a critical component to ensuring that ethical behavior will be the norm throughout an organization not by happening, by saying so, or a credo on the wall. It happens by leadership, not just at the top, but throughout the organization, said Blake.
The Beta Gamma Sigma Center for Ethical Business Leadership houses information on a variety of ethical business leadership topics. Visitors can access an extensive media library and watch several video clips of executives discussing the importance of leadership, how their organizations develop and maintain a culture of ethics, recruit employees, and operate in a global economy.
In one clip, Mulcahy, who has been widely credited for the transformation of Xerox when it was on the brink of bankruptcy, explains how a companys leadership must emulate an organizations value system. In a company that certainly cares about performance, you have to give equal, if not more, attention to the quality and caliber of the leadership.
Then you do have to make sure that it permeates that the messages and the approach permeate everything you do. If they are words sitting in a file drawer, clearly they will not be meaningful. They will not be what people turn to. It has to be real. It has to be integrated into the business process. It has to be on that checklist of how people get promoted, about how we reward people. It has to be consistent. If theres one thing Ive learned, the one thing worse than not having a really strong code-of-conduct and value system is to have one and not act consistently with it. Then people truly dismiss it as not having integrity and not being really meaningful in the environment they work in.
In addition to these candid video interviews, visitors will soon be able to access background materials companies have developed regarding their ethical business practices. Future plans for the Beta Gamma Sigma Ethical Business Leadership Center also include the implementation of interactive platforms such as discussion forums, blogs and more.
About The Beta Gamma Sigma Center for Ethical Business Leadership
The Beta Gamma Sigma Center for Ethical Business Leadership (eblcenter.org) is a global, online resource developed by the International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma to provide its members and the greater business community with information and ideas about effective ethical business leadership.
About Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma (betagammasigma.org) is the international honor society serving business programs accredited by AACSB International The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB International.
Beta Gamma Sigma has established 488 collegiate chapters on six continents in19 countries and territories around the world, and has inducted more than 625,000 outstanding students into membership since its founding in 1913. These members have served in corporate, government, non-profit, educational, and other management positions at every level of responsibility. Members currently reside in all 50 U.S. states and more than 160 countries around the world.
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On 3rd page of letters column.
Contributors (roles unknown) include: Scott Bricher; Tom Bunk; Tom Cheney; Dick DeBartolo; Desmond Devlin; Garth Gerhart; Jeff Kruse; Sam Sisco
No name is given for the Morgan Freeman character.
A follow-up to an article in MAD #438.
A parody of the Barack Obama poster "Hope."
Uses some real historic photos as bases for some computer changes.
A collection of comic strips.
Inside back cover.
Gags appear on 11 different pages.