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How Gawker wants to monetize comments
Back in November, I grappled with the fact that online display ads in general, and banner ads in particular, are clearly not working very well; my suggested alternative was for brand advertisers to embrace the power of the external link. That was one suggestion; there are many, many more. But what they all have in common is that they're attempts to go beyond the ad, and to leverage the interactive power of the internet.
Over at Tumblr, David Karp is being characteristically vague about what he's offering to potential advertisers: all we know for the time being is that he "wants brands and marketers to use Tumblr as a way to tell stories that they can't otherwise tell on other social networks". Which sounds great, but doesn't even come close to answering the obvious first question, which is "how?". I understand that the idea is to sell space on the right hand side of the screen, and that clicking on one of those units will take Tumblr users to the advertiser's tumblog. But this seems uncomfortably close to the idea that advertisers buy a banner ad and that clicking on that banner ad will take users to the advertiser's website. The tumblog itself might well tell a story — but then again, so might the advertiser's website. The difficult thing is getting users to click on things, especially when those things look like — and are clearly labeled as — ads.
Similarly, Facebook's revenue problems are based on much the same underlying issue: Facebook itself is highly interactive and immersive, but the ads you find there are not. And while there are one or two companies I will follow on Facebook, they're invariably companies which are run by my friends. Facebook is a great place to keep up with what your friends are up to, but it still hasn't cracked the nut of working out how to make itself valuable to brand advertisers.
Now, Gawker Media's Nick Denton has a new idea:
In an internal memo on Thursday, Denton announced the formation of a new sales unit that will focus on helping advertisers and brands take part in the new commenting system…
According to the memo, Gawker is creating a new content unit within the sales department that will be headed by Ray Wert, formerly editor of the Gawker-owned automotive blog Jalopnik. This new unit will take over responsibility for all of Gawker's branded content functions, as well as marketing communications and events — and the purpose of the unit will be to promote the new Gawker discussion platform as a way for marketers and brands to engage with customers in an open forum. Says Denton:
We all know the conventional wisdom: the days of the banner advertisement are numbered. In two years, our primary offering to marketers will be our discussion platform.
Last Friday, Denton gave me, along with a few other New York digital-media types, a preview of his new commenting system; yesterday, I had a pretty geeky conversation with Wert about how he intends to turn it into dollars.
At Gawker, as at most other popular sites, the number of people reading the comments is vastly greater than the number of people writing them. But the way they're presented, they're not easy to read, there's far to many of them, and the signal-to-noise ratio tends to be extremely low.
So Gawker's new commenting system is based around threads, with the default view being the main, most interesting thread. It's possible to click through to other threads, and every thread — indeed, every comment — has its own unique URL; what's more, the person who starts a thread has quite a lot of control over which comments in that thread will get featured.
What that means is that if an advertiser buys a sponsored post — and sponsored posts have been part of Gawker's menu of offerings for some time now — then once the new commenting system is in place, the advertiser will have a reasonably large degree of control of the conversation that most people see in that post.
Denton's vision for Gawker Media's editorial product is very much moving towards comments and away from posts, and he reckons that advertisers will follow him in that direction if he blazes the trail. Expect Gawker's blog posts to get shorter, in future, and sometimes just be a headline, at least in the first instance, so that the conversation can get going before a pretty post can be put together. And if Denton's scheme goes according to plan, when you follow a link to a Gawker website, it will often — or maybe even usually — be a link to a comment, rather than to an original post. Eventually, it's possible to envisage a world where the distinction between the two is erased completely.
This is a very ambitious vision. Historically, Gawker has been pretty weak with respect to technological innovations, and so it's reasonable to take an I'll-believe-it-when-I-see-it approach any time that Nick Denton claims to have invented a revolutionary new technology. As Wert said to me, forums have been around on the internet since the 90s, and no one's managed to reinvent them yet. But a few companies like Reddit and Quora have pointed in interesting directions, and Wert was quite open about wanting to ape Reddit's AMA ("ask me anything") feature for his new advertorial conversations.
The idea is for these things to be more a PR/marketing product than a brand-advertising product. The idea is to get challenger brands, in particular, to take part: they tend to be very open and transparent about what they're up to, and they love the idea of engaging with the public as much as possible, if they can do so in a reasonably controlled environment. When that kind of a brand has some kind of news they want to share, doing so through a Gawker Media sponsored post will be a pretty effective way of getting the news out to a large number of people while at the same time sending the message that they're trying to be as transparent as possible and are happy to answer lots of questions in a friendly and conversational and open manner. The metric for success, says Wert, isn't going to be the number of pageviews they get; rather, it will be the amount of earned media they get — the degree to which other media outlets pick up on the initial announcement and the rest of the information that the company reveals in the comments section.
The conversation will probably only go on for a day or two, but after that the post — and all its associated comments — will live on in perpetuity, a much more open and accessible record of the announcement than any press release could be.
The problem here, for Denton — and the reason why he got an editorial guy to run this new project — is the old one: how to persuade his websites' readers to read the sponsored posts and to engage in their comments sections. Wert's stated ambition — and you can hold him to this — is for his sponsored posts to be so well written and newsworthy and generally high quality that the editors of Gawker's websites will love to be able to feature them on their home pages. There have been very high-quality sponsored posts in the past, but Wert is going to have to work very hard, I think, to turn boring PR announcements into something of Gawker-level juiciness.
What's more, this move of Denton's is to a large degree a reversal of his stated aim back at the end of 2010, when he did his big network-wide redesign. Back then, I explained the departure of sales chief Chris Batty, now at Quartz, as being a function of the fact that Batty was a huge fan of the sponsored post, while Denton's redesign "essentially sacrifices the idea of having a sponsored post on the home page—something Batty was almost religious about—and replaces it with interstitial videos which aren't nearly as sharable, aren't extensible, and quite possibly won't even have permalinks." This move of Denton's, then, is a step backwards, in many ways, towards the Batty vision which he rejected two years ago.
Still, I do like the fact that Denton's constantly trying new things, constantly trying to reinvent what an online media company can and should be. Really ambitious brands, indeed, won't need Wert's help at all: they'll have the ability to dive straight into existing non-sponsored editorial posts and respond to commenters directly, much as they're already responding to people who talk about them on Twitter. But I suspect that the brands which do that will actually be more receptive, rather than less receptive, to Wert's sales pitch — they will already understand the power of conversation.
And in general, I like Denton's bigger idea of building a comments system designed more for the majority of readers who don't comment than it is for the minority of commenters themselves. I don't believe for a minute that the new system will attract the big-name commenters — Dov Charney, Brian Williams — that Denton really wants. But I do think that the new system will make very high-end comments threads much more common. And when those things do appear, they're wonderful.
I used to help run a site, back in the early days of the blogosphere, called MemeFirst. The posts were short; the comments threads were long, and generally very high quality. We didn't have much of a signal-to-noise problem, because very few people knew we existed. We were basically just a group of friends using the web as a discussion aid. But the fact is that even though there are many more readers than there are commenters, there are also many more commenters than there are posters. And collectively, those commenters are faster and funnier and more knowledgeable than the staff of any website.
Nick Denton wants to be the first publisher to develop the ability to effectively tap into that collective wisdom. And then, he wants to try to sell his new-found ability to advertisers. If — and only if — Denton can do the former, I suspect that Ray Wert has a decent shot of being able to do the latter.


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Church of Our Lady in Gradina
At the tip of the ruins are located is the Church of Our Lady of the fort from the 17 th century. It is a baroque building with subsequent semicircular apse of the 17th century Arriving at the site of the Church of Our Lady of Citadels, pause for a minute, there is a cemetery where sleep centuries old and people from Betina Murter. Here are found and Croatian graves. This church was built on the foundations of an early Christian church.Researchers approach the little darling this beautiful building, on the right you will find a bricked wall of stone carved with a cross characteristic of 6th To the left you will see the cross lintel which testifies that the church has lived on through the Middle Ages. At the foot of the hill Citadels lie the remains of a Roman town Colentum. It is assumed that the 2 ga century pirates attacked and destroyed.
Sv. Rocco
On the hill there is a Vršina Church. Deadline of 18 century and it can be reached by a narrow road or stairs from the main road. The church was built by the patron saint of plague in the sign of the covenant and gratitude. If you find yourself in 16.kolovoza Murter, you can join the pilgrims carry the statue through the old part sv.Roka Murter There is a fantastic view of the entire Murter and Betina. The experience itself is worth a look to climb to the top.
The parish church of St. Michael
The prettiest and most popular is the church. Michael arrived at by a beautiful garden. The church is rkonstruirana in 18 th century and is famous for its beautiful Baroque altar that is certainly worth a look.
National Park Kornati
Murter is the entrance to the National Park Kornati.Kurnatari, as they are called residents of Murter, own almost all the 150 islands in the National Park. For centuries on their property building dry stone walls and worked hard to cultivate land. This natural phenomenon is rich in flora and fauna, beautiful scenery, 1980 was declared a national park.
Beaches - Murter
The main town beach is Luke. It is a pebble beach with large plateaus for sunbathing. The beach has a mild and respond to children and weak swimmers. The most popular beach in the bay Brine. The beach is surrounded by rocks and pine trees and provides plenty of shade.

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The 2013 CMT Music Awards went down Wednesday night (June 5) in Nashville, but for the majority of country fans, we had to watch from our couches. Lucky for us, there's the Internet, and the stars were keeping fans well informed throughout the night. So from Lenny Kravitz 's preshow pic to Kristen Bell's confession about Luke Bryan, nothing about the big night was left out.
Everybody Needs a Little Practice
Before the show even started, opener Lenny Kravitz tweeted out a photo of his dress rehearsal with Jason Aldean. And we don't know what you think, but the guys look stage-ready. The duo played "American Woman" at the start of the night, and based on the black and white glimpse at practice time, they were rocking out well before CMT's cameras were rolling. True rock stars!
Gettin' Crazy With the Fans
The CMT Music Awards seem pretty cool, right? Well, that's what it seems like from our living rooms. So for those of you watching on the small screen, we dug for even more behind-the-scenes shots of what was going on in Nashville. Luckily, Dustin Lynch was snapping pics all night. Here's what it's like being with other fans in the giant Bridgestone Arena:
In my seat!!Lets do this!@cmt #CMTawards twitter.com/dustinlynch/st…
— Dustin Lynch (@dustinlynch) June 5, 2013
Elvis, Is That You?
There were a ton of great performances in the night from Taylor Swift to Miranda Lambert to Hunter Hayes. But who's the one that got down the hardest? According to Bell, it was Luke Bryan.
Guys, NOONE shakes their hips like @lukebryanonline . Noone. #maybeelvis #CMTAwards @cmt
— Kristen Bell(@IMKristenBell) June 6, 2013
Legend Alert
Don't get it wrong. There are some great up-and-coming country stars (looking at you, Ashley Monroe), but there's nothing like the vets. So when the show was about to close out, fans got a surprise from Kenny Rogers and Sheryl Crow, who gave Bridgestone Arena a quick treat with a duet of "Islands in the Stream," originally done by Rogers and Dolly Parton.
I'm about to present the last award with the one and only @_kennyrogers !!#CMTawards @cmt twitter.com/SherylCrow/sta…
— Sheryl Crow (@SherylCrow) June 6, 2013
And the Winner Is …
There were some big winners accepting CMT buckles through the night. Carrie Underwood won video of the year, Florida Georgia Line won duo video and Miranda Lambert won CMT performance of the year, to name a few. They all seem pretty excited about their prizes, but Lady Antebellum's group video win for "Downtown" had bandmember Dave Haywood beaming.
Backstage Pass
Besides winning the group video of the year prize, Lady Antebellum also performed with Darius Rucker, playing a cover of "Wagon Wheel." Before Rucker joined them, the trio warmed up backstage while getting makeup done.
Backstage vocal warm up. Just need a little Darius Rucker. #CMTawards vine.co/v/b3lKmjMYAeQ
— Lady Antebellum (@ladyantebellum) June 6, 2013
After-Party! … at McDonald's?
Hey, everybody knows a long night of country music gives you the munchies!
At McDonalds after the #CMTAwards. #cmttradition twitter.com/kramergirl/sta…
— Jana Kramer (@kramergirl) June 6, 2013


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{flvremote usefullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="300"}https://s3.amazonaws.com/xpt-videos/STO/lineage-legacy-2011.flv{/flvremote}To learn about the Lineage and Legacy of the Silent Thunder Order, watch the narrated slide show, or read the transcript below:
The Sangha of the Silent Thunder Order traces its origin to Master Eihei Dogen, founder of Soto Zen in 13th-Century Japan. A few generations later Master Keizan popularized Dogen Zen throughout Japan. Dogen is often called the "father" of Soto Zen in Japan, while Keizan is called its "mother." We have chosen cloud, or "un" in Japanese, as the family name for members of our Order, after the dharma name my teacher gave me: Taiun, meaning "Great Cloud."
Our lineage founder, Zengaku Soyu Matsuoka Roshi, was born in 1912 and died in 1997. He came to the United States in 1939, when he was just 27 years old. He said his mother told him, "go die in America." He was tireless in propagating Soto Zen to Americans, first on the West Coast and later in the Midwest, and one of the first to promote the practice of Zen meditation for westerners. Sensei, as he asked us to call him, was a student and friend of Daisetz Suzuki, the famous scholar who popularized Rinzai Zen in the West. A black-belt in Judo, he was very active in the martial arts, adviser to the Chicago Police Department and National Karate Association, promoting the practice of zazen.
By the 1960s when we first met, Matsuoka Roshi had established the Chicago Zen Buddhist Temple, where he conducted my lay ordination, when I was about 27 years old.
In 1970 I moved to Atlanta, and Sensei moved to Long Beach, leaving my senior dharma brother Kongo Roshi in charge of Chicago. We visited each other frequently during the next two decades, following Sensei's wish to "keep contact to each other." He developed a dedicated Sangha in Long Beach, training Disciples and teachers, many of whom still actively practice Zen. He often performed secular ceremonies such as weddings and funerals, and gave annual speaking tours in Japan and Korea, as well as across the US. Before and after the war, he was known as a peacemaker and bridge-builder between the two former enemies.
I began offering Zen meditation in 1974 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta. We incorporated the Atlanta Soto Zen Center in1977, and so will celebrate our 35th anniversary in 2012. Having moved from location to location for about a decade, in the 1980s, we settled into a one-room, stone-walled zendo in the Candler Park area. Over the 80s and 90s the Atlanta Sangha grew, and others affiliated with us. We welcomed many new members, and trained a growing faculty of Disciples and teachers. Many formed strong bonds with the Sangha, and are still active at Atlanta or an Affiliate group. Others have come and gone, some setting up their own sitting groups, wherever their lives have taken them. We celebrate Sangha with joy, just as we greet each New Year, with the understanding that Sangha, too, is impermanent, like clouds drifting through the sky, no barriers anywhere.
With the limitations of the Candler Park facility, we sought out other locations such as a summer camp at Lake Allatoona, accommodating much larger groups, and allowing us to hold longer sesshin in the spring and fall. Currently, we are exploring a wonderful opportunity for establishing a rural retreat center about an hour from our urban location. There, in a secluded, arboreal mountain hollow, we hope to be able to offer our 2012 program of longer retreats and practice periods in a bucolic setting.
In the year 2000, following a conference on Master Dogen in Palo Alto, California, where I first met Shohaku Okumura, we co-sponsored a weekend with Emory University's Department of Religion, "Traces of Dogen," featuring scholars as well as practitioners.
We are proactive in outreach programs, such as the annual Japanfest, where Sensei's niece, Yumi Matsuoka, demonstrated Shin Kendo, or "steel sword." From time to time we give public talks on topical issues, such as a series on Zen and addiction, at various venues in Atlanta, and throughout the Southeast, as well as our affiliate centers.
About 2001, having outgrown Candler Park, the move to our present facility enabled us to offer a far more extensive program, with greater capacity for residency, and food service for retreats. Over the years we have refurbished and renovated the facility as needed, and as time and circumstances allowed. This, in turn, allowed us to expand and enhance our daily, weekly, and annual program of Zen meditation and teaching. The more spacious accommodations, while modest, make it possible for members of our far-flung Sangha to stay over for intensive training in formal as well as informal aspects of Zen. We continue to "take good care of the practice place," as the saying goes, to make it as warm and welcoming as possible, as a practice center, and second home, for our Sangha members.
Ceremonies following the path of Zen Buddhism are offered to the Sangha, from Initiation, or Jukai, to Discipleship and Priesthood, to enable and encourage those who wish to progress along the formal path of Zen. They are thereby enabled to assume positions of responsibility in the Sangha, whether at the home temple or in their respective affiliate centers. In this way, we have been able to serve the growing needs of the larger Sangha, led by members of the Order, who are thoroughly trained in the practices of Soto Zen, and able to progress through the various training stages.
All this, of course, has been made possible through the efforts of our contemporary teachers, in addition to those of Matsuoka Roshi. To learn the formal requirements, we visited Akiba Roshi, then Soto Shu's Bishop of North America, as well as Shohaku Okumura and others, in Los Angeles. Akiba Roshi later visited us in Atlanta, a year or so before we renovated the zendo.
Thanks to the magnanimous mind and kind ministrations of Akiba Roshi, and especially Okumura Roshi and Seirin Barbara Kohn, Sensei, of the Uchiyama and Suzuki lineages respectively, we proceeded together through the prerequisites for Transmission. Honoring the genuine Zen practice of our Sangha, they led us through the necessary steps to formal recognition within the larger community of Soto Zen. It required several sesshin at Sanshinji and Austin Zen Centers. After Barbara had conducted my formal Novice Priest ceremony, or Shukke Tokudo, in Atlanta, we spent a 90-day practice period, or Ango, at the Austin Zen Center, in the summer of 2007, practicing daily as head student, or Shuso, under the auspices of Suzuki Roshi's lineage. While there I had the distinct honor of sharing a room with another student, and most memorably, with Meow-shin, the Zen cat.
Austin Zen Center hosted a Soto Zen Buddhist Association conference that summer, with many senior Zen teachers attending, and Barbara taking a bow at the end of skit night. At the end of the Ango, we held the Shuso ceremony, including Hossen Shikki, responding to koans from the Sangha. During the three months, a great many of Barbara's students and guest teachers came to the center, and while the practice period was enjoyable, a photo of me on the patio reveals how I really felt about being away from home: not a happy camper. Later that year, Barbara and Okumura Roshi came to Atlanta to lead a week-long retreat culminating in Transmission, or Shiho, which Matsuoka Roshi called the "PhD of Zen."
We offer a robust program of frequent guest teachers, who are invited to Atlanta for various events, including ceremonies, leading retreats and dharma dialog, which we hope to expand in the new year. We have been honored to host many Zen teachers, from many lineages, including Barbara, Akiba Roshi and Okumura Roshi, as well as Teijo Munnich, Therese Fitzgerald, Anshin Thomas, and senior dharma brothers from the Matsuoka line. We also welcome scholars, and conduct conferences with authors, such as Grace Shierson, David Chadwick and Bill Porter, better known as Red Pine; and from the next generation, Brad Warner. And we have had the great pleasure of listening to the wisdom of Tibetan leaders such as Geshe Lobsang, and Achok Rinpoche, of the Loseling Institute. We host Interfaith dialog with religious leaders of any and all faiths. And we feature guest speakers from the arts and sciences, such as Dr. David Finkelstein.
The living legacy of our lineage is the Silent Thunder Order Sangha, a network of Zen centers, sitting and study groups in the United States and Canada, as well as rugged individuals pursuing Zen practice on their own, and staying in contact via the Internet. We hold monthly Skype conferences and offer one-on-one practice discussions and dharma dialogs as well as personal interviews, or dokusan.
"Cloud" is an appropriate symbol for Sangha, as it is ever-changing. People come and go, sometimes disappearing for years, and then reappearing to rejoin the Sangha. The legacy bequeathed to us by Master Dogen and Matsuoka Roshi, as well as the lineages of Uchiyama Roshi and Suzuki Roshi, is nothing less, and nothing more, than the Three Treasures of Buddhism: Sangha, the harmonious community we belong to and serve; Dharma, the compassionate teachings; and Buddha, our original nature, which we share with Shakyamuni Buddha and all sentient beings. The central, seminal practice and seal of this truth is zazen, Zen meditation, sitting upright in self-fulfilling Samadhi.
Please join with us this November, as a treasured member of our Sangha, in observing the birth and death of Matsuoka Roshi, by celebrating his legacy and honoring our lineage. Remember that next year, in November of 2012, we will see the 100th anniversary of his birth, and the 15th anniversary of his passing. I am sure he is smiling down on us from Tusita heaven. Or laughing at us, perhaps. Please continue with your practice, no matter where you are. As Sensei would often say, "Don't give up!"


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Patients in control
This lively ten-minute video is aimed at patients, but will also be useful to health professionals and others.
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All of the resources included in our person-centred care resource centre have been reviewed by the Health Foundation. We believe them to be of the highest possible standard but we do not take responsibility for the accuracy of information from third parties.
This lively ten-minute video is aimed at patients, but will also be useful to health professionals and others.
This hour-long webinar, hosted by Adrian Sieff, Assistant Director at the Health Foundation, provides an excellent introduction to how to understand and implement shared decision making and self-management support into mainstream health care services. It includes presentations by Nahid Ahmad and Holly Krelle from ICF International.
This brief three and a half minute video features a series of patients, health professionals and others setting out why peer support works in helping people with long term conditions and its benefits. It includes particular reference to diabetes.
This two-minute video aimed at patients briefly sets out what self-management means from a patient perspective.
In this talk, and accompanying slide set, Richard Osborne sets out some definitions of health literacy and its impact on people's access and utilization of health care, their interactions with health services and providers, their ability to self-manage and care for their own health and their ability to participate in health discussions and decision-making.
This three-minute video, narrated by RCGP President Professor Mike Pringle, uses fast-moving, cartoon-style images to depict a typical 10-minute GP consultation with an elderly patient with multiple and complex illnesses called 'Rose'.
This two minute animation provides a quick overview of person-centred care, setting out the key elements of person-centred care as beingcare that is personalised, co-ordinated enabling and underpinned by dignity, compassion and respect. It describes person-centred care as important bevcause there is evidence that improves health outcomes, care quality and patient satisfaction as well as enhancing staff satisfaction.
In this brief two-minute video patients and health professionals talk about from projects that the Health Foundation has funded give their views on how a person-centred approach can improve the quality of care in mental health services.
In this brief two and a half minute video, staff working in the Falls Clinic at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust describe how they combined data and patient experience to improve their service. This included creating a virtual patient called 'Evie' to understand how the multi-disciplinary team could develop a more integrated approach built around the patient and improving patient experience of the service.
In this seven minute video, Diabetes Nurse Specialist Theresa O'Shea of the East London NHS Foundation Trust and patient Yvonne, explain how they use a combination of Florence ('Flo' - a telehealth system) and consultations via Skype to increase the quality of care and convenience.


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News TV Live Morning October 2 2016 Full Episode Replay
SHOW DESCRIPTION: News TV Live is an hourly news update of GMA News TV in the Philippines and it also serves for live coverage like the Senate and House of Representatives investigations and hearings.
It features different news of the day as well as foreign exchange rate and the stock market. The news update always ends with live traffic updates from different key roads in Metro Manila via GMA Traffic System.
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Tavis Smiley Reports
This landmark series showcases Tavis' unique perspective on the issues facing Americans today.
Tavis Smiley Reports Previous Broadcasts
Education Under Arrest (Episode #301H)
KQED World: Tue, Jul 21, 2015 -- 5:00 AM
Many public schools are still operating under the 1999 "Zero Tolerance" initiative, which tied federal funding to this mandate. "Zero Tolerance," which came about after the horrifying Columbine tragedy, demands that kids be removed from schools the first time they transgress - even for minor offenses. This puts them into the juvenile justice system - a system that those who work within its confines admit too often does a better job of punishment than rehabilitation and re-integration into schools. This program looks at the connection between the juvenile justice system and the dropout rate among American teens and the efforts to end this link.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Sat, Jul 25, 2015 -- 2:00 AM
- KQED World: Tue, Jul 21, 2015 -- 11:00 AM


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Configure WRT54GS Running DD-WRT To Connect to Office VPN Connection
I have configured a Linksys WRT600N to connect using PPTP to my company's VPN server in the past as noted in this previous article. I have since swapped out the Linksys WRT600N with a Linksys WRT54GS because I wanted to replace the antennas with larger antennas to work on getting better wireless coverage in my workshop in the basement and with the primary wireless router being located on the second floor of my house I needed to do numerous things to squeeze as much signal as possible. I also noticed numerous other issues with the WRT600N including the router locking up on a regular basis as well as dropping connections.


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Bay of Islands - a must do!
Bay of Islands – a spectacular place and a must do on any New Zealand travel itinerary.
Paihia is the main tourism destination in this region and is a great base to explore this amazing part of New Zealand. Paihia is based right on the water and from here there are an abundance of tours which you can take.
Whether you fancy a day trip to Cape Reinga (the very tippy top of the North Island) including sand dune surfing, a cruise to the famous "Hole in the Rock", a high speed boat ride, dolphin watching, a trip definitelyto some of the Islands that make up the 144 in the Bay of Islands, a ferry ride to Russell (NZ's original capital city), a day trip to Kerikeri to see the famous Stone Store, or a day at the beach to work on your tan you can do it all from Paihia!
If you have your own wheels this is a great advantage (just like any place) as you can explore at your own pace and have the ability to venture out to explore surrounding towns. Places such as Kerikeri are only a 20 minute drive from Paihia. Cape Reinga is a real treat and day trips on buses to the tip are great too - but if you want to take your time and even camp overnight on the way you can make a real adventure out of it. Paihia is a great base, but having your own wheels to explore is definitely a bonus!
Finding a place to stay in Paihia is not a challenge with something for everyone however It is definitely recommended to book in advance should you wish to visit the busy summer months. Accommodation options in Paihia range from campgrounds & backpacker hostels to luxury hotels & resorts.
Feeling hungry?……..Don't worry, there are heaps of cafes, restaurants, ice-cream shops & bars to pop into to make that tummy of yours stop grumbling & there are enough places to choose from to suit any budget.
You will definitely be able to spend at LEAST three days in the Bay of Islands and you wont regret it, that's a promise!


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As the spring semester comes to a close and most kids head to the beach to work on their tans, two Houston Dynamo Academy products will spend the summer training with the Dynamo first team as they look to improve their game heading into their senior seasons in college soccer.
Pana Vasquez spent 10 years with local club Houstonians and joined the Dynamo Academy in 2007. Josue Soto plied his trade with the Olympic Developmental Program of the South Texas Youth Soccer Association before joining the Academy, also in 2007. For the past year, the two shared the field together at Southern Methodist University, and they will continue to do so this summer, as they train with the Dynamo first team and hope to catch the eye of first team head coach Dominic Kinnear.
"It's a good atmosphere," Vasquez said of training with the first team. "The game is much faster than in college, and the intensity is higher."
Soto, who previously trained with the first team in 2008, said he had a better idea of what to expect from the coaches and the players this time around.
"I know how much running I am going to do and that I am going to have to carry the balls and the goals," he said. "It is always a challenge coming from college, but it is great playing against players better than I am. It pushes me to become a better player."
Soto began his college career with two years at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C., then transferred to SMU prior to last season. Now 21, Soto had an outstanding two years at Campbell; he was named a freshman all-American in 2007 and ranked fourth in the country in assists per game as a sophomore in 2008. At SMU last year, Soto started slowly while returning from his shin injury but was a starter by the end of the year and finished with two goals and three assists for the Mustangs.
Vasquez started 14 games for the Mustangs last season, tallying one goal and one assist, after redshirting his sophomore season. He credits the Dynamo Academy for making him a better player on the field and a better person off it.
"Training with the Dynamo Academy and James [Clarkson, Director of Youth Development] was great," he said. "They taught me about professionalism, and the training was much more structured and serious, much like the training for the Dynamo first team."
Soto said that playing on the same field with Tyler Deric and Francisco Navas Cobo, two first-team players who were signed from the Dynamo Academy, makes his dream of playing professional soccer seem closer to a reality.
"It's nice to know that the Academy is not just there," he said. "The coaches are actually looking at the players and giving them the opportunity to earn spots on the first team."
While some players could resent college players joining training sessions, Dynamo assistant coach Wade Barrett said the Dynamo see it as a pleasure to have the young guys train with the first team, as long as they can keep up.
"I think it's good for them to see what it's like to train with a professional team," he said. "When those guys come in, have a positive attitude, and work hard, it's easy for those guys in the locker room to accept them and welcome them, and I think they have done that so far."
Veteran Dynamo defender Craig Waibel echoed Barrett's sentiments and, as usual, has not been shy about dispensing advice.
"Josue has improved a lot since the last time he trained with us," Waibel said. "His game is faster, simpler, and he has terrific vision for his age. ... I was joking with Pana in the locker room about how even though the game is faster here, you need to play more simple. He is a good player, but I told him he needs to work on his first touch because, up here, a good first touch is essential."
Waibel believes that it will be a few years before Academy kids can come in and make a contribution right away, but with the recent ascension of Bill Hamid and Andy Najar to D.C. United's lineup without even any college experience, that day might be not be far off.
"I always dreamed about playing professionally, but I never really envisioned it happening," Soto said. "I was never 100 percent sure I could make it, but now that I am training with the first team, the dream is definitely more of a reality."


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Tuesday, March 01, 2011
"He's Not Going to Want to Go Home..."
During their check-ins they like to make sure all of the medicines are still locked away, that the smoke detectors are working, and that we still have the bedrooms how they are supposed to be. They also spend time with the children, talking with them and observing them in our home. It sounds very uptight when I write it out, but we laugh and chit-chat the entire time. It's amazing how some of the DHS staff becomes like your extended family!
Little Brother (now 22 months old) followed me around the whole time whining to be held. I'd oblige him and scoop him up, sensing that seeing the caseworkers brings up some uncomfortable feelings for him. I have to assume he is worrying, however a toddler his age would worry, that they might be there to take him away again.
The workers giggled at his behavior and saw his attachment to me and joked, "Uh oh.. that little guy isn't going to want to go home.."
I smiled, but inside I died just a little bit. I often worry about how he'll feel when/if he goes back. Now that he's in a safe, loving home... will it devastate him to leave? I know these are normal fears, normal worries, and common amongst foster parents. Many ask me how I deal with those thoughts. Honestly, I push them out of my mind. I can't go there. I tend to try to stick with the Bible's warning to basically worry only about today, because it has enough worries of its own.
So, for TODAY all of "my" kids are safe, cared for, loved, and secure. For TODAY God is calling us to be this family together. For TODAY I will rest in ease.. knowing that only one controls any of our fates. Only one chooses if any of these 6 children will remain in our care as each hour passes. As a good friend, Amy, once told me (and she is a fellow foster parent), "God never guarantees another day with your own children... don't let fear of loss stop you from parenting others who need you." Wise words...
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- Diana on Tuesday, 01 March, 2011 said...
Guess what statement kills me...it the "UH OH" before the "he's not going to want to go home" as if to imply that attachment to you is a bad thing. It's not. It's a gift that child will carry with him for the rest of his life, regardless of whether he stays in your care or not. And so, for today, keep on loving him as your own and make that gift even stronger!
- Mochamama on Tuesday, 01 March, 2011 said...
I'm so glad your visit went well! God is using you and your husband in an amazing way.
- Penelope on Tuesday, 01 March, 2011 said...
Attachment is a beautiful gift. Sometimes it takes years. I'm just now feeling our 3-year-old is finally overcoming his attachment issues after being with us 3 years. He was brought to us at 8 months horribly neglected. Our God can take the worry away and be a god of comfort! Blessings to you!
- Reagan on Tuesday, 01 March, 2011 said...
Thanks for the update and that last comment ... ugh--straight to the heart--seriously!
- Wendy on Wednesday, 02 March, 2011 said...
"God never guarantees another day with your own children... don't let fear of loss stop you from parenting others who need you." Oh my, so true.
While I was reading your post, I couldn't help think, "I could never give him up." That's always been my biggest worry (paralyzing fear.) But what you are doing- living day by day, moment by moment in faith and trust is what we are called to do. That precious baby, and all of "your kids" are loved and safe right now. And ALL of our kids are in God's hands.
Oh, man. I'm so thankful for you, and others like you. And I pray that God will open this path for us ...we're ready, willing, waiting to see what He has in store...
- Wendy on Wednesday, 02 March, 2011 said...
And I agree with Diana's comment!
- Sarah on Saturday, 05 March, 2011 said...
Amy is wise. And I will continue to pray for all YOUR kids. Y'all have really been on my heart since the first time I found your blog.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Applying Connections
|Introduction | Graphs | Dealing with Data | Classroom Practice | Connections in Action | Classroom Checklist | Your Journal
Imagine that you have been busy collecting data, and now it is time to consider the best way to represent your data in graphical form. Although there are many ways to graph data, for this scenario your options are line plots, bar graphs, stem-and-leaf plots, histograms, and line graphs. Let's take a quick look at each.
Line Plots
A line plot is a "quick sketch" of numerical data. To make a line plot, draw a number line in the range of the expected data, then chart an X above the corresponding value on the number line for each piece of data.
Here is an example of a line plot showing the ages of the siblings of a class of first-graders:
Bar Graphs
Several graphs are similar to bar graphs; pictographs, real graphs (using real objects to make them), tallies, and line plots are all types of bar graphs. Students in the early grades can begin with real graphs, keep track of their numbers using graph paper, and then connect these early graphs to more formal bar graphs.
The following bar graph represents the same data as in the line plot:
Stem-and-Leaf Plots
In stem-and-leaf plots, numeric data is shown by using the actual numerals. Stem-and-leaf plots are especially useful when you have a lot of data that has a wide range.
The following stem-and-leaf plot shows the record of wins for the Eastern Conference NBA teams:
In this case, 17 is the lowest number of wins and 76 is the greatest number of wins, so we are going to group the data by tens (rather than, say, hundreds). First, set up the "stem" using the tens digits:
Now make the "leaves" by recording the ones digits next to the appropriate tens digit. For example, since the 76ers won 48 games, we record an 8 (which represents eight ones) next to the 4 (which represents four tens):
Continue entering the data from the ones place. At this point, we can draw some conclusions from our data. For example, we can see that most of the teams had between 30 and 49 wins. We can see that 76 was the greatest number of wins. Seventy-six is also considered an outlier -- a value that lies pretty far outside the rest of the data.
To get more information, we can quickly order the ones-place digits to complete the graph:
A histogram is a form of bar graph in which the categories are consecutive equal intervals on the horizontal axis. This histogram shows the results of tossing two number cubes 30 times. Since the possible outcomes (2-12) are consecutive, we place the bars so that they are adjacent:
Line Graphs
A line graph is used to show a continuous change in data. For instance, we might use a line graph to show the growth of a plant over time. The line connecting the points indicates that the change is continuous -- it doesn't occur in discrete values or steps.
Here are examples of questions you might use with your students when working with this type of graph:
1. How would you describe the growth of the plant as shown by this graph?
2. Why do you think the line is at 0 in the month of August?
3. Which months show the most growth? Why do you think this is so?
In the following activity, you will be given some data. You will select the type of graph you think is most appropriate and then graph your data. As you work on this activity, think about how the data connect to other subjects or to everyday experiences. And, although you are applying your own knowledge in this section, you may also want to think about some of these topics for your own students to explore!
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Mets take advantage of walks to best Cardinals
NEW YORK -- Travis d'Arnaud knew he'd made the tag on Matt Carpenter, but he had no idea if it was in time. Carpenter never felt it. From the mound, Kyle Farnsworth had already conceded that the score was about to be tied.
Only it wasn't. In a thrilling ending to a bizarre game amid unseasonal conditions at Citi Field, home-plate umpire Marty Foster called Carpenter out. A video replay confirmed the call, leading the Mets to a wacky 3-2 win over the Cardinals.View Full Game Coverage
NEW YORK -- Travis d'Arnaud knew he'd made the tag on Matt Carpenter, but he had no idea if it was in time. Carpenter never felt it. From the mound, Kyle Farnsworth had already conceded that the score was about to be tied.
Only it wasn't. In a thrilling ending to a bizarre game amid unseasonal conditions at Citi Field, home-plate umpire Marty Foster called Carpenter out. A video replay confirmed the call, leading the Mets to a wacky 3-2 win over the Cardinals.View Full Game Coverage
"Perfect throw, perfect throw," Carpenter said. "The only chance they have is to make two perfect throws, and they were able to do it."
It was a fitting end to a game that featured Michael Wacha's brilliance-turned-bitter, Curtis Granderson's first hit in more than a week and a wind so fierce that the grounds crew routinely needed to clear garbage from the field.
With all that as a backdrop, the Mets carried a two-run lead into the ninth, handing it to Farnsworth, their newly installed closer. Struggling to pump his fastball any higher than the mid-80s, Farnsworth promptly gave up one-out singles to Jon Jay and Carpenter.
That brought up Daniel Descalso, who boomed a fly ball toward the gap in left-center. By this point familiar with what he referred to as Citi's "garbage wind tornado," center fielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis initially thought he would be able to catch it. But the wind kept carrying the ball from him, and by the time it plopped down near the warning track, Farnsworth had resigned himself to a 3-3 tie.
Nieuwenhuis had not. He found the ball and fired it to Ruben Tejada, who pivoted and threw home. Tejada's relay came just up the line; d'Arnaud corralled it as Carpenter ran past him, then swiped Carpenter on the back just before he reached home plate.
"I don't even remember what happened, honestly," d'Arnaud said. "I knew I tagged him. I just couldn't tell if he beat it or not."
After the review, Farnsworth retired the next batter without issue to end the game. A crowd then gathered around d'Arnaud as he watched replays on a clubhouse television.
It was that kind of win for the Mets, who needed a victory to poke one game back above .500.
"We're hanging in there because we play hard," manager Terry Collins said. "They don't get down. They don't worry about some of the stuff, like the conditions of the weather or anything else. They just go play."
Early on, the weather was no issue for Wacha, who struck out nine over his first three dominant innings, becoming only the 11th pitcher in the expansion era to do so, per the Elias Sports Bureau. But with all those strikeouts driving up his pitch count, he appeared to tire in the fourth. After Daniel Murphy singled to lead off the inning, Wacha walked Lucas Duda, allowed another single to d'Arnaud, then walked Tejada and Nieuwenhuis with the bases loaded to force in a pair of runs. He departed after the inning, having thrown 93 pitches through four.
One of the three hits Wacha allowed went to Granderson, who snapped his career-long 0-for-22 funk. The Mets recorded only three other knocks all night, one of them a critical solo homer by Duda in the sixth.
It was enough support -- barely, but enough -- for starter Jon Niese, who grew resolute after limiting the damage during a first-inning rally to a single run. Niese scattered three singles and one walk over his next five innings, departing after giving up Carpenter's two-out double in the seventh. Daisuke Matsuzaka took it from there, stranding Carpenter to hold Niese's ERA at 2.45.
Torres then pitched into and out of trouble in the eighth with some help from Scott Rice before Farnsworth took over in the ninth.
It was the sixth consecutive game in which the Mets scored four runs or fewer, yet the third time in that stretch that they won regardless.
So many things have gone wrong in April for the Mets, who have endured Granderson's slump, Bobby Parnell's season-ending injury. and inconsistency from their lineup and bullpen. Yet they are 11-9 for the month despite averaging 3.75 runs per game.
They'll take it.
"You know, we've been playing well," said Niese, who watched the ninth-inning fireworks from inside the clubhouse. "I think we can always play better. I think there's a lot of games that got away from us, and our record could be better. I look forward to good things to come."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo.


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What Role Will Trustees Play in Higher Education Reform?
Nearly all observers agree that America's system of higher education is facing what Daniel Yankelovich has described as a far different world than the one that existed in even the recent past. The new normal seems to be defined by escalating operating costs and declining funding and by more students seeking higher education with less preparation for college-level work. While the demand for an educated workforce has never been greater, America is falling behind some of our international competitors in post-secondary education. While critics (and many legislators) call for greater productivity and innovative uses of new technologies, many higher education leaders argue that the approaches that have worked in other industries will not produce comparable savings in higher education.
Clearly the trustees of higher education institutions will play a role in responding to these challenges. In a few states, especially Texas and Arizona's higher education trustees and directors, who for years have been outside of the spotlight of public attention, are now on the front lines of controversial higher education reform programs. But where do the majority of trustees stand on these issues? What are the main problems that they see for their own institutions, and what responses do they think are appropriate? And above all, what do they see as their role? Do they see themselves as pushing the institutions they serve in new directions, or do they see their role as a more supportive one, giving their best advice on the questions presented to them, but letting college and university presidents and other institutional executives define the parameters of the discussion?
To answer these questions, Public Agenda (with support from Lumina Foundation) held detailed and off-the-record conversations with thirty-nine directors and trustees from a wide range of higher education institutions. Assured that they and their institutions would not be identified, they spoke candidly about their perception of the issues their institutions face, the leadership capacities of their presidents and chancellors, the knowledge level and abilities of their fellow board members, and their own role in decision making. This study thus adds an important new voice to Public Agends's studies of other essential higher education stakeholders, including college and university presidents ("The Iron Triangle," 2008), business and legislative leaders ("Taking Responsibility," 1999), faculty and chief financial officers ("Campus Commons," 2009), the general public ("Squeeze Play," 2010), and young adults including those with experience in higher education and those without ("With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them," 2010, and "One Degree of Separation," 2011).
Our overall conclusion is that most trustees are currently focused on the short-term challenges facing their institutions and that most have not yet fully engaged with broader issues of higher education reform. The prevailing view that emerges in this series of interviews is that trustees generally feel that they can support the institutions best by working within the framework presented to them by administration rather than questioning it.
At the same time we see a number of signs that trustees may yet play a more central role in the broader debates about higher education. First, there is nearly universal agreement among the trustees we interviewed that higher education is facing unprecedented challenges, as colleges and universities try to maintain the quality of their programs in the face of rising costs, declining state support, and an influx of unevenly prepared students. Second, the trustees are deeply concerned about the retention and success of students, and often differentiate between the needs and challenges of âtraditionalâ undergraduates (those who enroll in a four-year college right after high school) and ânon-traditionalâ students(those who take a different path, either to a four-year degree or to a different sort of credential). They are also ready to consider a broad range of cost-cutting and efficiency measures. In this sense, then, they are ripe for new approaches and new solutions.
Furthermore, a small group of the trustees we interviewed are calling for much broader reforms in higher education. In contrast to the majority, who are at the moment primarily concerned with protecting the traditional programs that they view as outstanding, this group wants to replace existing programs with new modes of education. They are responding not only to rising costs and cutbacks in state support but to what they perceive as fundamental flaws in the structure of higher education.
In contrast to the majority, who are at the moment primarily concerned with protecting the traditional programs that they view as outstanding, this group wants to replace existing programs with new modes of education. They are responding not only to rising costs and cutbacks in state support but to what they perceive as fundamental flaws in the structure of higher education.
Still on the Sidelines synthesizes findings from one-on-one phone interviews conducted with thirty-nine college and university trustees across the country. With the assurance that their remarks would be anonymouscited only with reference to their institution and board typestrustees were guided through questions that sought their opinions on the challenges in higher education and the boards role in meeting these challenges. Continuing Public Agendas work from The Iron Triangle (2008), the interviews specifically gauged board members perceptions of quality, access, and cost, as well as productivity and the role of technology as solutions. All interviews were recorded and transcribed. Interviews were conducted from February through August 2011. Funding for the study was generously provided by Lumina Foundation.
Still on the Sidelines adds an important new voice to Public Agenda's studies of other essential higher education stakeholders. Additional studies and reports which may be of interest to policymakers and others considering the issues examined here include: The Iron Triangle: College Presidents Talk about Costs, Access, and Quality Campus Commons? What Faculty, Financial Officers and Others Think About Controlling College Costs Taking Responsibility: Leaders' Expectations Toward Higher Education Squeeze Play 2010: Continued Public Anxiety On Cost Harsher Judgments On How Colleges Are Run
A new report from Public Agenda adds an important new voice to the conversation about higher education reform.


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MIT 2013 Football News
Record 10 Engineers Named to Hampshire Society by National Football FoundationApril 29, 2014DALLAS, Texas – A record 10 members of the MIT football team were named to the 2014 National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Hampshire Honor Society, the organization announced today. Seniors James Balchunas (Plainview, N.Y.), Rhys Borchert (Pocatello, Idaho), Heath Gould (Las Vegas, Nev.), Brent Johnson (La Canada, Calif.), Jake Laux (Dousman, Wis.), Matt Merlino (Vancouver, Wash.), Max Powers (Rochester, N.Y.), Joel Santisteban (Lawrence, N.Y.), Billy Thalheimer (Natick, Mass.), and John Wenzel (Mandeville, La.) were all named to the prestigious academic honor.
MIT Places League-High 44 Student-Athletes on NEFC All-Academic TeamJanuary 23, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT was at the head of the class once again as the Engineers led the New England Football Conference with 44 names on the 2013 Academic All-Conference team was released by the league. MIT's 44 honorees are the most in the program's history, surpassing last season's record number of 39. Endicott College was second with 35 selections.
Martinovich Honored by Gridiron Club of Greater BostonDecember 06, 2013BOSTON, Mass. – MIT football head coach Chad Martinovich was honored today when the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston named him the 2013 Head Coach of the Year in Division II-III.
Santisteban Named Academic All-AmericanDecember 03, 2013TOWSON, Md. – Senior defensive end Joel Santisteban (Lawrence, N.Y.) of the MIT football team earned national recognition for both his on field and academic performance today when he was named to the 2013 Capitol One Academic All-America Division III Football Team.
Ten Engineers Earn All-NEFC HonorsNovember 20, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A record setting season for the MIT football team has led to a record number of Engineers earning All-New England Football Conference honors. Among the list of honorees released by the league today were the names of ten MIT student-athletes. Earning first team all-conference honors were senior Jake Laux (Dousman, Wis.) and junior Alex Warner (Rockaway, N.J.). Named to the second team were seniors Rhys Borchert (Pocatello, Idaho), Heath Gould (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Derek Vaughn (Goodlettsville, Tenn.); juniors Harris Chalat (Evergreen, Colo.), Brad Goldsberry (Elizabeth, Colo.), Justin Wallace (Palatine, Ill.) and Cameron Wagar (West Richland, Wash,); and sophomore Joe Hanley (Somers, N.Y.). Borchert was also named the Hal Chalmers Senior Student-Athlete of the Year; the sixth consecutive year the award has gone to an MIT student-athlete.
Second Half Surge Carries MIT Past Coast Guard, 48-31November 16, 2013NEW LONDON, Conn. – MIT closed out its 2013 football season in fine form this afternoon as the Engineers churned out a school record 577 yards of offense that helped them overcome three first half turnovers in a 48-31 victory over the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Junior Justin Wallace (Palatine, Ill.) rushed for over 200 yards for the first time in his career, finishing with 215 and a pair of scores for MIT. The triumph gave the Engineers six wins in a season for the first time since 1999.
Williams Earns Second NEFC Offensive Player of the Week of the SeasonNovember 11, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After throwing for a school record five touchdowns in MIT's win over Maine Maritime on Saturday, junior quarterback Peter Williams (Portland, Ore.) was named the New England Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week. It is the second time this season that Williams has been named to the honor.
MIT Outscores Maine Maritime, 56-36November 09, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Junior quarterback Peter Williams threw for 264 yards and a school record five touchdowns to lead MIT to a 56-36 victory over Maine Maritime in a New England Football Conference clash in Steinbrenner Stadium. The Engineers had to hold off the potent ground attack of the Mariners that generated 462 yards, led by senior Billy Wetherbee's (Vezie, Maine) 217 yards. The victory clinched a winning season for the Engineers for a second straight year.
Six MIT Football Players Selected to Capital One Academic All-District TeamNovember 07, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT saw six of its football student-athletes honored today when the 2013 Capital One Academic All-District football team was released by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). With six selections, the Engineers had the most picks of any team in the district.
Game Time for Football on Saturday ChangedNovember 05, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT's final home football game of the season on Saturday has had a change in kickoff time. The New England Football Conference (NEFC) matchup between the Engineers and the Mariners of the Maine Maritime Academy will now kickoff at 5:30 p.m. instead of 1:00 p.m.
Endicott Powers Past MIT, 52-21November 02, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Endicott College broke open a tie game with 21 unanswered second quarter points and went on to take a 52-21 win over MIT in a New England Football Conference matchup. The Gulls used a balanced attack against the Engineers, rushing for 260 yards and throwing for 268 in the victory. In a battle of the top two passing offenses in the league, Endicott's Drew Frenette completed 21 of 26 attempts for 268 yards and three scores, while junior Peter Williams (Portland, Ore.) completed 13 of 22 for MIT for 200 yards and a pair of scores.
Fourth Quarter Score Lifts MIT Past Western New England, 17-14October 26, 2013SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – MIT's defense held Western New England University's high scoring offense to just a pair of third quarter touchdowns and junior quarterback Peter Williams (Portland, Ore.) hit sophomore Samuel Inman (Stillwell, Okla.) with a 53-yard TD pass early in the fourth to lift the Engineers to a 17-14 win over the Golden Bears in a New England Football Conference (NEFC) clash. MIT's second straight win moved the Engineers to 4-2 overall and 2-2 in the NEFC while Western New England fell to 2-5 and 1-3 in the league.
Cheyne Named Special Teams Player of the Week by the NEFCOctober 20, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Freshman Tucker Cheyne (Avon, Conn.) continues to have an impressive first season as MIT's placekicker and his effort against Nichols College on Friday night has earned him Special Teams Player of the Week honors from the New England Football Conference. It was the second time this season that Cheyne has been named to the honor.
MIT Rolls Past Nichols, 48-0October 18, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT scored on its first drive and proceeded to churn out a school record 563 total yards of offense as the Engineers rolled to a 48-0 victory over Nichols College in a New England Football Conference game. It was the first NEFC win of the year for MIT, which recorded its second shutout of the season to set another school mark. Junior Justin Wallace (Palatine, Ill.) ran for 167 yards and three scores to lead the Engineers' attack.
Curry Holds Off MIT, 26-21October 05, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT had a first and goal with just a little more than a minute to play, but the Curry College defense held the Engineers out of the end zone as the Colonels held on for a 26-21 win in New England Football Conference play this afternoon. Junior Justin Wallace (Palatine, Ill.) led MIT (2-2, 0-2 NEFC) with 104 yards on the ground while Curry (1-3, 1-1 NEFC) saw senior Phil Bigelow (East Orange, N.J.) and junior Trae Weathers (Revere, Mass.) run for 86 and 85 yards respectively and a touchdown each for the Colonels.
Salve Regina Comes Back in Fourth Quarter to Defeat MIT, 29-21September 28, 2013MIDDLETOWN, R.I. – Opening the New England Football Conference (NEFC) season on the road, MIT held a 21-16 halftime lead against Salve Regina University but the Seahawks scored 13 fourth-quarter points and shut out the Engineers in the second half to come away with a 29-21 win. Senior Jake Laux (Dousman, Wis.) led the MIT defense with 15 tackles and recovered a fumble for a touchdown, while junior Justin Wallace (Palatine, Ill.) ran for 60 yards and a score for the Engineers.
Williams, Laux Earn NEFC Player of the Week HonorsSeptember 15, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After scoring a 34-0 win at Becker College in week two of the 2013 football season, two MIT student-athletes have been honored by the New England Football Conference for their play against the Hawks. Senior linebacker Jake Laux (Dousman, Wis.) was named the NEFC Defensive Player of the Week and junior quarterback Peter Williams (Portland, Ore.) earned Offensive Player of the Week honors from the league.
MIT Blanks Becker, 34-0September 14, 2013LEICESTER, Mass. – MIT scored on its first four possessions and never looked back as the Engineers took a 34-0 win at Becker College in non-conference football action this afternoon. Junior Peter Williams (Portland, Ore.) totaled 333 yards of total offense and accounted for three scores to lead the offense while senior Jake Laux (Dousman, Wis.) led the defense to a shutout with 12 tackles and a forced fumble.
MIT Football Receives Impressive Fan Support in CaliforniaSeptember 11, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Not only was the MIT football team's trip to California successful in terms of a victory on the field, the journey was also a huge success in bringing out fan support for the Engineers. A pair of events, a tour of the Rose Bowl and a pregame tailgate, were held in conjunction with the trip that gave MIT alumni, parents and friends a chance to socialize and show their MIT spirit.
Cheyne Named Special Teams Player of the Week by the NEFCSeptember 08, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Freshman Tucker Cheyne (Avon, Conn.) had an impressive debut as the placekicker for the MIT football team on Saturday, so impressive that the New England Football Conference (NEFC) named him the Special Teams Player of the Week. He was a key part of the Engineers' 28-26 victory over Pomona-Pitzer College on Saturday in California.
MIT Holds Off Pomona-Pitzer, 28-26, In Football Season Opener in CaliforniaSeptember 07, 2013CLAREMONT, Calif. – A 13-yard touchdown run by junior Justin Wallace (Palatine, Ill.) midway through the fourth quarter gave MIT the lead for good as the Engineers held off Pomona-Pitzer College, 28-26, in the 2013 football season opener for both teams. The trip to the West Coast was the farthest that MIT has ever travelled for a football game in the history of the program.
Football Announces 2013 Freshman ClassJuly 29, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A group of 30 student-athletes will make up the 2013 freshman class of the MIT football team head coach Chad Martinovich has announced. The group includes players from 15 states, with California and New York having the most in the class with four each. Other states with two or more in the class include Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Texas.


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LONDON - A London neighborhood wants its Banksy back.
A stencil by the famed but secretive graffiti artist of a young boy sewing Union Jack bunting on an antique sewing machine appeared on the side of a north London bargain store last May. Soon the gritty Turnpike Lane area was drawing art lovers keen to see Banksy's typically cheeky take on the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the British throne.
Recently it vanished, leaving nothing but a rectangle of exposed brick - only to reappear on the website of a Miami auction house. Listed as "Slave Labor (Bunting Boy)," it was due to be sold Saturday with an estimated price of between $500,000 and $700,000.
London authorities concede the sale is probably legal - the mural was on private property. But they hope moral pressure will make the auction house change its mind.
"(It's) totally unethical that something so valued should be torn without warning from its community context," local lawmaker Lynne Featherstone said.
Featherstone said she had asked the building's owner for an explanation, but had yet to receive a reply. Poundland, the store that occupies the building, said it had nothing to do with the removal.
Last week, the local government authority appealed to the auctioneer for the return of the work.
In an open letter to auction house chief Frederic Thut, Haringey Council called the artwork "a much-loved local landmark" that had been visited by people from around the world.
"We understand that there may be nothing illegal in the way this artwork was quietly removed from our streets and put up for auction by you in Miami," the letter said.
"But for you to allow it to be sold for huge profit in this way would be morally wrong, and completely contrary to the spirit in which we believe it was given to our community."
Councilor Alan Strickland said the work had become "a real symbol of local pride" in an area badly hit in England's August 2011 riots. He said its disappearance had left residents "shocked and angry."
Strickland said he had asked England's Arts Council for help retrieving the work. The government-funded council called the loss of the Banksy "a shame," but said there was little it could do. The council has the power to stop the export of culturally significant artworks, but only if they are more than 50 years old.
Fine Art Auctions Miami said it had acquired the work legally, but gave few other details. It said in a statement that it had "done all the necessary due diligence about the ownership of the work."
"Unfortunately we are not able to provide you with any information by law and contract about any details of this consignment," it said. "We are more than happy to do so if you can prove that the works were acquired and removed illegally."
Banksy's publicist did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
The anonymous street artist, who refuses to reveal his real name, began his career spray-painting buildings and bridges in his home city of Bristol in southwest England. His often satirical images include two policemen kissing, armed riot police with yellow smiley faces and a chimpanzee with a sign bearing the words "Laugh now, but one day I'll be in charge."
Original Banksy works now sell for up to hundreds of thousands of dollars and the artist has become an international celebrity. He has created sequences for "The Simpsons" and directed an Academy Award-nominated documentary, "Exit Through the Gift Shop."
His works are still sometimes obliterated by zealous local officials, street cleaners or - as in this case - taken off buildings along with a chunk of wall for private sale.


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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.102 no.1 Cape Town ene. 2012
Dying with dignity - advance directives
To the Editor: We may be grateful to Dr Larsen for drawing our attention to the recent launch of Dignity SA.1 Dignity SA aims to support the provision of palliative care plus an option of legalised assisted dying; their website is http://dignitysa.com/. In this aim, they reflect the UK organisation: Dignity in Dying, with its years of experience and their 'Campaign for choice, for compassion, for change'. Their website, www.dignityindying.org.uk, and that of their companion organization, www.compassionindying.org.uk, are well worth visiting.2
Strongly faith-based discourses make debate difficult. Indeed, the 1998 South African Law Commission, in its report to the Minister of Justice, argued that it was inappropriate for the legislature to seek to balance religious views in a pluralist society.
There need not be polarisation between voluntary euthanasia and high-quality palliative care. Jan Bernheim and colleagues3 published a valuable article entitled 'Development of palliative care and legislation of euthanasia: antagonism or synergy?' which described 'how in Belgium the two camps grew up side by side to mutual benefit'. Clare Dyer4 has just reported in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) that the European Association of Palliative Care, comparing six European countries, reports that the legalisation of assisted dying does not undermine the provision of good palliative care.
The way forward depends on acknowledging the right to choice. This is expressed in a letter in the BMJ under the heading 'Assisted dying debate' and titled 'Time to be neutral?' by Peter Bruggen:5 'I can see no reason for those who want themselves and others to wait for nature's time to seek to forbid those who want to die when they choose. It's a permissive bill we are after. Other people would be able to continue their lives as long as they want to. Some may think it morally wrong to take your own life; but if that is the case, I expect they can respect the ''right'' of others to be morally wrong.'
Of course 'dying individuals are extremely vulnerable; their problem-solving skills are frequently impaired, and it is very difficult for an observer to assess them accurately'.1That is why advance directives, made while a person is of sound mind, and predicated upon a prior sharing with close family and general practitioner, carefully thought through and revised when necessary, make a valuable contribution to end-of-life care.6
Ronald Ingle
1. Larsen JV. Death with integrity. S Afr Med J 2011;101:780,782. [ Links ]
2. South African Law Commission. Euthanasia and the artificial preservation of life. Report 86: Nov 1998. Obtainable from the Secretary of the Law Commission, Private Bag X668, Pretoria 0001. [ Links ]
3. Bernheim JL, Deschepper R, Mullie A, Bilsen J, Deliens L. Development of palliative care and legislation of euthanasia: antagonism or synergy? BMJ 2008;336:864-867. [ Links ]
4. Dyer C. Legalising assisted dying 'does not harm palliative care'. BMJ 2011;343:871. [ Links ]
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This post was originally published on Mashable.
If you start noticing a few more messages in your Facebook inbox in the coming weeks from people you don't know, here's why.
Facebook is testing a new option to charge users in the United States a one-time fee of $US1 to send a message to another user's inbox who they aren't friends with.
Currently, if you send a Facebook message to someone you're not connected to, it may end up in the 'Other' tab, an oft-overlooked subsection of the inbox that basically serves as a spam folder, depending on whether you have mutual connections. With the new option, however, you would be able to pay a premium to ensure the message ends up in the main inbox where it is likely to be seen by the recipient.
Facebook said users will have the option to mark the incoming message as spam and move it to the 'Other' tab, which means the sender will be unable to reach their inbox afterwards. However, if the recipient doesn't take any action, the sender will be able to continue messaging that user's inbox an unlimited number of times after paying the one-time fee.
"Today we're starting a small experiment to test the usefulness of economic signals to determine relevance," Facebook said in a blog post. "This test will give a small number of people the option to pay to have a message routed to the Inbox rather than the Other folder of a recipient that they are not connected with."
The feature has only been turned on in the US so far, but the company added: "We'll continue to iterate and evolve Facebook Messages over the coming months."
Facebook is billing the change as an attempt to crack down on spam by seeing if "imposing a financial cost on the sender" serves as a deterrent to sending unwanted messages. Yet, it seems just as likely that it could lead to an increase spam, as anyone from a marketer to your ex-girlfriend could potentially use the option to flood your inbox with unwanted messages.
For Facebook, the move appears to be an attempt at testing out a potential new revenue source. LinkedIn offers a similar option, which lets users with premium accounts message those outside their network. Facebook has tried to monetise anything and everything on the site, recently announcing an option for average users to pay $US7 to promote a post on the social network so that more people see it.
The new pay-to-message option was announced as part of a larger set of changes to Facebook Messages, including new filtering options to determine whether you mostly see messages from friends or from friends and related contacts you may know.
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It's usually a good sign for a TV series when the network opts to renew it before its first season airs. At the very least, it shows said network's faith that the show will be successful. We were just talking about this last month when Netflix announced that they were already up for another season of Jenji Kohan's new series Orange is the New Black, though they had yet to debut the first season. And this week, GSN offered similar treatment to their upcoming new quiz show The Chase, which won't premiere until August but is now being chased into a second season.
GSN made the announcement this week that they've ordered a second season of their new series The Chase. This news comes more than a month ahead of the show's premiere, which is set for Tuesday, August 6. Based on a U.K. series by the ams name, The Chase is a one-hour quiz show, which features three contestants battling in a face-paced quiz competition against "an all-knowing opponent," known as The Beast. Actor Brook Burns (Baywatch, Melrose Place) is the host of the U.S. version of the series and Mark Labbett serves as the mentioned "Beast." He was one of the original "Chasers" in the U.K. series, so he has some experience with this gig already. He brings his 6'7", 370 pounds frame to the table. He's also got degrees from Oxford, Exeter and Glamorgan to back up his brain. Something tells me that kind of education comes in handy when facing off against contestants in a quiz show setting.
"The high stakes of this 'all or nothing,' 'David vs. Goliath' battle of the brains result in riveting television," said Amy Introcaso-Davis, EVP, Programming and Development, GSN. "While there is great gameplay in THE CHASE, it is also wildly entertaining to watch the always engaging Brooke Burns spar with trivia savant, Mark Labbett aka The Beast."
GSN has ordered eight more episodes of the series, and they plan to get them on the air later this year, which might make Season 2 feel a bit like an extension of the first season. Regardless, those who like the series when it airs later this summer will be able to rest assured that the series will be coming back.
The Chase debuts Tuesday, August 6 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on GSN.
Without any episodes of the first season to go by, it's hard to really celebrate news of the renewal beyond adding to our anticipation of the series premiere. But we can take a look at the British version of the series, which might give us a better idea of the format of the show. YouTube has delivered there. Check out an episode from the third season of the U.K. version of The Chase below:
Just going by the first part, it looks like this is a fast-moving trivia competition, with the host firing questions at the contestant one after another to see how much money they can add to their total before the clock runs out. Then the contestant moves on to face off against the Chaser. They both ring in on multiple choice questions and the contestant tries to stay ahead of the Chaser in correct answers and bank some money, after which they move on to the final chase.


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Will my cat loose her hair from chemotherapy?
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Cats often lose their whiskers from chemotherapy, and we don't usually see any problems as a result. In addition, cats that are receiving chemotherapy can lose some of their coarse guard hairs, but they are unlikely to lose enough hair to have bald spots.
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