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2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the eradication of smallpox. Smallpox was officially declared eradicated in 1980 and is the first disease to have been fought on a global scale. This extraordinary achievement was accomplished through the collaboration of countries around the world.
At the end of the 1960s, smallpox was still endemic in Africa and Asia. Vaccination campaigns, surveillance and prevention measures aimed to contain epidemic hotspots and to better inform affected populations. All these strategies were used to combat the disease.
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Former Pop Star Angry At Google News For Providing Relevant Search Results
from the outrage-always-pairs-up-well-with-deliberate-obtuseness dept
It appears we have another contestant willing to try his luck at a round of Making Things Worse by misunderstanding (deliberately or otherwise) How Google Works.
Ian "H" Watkins, former member of pre-assembled dance pop group Steps (and more commonly known as "H") has a problem with Google. It seems Google News served up a photo of "H" alongside a CBS News story about the other, much more infamous Ian (no "H") Watkins. The other Ian Watkins, former lead singer of nu-metal also-rans Lostprophet, was recently sentenced to 29 years in prison for several counts of child molestation.
Understandably, Ian "H" Watkins would like the public to know which Ian Watkins is which. Somehow, "H" has come to the conclusion that his photo's appearance in Google News roundups about the other Watkins' legal issues is Google's fault.
The "furious" singer's management said lawyers were "taking immediate steps to urgently rectify the position"."Astonished?" "H" can't be that astonished. After all, he should at least have some idea why his photos might be appearing next to stories dealing with the other Watkins. First off, shortly after the news broke about the former Lostprophets' singer's sexual offenses, "H" found himself under attack by online commenters who mistook him for the other Watkins.
He was said to be "astonished" that his photo was still being linked to "the appalling crimes of the Lostprophets singer".
A lot of time and effort went into straightening out this mess, and lots of column inches were written detailing the most unfortunate case of mistaken identity. Then things took a turn for the worse. E! Online pulled a photo of the wrong Watkins to accompany its story on the trial. "H" took E! Online to court over its mistake, securing a public, court-ordered apology for its indiscretion.
This obviously generated even more stories linking both Ian Watkins, as well as muddying the waters with discussion of photos. Now, "H" feels Google needs to fix something about its algorithm as it has been serving photos of the innocent Watkins alongside new stories when certain search terms are deployed. Here is Google's response.
"For some specific searches Ian H Watkins' picture is appearing in our results because he is relevant to the story, having received a court apology.If by "looking into it," the Google rep means "shrugging and letting the algo do its thing," then this is the right response. If by "looking into it," the Google rep means someone's altering the math so pictures of "H" no longer bubble to the News surface during these searches, then this response is completely wrong. Google can't prevent this, especially not if "H" continues to make an issue about the wrong photo being "used" by an algorithm. The more he gripes, the more news will be written tying him, his photo and his complaint with the other Ian Watkins, convicted child molester. It's like fighting quicksand. Every struggling motion only sinks you faster.
"We are looking into the issue he raises."
Furthermore, in the supposedly damning screenshot, the photo showing up next to the CBS News story is captioned "BBC News," making this appear to be a one-time glitch, rather than evidence that Google is algorithmically besmirching the good name of "H" Watkins continuously.
The following bit of legal theory appended to the article (via a London-based solicitor) makes me glad I live in a country not routinely frequented by libel tourists.
"A publisher's intention is irrelevant to the question of liability for defamation," said Emma Woollcott, media lawyer at Mishcon de Reya.I'll grant that a publisher's intentions may be irrelevant in these situations, but Google News isn't a publisher -- it's an aggregator powered by an algorithm. It can only return what has been generated by others.
"What matters is what the ordinary person would understand by what they read.
"If electronic algorithms connect two pieces of information and defamatory inferences arise, there may be potential for liability, even if the connection is inadvertent."
Holding algorithms liable for inadvertent defamation is what's generally considered to be "batshit crazy." Unfortunately, a variety of courts around the world have been more than willing to aid and abet those who fail to understand (or just don't care) how search algorithms work.
"H" is relevant to this sordid story as long as he continues to make himself relevant to the story. This latest, well-publicized swipe at Google will do nothing more than put more time on the clock, relevance-wise. He can keep claiming he doesn't know "why" his photo continues to appear in Google News, but he really can't expect anyone to believe him.
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I would like to set to novalue all the pixels of my raster inside a polygon.
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But this command extract the values of my raster inside the polygone (shapefile).
Raster and vector dataset's are both in the same projection. What coud be the next steps ? If this is the right track, is it possible to script the "raster calculator" plugins ? Thank you in advance


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Last year, a proposed gun training center for Firestone withdrew under heavy fire from the neighbors. Now, the Second Amendment Firearms Experience is trying again, and this time it wants Frederick.
On Thursday, the town will hold a neighborhood meeting on the project, planned for a site north of Colo. Highway 52 and east of Weld County Road 17. SAFE is acquiring 144 acres but only plans to use 10 to 12 acres for the training center itself.
The meeting runs from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Frederick's town hall, 410 Locust St. No formal application can be turned in until after the meeting takes place.
The first try in 2013 aimed at annexing into Firestone from the Kurtz Ranch, a rural area near County Road 17 and Colo. Highway 66. But the hearings ran for hours as several neighbors organized into a group called "Save the Vrain," arguing that the newcomer would be too loud, too unsafe, too close to wildlife and riparian areas, and too much of a "flagpole annexation," depriving nearby Mead and Platteville residents of a say in the process.
SAFE disputed all the claims and eventually got planning commission approval, but withdrew its application before the Firestone Board of Trustees could make a decision. Managing partner Ron Abramson said he thought the new site, roughly eight miles south of the old one, would avoid many of the disputes.
"There's no eagles, no wetlands, no rivers, no multi-way community overlap," he said.
He also hopes there won't be any noise worries. Abramson said that while he plans to completely contain the sound of gunfire from escaping the site, the neighborhood itself should give an extra hand. A 100-foot hill to the west will help shield any stray noises, he said, while the nearby highway traffic, power plant and oil and gas field work should simply drown out anything left over.
"We did open field sound testing, and with zero noise mitigation … you couldn't hear a significant number of gunshots in the nearest community to our site, the Savannah community," Abramson. said. "The few you could hear were barely audible and only if we timed the gunfire so there was no traffic noise."
Most of the shooting will take place indoors but there will be four outdoor ranges, with 25-foot high backstops, acoustic shields and other noise-dampening measures.
The center is intended as a training site for law enforcement that will also be available for civilian use without a membership requirement.
Frederick's current town code doesn't cover gun ranges at all, planning director Jennifer Simmons said, so some adjustments will be needed. Draft changes to the code would allow shooting sports in a variety of zones, but would only allow outdoor shooting in an agricultural zone.
A lot still has to be done after the neighborhood meeting, she said. SAFE needs to apply for an annexation, a zoning change and a conditional use permit, as well as submitting a plat and site plan. That normally would take three to six months, Simmons said, though if moving flat out, it could conceivably be done in two.
SAFE began discussing the site with Frederick about four to six weeks ago, Simmons said.
Frederick's comprehensive plan calls for that part of Colo. 52 to be a commercial corridor. The outdoor shooting area would be far enough back from the highway, Simmons said, to not interrupt the commercial zone.
The site needs approval from both the Frederick Planning Commission and the Frederick Board of Trustees before it can go ahead.
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Hurricane Irma is likely to test President Donald Trump's longtime boast that his Mar-a-Lago mansion can withstand any storm.
If history is any guide, the smart money this weekend will be on the house.
Strikes by four major hurricanes have done little damage to Mar-a-Lago in the 90 years since cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and her second husband, financier E.F. Hutton, built the 126-room, 62,500-square foot (5,800-square meter) mansion. It cost them $5 million — the equivalent of almost $70 million today.
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The 3-acre (1.2 hectare) Palm Beach estate is quite exposed to tropical weather, bisecting a narrow barrier island, flanked by the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. But the mansion's walls are 3-feet (1 meter) thick, anchored by steel and concrete beams embedded into coral rock.
"It's the safest place in the world for a hurricane," said Anthony Senecal, Trump's longtime butler and Mar-a-Lago's unofficial historian, in an interview with The Associated Press last year. "That house ain't going nowhere. That house has never been seriously damaged. That construction, stop and think about it. There were 300 guys that worked on the outside of that building."
Jeff Masters, director of the Weather Underground forecasting service, said Thursday that the biggest threat to Mar-a-Lago won't be Irma's winds, which could top 140 mph (225 kph) when it reaches Palm Beach. Instead, it will be storm surge, which he said could reach 8 feet (2.4 meters) in a worst-case scenario. An interactive map by Climate Central shows that a more likely 6-foot (1.8-meter) sea rise would put some of the property's low-lying areas at peril. An 8-foot surge could cause some water damage to the main buildings.
Trump bought the property in 1985, when it was in disrepair, for $10 million, and spent millions refurbishing it before turning it into a club in 1995. The property now boasts 58 bedrooms, 33 bathrooms, a 20,000-square-foot ballroom, tennis and croquet courts and three bomb shelters.
The Trump family business doubled the initiation fee to $200,000 once it became clear that Mar-a-Lago would become the unofficial Winter White House, and the president has spent seven weekends at the resort since his inauguration, mingling with the club's 500 members, who pay $14,000 in annual dues to belong.
An AP investigation last year showed Trump received a $17 million insurance payment for Mar-a-Lago damage in 2005 after hurricanes Frances, Jeanne and Wilma hit in two years, but he said in an unrelated lawsuit deposition in 2007 that he didn't know how much was spent on repairs. He conceded to pocketing some of the money.
Senecal told the AP the roof lost some tiles and some trees were flattened. Town of Palm Beach records showed no permits were issued for major repairs during that period.
Bernd Lembke, Mar-a-Lago's managing director, did not return a call Thursday seeking comment. The Trump Organization issued a statement saying its Florida staff is "taking all of the proper precautions" to protect the property and its employees. Spokeswoman Amanda Miller did not respond to an email seeking specifics.
The first major storm to hit Mar-a-Lago was the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, which made landfall nearby with 145 mph winds. Just 45 miles (72 kilometers) west, dikes surrounding Lake Okeechobee failed and at least 2,500 people drowned, mostly farmworkers and their families. More than 1,700 buildings near Mar-a-Lago were destroyed. According to the Palm Beach Post, Mar-a-Lago reported damage to a large Roman-style window.
Associated Press writer Jeff Horwitz contributed to this report.


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The Xperia P is a mixed bag and it's really not an ideal phone for everyone. Consumers who insist on a fast processor and huge screen might want to look elsewhere. The Xperia P lacks muscle and battery life is unimpressive, so it's really not going after power users.
However, this does not mean that it's a bad phone, far from it. What it lacks in sheer performance and bench figures, the Xperia P makes up in other departments. Basically if you think that good looks and a top notch camera are more important, then the Xperia P starts to make sense, a lot of sense. It features a great screen tucked away under an aluminium body, 16 gigs of storage and it has what it takes to unnerve the competition.
In this case, beauty is not just skin deep and overall the Xperia P is nice package, although it could have been a lot better with a slighly bigger battery and a higher clocked processor.
It sells for €320 to €350 in Euroland, which sounds like a fair deal if you hate plasticky phones. The only trouble is that the Xperia S can be yours for just a bit more, and so can the Galaxy Nexus.
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USA – Since their introduction, crypto currencies like bitcoins have grabbed worldwide attention. Bringing the latest news and information on this fast evolving landscape is CriptoCoin.org, a Spanish portal carrying wide ranging news related to crypto currencies, alt coins or Criptomonedas.
Every day sees heated debates on their nature and whether they can form a trusted and global alternate currency system, maybe even replace traditional currencies and become the only currency that would run across the world. The US has recently for digital currencies to be considered as securities and therefore required to comply with the regulations. As digital currencies, bit coins and other forms of crypto currencies have formed an alternate, underground world of secure and encrypted currency units that remain in short supply, protect identities of holders, and can be traded and exchanged as normal currencies.
The Spanish CriptoCoin.org is a regularly updated source of all new developments taking place in crypto currencies, and focuses on the Spanish market. Apart from digital assets, it also covers initial coin offerings (ICO), which are becoming popular in crowdfunding circles. The crypto currency news portal welcomes founders to publish their projects, whitepapers and press release on its website.
Every day is a new day in the world of crypto currencies, and worldwide users are always on the lookout for new developments. CriptoCoin.org covers all crucial topics, such as the first Swiss bank to adopt the blockchain technology, inter-country collaborations, hourly prices of bitcoins and ethereum, etc.
"There are about three million active cryptocurrency users. The growth has been exponential, and with many Spanish speakers within that market," says Mark Weynard, Founder, CriptoCoin.org.
Since they lie outside the banking system, crypto currencies are thus seen as an alternative way to buy and sell products and services, and have recently been approved by major multinationals and even educational institutes. CriptoCoin.org proudly extends this new and futuristic world of digital currencies to the Spanish speaking world.
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Inside EvoSwitch a behind-the-scenes look at our colocation implementation process
There are many different steps we take here at EvoSwitch to help our customers get their datacenter service up-and-running, from the initial consultation right through to installation, always supported by our friendly customer service team.
At EvoSwitch, delivering a quality colocation service is dependent on the requirements of the individual customer. All our customers have different IT requirements; from financial services customers that look for certification and reliability, to hosting providers that want strong, quality bandwidth and enabled flexibility.
This process of identifying customer requirements starts with an initial consultation to really get under the skin of what the customer is looking for in terms of their IT environment. We make every effort to get to know the companies we work with, and draw on our experience to support our recommendations. We ideally like to invite new customers to visit our datacenters for an initial face-to-face meeting; this helps engagement with the process and allows customers to raise any questions or queries first hand.
An example of this process is the consultation that took place between EvoSwitch and Codemasters, the developer and worldwide publisher of entertainment software. When Codemasters appointed EvoSwitch, our first step was to invite them to our datacenter in Haarlem for a face-to-face meeting, where we had a chance to ask Codemasters everything we needed to know about their infrastructure requirements. We soon learnt that these requirements were hugely influenced by the demands of gamers, and therefore included features such as a reliable uptime, connectivity and redundancy.


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Peace FC brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
2 Gewinner wurden aus 59 Designs von 8 Designern ausgewählt.
Peace Football Club
Peace Football Club (or Peace FC) is about cause, content, commerce, community and campaigns. 1) Causes: world peace and peace activism through our shared passion for football/soccer; the Peace FC Foundation funding peace- and education-oriented initiatives. 2) Content: the Peace FC Survey that explores how we are similar and different from our rivals by looking at how we play soccer - and what we can do to build bridges between rivals; also photos and videos of peace signs on football pitches (the center circle of a soccer pitch becomes a peace sign with two quick little lines). 3) Commerce: sales of Peace FC apparel and football gear, a portion of proceeds going to the Peace FC Foundation. Community: millions of supporters and Peace FC Ambassadors via our web site, Facebook and Twitter. Campaigns: numerous peace, education, fair play, peace signs on pitches, awards for playing fair and promoting peace, and sponsorship campaigns.
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I have already applied for tradsemarks ont he name and logos you see here - but I am wondering if I need to have any symbol to note that on the logo you do. I do not see that on other logos on your site - so I leave that to you.
A peace sign is made by connecting the center of a circle to the 4:30 and 7:30 marks on a clock if you think of it that way - or by bisecting the lower two quadrants in half exactly - or by marking the 1/8th segment at 7:30 and 4:30 - and I would like it to be as precise as possible as the versions you see here that I mocked up are (noticeably) not.
A soccer/football pitch includes a center circle that is easily converted to a peace sign with the addition of the two more lines (since the center circle is already cut in half top to bottom). So I want the logo to reflect that this is a peace sign on the center of a soccer pitch - hence the vertical lines extending above and below the circle.
Target audience is global - passionate about football - interested in tough but fair play - supportive of efforts to use football and our shared interests and passions to build bridges between our differences - etc. This is modern thinking in some parts of the world. There is an educational component.
The logo should be able to be used on apparel, soccer gear, etc. - but also as a bumper sticker - and it should lead people to the web site where there will be content, causes, community, and campaigns that promote activism, education, and peace.
Thank you. I love what you are doing and appreciate the input.
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I hadn't heard about anything new with this author for awhile now. I'm not on FB so maybe I'm missing updates of some type.
I know he had some personal issues but beyond that I lost track. I hope all is well with him.
I hadn't heard about anything new with this author for awhile now. I'm not on FB so maybe I'm missing updates of some type.
I know he had some personal issues but beyond that I lost track. I hope all is well with him.
On August 17, he posted this on Facebook:
HunterI'm working on the Secret Writing Project again tonight. Adding a few familiar faces to the narrative, too... folks that a lot of you might know. A little weird using non-imaginary characters in a novel for a change, but given the kind of book SWP is, I'd say they fit in right nicely.
If any additional info can be shared please do so when you can.
For the first time in a very long time, I am actually writing after coming come from work, instead of binge-watching Netflix or doing a dozen other unproductive things. As it looks right now, the Secret Writing Project may just have a pre-Halloween release boasting a trade paperback and e-book, with a special edition hardcover and audio-book soon to follow.
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I'm glad he is working on something new. Thanks for the update, Mr. Goatley.
Mr. Kelly just posted the following on Twitter:
Lissanne Lake's wraparound cover painting for my upcoming zombie novel THE BUZZARD ZONE.Buzzard Zone.jpg
Very cool and thank you for sharing. Since I'm part of the anti-social network I miss these things all the time. Any idea who is publishing this?
"We're hoping for a paperback & digital book release before Halloween and the Thunderstorm limited hardcover sometime in early or mid 2019."
eBook is from Crossroads Press:
I can't wait!! Ron's books are fantastic!
Well, it looks like I'll have to delve back into Thunderstorm again as I don't think I can miss out on a Ronald Kelly limited.
One of my biggest regrets in collecting is when I had a sweet deal all lined up on the multi-volume Thunderstorm Ronald Kelly Essentials Library, and decided to pass on it. Mind you, I had this opportunity come my way twice (from two different sellers who were motivated to move the books), and both times I walked away. Stupid, stupid, stupid...


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So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.
Awful Robot Pillow Will Hug You But Never Love You
Look, I get it. It's lonely out there. But surely there are better ways to simulate embrace than a creepy, vaguely bodied, gaudily colored robot pillow, right? Right? Right. Get out there and meet someone, tiger. [Verge]
Astrophysicists Discover Potentially Inhabitable Planet That We Will Never Get To in Your Lifetime or Probably Ever
It's not the first potentially inhabitable exoplanet we've found, and it's definitely not the first space-thing-we-might-explore-in-person-centuries-from-now-but-we'll-probably-have-blown-ourselves-up-by-then. Still, nice planet you got there! [Telegraph]


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Access Hollywood Kristen Stewart may have acted alongside some heavy hitters in her career, but she admitted to Access Hollywood guest correspondent Tim Vincent that Charlize Theron was particularly intimidating. "She is super intimidating," Kristen told Tim at the junket for "Snow White and the Huntsman" in London.
"You feel — her energy is like so, crazy. It's like, just palpable. "She is challenging," Kristen continued. "Like, I want to impress her."
Kristen was a little intimidated by some of her other co-stars too – ones the four-legged variety. "I'm really scared of horses," Kristen said. "Everything else I was so down for." The actress plays Snow White in the film, and she said her character doesn't fit into any categories. "There's like a super, on-trend fad right now to have like, the strong woman part and I think that like, it's lame because they're kind of just acting like dudes,"
Kristen said. "And Snow White is so essentially, fundamentally female… All of the action comes from oddly, like a very delicate place. Her strength is definitely in her steady nature, rather than like brawn. She's not like going around like busting heads, which I think is cool."
And, if "Snow White and the Huntsman," also starring Chris Hemsworth, is a hit with viewers, Kristen said she is ready to jump back into Snow White's armor. "I would do it in a heartbeat. I love this movie," she told Tim of a possible sequel. "I really loved everyone that I worked with." via fiercebitchstew/500DaysofRK/ JossMed
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So here we are, New Years Eve. The Last day of the year. This week I have shared with you my Top Book Boyfriends, New Series, Sequals, Covers, Breakthrough Authors and Books I never got to read. Finally we have arrived with my Top 10 Books of 2011. These are the books I enjoyed the most out of everything I read this year.
This was very difficult for me. I have read so many amazing books this year and I wanted to mention all of them but then this post would be really big as I read 123 books this year and to be honest, loved most of them.
Here are my Top 10.....
10. Wither by Lauren DeStefano!
Wither was also featured in my Top 10 New Series this week. I really enjoyed Wither. I think it's a fantastic start to a new series and I am so excited to read the next book in this series. It's a great original storyline and I loved every moment of it.
Some people have called this book depressing but I don't think it is. It's a dystopian novel and a lot of dystopian books have depressing aspects so I think it's really fitting for the genre. I really liked Wither and if you are in the UK it's currently 99p on Kindle. If you haven't read it you should really go get it. At that price it's amazing and definitely worth the read. I'm very excited for February so I can read Fever.
9. Angel Fire by LA Weatherly!
Angel Fire was also featured in my Top Sequels of 2011 and it's only fair that it made my Top 10 Books. I thought this book was phenomenal. I loved every moment of it. I recieved it for review from Usborne Publishing and I couldn't wait to read it. Though I did put it off for a while because of how thick it was but this book is 700+ pages of pure awesomeness. 100% better than the first book and at time I was screaming at the book going "What are you doing?!?!" Such a fantastic series, definitely the best Angel series I've read. I can't wait for the third and final book in the trilogy to be released in 2012 and see where it ends.
8. All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin!
Another book featured in my favourite new series, I was blown away by this book. It was phenomenal. I was sucked into this crazy world where Chocolate is illegal. I know right? WHAT?!?!?! and I just loved everything about this book. I had never read a Gabrielle Zevin book before and when I received it for review earlier this year (it's not out in the UK until March 2012) I couldn't wait to start it. I am definitely a fan of Gabrielle Zevin now and I adore this book. I can't wait for the second one to come out and I hope to read the rest of her books sometime. I can't wait to see what else she comes up with in those books.
7. Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning!
Fever was one of the series I started this year and loved it so much ended up reading all 5 books within a week. I loved it. Shadowfever is the one that made me Top 10 books as I think with Fever the first book is just okay and then they get better and better with each book. Shadowfever was definitely the best book in the series in my opinion. I loved it and I am looking forward to the spin-off with Danni. Though I don't actually like that character much I will still read the trilogy because at the end of them there is a promise of more Mac and Barrons books. Can't wait.
6. Divergent by Veronica Roth!
Divergent was another of the books I featured in my favourite new series post. I loved this book. It blew me away and I read it in one sitting. It's the book I have read the fastest. I read it in about 4 hours and I don't even know how I did that. I sat down to read a few chapters and the next thing I knew I was finished. It's amazing and I am so excited about Insurgent next year.
5. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi!
Shatter Me was the book that definitely surprised me the most this year. It was amazing and I loved it. I couldn't put it down. It was a little like Divergent, not in the storyline but in the way I sat down to read the first chapter and couldn't put it down. Shatter Me is a fantastic story and I love how is mixes a dystopian world and society with paranormal aspects. It's pretty much a perfect book for me as it mixes my two favourite aspects of books, dystopia and paranormal. I cannot wait for the second book.
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins!
Really I am counting the whole Hunger Games Trilogy in this not just the first book. I am actually really surprised I only put it at number 4 because this is the first dystopia series, it is my favourite series right now. It started off my dystopia obsession and I really cannot wait for the movie in March. This is a fantastic series and everyone needs to read it if they haven't already. I'm going to do a buddy read before the movie is released and I can't wait to read them again.
3. Half-Blood by Jennifer L Armentrout!
I know, you expected it to be in here somewhere right? I really wanted Half-Blood to be at Number 2 because JLA is my new favourite author and she deserved Half-Blood to be closer to the top but then I remembered how I reacted to the book I've put at number 2 and had to change it. Half-Blood is amazing and I am proud to say I was a member of the #HalfBloodLegion for the Heroine Tourney voting for Alex. I know she lost yesterday but she has only been known for a few months so to get where she did was incredible and there's always next time. I love Half-Blood. I read it in a day I couldn't put it down and I seriously cannot wait for Pure. It's going to be epic!
2. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare!
Originally this was going to be number 1 but then I started re-reading book number 1 and it changed. I loved this book. The Infernal Devices is 100% better than The Mortal Instruments in my opinion. I love the time frame better, I love the characters better and the writing in CP is just so much better than in any of her other books. This book is so high on this list because of the way it made me react. It had me throwing my kindle across the table, screaming to an empty room and just crying hysterically. I actually had a mental breakdown and no book has ever made me react like that before and it's just incredible that CC made me react like that. I cannot wait until Clockwork Princess comes out and see how this ends. I have my fingers crossed that it'll all work out.
1. Obsidian by Jennifer L Armentrout!
You're not surprised this is number 1 right? I cannot praise this book enough. I have never been a fan of Alien books but this book changed all that. Jennifer is a genius for writing this book. It's amazing and phenomenal and I devoured it in one sitting. I could not stop reading and I am so obsessed with the book and Daemon as soon as Jennifer mentions a teaser or a Daemon POV scene well I just turn into a crazy woman. This is 100% the best book I have read this year. It's the first book by JLA I read and I fell in love with her writing and she is now my favourite author. So so excited for Onyx.
So there you go, my Top 10 Favourite books of 2011.
Is there anything you think I should have included?
Join me tomorrow for my 2012 Books I can't wait for!


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After an extremely successful KickStarter campaign (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/410389794/neurotv-discussion-among-scientists-and-philosophe) we raised enough money to meet our goal. It's too bad we didn't meet our stretch goal because I would've loved to have seen our President, Jean-Francois be taught how to dance dubstep. I am truly excited for our first episode (which you can find here: goo.gl/Q8D7HU) and hope this great concept for a show will last for many seasons to come.
For our first episode our special guest is Katherine Bryant (Twitter: @EvoNeuro). Katherine is neuroscience PhD student at Emory University studying primate cortical evolution, the main topic of conversation during our episode. Specifically we talk about the visual system across different primate species and how this system may have evolved. We also have a short chat about freedom of speech and activism within academia. I hope everyone enjoys this first episode and I am very excited for the rest of the season 1. I won't give away all of the guests but one of the our other guests is the famous neuroscientist, Dale Purves who is not only an expert in vision but has written one of the canonical introductory neuroscience textbooks used by many undergraduate and graduate neuroscience programs.


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Health SA Gesondheid (Online) vol.16 n.1 Cape Town 2011
Experiences of being a therapy radiographer
Heather LawrenceI; Marie PoggenpoelII; Chris MyburghIII
IDepartment of Radiography, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
IIDepartment of Nursing Sciences, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
IIIEducational Psychology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
The purpose of this research was to explore and describe how therapy radiographers experience their profession. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was utilised. The purposive sample consisted of 14 therapy radiographers employed at an academic hospital in Gauteng, South Africa. Data were collected using focus group interviews until data saturation was achieved. An appreciative inquiry interview technique was utilised, and data analysis was conducted by open coding to identify themes. Themes that were identified were life-giving forces that promote personal and professional engagement resulting in a sense of purpose; professional stagnation; and facilitating change through harnessing positive energy and commitment for change.
Die hoofdoel van hierdie navorsing is om te verken en beskryf hoe radioterapeute hulle beroep beleef. 'n Kwalitatiewe, verkennende, beskrywende en kontekstuele navorsingsontwerp is gebruik. Die doelgerigte steekproef het bestaan uit 14 radioterapeute werksaam by 'n akademiese hospitaal in Gauteng, Suid Afrika. Data is met behulp van fokusgroep onderhoude ingesamel totdat dataversadiging bereik is. 'n 'Appreciative inquiry' onderhoudstegniek is gebruik met die stel van vrae, en data analise is met behulp van oop kodering gedoen om temas te identifiseer. Die temas wat geidentifiseer was is lewensgewende magte wat persoonlike en professionele betrokkenheid bevorder wat 'n singewing tot gevolg het; professionele stagnering; en fasilitering van verandering deur die gebruikmaking van positiewe energie en toewyding vir verandering.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) is still struggling to revive sales in China, part of a broader slump Japanese car firms are suffering as a result of a diplomatic row between the countries.
Toyota's sales in China totaled roughly 60,000 vehicles last month, a senior company executive said, compared with 81,800 cars the company and its Chinese partners sold in November last year.
The pace of the last month's decline - roughly 25 percent from a year earlier - eased from the previous two months but was still "far off from our more normalized and targeted sales pace," said the Toyota executive who declined to be named because the information had not yet been made public.
Toyota's numbers indicate that sales in China by other Japanese carmakers are also likely to be down. For most of those firms, sales are still falling at double-digit rates from 2011 levels, though the pace of decline has slackened recently.
Toyota is expected to announce its China sales data for November on Monday, according to a Beijing-based company spokesman. He did not respond to calls seeking comment on November sales.
"It probably won't be until March or April when we see sales return to a pre-September pace," the senior executive said, echoing a consensus expressed by officials from other Japanese brands.
Demand for leading Japanese car brands in China virtually halved in September and October. That reduced the Japanese firms' collective market share in China's passenger car market, which excludes trucks and buses, to about 17 percent from 19 percent at the end of August, according to the China Association of Automotive Manufacturers.
Toyota's sales fall in November followed a decline of 44 percent in October, and almost 50 percent in September.
Violent protests and calls for boycotts of Japanese products broke out across China in mid-September after Japan nationalized two East China Sea islands, known as the Diaoyu in Chinese and Senkaku in Japanese, by buying them from their private owners.
Some Chinese consumers have since avoided Japanese-brand cars. In a widely reported incident during the height of anti-Japanese sentiment, a Chinese man was attacked by angry protesters for driving a Toyota Corolla. The driver was so severely beaten that he was partially paralyzed.
At the start of the year, Toyota said it aimed to sell 1 million cars annually in China. This target is unlikely to be met until 2013 at the earliest.
Editing by Daniel Magnowski


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On Mother's Day, local celebrities include Baltimore Ravens, politicians and others didn't miss a chance to Tweet their love to their own mothers and all the others -- at least those following them on Twitter.
Here are just a few of the messages for moms:
Vonta Leach @vleach44: My mom happy mother's day. She made me the man I am today
Sen. Ben Cardin @SenatorCardin: To all the moms out there in Maryland and beyond, a happy mothers' day and a special thanks for all you do every day. - Ben
Michael Oher @MichaelOher: Happy Mothers day to all the wonderful Mothers out there!! Bless you.
Ray Rice @RayRice27: Happy mothers day to all mothers have a blessed day
Raven Terrence Cody @TheRealMtCody: Happy mothers day to all the moms
Michael Phelps @MichaelPhelps: Wanted to wish all the moms out there a happy mothers day!!! A special one goes out to @MamaPhelpsH20 and @WhitneyPhelpsFl !!!!
Raven Bryan Hall @BryanHall68: Good Morning World. Wanna wish all mothers and all women who are mother figures in someone's life a wonderful Happy Mothers Day #ThankYou
Chef Bryan Voltaggio @BryanVoltaggio: Happy mothers day to all the moms out there for all they do to make our lives special. Especially mine
Councilman Brandon M. Scott @CouncilmanBMS: Morning #bmore!2days word is Mother. We wouldn't b who/were we are without the mother(s) n our lives. Happy Mothers day 2 my and all mothers
Del. Jill P. Carter @jillpcarter: Happy Mother's Day! Mom's are everything...period. We'd all be nothing w/o you Of course, my mommy is among the best ever!
Brendon Ayanbadejo @brendon310: Thank you to all the mothers out there that help shape our lives and make this world a better place! Happy Mothers day!!!
Torrey Smith @TorreySmithWR: Good Morning Y'all....Happy Mothers Day to all of the good mothers out there!!!
Joe Flacco @TeamFlacco: To all the Moms, Happy Mother's Day
Former Raven Brad Jackson @BJack50: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the real, caring, loving, hard working mothers in the world. You are a blessing!!!
Debbie Phelps @MamaPhelpsH20: Wishing my daughter@WhitneyPhelpsFl a happy mother's day. We will see u soon.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake @MayorSRB: Enjoying Mother's Day at the Farmers Market. It's beautiful. Happy Mother's Day Baltimore!!!
Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another @Ill_HaveAnother: Happy Mothers Day to my Dam. I know I don't call or write as a good son should, but I appreciate you #sendrosestomom
Lardarius Webb @LWebb21: Happy Mothers Day to ALL
Raven Arthur Jones @Artj97: Happy mothers day to @Sunnyjean02 thank you for being an awesome mother to our child. Your the best!!!
Chazz Palminteri @chazzpalminteri: Happy mothers day to all the mothers of the world. We men appreciate you.
Stacy Keibler @StacyKeibler: So happy to have my mom visit for #MothersDay! Hope all of you moms out there have an amazing day!
Dutch Ruppersberger @Call_Me_Dutch: Happy Mothers Day to my mom and all the mothers out there! Enjoy this beautiful day!
Doug Gansler @DougGansler: I hope that all the hard-working moms out there have a great Mother's Day!
Ken Ulman @kenulman: Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful moms out there, including my beautiful wife, Jaki & great mom @dulman!
On Mother's Day, local celebrities include Baltimore Ravens, politicians and others didn't miss a chance to Tweet their love to their own mothers and all the others -- at least those following them on Twitter.


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California, Michigan, Maryland and Pennsylvania get new CIOs; South Carolina post remains vacant.
Photo: Brenda Orth took over as Pennsylvania's deputy secretary for information technology and CIO, replacing Kristen Miller, who resigned in 2007.
2008 began with a significant CIO transition when Michigan CIO Teri Takai became CIO of California after months of speculation. In announcing her appointment, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the state must improve and expand its IT infrastructure. "Teri is the perfect person to do that," he said. "She has [more than] 30 years of experience in this field and possesses the vision necessary to make our great state a leader in the effective use of information technology."
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm replaced Takai by appointing Kenneth D. Theis CIO and director of the Department of Information Technology. Theis had been deputy director and led the successful implementation of several large IT projects, including a statewide child support enforcement system.
Elliot H. Schlanger, left his position as Baltimore's CIO and moved a few miles to Annapolis where he became state CIO. In Baltimore, Schlanger led development of the city's 311 hotline service, one of the first of its kind in the country.
In the Keystone State, Brenda Orth took over as Pennsylvania's deputy secretary for information technology and CIO, replacing Kristen Miller, who resigned in 2007. Naomi Wyatt, the state's secretary of administration, noted that Orth "has more than 25 years of management experience in the field of information systems, [and] she will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the commonwealth." Orth has been with the state since 2003, most recently as CTO.
In Philadelphia, Terry Phillis stepped down as the city's CIO. Phillis, who was appointed to the position by former Mayor John Street, was the last holdover from that administration. According to local news reports, Phillis was forced out over differences with city Managing Director Camille Cates Barnett on the implementation of a citywide 311 system. While serving Street, Phillis was a member of the mayor's Cabinet, but his position under Mayor Michael Nutter was downgraded and he reports to Barnett.
Kentucky hasn't had a permanent head of IT since Mark Rutledge resigned as CIO in December 2007. Currently Lori Flanery is listed as acting CIO, according to NASCIO.
Similarly in South Carolina, since Jim Bryant resigned as the state's CIO in early 2008, the position has remained vacant for most of the year.
Florida also moved slowly on the CIO front, finally appointing David W. Taylor as interim state CIO after leaving the position vacant for a long time. Taylor had served as the CIO and IT director for the Florida Department of Health.
Portland, Ore., appointed Mark Greinke as the new CTO, promoting him from the position of city information security manager. He joined Portland after 11 years with Intel Corp. in Hillsboro, Ore., where he led technology initiatives to move many business processes from paper to online transactions and the automation of the latest chip factories.
Louisiana appointed Edward Driesse its CIO, replacing Rizwan Ahmed, who resigned. Driesse has 15 years' experience as a CIO in various organizations. His last position was CIO for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
Austin, Texas, CIO Pete Collins resigned after allegations of wrongdoing. Earlier in the year, a city employee accused Collins of misusing city property. The allegations were investigated by police who declined to prosecute. Collins was awarded Texas CIO of the Year by Government Technology. A former police officer, he was appointed CIO in 2004.
Back in California, Steve Ferguson departed from his job as CIO for the city of Sacramento to become CIO of San Jose. Among his accomplishments while heading IT in the state capitol, Ferguson launched the city's 311 hotline, installed a citywide customer relationship management system, overhauled a utility billing system and introduced online permitting.


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HAVELOCK � Offensive lineman Donnie Richards said he learned one very important lesson playing football for four years at Havelock High.
HAVELOCK � Offensive lineman Donnie Richards said he learned one very important lesson playing football for four years at Havelock High.
"Hard work pays off," Richards said. "You have to put in the work to get the reward."
And for Richards, that reward is the opportunity to play football in college. The senior, with parents and coaches by his side, signed Monday to play at West Virginia Wesleyan College.
Richards said the scenery surrounding the campus in Buckhannon, W.Va., grabbed his attention right away, and the people he met kept it.
"There�s a lot of friendly people," he said. "It�s a place where I felt at home."
Richards was initially considering offers from Guilford and Wingate, but Wesleyan hired a new coach, George Shehl, who plans to run a spread offense similar to the one at Havelock. Rams coach Jim Bob Bryant said Wesleyan coaches called him asking about potential players, and he gave them Richards� name.
"They needed guys who were in shape that could move and who played in similar offenses and played it at a high level," Bryant said.
Richards said he hoped playing such an offense in high school would help him at Wesleyan.
"They run a fast-paced offense," he said. "Hopefully high school will have me a little bit more prepared than everyone else, seeing as how I�ve done it before."
And that has him looking to get some playing time as a freshman.
"The coaches told me that they think I can compete for a starting spot, but that I have to go up there and earn it, which I plan on doing," he said.
Richards said he came away from his visit to the school impressed with the coaching staff.
"They were really all about me," he said. "They toured the school with me and made sure I had a good time, and they seemed really legit in making sure that I was going to be a successful person not only in college but after college."
The Bobcats, an NCAA Division II school playing in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, went 3-8 in 2012, but Richards said the new coaches are optimistic.
"They�re looking to rebuild and start a good tradition up there," he said.
Richards (6-foot-3, 245 pounds) played guard and tackle during Havelock�s 2012 state championship season. The two-year starter was part of a line that helped the offense average 47.9 points per game in 2012 and 50.7 points per game during the 2011 title season.
"I�m excited for him," Bryant said. "Four years of hard work paid off. I�m glad somebody saw the value in a good, smart offensive lineman who�s a good character kid."
Richards said he�s looking for success on the football field at Wesleyan, along with meeting new people and getting a degree in athletic training.
As for his high school days, Richards thanked the coaching staff.
"They really turned us into the men we are today," he said.
And, he said he would always carry the memories of those two state championship seasons with him.
"Back-to-back state championships � not too many people get to experience that," he said. "It�s been a great four years."


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Sometimes you have to do what it takes to make sure you get ready in the morning. Even if that means showering naked in the middle of the street from a fountain created by a broken water line.
Yep, that really happened.
Construction crews were working on North High Street, near Arcadia Avenue in the Clintonville neighborhood, when a crew hit a water main about 9:15 Wednesday morning. With water suddenly out to the area, one man who was showering was not happy and his frustrations took him out to the street, where he apparently decided to make the best of the situation.
Cody Vickers was working with one of the crews in the area when he saw the scene unfolding. In a Facebook post that quickly started going viral, Vickers said the man came out yelling and cussing at the crew about being in the shower - while still fully naked. Then he stepped into the spray of water shooting into the air and finished his shower.
The expressions in the picture definitely tell their own story, with workers staring at each other incredulously. Vickers also captured video at the scene, showing the man calmly using the water and rinsing off for a short period of time while the crew climbed out of the hole and reacted in shock.
No word on why the man might have needed to be in a hurry...but clearly he wasn't about to let anything stop him. You do you, Columbus.


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One unique entrepreneur is peddling naked Hobbit toys, for a whopping $89.99. But when you have first hand knowledge for what a Hobbit's penis looks like, you can set your price anywhere.
The doll is being sold at Batkat Creations. And here's their full description for the product:
This is an OOAK Frodo Doll. This Lord of the Rings action figure has been modified to be anatomically enhanced. He is hysterical. He even has the hand Grip, ready for action or just to hang out with himself. The box is not great but the doll is new, never played with. Just taken out to do the modifications on him and then put back in the box. He comes with all his accessories except his jumpsuit does not fit anymore. He also comes with a sword that is not attached. This would be a great gift for one with a great sense of humor. Even though he is funny. He was painstakingly done to look fantastic. He was hand painted and sealed with very fine paint. He is about 8 inches tall. This is a Batkatcreations modification original. This one really makes me smile. He was just so sad looking and now he is a sexy beast.
I am not associated with Toy Biz and they do not endorse this product.
Congratulations internet, you've done it again! Everything is terrible.
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DES MOINES - After a lawsuit and a barrage of criticism, Iowa's top elections official on Wednesday dropped key parts of rules governing how his office will remove foreign nationals from the state's voter registration database.
Three weeks after a presidential election that put Iowa in the national spotlight, Republican Secretary of State Matt Schultz announced changes to rules that spell out how his office will use a federal database to verify the citizenship of ineligible non-citizens and remove them from the rolls.
"The tremendous amount of public attention and input has been helpful in fine-tuning the original administrative rules filed this summer," Schultz said in a statement.
Without public notice or input, Schultz in July filed emergency rules giving his office the authority to compare Iowa's list of 2.1 million registered voters against lists of foreign nationals living in Iowa obtained from unspecified government agencies. The rule required Schultz's office to send them notice they may be illegally registered, a class D felony, and gave them 14 days to file a challenge before they would be removed.
Schultz explained that those rules were part of the state's application to access a citizenship database from the Department of Homeland Security, which he was hoping to use before the election to check the status of more than 3,500 potential noncitizens he identified.
Critics called the rules a plot to disenfranchise Latinos and other voters ahead of the election in a key battleground state. They argued that there was not enough time to remove them fairly before the election or safeguards to prevent individuals with similar names from being unfairly targeted.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the League of United Latin American Citizens filed a lawsuit arguing the rules were improperly adopted. Judge Mary Pat Gunderson in September blocked them from going into effect, saying Schultz did not have justification for rushing them through without input. She also said the rules "created fear that new citizens will lose their right to vote and/or be charged with a felony, and cause some qualified voters to feel deterred from even registering to vote."
Schultz said Wednesday he had changed the rules to give anyone targeted for removal 30 days to file a challenge instead of 14, and to require his office to send a second notice with another 30-day response period if it does not receive a response to the first. Anyone who receives a letter requesting information on their citizenship would also be allowed to request as much time as needed to comply with the request.
Schultz said the changes also specify which federal database he will use to verify citizenship status after critics said the rule was too vague.
Lastly, Schultz said he was dropping a rule that allowed individuals to report allegations of voter fraud to his office and required complaints to be forwarded to law enforcement for investigation.
Critics said the rule made it easier to file complaints by removing a requirement that they include a sworn statement attesting to allegations; Schultz denied that was the intent. He said a "misinformation campaign" had created confusion over the rule, and that he now believes existing procedures for filing complaints are sufficient.
The announcement comes before a Friday hearing in which Gunderson will consider several motions in the lawsuit, including the state's request to dismiss it.
Joseph Henry, state director of LULAC, said he believed the changes were an attempt to defeat the lawsuit.
But he said the groups would keep fighting plans to use the federal database to determine voter eligibility, saying it would have a chilling effect even though voting by noncitizens is not a major problem.
"Money would be better spent on providing information on how to vote, not to figure out ways to prevent people from voting," he said.