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Funeral directors from throughout Connecticut have come forward to help the grieving town, another example of support that's so desperately needed. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.
Updated at 4:50 p.m. ET: With tears and hugs, a grief-rocked Connecticut town said farewell Monday to the first of its slain children: two 6-year-olds being buried in unbearably small coffins on a cold, gray day.
The funerals of first graders Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto will be followed by two dozen more services over coming days as the other children and staffers murdered at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday are laid to rest.
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A misty rain was in the air as mourners -- many in black, others in school gear emblazoned with a capital "N" -- gathered outside the Honan Funeral Home on Main St. for Jack's funeral.
Mourners said the sports-loving youngster was wearing the red-and-white jersey of his idol, New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz, who had honored him by printing his name on his cleats for Sunday's game.
At a viewing before the packed service, where psalms were read, more than two dozen members of his wrestling club presented Jack's grandmother with their medals.
"We're broken," Jack Wellman, 13, who helped coach the junior wrestlers, said outside the funeral home.
"It's a nightmare we're not waking up from," said his mother, Caren Wellman. Her son added, "Unfortunately, there's going to be a lot more."
Victims in Conn. shooting: Daring principal, fun-loving teacher, 6-year-old twin
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The second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history sent crying children spilling into the school parking lot as frightened parents waited for word on their loved ones.
Twenty-five miles away, in Fairfield, Noah's family gathered at another funeral home, on a street where some nurses had decorated lampposts with white balloons and well-wishers left teddy bears and flowers at the base of a maple tree.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy met with family before the service at the Abraham L. Greene & Sons Funeral Home, where the brown-haired boy was laid in a simple wooden casket adorned with the Star of David.
Noah's mother, Veronika Pozner, spoke and called her son "her little man," according to Rabbi Yehoshua Hect.
An uncle, Alexis Haller, remembered Noah – whose twin sister, Arielle, was in a different classroom and survived Adam Lanza's murderous rampage -- as a funny child with a mischievous streak.
"If Noah had not been taken from us, he would have become a great man. He would been a wonderful husband and a loving father," Haller said, according to remarks he provided to The Associated Press.
It is unspeakably tragic that none of us can bring Noah back," he said. "We would go to the ends of the earth to do so, but none of us can. What we can do is carry Noah within us, always.
"We can remember the joy he brought to us. We can hold his memory close to our hearts. We can treasure him forever."
There will be no reprieve from the sorrow in Newtown this week, as each day brings more funerals.
On Tuesday, there will be a noon service at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown for Jessica Rekos, 6, a girl who loved horses and had asked Santa for cowgirl boots and a hat. Her parents had promised to get her a horse when she was 10.
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"She was a creative, beautiful little girl who loved playing with her little brothers, Travis and Shane," her family said in a statement.
"She spent time writing in her journals, making up stories, and doing 'research' on orca whales - one of her passions after seeing the movie 'Free Willy' last year. She said her dream was to see a real orca. Thankfully her dream was realized in October when she went to SeaWorld."
The couple called Jessica, their first-born, the "rock of the family."
"She had an answer for everything, she didn't miss a trick, and she outsmarted us every time. We called her our little CEO for the way she carefully thought out and planned everything," they wrote.
As a community mourns those who were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting on Friday, children and parents come to terms with the tragedy. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports.
"We cannot imagine our life without her. We are mourning her loss, sharing our beautiful memories we have of her, and trying to help her brother Travis understand why he can't play with his best friend."
The funeral of teacher Victoria Soto, 27, is scheduled for Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Lordship Community Church, Stratford. Burial will follow at Union Cemetery in Stratford.
Soto's cousin, Jim Wiltsie, told the Wall Street Journal that she had tried to shield her first-graders from the bullets. "That is how she was found. Huddled with her children," Wiltsie said.
Seven-year-old student Daniel Barden's funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Rose of Lima Church, followed by burial at St. Rose Cemetery.
A funeral mass for student Catherine Hubbard, 6, is due to be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Rose of Lima Church, followed by burial at St. Rose Cemetery.
Her parents, Jennifer and Matthew Hubbard, released a statement expressing gratitude to emergency responders and for the support of the community. "We are greatly saddened by the loss of our beautiful daughter, Catherine Violet, and our thoughts and prayers are with the other families who have been affected by this tragedy," they said.
The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association is releasing details of the services, and victims' families have been releasing statements with poignant memories.
The family of Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, 6, called her "our precious angel" – a generous spirit who left "I love you" notes under her parents' pillow, who learned to sing before she talked, and who danced from room to room in her home.
"We ask that you pray for the legions of people who are left behind to cherish memories of her," wrote her parents, Nelba Marquez-Greene and saxophonist Jimmy Greene.
"We also ask that you, like Ana, commit selfless acts of kindness to all those around you. Maybe, in some way, through love, similar senseless acts of violence could be prevented."
Watch the entire interfaith vigil for Connecticut shooting victims, including President Obama's speech.
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Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan is trying to do a good thing by filing a ballot initiative to control his city's pension costs. But his strategy is all wrong. It's a fight he simply can't win.
Why? Because the cause of "pension reform" is doomed to fail. For one thing, a series of serious obstacles stand in the way of anyone who wants to cut back pensions. For another, focusing on pensions misstates the real problem facing cities: too much compensation, especially for law enforcement.
To his credit, Riordan is including police and fire in his proposal to establish 401k accounts for new employees (Other pension reform vehicles being pursued LA politicians exclude law enforcement even though law enforcement is where the greatest abuses are).
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But that doesn't matter, because pension reform is a fight you can't win. Here are five reasons why:
5. Labor will never surrender. Powerful public employee unions aren't about to go along with pension rollbacks in the nation's second largest city. So it doesn't matter how many victories Riordan wins along the way -- the unions will never stop fighting him, on the ballot, in the city council, and in court.
4. Legal problems. There are any number of legal precedents that say you can't cut pensions. Once promised, the promise must be met. Which is why it's foolish to focus on pensions as a way to control over-compensation of some public employees. Pensions are the hardest part of employee compensation packages to take away. Riordan would be better off going after retiree health care or wages.
3. His own plan may not save money. Studies of 401k-style plans show they don't save much money. And by putting new employees into 401k's, the city won't have as many revenues coming into the pension system to cover current obligations. That could require the city to make up more of the costs of today's retirees and employees. Riordan's savings plan may not save money at all.
2. Even if somehow approved, Riordan's plan won't last. The former mayor is essentially proposing a two-tiered pension plan -- one plan for current retirees and some current workers, and a different plan for everyone else. The history of two-tiered plans is that they don't stay two-tiered. They're politically unstable -- because it doesn't work for people in the same workplace to have totally different retirement plans. When times are good, unions successfully negotiate to have everyone put back in the same pension plan.
1. Even if Riordan wins, his victory can be undone simply by salary increases. This is the biggest problem with pension reform. Any savings you may make by changing pensions (if you can pull off the miracle of rolling back pensions) can be easily lost simply by giving a wage increase to the same workers. This is the problem with the much-touted pension ballot measure passed in San Diego earlier this year. While pension changes may have saved money, it was tied to pay increases that, by increasing pension obligations, wipe out all the savings.
Pension reform is, to put it simply, a game that can't be won. Mayor Riordan should avoid playing it.


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Diet Drinks Increase Heart Attack Risk
By Maylin Rodriguez-Paez RN
Drink an occasional diet drink? You may want to reconsider, especially in light of the latest study.
According to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 63rd Annual Scientific Session, women who drank diet drinks face a greater risk of heart attack and death compared to women who rarely drank them at all.
Concerned as much as we are? Stay tuned. The study is rather revealing.
Diet Drinks Linked to a 30% Increased Risk of Heart Attacks and StrokesIn the largest study of its kind, researchers collected data on over 59,000 post-menopausal women to examine the relationship between diet drinks and cardiovascular disease.
They analyzed how often the women drank diet drinks (including diet soda and diet fruit drinks) over a three-month period. After 9 years, they followed-up on the women.
They found that women who drank two or more diet drinks a day were 30% more likely to suffer a cardiovascular event and 50% more likely to die of related diseases, compared to women who never or only rarely consumed such drinks.1
In addition to being at a higher risk for heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular problems, the women were also more likely to have diabetes, hypertension, and a higher BMI (body mass index).
Prior Research Links Diet Drinks to Metabolic Syndrome and Weight GainResearchers found an association, but it's not clear if the diet drinks actually caused the heart-related problems.
However, it doesn't seem like a far-fetched idea, since previous studies have linked diet drinks to metabolic syndrome and weight gain and both are associated with heart disease.1
Further studies are needed to determine an actual link.
Should You Avoid all Artificial Sweeteners?For the time being — yes. Not enough research has been conducted to determine their long-term effects, and the research results that we have seen don't paint a pretty picture.
Going the diet route may seem like a good idea in the short-term, but it really isn't. Compared to sugary drinks, artificially sweetened drinks really aren't the lesser of two evils.
Sugar Isn't Any BetterShould you switch back to sugar? No. Ideally, you should avoid anything sweetened with it. Most adult Americans consume 10% or more of their calories from added sugar2, which is too much for maintaining optimal health.
If you suffer from a perpetual sweet tooth, consider alternative sweeteners like stevia, monk fruit, D-ribose, and xylitol. And moderately use raw honey. Not only are the alternatives healthier, they actually have health benefits.
And if you can, wean yourself off sweets altogether. Get your taste buds accustomed to not craving sweet foods. It really is the smartest strategy overall.
- Available at: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-03/acoc-tmd032714.php. Accessed May 13, 2014.
- JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(4):516-524. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13563.


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Curried Deviled Easter Eggs
Deviled eggs are a perennial favorite at family gatherings, especially at Easter when hardboiled eggs abound. But unlike Grandma's eggs, seasoned with yellow mustard and a bit of relish, these Curried Deviled Easter Eggs are packed with complex flavors.
Mango chutney adds spice and sweetness to the mixture of mashed egg yolks and mayonnaise, and curry powder further enhances the flavor of the filling. Finely chopped green onions add freshness, and crispy crumbled bacon adds a salty crunch.
These eggs can be made the evening before your Easter brunch. Alternately, I like to prepare the filling ahead of time without adding the bacon. An hour or two before my guests arrive, I then fold in the crisp bacon and pipe the filling into the creamy colored boiled egg whites.
Place eggs in a Dutch oven and cover with water. Place pot over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Immediately place eggs in a bowl of ice water to chill completely. Crack shells by rolling eggs on a work surface and peel under cold running water. Dry eggs with paper towels, slice them in half and remove the yolk.
Mash the egg yolks in a bowl. Add mayonnaise, chutney, curry powder and green onion. Fold in chopped bacon and season to taste with salt and pepper. Pipe or spoon filling into the halved eggs and cover and chill until ready to serve.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 61 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a full service awards manufacturing and garment decorating company looking for alternative ways to augment our design department. 62 year old company that is experienced yet young at heart.
We design custom awards, logos, embroidery designs and t-shirts then handle the projects with our extensive in-house production capabilities. We are once again growing and are looking for graphic artists that want to expand their services.
This design is for a local 4th of July celebration and thus very time sensitive at this point. The design will be used for a 5k Run/walk and a bike ride and the audience will be participants of the events and will range from 6 years to adult.
We are looking to incorporate the US flag possibly with another generic patriotic symbol. The Statue of Liberty and eagles were recently used and will not be considered.
Looking to use 4-6 colors - spot colors only - no four color process for this project. Some use of gradient okay.
We are looking for one design that can be used both both the run and bike ride so we don't want the actual activities depicted in the graphic. We will add necessary wording after acceptance of design.
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UPDATE: Sudan: Lubna Hussein released from jail after fine paid against her will
In a telephone interview with Asharq Al-Awsat following her release from prison, Lubna Hussein revealed that the director of the prison had met with her, and informed her that the Sudanese Journalist Union had paid her fine, and that the presiding judge had ordered her release. She said "Outside, I found a group of journalists who were not allowed to visit [me], however the Journalist Union was allowed to do so."
Lubna attempted to refuse to allow the Sudanese Journalist Union to pay her fine, saying "I thank the Union for its visit, but I do not thank Tetawi for paying my fine because in prison there are women are far more deserving of this than me."
Lubna informed Asharq Al-Awsat that "In prison, there is a woman, who has a two-week old baby, and she is more deserving of having her fine paid [then I am]." Hussein also revealed that she got to know a Christian female prisoner who was a student at one of the Sudanese universities, and who was serving a three month sentence under the public-order laws.
Lubna Hussein also told Asharq Al-Awsat that she wanted to serve the rest of her sentence in order to understand the true story of what takes place inside prison, but that she was released after only spending only one night behind bars.
Lubna Hussein revealed that at 2 AM on her first night in prison, prison officers came to her cell and escorted her to the prison courtyard where they questioned her about an interview that she had given to a satellite television channel from inside prison. They also asked her to hand over the cell phone which she used to conduct this interview. She told Asharq Al-Awsat that "I told them that the cell phone came from your side, and that the interview took place because technology has evolved and this could happen in any place."
Source: Asharq Alawsat
Lubna Ahmad Hussein and 12 other women were arrested in Khartoum on July 3, 2009, when police forces stormed the restaurant and arrested women diners for wearing trousers. The women, some of whom come from Southern Sudan, were charged under article 152 (Indecent and Immoral Acts) of the 1991 Penal Code. Ten of the women pleaded guilty and have already received punishments of 10 lashes each (two of them under the age of 16), and charges were brought against three others, including Hussein. These actions of the 'public order police' (similar to the religious police in Saudi Arabia) systematically violate the human rights of Sudanese women.
Hussein brought the issue to the attention of the public, and distributed 500 invitations to journalists and friends to court proceedings on Wednesday 29 July, having explained in an interview with Al-Arabiyya TV, that she had given out the invitations because otherwise no one would believe that she was to be flogged for wearing ordinary clothes: "I wanted the punishment to be executed in the presence of observers, so that they see for themselves why I was being flogged."
As Lubna Ahmad Hussein works for the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), the judge said at the hearing on 29 July that she had the choice either to accept immunity from the UN or to waive that and go on with the trial. Hussein said that she will resign from UNMIS so she will be dealt with as a Sudanese citizen. Hussein has chosen to use her particular case to challenge the constitutionality of the law and to highlight the growing number of cases of floggings of girls and women in Sudan.
Over the past 20 years Sudanese women- regardless of their race, religion, age or background- have suffered degrading treatment and humiliation under the public order code of 1996, which changed in 2009 to The Society Safety Code. The discriminatory laws against women embedded in Sudanese legislation contradict the declared government commitment to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed on 9 January 2005, and to the National Interim Constitution. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) – which Sudan acceded in 1986 – prohibits torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment such as flogging and protects women's rights to be free from discrimination based on sex.
The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, signed by Sudan on 30 June 2008, pledged to reform existing discriminatory laws and practices in order to promote and protect the rights of women. Furthermore, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by Sudan in 1979, clearly states that: 'States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that the child is protected against all forms of discrimination or punishment on the basis of the status, activities, expressed opinions, or beliefs of the child's parents, legal guardians, or family members.'
Imposed dress-codes upon women, whether enforced by legal frameworks or non-state actors, are not only about clothing. Dress-codes speak to an underlying desire to control women's bodies and autonomy, examples of which can be seen across regions and cultures. We urge your immediate attention to this extreme manifestation of controlling women's bodies and autonomy through their clothing.


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Onion Fat is made from pure pork fat with sauteed onions. It doesn't smoke at high temperatures, making it perfect for frying or roasting.
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Connect the Acoustimass module to the music center with the audio input cable provided with your system.
Setting up your system
Connecting the Acoustimass® module to the music center
- Insert the small black 8-pin plug (flat side facing up) into the jack marked SPEAKER ZONE 1 located on the back of the music center
- Insert the right-angle 8-pin plug into the AUDIO INPUT jack on the Acoustimass module
- Extend the audio input cable as much as possible, since it includes an antenna for the remote control
Connecting the Jewel Cube® speakers to the Acoustimass® module
Insert the keyed connector into the jack on the rear of each speaker. Orient the small knob up and insert the plug fully into the jack. This keyed connector only fits one way into the jack, which ensures proper polarity (+ to + and - to -) connections
Connect the other end of each cable to the corresponding jack on the Acoustimass module
- Insert the blue RCA plugs into the matching left front, center, and right front jacks
- Insert the orange RCA plugs into the matching left surround and right surround jacks
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the fukumitsuya sakes- remnants of a fine evening., a photo by tangerinee on Flickr.
Another great evening with sake was had recently at Shuraku Sake Bar & Bistro, featuring Fukumitsuya Brewery from Ishikawa.
Junichi Yageta of Fukumitsuya was in attendance, providing us with important sake insights and some never-been-had sake delights direct from Japan–always a treat. Fukumitsuya is a "junmai-gura" – meaning they only make junmai sake. Many breweries will have sake that are aruten, short for arukoru tenka.
This means a tiny bit of brewers alcohol or distilled alcohol has been added to the sake. Brewers will do this to attain a certain desired flavor profile. Aruten sake is generally lighter, smoother tasting. Junmai, or pure rice sake, will have a fuller flavor and oftentimes, you can taste the rice or riceyness (nouveau sake vocabulary) in the sake. It's all about preference, and either is fine in my books, but there are some who are very particular and will only drink junmai sake. There are groups (importers) who promote junmai-only breweries, and one of them even has an office in Vancouver. Obviously there are breweries who heed the philosophy that enhancing a sake with alcohol no matter how little, is not pure sake–Fukumitsuya being one of them.
Junmai-ness aside, I've always loved this brewery's design sense. They produce quite a few different lines–Kagatobi, Kuroobi, Fukumasamune, Kazeyo Mizuyo Hitoyo to name but a few. Each has their own distinct design aura about them and there is obviously great thought into not only the taste of the individual lines, but in their appearance also.
Yageta-san explained to me they have three designers who work on the sake marketing materials, along with bottle and label aesthetics. He claims no other brewery has three dedicated art directors, and judging from the care of the labels, the website and promo materials I've seen, I wholeheartedly believe him.
Classy inside and out, I'm a big fan of this brewery. Check out the great pairings of sake with food created by Shuraku's awesome chefs, here.
The highlight of the night was the house made tofu with x.o. sauce. The tofu was pillowy delicate, like chawan mushi. The x.o. sauce gave it that needed umph–a nice contrast of texture and flavour. Paired with the Kagatobi Ai Junmai Daiginjo, the softness of the tofu went in tandem with the elegance of the sake. This junmai daiginjo has a mild sweetness, lending a subtle counterpoint to the tofu's x.o. sauce.
Shuraku's presentation of dishes was phenomenal. We were also treated to a too brief sake 101 with Shuraku's owner, Iori Kataoka, who provided guests with a great overview of sake from photos of her sake trips to Japan.
Lots of great sake events of late. I am well sated, but eager for the next sake excursion.


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Kristi Hawley Taylor, CEO & Co-Founder of MonkeyWish.com
Kristi Hawley Taylor, CEO & Co-Founder of MonkeyWish.com
Age: 37
Tell us about the company, website and application MonkeyWish.com and how it's caught on so far:
MonkeyWish.com is a one-of-a-kind virtual gift registry that provides what most gift registries do not: The ability to add any item from any store for absolutely any occasion. Users can add items to their wish lists through the MonkeyWish.com website, the UPC scanner app for iPhones/Androids or input the items manually. We are thrilled with how well MonkeyWish.com is catching on and have recently introduced a new and improved site that makes wishing and giving even easier.
Tell us about the transition from your prior profession, residential development, to the technology sector and what brought it about:
I worked as a real estate broker and developer for over 14 years. Unfortunately, when the housing market began its downward spiral a few years back, I was not exempt from the distress. Rather than approach the situation with hostility, I used it as an opportunity to follow my passion in technology development. Thanks to a pre-holiday shopping trip to Toys R Us with my three children, I realized there needed to be a digital way to create wish lists, and I decided to create it.
How valuable has the Innovation HUB been in assisting the firm:
UF's Innovation HUB has provided a stimulating environment that our company is privileged to be part of. They have fostered our company and have been a wonderful support in so many ways. The HUB is a huge contributor to our success. My favorite part of being at the HUB is the platform they have provided for me to share my story and hopefully inspire others to start their own company.


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For your next vacation in the Ketchum and Sun Valley area of Idaho, consider renting this beautifully crafted, spacious luxury log cabin home.
My home is located in Chocolate Gulch, just six miles north of town.
Staying north of Ketchum/Sun Valley and out of the hustle of the tourist areas makes your holiday special. Feel like a local and enjoy Idaho and the wonderful recreational opportunities that are literally out the back door.
Come see for yourself! This getaway offers hiking, mountain biking, skiing, running, fishing or simple relaxation just out your back door on the trails of the Sawtooth National Forest.
You'll also enjoy the small, easy-going neighborhood of gracious homes and the wonderful views in all directions.
After entering through the spacious foyer of this dramatic two-story home, you'll walk into the sunny living and dining areas centered by a beautiful Finnish Tulikivi fireplace.
Click here for pictures of the bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, living room and dining room.
The large open kitchen is modern and well equipped, including an espresso maker.
Included downstairs is a guest 1/2 bath and laundry room.
Upstairs in the main house are two large bedrooms each with their own tile bathroom. The upstairs bedrooms have handmade queen log beds and covered porches for reading and viewing the yard and mountains, making these rooms very comfortable.
There is also an attached but completely private apartment off of the main house. The apartment offers a kitchen and living area with Italian wood stove, south-facing deck and one bedroom and one bath. Windows surround you with views of the mountains in all directions.
A fourth bedroom suite is on the east end of the home. It has it's own separate double entry or you can access the zimmer through the large garage.
The east zimmer is sunny and well lit especially in Idaho's winter. It's glass, marble and stove bath are very comfortable. You have plenty of room to spread out or step outside from this great addition.
Email and high speed wireless internet access is available throughout the house. The home comes complete with quality furnishings, including digital cable TVs, DVD player, stereo center, copy and fax machine.
Enjoy the BBQ on wrap-around covered decks overlooking the spacious yard with aspens, spruce and occasional wildlife. In the summer enjoy my vegetable garden.
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This online modern quilting community that we're all a part of has so much to offer! Last week we talked all about Virtual Quilting Bees and this week, we'll learn about other ways to join in! Swaps, challenges, and quilt alongs are all out there, waiting for you to participate in them and have some fun.
Like to stretch yourself but don't always have new ideas on how to do that? Join in challenges that people create. Last year The MQG organized Project Modern and had four structured challenges that modern quilters were able to take part in. The results were beautiful! Here's an example of a quilt that was one of the winners of Challenge 4, The Find Your Own Voice Challenge.
Or maybe you love getting something special in the mail? There are so many swaps to take part in. People are busy sewing each other up wonderful gifts all over the world. The Doll Quilt Swap is just one example of a reoccurring and successful swap.
Or maybe you don't enjoy deadlines, but you want to feel a sense of camaraderie with your sewing. A quilt along is just for you! You can join in whenever you want. All you have to do is make a specific quilt, along with other people! Flickr groups create conversation and community while everyone works away at their version of a pattern.
There was a point in time when every Modern Quilt Guild probably saw a version of Elizabeth's Mod Sampler at their show and tells. There were so many beautiful versions of it made!
So we hope that this week's featured quilts inspire you to jump in and participate in all there is out there in this active online modern quilting community!


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Didn't get your fill of naked men having a midlife crises in a hot tub? Well, you're in luck! MGM is allegedly interested in making a sequel to the time-traveling comedy Hot Tub Time Machine. Why, because it made a pant-load of cash in relation to the pennies it took to make. Thankfully, Rob Corddry (who was absolutely the best part of that movie) has signed on to reprise his role in the sequel as has the excellent Craig Robinson and Clark Duke. John Cusack is thus far uninvolved, which is sad because he helped produce the first film.
According to THR, Corddry is in talks to pen the script with the original director Steve Pink (who also might return to direct the sequel). But the bigger question remains, where will they set the time travel to? And now that they know they can change the future, how will they abuse this miraculous hot tub power?


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In an editorial in the May 2010 issue of the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Tulane University malaria researchers urge action to eliminate malaria from Hispaniola, the last island in the Caribbean where the disease occurs regularly.
On Hispaniola, home to the nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, malaria is caused by a single mosquito-borne parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.
The authors say success in eliminating malaria from Hispaniola would demonstrate that it is possible to defeat malaria in other regions of the world where it remains a dire threat. There is also evidence in Haiti that the parasite is becoming resistant to chloroquine, an inexpensive treatment for the disease. Eliminating malaria now would save these impoverished nations from having to resort to more expensive drug therapies.
The authors advise that Haiti and the Dominican Republic should advance from basic mosquito control to more intensive methods. "Key to the successful elimination of malaria on the island will be the strategic use of combinations of methods," say the authors. "Malaria elimination will require that every suspected case on the island be diagnosed and treated."
The authors recommend developing a system for quickly locating and diagnosing new cases; using control methods including insecticide-treated nets and spraying to prevent the spread of malaria; and educating the community to seek treatment for all fevers and support the elimination effort.
Success will require the "unwavering political will" of both governments on the island, and will "set a precedent for health diplomacy," say the authors.
The authors, all from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, are Joseph Keating, assistant professor of International Health and Development; Donald Krogstad, professor of Tropical Medicine; and Thomas Eisele, assistant professor of International Health and Development.


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First Customer to Lease the World's Only Mass-Produced Fuel Cell Vehicle For $499 per month comes from Huntington Beach, California
Lease Includes Unlimited Free Hydrogen Refueling and At Your Service Valet Maintenance
TUSTIN, Calif., June 10, 2014 – Today, Tustin Hyundai's Dealer Principal, John Patterson, proudly handed over the keys to Hyundai's first mass-produced Tucson Fuel Cell CUV in a ceremony with Hyundai executives and Timothy Bush, the first Hyundai Fuel Cell customer.
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"My family is certainly excited to be doing their part in driving a zero-emission vehicle that benefits the environment, and at the same time, reduces our nation's dependence on imported fuels," said Mr. Bush. "What's great about the Tucson CUV is that its day-to-day utility is virtually identical to the gasoline version, so we don't have to compromise our lifestyle in the process; I can easily fit all of our family's things in the back. The attractive $499 lease rate with unlimited free hydrogen fuel made the decision to drive a fuel cell even easier."
Now, all Tucson Fuel Cell lessees can drive Hyundai's next-generation Tucson Fuel Cell for just $499 per month, including unlimited free hydrogen refueling and At Your Service Valet Maintenance at no extra cost. For the first time, retail consumers can put a mass-produced, federally-certified hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in their driveways, with availability at three select southern California Hyundai dealers: Win Hyundai in Carson, Tustin Hyundai, and Hardin Hyundai in Anaheim.
"Hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles represent the next generation of zero-emission vehicle technology, and we're thrilled to be a leader in offering the mass-produced Tucson Fuel Cell to our first retail customer," said Dave Zuchowski, president and chief executive officer, Hyundai Motor America. "The range and refueling speed of our new Tucson Fuel Cell compares favorably with gasoline vehicles, making them a seamless transition for our customers from traditional gasoline vehicles. We're sure that fuel cell technology will increase the adoption of zero-emission vehicles, and that everyone will benefit. The commitment of the State of California and their support in creating a hydrogen fueling infrastructure has been an important part of our decision to offer this fuel cell vehicle to the public."
The Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell has also received strong support from government agencies, such as the California Air Resources Board. "Californians are known for our support of smart innovations, and the Bush family's decision to become the first Americans to drive the Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle as their family car fits squarely within that proud tradition," said Air Resources Board chairman Mary D. Nichols. "These ultra-clean vehicles play a critical role in our efforts to clean the air and meet our climate goals. Fuel cell cars are not vehicles of the future – they're here now, and we applaud Hyundai for bringing them first to market in California where they are most needed."
The Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell will initially be offered to customers in the Los Angeles/Orange County region for a 36-month term at $499 per month, with $2,999 down. This includes the addition of a remarkable benefit – unlimited free hydrogen refueling. Consumers have already shown strong interest in the Tucson Fuel Cell leasing opportunity by visiting the Tucson Fuel Cell microsite at hyundaiusa.com/tucsonfuelcell.
"When we spoke with customers about fuel cell vehicles, many wondered about the cost of hydrogen," explained Zuchowski. "To ease those concerns as the hydrogen refueling network builds out, we decided that covering this cost for these early adopters was appropriate, and consistent with how we like to treat our customers."
In addition, Tucson Fuel Cell owners will enjoy similar services enjoyed by Hyundai Equus owners, such as At Your Service Valet Maintenance at no extra cost. As Equus owners have enjoyed since its introduction in 2010, should a Tucson Fuel Cell require any service, a Hyundai dealer will pick up the vehicle and provide a loan vehicle, then return the car after service to their home or business, at no charge.
Customers interested in the Tucson Fuel Cell can indicate their interest (the first step in the ordering process) by visiting Hyundai.com. Availability of the Tucson Fuel Cell will expand to other regions consistent with the accelerating deployment of hydrogen refueling stations.
Hyundai is introducing its Tucson Fuel Cell to alleviate the limitations of traditional battery electric vehicles. The Tucson Fuel Cell maintains the day-to-day flexibility of the gasoline-powered Tucson, so that its driver is able to immediately enjoy the next generation of electric vehicles without range or recharge-time compromises to their lifestyle.
The Tucson Fuel Cell represents the next generation of electric vehicles – those that create their own electricity, on-board, from hydrogen. According to the University of California, Irvine Advanced Power and Energy Program's 2013 study, the hydrogen fuel cell provides comparable total well-to-wheel emissions to a battery electric vehicle. For the Tucson Fuel Cell driver, this social benefit is achieved with greater utility, versatility and without compromises. Consider:
The Tucson Fuel Cell began mass production for the U.S. market in April 2014 at the Ulsan, Korea assembly plant that also manufactures the Tucson gasoline-powered CUV. Manufacturing the Tucson Fuel Cell at the same plant allows Hyundai to leverage both the high quality and cost-efficiency of its popular gasoline-powered Tucson platform.
The benefits of hydrogen are well known - required supplies for the U.S. market can be produced domestically and its supply is virtually unlimited. It can be produced by varied means - including renewable sources such as biogas. Hydrogen can even be sourced directly from water, using electrolysis to split hydrogen molecules with electricity from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.
Further supporting hydrogen infrastructure development, California approved a plan in October 2013 to develop up to 100 hydrogen refueling stations in the state over the next several years. This recent California initiative dovetails with increased government support of hydrogen infrastructure development at the federal level, such as H2USA. In addition, the California Energy Commission recently announced proposed awarding of $44.5 million for the development of 28 new hydrogen stations (plus one mobile refueler), bringing the total number of hydrogen fueling stations (open, in-development, and proposed) to over 50 stations.
Hyundai's fuel cell effectively replaces the battery pack used in an electric vehicle by generating electricity from hydrogen through an electrochemical process that does not involve hydrogen combustion, with no moving parts within the fuel cell stack.
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The fuel cell electrochemical process is as follows:
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Question: Our schema involves a varchar (max) column which contains a set of data fields that come from another system. We can't change that part of the system but we're having problems with blocking when running update queries that involve searching that column. Is there anything we can do?
Answer: This is a question that came up today from one of the students in our current class.
The scenario is a fairly common one where a LOB column is being used to store a structured set of data (sometimes called a 'property bag') that is infeasible (for whatever reason) to break up into separate columns to store in a relational table. If a SELECT has the LOB column in the WHERE clause then the query plan will involve a table scan – as you cannot create a nonclustered index over a LOB column.
If a transaction involves UPDATEs and a SELECT that searches the LOB column, then there is the possibility of blocking occurring. Update operations require exclusive locks on the resource being updated (e.g. table rows) and these locks must be held until the transaction commits. If an UPDATE occurs, taking an exclusive lock, in the first part of a transaction and then a SELECT occurs that causes a table scan, that table scan might take a long time to execute. This makes the transaction take a long time overall and so the exclusive lock from the UPDATE operation is held for a long time. This may cause another transaction to block, waiting for the UPDATE's exclusive lock to be released.
So how can you get rid of the table scan without completely shredding the LOB value into a table itself? Simple – you need to create a nonclustered index that allows the SELECT to be an index seek rather than a table scan.
But what to pick as the index key? You need to create a computed column that pulls a substring out of the LOB value, where the substring is one of the fields in your structured data inside the LOB value. Then you can create a nonclustered index over that computed column. This is a similar concept to creating a secondary XML index on an XML column – essentially pulling out one field as the index key.
This isn't an ideal situation but it does solve the huge performance problem and I've seen this done several times successfully when there are no alternatives.


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10 years after 9/11: Police counterterrorism, then and now
Terrorists will continue to refine their tactics and improve their operational capabilities, so we're not going to have much of that 'luck' left to rely upon
Three nights ago, I attended a panel discussion on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The program featured former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, and former United States Attorney General Michael Mukasey. The dais was moderated by nationally-syndicated radio talk show host Michael Medved. The most intriguing inquiry of the night — and it was a night of incredibly intriguing inquiries indeed — was whether or not these men were surprised that America has not been struck by terrorists in a major way since 9/11.
"I could not have hoped or prayed that we might have lasted a decade without a major successful attack in America," Rumsfeld declared. "What the terrorist has as an enormous advantage is that he can attack anytime, anywhere, at any time of day. It's physically impossible to defend everywhere at every moment of every day."
At some point down the line, I may write in much greater detail about that remarkable conversation — admittedly, my notes are chicken scratch, so perhaps that event was just for me — but I recount that particular query now by way of introduction to the conversation I had on Friday afternoon with retired FBI agent Wesley Wong. On that fateful day in September 2001, Wes Wong — a long-time agent in the New York Office — was an Assistant Special Agent in Charge. I asked him straight away: "Are you at all surprised that we — with the exception of Fort Hood and a handful of tragic but relatively-minor assaults — haven't had a significant successful radical Islamist attack on American soil in the ten years since 9/11?"
Two Ingredients for Success
"Absolutely, I am surprised that we haven't been attacked," Wong told me. "I think if you talked to any FBI agents back on Wednesday, September 12th, 2001, they would all say the same thing that I'm about to tell you. We — in New York especially — felt that 9/11 was just the start of a rolling series of attacks, so in our minds there were going to be more attacks. We just weren't sure if it was going to be in New York, or would they hit the Sears Tower in Chicago, or the Space Needle in Seattle, or someplace here in New York again. But we definitely felt that this was not a one-shot deal — that this was the start of a series of attacks."
As I have previously written, I believe that our counterterrorism success here in the United States is based upon two basic ingredients — well, three if you count the incredibly important work being done overseas by our uniformed armed forces, our intelligence officers, and our special ops warriors like the Navy SEALs, the Greenie Beanies, and others. But here in the United States, those two ingredients are:
1.) Law enforcement's outstanding infiltration, investigation, interdiction, and prevention of terrorists' plots — from the infiltration into the Newburg Four in New York to the investigation and interdiction of the Pioneer Square plot in Oregon.
2.) The terrorists' uncanny ability to simply fail in their efforts, building bombs that don't go 'bang' and 'outing' themselves on Internet message boards — from Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari.
Terrorists will continue to refine their tactics and improve their operational capabilities, so pretty soon we're not going to have much of that second ingredient left to rely upon. It's a good thing, then, that we have an abundant — and steadily growing — supply of that first vital ingredient.
Mindset, Mechanisms, and Mission
It's my belief that many people are alive today that otherwise would have been killed in a terrorist attack because law enforcement — the FBI in particular, but myriad local agencies as well — has become very good at inserting itself into and disrupting developing plots. These counterterrorism capabilities have been honed finely in the last ten years, and I think that just about everyone in law enforcement would concede that prior to 9/11, we simply did not have the mechanisms in place — much less the mindset — to stop terrorism.
The mindset changed the instant those planes hit those buildings and that field in Pennsylvania. We all knew we were at war.
The mechanisms have been buttressed during the past decade. I'm thinking specifically of the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC), and the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB), the largest and most comprehensive watch list of known or suspected terrorists in the world — but there are other policies and procedures in place today that have proved invaluable tools in American counterterrorism.
Importantly, says Wong, prior to 9/11 we also didn't have the mission we have today.
"Shortly after 9/11, the FBI, the CIA, and a bunch of other agencies really took a beating by Congress and the press. 'Why didn't the FBI know about Osama bin Laden?' Well, we knew about him. We had put bin Laden on the top ten most wanted list in the 90s and we had gone to Congress in the 90s and said that bin Laden was going to be the number threat to America. Congress' response at the time was, 'What could he do to us?'"
After 9/11, Congress said the culture of the FBI had to change. But it wasn't the culture of the FBI that needed to change, it was the mission.
"In the 70s the mission was to break organized crime. Everybody said, 'You're never going to penetrate the Mafia — they're too closed-knit. But we got Joe Pistone. At one time in the 80s we had all five heads of the Mafia families in New York in jail. We had gone from 'you guys will never break the mob' to the point where we'd decimated them. Our thought after 9/11 was, 'Just tell us what the mission is. If it's to infiltrate these groups or to stop further terrorist attacks, we'll do it.' But prior to 9/11, that was not our primary mission."
One Small Step for Cops
The first Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) was established in New York City in 1980, and according to Wong, the NYPD, the PAPD, and the FBI all worked well together from the beginning. "From day one, we had an excellent working relationship even before the World Trade Center bombing in 1993," Wong said. "There were turf wars, sure, and other difficulies, but those were overcome."
Establish one person in your agency — well as a person who used to fly a little bit and who still to this day always desires operational redundancy, two people — as liaison to the JTTF in your area. Given the budget constraints every agency in America is dealing with, this is not likely to be a full-time job for most departments. But having a person in place who has a regular dialog with the JTTF can have a number of positive effects:
• The FBI will know who to call when they get a credible piece of 'intel' on terrorist activities potentially taking place in your jurisdiction and AOR
• Every cop in your PD will know to route their observation of suspicious-looking activity through their JTTFl iaison, so it will be seriously investigated
• There will be better rapport — less territorialism and infighting — between your PD and 'the Feds' in all manner of other investigations and operations!
Not a bad 'net-net' for the investment.
Three May Keep a Secret...
The more individuals involved in a plot, the more opportunities law enforcement have to exploit — particularly in the planning stage of an attack. Benjamin Franklin once famously said, "Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead," and in my view, truer words have never been spoken. I'd venture to say that Wes Wong would agree.
"The more people you have, the more communication they're going to have happening, and that opens up for us some avenues to explore — whether they're using cell phones or they're using email," said Wong. "It's not only that when you have more people there's more chance that one of them may speak something to someone that they shouldn't, but there's also the possibility that there'll be some kind of communication that we can pick up on, and hone in on. It's just like a traditional criminal case. You have one wiretap, and you start listening. All of a sudden, it's like a spider web, it starts to grow."
Even as the FBI and local law enforcement uncovers and dismantles widespread terrorist networks and mid-sized local terrorist cells, we must continue to be mindful of the Lone Wolf. As was witnessed this summer in Oslo, an individual with the motivation and mindset to unleash hell on earth can be very successful if not stopped very early in his mission. Had there been even one armed law enforcer on that island, the death toll of young innocent people may have been seriously mitigated. I need only say the name Justin Garner to prove my point on that argument.
Terror is a Tactic, Not a Tribe
Let's not ignore the simple fact that terrorism is a tactic. I've been studying this stuff for more than two decades. My first "desk job" was as a low-level analyst with the U.S. Department of State in the immediate aftermath of Saddam Hussein's August 1990 invasion of Kuwait — my focus was terrorist and military activity in the Middle East. In fact, in the commission of that job, oh so many years ago, I occasionally came across a name that years later would be synonymous with terrorism — only back then, his initials were "UBL."
Nobody on my immediate team of analysts really knew what to make of him back then, but Seal Team Six made him into fish food back in May 2011.
I've dedicated a significant portion of my life to educating myself about the changing landscape of terrorism, and I hope you do likewise. So, as I sit in my Times Square hotel room two days before the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, writing this PoliceOne column six floors above a swarm of NYPD squad cars and ESU personnel on the lookout for radical Islamist terrorists who may seek to once again hit us on 9/11, I offer this thought...
The tactic of terror is available to a wide variety of groups — not just Jihadis — and an even greater number of Lone Wolf nutjobs. My good friend and PoliceOne colleague Lance Eldridge has rightly called Anders Behring Breivik "Norway's version of Timothy McVeigh." And Lance is absolutely right.
We have myriad radicalized groups — as many if not more organized groups on the militant right as there exist in the Jihadi universe — about whom we must be mindful. Consequently, counterterrorism in American law enforcement must be done from what amounts to being an all-hazards approach. We must remain vigilant against the indicators of terrorist tactics as much as we are against the groups and individuals who would carry out unspeakable acts of violence.
Watch for the Warning Signs
In a sense, it's an extension of the mantra put forth years ago by my friend and PoliceOne colleague Dave Smith: "Watch the hands!" Having an understanding of who those hands belong to is certainly telling, but it's the hands that are the immediate danger, not that person's personal psychological or psychopathic malfunction.
Why they want to hurt you is infinitely less important than how they want to hurt you. The "why" is only really important in the aftermath.
Law enforcers engaged in counterterrorism have to be successful every time, everywhere, every day, while those who would use terrorism to alter our way of live have to be successful just once in a great while to achieve their objective. Remember, three of the 9/11 hijackers — Mohammed Atta, Ziad Jarrah, and Hani Hanjour — were stopped by state or local law enforcement for traffic violations in the days leading up to the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history.
I lay no blame at the feet of those cops who made those stops. However, I lay down at the feet of every law enforcer — and indeed every right-minded citizen — the challenge, the opportunity, the gauntlet, to see every interpersonal encounter as a possible counterterrorism event.
Let's go get 'em.
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Revealed: Warren Buffett's Dividend Stock Picking Strategy. New Report.
Once again, billionaire investor Warren Buffett urges his fellow high-on-the-hoggers to pay more in taxes. "Only in Grover Norquist's imagination," says Buffett, do taxes make much of a difference in how people invest. "So let's forget about the rich and ultra-rich going on strike and stuffing their ample funds under their mattresses if – gasp – capital gains rates and ordinary income rates are increased. The ultra-rich, including me, will forever pursue investment opportunities. …
"We need Congress, right now, to enact a minimum tax on high incomes. I would suggest 30 percent of taxable income between $1 million and $10 million, and 35 percent on amounts above that."
The Weekly Standard's Adam J. White writes about how tax considerations affect investment decisions by Buffett despite his assertion that tax considerations don't much matter when it comes to investment decisions. White gives examples from Buffett's biography "The Snowball," written by Alice Schroeder:
"Early in his career, Buffett invested heavily – almost one-third of his early fund's capital – in Sanborn Map, a company that mapped utility lines and such. … Buffett amassed more and more stock, and with control of the company finally in hand, he pressed the board of directors to split the company in two. …
"Finally, the board capitulated. But with victory finally at hand, Buffett nearly scuttled the deal because of … taxes. As Schroeder recounts, quoting Buffett, one director proposed that the company just cleanly break the company, despite the tax consequences – 'let's just swallow the tax,' he suggested. To which Buffett replied (as he recounted to Schroeder): 'And I said, "Wait a minute. Let's – 'Let's' is a contraction. It means 'let us.' But who is this us? If everyone around the table wants to do it per capita, that's fine, but if you want to do it in a ratio of shares owned, and you get 10 shares' worth of tax and I get 24,000 shares' worth, forget it. …"'
"Later in the book, (Schroeder) recounts how Buffett chose to structure his investments under Berkshire Hathaway's corporate umbrella, rather than as part of his hedge fund's general portfolio, precisely because of the tax advantages (emphasis added)."
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White quotes Buffett's 1986 letter to his investors, where Buffett warned about the consequences of the1986 tax reform act: "If Berkshire, for example, were to be liquidated – which it most certainly won't be – shareholders would, under the new law, receive far less from the sales of our properties than they would have if the properties had been sold in the past, assuming identical prices in each sale. Though this outcome is theoretical in our case, the change in the law will very materially affect many companies. Therefore, it also affects our evaluations of prospective investments. … My impression is that this important change in the law has not yet been fully comprehended by either investors or managers (emphasis added)."
Taxes matter – to Buffett.
Harvard's Economic Department chairman, Greg Mankiw, writes that "Mr. Buffett never mentions doing anything to eliminate the tax-avoidance strategies that he uses most aggressively. In particular:
"1. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, never pays a dividend but instead retains all earnings. So the return on this investment is entirely in the form of capital gains. By not paying dividends, he saves his investors (including himself) from having to immediately pay income tax on this income.
"2. Mr. Buffett is a long-term investor, so he rarely sells and realizes a capital gain. His unrealized capital gains are untaxed.
"3. He is giving away much of his wealth to charity. He gets a deduction at the full market value of the stock he donates, most of which is unrealized (and therefore untaxed) capital gains.
"4. When he dies, his heirs will get a stepped-up basis. The income tax will never collect any revenue from the substantial unrealized capital gains he has been accumulating.
"To be sure, there are pros and cons of changing the provisions of the tax code of which Mr. Buffett takes advantage. Tax policy always involves difficult tradeoffs. But it seems odd to me that whenever Mr. Buffett talks about taxing the rich more, the 'loopholes' that he uses never seem to enter into the conversation."
Guess who else thinks Buffett should pay more in taxes: the IRS.
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has been fighting the IRS over the $1 billion in taxes the government claims it is owed, dating as far back as 2002. Last year, one of Berkshire Hathaway's companies, NetJets, sued the IRS, demanding that the feds return $642.7 million in already paid taxes. And this year, the IRS sued NetJets, claiming it is owed $366.3 million in unpaid taxes.
Meanwhile, scientists at the National Institutes of Health are working feverishly to develop a cure, vaccine or treatment for this disease – that appears to afflict guilty/super-wealthy liberals – known in medical circles as "Buffettitis." It's early, and one risks being premature. But NIH just may have produced a workable solution: "Mr. Buffett, whip out your checkbook, and cut the U.S. Treasury a check. Given the state of the economy, let's hope it doesn't bounce."
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Google is working on a project that will pay users to let the tech titan monitor their mobile app usage, according to a report.
The service, dubbed the "Mobile Meter", will use iOS and Android apps to monitor app usage and Web browsing, then send the information back to Google, according to Engadget. Google plans to compensate users with rewards akin to research firm Nielsen, which offers a downloadable Android app that provides its contributors with points that can be redeemed for prizes.
However, Google had no comment on the report, but Engadget went on to say that the service will be entirely voluntary. We have written previously about how most app developers and tech leaders collect data, but Google will reportedly anonymize the data to protect its panelists' privacy.
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The truth is that anyone with a smartphone or computer is likely being tracked by a number of sources. The only difference here is that there's some compensation for sharing that information voluntarily.


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Coach K turns down Lakers, remains at Duke
Durham, NC (Sports Network) – Mike Krzyzewski has turned down a lucrative
contract offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers, choosing instead to remain at
Duke where he has coached the men's basketball team for 24 years.
He rebuffed the offer Monday after spending the weekend thinking about it, the
university said.
"The decision has always been to stay with Duke," Krzyzewski said at an
afternoon press conference. "I feel the need to lead with my heart, and that
could only happen at this place. I have benefited greatly from being part of
something bigger than me."
Krzyzewski has compiled a 621-179 mark at Duke and a 694-240 record overall in
29 years of college coaching. He has led the Blue Devils to 64 NCAA tournament
victories, 10 Final Four appearances and three national championships.
"I'm very pleased [the process] is over," the coach said. "I am excited about
moving forward."
University president Richard Brodhead and athletic director Joe Alleva both
expressed relief and delight.
"This is a great moment for Duke and all of college athletics," Brodhead said.
The Lakers have been in search of a head coach since Phil Jackson agreed to
leave the team after this past season. They advanced to the NBA Finals for the
fourth time under Jackson this year, but lost to the Detroit Pistons in five
games. It was the first time in 10 NBA Finals that a Jackson-coached team
failed to win a title.
A leading candidate for the job is believed to be former Houston Rockets head
coach Rudy Tomjanovich, who has already met with Lakers owner Jerry Buss and
general manager Mitch Kupchak.
Miami Heat president and former Lakers coach Pat Riley also met the Lakers
brass. However, he was not offered a deal and was ruled out as a candidate.


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Are NBA Playoff Games Fixed?
Was the fix in to orchestrate a Lakers-Celtics NBA Finals, a historic matchup that would no doubt boost sagging ratings for the league's showcase event?
If one rogue former NBA referee is to be believed, that just might be the case. Tim Donaghy -- who pleaded guilty last year to felony charges alleging he took cash payoffs from gamblers and bet on games -- told investigators two officials were in cahoots with the league to extend a 2002 playoff series to a seventh game.
The 2002 Western Conference Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings was the only series to go seven games that year. That series -- which the Lakers won -- featured a number of controverial calls. Players and coaches from both sides from both sides claimed the zebras had a direct impact on the outcome of several games.
Now obviously a guy like Donaghy is operating at a serious deficit when it comes to credibility. And with his July 14 sentencing date fast approaching, Donaghy may very well be willing to say just about anything to ensure leniency from the judge. He's facing a maximum of 33 years in prison for conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commerce.
But the seeds of doubt have been planted at the worst possible time for the league and commissioner David Stern. So instead of basking in the glow of the renaissance of the NBA's most storied rivalry, Stern must instead defend the credibility of his product.
To make matters worse, a startling 82 percent of fans actually believe the 2002 Western Conference Finals were fixed, according to a Foxsports.com poll. And Donaghy is only part of the problem.
How can fans not be skeptical after seeing the Boston Celtics enjoy a 38-10 advantage in free-throw attempts in Game 2? How are they supposed to believe in the product when Derek Fisher is allowed to crash into Brent Barry at the end of Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals and not get called for a foul?
The NBA later admitted the refs blew that one. But that missed call ultimately enabled the Lakers to take a commanding 3-1 series lead over the San Antonio Spurs. That botched call no doubt had skeptics wondering if the league preferred having the large-market Lakers in the Finals following last year's disastrous Spurs-Cavaliers matchup which was a television bust of epic proportions.
"We welcome scrutiny. This is something that should be scrutinized," Stern said at Staples Center prior to Game 3 of the Finals between the Lakers and Celtics.
Indeed, the spotlight is on the NBA -- for now. But if any more allegations like Donaghy's surface, the lights will no doubt go out on Stern's league.
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Yesterday, I wrote that Kerry Washington was one of my style crushes, and it looks like I have yet another reason as to why. She's mastered the art of pairing a black top with an above-the-knee-length skirt without making it look utterly and completely boring.
Example one: The actress visited the set of Extra wearing a geometric-print pleated skirt from the Marni spring 2013 collection and a black short-sleeve Isabel Marant top. She finished her look with a pink chain-link Christian Louboutin bag and leopard-print heels.
Example two: For an appearance on Good Morning America Kerry wore a black-and-blue textured skirt, a black leather T-shirt, a zebra-print chain-link bag, and purple-heeled pumps.
Notice any similar styling tricks in these two looks? First, both of Kerry's skirts have some sort of print or pattern to them. Instant interest booster. Next, her black tops have a dash of personality. In the first look, we saw some sheer detailing, and the second was cut from leather. Finally, her accessories don't even come close to matching her top and bottom—which is the genius of it all. There's something to be said for not going the matchy-matchy route. What do you think of Kerry Washington's daytime looks? Do you have a style crush on her too? Whose style are you loving these days? Discuss!


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This image from video shows Boston Marathon bombing victim Kevin White during an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday evening, April 17, 2013 soon after Kevin White was released from Boston Medical Center, where he was treated for injuries he suffered in Monday's blast. Kevin White had just left a restaurant with his parents when the first of two bombs that hit the Boston Marathon exploded about 10 feet away. The force of the blast, he said Wednesday, was so strong that it slammed them to the ground, breaking some of his mother's bones and tearing his father's right foot so badly surgeons had to amputate it. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngow)


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 49 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
BringZing hopes to become a premier gift-buying destination and social community online. Our specialty is romantic gifts, but we also have a focus on birthdays. An important aspect of our brand is giveaways, which we conduct at least weekly through social networks such as Twitter and Facebook (or whatever comes along next). We give away significant prizes, such as trips to Hawaii, dream honeymoons, etc... A few keywords that represent us well are: gifts, giveaways, elegance, romance, giving, connecting, bonding, loyalty, trust, anniversary, commitment, love
Primarily couples. We hope to appeal to women. We want a logo that Women are attracted to, but is gender-neutral enough that men will like it as well. We hope to attract men who want to purchase gifts and giveaways for the women in their lives.
We need an illustrative, simple icon that looks good in a square aspect ratio, as well as a clean, elegant, and distinctive typeface for the word mark. If you are skilled at typography, feel free to create a custom font, preferably sans-serif.
The subtext "gifts & giveaways" may be used, but is not required. The logo MUST look terrific in black on white and white on black versions, as well as a version that fits into the professional looking Web 2.0 logo crowd. In other words, something that would blend equally well into a Web 2.0 site design, and an elegant leather-bound gift box emblem.
Some ideas for the icon that we are not married to. Don't try to squeeze them all into one design:
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* A box-shaped icon with the letters B and Z on opposite faces of the box.
Bonus points if you toss all of these ideas aside and come up with something completely original that blows away all the boxes and bows and planes that people are going to submit.
We want a simple brand mark that is easy to recognize and identify. Think Nike swoosh, McDonnald's arches, Apple logo, Mercedes.
* Show us what our logo will look like in color (gradients OK), white on black (with no gradients), and black on white (again, no gradients)
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Hmm, ouch. That can be annoying, when you're trying to communicate technical information. That's one of the reasons I've sworn never to buy HP products anymore, since they shipped their customer support off to a bunch of incompetents in India. It's not just the accent but the fact that several people I've known have had to deal with people who clearly don't fully understand the English language fluently. That's a bit of a problem.
I'm sure I'll be down that way, at some point. I'm still working on the cold memorization and getting my delivery down solid, though. I'll be ready to take it on the road once I feel that I've achieved at least a semi-professional product. Got the material; need the polish.
Ohhhhhhhh. I hadn't even figured out that that's what you meant, when I posted the link. That was just random. I must be psychotic psychic.
There are plenty of other jobs out there which involve little effort. I thought about looking into courier work, before I got involved with I.T. work. I just had no idea where to begin with something like that.
Anyway, it's all just to pay the bills, while I work on something meaningful. I'm trying to get to the point of being able to make a living with the standup comedy and the writing.
Oh, and the Charlotte group isn't on Meetup.com, apparently, like many local atheist groups are. Their site is http://charlotteatheists.com/.
An address of where I was in Charlotte? Or an address of the company I work for?
I'd have to check my GPS history. I think it was 2 or 3 miles from the intersection of 77 and 85. I can't remember exactly. I was kind of on auto-pilot on my way back out of the city.
I mean, it's actually skilled labor, what I do. Need a four year degree or a bunch of IT certifications. It's just spaced out a bit, since I do work-from-home support. The last two weeks were kind of an extreme case, admittedly. Usually, I stay within an hour of HQ (the office I'm based out of).
No problem. I was down there last week, on Thursday, but I didn't exactly get a good look around the place. It was just a tech support run for one of our work-from-home people, out of the Charlotte office.
For some reason, all of the work-from-home support is run out of the Chapel Hill office, but I can't complain. I had three 8-hour days last week, which each involved about 2 hours of actual work ... one in Wilmington, one in Charlotte, and one in Winston-Salem.
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The desert bighorn sheep is a native of Texas and it has a history that most outdoors lovers have not heard.
On this podcast Chester Moore interviews Froylan Hernandez, desert bighorn sheep program leader for the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and uncovers some fascinating information about this regal species.
According to Herandez the current population sits at around 1,500 which is remarkable when comparing to the 1970s.
The Sierra Diablo Mountains population, in Culberson and Hudspeth counties, is a result of two successful releases of pen-raised sheep, consisting of 4 rams and 3 ewes in June 1973, and 3 rams and 4 ewes in January 1979. This herd grew to an estimated 100 head in early 1989. It was supplemented with 3 rams from the Sierra Diablo Wildlife Management Area (SDWMA) pens in April 1988, and 28 rams and 8 ewes from the Area pens in October 1989. An additional 10 yearling rams and 1 ewe were released from the brood pen facility in April, 1992 and 25 rams were released in December, 1993. In May 1997, because of ongoing disease problems, the Sierra Diablo Wildlife Management Area brood pen facility was vacated. Forty-five sheep were released into the north end of the Sierra Diablo Mountains. This release consisted of 12 rams, 21 ewes, and 12 lambs.
The Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area (EMWMA) herd, in Brewster County, resulted from a release of 10 rams and 10 ewes on February 4, 1987. A supplemental release of 3 rams occurred in April 1988. All of these were pen-raised bighorns from the SDWMA brood facility. These sheep have since increased in number substantially.
The bighorns in the Sierra Vieja Mountains of Presidio County are the result of a release of 4 rams and 1 ewe from the 600-acre Chilicote Ranch brood pasture on March 16, 1987. More sheep were scheduled for release, but the attempt was aborted when the animals could not be trapped.
The Van Horn Mountains herd, in Culberson County, resulted from a release of wild-trapped bighorns from Nevada. In October 1987, 25 sheep, consisting of 5 rams and 20 ewes, were released. An additional 4 rams and 11 ewes were wild-trapped in Nevada and released in October 1988. A total of 22 of these sheep were fitted with telemetry collars to assist in evaluating the restocking effort. High predation losses to mountain lions and drought conditions initially resulted in a decline of the released broodstock.
The Baylor Mountains herd, in Culberson County, resulted from a release of 2 rams and 8 ewes, which were wild-trapped in Nevada in October 1988. This release was supplemented with 4 rams and 7 ewes, in December 1988 from the Chilicote Ranch brood pasture. A total of 15 sheep released in the Baylor Mountains were radio collared to facilitate evaluation of the restocking effort.
The Beach Mountains, in Culberson County, were restocked in May 1991 with 26 bighorns, which were in a temporary holding pen on the Beach Mountain Ranch. These sheep consisted of 1 mature ram, 5 mature ewes, 13 yearling rams, and 4 yearling ewes relocated from the Sierra Diablo brood facility in December 1990, plus 3 lambs born in the holding pen. The Beach Mountains received an additional 12 bighorns from the brood facility in November 1992 consisting of 2 rams and 10 ewes. The sheep were placed in a soft release holding pen awaiting release. These sheep, plus 9 lambs born in the holding pen, were released in June 1993.
In October 1995, 20 bighorn sheep (16 ewes and 4 rams) were transplanted from Nevada to the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area (BGWMA) in Brewster County. Three rams from the EMWMA were subsequently transplanted to augment the existing population and assure breeding. In December 1996, 5 more rams and 5 ewes were transplanted to BGWMA. An additional release of 15 adult ewes and 5 lambs from Nevada was completed in January 1998. Forty-five desert bighorn sheep (23 ewes and 22 rams) were transplanted from Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area to Black Gap Wildlife Management Area in December of 2001. All 23 of the ewes and 19 of the rams were fitted with telemetry collars to assist in evaluating the population augmenting effort.
Wildlife managers have recognized the need for systematic surveys to determine desert sheep numbers and trends for many years. During the 1950s many techniques were introduced to determine bighorn sheep populations but most survey methods and census techniques were found to be inadequate. Desert bighorn sheep surveys improved through time as technology advanced. Fall helicopter surveys consistently produced narrower ram:ewe ratios, better correlation of fall lambs to annual recruitment, consistent sex ratios, reliable sex:age ratios, and increased total observations. Systematic desert bighorn sheep aerial population surveys did not occur in Texas prior to 1990. Annual fall helicopter surveys were initiated in West Texas during the fall of 1990.


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A new bus is set to roll through the Las Vegas strip with a mission to cure one hangover at a time.
Hangover Heaven, a mobile clinic, claims that it can eliminate a drinker's hangover with a 45-minute IV drip filled with vitamins and anti-inflammatory medications, according to the Huffington Post.
Founder Dr. Jason Burke, a self described "hangover specialist" and a board certified anesthesiologist trained at Duke University, told the website that the purpose of his bus is to give Las Vegas visitors a chance to enjoy their vacation.
"Here in Las Vegas, people usually lose track of time and how much they have had to drink. That is the thing about alcohol, it removes sensibility and reason. People are here to vacation and forget their worries. The purpose of Hangover Heaven is to give people their day of vacation back, rather than languishing in their hotel room because they accidentally drank too much."
For $90, the bus can pick people up to administer the treatments.
Burke's website says that the treatments are safe, but also spells out the best way to avoid a hangover:
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The House of Representatives on Friday passed a wide-ranging annual defense spending bill, authorizing appropriations for 2014 with an additional focus on the recent controversies surrounding sexual assault in the military.
The bill, which authorizes all manners of funds toward keeping the Defense Department functional for the 2014 fiscal year, passed in a bipartisan vote of 315-108.
It authorizes $638 billion in funding for the military, as well as for various costs associated with weapons, aircraft, ships and personnel.
In addition to those routine authorizations, however, the bill also cracks down on sexual assault in the military, an issue that has been under the microscope since a recent report revealed that there were 26,000 cases of military sexual assault in 2012.
- With military sex assaults on rise, critics blast "broken" system
- Hagel, Levin: Commanders should deal with sexual assault
The bill includes a mandatory two-year jail sentence for armed service members convicted in a military court of rape or sexual assault and would strip commanders of the power to overturn convictions in rape and sexual assault cases. Moreover, it calls for the dismissal or dishonorable discharge of service members convicted of attempting or committing sex-related crimes such as rape, sexual assault, or forced sodomy. It also would allow victims of sexual assault to apply for a permanent transfer out of their unit and allow commanders to temporarily transfer those who have been accused of sexual assault.
The Senate must now vote on its version of the defense authorization bill, after which point the two chambers will have to reconcile their differences. (President Obama has threatened to veto the House bill because it blocks him from closing down the Guantanamo Bay detention center, and limits his power with regard to nuclear weapon reduction, according to the Associated Press.) Both chambers appear committed to reforming sexual assault provisions within the existing law, however, particularly in light of the recent controversies.
The Senate Armed Services Committee this week adopted "a bipartisan package which we believe is the strongest and most effective approach to sexual assaults," said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the committee, in remarks to reporters this week.
Measures in that package include an automatic review in the event that a commander or military lawyer decides not to prosecute a sexual assault complaint, and a provision that would make it illegal for people to retaliate against sexual assault victims. It would also make it illegal for commanders to dismiss court-martial convictions.
The Senate bill was amended by Levin this week to keep the decision of whether to prosecute in the chain of command is contrary to what Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., proposed, which she said would encourage more victims to speak out. She called Levin's final package "insufficient."
A bipartisan group of senators and representatives -- including Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Reps. Nikki Tsongas, D-Mass., and Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio - have also been worked together on legislation governing sexual assault in the military, and the product of some of their work is turning up in both the House and Senate defense authorization bills.


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I've promised to bake something for my local school's election day bake sale, but I also have to send my two boys off trick-or-treating this afternoon since Hurricane Sandy postponed Halloween in New Jersey. Once they leave, I'll be manning the front door with a bowl of treats. And, later this evening, I'll be heading into Philadelphia for an event. I need my contribution to the bake sale to be easy to make. I know just the thing.
I can whip up six small loaves of pumpkin bread at once with my go-to Pumpkin Bread recipe. It calls for canned or fresh pureed pumpkin, and it's moist and delicious. I give you permission to make the same if you're still searching for something to bake for an election day bake sale, or you can try one of these other recipes from the MNN archives.
- Homemade Peanut Butter Granola Bars
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Butternut Squash Muffins
- Gluten-Free No-Bake Brownie Balls
Or, if you want to get political with your election day baking, you could bake the cookies made by the wife of your candidate of choice. I'm sure Michelle Obama's White and Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies or Anne Romney's M&M Cookies would be a hit at a bake sale no matter which candidate wins.


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PET scans help diagnosis Alzheimer's disease
FDA approved test not usually covered by insurance
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Tai chi is a great exercise for mind and body, but it couldn't protect Lilly Forney from Alzheimer's disease.
She was diagnosed four years ago at age 58.
"I said, 'Oh my God, please,'" recalled Forney.
PET scans revealed microscopic plaque on her brain.
"They're deposits of a protein called amyloid and specifically beta amyloid, and this protein sort of gums up with works within the brain," said Dr. Ranjan Duara.
The brain uses amyloid for physiological function, but too much becomes toxic. PET scans help doctors see how much may be present.
"You can use that to help you with a diagnosis," said Duara. "It can also help you determine whether a treatment that you're testing is working in removing amyloid."
While the Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of PET scans for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, the cost of the test -- about $3,000 -- isn't typically covered by insurance.
"I guess one of the big debates is we don't really have a definitive cure for Alzheimer's disease," said Duara. "We don't even have a treatment that slows down the progression of the disease, so I guess the debate is really so if you know the diagnosis, so what."
With the help of her family, Forney does what she can to maintain her health and independence.
"I'm pretty functional. I'd be better functional if I didn't have it," she said.
PET scan testing will be discussed at a symposium on Alzheimer's disease held at 4833 Collins Ave. from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
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TPMs (Trusted Platform Modules) have long been avoided on Linux, given that their primary use cases have historically been around licensing and Digital Rights Management, concepts which are mostly foreign to Free and Open Source software. However, as new use cases, such as "trusted boot" have emerged, developers have added TPM device drivers to the Linux kernel to enable these uses. One often-overlooked feature of the TPM is that it has a hardware pseudo-random number generator.
A while back, Jeff Garzik and others were discussing this on the linux-kernel mailing list (summarized on LWN.net), where it was suggested that the TPM could be used to feed the rngd (random number gathering daemon) tool, just as it reads from other hardware random number generators. The rngd program reads from hardware-based random number generators and feeds entropy into the kernel's entropy pool. Easy in concept, but lacking in TPM implementation.
As it happens, quite a few Dell systems include a TPM chip, including the PowerEdge 11G servers such as the R610 and R710. So, I asked Dell's crack team of Linux developers to see what they could do. The result: a patch to rngd which adds the TPM as another source of random numbers for feeding the kernel's entropy pool.
We're working with Jeff to get this patch applied to the rng-tools upstream sources, and from there into the various distributions as their schedules permit.
So, should you find yourself running out of entropy on your servers, and not having a keyboard or mouse attached as ways to feed the entropy pool, you can run enable the TPM in BIOS SETUP, run rngd, and never lack for randomness again.