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Voting in elections is stressful -- emotionally and physiologically
A new study, conducted has found that the level of cortisol -- the "stress hormone" -- in individuals immediately prior to casting a vote was significantly higher than in the same individuals in similar non-voting conditions. Researchers say this is a first step in understanding the link between biological stress and voting.
"Emotions can affect biological processes, which in turn can influence our decision-making processes," explains Dr. Israel Waismel-Manor of the University of Haifa's School of Political Science.
Now there is proof: Voting in elections is stressful, even to a point that it causes hormonal changes among voters. This new study, conducted by scholars from the University of Haifa and Ben-Gurion University in Israel, has found that the level of cortisol a hormone released when a person is under pressure and helps the body cope with threats in individuals immediately prior to casting a vote was significantly higher than in the same individuals in similar non-voting conditions. "It is important to understand that emotions can affect biological processes, which in turn can influence our decision-making processes," said Dr. Israel Waismel-Manor of the School of Political Science at the University of Haifa.
Earlier studies have shown that when a person is under pressure, threat or emotional stress, the body releases a series of hormones that assist it in coping with the situation. The main hormone is cortisol, also known as the "stress hormone". The present study, conducted by Dr. Waismel-Manor alongside Dr. Gal Ifergane of the Department of Neurology at Soroka Medical Center, and Prof. Hagit Cohen of the Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Anxiety and Stress Research Unit, both from Ben-Gurion University, set out to determine whether voting in elections is a stressful experience. Its findings will soon be published in the journal European Neuropsychopharmacology.
The survey was conducted on the day of Israel's 2009 national elections. 113 voters just about to enter the ballot booth were asked to provide a saliva sample to be examined for cortisol levels, and to complete a questionnaire that examined their affective state. The control groups included individuals from the same township who reported their affective state on the evening of the elections through a phone survey; and a second group who gave a saliva sample on the following day. The research team also went back to the first study group of actual voters 21 months later in order to examine their baseline cortisol levels; and since cortisol has a diurnal cycle, this part of the study was carried out on a non-work day, like Election Day, and at precisely the same time of day as the original saliva samples were taken.
The results show that the level of cortisol in individuals immediately before voting was almost 3 times higher than in the following day control group, and almost twice these voters' own cortisol levels 21 months after Election Day. The study also revealed that individuals about to cast a vote were emotionally aroused, both in terms of positive effect, such as sharpness and inspiration, and negative effect, such as nervousness or embarrassment. Interestingly, the study also found that voters who said they would vote for a party which polls predicted will lose seats and may not serve on the next government, had higher levels of cortisol than those who intended to vote for a party that polls predicted were to gain seats and had a good chance of forming the new government.
The researchers emphasized that their findings are just a first step in understanding the link between biological stress and voting. The study did not examine whether the high levels of cortisol ultimately affect the actual vote, but evidence linking the decision-making processes and biological processes should be examined in future studies. "Studies of decision-makers, stock traders and the general public have shown that higher levels of cortisol influence decision-making. Elevated cortisol leads to risk-taking behavior and at the same time it impedes memory retrieval. These findings, along with the results of the present study, bring into question the decision-making process among voters. Our study has found that voting is both exciting and stressful, psychologically and physiologically. It remains to be seen whether Election Day stress is capable of altering voting decisions and outcomes," Dr. Waismel-Manor concluded.
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Avril Lavigne Buys 10-Bathroom Mansion
Lavigne and husband Deryck Whibley spend $9.5 million on the Bel-Air spread
Rocker Avril Lavigne is the new owner of a Los Angeles mansion that comes with more than 10 bathrooms.
The singer, 22, and her husband, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley, 27, bought the Bel-Air home for about $9.5 million, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The house was previously owned by another famous couple: Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler, a rep for Barker confirms to PEOPLE. The pair put it on the block in July 2006 after filming their MTV reality show, Meet the Barkers, there.
Perhaps it was the home's rock 'n roll credentials that won over Lavigne. "She had to have it," says real estate broker Arnold Horland, whose wife Eva and her partner Robin Lucas at Re/Max Olson sold the house to the singer.
According to the Times, the three-story, 12,000-square-foot Tuscan-style gated home has eight bedrooms and 10½ bathrooms. On an acre of land, it also boasts an elevator, an office, a high-tech kitchen , a 10-car garage, a steam shower, a sauna, a pool and a spa.
Lavigne's third album, The Best Damn Thing, is due out April 17, and she's scheduled to be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live next weekend.
She and Whibley wed in July 2006. "We have a really good, strong relationship," she told Jane in March. "There's a lot of trust."

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Kuwait's civil aviation chief says Iraqi Airways will resume commercial flights to the Gulf nation for the first time since the invasion of Saddam Hussein's forces more than 22 years ago.
The decision follows approval by Kuwait's parliament last month for Baghdad to pay $500 million in compensation to Kuwait's national carrier for damage caused during the 1990-1 occupation. The accord seeks to end a long-running dispute over reparations for Kuwait Airways.
Kuwait's civil aviation director, Fawaz al-Farah, says the flights will resume Saturday. The official Kuwait News Agency said Tuesday that plans call for a four-flight-a-week schedule.
Although the airline dispute appears settled, other disputes over war reparations remain. U.S.-led forces drove Iraqi troops from Kuwait in early 1991.


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Psst! You're not stuck with JavaScript anymore. Dart for Hipsters teaches you the fastest way possible: with real code and real projects starting on page 1. The unabashed goal of Dart is to make programming for the Web simpler, faster, and more powerful. And Dart for Hipsters is the fast-paced, most thorough way to learn it. You'll explore the ins and outs of Dart by writing a simple application that grows in complexity from modest beginnings to a separate library that fully leverages the power of Dart. Caution: after reading you may develop an intense attachment to structured code and skinny jeans.
Dart for Hipsters
by Chris Strom
Dart for Hipsters
by Chris Strom
Dart 1.1 has arrived and Dart for Hipsters has you covered! Every chapter has been painstakingly reviewed and updated to work with the latest version of this exciting new language. But don't worry, the book still retains the quick dive approach to writing useful code starting on page 1. It also continues to explore the language by refactoring an application to make the most effective use of Dart's myriad of features: OOP, real libraries and packages, testing, and so much more! Along the way, we'll cover everything you need to know about writing beautiful, maintainable application code that just works™ in all modern browsers.
About this Title
Pages: 144
Published: 2012-06-27
Release: P4.0 (2014-01-21)
In Dart for Hipsters, you follow project-based chapters demonstrating real-world problems solved with Dart. Each project serves as the foundation for deeper discussion of defining features of Dart, such as its support for functional programming. As you reinforce your understanding of Dart, you'll move on to more complex projects which, in turn, spur more complex discussions, such as how to maintain Dart and JavaScript side-by-side. By the end of this book, not only will you have a thorough introduction to the language, but you'll also have built an entire MVC library from scratch.
Since Dart aims to be familiar, you won't see the usual "Hello, World." Instead, you jump right in by writing an Ajax-powered application, followed by a more detailed discussion of Dart's basic types. Along the way, Dart for Hipsters shows you how to compile Dart into JavaScript, how to use Dart's simple object-oriented programming approach, and how to build well-factored, easily used and maintained libraries. You'll see dynamic features of the language in action, such as injecting different data syncing behaviors for an entire framework with one line of code. Best of all, you'll learn how Dart makes working with HTML5 and similar technologies a breeze.
What You Need:
You will need Dartium, a preview release of Chrome with the Dart VM built-in. For some of the examples, you need either the dart2js tool or the Dart Editor to compile Dart down into JavaScript.
Contents & Extracts
- Getting Started
- Project: Your First Dart Application
- Basics Types
- Functional Programming in Dart
- Manipulating the DOM
- Compiling to JavaScript
- Effective Coding Techniques
- Project: MVC in Dart
- Classes and Objects
- Events
- Code Organization
- Project: Extracting Libraries
- Libraries
- Maintainability
- Project: Varying Behavior
- Testing Dart
- The Next Level with Dart
- Project: An End to Callback Hell
- Futures and Isolates
- HTML5 and Dart
Chris fancies himself a relentless public learner, with more than 1,000 blog posts serving as his research notes for his books. He has more than 10 years experience programming in Perl, Ruby, JavaScript, or whatever his current obsession happens to be. Chris lives in Baltimore, MD with his wife, 3 children, and a goldfish named Martin Tanner.


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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Teachingem to Linkn Blend
By Tamara Jones
EAL Instructor, British School of Brussels
Recently, I wrote a post about teaching listening. In it, I commented on the connection between certain pronunciation skills and listening and how we need to both teach these skills and make this connection explicit in the classroom. One of these skills, linking and blending, is a way proficient English speakers connect their speech to sound fluid and, according to Hieke (1984), to make speech less articulatory complex. In other words, it sounds better and is easier to say when words are linked and blended. Long ago, I wrote about teaching sentence stress in class, another pronunciation skill essential for listeners, but I have never broached the subject of teaching strategies to help students master linking and blending. So, here is my "two cents."
Whating and Whating?
When proficient English speakers talk, we don't say each work distinctly and clearly. Rather, we tend to link some of our words together. For example, "come and eat" gets pushed into one word that sounds like "comneat." We usually link words when
- the final sound of the first word is a consonant and the initial sound of the second word is a vowel, as in "come and eat,"
- the final sound of the first words is a consonant and the initial sound of the second word is an unstressed pronoun starting with /h/ or /ð/ (we cut the /h/ and /ð/ to link), as in "tell him,"
- the final and initial sounds of the two words are vowels (we insert a /w/ or /y/ sounds to make this easier), as in "my eye,"
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New Kent State Architecture Building Designs Available for Public Viewing at Kent State University Library
Building design presentations also are available online
The four finalists in the competition to design the new Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design building presented their design concepts on Jan. 17.
Models of the design concepts are available to view on the first floor of the Kent State University Library until Feb. 15. Faculty, staff and students can send comments about the designs to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Douglas Steidl, dean of the College Architecture and Environmental Design, says they chose to display the designs in the library so viewers can take their time looking at each design.
"The presentations were shortened from 90 minutes to 20 minutes. These displays give viewers the opportunity to study each design in more detail," Steidl says.
The estimated cost of the new architecture building is $40 million. Currently, Kent State's architecture program is housed in three separate structures. The new building will unite the college under one roof, and its new home will be located between Lincoln Street and Haymaker Parkway on the Kent State University Esplanade, a pedestrian walkway through campus that is being extended into downtown Kent.
The new architecture building is part of the university's campus transformation, called "Foundations of Excellence: Building the Future," which involves the construction of new buildings, facility upgrades and establishment of dynamic, new spaces.
James Bracken, dean of University Libraries, says the library welcomed the opportunity to provide a place where the Kent State community and the general public could see the models up close.
"We are, of course, also delighted that a new architecture library is prominently featured in each of the models of the new College Architecture and Environmental Design building," says Bracken.
The presentations also are available to view online at the links below:
Bialosky + Partners Architects, with offices in New York and Cleveland, in association with Architecture Research Office of New York:
WEISS/MANFREDI of New York (Lead Designer) + Richard L. Bowen & Associates of Cleveland (Architect of Record):
The Collaborative Inc. of Toledo, Ohio, in association with the Miller Hull Partnership of Seattle:
Richard L. Bowen + Associates Inc. of Cleveland in association with Weiss/Manfredi of New York:


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1 man, 3 children killed in wreck
Police identify victims; Investigation ongoing
Authorities have identified the four family members killed Friday night near Groveland.
The man driving the car was identified as 41-year-old Wilfredo Malave of Lakeland.
His children who died in the crash are his sons, 9-year-old Zion Malave and 7-year-old Phoenix Malave; and his 2-year-old daughter Avaya.
Wilfredo and his older son were dead at the scene, about 1.5 miles south of state Route 50.
The two younger children died later at South Lake Hospital in Clermont.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Malave lost control of his red 2009 Mercedes Benz on State Road 33. The car went off of the road and hit several trees and a pole. The vehicle had major damage.
A witness said the paramedics did everything possible to try to save the victims.
"They said, 'If there is even the slightest chance that those kids can be saved, even if we come on scene and they don't have a pulse, we're going to work them. We are going to try to get that miracle,'" witness Adam Hill said.
Officials said one of the children was strapped into a car seat, and the other two children were wearing their lap seat belts but weren't wearing the shoulder strap.
Investigators said it might not have made a difference in this crash.
The Highway Patrol said the investigation is ongoing and will take some time to complete. So far, there is no explanation for why the crash occurred.
Lab tests will be done to determine if Malave was driving under the influence.
Records showed Malave was charged with drunken driving in 2010, as well as battery and resisting an officer in 2011.


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This week in new hires, the Department of Labor announced an extension to the deadline to submit nominations for its ERISA advisory council and OneAmerica announced that it has promoted Scott Davison to president.
Also, U.S. Bank's Private Client Reserve named Christopher Kurimay a wealth management advisor in Chicago.
DOL Extends Nominations Deadline for 2014 ERISA Advisory Council
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration announced that it has extended the deadline to Sept. 6 to submit nominations for five three-year vacancies on the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, known as the ERISA Advisory Council. The 15-member council provides advice on policies and regulations affecting employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Nominations are being accepted for one vacancy each to represent the fields of employee organizations, employers, accounting, insurance and the general public. The council meets at least four times a year and makes recommendations to the secretary regarding functions carried out under ERISA. Nominating letters should be submitted by mail to Larry Good, executive secretary, ERISA Advisory Council, Room N-5623, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210, or as email attachments to firstname.lastname@example.com.
OneAmerica Promotes Scott Davison to President
OneAmerica Financial Partners announced Tuesday that Scott Davison (right) has been promoted to president. He will also serve as president of American United Mutual Insurance Holding Co and the American United Life Insurance Co. (AUL), the founding member of OneAmerica.
Davison, a 27-year veteran of the insurance industry, provides strategic counsel and direction on key enterprise-wide initiatives. In addition, he has oversight responsibilities for OneAmerica's investment, information technology and corporate marketing divisions, as well as AUL's individual and financial services division and employee benefits product line. In March of 2011, he was promoted to executive vice president.
Kurimay Named Wealth Advisor by Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank
U.S. Bank Wealth Management announced Monday that Christopher Kurimay has been appointed wealth management advisor in Chicago for The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank.
Kurimay brings more than 16 years of financial service experience, having served institutional, family office and high-net-worth clients throughout the Midwest and Boston. Prior to joining, he was a team partner with UBS Private Wealth Management in its Chicago office. Kurimay has previously held sales and marketing and sales management positions with Decision Economics, Calamos Investments and UBS Investment Bank.
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From the start, Daniel Canty's Wigrum, published by Canadian press Talonbooks, is obviously a novel of form. Known also as a graphic designer in Quebec, Canty takes those skills and puts them towards this "novel of inventory" and creates a framework from which to hang the inventories. We get a table of contents, where oddly, the preface follows the only chapter, we are given a set of "Instructions to the Reader" and the whole work ends with an index. The bulk of the book is the collection, the objects ostensibly found by the collector Wigrum, the man behind these collections (though the book throws this into doubt; there are other collectors, other writers). They are arranged alphabetically, all with an illustration in the margin, a touch that gives them more weight, rather than letting the story dominate the scale. It is a nice graphic touch, and eventually becomes part of how the book complicates itself. Novels where form dominates, and ones where the graphic design element is strong, can be exciting, but they are also easily met with a challenge—do you have more to offer me or are you just a pretty object, a chair that looks nice in the corner, but not recommended as a reading chair?
Besides risking form over substance, Wigrum is also immediately quirky—a culturally-loaded term that for some is ever-appealing, for others, an easy and lazy dismissal (the fear that it is simply a gimmick), with the middle ground needing the full context of the book or film. We aren't in Wes Anderson territory here, but Canty does want to charm the reader with fantasy, with claims of authenticity that no one is falling for or being confused by. The references to books, stories, and films abound, from the most indirect, to obvious, to direct statements ("Faulkner's Hankie" is one of the objects). All of this, the dominance of form, the quirk, the seeming dependence on referents, are aspects of a book that make me cross my arms, dig my heels in, and look for ways to dislike a work. I caught myself doing this, promised to reset myself—and just as I am working on this, Canty presents a backbone. He lets us see what happens when Wigrum seeks and finds an object in the wreckage of a World War II London bombing:
Those imaginative enough will leave with their pockets stuffed with stones, metal bits, shards of crockery. They will tell their friends what it is and the things will transform before their eyes. In a hidden recess of themselves, even those who say they don't believe will believe. Wigrum knows that out of a beloved story he is left, at times, with only a few phrases, an image, an impression. Can a whole world, a man's life be reconstructed out of what remains? The allusion is inevitable. Saves us from having to shoulder all the weight of our presence. To pick up the thread of a story, retain only what's left of it, and invent the rest.
Immediately after this, Wigrum finds his object, but importantly, there are others looking in the rubble, weepers, the wretched, and children. Canty and Wigrum are asking this from us. This admission of the lie, or at least of the fractured truth, is followed by a brief, detailed history of a spoon Wigrum finds and we are expected to believe. We should forget doubts, see what pieces we can find, and then see what we can do with those pieces ourselves, after someone else has found the story. Objects, people, stories, and allusions are all threads that can be picked up and then invented off of. With a backbone set, Wigrum again opens up, early resentments eased.
Though ideas, recurring characters, themes, references (Pynchon, Melville, and Vonnegut make varied appearances), and ghostly links asking for a revisit connect some of the "inventories" to each other, for the most part they stand alone. Though purposively incomplete, they don't lack for insight, keen phrases, or emotional insight. Their brevity—they generally run from a half-page to three pages—and the way this small scope is meant to evoke something more in the reader calls to mind Kawabata's Palm-of-the-Hand Stories or Walser's Microscripts, though not as fine-tuned or accomplished. On the sentence level, Canty, through Oana Avasilichioaei's translation, has the occasional clunker, with at least some seeming to come from hewing close to the original, though a couple are awkward phrasings that could likely be smoother without straying from the French. The vision differs too, while Canty's inventories are gestures toward larger stories, missing stories, Kawabata and Walser focus on the microscopic. Their works are satisfying as individual short, short pieces; Canty's need their context, their framework, and play off of each other rather than separate.
His own sense of detail is based most strongly on ideas, the ideas that drift through Wigrum. The flights of fancy are some of the successful quirky moments, ones that make you smile, but aren't suggestive of importance that isn't there, as when describing books that the object "Blank Page" came from: "The books, elegantly typeset in octavo signature according to the golden ratio, were printed on India paper, hand-sewn and bound in colourful cloth." There's no meaning behind the use of the golden ratio, we aren't supposed to make anything of it, but if dreamy, lost books are being invented, why not invoke such a beautiful concept? Canty is also skillful at letting the stories come close to the world we know, then, just when we feel normalized, launching the story and the ambition outwards with. In "Blooming Handbook, 1968" he begins by drawing us in with a historical figure like Buckminster Fuller, moves on to an invented work, returns to our reality by citing Fuller's Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, but ends with another sudden change, "Moreover, some of his philosophy's followers claim that his dome, once fitted with solar panels, could be transformed into an interstellar spaceship, a flying garden that would leave the earth to begin the world afresh."
The inventories vary in tone, which helps keep one after another compelling, and quality, which means the brevity of each is fortunate. Some are forgettable, easy to pass over on the way to a more interesting object, but those probably vary from reader to reader. Some objects are more than forgettable and you look forward to the start of the next. There is no particular tone that suits Canty best—some have dark, violent twists ("Arab String, 1949"), others are hysterical. "Holden's Hat" comes out with the pleasantly absurd premise that Holden Caulfield did exist, does wear the famous hunting hat, and when he becomes a college professor, develops the habit of "When annoyed by a student's vanity, he would pull down the earflaps of his hunting hat to stop hearing anything." A few are heartbreaking, as with "Chinese Fortunes," the story of a man who finds a bottle of twenty fortunes that instead of "deal[ing] in vaguely exotic generalities that can easily apply to anyone's life, other than the most unlikely," tell the fate of truly unique and specific deaths.
Throughout this variety, Wigrum maintains a consistency of ideas, or beliefs. Though the aspiration is not a grand one, no fresh achievement in a book, there is a special, and rare accomplishment: form, content, and style align to make a complete work, with the loose ends being purposeful, or in the case of weaker inventories, unnecessary. An early hint of this alignment is in "Bartlebrick" where the story of an object, a brick, and its association with a Wall Street bookkeeper, Stipes, who responds to all requests with "I'd rather not." At the end of this obvious allusion to Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivner," we are told that this predates Melville, that he likely got wind of this through connections from his time at the working near the Dead Letter Office. Canty's story, instead of being influenced by Melville, is presented as the origin of, cause and effect are switched, and a continual loop is ignited. It is a fragment of a tale that Melville comes across, which leads to his own tale (with the expression changed, and the time at the Dead Letter Office coming after Wall Street instead of before), which leads to Canty's . . . but Canty's came first . . . This looping is reflected in phrases showing up in different inventories, apparently detached, but in the frame of the book, caught in endless repetitions that lead to fracturing of new stories (though at times I wished the repetition had a little more variation—I was sorely tempted to count how many times he used a variation of "sibylline" and wished that Avasilichioaei had found another way to translate it).
Canty is obviously aware of and confident in these loops, daring in his Afterword (attributed to him in the table of contents), when questioning the relationship between the collector Wigrum and his curator Stepniac, to tempt us with "Assumed names or looping loop of correspondences?" The effect of a book that lives so entirely within its scope, where the style reflects the concepts and conception, lets the reader move within that world, almost like taking on the mindset of a hero in a fantasy novel or an explorer in an alien culture in a sci-fi novel. I found myself enveloped by the references, seeking them out almost in a paranoid state. Something sounds familiar and I begin to wrack my brain, trying to get at the reference. This is where the finalized index comes in handy for readers. The index was something I forgot entirely about, so easy to dismiss in the beginning (does this author really expect me to read an index? to care about his pet references enough to try to pin them down?), until a footnote telling of a rubber baron and his boat Klauski, found on top of a mountain, sent me to the index, and sure enough I found Fitzcarraldo. Eventually, I became jealous of anyone with a final edition, with the set index. Instead, when glancing at it and finding a reference to Hitchikers' Guide to the Galaxy, likely the book I've read the most times in my life, I revisit the entire book, trying to find out where this reference I missed was ("Atlantean Flag, 1978" has a reference to both 42 and a game of scrabble that ends in a fight; it must be it). We can buy in so much that when he cheekily, backhandedly admits the base reality of what an object is, we dismiss it with him. The description of "Ectoplasmic Sponge" opens with "This solid and spongy body, easily confused with an aquatic sponge, is the residue of an ectoplasm vomited by Ashley Atalanta, the Irish medium born Virginia Sexton." Why not admit what something is at the same time you deny it, and offer a more interesting reality instead? It becomes enough that you don't know whether to be embarrassed for Canty, or feel like you are missing something, when he puts forth a historical anachronism like P. T. Barnum meeting Ben Franklin.
This excited collection of objects, of invention, is not necessarily an exercise in positive thinking, though we are called on to join in, as when we see whole other stories bursting out of one that is shared with us, and as that early invocation would make us think. Objects and people begin to show little difference from each other. Both are repeatedly lost, burnt, disappear, die, and leave barely a trace, only enough for another story to begin, which itself will then inevitably be lost again. In the very beginning, we're told how similar people and objects are: people are "nothing more than ourselves" and the objects in the collection have "nothing in particular other than the aura their story bestows upon them." The encouragement of story, faith in the fantastic, is not a risk-free endeavor, more than one character loses his place in the world or his life simply be believing in his story or encouraging another's: "If a moral was at work in the automaton's ruse, it is that fiction seems to be a game and, if a game, it can definitely be won or lost."
In the final sections, Canty begins what he started by returning to the underlying structure of Wigrum, a collector of objects, the woman tied to him and rebirthing in name in various women throughout, the curator of his works, Stepniac, and the story of how Canty himself came to these texts. The connections between all of them are only hinted at, and like in so many of the stories, we have no original, core text, only remainders, so as Canty writes that Wigrum "commenced ceasing to exist," the ending, and the disconnections, are opportunities to take our own risks, creating the rest of the stories, linking what we are able, and letting be lost what must be lost.


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Kirstie Alley denied that her new diet system, Organic Liaison, is helping the Church of Scientology profit.
The always outspoken actress appeared on NBC's "Today" show on Tuesday morning, where co-host Meredith Vieira questioned a possible connection.
"It's not true. It's not true," Kirstie said.
"So there's no connection between your diet program and [Scientology?]" Meredith asked.
"God no! No. Zero," Kirstie answered.
Hollywood blogger Roger Friedman appeared in a pre-taped package on "Today" and claimed there was, in fact, a connection.
"The company's headquarters is in Clearwater, Florida in the same building as one of the Scientology offices," Friedman said.
"The address in Clearwater is my accountant, and he's a Scientology Jew," Kirstie said.
Meredith pressed the issue, saying, "Well, I think there are a lot of people, truth be told, who think anything connected to Scientology is quackery… and they look at the diet and they start to draw lines. And they wonder, 'Do any of the profits from this company go to Scientology?'"
"No. I'm way too cheap to do that," Kirstie said with a laugh.
Access Hollywood has learned that Kirstie cancelled a follow up appearance on the fourth hour of the "Today" show with Hoda and Kathie Lee set for Thursday.
Following her "Today" appearance, Kirstie Tweeted, "Good morning!!!! Just experienced the meaning of BLINDSIDED…..delivered with a smile…. Shame on you Today Show…Shame on you."
Followed by another Tweet warning blogger Roger Friedman about his claims.
"GOING TO HAVE Mr. Attorney call Mr. Friedman's Attorney tomorrow..Mr. Friedman is treading on thin LIBELOUS ice with my company. Crackkkk," she wrote.
And despite the "Today" incident, Kirstie still has love for co-host Meredith.
"P.S. I do NOT hate Meredith…just STRIKE one on blindsiding..and my bad..didn't see the "do you STILL beat your wife" ambush coming…WHAP" Kirstie wrote in a later Tweet on Tuesday.
Kirstie, who is promoting her new reality series "Kirstie Alley's Big Life," continued her media blitz with appearances on "Live With Regis and Kelly" and "The Late Show," where she received an apology from David Letterman.
"In the last couple of years, I've made many, many jokes about you being overweight or having a weight problem," Letterman said. "So, I'm embarrassed now, and if I need to apologize, I'd like to apologize."
"No, because we make fun of you at my house," Kirstie told Dave.
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MWC 15 Special
Following Palm's recent announcement to launch GSM/UMTS versions of the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus with AT&T, it looks like the sister models are heading to Europe as well. The GCF (Global Certification Forum) just recently approved the Palm P101UEU and P121UEU. Since the GSM Palm Pre received its certification a while ago already, the P101UEU might be the GSM Palm Pre Plus while the P121UEU seems to be the European GSM version of the Palm Pixi Plus (expecting that the U stands for UMTS and EU for Europe). The GCF confirmed that both devices are quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as dualband UMTS/HSDPA (but not HSUPA) at 2100/900 MHz. Therefore both devices can't be AT&T's webOS smartphones.
As always, the GCF hasn't spilled any beans about availability or further features. But if both devices received their approvals already, a launch can't be too far anymore. However, it's yet completely unknown on which European networks the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus might be launched.
UPDATE: Further researches confirmed that the P101UEU and P121UEU are the European Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus because the North American FCC approved AT&T's Pre Plus and Pixi Plus as P101UNA and P121UNA (where the U most likely stands for UMTS and NA most likely for North America). Therefore we can see it as confirmed that Palm will bring the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to Europe as well!
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Richie has been in the pawn business for almost 20 years in the Fort Lauderdale area and is well known in the area. He started working at Peoples Pawn Shop in 1984 as a trainee and worked his way up to manager. In 1990 Richie, David and their wives Diane & Kathy decided to open their own pawn shop, and Richies Pawn shop was born.
Richies dream was to create a Pawn Shop that people could trust and feel comfortable in. He made sure that people who pawned their merchandise were paid the highest possible amount and that people who were buying out of pawn merchandise felt that they were paying less than they would anywhere else. He felt that too many Pawn Shops sold their goods for almost as much as regular retail stores.
In no time Richies Pawn Shop became known as one of the best places in town to shop for out of pawn new and used merchandise. As well as a place where people could borrow money on almost anything of value or sell old, broken or unwanted jewelry and merchandise for cash.
When asked what is the most common thing that people bring into a pawn shop Richie says without hesitation "jewelry, but there is probably no item that we haven't taken into pawn". He adds that before buying or selling or even throwing away any item at all you should always call RICHIES PAWN, YOU MIGHT BE SUPPRISED THAT HE CARRIES THAT ITEM.
Richies Pawn has 10 cases filled with jewelry from $10 and up. He sells watches from Timex to Rolex. Chains from 3 grams to 500 grams, and has had diamonds in stock from chips to 25 carats. You will find the most unusual styles and designs from vintage to the most modern at prices to good to believe.
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Release and rescue of a co-worker using a rescue kit
Having rescue kits at the work site enables a rapid response among team members.
- Read the technical notice before viewing the following techniques.
- It is important to fully understand the information provided in the technical notice before using this complementary information
- Mastering these techniques requires training.
- Consult a professional before attempting to perform these techniques on your own.
A pre-rigged rescue kit can contain:
- a haul system allowing the victim to be released,
- a descent system allowing the victim to be lowered.
Depending on the work situation and the established rescue plan, the rescue kit may be pre-installed on an anchor or placed in a location that gives workers the quickest access.
Setting up a specialized rescue kit with JAG SYSTEM and I'D
The JAG SYSTEM is a hauling kit with optimal efficiency and compactness. Its cover prevents the haul rope from tangling.
To minimize the risks of mishandling, JAG SYSTEM and I'D can be connected with a RING OPEN, and the I'D can be permanently mounted on the rope, with the safety gate locked by the screw as described in the Instructions for Use.
Verify there is a knot in the end of the rope (at bottom of bag) and that the rope length is suitable for the situation.
The only operations needed to implement the rescue are then:
- connecting the kit to an appropriate anchor,
- connecting the kit to the victim and the release/descent sequence.
Whatever the equipment chosen, rescue kit usage should be planned and governed by the on-site rescue plan. Rescue implementation will vary according to the work situations, the equipment used by the victim before falling, and the victim's condition.
The rescue kit can be used differently depending on the situation:
The type of support on which the victim is suspended can complicate rescue maneuvers.
- If the victim fell on an energy-absorbing lanyard, on a work-positioning lanyard or close to the anchor on a rope, the victim's weight has little effect on the support. Release is fairly simple: see the chapter on Release and rescue of a co-worker suspended on a static support.
- If the victim fell on a long length of rope (more than about 20 m), there is significant rope stretch due to the victim's weight. The rescuer's actions must take into account the effects of elasticity at the moment the victim is released: see the chapter on Release and rescue of a co-worker suspended on a long rope.


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The Point of the Pivot January 11, 2013Posted by The Typist in film, New Orleans, Toulouse Street.
Tags: Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson, storytelling, Tom Cruise
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I sat up late watching the movie Magnolia, fighting sleep but desperately attentive to the complicated plot, the interweaving of so many stories. It was so easy to miss something, something small and terribly significant.
Tom Cruise plays the role of the promoter of Seduce and Destroy, a misogynist self-improvement program for the trivialization and seduction of women. His stage presence is as mesmerizing as it repulsive, the serpent behind the snake oil, grabbing an imaginary ass from behind and working it as he speaks. The men in the audience hoot in delight. At the lunch break, he goes to a hotel room for a television interview, peels off his shirt to reveal a perfectly sculpted body. He drops his pants all the way down to his ankles as an assistant hands him a towel but he merely dabs at himself, stands their in his bulging briefs. The reporter is a woman and she calmly stares at him as he turns somersaults and rattles off about his success with women, his irresistible ability to seduce.
When he finally settles into the chair, she tells him he has missed a button putting on his shirt, and at that small and razor-edged maternal correction he slumps back in his chair, crosses his fingers on this chest. Two adversaries face each other. Not long into the interview comes the question, tearing apart his marketing mythos, his falsified biography, the carefully constructed and confident illusion of the master huckster. She shreds the nonexistent degree in psychology, pulls down the images of his imaginary family, holds up before him the small boy who cared for his dying mother after his father abandoned them.
Cruise freezes, refuses to speak, staring at her with burning intensity. Seconds drag by like hours in the long shot. It is then I notice the blemish , the bump on his cheek carefully blended by makeup into his skin, the smallest flaw in his curly-locked Herculean projection of perfection, the tiniest detail of theatrical composition of both the character and auteur Paul Thomas Anderson in over two hours of film. Following this moment the carefully constructed lives of all the characters begin to fall apart, their own masks striped away and their flaws revealed, and they begin to align themselves into a new coherence.
Perhaps it was not intentional but simply a blemish but in these days of digital production and over a hundred years perfecting film makeup I don't think so.
The tiniest thing in the film's complex web of interlocking plots, the point of the pivot, the detail of a master storyteller, something you can't help but notice but miss the significance of until two days later staring at oneself in the mirror, a moment that the writer for the printed page would have to handle even more carefully than the director orchestrated his shot. This tiny, quickly forgotten bit of craft about which the entire story resolves is the signature of the master obscuring his hand among the actions of his puppets.


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I first read about this idea for a genealogy meme (or chain letter?) in Dear Myrtle's blog. She says she got the idea from Thomas MacEntee of GeneaBloggers and it looks like it was probably his idea. Good idea, Tom. Although, I am not sure I agree with the designation as a meme. As defined by Princeton University's WordNet, "A meme is a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation); "memes are the cultural counterpart of genes" On the other hand, a typical chain letter consists of a message that attempts to induce the recipient to make a number of copies of the letter and then pass them on to as many recipients as possible. Tom's request is a little bit of both. Anyway, since the genealogy blog community has precious little contact other than through posts, I agree that we ought to share our collective knowledge, whatever you call the method of sharing. Here is Tom's list:
* Hardware:
* External storage:
* Online storage:
* Backup:
* Firewall:
* Virus protection:
* Spyware:
* File cleaner:
* Printer:
* Phone:
* Mobile media:
* Music player:
* Car audio:
* eBook Reader:
* Browser:
* Blog:
* Text editor:
* Graphics:
* Screen capture:
* Social media:
* Social bookmarking:
* Social profile:
* URL shortener:
* Office suite:
* E-mail:
* Calendar:
* Accounting:
* PDF generator:
* Genealogy database:
* Genealogy tools:
* Other tech stuff:
The most glaring omission from the list is any reference to an operating system, which I assume he meant to include in the hardware section. I don't really care that much about hardware, it is only a tool to run software. If I need to do something that my present computer does not do or run software not supported by my present system, I upgrade to new hardware. Since, as you will see below, all of my computer usage is integrated with several business entities, we buy new hardware all the time. For example, I will shortly be upgrading to an iPhone 4.
I know I cannot cover all of that in any one post and I will have to turn it into a series. It will probably take several posts to cover the items because I have reasons for using or not using almost everything in the list. First of all, and from a technology standpoint, I am securely in the Apple Macintosh computer camp even though this particular post is being written on an HP Laptop. Some of the items on the list are more or less irrelevant to Mac usage. I have also been involved heavily in technology and specifically in computers since about 1975 (actually earlier) and I have my own "meme" that I have inherited from literally thousands of other techs throughout the years. I spent years doing onsite computer support and setting up networks and still help people with hardware issues from time to time.
Now on to the first item on the list: Computer Hardware in which I also cover operating systems.
I currently use, either directly or indirectly, about six computers (not counting my huge computer network), three of them are Macs and three are PCs. Between my wife and I, we are involved in about six different businesses including a law firm, a graphics design business and others. All of these entities are essentially computer based. My law firm alone employs about 65 or so people and has a huge involved computer network with online access. My genealogy work has, from the very start, been heavily computerized and technology involved. I have tens of thousands of documents gathered from hundreds of sources including family photos. Manipulating all of the graphic material I use takes a lot of storage and computer power which often drives the addition of faster hardware. I do not become attached to anyone computer or operating system, because of the frequent upgrades. The six computers include two iMacs, 1 HP PC, 1 generic PC, and an HP Laptop with a 17" screen. We also have an iPad, an iPhone, an iPod, and a whole lot of other devices.
I will move on in the next post, or so, to more specific hardware issues as they relate to genealogists.


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NEWS- Duped: Virginia's Barbies not so special
A cultural icon like Barbie is no stranger to caricature. Who hasn't chuckled at the "White Trash Barbie," "Goth Barbie," or "12-Step Barbie" that periodically make the rounds by email?
But a recent addition to the series gives Barbie the last laugh.
The Charlottesville/Albemarle Barbies hit inboxes in the past month and had many recipients smirking about the "Farmington Barbie," "Friendship Court Barbie," and "Fluvanna Barbie"– and forwarding them on to like-minded high-brows.
Even the ever-skeptical Hook wondered in last week's 4 Better or Worse about the identity of the author who seemed to so perfectly capture the area's subcultures.
But Charlottesvillian Barbara Marshall was not amused; she found the caricatures "mean-spirited and elitist." The suggestion that everyone who lives outside the center of the Charlottesville/Albemarle donut is "an alcoholic, meth-producing redneck"– [that would be the "Greene County" and "Fluvanna" Barbies, while the "Fifth Street Barbie" comes with a meth lab kit] is a "cheap and inaccurate shot," says Marshall.
She points to racist elements in the "Friendship Court Barbie." One of her babies has dark skin. "Optional accessories include weed and bus pass," says the email. "Gangsta Ken and his 1979 Caddy were available, but are now very difficult to find since the addition of the infant."
And the "Woolen Mills Barbie" mocks "homosexuality and gender issues in tired, worn-out, stereotypical ways," Marshall says.
"I am not the high priestess of political correctness," says Marshall. But she believes the Barbies "show the unfortunate underside of Charlottesville's smug self-satisfaction."
Ouch. As if that weren't enough, Marshall noticed that other than using local neighborhoods– for example, the "Glenmore Barbie"– most of the information on each Barbie is pretty generic. "You'd think the author would add local Charlottesville landmarks," she says.
So Marshall Googled "limited edition Barbie" and "Starbucks" (since the "Farmington Barbie" comes with her own Starbucks cup) and discovered that the same Barbie email text is circulating all over the country, with the neighborhoods changed to fit the city. There are Richmond Barbies, Colorado Barbies, Nashville Barbies, and Omaha Barbies.
The Oregon Barbies have been making the rounds since at least March 2006, and the New Mexico Barbies appeared no later than May 2004.
"Everybody wants to brag about how special and unique we are, but actually these stereotypes are everywhere," Marshall says.
She admits that she's gotten in trouble before for pointing out to friends that email they're forwarding is a hoax.
"The truth is that people usually prefer to mindlessly forward total garbage and urban legends rather than spend a moment asking themselves if they comes from a reliable source," says Marshall, noting that friends' feelings have been hurt when she has tried to educate them ("politely and humorously, I swear").
She recommends urban legend-debunking snopes.com to find out if a petition or too-good-to-be-true special offer purporting to come from Microsoft is legitimate.
Amy Lemley was one Charlottesville/Albemarle Barbies recipient. "I was wondering why there was no Keswick Barbie and no Downtown Mall Barbie," she says.
Lemley notes that someone had to customize the Barbies to our locale, but so far, that person has not stepped forward.
As for the typecasting in the email that seemed so Charlottesville, "I guess some things are universal," she says.
Meanwhile, Barbie, 48, who endured a nasty split from Ken two years ago, officially has represented nearly 100 careers and 45 different nationalities, according to Mattel, which is aware of the latest email assault.
Her parent company notes in a statement that it's not affiliated with sites that feature digitally remastered images of the doll. "Mattel's legal team evaluates these types of issues on a case-by-case basis," says a statement by the company, "and we are unable to provide any details regarding active or potential litigation."
"This princess Barbie is sold only at the Short Pump Town Center," reads a popular parody customized for Central Virginia. "She comes with an assortment of Kate Spade and Coach handbags, a Lexus SUV, a long-haired foreign dog named Honey and a cookie-cutter house. Available with or without tummy tuck and face lift. Workaholic Ken sold only in conjunction with the augmented version."
Gratuitous homosexual jabs come with the Woolen Mills Barbie: "This doll is made of actual tofu. She has long straight brown hair, archless feet, hairy armpits, no makeup and Birkenstocks with white socks. She prefers you call her Willow. She does not want or need a Ken doll, but if you purchase two Woolen Mills Barbies and the optional Subaru wagon, you get a rainbow flag bumper sticker for free."


text: Population control polices in China that strictly limited couples to one child have proven effective, according to the first systematic study of the one-child policy by researchers at the University of California at Irvine. Despite government exemptions in rural areas, 63 percent of Chinese couples are strictly limited to one child. "The country faces serious negative consequences in long run if it fails to phase out the policy," said Wang Feng, sociology professor at UC Irvine and a lead researcher on the study. He said that the law's success is contributing to an increasing proportion of older Chinese citizens, a shrinking workforce, and a disproportionate number of males to females. The report was published in the journal Population and Development Review. It was funded, in part, through a grant from the MacArthur Foundation.


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COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Georgia volleyball team dropped a 3-0 (15-25, 25-23, 25-11) decision to Southeastern Conference newcomer Missouri on Sunday afternoon.
The Bulldogs fall to 8-6 overall and 2-3 in league play. Missouri improves to 12-4 on the season, including a 4-2 mark in SEC action.
Brittany Northcutt and Briana Bahr each finished with seven kills to lead the Bulldogs, with Elena Perri adding five kills. Kaylee Kehoe led the team with 15 assists, while Allison Summers added the team's only service ace of the match. Summers also led the team with 11 digs. Northcutt and Perri each finished with two blocks to lead Georgia.
Georgia opened the first set with a 5-3 lead, before Missouri's Lisa Henning tied the set at five with an ace. The teams tied seven times before Missouri took a two-point lead at 14-12. Following a kill by Chloe Buckendahl that cut Missouri's lead to three at 17-14, the Tigers went on a 5-0 run that gave them a 22-14 lead. A Tigers error ended the run, but Missouri went on to score the final three points to take the first set 25-15.
The Bulldogs fought back from a 4-2 deficit to bring the second set within one at 5-4. The Tigers scored three consecutive points to increase their lead to four at 8-4 before Georgia answered with a pair of points that brought the score to 8-6. The teams traded points on the next five possessions, resulting in Missouri leading 14-12. The Tigers then scored four-straight points to extend their lead to 17-12. Trailing 19-14, a kill by Lauren Teknipp sparked a 4-0 run for the Bulldogs that brought them within one at 19-18 and forced a Missouri timeout. A block by Bahr tied the set at 20. Georgia and Missouri tied at 21, 22 and 23 before the Tigers scored the final two points of the set to edge Georgia 25-23.
Georgia opened the third set with a 4-2 lead. Missouri tied the set at five on a kill from Whitney Little. The Tigers then went on a 9-0 run that put them up 13-6. A kill by Eatmon ended the run and made it a 13-6 set. Missouri scored six of the next seven points to take an 18-7 lead. Georgia fought back but fell 25-11 in set three and 3-0 in the match.
Georgia plays again at 7 p.m. Wednesday when it hosts LSU. The match will be televised on ESPNU.


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Effect of rotational speed on preload
Using strain gauges, SKF has determined that preload changes with rotational speed and that there is a marked increase in preload at very high rotational speeds. This is mainly attributable to the heavy centrifugal forces on the balls causing them to change their position in the raceways.
When compared to a bearing with steel balls, a hybrid bearing (bearing with ceramic balls) can attain much higher rotational speeds, without significantly increasing preload, as a result of the lower mass of the balls.


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With our current President ratings at an all time low and Americans pleading to end the war in Iraq, there is no reason why presumptive Democratic candidate Barack Obama does not have a double-digit lead in the polls.
The only explanation for this travesty is that many White Americans are still holding on to their prejudice when it comes to a man of color.
Amazing isn't it that Barack Obama can got to Germany and draw more than 250,000 Germans, be well received in the middle east and generously received in Israel.
This is a man who represents everything that is good about America, but the fact that he is Black is causing many Whites to ignore his principals even if those values reflect their's.
Thus, the responsibility rest with us once again to make sure that such an enormous opportunity is not wasted.
Each and everyone of you who are registered to vote should got out and encourage your friends to register. Have gatherings with your block parties and social clubs and make sure that each one of you are responsible for voting for the only person who can save a country that is in great despair.
Any vote for John McCain is a vote for Bush and the past eight years have been a nightmare for this country.
We cannot flinch on this one. Wearing the Obama T-shirts and caps are nice, but taking your pledge to the ballot box is critical. This could conceivably be the one election that could change the future for our children.
Let us not take for granted our responsibility to vote. Too many have died for us to have this right, and we owe it to our past and future to exercise this right. Barack Obama or bust.
So, whether you agree or disagree, now more than ever I really need your input. I need to hear from you. I need to know what is going on in our community. I also need to know what other stories we need to tell, and what is on your mind. I really do want to hear from you, I want you to "Talk to Danny."
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PITTSBURGH (AP) Larry Foote has no illusions about the Pittsburgh Steelers catching the Baltimore Ravens to win the AFC North even after Sunday's emotionally charged 23-20 victory over their bitter rivals.
He doesn't exactly care either.
Sure, homefield in the playoffs - if the Steelers manage to make it - would be nice. But the 32-year-old doesn't believe it's necessary for Pittsburgh to get where it wants to go.
``We've just got to get a ticket,'' Foote said. ``The last few years, the Giants have done it, and Green Bay has done it.''
Heck, so have the Steelers (7-5), who revived their season in a dramatic fourth quarter in which they scored 10 points to snap Baltimore's 15-game home winning streak.
Pittsburgh won three road playoff games on its way to the 2006 Super Bowl, a route it would like have to travel again if the Ravens can maintain their two-game lead over the Steelers and Bengals with a month to go in the season.
It's a cushion Foote doesn't see evaporating.
``I'm sure they're probably going to win the division,'' Foote said. ``I can't see them losing two more games.''
If Foote and the rest of his fellow 30-somethings can continue to muster the toughness they showed while rallying past the Ravens, they might not lose two more games between now and next season, either.
In one of the toughest places in the NFL to play - let alone win - backup quarterback Charlie Batch passed for 276 yards, directed two late scoring drives and played like someone ready to turn 28, not 38.
Linebacker James Harrison and his aching 34-year-old knees strip-sacked Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco to set up the game-tying touchdown and 31-year-old safety Troy Polamalu's presence seemed to energize a defense that lacked the kind of ``splash plays'' that have been the unit's calling card under coordinator Dick LeBeau.
It was a vintage performance few outside the locker room expected.
Not without Ben Roethlisberger, whose sprained right shoulder relegated him to the role of head cheerleader for a third straight week. Not with a patchwork offensive line that included a rookie seventh-round draft pick making his first NFL start. Not with cornerback Ike Taylor going down on the game's second play with an ankle injury so severe he could miss his first game in eight years when the Steelers host San Diego on Sunday.
Yet the Steelers survived anyway, evening the season series with the Ravens and postponing Baltimore's division title plans for at least a week or two.
``We're still alive,'' safety Ryan Clark said. ``But we need some more games like this.''
Pittsburgh just might get them.
The Steelers play three of their final four at home starting with the reeling Chargers (4-8). Roethlisberger is one week closer to getting back on the field, though the offense appears to be in good hands until his return after Batch avoided the three-interception nightmare that cost Pittsburgh so dearly in a loss to Cleveland a week ago.
Save for a late interception - one the defense quickly atoned for - and an overthrow of a wide-open Mike Wallace at the end of the first half, Batch was efficient and poised. He completed 25 of 36 passes, including a touchdown to Heath Miller that tied the game late and was a perfect 5 of 5 on the game-winning drive.
How good was Batch? His 276 yards were the most he's thrown in a game since Nov. 18, 2001 while playing for the Detroit Lions.
To put that in perspective, Roethlisberger was a freshman at Miami (Ohio) the last time Batch had a better day as a pro.
``I've been in the league 15 years,'' Batch said. ``I've been a starter in this league, and the one thing you can't do is dwell on the past. It's a long season, and no matter what, all I can ask for is another opportunity.''
He may get another one next weekend, four days after he turns 38. Batch is the oldest player in a locker room filled with guys closer to the end of their career than the beginning. That experience allows him to play with an even keel that guards against panic when things don't go as planned. It also allows him to summon a sense of urgency when necessary.
Batch had both on a day the Steelers provided a reminder that the core group that's won two Super Bowl rings in the last eight years isn't quite done yet.
``Charlie came in and played the game that we needed him to play today to win,'' Harrison said. ``It's not surprising to us. It may be to you, but not to us.''
While Polamalu's return was quieter, it was no less impactful. The perennial All-Pro has been dogged by a strained right calf that has limited him to all of five quarters before Sunday. He eased his way back in, taking the occasional breather to make sure he didn't overtax himself.
The result was a defense that limited Flacco to 16 of 34 passing for 188 yards and sacked him three times on an afternoon that felt like old times for a bunch of old guys.
``You know (Polamalu) is going to make a big play when it's time,'' nose tackle Casey Hampton said. ``Just to have him down the stretch, we know we're going to need him, because it's time for us to make a run.''
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 36 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
We need a logo to represent a software package that manages small jails. It needs to convey a feeling of technology while showing the jail.
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The logo that you design needs to be scalable. In other words, we will blow it up and put it on a big display, but we will also need to be able to make a much smaller scaled down version of it into a 16x16 icon to put on the program (when doing this, a lot of times, you can simply remove parts of the logo like the name if that is included, and just include the main design). So, we want something that looks good large, but can scale down. You only need to submit the large version of it. We will need to have all copyrights to the final product chosen, and we will need an eps of the file and the ability to open it in adobe photoshop. The predominant colors of our program are dark blue and light blue like Microsoft Silverlight blue (but that does not necessarily have to be the color of your logo).
The system books prisoners, keeps track of their property, keeps accurate counts of the people in jail and what cells they are in, then it releases them and bills the appropriate agency. It also keeps track of warrants and civil papers and whether they have been served or not. It is used mostly as a catch and release type system, but it is also used by investigators.
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I have often pointed out, with examples, that bloggers love lists.
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With all the mistakes made on domestic issues like the economy, ObamaCare, unleashing the IRS on political opponents, rampant regulations, deficit spending, etc., we forget Obama�s disastrous foreign policy.
This is the man who was going to �hit the reset button� and make the world like America again. Instead, he has angered world leaders with his trademark aloof arrogance, slowly eroding his credibility.
Obama will soon meet with world leaders, where he will brief them on the breakup of Bruce Jenner and Kris Kardashian Jenner and on the status of the BCS. He has lost gravitas on pretty much everything else.
The attack on our consulate in Benghazi was not his fault; it was a sitting duck. But sending U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice out to blame it on an obscure, anti-Muslim video was telling. Chefs know: Rice goes with anything.
You know the press has your back when you concoct a story like that. Obama clearly thinks Israel and the U.S. are the problem. The next thing you know, his administration will label "Fiddler on the Roof" an anti-Muslim musical.
Maybe part of our problem with the Arab world is that our diplomats who deal with its leaders are women like Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice. If we have learned anything about Muslim leaders, it's that they love being told what to do by women.
The U.N. is worthless. If you want to hear a bunch of out-of-control, pungent-smelling foreigners argue and scream at people, just take a New York City taxi.
Obama puts his faith in the U.N. because it operates in similar fashion to his template: using the force of government to achieve a political shakedown for his corrupt cronies. Instead of intervening to stop despots and tyrants from killing their people, the U.N. finds it more profitable to become a global warming alarmist. If you can guilt the deep pocket U.S.A. into believing we are doing damage to third world countries with our carbon footprint, then you can extract money from us.
The buffoons at the U.N. have reported that sea levels have risen 58% faster from 1993 to 2011 than they originally thought. Their precise report says the oceans have risen about two inches. My guess is that Michelle Obama�s college buddy will get a no-bid contract to sell us three-inch sandbags for controlling this �man-made disaster.� Failing that, the Obamas might have to move their Martha�s Vineyard beach chairs back two inches.
Obama was given a clear "heads-up" by Russian intelligence on the Chechnyen brothers who committed the Boston Marathon bombings. There were more loud red flags in that case than fly outside the United Nations building in N.Y.
With his NSA snooping, (which he says he knew nothing about), Obama has recently angered France and Germany. France is always miffed, but to snoop on respected world leader Angela Merkel of Germany? She was livid. It�s time for self-reflection when the country that brought the world the SS says you have gone too far.
In an apparent strategy to bore our allies into seeing things our way, John Kerry is Obama's new Secretary of State. While a Senator, Kerry married the wife of billionaire Senator John Heinz (of the ketchup fortune) only months after Heinz�s death. With financial instincts like that, he might have better served our country as an economic advisor.
The one hope I had for Candidate Obama was that he would quickly extricate us from these two awful wars of occupation. Instead, he tripled the troops in Afghanistan. Then he tried to go to war with Syria. For the next Mideast war, we need to insist on �shirts and skins� so we might know whom we are fighting -- even if we don�t know why.
Last year he overturned President Clinton�s �Don�t Ask, Don�t Tell� policy so gays can serve openly in our military. When we do march out of Afghanistan and Iraq, I presume that Neal Patrick Harris will host, and the troops will march out in an impeccably choreographed Conga line, stopping only occasionally for twerking. �A tour de force!� will rave the New York Times!
On the positive side, Obama gave a UN speech indicating he was changing our Third World policy. He plans on promoting free markets and commerce rather than just giving money away. Should this new policy succeed, he might try it in the U.S.A.
Ron Hart, a libertarian syndicated op-ed humorist,award-winning author and TV/radio commentator can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.RonaldHart.com


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Princeton, NJ – 20th February 2013: At America East (April 8-10, Hershey, PA) ProImage America, Inc. (www.new-proimage.com) will be showing publishers how they are now able to simultaneously deliver content to a wide range of mobile device – easily.
ProImage TabellaNews is a unique cloud-based service that enables a newspaper's content to be automatically published to a wide variety of tablets and smart phones, engaging a wider audience and providing additional revenue opportunities.
No other mobile publishing solution provides absolute automation of content and layout for so many mobile devices, simultaneously. TabellaNews does it with ease and security. There is only a minimal investment required. You simply pay as you use.
With TabellaNews ProImage has put its workflow automation experience to work to create a system that automatically gathers your existing content, lets you edit or add to it, and through its intelligent content mapping and template technology formats it for multiple devices. The final publication is then quickly delivered to any hosting environment and accessed by the complementary reader application that includes the publisher's own branding and look-and-feel. It is that easy.
TabellaNews uses HTML5 that delivers sophisticated image handling, audio, and video animation. It also enables multimedia content to be embedded at any stage of content creation and can include search, bookmarks, publisher-specific functionality and access to other online links such as Facebook and Twitter.
TablellaNews is unlike the many mobile solutions that provide an enhanced PDF replica that requires multimedia content to be added only after an issue is closed for print and uploaded to the App provider's content management system. The ProImage solution provides increased flexibility and speed of delivery – thus the ability to get more engaging stories to readers, faster.


text: Furniture styling has started to become dominated by Italian designers and for good reason. And the brilliant designers at Nicoletti are competing strongly with the posh and beauty in furniture that is indicative of Italian artistry. Being in the industry for the last 25 years, the second generation of the company owners still ensure that the brand stands strong on being a leader in modern furniture designs and quality.


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If there are regular readers of my column here on the Amoeblog, they've probably seen some of the hand-drawn and hand-painted maps which I include in my series of Southland explorations I call California Fool's Gold. Right now a series of new maps are on display at the Los Angeles County Store in East Hollywood. None, except the Los Feliz map, have been the subject of Eric's Blog entries yet.
The Los Angeles County Store is a great retail shop which features only goods designed and manufactured in Los Angeles County. The opening has already passed but the maps can still be seen in person if you head over there soon -- the show ends on 21 September.
Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography's Map of the Mideast Side (3rd Edition)
I refer to the set of paintings as Taste of the Mideast Side -- a reference to Taste of the Eastside, a four-year-old food event which despite its name never features restaurants from the Eastside unless you clarify that you're talking about the Eastside of Central Los Angeles (aka the original Westside). By the way, there is an older pre-existing event called The Taste of East L.A. which as its name correctly suggests, features restaurants from East Los Angeles -- a neighborhood actually located in the Eastside.
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Sidney a New Bastion for Cycling?
While Victoria's Ryder Hesjedal is cycling the cobblestones of the Champs-Élysées in Paris, back home, local riders and future Olympians will be taking to the streets of Sidney and Oak Bay for their own brand of bike racing action.
The Cardinal Law Sidney Twilight Grand Prix, Saturday, July 25th, takes a cycling landmark - the Bastion Square Grand Prix and moves it to the twilight hours of 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and to a route further north. This BC Cup Championship event features some of Canada's finest male and female cyclists. Racing on a short fully enclosed 1000 metre figure-8 course through Sidney's downtown area, this European-style event features thrills and spills. Check out "Bevan Avenue Chicane" and watch the race from both directions; witness the "prime" and finish line sprints at Beacon and 2nd Ave. in front of Russ Hay's the Bicycle Shop, or enjoy a bite to eat or a cup of java at the many "course-side" outdoor cafes along the route.
The action continues the next day at the Oak Bay Bicycles Criterium, Sunday, July 26 at Windsor Park from 8 a.m. to noon. All registration fees for the Oak Bay criterium and other fund-raising activities in the park go directly to the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock campaign. Past fund-raising efforts collected more than $7,000 each year.
As part of the Oak Bay fun, the popular Tim Hortons Timbits Challenge will give kids from ages five to 10 the opportunity to test their pedal mettle on Sunday, July 26 at 9:30 a.m prior to the Group A race at the Oak Bay Bicycles Oak Bay Criterium. Timbit challengers ride 1 lap alongside national team riders on the closed-to-traffic 900-metre crit course around Windsor Park. All Participants will receive a medal, waterbottle, snack pack of Timbits, a cycling handbook, and a T-Shirt. Check in is at 8:30 a.m. at Windsor Park near the start/finish area. There is no registration fee, but participation will be limited to the first 150 registered. All riders will need a bicycle and properly fitting helmet.
For more information and to register for all events during the July 25-26th weekend, visit www.sidneytwilightgp.com
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We all want to know what the future is going to look like. Tech people and fellow online enthusiasts in particular have an intense curiosity about what the next big leap in innovation is going to be.
What's fascinating is that most of us assume that innovation is going to come from a new technology which will revolutionise the way we interact with the world. In this pursuit of the new it is all too easy to overlook what's right in front of us. The correct application of a technology we already have could in fact be the source of our progress in the future.
The imagination challenge
I had the huge pleasure of listening to inventor and designer Richard Seymour speak recently about the future of innovation. The short clip below gives you just a flavour of the kind of things Seymour talks about but I would urge you to watch some of his longer presentations at TED and other conferences.
One of Seymour's fundamental points is that mankind is at an unusual point in its history where we are only limited by what our imaginations can conceive rather than what is possible through technology. Up until recently, the imagination of man stretched far beyond what technology could achieve. Now we are in the situation where what technology is capable of stretches far beyond what we can currently imagine.
Innovation through hacking
This brings us to hacking which is changing the way we approach current technologies. The process of hacking takes existing technologies and applies them in new ways to solve problems they were never originally intended for. Take for example the inventor who took the laser from a Blu-ray player and turned it into a mosquito death ray which was rigged to respond to the sound of the insect in flight and shoot it down.
Other examples of hacking innovation include a tremor sensor which scientists are using to help anticipate earthquakes using the motion sensor technology you'd find in any Nintendo Wii remote and robotic arms which move and react to eye movements to help paraplegics who are paralysed from the neck down. The eye tracking technology uses the Xbox Kinect sensor as its base and the arm responds to eye movements picked up by the sensor.
It's important to highlight the impact that the video games market has had on making these technologies cheap and accessible to anyone which in turn has meant the barrier to entry for innovation has been removed. Anyone with the right idea and some modest funding can hack existing technology to create something amazing.
The rise of crowd funding
Developing new applications for existing technologies is an intriguing trend but even with reduced financial implications most ideas still need some sort of funding to get off the ground and this is where the rise of crowd funding has been so integral to the development of the future.
Crowd funding sites like Kickstarter mean that any nerd with a bright idea can make their vision a reality if they can convince enough people to put in micro-investments to get their project off the ground. Experian data shows that UK Internet visits to crowd funding websites have exploded in the last year couple of years up from 380,000 visits a month in January 2011 to 5.8 million in July 2013. Visits have grown by 114% in the last year alone.
So what does the future look like? It probably looks very different from the present but not in the radical flying cars and hoverboard way we once dreamed of. We don't need to fixate on the next evolution of technology, there is already plenty of incredible tech around, we just need to find innovative ways to embrace and apply it. Online platforms such as crowd funding can turn these great ideas into reality in a way that has never before been possible.
A final word from Richard Seymour: "If we design for now, then the future will look like now. It's time to stand in the future and drag the present towards us, whilst not forgetting that the tools we need to do it probably already exist."
Until next month.


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From "Dolci: Italy's Sweets," by Francine Segan; prep 40 minutes, chill 1 hour, cook 30 minutes; makes 24
2 cups (12 ounces) flour
1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces) sugar
8 tablespoons butter, olive oil or lard, see note
3 eggs, separated
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon honey
grated zest of 1/2 lemon
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sesame seeds
3 tablespoons water
Combine the flour, sugar and butter in a large bowl until mixture resembles coarse sand. Add the egg yolks, milk, honey, lemon zest and salt; knead with your hands until a dough forms. Roll the dough into a ball; cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Toast the sesame seeds in a dry skillet over medium heat until light golden, about 5 minutes; shake pan occasionally and do not overcook, or they'll burn. Pour into a shallow bowl or plate; let cool.
Beat the egg whites and water with a fork in a small bowl; set aside.
Divide chilled dough into four portions. Roll each section into a log about 1-inch thick; cut the log into 1 1/2-inch sections. Dip each section in the egg whites, then roll in the sesame seeds, covering all sides. Place cookies on baking sheet lined with parchment or foil. Bake until golden, about 30 minutes. (Do not over bake; check the bottom of the cookies.) Cool cookies on wire rack. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container for several weeks, and freeze well too.
Note: Butter or oil will give these cookies a softer center; lard will make them crunchier.
Nutrition information per serving: 139 calories, 7 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 34 mg cholesterol, 16 g carbohydrates, 3 g protein, 43 mg sodium, 1 g fiber
Sicilian Sesame Cookies
From "Dolci: Italy's Sweets," by Francine Segan; prep 40 minutes, chill 1 hour, cook 30 minutes; makes 24


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A video produced this time last year is making the rounds again.
It shows how the birth of Jesus might have been shared in the modern age of Facebook.
The stars of the show are Joseph and Mary, with a cameo by young Jesus.
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The group Igniter Media put together the 3:59 video titled "A Social Network Christmas." It begins with a young man named Joseph opening his Facebook account. His girlfriend Mary has one too.
From there, the rest is rewritten and accurate Biblical history.
The video was posted on YouTube and has 1.2 million views.
That puts it in "viral" status. It's not your typical viral video of let's say a a wild animal running over a bicyclist, but for those who believe the story of Christmas, it's a keeper.
This video is an artistic take on how the story of the nativity might have read had a social network existed at the time of Jesus's birth. Follow this historical period as it unfolds as a digital narrative. This vignette is great for highlighting the truths and circumstances of our Savior's birth in a fresh, unique way.


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Considering Novantrone/Campath
Considering Novantrone/Campath
My MS has gradually worsened (walking more unstable) over a year, and my neuro suggested I look at Novantrone as an option -- see ehat 3 doses woul;d do etc.
I was wondering though, if I went for this option would it complicate using Campath -- or Revimmune -- in the future? Was thinking in terms of supressed immunity with a chemo drug and then problems using a monoclonal antibody.
Any input welcome! Also posting on the Campath board.