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If you like New Orleans-inspired cuisine go see Kelly English and his crew in Memphis at Second Line or Restaurant Iris for some fantastic food. And if you like gambling and more good food, go to the Magnolia House in Biloxi's Harrah's Gulf Coast. Blackjack, craps, slots, and Southern cooking—what's not to like?
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The Secret Jewish History of Aerosmith
The band Aerosmith is riding high on the global release of "Aerosmith: Rock For The Rising Sun," a documentary that recounts the story of the rock band's tour of Japan in the wake of the devastating March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that caused the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant. The movie follows the 43-year-old band on tour, combining live concert footage with behind-the-scenes glimpses and interviews with band members.
As with every Aerosmith concert, the film climaxes with a live version of "Walk This Way," the song that made the American hard-rock band's career not once, but twice: the first time propelling the band into the hard-rock pantheon in the mid-1970s, and the second time injecting some much-needed life support into a band that, by 1986, seemed to have been rendered musically irrelevant.
Aerosmith was founded in 1970 when a then-drummer named Steve Tyler – a native of Yonkers, N.Y., who had moved to Boston – stumbled upon guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton at a gig in New Hampshire. Tyler had found the missing pieces of a band he wanted to form around himself as lead singer.
Tyler recruited a drummer named Joey Kramer, who was attending Berklee School of Music, to hit the skins. Brad Whitford joined the group soon after as the second guitarist, and thus coalesced the group's main lineup, which, with a few short-term exceptions, has remained in place ever since.
It was Kramer, a Jewish kid from the Bronx, who christened the band Aerosmith, which was simply a nonsensical word he made up, inspired by Harry Nilsson's 1968 album "Aerial Ballet."
The group was signed to Columbia Records in 1972, but its first two albums failed to connect with a large audience. It wasn't until "Toys in the Attic," its third album, was released in 1975, that Aerosmith became a big deal. And the biggest deal on that record was "Walk This Way," its first single to crack the top 10, making the band a household name and promoting it to the status of stadium headliner.
The song had a number of unique features, including Tyler's lightning-fast delivery of the lyrics, in a spoken-sung, nursery-rhyme-like patter that anticipated rapping (thus making it prime fodder for its 1986 remix by Run-DMC; more on that below), and Joe Perry's catchy guitar riff – easily one of the most identifiable in rock history.
The inspiration for the song's title came from the Mel Brooks horror-movie parody, "Young Frankenstein." In the film, Dr. Frankenstein's assistant, the hunchback Igor, played by the bug-eyed actor, Marty Feldman, wants Frankenstein, played by Gene Wilder, to follow him, and says, "Walk this way." Frankenstein obliges for a few steps, walking hunched over with a cane, like Igor. The joke itself is based on an old vaudeville routine. During the recording of "Toys in the Attic," the group had taken a break and went to a late-night showing of the film. When they got back to the studio, they integrated the line into a song they were working on, and thus Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman and Gene Wilder were the very unlikely inspirations for what would become the signature tune of the most successful American hard-rock band of all time. A few more hits followed, and Aerosmith gained a reputation as a stellar concert attraction. But by 1979, after three years of arena and stadium tours, the band had suffered a steep decline owing to drug abuse and the vagaries of the music market, with disco, punk, and new-wave – all reactions against the sort of corporate hard-rock purveyed by bands like Aerosmith – in the ascendancy. At their nadir, guitarist Joe Perry left the group in favor of leading his own band. By 1981, Brad Whitford, too, had quit, and Tyler was so down and out he was reportedly seen buying heroin from NYC street dealers.
But then "Walk This Way" was born again when Rick Rubin – who grew up in Lido Beach, Long Island, the son of a Jewish shoe wholesaler – brought the song to a rap group he was producing named Run-DMC. The rappers had no idea who Aerosmith was, but their version of the tune, which relied heavily on the original, brought rap into the mainstream and introduced Aerosmith to a whole new generation. The track hit No. 4 on the pop charts and launched a famous music video that saw heavy rotation, thus paving the way for Aerosmith to mount a significant comeback. On the heels of the newly revitalized version of "Walk This Way," more hits followed, and the band became a staple on MTV in the late-1980s and early-'90s with creative, provocative videos starring sexy Jewish-American actress Alicia Silverstone, who became known as "the Aerosmith chick."
While best known for their blues-based, hard-rocking approach onstage and their rock 'n' roll antics offstage (Tyler and Perry were nicknamed "the Toxic Twins" due to their epic ingestion of illicit substances, a not-so-subtle allusion to the "Glimmer Twins" – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones), the group stayed on the top of the pop charts owing to Tyler's way with a rock ballad. "Dream On," one of the band's earliest and most enduring hits, pretty much launched the genre. (In 2006, during the group's second concert in a decade in Tel Aviv, Tyler dedicated "Dream On" to kidnapped Israeli soldier Ehud Goldwasser.)
Toward the end of the 1990s, in a creative lull, the band sought out songwriter Dianne Warren, the most commercially successful composer of dramatic "power ballads." Warren, born Dianne Wolfberg, was perhaps an unlikely collaborator for one of America's hardest-rocking bands, having written hits for soft-rock and pop acts such as Elton John, Cher, Barbra Streisand, Ricky Martin, and Celine Dion. But nothing succeeds like excess: her work for Aerosmith included "Devil's Got a New Disguise," "We All Fall Down," and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," which was, inscrutably, the band's first number-one hit.
Aerosmith was also one of many top-tier acts to perform at perhaps the most notorious bat mitvah in history. In 2005, David H. Brooks, the then-CEO of a military equipment defense contractor, threw his daughter, Elizabeth, an absurdly lavish $10 million party featuring appearances by Tom Petty, the Eagles, 50 Cent, Stevie Nicks, Kenny G, and "the bad boys from Boston." Presumably they played the Mel Brooks-inspired "Walk This Way" at the event. It's not known which musical guest played "Hava Nagila," however.
Seth Rogovoy is a frequent contributor to the Forward's arts pages, where he has revealed the "kabbalah" of such unlikely cultural icons as David Bowie, James Bond, Alfred Hitchcock, JRR Tolkien and Paul McCartney.


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1001 Life and Death Problems
BGJ 129 Winter 2002
Reviewer: Matthew Macfadyen
501 Opening Problems by Richard Bozulich and Rob van Zeist and 1001 Life and Death Problems by Richard Bozulich
These two volumes describe themselves as parts of a 'Mastering the Basics' series, both are aimed at single figure kyu grades.
The Life and death collection is on a similar level to the fourth of the 'Graded Problems for Beginners' books, with nothing desperately arcane, but a good selection of the sort of problems which actually come up in games. Part of the traditional training regime for would-be professionals is to get hold of a collection of such books and work through them as fast as possible, trying to train your eye to do the essential tactical reading without having to think. This book is well worth getting for that purpose just because it contains far more problems than anything else in English. A good afternoon's workout for a 5 dan, a challenging bedside book for 6 months of study at 15 kyu.
The Openings book is something newer, and I am not aware of anything comparable in English. The problems are collected by Richard Bozulich from various Japanese sources. The text has been written specially for this edition by Rob van Zeijst. Each problem is a whole board position in the late opening stage – mostly 30 – 50 stones on the board – and comes with a slogan by way of a hint.
I am not absolutely convinced by the exclamation marks, but if you find your opponent standing to attention and shouting 'Expand your territory while attacking your opponent!' half way through a game you can be pretty sure they have been studying this book.
Guo Juan asserted during the recent Ladies' weekend that the main reason european players get stuck around shodan is a lack of attention to basics, and this book should equip such players (as well as those who are still hoping to reach shodan without necessarily getting stuck there) with the essential wisdom required to play reasonably in the early middlegame.
If you are stuck at a grade below professional level and modest enough to take some simple advice, then this book can teach you something useful.
Both books are published by Kiseido, 2002 (501 is K71 and 1001 is K72).
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Sir Richard Branson speaks out after West Coast franchise loss
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Following the DFT's decision to award the West Coast Mainline franchise to FirstGroup, Sir Richard Branson said…
Following the DFT's decision to award the West Coast Mainline franchise to FirstGroup, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group, said:
"The Government decision to award the West Coast Main Line Franchise to FirstGroup is extremely disappointing for Virgin, and for our staff that have worked so hard to transform this railway over the last 15 years. We submitted a strong and deliverable bid based on improving customers' experience, increased investment and sustained innovation. To have bid more would have involved dramatic cuts to customer quality and considerable fare rises which we were unwilling to entertain.
"We also did not want to risk letting everybody down with almost certain bankruptcy at some time during the franchise as happened to GNER and National Express who overbid on the East Coast mainline. Sadly the Government has chosen to take that risk with First Group and we only hope they will continue to drive dramatic improvements on this line for years to come without letting everybody down.
"We won the franchise in 1997 with an agenda to change radically the way people viewed and used the train. At the time the track was run-down, staff demoralised, the service riddled with delays and reliant on heavy subsidies. We set hugely challenging targets to dramatically speed up journey times with modern tilting trains, increase the frequency of the service, improve the on-board experience; as well as double passenger numbers and return the line to profit.
"We were told it was "Mission Impossible" and our plans were laughed at by critics. However 15 years later, despite continued problems with the track, we have achieved our targets. Passenger numbers have more than doubled to over 30 million, the fastest growth in the UK and world leading. We have the highest customer satisfaction of any long distance franchise operator and dominate the air/rail market between London and Manchester. It has been a remarkable achievement by an outstanding team who have successfully delivered on our promises.
"I am immensely proud of our staff for turning the West Coast line from a heavily loss-making operation into one that will return the taxpayer billions in the years to come. Last year we paid a net premium of £160 million to the taxpayer and have created a franchise worth more than £6 billion which is hugely valuable to the country.
"These achievements have counted for little – as this is the fourth time that we have been out-bid in a rail tender. On the past three occasions, the winning operator has come nowhere close to delivering their promised plans and revenue, and has let the public and country down dramatically. In the case of the East Coast Main line, both winners – GNER and National Express – over promised in order to win the franchise and spectacularly ran into financial difficulties in trying to deliver their plans. The East Coast is still in Government ownership and its service is outdated and underinvested, costing passengers and the country dearly as a result.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. When will the Department for Transport learn?
Interestingly before Virgin took over the West Coast there were more passengers using the East Coast than the West Coast. Now there are 12 million fewer.
"Under our stewardship, the West Coast Mainline has been transformed from a public liability into a valuable asset for the UK, worth many billions of pounds. The service is a British success story and one to put up against rail companies around the world. It is a great shame that such a strong track record has been discounted in the evaluation process for one of the UK's most important infrastructure assets. The country's passengers, taxpayers and the West Coast employees deserve better.
"Based on the current flawed system, it is extremely unlikely that we would bid again for a franchise. The process is too costly and uncertain, with our latest bid costing £14 million. We have made realistic offers for the East Coast twice before which were rejected by the Department for Transport for completely unrealistic ones and therefore will have to think hard before embarking on another bid.
"Our amazing staff have been the driving force behind the West Coast Main Line's transformation and I am sure that for the last months of the contract they will all continue to run the high quality service that has helped win us many awards and attract millions more customers to rail."


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Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandez took inspiration from Aishwarya Rai's work in "Kajra re" song for her item number "Jadu ki jhappi" in "Ramaiya Vastavaiya".
Jacqueline dons desi avatar for the song choreographed by Prabhudheva, who is also the director of the movie.
Talking about "Kajra re", she said: "I think it was choreographed beautifully, Aishwarya was looking stunning...I love that song and I remember hearing it when I came to India, so it kind of remained and I think it was amazing. It is my favourite," said the actress here at the unveiling of the item number Monday.
Jacqueline's first item song "Dhanno" in "Housefull" was received well.
Releasing July 19, "Ramaiya Vastavaiya" stars Girish Taurani and Shruti Haasan in the lead roles.


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The facility is available to all users, regardless of residency; membership pricing/daily admission rates vary depending on residency. All users much purchase an ID card on their initial visit if they wish to access the track, gymnasium, fitness center, indoor pool, or game room. In addition, some programs and events conducted by the department may only be open to residents of the city.
Unfortunately, we have a limited number of lockers for use in our facility. Therefore all items must be taken with you when you leave. For your security, we ask that you bring a lock or check one out at our front desk.
Yes, the pools are available to rent, but we are a public facility so rentals must be scheduled around public pool times (after 8 p.m. at the outdoor pool). See more information about the Bridgeton Crossing Family Aquatic Park.
No, you must bring your own towels.
Yes, lockers are available free of charge. For the indoor pool, you may bring your own lock or check one out at the front desk of the Bridgeton Community Center. For the Family Aquatic Park, you must have two quarters which will be returned when you return the key to the locker.
Anyone! Resident and non-resident rates are available. Please call 314-739-5599 to check pricing and availability at the Bridgeton Recreation Center.
General users may not bring alcohol into the facility at any time. Some exceptions are made for specific programming, and alcohol is allowed at private rentals, with an additional deposit and contract addendum for those who wish to have alcohol at their rental. Alcohol is never allowed for pool rentals, and no alcohol is allowed in any facility on Sundays.
Ages vary for different amenities within the Bridgeton Recreation Center.Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult 16 years of age or older (maximum of 5 children per adult) when using the Rec Center. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult 16 years of age or older in the indoor pool area at all times (maximum of 5 children per adult). For children under 8, a ratio of one SWIMMING adult per 5 children must be met. Children ages 12-15 may use the fitness center after completing an orientation with fitness staff and their parent/guardian. Ages 12-13 must have a parent in the building while using the fitness equipment (after completing the orientation). Ages 14-15 may utilize the equipment on their own (after completing the orientation.
The Bridgeton Recreation Center has:
Along with these physical amenities, the community center offers:
You must wear closed toe shoes and appropriate fitness related clothing, such as shorts, sweat pants, a T-shirt and tennis shoes. No jeans, belts, cutoffs or sandals are permitted.
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TEMIS: mapping the air to safeguard the environment | |
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Tropospheric Emission Monitoring Internet Service (TEMIS), a multi-purpose demonstration project funded by the Data User Programme, to map the air and safeguard your look, our environment and planes in flight. | |
Safeguard your Look
High air pollution does more than just irritate your lungs, research confirms it also affects the way you look. By using ESA-provided pollution maps along with ultraviolet radiation data, cosmetics firm L'Oreal plans to investigate the future possibility of producing skincare products customised for local conditions.  Today the skin-ageing effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays are well known, but the harmful consequences of air pollution on our skin are less easily quantified outside of laboratories. Employing a 2800-strong team of scientists and support staff, L'Oreal has carried out field studies on this subject. Working with the French Regional Centre for the Fight against Cancer and the Mexican National Institute of Public Health, in 1999 the company began a nine-month study in and around Mexico City - one of the most polluted cities in the world. To study the effects of ozone and nitric oxide on the skin, 96 people in a highly polluted district of the city were compared to 93 subjects living in a less exposed urban area 75 km away. "We saw many differences between the two groups,†explained François Christiaens of L'Oreal. "We observed increased oxidation of the sebum - the oily secretion that lubricates and protects skin and hair - and the very dry or very greasy skin features of our volunteers living in Mexico City.†Christiaens explained the consequences are cosmetic, as skin and hair smoothness and brightness change, and also more serious, as oxidation compromises the skin's natural defences and could also enhance irritation and allergic reactions. Differences were sufficiently pronounced between people living less than a hundred kilometres apart that researchers grew interested in acquiring more precise information on regional air pollution levels. This in turn increased the existing interest in satellite data, already used for UV forecasting. "Today UV doses are either collected from ground sites or come from models, but coverage is sparse and there are limited data over time,†said Christiaens. "But satellite data can give us global maps of UV levels, and we can use them to work out realistic doses, as well as fine-tune the doses simulated in laboratory tests.† From autumn next year L'Oreal will receive regularly updated high-resolution maps of global UV doses and pollution levels, as part of a wide-ranging TEMIS project fuinded by the ESA Data User Programme. Using space-based atmospheric instruments such as SCIAMACHY, the project will chart global concentrations of trace gases, aerosols and UV for a wide range of end users. "We want to base our methods on state-of-the-art, high technology methods,†Christiaens concluded. "We hope to get more precise – on a smaller grid and taking account of cloudiness – information on ground UV doses and pollutant levels. As a consequence, we may fine-tune our laboratory experiments to provide more customised pro Air Quality Montoring Other TEMIS users will include statutory bodies charged with monitoring air quality, including the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forest and Landscape (BUWAL). The aim is to supplement data gathered from the National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (NABEL), which monitors air at 16 different locations across Switzerland for pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone and fine aerosol particles. "The air pollution situation across the country covers a large range of pollution levels due to its geographic situation,†said Brigitte Buchmann of the Federal Laboratory for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA), which runs the 16-station NABEL network for BUWAL. "There are highly polluted sites in the centre of cities but also stations used for global background information – such as the top of Jungfraujoch, 3580 metres above sea level.†Located at the heart of Europe, nitrogen dioxide from as far away as Manchester is known to reach Switzerland, along with dust from the Sahara. Part of EMPA's interest in TEMIS is in using satellites to track pollution as it travels from 'hotspot' regions. "This is of big interest for air quality assessment. At present we use meteorological transport models to link ground-based point measurements with source regions. But visualisation with satellite would be of great additional benefit. Spatial information and tracking of transboundary transport of polluted air are desirable new tools, †said Buchmann.  Diverting planes from deadly dust  None of the 262 passengers and crew on that British Airways 747 will ever forget that night. Travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Perth in June 1982 the aircraft entered a cloud of volcanic dust from Mount Galunggung on Java, part of the Pacific 'Ring of Fire'. Hot dust entered the cabin, the electrical discharge known as 'St Elmo's fire' shot from the wings to the instrument panel, and the engines shut down. Only after falling 6000 metres out of the dust were the engines able to restart, and even then the windscreen was so scratched their emergency landing at Jakarta proved extremely difficult. It was aviation incidents like this that led to the International Airways Volcano Watch, tasked with reporting to airlines about the location and expected movement of volcanic ash clouds, so planes can re-route around them. Currently the service relies largely on reports from observation stations, pilots and also webcams. But satellites are well suited to detect ash and also sulphur dioxide gas, typically a 'signature' of volcanic eruptions. Until recently the GOME instrument aboard ERS-2 was producing daily aerosol and sulphur dioxide plume maps and next year SCIAMACHY, onboard Envisat, will begin offering the same service, to more effectively guard against aircraft encountering ash clouds in future. Copyright 2000 - 2003 © European Space Agency. All rights reserved. |
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Supply chain management is the handling of the entire production flow of a good or service — starting from the raw components all the way to delivering the final product to the consumer. A company creates a network of suppliers ("links" in the chain) that move the product along from the suppliers of raw materials to those organizations that deal directly with users.
Most experts and practioners refer to the following five critical components of supply chain management:
Plan and manage all resources required to meet customer demand for a company's product or service. When the supply chain is established, determine metrics to measure whether the supply chain is efficient, effective, delivers value to customers and meets company goals.
Choose suppliers to provide the goods and services needed to create the product. Then, establish processes to monitor and manage supplier relationships. Key processes include: ordering, receiving, managing inventory and authorizing supplier payments.
Organize the activities required to accept raw materials, manufacture the product, test for quality, package for shipping and schedule for delivery.
Coordinate customer orders, schedule deliveries, dispatch loads, invoice customers and receive payments.
Create a network or process to take back defective, excess or unwanted products.
Effective supply chain management systems minimize cost, waste and time in the production cycle. The industry standard has become a just-in-time supply chain where retail sales automatically signal replenishment orders to manufacturers. Retail shelves can then be restocked almost as quickly as product is sold. One way to further improve on this process is to analyze the data from supply chain partners to see where further improvements can be made.
By analyzing partner data, the CIO.com post identifies three scenarios where effective supply chain management increases value to the supply chain cycle:
The supply chain is the most obvious "face" of the business for customers and consumers. The better and more effective a company's supply chain management is, the better it protects its business reputation and long-term sustainability.
IDC's Simon Ellis in The Path to a Thinking Supply Chain¹ defines what is supply chain management by identifying the five "Cs" of the effective supply chain management of the future:
Many supply chains have begun this process, with participation in cloud-based commerce networks at an all-time high and major efforts underway to bolster analytics capabilities.
While yesterday's supply chains were focused on the availability, movement and cost of physical assets, today's supply chains are about the management of data, services and products bundled into solutions. Modern supply chain management systems are about much more than just where and when. Supply chain management affects product and service quality, delivery, costs, customer experience and ultimately, profitability.
As recently as 2017, a typical supply chain accessed 50 times more data than just five years earlier. However, less than a quarter of this data is being analyzed. That means the value of critical, time-sensitive data — such as information about weather, sudden labor shortages, political unrest and microbursts in demand — can be lost.
Modern supply chains take advantage of massive amounts of data generated by the chain process and are curated by analytical experts and data scientists. Future supply chain leaders and the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems they manage will likely focus on optimizing the usefulness of this data — analyzing it in real time with minimal latency.
With IBM Services, you can evolve your supply chain processes into intelligent workflows, to reach new levels of responsiveness and innovation. Challenge siloed processes to uncover efficiencies, enable your teams to execute and deliver, and use emerging technologies like AI and blockchain to unlock opportunities in every step of the value chain — from demand planning to order orchestration and fulfilment.
A supply chain control tower should provide end-to-end visibility across the supply chain — particularly into unforeseen external events.
The tracking of orders from inception to fulfillment and managing the people, processes and data connected to the order as it moves through its lifecycle.
Clear visibility into inventory transactions can positively impact the entire process of ordering, storing and using inventory — from raw materials to finished product.
EDI is a standard format to exchange business information between two organizations electronically instead of using paper documents.
Analytics that can affect quality, delivery, the customer experience — and ultimately, profitability.
Supply chain optimization makes the best use of technology and resources like blockchain, AI and IoT to improve efficiency and performance in a supply network.
Enhance trust across your supply chain network with the business and technical expertise of IBM Blockchain.
Business-to-business (B2B) integration is the automation of business processes and communication between two or more organizations.
Managed file transfer (MFT) is a technology platform that allows organizations to reliably exchange electronic data between systems and people in a secure way to meet compliance needs.
Order management software lets you orchestrate your entire fulfillment network with powerful core capabilities and next-level options.
Find out why 800,000 trading partners trust IBM for partner network connectivity with market-leading AI and blockchain capabilities.
IBM Sterling Supply Chain Insights is an AI-enabled solution that delivers real-time intelligence to optimize supply chain performance by quickly correlating data from siloed systems, capturing organizational knowledge and creating digital playbooks.
Join an ecosystem of producers, suppliers, manufacturers, retailers and others creating a smarter, safer and more sustainable food system for all.
Optimize your retail supply chain with the ability to respond to trends at any scale.
Find articles on everything from supply chain sustainability to relevant technology trends and government regulations.
Smarter supply chains adapt when facing disruptions and can scale to meet new demands as customer needs change.
5 essential supply chain management strategies can help CSCOs distinguish themselves from the competition.
Learn how Farmer Connect and IBM Food Trust™ are connecting coffee growers and consumers with blockchain.
1 The Path to a Thinking Supply Chain, Simon Ellis & John Santagate, IDC Technology Spotlight, August 2018


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with Advanced Custom Fields plugin (see here) to get a single image for search results. The end result is that these pages are loading slow, as I believe this is due to MySQL returning the whole array of all images in the gallery for the specified page, which ends up being huge.
To load the image, I am currently doing the following:
$image = get_field('house_photos');
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Another attempt to take Port Hudson failed on June 13, when the Confederates inflicted 1,805 casualties on the Union troops while losing fewer than 200. The Confederates held out until they learned of the surrender of Vicksburg. Without its upriver counterpart, Port Hudson, the last Confederate bastion on the Mississippi River, lacked strategic significance and the garrison surrendered on July 9, 1863. Today, the Port Hudson State Commemorative Area encompasses 889 acres of the northern portion of the battlefield, and has three observation towers, six miles of trails, a museum, a picnic area and restrooms. Four thousand Civil War veterans are buried at the Port Hudson National Cemetery, which stands just outside the old Confederate lines. The Port Hudson State Commemorative Area is located at 236 Highway 61, in Jackson. The park is open 9:00am to 5:00pm daily, there is a fee for admission. Groups are requested to call 1-888-677-3400 in advance. Visit the park's website for further information. The Port Hudson is the subject of an online-lesson plan produced by Teaching with Historic Places, a National Register program that offers classroom-ready lesson plans on properties listed in the National Register. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places home page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biden Embraces Beltway Insider Role With Eye on 2016
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s bona fides as the ultimate Capitol Hill creature have gotten a significant boost since the November elections, first in the fiscal cliff negotiations and now via the gun violence task force he's leading.
But Biden's close association with a legislative body that is viewed less favorably than cockroaches presents a conundrum as he forms his role in President Barack Obama's second term and looks ahead to a possible 2016 presidential bid.
In the first Obama administration, the former 36-year senator played the integral role of negotiator and deal-maker between the White House and Congress. In the next four years, he must balance the administration's needs with his own ambitions.
A decade ago, Biden's Senate tenure, plus his two terms as vice president, would make him the instant frontrunner in the national primary. But in 2016? They make him the "inside-the-Beltway" candidate, albeit one with an increasingly well-received "regular Joe" shtick.
"Making legislative sausage makes it more difficult," said Jef Pollock, a prominent Democratic pollster. "Biden's longevity means there's more to pick apart."
Biden kicked off 2013 basking in the spotlight on Capitol Hill after brokering a deal with Senate Republicans to avoid the fiscal cliff — a package not all Hill Democrats were happy with. Last week, Biden continued his role as the public face of the commission on gun violence assembled after the shooting in Newtown, Conn. In between, he charmed the families of incoming and returning senators on swearing-in day, achieving Internet meme status with his one-liners.
Through these and other duties, Biden continues to tie his fate to Congress, a political body with approval ratings that sink lower every election cycle. In the meantime, the vice president and his allies have been coy about his presidential prospects in 2016.
On Election Day, Biden smiled big as he was asked whether it marked the last time he would have the chance to vote for himself. "No, I don't think so," he said then.
"I have suggested that he take a hard look at 2016," said Ted Kaufman, Biden's appointed Senate successor and longtime top aide. "I think he's been a very good vice president, he knows about running for president and he should take a look at it."
Republicans have a better track record of nominating senate veterans as presidential nominees, such as Kansas Sen. Bob Dole in 1996 and Arizona Sen. John McCain in 2008.
It's different for Democrats, even though the party nominated senators in 2004 and 2008. Although Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton served in the Senate in 2008, neither were longtime members of that chamber. More notably, Obama's "change" message centered on running against Washington, D.C. — and Congress.
Biden will never be able to co-opt that kind of message, even against former colleagues, possibly Clinton. Every preliminary poll of the 2016 Democratic field shows the outgoing secretary of State far ahead of the pack if she wants to run again.
Governors comprise much of the rest of the field, such as New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo or Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley. Democrats also mention Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Mark Warner of Virginia as potential national candidates. But their Senate tenure represents one-ninth of Biden's time there.
"It's in everyone's interest for Biden to keep floating his name now," one seasoned national Democratic operative said. "It averts the spotlight from [Clinton], plus it keeps him relevant."
In any permutation of the 2016 field, Biden plays the consummate Washington insider running on experience. And with experience comes age.
Biden's detractors cite that as one reason the 70-year-old might avoid another national campaign. He would be the same age as Dole when he accepted his party's nomination in 1996.
There's also his very chummy personality and his proclivity to speak off the cuff — something that's come to be known as the gaffe factor — two traits that are seen as impediments for Biden in 2016.
Yet, those traits are what make Biden excel at retail politiking, a skill he honed over the years in his small home state.
"A sizeable population actually meets you," said J.J. Balaban, a Democratic consultant who works in Delaware. "You have to develop a certain amount of retail politics skills. In Pennsylvania and other mega-states, you can be a mass media candidate."
Biden built on that reputation during the presidential campaign, leading rally after rally focused on blue-collar voters.
In other ways, Democrats say Biden has evolved since he moved to Observatory Circle. It's another reason why a 2016 Biden campaign would be completely different from his failed 1988 and 2008 White House bids.
"They're going to see him as the vice president of the United States, which is a position that oddly enough straddles both worlds,"said Luis Navarro, Biden's campaign manager in 2008.
In his first attempt, Biden struggled to balance his national campaign with his role as Judiciary chairman during Robert L. Bork's Supreme Court hearings. He dropped out before the Iowa caucuses.
In 2008, Biden — then Senate Foreign Relations chairman — billed himself as the only candidate with a plan for the war in Iraq. He received less than 1 percent in the Iowa caucuses and withdrew from the race.
In both cases, his home base of Delaware proved to be a problem. He struggled to raise money from the First State, while Obama and Clinton brought in big bucks from their respective national donor bases.
Delaware did not provide Biden much practice for tough campaigns, either. He only had one competitive contest out of seven senate elections: He won his first race in 1976 with 51 percent.
After 2008 and 2012, he knows what it's like to be in a tough race. He also knows what it's like to be a GOP target and a regular punch line.
But four years is a long time — and that's both good and bad for the vice president. It's hard to envision the political taint of Washington will subside by 2016 — but it's possible.
More important for Biden is the state of the economy. A robust recovery will cement his boss's legacy and give him his best shot at the White House.
Once the economy is truly rebounding, voters might even find an inside-the-Beltway candidate more palatable.
"Who the hell says someone is running against Washington in 2016?" Pollock added. "These things run in cycles. If Joe Biden has the chance to do this thing, it's on the back of economic recovery."


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December 19, 2013:
With Christmas Eve right around the corner, BlueStar All Star Brian Huston is sharing his seafood chowder recipe that has been a holiday tradition in his family for many years. "One of the reasons I decided to become a cook professionally was my love for the holidays, especially Thanksgiving and Christmas. I loved our family together and tasting everyone's seasonal specialties."
Chef de Cuisine Brian Huston's unassuming style is perfectly suited to The Publican in Chicago, IL, a restaurant whose goal is to be as simple as possible. The Evanston, Illinois native boasts a solid career of building on classical culinary training, including stages at some of the country's finest restaurants.
Learn more about Brian Huston here:
Name: Brian Huston, The Publican – Chicago, IL
Favorite Holiday Recipe: Christmas Eve Seafood Chowder
Why this is your favorite holiday recipe: "Every Christmas Eve, my family would make the hour and a half drive from Chicago to Milwaukee, to tour my mother's family's homes. We would see their Christmas trees and devour their spread. We would end up at my grandma and grandpa's house, stuffed to the gills but ready for soup. My grandfather passed away over 10 years ago, and since then I have carried on the tradition."
How your BlueStar range / oven helps make it perfect: "The first few years making the soup, I had a problem scorching the bottom of the pan, not with the BlueStar. A slow, steady, consistent heat source prevents burning. On the flip side, the high BTUs make for great seared scallops and keeps your water boiling when you add the lobster."
Recipe: Christmas Eve Seafood Chowder
Preparing the Seafood:
- 1 lb live lobster
- 1 lb shrimp
- 1 lb scallops
- 1/2 cup salt
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Juice of one lemon
- Optional aromatics
- 1 cup white wine
- 1 orange sliced
- 1 lemon sliced
- 1 tablespoon peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon chili flake
- 1 bouquet garni (3 branches of parsley, thyme and bay leaf tied together)
- In a large stock pot bring one gallon of water to boil. Add salt.
- Kill the lobster by using a chefs knife, quickly stab the lobster just above the head, bringing the knife all the way through the head and splitting the head through the eyes. This gives the lobster a good, clean, quick death.
- Plunge the lobster into water and cook for 7 minutes. Remove and let cool. Pick meat and set aside.
- Remove pot from heat and add shrimp. Depending on size of shrimp cook until cooked through, two to six minutes. Remove and let cool. Peel and chop.
- Season scallops with salt and pepper. In a small saute pan over high heat sear scallops until golden brown. Flip scallops and cook for one more minute. Remove and quarter scallops.
- Combine seafood and season with salt, pepper, lemon juice and olive oil.
- 1 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup leeks, sliced
- 1 cup fennel, sliced
- 1/2 cup apple, peeled and chopped
- 3 cups fish stock (See below. You can substitute vegetable broth or water)
- 1 cup potato, peeled and diced
- 1 teaspoon tarragon
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- In a 3 quart saucepan, melt the butter over medium high heat. Add the leeks, fennel and apple and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add the stock and bring to a boil. Add the tarragon, pepper, reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered for 25 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- Place a cup of the soup in a blender or food processor. Cover and process until smooth. Add salt.
- Fold in seafood or leave on the side if you're serving a father or sister who don't do seafood.
- 2 lb fish bones
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 1 shallot, minced
- 1/4 lb mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup dry white wine
- 1 bouquet garni (3 branches of parsley, thyme and bay leaf tied together)
- Melt butter in saucepan over low heat. Add the onion, shallot, mushroom and cook for three minutes without letting them color. Add the bones and cook for three to four minutes.
- Add the white wine, 7 cups cold water and the bouquet and bring stock to a simmer, never allowing the stock to reach a boil. Simmer, skimming for 20 minutes. Take off heat and let cool for 30 minutes, during which time the impurities will sink to the bottom of pan.
- Ladle stock through a fine strainer and set aside
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BOSTON – Researchers have taken an important step toward better lung cancer treatment by using blood tests to track genetic changes in tumors as they progress from their very earliest stages.
With experimental tests that detect bits of DNA that tumors shed into the blood, they were able to detect some recurrences of cancer up to a year before imaging scans could, giving a chance to try new therapy sooner.
It's the latest development for tests called liquid biopsies, which analyze cancer using blood rather than tissue samples. Some doctors use these tests now to guide care for patients with advanced cancers, mostly in research settings. The new work is the first time tests like this have been used to monitor the evolution of lung tumors at an early stage, when there's a much better chance of cure.
Only about one third of lung cancer cases in the United States are found at an early stage, and even fewer in other parts of the world. But more may be in the future as a result of screening of longtime smokers at high risk of the disease that started a few years ago in the U.S.
Early-stage cases are usually treated with surgery. Many patients get chemotherapy after that, but it helps relatively few of them.
"We have to treat 20 patients to cure one. That's a lot of side effects to cure one patient," said Dr. Charles Swanton of the Francis Crick Institute in London.
The new studies he led suggest that liquid biopsies might help show who would or would not benefit from chemotherapy, and give an early warning if it's not working so something else can be tried.
Cancer Research UK, a charity based in England, paid for the work, and results were published online Wednesday by Nature and the New England Journal of Medicine .
To be clear: This kind of care is not available yet — the tests used in these studies are experimental and were customized in a lab to analyze the genes in each patient's cancer. But the technology is advancing rapidly.
The company that generated the tests for the study in Nature — California-based Natera Inc. — plans to offer the tests for research by universities and drug companies later this year and hopes to have a version for routine use in cancer care next year.
"This is coming, and it's coming fast," said Dr. David Gandara, a lung specialist at the University of California, Davis, who had no role in the studies but consults for two companies developing liquid biopsies. A test that could spare many people unnecessary treatment "would be huge," he said.
In the studies, researchers analyzed tumors from about 100 people with non-small cell lung cancer, the most common form of the disease. Even in these early-stage cases, they found big variations in the number of gene flaws, and were able to trace how the tumors' genes changed over time.
People with many gene or chromosome problems were four to five times more likely to have their cancer return, or to die from their disease within roughly two years.
They also looked at 14 patients whose cancers recurred after surgery, and compared them to 10 others whose did not. Blood tests after surgery accurately identified more than 90 percent of them that were destined to relapse, up to a year before imaging tests showed that had occurred.
The results suggest that using liquid biopsy tests to help select and adjust treatments is "now feasible," at least from a scientific standpoint, the authors write.
A big issue is cost, though. Liquid biopsies sold now in the U.S. cost nearly $6,000. Tests that more narrowly track a patient's particular tumor gene changes, like the one in these studies, may cost less. They may save money in the long run, by preventing futile treatment, but this has yet to be shown.
Liquid biopsy video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPKqtPcPvd4
Lung cancer treatment info: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/non-small-cell-lung-cancer/treating/by-stage.html
Marilynn Marchione can be followed at http://twitter.com/MMarchioneAP


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Ms. Splosion Man Summary
Ms. Splosion Man Review
John Dough is a very angry person indeed, so Ms 'Splosion Man was perhaps not the wisest game to get him to review.
Latest Updates
Microsoft "continuing to support" Games for Windows Live
The PC gaming community might be unanimous in their disdain for Games for Windows Live, but creators Microsoft aren't ready to let their online gaming service die off just yet. In a statement sent to Game informer the company said that they "are continuing to support the Games for Windows Live service".
PC version of Ms. Splosion Man lands 26th March
Announced a year ago, the PC version of Ms. 'Splosion Man will finally be landing on the 26th March.
Twisted Pixel releases Ms. Splosion Man challenge, teases E3 announcement
Twisted Pixel has released a new Cinco de Mayo series of themed challenges for their manic platformer Ms. Splosion Man. Even more intriguingly, the developer is teasing a new Xbox 360 title by the developer that will be announced on the 5th June for E3 2012.
PAX East 2012: Ms. Splosion Man sploding onto PC
The guys at Twisted Pixel here at PAX East have told Strategy Informer that their manic platformer, Ms. Splosion Man, will be hitting PC this Summer. The game will be landing on Games for Window Live and Steam, in addition to iOS devices.
Splosion Man appearing in Retro City Rampage
Retro City Rampage is an Xbox Live Arcade game that mimicks the old 16-bit SNES games of yore, and parodies many of the 1990's video game era tropes, with references to games of the past and of the present.


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Endovascular Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology
Neurosurgery is a branch of surgery that treats conditions and diseases of the brain and nervous system. Radiology is a medical specialty that helps diagnose and treat conditions and diseases using various radiology techniques.
Endovascular neurosurgery is a subspecialty within neurosurgery. It uses catheters and radiology to diagnose and treat various conditions and diseases of the central nervous system. The central nervous system is made up of the brain and the spinal cord. This medical specialty is also called neurointerventional surgery.
Interventional neuroradiology is a subspecialty within radiology. It also involves catheters and radiology to diagnose and treat neurological conditions and diseases.
The term endovascular means "inside a blood vessel." Endovascular neurosurgery uses tools that pass through the blood vessels to diagnose and treat diseases and conditions rather than using open surgery. The surgeon often uses radiology images to help him or her to see the part of the body involved in the procedure.
Healthcare providers in these specialties may also diagnose and treat conditions of the spinal cord using similar techniques, although not through a blood vessel.
These types of procedures are called "minimally invasive." This is because they generally need only a tiny incision instead of a larger incision necessary for open surgery.
Healthcare providers who specialize in endovascular neurosurgery need training in both neurosurgery and radiology. After a neurosurgery residency, they complete a fellowship program in endovascular neurosurgery. A neurosurgeon may be board certified in neurosurgery through the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Currently, there is no board certified specialty in endovascular neurosurgery.
Healthcare providers who specialize in interventional neuroradiology also need training in both radiology and neurology or neurosurgery. After a radiology residency, they complete a fellowship in interventional neuroradiology. A radiologist may be board certified in neuroradiology through the American Board of Radiology.
What kinds of procedures are performed by these specialists?
Endovascular neurosurgical procedures include:
Thrombolytic therapy. This procedure uses "clot-busting" medicine to dissolve a clot in a blood vessel in the brain or elsewhere in the body.
Endovascular coiling. A surgeon inserts a very thin metal wire that forms a coil inside a brain aneurysm to block blood flow. A brain aneurysm is a bulging, weakened area in the wall of an artery in the brain. This results in an abnormal widening or ballooning. Because the artery wall has a weakened spot, the aneurysm is at risk for bursting if blood flow isn't blocked. Aneurysm can be treated by coiling or clipping it closed.
Minimally invasive spine surgery. This procedure is used to treat spinal disorders. These include fractures, tumors, compressed nerves, and other conditions that put pressure on the spinal cord.
Cerebral angiography. This is a radiology procedure that looks at how blood is flowing in the brain.
Carotid artery angioplasty/stenting. This procedure uses a small balloon and/or a tiny metal scaffold called a stent to open a narrowed carotid artery. The carotid arteries supply blood to the brain.


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Phoronix made news "It's official now..." after ppl posted about telegraph's post. And their post says "VALVE confirmed....", not "according to phoronix's sources steam is coming for linux too in next coming months".
They could have googled steam linux and found it at first but why that non-technie newspaper would searched for if there is linux client coming too. I admit it sounds bit odd that valve would confirmed it throught only one minor newspaper but i can't answer that.
I think it was in irc where some1 writed that (s)he had writed email to telegraph about sources and they answered that it were valve directly.
And last but not unsignifigant anyway, most "good" newspapers tend to make internal check for sources when claim's has been made before publishing storys. I dont know if telegraph is "that" kind of newspaper tho.
No announcement yet.
Valve's Source Engine Coming To Linux
You are incorrect. The articles here always suggest "it's official from Valve" which is bullshit. Besides Phoronix is more known than you think. /. for example tends to make news out of Phoronix news. So it's very well possible that the snake bites its own tail especially since Phoronix people (as it looks) don't really check their news much but instead jump on any hype-train passing by.
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passed the 1 min mark, wanted to add:
"That level of conjecture is on level with the quality of reporting you'd be accusing the telegraph of..."
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Originally posted by ad_267 View PostYeah we've been over this already. The Telegraph most likely got their information from Phoronix, and it isn't backed up by Valve at all.
I assume that a major newspaper would only post facts, not reference the blogosphere. Shoot, I doubt those guys at the telegraph have even heard of phoronix. I think to assume that they pulled this from phoronix is just to much of an assumption, and completely baseless. Not impossible, but no information indicates this, and the diction of the article doesn't correlate to anything said by phoronix, ever.
I reserve the right to be wrong.
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Originally posted by melat0nin View PostAccording to the Telegraph Valve have confirmed that a native Linux Steam client is coming in the next few months:
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Little update: Phoronix has an own article about the MacOS port http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...item&px=ODA1MA
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Originally posted by SkyHiRider View PostWell Valve said the Mac Source engine will use OpenGL so I have my hopes up.
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Well Valve said the Mac Source engine will use OpenGL so I have my hopes up.
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Both future and old games are being ported, that's kinda cool of them, considering that Half-Life 2 was released way back in 2004...
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World Heritage Committee keeps Dresden on UNESCO World Heritage List but warns against bridge project
Christchurch, New Zealand - The World Heritage Committee on Monday decided to keep Dresden Elbe Valley (Germany) on the List of World Heritage in Danger. But it asked Germany to provide an alternative solution to traffic management than the bridge currently planned in the site inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2004.
The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Christchurch for its 31st session, accepted that if present plans for a bridge were replaced by a solution that respected the outstanding universal value of the cultural landscape the site would remain on the World Heritage List. Otherwise, the Committee decided, Dresden would be struck off the List.
The Committee last year threatened taking the unprecedented step of delisting Dresden Elbe Valley because of plans to build a four-lane bridge across the river. This year, the Committee reaffirmed its commitment to preserve the credibility of UNESCO's World Heritage List and gave the German authorities four more months to find an acceptable solution.
The status of the site, which was inscribed as an ensemble that integrates the celebrated baroque setting and suburban garden city into an artistic whole within the river valley, will be re-examined by the Committee next year.
Contact in New Zealand:
Roni Amelan, UNESCO Bureau of Public Information, +64 273 414 518 - email@example.com


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FRANKLIN, MA, May 17, 2012 –Tegra Medical is pleased to announce that Robert E. Pietrafesa has joined the company as President and Chief Executive Officer.
"We're thrilled to have Rob join the organization to lead the Tegra team," said David Belluck, Chairman of the Board at Tegra and General Partner of Riverside Partners, the majority owner of Tegra Medical. "Tegra is well positioned to serve the growing medical device outsourcing market with a terrific set of manufacturing capabilities and a dedicated workforce. Attracting a seasoned leader with Rob's broad industry knowledge and operating experience is exactly what's needed to ensure that our strategy and execution are well aligned."
Rob brings more than 16 years of experience as a President and Chief Operating Officer in medical device manufacturing; he has also held executive leadership positions in the clothing manufacturing and wholesale book industries. Most recently, Rob served as President of the InterV Division of Angiotech Pharmaceuticals after the successful sale of American Medical Instruments (AMI) to Angiotech for $785 million. During the three prior years, while he was President at the InterV Division of AMI, the firm's revenues tripled and operating income increased by 500 percent.
Earlier, Rob was a Group Vice President of Medical for the $6.2 billion Marmon Group. There, he served as chief strategist of the medical business and led the acquisition of five companies in six years. He then orchestrated a successful spinoff of most of the medical assets to create a branded device company principally owned by the private equity firm Roundtable Healthcare Partners, with Marmon continuing as an investor. In 1992 Rob assumed the leadership of B.G. Sulzle as Executive Vice President and COO. In five years, Sulzle grew revenue by $28 million by improving quality, reducing lead times dramatically and increasing exports of surgical needles from 25 percent to 65 percent of sales, becoming the world's largest independent manufacturers of surgical needles. In 1997 the company was sold to The Marmon Group.
"I've known Tegra and some of its key principals for a number of years and have always admired the technical prowess, the focus on solving customer problems, and the character and integrity of the team," said Pietrafesa. "I look forward to leveraging this strong foundation and ensuring that we build on past successes with an unrelenting focus on customer satisfaction. Tegra has a committed and talented workforce. With the GENESIS Tech Center® to prototype and develop manufacturing processes, a low cost country option with our operation in Costa Rica, and the sophisticated quality system and practices required today, Tegra has the right offering to meet the needs of the most demanding device manufacturers."
About Tegra Medical
Tegra Medical is focused exclusively on the medical device industry, providing precision machining and contract manufacturing services. Tegra uses a wide range of manufacturing technologies to produce complex components and finished devices used in cutting-edge procedures for leading surgical, interventional and orthopaedic companies. Tegra has 200,000 sq. ft. of modern manufacturing space in four locations and is ISO 13485:2003 registered. The company combines a broad spectrum of capabilities with a can-do culture to deliver exceptional solutions, speed and service.
About Riverside Partners
Founded in 1989, Riverside Partners is a middle market private equity firm currently investing Riverside Fund IV, L.P. The fund focuses on growth oriented companies primarily in the healthcare and technology industries. Riverside is particularly experienced at partnering with founders, owners and management teams and it brings substantial domain expertise and operating experience to its portfolio companies. The partners at Riverside have managed more than $500 million in investments in over 50 companies. The firm is currently focused on companies with revenues between $20 and $200 million and with $5-$25 million of EBITDA.
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I want to try to make an app that generates flash movies. There are many flash generators to be found on the internet. Most of them is to create menus or text or banners. Some can be downloaded to make flash surveys.
My question is how are the flash generator made. I can gather I need a compiler to make swf-files. But what else do I need to write java apps that generates flash movies?


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Trauma specialists believe that "what is most tragic about child abuse and neglect is the exploitation of the child's attachment to the parent." To be sure, it is far easier to abuse one's own children, precisely because their love and loyalty to the parent render them much more compliant than they would be to a stranger. It is exactly this attachment exploitation that teaches children they are not safe in a relationship to other human beings.
Physical abuse itself does not cause trouble. Most people have had physical injuries, fractures or burns during childhood due to purely accidental causes and they have not been harmed by it because they have been comforted and cared for by good caregivers at the time of the incident. Damage comes when the injuries are inflicted by those to who one looks for love and protection, and there is no relief from the trauma. It is the emotional and psychological setting in which the sexual maltreatment occurs, and with whom it has occured, that makes the difference and causes lasting damage.
Children are born into the world absolutely dependent and helpless. They depend on others for food, warmth, cleanliness and protection from threat. Children's natural and healthy helplessness is transformed into terror and dispair when those needs are ignored, or when a parent plays "let's make a deal" with those needs.
Childhood should be a time of no-risk dependency. Many children, in desperation, learn to care prematurely for themselves...at the expense of trust in others, emotional growth and self-acceptance. Unfortunately, try as they might, such children can never absolutely ensure their survival, simply because it is never absolutely within their control.
Try as they might, parents cannot always protect their children from trauma. A relative dies. The house burns down. The child witnesses a fatal car accident. The child is molested by someone outside the family and terrorized into keeping the secret. Yet, children can survive intact emotionally if adults provide them with a sense of safety and well-being in the aftermath of traumatic events.
Realistic, protective and compassionate treatment by adults can become more meaningful than the trauma itself, thus lessening its after-effects. However, when the source of the trouble is within the family, realism, protection and comapssion are usually in short supply. It is often not so much what actually happened that causes the "persistant negative effects" of trauma, as it is the absence of healing responses...what didn't happen afterward.
Suppose that in the midst of a tornado a child sought comfort and protection from his parents and was told, "What tornado? It's a beautiful day...Go outside and play." That's how crazy and unsafe the world seems to some children. Some survivors have tried to tell the truth about the abuse and were called liars or accused of being responsible for the abuser's behavior.
When a victim or survivor is disbelieved, shamed, threatened into silence, or when the disclosure is minimized or becomes cause for punishment, the trauma inflicted by willful ignorance compounds the original trauma. Children can withstand a lot with the help of other people; conversely, the denial or rejection of children's normal thoughts and feelings about trauma can cause as much pain as the original trauma.
To minimize the damage of trauma, children also need protection from further harm. But in troubled families it is not in the abuser's best interest to teach the child how to prevent further abuse. The nonprotective parent who denies or minimizes the abuse is usually passive. The child is usually left on his own to figure out the best way to protect himself.
Survivors rarely, if ever, benefitted from the compassionate and reasonable reactions that would have lessened the effects of their troubled childhoods. Given the enormity of what didn't happen after their traumas, it isn't surprising that they entered adulthood numb and anxious, or both. Protective numbing and reactive anxiety are, after all, normal reactions to abnormal situations.
Clearly, people were not meant to be physically or sexually abused. Human beings are not equipped to understand abuse as it happens, not to feel the full force of their physiological response at the time. And they cannot, at that moment, find meaning in the experience of the abuse. Each of these important elements of accomodation can only happen later, in distinct stages.
Survivors commonly speak of how they endured trauma by pretending that their mind and spirit had gone to a safer place, leaving the body behind to endure the abuse.
Abused children abandon reality, dissociating mind from body so they won't be overwhelmed and their ability to cope won't be shattered. Even a relatively minor trauma can provoke dissociation until a person is later able to integrate the experience. "Later", in the case of chronic abuse, particularly where the child has no support, may mean years later.
In the short run, dissociation is a very effective defense, walling off what cannot be accomodated. Sometimes the actual memory of the abuse goes into deep freeze. An incident in the present may trigger strong feelings that really belong to an incident in the past. The survivor may become enraged by what merely annoys others, devastated when others are momentarily sad, panicked when others are just worried. Present events tap into a deep well of feelings whose source remains alusive.
When asked what the worst memory from their childhood is, many survivors reply, "My worst memory has yet to surface."
Sometimes only the feelings go into deep freeze. Some suvivors have perfect, excruciating detailed recall of the abuse itself, but are numb to their feelings. Their hearts are in deep freeze. They do fine when they are not provoked to feel too much. They may avoid friendships and romance, or enter into them only on their own terms. They believe their feelings are as troublesome and overwhelming today as their parents once told them they were. They are numb to feelings as a way to keep control.
Many survivors ask, "If I don't remember the trauma, or if I don't have strong feelings about it, isn't that better?" Dissociation eventually takes far more effort than it is worth. The more we try not to, the more feelings and thoughts assert themselves, unconsciously demanding our attention. It takes an enormous toll to keep perfectly legitimate memories and feelings about childhood trauma in deep freeze. In the long run, one is better letting the thaw happen, and with the support of others, participating in some manner of "cure" that will allow life to go on.
Some survivors don't know they have a highly recognizable and treatable anxiety disorder called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which has been associated with survivors of the Vietnam War, the Holocaust, mass murders, natural disasters, rape, kidnapping, accidents, torture, and other extraordinary events.
People with PTSD often re-experience the trauma in their minds. When the memory brings on a physiological response or feeling this is called an abreaction. (The release of emotional tension through the recalling of a repressed traumatic event.) Often the situation that brings on the abreaction is reminiscent of the original trauma.
An abreaction could be triggered by something someone says, circumstances such as the press of a crowd, being left totally alone, a darkened room...or even a particular time of the year, smells, touch, tastes...or other things associated with the trauma. Suddenly, the survivor is transported as if in a time machine to the event of the original trauma and reacts with the emotional intensity that would have been appropriate then, though not now. During an abreaction it is difficult to distinguish "what was" from "what is".
Herein lies the Achilles Heels for survivors. They function well in many aspects of life until they encounter the events or circumstances that are likely to trigger abreactions: emotional vulnerability, physical illness or evasive medical procedures, struggles with authority figures, cultural oppression or abandonment, to name a few.
A person with PTSD lives with a persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma or numbing of general responsiveness. Survivors with PTSD may avoid any intimate connection, often resulting in feelings of detachment or estrangement from others. Survivors often have highly developed social skills and may seem to be extremely extroverted, but their dealings with others may preclude vulnerability. They can talk about movies or work or the weather, but they have difficulty expressing their feelings. Or, they may have constricted feelings. They may be unable to identify and express a wide range of emotions, particularly the anger, fear and sadness so closely associated with the original traumatic events.
Certain circumstances can make the disorder longer lasting and more severe. If a trauma is repeated, for instance, as in chronic physical or sexual abuse, then the disorder might persist more than it would after only one incident. Repitition does not make one immune to the consequences of trauma. Rather, it has a cumulative effect, as unresolved trauma is layered upon unresolved trauma.
Traumatic events that are human in origin seem to have more severe after-effects than natural disasters. Hurtful and frightening as it is to be raped by a stranger, or to be in the path of a natural disaster, the creation of a personal disaster by a loved one is vastly more bewildering and overwhelming.
Another circumstance that contributes to the persistance of PTSD is the victim's age. The younger the victim, the more vulnerable he is. The more developmental skills and life experiences uncontaminated by trauma a child has, the more he has to draw on in the face of trauma. When life goes well, and children are loved and protected, each day is like a deposit in a savings account. Neglect, repeated physical abuse or sexual assault...or other life-threatening events, make huge withdrawals on the account. The more a child has in the bank when the trauma occurs, the better the prognosis for a quick recovery. Small children who are repeatedly traumatized usually have few deposits and easily become emotionally bankrupt.
When the survivor is ready to deal with it, memories and feelings begin to reconnect. He or she remembers, with the mind and feelings, instead of dismembering through dissociation.
The beginning of reconnection is usually attibuted to the fortuitous occurence of a trigger - an event or circumstance obviously associated with or reminiscent of the original trauma. There must also always be the simultaneous occurence of a positive trigger before the reconnection can begin. For instance, the survivor may have found someone trustworthy to talk to (therapist, friend, partner, support group) and may finally feel safe and sane enough to explore and accept her feelings.
The pain and disorientation can be balanced by focusing on the positive trigger. During this process, survivors should ask themselves, "Why now? Why didn't I remember this two years ago? Five years ago?" The answer lies in the conjunction of this trigger, along with the negative one, which tells the survivor "you can afford to reconnect now...you have the power, judgement, insight and support that you truly did not have as a child. It is safe enough."
Walling off parts of the trauma was once the solution to an unbearable situation. Eventually, it causes problems in the mind, heart and spirit, in one's relationships with the child within and others, and in one's work. Trauma, if left unresolved, is destined to be re-enacted in one of those vital aspects of the self.
To recognize that a mother is exploiting you for her own ends, or that a father is unjust and tyrannical, or that neither parent ever wanted you, is intensely painful. Moreover, it is frightening. Given any loophole, most children will seek to see their parent's behavior in some more favorable light. This natural bias of children is easy to exploit.
It is not just the child's body that is abused or neglected. Troubled families mess with a child's mind. Virtually all survivors believe that their ability to think, to intellectually master the challenges in their lives, was of of their greatest strengths as children. Like other coping mechanisms, their over-reliance on rationality fell into obsolesence and became one of their greater weaknesses.
Children struggle to make some sense of a loved one's abusive and neglectful treatment. If the child understood what abuse really was, a random and violent imposition of another's will onto a relatively helpless person, he would despair at such hopelessness and betrayal. Therefore, he uses every mental effort to make himself seem in greater control while transforming the abusive parent into the safe and loving caretaker he so desperately needs. Such lies of the mind require mental gymnastics.
Children don't do this thinking in a vacuum. In some situations they are told what to think. In most cases they are influenced by the abuser's faulty thinking and by the rationalization of the adults who passively enable the abuse to go on. Children hear what those powerful adults say and what they don't say.
On top of the abuse and neglect, denial heaps more hurt upon the child by requiring the child to alienate herself from reality and her own experience. In troubled families, abuse and neglect are permitted; it's the talking about them that is forbidden.
Minimization is a thinking error designed to protect the injured self, making one seem a little less injured. The need for it can lessen as the survivor can afford to embrace the full reality of the past. (Refraining from denial is an act of courage for survivors. They have to choose quite literally between being alienated from themselves and reality...or being alienated from family members who still deny abuse.)
In troubled families, the thinking around who is responsible is convoluted at best. Abusive parents externalize, blaming other people, places and things for their behavior. They compensate by controlling everyone around them. But...in their heart of hearts...they feel out of control. They must blame others because it is too painful to take responsibility for their unhappiness. Children are easy targets because they cannot challenge their parent's thinking errors. Few children can argue when facing an enraged mother. Hearing accusations often enough, children come to believe that they are responsible for their parent's troubled behavior.
Unfortunately, children receive an internal psychological payoff when they believe the abuse is their fault...a false sense of power. The child can let the unfairness and danger of the violence shatter him, or he can tell himself, "I'm not frightened or angry or sad or helpless or innocent. There is nothing wrong with this situation. This is happening to me for a good reason. This is happening to me because I deserve it, because I provoked it, because I was put here on Earth to endure such things. There is really nothing out of the ordinary about this."
The child is doing the best he or she can do to make sense out of the abuse or neglect, by feeling guilty and responsible, thereby holding on to the illusion that he or she is in control of what is truly out of control. This illusion of power seems better than acknowledging that one has no power at all. Such pseudologic quells feelings of hurt, rage, terror, confusion or sadness...rationalizing them into a deep freeze.
The child's sense of guilt and responsibility is useful to the abusive parent, who believes he isn't abusive..that it is the child who forces him into being abusive. The nonprotective adults want the child to bear the guilt so they won't have to face the harm their neglect is causing. So...the dance of the violent family begins: Children are responsible for adult's behavior...adults are responsible for nothing.
Faced with random, senseless abuse, a child begins to think herself as inherently unlovable.
Believing oneself to be guilty, responsible, or in control of others' hurtful behavior can be a tenacious habit. Many survivors deal with any overwhelming experience - physical illness, abandoment by a friend or spouse, academic or job demands - by "comforting" themselves with the illusion that they are in fact in control and to blame. An enormous amount of energy is sapped by this irrational guilt.
Rarely do survivors see themselves as so powerful over the good in their own lives. Here, their parent's constant projection has left it's mark. Many survivors, convinced of their inherent worthlessness and inadequacy, look to other people, places and things for salvation. Only when they have the "perfect intimate partner, their dream house, or public recognition for their work" will they be redeemed. Of course, anything so powerful to save their lives might also destroy their lives, which brings the survivor back full circle to his original feeling of powerlessness. Reasponsible for all the pain in the world...he is inept at enjoying his own happiness.
Fantasy, as a coping mechanism can also be a weakness. Too often fantasies become more real than relationships. Survivors may fantasize a lot about what other people think or feel about them.
Trauma influences our ways of organizing in our minds what goes on out in the world. Survivors who have not fared well in life tend to think in sweeping generalities...people are either good or bad, with no gray area in between. Everything is "always" or "never", with no room for "doesn't matter much." In contrast, some survivors have thinking that is highly compartmentalized.
Children simply do not have the cognitive development or life experience for clear thinking in the face of trauma. Their thinking errors reflect their best attempt to comprehend the incomprehensible...when the truth wasn't offered or allowed. A first step to recovery, then, is to examine, challenge, and change these old ways of thinking about trauma.
The goal of sorting through the lies of the mind is to learn to take the abuse less personally, and thereby to feel safer. By looking back, the powerful adult mind can more objectively measure the powerlessness of the traumatized child.
Thinkly clearly may not be the entire answer, but it is an excellent and necessary beginning. Emerson wrote: "It is the oyster who mends its shell with pearls." But, unlike oysters, we are not solitary creatures. We mend one another as well as ourselves. Pearls of wisdom help us to take the next step...to heal in the company of other people, feeling the effects of the trauma while we hold onto our life rafts.
Feelings begin in the body, not in the mind. Many survivors say, "I know what happened wasn't my fault, but I still feel somewhat unlovable and damaged. My self-worth is measured by how other people see me. My head knows that is wrong, but my heart feels differently. Thinking comes much more easily to me...it's still a big risk to feel. If I ever started to cry, I'd cry a river. If I ever felt the terror of it all, I'd disintegrate into nothingness."
Children don't innately know how to repress their spontaneous responses. They have to be taught, and troubled parents are perhaps the best teachers of all. There are three iron-clad rules in the abusive home: Don't talk. Don't trust. Don't feel. To break any of them means risking rejection or punishment.
One of the few predictable aspects of a violent family is the unpredictablity of the parent's responses. Every time the child cries, he gets a different response. Soon he realizes that it is unsafe to cry. After a while, he keeps his feelings to himself and perhaps loathes spontaneity because it causes so much trouble.
Young children offer their feelings to adults as gifts, as their currency of exchange in intimacy. All they can do to be close to adults is to offer their feelings. When their feelings are ignored or rejected as wrong, bad, troublesome, sick, crazy or stupid...they feel rejected. The young mind reasons "since my feelings are unacceptable, I must be unacceptable, too."
Beyond teaching children to recognize and articulate their feelings, parents help children to contain and express feelings constructively. When children do not learn how to do this they may become overwhelmed by them, experiencing them as floods. They may come to fear or loathe their feelings.
Adults from abusive homes can also become pain-avoidant. Survivors attempt to control the people and events around them so that they will never feel pain again.
What is most tragic about pain-avoidant behavior is that it is a defense against something that has already happened and cannot be undone. A survivor cannot live fully in the present until he or she has the past in perspective. Sometimes being preoccupied and defensive about the pain waiting in the future is just a distraction from addressing the real pain in the past.
To be intimate is to risk pain. There are no guanantees. To miss years of loving to avoid the pain of loss is too high a price to pay.
Survivors attempt to flee from feelings about having been abused, from normal reactions to an abnormal situation. Because that situation was life-threatening in the past, some survivors mistakenly believe that to experience those feelings today would also be life-threatening, would bring on an emotional breakdown, a falling apart akin to death. They do not understand that the breakdown has already happened, when their feelings were preempted by shame.
A survivor can afford to look that "death" squarely in the face when he has people who will stand by him, as well as the insight and power he did not have as a child. When it is finally safe enough, the survivor will remember the memories and feel the feelings about the trauma. Such a "thawing out" is a second chance, an emotional reincarnation. Still...the first sensations that have been repressed or avoided all of one's life can feel like a tidal wave.
When he is ready, the thoughts and feelings return. In response to what has been uncovered, he often feels great anger at the betrayal itself and the injustice and randomness of the violence.
Underneath that anger is a terror and helplessness that is more difficult to experience than the anger. ("Maybe it wasn't as bad as I remember. Maybe I'm just exaggerating.") This can go on for a long time, but with the help of others, the survivor will eventually accept that the trauma was as bad as he knows it was.
Profound sadness follows. This compassionate acceptance of "poor me" and the mourning of the losses that the trauma created eventually lead to resolution.
When the losses engendered by trauma are fully mourned, the trauma loses its power over the survivor. Instead of the emotional breakdown they feared...survivors experience an emotional breakthrough! Completing the grieving process means divorcing the trauma from one's sense of identity and self-worth.
Friday, August 25, 2006
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WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced a proposed settlement with the City of Columbia to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), including unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage. Columbia has agreed to undertake a thorough assessment of, and implement extensive improvements to, its sanitary sewer system at an estimated cost of $750 million.
In addition, Columbia will implement a $1 million supplemental environmental project to restore streams, reduce flooding, and improve water quality in segments of Rocky Branch, Smith Branch and Gills Creek, waterways that run through historically low income and minority neighborhoods.
"This settlement will bring badly needed improvements to Columbia's aging sewer infrastructure, reduce the dangers of sewage contamination and improve the quality of waterways in historically disadvantaged communities," said Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division. "It is good news for human health and the environment of South Carolina's capital city today and for future generations."
"In this settlement, the city of Columbia has taken responsibility for its aging sewer treatment system," said U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina Bill Nettles. "The city's leadership and engineers have worked many long, hard hours with the engineers at the EPA and the Department of Health and Environmental Control in hammering out a solution that addresses the problems in the city sewer system, improves the quality of our rivers and streams, and the health and safety of South Carolinians for decades to come. For that we are grateful."
"Sewage overflows are a major problem that affects water quality in the Southeast and across the entire country because of aging infrastructure," said Acting EPA Regional Administrator Stan Meiburg. "Bringing systems like Columbia's into compliance is one of EPA's top enforcement priorities, and through this settlement the city is taking positive steps to correct longstanding sewer overflow problems."
"We are pleased this matter has been resolved through a consent decree, rather than costly litigation," said DHEC Director Catherine Templeton. "This agency will continue to work closely with the city of Columbia and our federal partners to ensure the agreed-upon improvements are realized, and the health of the citizens and environment are protected."
The proposed consent decree requires Columbia to implement a comprehensive sewer system assessment and rehabilitation program to address the existing problems of raw sewage overflows. Based on the sewer system assessment, the city will develop and implement remedial projects and infrastructure upgrades to address conditions causing sewer overflows. These remedial projects will be in addition to infrastructure upgrades already underway or planned by Columbia, which the consent decree also requires to be completed. Lastly, the city will develop and implement specific programs designed to ensure proper management, operation and maintenance of its sewer system over the long-term to prevent future sewer overflows.
Keeping raw sewage out of the waters of the United States is one of the EPA's national enforcement initiatives for 2011 to 2013. The initiative focuses on reducing sewer overflows, which can present a significant threat to human health and the environment. These reductions are accomplished by obtaining cities' commitments to implement timely, affordable solutions to these problems.
The United States has reached similar agreements in the past with numerous municipal entities across the Southeast, including Mobile and Jefferson County (Birmingham), Alabama; Miami-Dade County, Fla.; Atlanta and Dekalb County, Ga.; Northern Kentucky Sanitation District #1, Louisville/Jefferson County MSD, and Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Ky.; Jackson, Miss.; Wilmington/New Hanover County/Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, N.C.; and Memphis, Knoxville Utilities Board, Chattanooga and Nashville MWS, Tenn..
The proposed settlement is memorialized in a consent decree that was lodged yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. The proposed consent decree is subject to a 30-day public comment period and final court approval. A copy is available on the Department of Justice website at: www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent Decrees.html.
More information on EPA's national enforcement initiative is available at: www.epa.gov/compliance/data/planning/initiatives/2011sewagestormwater.html


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What do we do when timeouts are not effective?
My littler girl just turned 2 but is as smart as a whip! I am having trouble with the timeout method. I am being consistent and doing the steps just like on the supernanny website. Unfortunately, when I get down to her eye level she is just ready to say sorry and a hug and ready to run! It is almost robotic at this point. Also, I tell her over and over about nice touches! She knows the difference but she is consistently in time out for the same things over and over all day long! How can I get through to her?