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According to the White House, President Obama recently told a crowd of supporters:
Mr. Romney wants to get rid of funding for Planned Parenthood. I think that is a bad idea. I've got two daughters. I want them to control their own health care choices.
Umm, yeah. Two things about that.
One, if—as President Obama wills it—the president of the United States gets to determine Planned Parenthood's funding levels, then his daughters do not control their health care choices.
Two, it hardly seems that Obama's daughters—these children of The One Percent—have even the most plausible claim that low-income Americans should be forced to pay for their … eventual … services that Planned Parenthood provides.

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Several people got a surprise Thursday afternoon when they parked near an area where the network TV series �Sleepy Hollow� was being filmed on George Street and returned to find their vehicles had been moved.
Several people got a surprise Thursday afternoon when they parked near an area where the network TV series �Sleepy Hollow� was being filmed on George Street and returned to find their vehicles had been moved.
Mark Beard, a member of Leadership Craven, said he and about 15 other members of the group parked their vehicles on George Street between the police department and Cedar Grove Cemetery to take a tour of judicial system offices between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. When they returned after the tour, all their vehicles were moved.
�I thought I had lost my mind,� Beard said. �I knew where I parked it and then I saw it moved. I didn�t understand it.�
There were no signs saying they could not park there, Beard said, adding they were instructed to park in the area by police and the New Bern Area Chamber of Commerce.
When he pointed out to a police officer his car had been moved to a different area of George Street, Beard said he was told the vehicles were moved because of the filming of �Sleepy Hollow.� Their cars were in the scene being filmed, he said.
Ronda Allen, spokesperson for the New Bern Police Department, said the vehicles were moved by the film company, not by city police.
Beard said he thought they might have been filming in the ball park behind the police station, but he was not sure. Crews have been using Cedar Grove Cemetery, Tryon Palace and Kafer Park as backdrops for the television show.
After he discovered his car was moved, Beard said he was worried because it was a front-wheel-drive Volkswagen, but when he got back to his office and checked under the car, nothing seemed damaged and there were no marks on the vehicle.
�I couldn�t tell anything was wrong,� he said. �I was just a little bit surprised. Some of my classmates were more upset. But there was not any damage.�
City spokesman Colleen Roberts said all street closures must go before the New Bern Board of Aldermen for a vote in a public form.
�The City has permitted �Sleepy Hollow� to film in New Bern with intermittent traffic control in requested areas,� Roberts said in a statement. �ITC means that the street remains open, but is closed for short periods of time when cameras are rolling and the scene requires the elimination of background noise. The City has not ordered the towing of any cars for �Sleepy Hollow.��
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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Residents who live near the Bayou Corne sinkhole took their frustrations straight to state leaders.
The Department of Natural Resources asked for public input on new regulations involving salt domes. Citizens responded with several suggestions.
The events that created the giant sink hole in Bayou Corne are still very present in the minds of people who live there. They lined up on Tuesday morning for a chance to weigh in on proposed regulations that would tighten laws on companies that mine and use hydrocarbon storage caverns near private property.
Homeowner, Nick Romero, showed up with a long list of revisions.
"To whom much is given much is also expected," Romero stated.
He and others want the state to make companies that own and operate the sites provide a better alert system, comprehensive evacuation plan, and change the method of determining financial responsibility.
Assumption Parish President, Marty Triche, echoed that request stating Texas Brine still owes the parish tens of thousands of dollars.
"I want the department to understand we have had a tough time having our response effort reimbursed. This is not parish money it is tax payer's money," Triche said.
John Hillman, a Louisiana resident, who does not live in Bayou Corne said he is worried the state is not doing enough to protect the environment or its inhabitants.
"No one can live in that area. The state ought to buy certain areas out there and set it aside to prevent anyone from living in it," Hillman said.
Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Russell Honore joined several environmentalists in calling for better security around salt domes, buffer zones, and requiring companies to have adequate insurance and liabilities. He said the state has done little to hold the industry responsible.
"When they do something wrong the laws that DNR has are so weak the companies in most cases pay the fine rather than fixing the problem," Honore said.
Louisiana Representative Karen St. Germain took to the podium calling the sinkhole disaster an embarrassment to the state. She urged DNR leaders to listen to the people who are struggling to recover from the manmade nightmare.
"What we need to do is make sure the rules and regs mirror the responses you heard today," St. Germain said.
The DNR is accepting written public comments on the proposed regulations through December 6, 2013.
They can be submitted directly to the DNR Office of Conservation on the 9th floor of the Lasalle Building on North Third Street, or via postal mail.
Texas Brine said residents who are receiving evacuation assistance checks because of the sinkhole will get them Wednesday instead of Thursday because of the Thanksgiving holiday. The checks will be handed out at the command trailer. The schedule returns to normal next week.
At last check, the sinkhole was 26 acres in size. The president of United Brine, a subsidiary of Texas Brine, has stated the surface could get to 50 acres but the good news is it is moving in a southwest pattern, which is away from homes and the community.
History of the sinkhole
The sinkhole opened up in August 2012 and was roughly 1/24 of the size it is now. The sinkhole formed when an underground salt cavern collapsed.
In the past, seismic activity is reported, then the sinkhole burps up debris and then a slough-in happens. Burps occur when air and gas from deep in the sinkhole bubbles up. It can cause debris and an oily substance to float to the top. A slough-in is when the sinkhole swallows trees and land that is on the edge of the sinkhole.
Berms were placed around the sinkhole shortly after it opened up to keep the oily, debris filled water contained to the sinkhole area so it would not contaminate the area bayous.
It has more than a year since hundreds living near the giant sinkhole were forced from their homes.
Bubbles were spotted in Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou in June 2012. Two months later, the ground opened up and left what is now a 24-acre sinkhole. Residents were evacuated and the most affected residents began receiving weekly checks from Texas-Brine in the amount of $875 per week. Texas Brine owns the salt cavern that collapsed, causing the sinkhole.
On August 2, Gov. Bobby Jindal and Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced the state will be suing Texas Brine for environmental damages caused by the failed Texas Brine cavern.
Parish and Texas Brine officials agree the situation is far from over. 3D seismic surveys show the sinkhole itself it beginning to slow and stabilize, but the recovery is focused on another danger; natural gas gathering underneath a nearby aquifer.
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UniqueScreenname wrote:Necro FTW!
1. Nutshell - Alice in Chains
2. Ghost Love Score - Nightwish
3. Burning Bright - Shinedown
4. Chasing the Dragon - Epica
5. Black - Pearl Jam
A relevant Necro ...
Ever since the first time I heard Pearl Jam's "Black", I can't hear the song without stopping what I'm doing (except maybe driving), closing my eyes, and just listening. The emotion in Eddie Vedder's voice is very primal. "Nutshell" by Alice In Chains is also in my top-5, so ... right on. To round it out, at the moment, I'd say "Say Hello To Heaven" by Temple of the Dog, "Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles, and "Not To Touch the Earth" by the Doors.


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With nearly half of all interviews for technology-related jobs being conducted remotely, job seekers should prepare for them just as they would for an in-person interview at the company's own offices, say experts at Harris Allied, a New York City-based executive search firm.
"More and more companies are conducting interviews with job candidates via phone, Skype or video conference. This is especially true for first interviews where a hiring manager is simply trying to pre-screen candidates for the team or when a candidate lives too far away to justify flying in for a quick interview at this early stage in the process," says Harris Allied managing partner Kathy Harris. "But people are not always comfortable with the virtual aspect of this kind of interview. We have all seen those videos that poke fun at the dynamics of conference calls. Unfortunately, lack of preparation for a remote interview can put even the best candidate in an unfavorable light and ruin their chances for a next-round, onsite interview. The saying 'failing to prepare is preparing to fail' really rings true in these situations."
Harris offers the following guidance for job seekers who stand a good chance of having to be interviewed remotely.
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DND signs P1.3-billion contract for naval helicopters
The Department of National Defense (DND) on Thursday said it had signed a P1.3-billion ($32-million) contract for the acquisition of three Italian-made helicopters for the Philippine Navy, a move that, according to the defense chief, shows a "louder and clearer" intent to modernize the military.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin announced the modernization move as China sent its first patrol vessel to disputed waters in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), where Chinese patrols would board, search and expel foreign ships starting Jan. 1.
China's southern Hainan province, from where China administers the West Philippine Sea, said in late November that maritime patrols would strictly enforce new border rules, but respect freedom of navigation in the sea.
Italian deal
Gazmin said the Philippines would purchase three multipurpose AW helicopters from AugustaWestland SPA of Italy "in a concrete step toward the fulfillment of our goal to modernize the Philippine Navy and the Armed Forces in general."
He also announced the signing of a P300.780-million ($7.33 million) contract with Korea's Kia Motors Corp. for the acquisition of 60 1.5-ton field ambulances and 12 5-ton trucks for the Philippine Army.
Gazmin said the purchases show the Philippines' "louder and clearer" intent to modernize its military.
The Philippines is also getting a second warship, the 45-year-old Hamilton-class BRP Ramon Alcaraz, which is expected to arrive from the United States early next year after undergoing repairs and refurbishing.
Gazmin said the military entered into a negotiated contract agreement with AugustaWestland SPA for the three naval choppers costing a total of P1.3 billion.
He said he approved the contract on Dec. 20, more than two weeks after the DND bids and awards committee recommended the signing of the notice of award.
Gazmin said the agreement was allowed under the government procurement law.
On Nov. 28, the Naval Helicopter Acquisition Project Negotiating Committee declared that the Italian supplier was the "single calculated and responsive proponent after going through the process of a negotiated procurement," Gazmin said.
"The Italian Ministerio Della Difesa conducted a review of AugustaWestland's proposal for the procurement of AW 109 Power helicopter, including related logistics support, and found out that the price per helicopter 'seems to have been progressively reduced,' meaning they were sold cheaper," he said.
Gazmin said he approved the contract for the ambulances and trucks with Kia Motors on Nov. 20.
Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Jessie Dellosa signed the contract for the military.
Kia deal
Gazmin said the deal with Kia Motors was made through a Memorandum of Understanding on Logistics and Defense Industry Cooperation between Korea and the Philippines.
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"In the same sense, we can use these to help in our disaster rescue and relief operations to aid our beleaguered countrymen and help save a lot of lives," he added.—With a report from AP
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National Rifle Association board member and Washington Times columnist Ted Nugent refused to back down from his recent inflammatory comments about the Obama administration in a radio interview with CNN contributor Dana Loesch on The Dana Show. Nugent told Loesch that "I will stand by my speech" and said that he was being attacked with the "Saul Alinsky Rules for Radicals playbook."
Speaking at the NRA's annual meeting Nugent accused President Obama of having a "vile, evil America-hating administration" that is "wiping its ass with the Constitution." He went on to tell a crowd that "We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November" and said that "If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year." The Secret Service is reportedly reviewing Nugent's comments.
Nugent insisted to Loesch that his message had been "100 percent positive," and Loesch agreed that he was being used as a "scapegoat" by the Obama administration.
Later in the interview, Nugent added more derogatory comments about Democrats. He described Democratic chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz as a "brain-dead, soulless, heartless idiot," and said House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi was a "sub-human scoundrel."
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As rumors generally go, there was little truth to be found. I contacted the USU Extension Veterinarian and the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food to try and discern what the real facts might be.
During the first week of May, a cutting horse event was held at the Golden Spike Coliseum in Ogden. A horse that had attended this event had died some days later at home in Colorado. The culprit was found to be Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1), sometimes referred to as "Rhino".
At this point no other horses have died. There have been some cases of equine illness in Utah and Idaho that have been suspect, but at this point no more EHV-1 has been confirmed. Currently, there are no quarantine situations in the State of Utah.
EHV-1 is a highly contagious disease that can spread rapidly. Symptoms include fever, coughing, runny nose, and other respiratory indications.
In rare cases, this disease can cause neurologic symptoms such as weakness and paralysis of the muscles in the hind limbs.
This virus is generally spread through nose to nose contact by horses, but can be passed through contaminated equipment.
It is important for horse owners to monitor their horses carefully and contact their veterinarian quickly if any of the suspect symptoms show up. There is no vaccine available, but ramifications can be kept in check by good management.
As a safety precaution, all officially-sponsored horse activities in San Juan County have been postponed for three weeks. There is no quarantine, however, and horses are still allowed to enter and leave the state as usual.


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We've collected the top four reviews, roundups and how-to articles from across the AppStorm network in September. Whether you're interested in Mac, iPhone, Web, Android, Windows, or iPad apps, there's bound to be something you didn't spot over the course of the month. Now would be a good time to explore a part of the AppStorm Network you've never seen before!
Thanks for reading AppStorm, and I hope you enjoy looking over some of our favourite posts from last month!
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40+ Android Wallpapers To Automate With Llama & Tasker
We all love our wallpapers, don't we? Be it on the desktop or on the phone, everyone likes using some nice artwork to customize the screens the way they want. We have covered wallpapers a fair bit here on AppStorm, so I'm not going to bore you with why they are so awesome and why you should get some. Instead, let's do something different this time.
Ever wished the wallpapers on your phone changed automatically every once in a while? How about if they changed – not randomly – but based on a set of conditions. One wallpaper for the day and another for the evening, maybe? Or a different one based on whether your headphones are plugged in or not? Or maybe based on the weather outside? That would be helpful, wouldn't it?
10 Android Tablet Apps You Won't Find on iPad
It's no secret to anyone that Android tablets' major competition is the iPad, which keeps outselling them worldwide. Despite the better specifications, innovative form factors, and recently improved Jelly Bean experience, the one area that seems to hold back Android tablets is the lack of optimised apps – that's a field where Apple's ecosystem excels. By comparison, the Play Store still lacks a dedicated tablet section to make it easier for users to find apps tailored for bigger touch screens.
However, due to the openness of Android, a few specific categories of apps exist for it that can't make it onto the iPad in its regular state. Some would require a jailbreak to work, others wouldn't even be technically possible. I have picked ten of these to showcase a small, albeit important, advantage of Android tablets.
Get Google Now on Your Ice Cream Sandwich ROM
I like to think that one of our big responsibilities here at AppStorm is to try out new methods of customizing and improving our phone experience, then translating the technical jargon of developers, and delivering to our readers a clear and concise method for that customization.
So, when I had been reading on the forums that a way had been worked out to add Google Now to a lot of ICS phones, I jumped right on it.
InFoto: Great Infographics About Your Photo Habits
The humble infographic has gone from the boardroom projector to online viral fame in the last few years. There's no easier way to represent data to interest a person than by making it look pretty. Good infographics are simple to interpret and often cross language barriers effortlessly.
InFoto aims to tap into this, by converting the hundreds of photos you undoubtedly have stewing on your SD card into a pretty infographic that'll probably get more likes on Facebook than your original snaps.
When I first heard the idea I thought it was a college student's half-baked end of year assignment he decided to throw up on the Google Play Store, but it turns out photos actually have a ton of data stored within them. The question is: does the app make impressive use of it?
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Go Live With Poster
I read a statistic once that said that WordPress powers over 22% of all new websites, worldwide. Wow. That's a staggering amount of data, and yet the platform that many bloggers know and love is still going strong after years in the business. I've been using it on my personal site for years, and we use it here at AppStorm, too. It's about as solid as you can get.
Problem is, the WordPress app for the iPad has historically not been very good, turning off quite a few users. But now, we have Poster, an app that promises to make the process of writing and publishing blog posts to your WordPress site much easier. Does it hold up, or is it just another flash in the pan? Let's discover together.
50 Awesome iPad Games
If there is one thing the iPad is good at, it's gaming. The 9.7-inch screen is the perfect canvas for any developer to make a killer game. Since us writers really love iPad games, we cover them a lot. Heck, it's even Game Week here at iPad.AppStorm and iPhone.AppStorm.
With the growing market of games for the iPad, it's quite hard to sort out the good from the bad. Of course, there will always be the classics that we can rely on, but there are tons of other lesser-known games that are just as great. This roundup brings the best of both worlds together. Did your favorite games make it to the top 50? Find out after the break.
Flip's Escape: Surf the Stellar Wave
A little over a year ago, Shaun Inman introduced Flip to the iOS screen. Intergalactic war was drawing to a close, and Flip was the last rocket to roll off of the assembly line. Unfortunately, the ship became trapped in a star's gravity field, and Flip had to escape before both he and the ship were swallowed by the star.
Flip managed to escape as the ship spiraled into oblivion, but the resulting stellar shockwave leaves little time for celebration. Shaun Inman's Flip's Escape reunites players with the star of The Last Rocket and his computer companion as he flees the impending wave, avoiding speeding astroids and collecting their orbital power ups. But does the second chapter of Flip's adventure hold the same thrills and charm as the first, or is it a cosmic dud? Let's find out.
Jetpack Joyride: The Game You Can't Miss
At first mention of Halfbrick, the first app that many of us think of is Fruit Ninja. It makes sense — Fruit Ninja was the developer's first smash game, but its presence somewhat overshadows the existence of their other amazing iOS games.
One of these overshadowed games is possibly one of my favorite games of all time. The app, Jetpack Joyride, features Halfbrick's flagship character Barry Steakfries as you go on a fun-filled journey through a science lab. Read on to find out why Jetpack Joyride is among my favorites after the break.
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Whip Your Clipboard into Shape with ShapeShifter
The clipboard might be the most useful thing we take for granted in our computers. The ability to take something in one program and insert it somewhere else using the same process whether dealing with text, an image, or a file makes editing and creating so much easier. The common area means that you donít have to worry about if two programs know how to talk to each other, they both only have to know how to talk to the clipboard.
The biggest drawback to the traditional Windows clipboard is that it can only hold one item at a time. When you cut or copy an item into the clipboard, anything already there is now lost. Much of the time this works well. If youíre only copying or pasting a line of text from one document to another document or another place in the same document, you only need to hold one item. Otherwise, it tends to become a problem. Surely, there must be a way around this!
Multiplicity: Control Two Computers With Your Mouse And Keyboard
If youíre anything like me, youíll be quite used to working with more than one computer at the same time. Iím frequently using my main PC to copy encode video, while using my older machine get on with other things like surfing the web and writing ñ sometimes, my laptop even gets in on the mix!
Working with two or more computers simultaneously is great, but it does mean that you need a large desk to accommodate the two keyboards and two mice. You could install a KVM switch that lets you use one keyboard and mouse to control two computers, but if youíre looking for a free solution, Multiplicity could be the tool for you.
Windows Phone 8 and Unity 3D: A Killer Combination?
Back in the old days of smartphone infancy, your options for some ravenous digital gaming were somewhat limited; anything more than downloading a basic open-source port of Civilization or some game from some site somewhere would require the ownership of one of Nintendo's coveted Gameboy systems, lest you be relegated to the living room sofa. However most of the handheld consoles of the day were generally regarded as mere child's play, certainly much too juvenile a pastime for the crisp-suit-toting, HP iPAQ-wielding business elite.
Of course, with the completely game-changing advent of the iPhone, iOS and Android, focus has turned to the viability of the modern-day smartphone as a viable gaming platform to rival dedicated solutions from Nintendo and Sony. So far we've seen some rather stellar results, with titles such as the casual hit Angry Birds and the more console-quality titles such as Infinity Blade demonstrating that the phone of the 21st century can entertain you in the gaming space, too. With the welcome introduction of the Unity 3D platform to Windows Phone, things could get a lot more interesting.
Make The Most Your Monitor With nSpaces Virtual Desktops
How big is your monitor? Big enough? There are very few people who could honestly say that their monitor would not benefit from being a bit larger; who wouldn't love to have a 32 inch screen in front of them to work with?
But few people invest in such large monitors, with both cost and physical desk space being issues. Another option is to add a second monitor to your computer, but if space is at a premium, this may not be possible. This is where virtual desktops come into their own, and nSpaces is a great free tool that not only gives you more space, but also enables you to group related applications and windows together.
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It's Here: The iPhone 5
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Hands on With the iPhone 5
You've watched the keynote, seen the unboxing videos and read the reviews. You know everything there is to know about the latest and greatest iPhone — what else could you possibly have to discover?
Well I received my iPhone 5 yesterday via FedEx, and I spent the afternoon testing it in various conditions. How well did LTE work? What is the hardware like in real life? Is it worth the upgrade? This isn't your typical new iPhone review, it's a walkthrough of the product with casual and real thoughts as it's being used. Hit us up after the jump to find out more.
Lili is a Beautiful RPG With a Quirky Sense of Humor
A lot of RPG games boast stunning 3-D graphics and vivid gameplay environments, but Lili sets a new standard. This adventure game features a main character who's tasked with completing some challenging find-and-retrieve tasks on a very beautiful and mysterious island, one populated with strange beings in possession of a very quirky brand of humor.
In other words, when the game isn't making you work hard to lock in the next achievement, or making your eyes widen at the sight of detailed characters and lush island scenery, it will have you chuckling to yourself in amusement. Let's take a look.
Rovio's New Adventure: Bad Piggies
If you have an iPhone, had an iPhone, have thought about having an iPhone, known someone who had an iPhone, or even are only vaguely aware of the existence of the iPhone, it's unlikely that you've escaped without some sort of cursory awareness of Angry Birds, the physics-based phenomenon whose popularity has hung around only slightly too long to still be considered a "fad." Rovio first released Angry Birds in 2009, and has since pushed out all kinds of updates and new chapters, but the premise has more or less always been the same: load a bird into a slingshot, and launch it in an attempt to topple a piggy-inhabited edifice of questionable structural integrity.
Well today, all of that changes. The piggies want the spotlight now, and Rovio has given it to them in a brand new iOS game called Bad Piggies. Bad Piggies is very much set in the same world as Angry Birds, but the game is quite different. Grab a cup of coffee and hit the jump to take a look at this brand new physics-based puzzler.
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Simple.com – A New Way To Bank
I hate dealing with banks. In a world where currency has more meaning on screen than it does in hand, you would think that banks would be getting better and not worse. The best bank is typically the one you never have to deal with. I generally have to mentally prepare myself for a few days before I call a bank as I know it is going to raise my blood pressure a few points.
Simple.com aims to change that. They believe that well designed web and mobile applications can improve the overall banking experience. In keeping it simple and beautiful, they believe they can make banking a positive experience.
So far, it's working.
Create Professional Technical Documentation with Dozuki
I'm sure we've all heard of a site called iFixit, the site which provides easy repair guides for a wide range of products, including Apple devices, games consoles, digital cameras and so on but I'd hazard a guess at the fact that not as many people have heard of Dozuki, which is the fantastic system that actually powers the website and makes creating and running a "how-to" guide on the Internet a piece of cake.
Let's take a look and see how it'll work for your next documentation project.
iCloud: Shiny New Apps Finally Out of Beta
Apple's hardware and software releases have become global news events, something even non-techies know about. Practically everyone that is any bit informed about the phone industry at all knows Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 this week, enough so that its already sold out in preorders. Yet it's a slightly unknown fact that Apple makes some very nice web apps for iCloud, ones that bring many of its well known native apps to any browser.
This past week, right along with unveiling new hardware and iOS software, Apple also upgraded its iCloud web apps. They've now finally dropped their beta tag, and gained the new Notes and Reminders apps that have become standard parts of iOS and OS X. Let's take a look.
PixelPipe: Transfer Photos & Videos in the Cloud
The bane of online existence is that our data is invariably scattered in different places. And nothing is affected more by this than photos. In all probability, you have pictures on different services – Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Instagram, and many more. The end result is that when you need to find that one photo you are looking for, you don't know where to begin searching. Wouldn't it be better if all your photos were collected in one place, ready to be accessed at any time?
PixelPipe promises to make this easier by letting you migrate images and videos from one web service to another in a dead-simple interface. So whether it's because you're running out of space or you simply want to change your image host, this just might be the magic wand you have been looking for.
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The New Snapheal – Smarter, Faster, Prettier
Image editing can be fun, but it can also be tedious and frustrating, especially if you want to make changes that require either professional apps that cost a lot or skills that only come from years of experience.
Removing unwanted objects from photos – people, power lines, trash, you name it – can be either very easy, depending on the background and general composition of the image, or a huge a pain. Snapheal can make this a breeze for you. The editing app has received a major update and we'll take a look at what has changed and how it will affect your workflow.
Stick Reminders to Your Screen with Sticky Notifications
Always forgetting little things and minor tasks? Do you walk away from your computer, then come back and wonder what you were about to do? The old-school solution is to write a note on a sticky and attach it to your keyboard or monitor. It turns out there's an app for that.
Sticky Notifications lets you quickly create reminders that sit on your screen until you dismiss them. It does one thing, and it does it well — with several advanced features for power users and an easy-as interface for everyone else. But is it worth the $3 price tag? Let's take a look.
Why I Can't Get Around to Using Safari
Ever since Chrome first came out for the Mac, I've been happy using it. Throughout all these years, I haven't even had the curiosity to play around with other browsers, as Chrome has always been simple, pretty and functional enough to keep me satisfied.
However, when Mountain Lion arrived, Safari became a much more integrated part of the OS, with more integrated gestures, iCloud syncing, and the new sharing options. I finally just had to experience for myself. After a little more than a month using it, here are my impressions of the latest version of Apple's browser.
Going: Facebook Events in Your Menubar
You've probably gotten invited to more than your share of Facebook events, and if you're like me, you tend to lose track of them fairly quickly. Either you RSVP that you can't make it, and when you change your mind, you can't find the event to save your life, or you did let the organizer know you'd be coming but promptly forgot until Facebook reminded you the day of the event.
With seemingly everyone using Facebook events to plan everything from baby showers to beauty pageants, I've thought there has to be a better way. So did the developers of Going, a menubar app that keeps track of all your Facebook events for you and even syncs up with Calendar. With the ability to RSVP, create events, and event post to Facebook, is there anything Going can't do?
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Acne is a disorder of the hair follicles and sebaceous glands. With acne, the sebaceous glands are clogged, which leads to pimples and cysts.
Acne is very common--nearly 80 percent of individuals in the U.S. between 11 and 30 years old will be affected by this condition at some point. Acne most often begins in puberty. During puberty, the male sex hormones (androgens) increase in both boys and girls, causing the sebaceous glands to become more active--resulting in increased production of sebum. While acne is most common during puberty it can happen at any age.
The sebaceous glands produce oil (sebum) which normally travels via hair follicles to the skin surface. However, skin cells can plug the follicles, blocking the oil coming from the sebaceous glands. When follicles become plugged, skin bacteria (called Propionibacterium acnes, or P. acnes) begin to grow inside the follicles, causing inflammation. Acne progresses in the following manner:
Incomplete blockage of the hair follicle results in blackheads (a semisolid, black plug).
Complete blockage of the hair follicle results in whiteheads (a semisolid, white plug).
Infection and irritation cause whiteheads to form.
Eventually, the plugged follicle bursts, spilling oil, skin cells, and the bacteria onto the skin surface. In turn, the skin becomes irritated and pimples or lesions begin to develop. The basic acne lesion is called a comedo.
Acne can be superficial papules or pustules (pimples without abscesses) or deep nodules or cysts (when the inflamed pimples push down into the skin, causing pus-filled cysts that rupture and result in larger abscesses).
Rising hormone levels during puberty may cause acne. In addition, acne is often inherited or genetic. Other causes of acne may include the following:
Hormone level changes during the menstrual cycle in women, hormone changes during pregnancy or changes when women start or stop birth control.
Certain drugs (such as corticosteroids)
Oil and grease from the scalp, mineral or cooking oil, oil, hair spray, and certain cosmetics may worsen acne
Bacteria inside pimples
Tight clothes that rub or cause irritation may cause acne on the body.
Acne can be aggravated by squeezing the pimples or by scrubbing the skin too hard.
Acne can occur anywhere on the body. However, acne most often appears in areas where there is a high concentration of sebaceous glands, including the following:
Upper back
The following are the most common symptoms of acne. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Pus-filled lesions that may be painful
Nodules (solid, raised bumps)
The symptoms of acne may resemble other skin conditions. Always consult your child's doctor for a diagnosis.
Specific treatment will be determined by your child's doctor based on:
Your child's age, overall health, and medical history
Severity of the acne
Your child's tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
Expectations for the course of the condition
Your opinion or preference
The goal of acne treatment is to minimize scarring and improve appearance. Treatment for acne will include topical or systemic drug therapy. Many effective over-the-counter topical medications are available. When buying lotions or makeup, effort should be made to find products labeled "noncomedogenic or nonacnegenic," since these products do not clog pores. Depending on the severity of acne, topical medications (medications applied to the skin) or systemic medications (medications taken orally) may be prescribed by your child's doctor. In some cases, a combination of both topical and systemic medications may be recommended.
Topical medications are often prescribed to treat acne. Topical medication can be in the form of a cream, gel, lotion, or solution. Examples include:
Benzoyl peroxide
Kills the bacteria (P. acnes)
Helps stop or slow down the growth of P. acnes and reduces inflammation
Stops the development of new acne lesions (comedones) and encourages cell turnover, unplugging pimples
Decreases comedo formation
Systemic antibiotics are often prescribed to treat moderate to severe acne, and may include the following:
Isotretinoin (Accutane, Sotret, Claravis, Amnesteem), an oral drug, may be prescribed for individuals with severe, cystic, or inflammatory acne that cannot be effectively treated by other methods to prevent extensive scarring. Isotretinoin reduces the size of the sebaceous glands that produce the skin oil, increases skin cell shedding, and affects the hair follicles, thereby reducing the development of acne lesions. Isotretinoin can clear acne in 85 percent of patients. However, the drug has major unwanted side effects, including psychiatric side effects. It is very important to discuss this prescription medication with your child's doctor.
Isotretinoin must not be taken by women who are pregnant or who are able to become pregnant, because there is a very high likelihood of birth defects occurring in babies whose mothers took the medication during pregnancy. Isotretinoin can also cause miscarriage or premature birth. Because of these effects and to minimize fetal exposure, isotretinoin is approved for marketing only under a special restricted distribution program approved by the FDA. This program is called iPLEDGE.
The goal of the iPLEDGE program is to prevent pregnancies in females taking isotretinoin and to prevent pregnant females from taking isotretinoin. Requirements of the iPLEDGE program include:
Isotretinoin must only be prescribed by prescribers who are registered and activated with the iPLEDGE program.
Isotretinoin must only be dispensed by a pharmacy registered and activated with iPLEDGE.
Isotretinoin must only be dispensed to patients who are registered with and meet all the requirements of iPLEDGE
Female patients who can get pregnant are required to use birth control for one month prior to treatment, during treatment, and for one month after stopping treatment.
Pregnancy tests are required before, during, and after treatment.


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ACS ERO Collage
Jubilant astronomers unveiled humankind's most spectacular views of the universe, courtesy of the newly installed Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Among the suite of four ACS photographs to demonstrate the camera's capabilities is a stunning view of a colliding galaxy dubbed the "Tadpole" (UGC10214). Set against a rich tapestry of 6,000 galaxies, the Tadpole, with its long tail of stars, looks like a runaway pinwheel firework. Another picture depicts a spectacular collision between two spiral galaxies - dubbed "The Mice" - that presages what may happen to our own Milky Way several billion years from now when it collides with the neighboring galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. Looking closer to home, ACS imaged the "Cone Nebula," a craggy-looking mountaintop of cold gas and dust that is a cousin to Hubble's iconic "pillars of creation" in the Eagle Nebula, photographed in 1995. Peering into a celestial maternity ward called the Omega Nebula or M17, ACS revealed a watercolor fantasy-world of glowing gases, where stars and perhaps embryonic planetary systems are forming.
NASA, H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCSC/LO), M.Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), the ACS Science Team, and ESA;
The ACS Science Team: H. Ford, G. Illingworth, M. Clampin, G. Hartig, T. Allen, K. Anderson, F. Bartko, N. Benitez, J. Blakeslee, R. Bouwens, T. Broadhurst, R. Brown, C. Burrows, D. Campbell, E. Cheng, N. Cross, P. Feldman, M. Franx, D. Golimowski, C. Gronwall, R. Kimble, J. Krist, M. Lesser, D. Magee, A. Martel, W. J. McCann, G. Meurer, G. Miley, M. Postman, P. Rosati, M. Sirianni, W. Sparks, P. Sullivan, H. Tran, Z. Tsvetanov, R. White, and R. Woodruff


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Blizzard Warning For Sioux Falls Sunday [UPDATE]
A Blizzard Warning has been issued for Sioux Falls. The warning is in effect from noon Sunday until noon Monday. Strong wins will make blowing and drifting snow a major hazard Sunday into Monday. It could be a very dangerous situation, especially for travelers. You can find links to road reports here.
Here is a briefing from the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls.
The snow will begin to wind down tonight as a powerful winter storm system begins to move east of the region. However, increasing north to northwest winds will result in blizzard conditions tonight over much of southeast South Dakota and far western Minnesota, where storm total snowfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches are anticipated by late tonight. The very strong winds and blizzard conditions will continue into Monday along and east of Interstate 29. This is still a very dangerous storm situation, and anyone with travel plans should consider postponing their trip until conditions improve late Monday or Tuesday.


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The Movie:
There have been a few film adaptations made from Of Human Bondage, W. Somerset Maugham's 1915 novel of a destined-to-fail dalliance between a sensitive club-footed young man and an alluring but manipulative harpy. Of the three Hollywood versions, the 1934 RKO production starring Bette Davis and Leslie Howard remains the best known. That's because of the committed, intense performance from Davis (it's the film that finally convinced Hollywood that she was an actress to be reckoned with) - and Bondage's constant presence on the home video shelves as a cheap public domain title. Kino Classics' new edition of the film, mastered from a sharp print acquired from the Library of Congress, breathes new life into this torrid melodrama.
Shockingly, it has been about 25 years since I've seen Of Human Bondage, when I took a break from cramming for some college exam and caught an airing on my local PBS affiliate (back in the dark ages, when local PBS affiliates actually broadcast movies). The film was blurry and not in the best shape, but I remember enjoying Davis' out-there performance and the intriguing storyline. It was a film that I never felt a burning need to revisit, however. Its public domain status meant the film was always there, hanging around some two-bit drama collection or dollar store shelf-filler (a similar fate befell another Maugham adaptation, 1932's Rain with Joan Crawford). Although loose copyright laws are fantastic for getting obscure films back in circulation (even in degraded, second and third generation copies), it can diminish the impact of higher-profile films like Of Human Bondage that deserve better treatment.
At its essence, Of Human Bondage is a story about searching for that elusive something as embodied by the character played by Leslie Howard, Philip Carey. When it opens, we find that the British, sensitive Philip is a struggling painter living in Paris. Told with striking honesty by his instructor that he lacks talent, he reluctantly goes back to London to study medicine. Due to his club foot and a shy personality, he finds student life difficult - but he brightens up when he comes across a flirtatious blonde waitress at a local cafe. Although Philip is entranced by the cockney voiced, vulgar Mildred Rogers (Davis), she is at best indifferent to his constant attentions. Philip's bizarre obsession with the girl even leads to him failing at his studies. When he gathers up the courage to propose to her, Mildred rejects him in favor of Emil Miller (Alan Hale), another customer at the cafe where she works. Eventually Philip moves on and gets involved with a supportive writer (Kay Johnson), but the constant presence of Mildred on Philip's mind causes the relationship to come to an end.
The sudden return of Mildred, now pregnant and needing shelter, makes her ties with Philip more masochistic than ever. Despite relying on him financially, Mildred ends up shamelessly flirting with his cocksure classmate, Harry (Reginald Denny). Despite that humiliation, Philip is once again intent on marrying her. When she insists that Harry will become her next husband, Philip (along with us viewers) takes it as a sign to move forward with his life - but can he ever fully rid himself of this vampiric hussy? Given that the character of Philip (on paper, at least) is such an annoying wimp, it's kind of a pleasant surprise that he emerges as an entirely human character deserving of our sympathy. Credit for that is mostly due to Leslie Howard, who does a good, subtle job of emphasizing the parts of Philip's affliction that the audience can identify with.
In many ways, Of Human Bondage plays like a typical melodrama of its time, but the vivid performances and John Cromwell's often unusual direction give it an edge and added meaning lacking in most films of this ilk. The use of frequent shots of characters directly addressing the camera, along with scenes transitioning into each other via the camera going out of focus, makes it apparent that Cromwell took extra steps to give this project some uniqueness. Even when the melodrama gets distractingly far-fetched, the film flows along beautifully.
One thing I never noticed during that long-ago viewing: the gay subtext in Maugham's story (especially noticeable after seeing the good documentary on Maugham included on Kino's special edition of Of Human Bondage). Philip lives his life in a constant state of embarrassment over a condition he was born with - his club foot. Modern viewers may think "what's the big deal?," but Philip's unease with being singled out for his unique foot above all else must have held some resonance with the gay-but-not-openly-so Maugham (and, presumably, his readers). It's especially apparent in the scene where Philip and his fellow med students are studying a boy who is comfortable with his own club foot. When the professor suggests they compare the boy's foot with Philip's, he reacts in terror (the scene is handled in a notably creepy way, with prying eyes boring directly at the camera).
And what of the most enduring component in Of Human Bondage, Bette Davis as the predatory Mildred? It's a ferocious, uninhibited piece of work, the evidence of someone hungry to prove to the world that she could act. Her ballsy performance may not be as excellent as memory served, but watching her shape Mildred from heartless flirt to burnout case is fascinating. The camera may have played a huge part in emphasizing her luminous eyes and voluptuous figure, but the shading of the character is all Davis - especially for Mildred's memorably histrionic "wipe my mouth" scene. If Davis' only intent was to signal her arrival as a new kind of leading lady, she most emphatically reached her goal.
The Blu Ray:
For this edition of Of Human Bondage, Kino has acquired archival 35mm elements preserved by the Library of Congress. While it's a drastic improvement over the blurry public domain copies of the film that have been circulating for decades, the surviving prints are not in the best shape. A patina of dust and scratches affect nearly every scene, with one early passage in the film riddled with jumps. On the plus side, the light and dark balances look excellent, and the sharpness of the picture reveals a lot of detail which had previously been murky or indistinct .
Although it too is subject to the ravages of time, the mono audio for this disc is, by and large, well mixed. A few parts sound somewhat raggedy, but for the most part it's a pleasant, understated listen with no overt flaws. No other audio or subtitle options are present.
The main bonus here is the 83-minute documentary Revealing Mr. Maugham, an illuminating portrait of the British author from director Michael House. Presented in 16:9 widescreen, this 2012 effort interviews a host of Maugham experts, taking viewers through his life story and the recurring themes in his work. Born into wealth, losing both parents at a young age, effortlessly sailing from short stories to theater to novels, guilted into a sham marriage, working as an undercover spy - Maugham had a long and eventful life (it also surprised me how much his homosexuality informed his work). Although House's straightforward filmmaking technique gets a bit dry and stodgy sometimes, this is terrific stuff that deepens one's appreciation for the main feature.
Additional extras include trailers for Kino releases A Star Is Born, Nothing Sacred and Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (the latter is new, and not an original theatrical trailer).
Final Thoughts:
The 1934 film of Of Human Bondage, W. Somerset Maugham's tale of a club-footed young man pining after a tart-tongued waitress, is best known for a ballsy (some may say overdone) performance by Bette Davis. She's fascinating to watch, even when her theatricality somewhat distracts from the solid work of Leslie Howard and the unique stylistic touches of director John Cromwell. The film has been rescued from Public Domain purgatory by Kino Classics with a nice disc edition that includes a nifty Maugham bio. Highly Recommended.
Matt Hinrichs is a designer, artist, film critic and jack-of-all-trades in Phoenix, Arizona. Since 2000, he has been blogging at Scrubbles.net. 4 Color Cowboy is his repository of Western-kitsch imagery, while other films he's experienced are logged at Letterboxd. He also welcomes friends on Twitter @4colorcowboy.


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Fraternity's scholarship banquet; SPCA cocktail event; exchange student hosting opportunity
Alpha Phi Alpha to hold banquet
The Nu Iota Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will hold its 32nd Annual Scholarship Banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday at King�s Restaurant on US Highway 70 East. The �CT� Epps Memorial Scholarship Award will be presented to three outstanding individuals.
This year�s seven candidates are seniors from area high schools: Marquise Jackson, South Lenoir High School, son of Anita Jackson; Dejaunte Dawson, Jones Senior High School, son of Donna R. Strayhorn and Kirby Lee Dawson; Wayne Hall Jr., South Lenoir, son of Wayne and Antoinette Hall; Braxton Davis, North Lenoir High School, son of Timothy and Shelia Davis; Denzel Keyes, Kinston High School, son of Angelo and Cathedral V. Keyes; Devantae Sutton, North Lenoir, son of Davida Sutton; and Corey Hatch, Kinston High, son of Dolly and Floyd Hatch.
The guest speaker will be Brother Julian Pridgen II, a 2009 graduate of Kinston High School, recent UNC Charlotte graduate and a former recipient of the �CT� Epps Memorial Scholarship.
Tickets for the banquet are $15, available at the door.
SPCA event to help animals
The Lenoir County SPCA is hosting cocktails and hors d�oeuvres from 6 to 8:30 p.m. May 16 at the home of Susan and Ned Grady.
The cost is $40 per person, and all proceeds are to help homeless animals.
For more information, contact Molly Kelley at firstname.lastname@example.com or 252-522-2749.
Consider hosting an exchange student
World Heritage Student Exchange Program, a non-profit, public benefit organization, is seeking host families in the local area for high school boys and girls from Spain, Germany, Thailand, Norway, China, Russia, France, the former Soviet Republics, Denmark, Italy, Sweden and other countries.
Host families are asked to include the student as a member of their family. Couples, single parents, and families with and without children in the home are all considered family units. Hosting can occur for a semester or an entire school year.
Each World Heritage exchange student is fully insured, brings personal spending money and expects to share household responsibilities and to be included in normal family activities and lifestyles. The students are excited to learn about America by �living� it!
For more information, call Local Representative Eileen Weitzel in Winterville at 252-258-5860 or 800-888-9040.


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BOULDER — Colorado's next football coach could make up to $2.5 million a year, a big jump in commitment from the $742,000 paid to Jon Embree.
Athletic director Mike Bohn said the school has not settled on an exact salary but is increasing its commitment to the program to lure a current head coach with a proven track record, of which the going rate nationally is around $2 million to $2.5 million annually.
Bohn indicated he has a favorite in mind, whom he wouldn't name, and has formed a list. Every candidate on the list is, or was recently, a head coach, some from the power conferences, he said. He again confirmed his interest in Jeff Tedford, fired recently at California after an 11-year run.
"The conviction for football has got to be escalated amongst all of our key players with that," Bohn said at the news conference announcing Embree's firing. "Our next head coach is watching. And they're going to say: 'How is Colorado responding? How are they going to do it? Are they committed to doing it?' "
The athletic department is receiving an influx of funds because of the Pac-12's lucrative TV contracts. Colorado, in its second year in the league, will start receiving about $21 million a year in television revenue.
The TV money is desperately needed. Colorado's revenue from ticket sales dropped about $2.5 million this past football season, Bohn said, and another drop was projected next season if ticket sales continued to decline.
No front-runner has yet been identified. Two coaches known to be interested are Tim DeRuyter, who improved Fresno State from 4-9 to 10-3 and a share of the Mountain West title in his first year as a head coach, and Bob Stitt, who is 90-57 in 12 years at Colorado Mines. Neither, however, would seem to have the big-name impact Bohn is looking at, namely a proven track record at a major school.
The new coach will get a commitment from the administration unlike any coach the school has had, Bohn indicated. He hopes to make an announcement soon on a facilities upgrade that is expected to include a major football building beyond the east stands of Folsom Field.
"As we've looked around the Pac-12 Conference, everywhere we've gone we see the commitment," Bohn said. "We see what we're up against. The bar is raised high. It's higher than it's ever been. This is a monumental challenge for everyone."
When asked if he's giving the next coach things he didn't give Embree, Bohn responded: "By no means are we saying that. The climate is changing. There's more pressure to pull that together. The landscape has changed."
Bohn will use the help of a to-be-determined search committee to select the new coach.
Among Colorado's weaknesses is its facilities, among the most dated in the Pac-12. The Dal Ward Center looks almost the same as it did when it was built in 1991 and serves as the training center for every scholarship team on campus. The football team does not have its own facility. The indoor facility is a temporary bubble.
The new coach must have a vision and be able to build with less, Bohn said, as well as help bring all factions of the CU community together.
"Leadership and organizational skills, the ability to have a clear vision and ensure that's in place and be able to sell that," Bohn said of what he's looking for. "Character and integrity obviously is a key piece of that. Competitive instinct, a desire to be the best, to recognize we have an opportunity to compete for the Rose Bowl."
The Buffaloes, coming off a 1-11 season, are a long way from reaching the Rose Bowl.
The new coach will have 17 starters back, assuming no one transfers, plus the return of star receiver Paul Richardson from an injury. He will also inherit the worst defense in school history.
Bohn ruled out a couple of candidates whose names have begun appearing on potential candidates lists: former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel and Air Force coach Troy Calhoun. Bohn said he would not hire a coach who was fired and received a show-cause penalty from the NCAA. That would seem to eliminate Tressel. Bohn also said he wouldn't consider Calhoun, whom he doesn't think will be interested after not taking the job two years ago, before Embree was hired.
Bohn is expected to contact Tedford, who is an unlikely fit because he's due to receive a $6.9 million buyout from Cal and his contract requires any salary he makes in another head coaching job be subtracted from that figure. He would essentially work for free, depending on the length of a new contract and its guarantees.
However, Tedford is a proven winner in the Pac-12. In 2002 he took over a 1-10 team and went 79-48 through his first 10 years until the Bears slumped to 3-9 this season. He went 6-3 in bowl games and went 10-2 in 2004.
DeRuyter, 49, played at Air Force in 1984 when Bohn was an intern in the athletic department. DeRuyter has Colorado ties from serving as Air Force's defensive coordinator from 2007-09 before serving in the same role at Texas A&M. He took over at Fresno State this year.
Stitt is considered an offensive mastermind. He won a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title in 2004 and a co-championship in 2010.
"It's the same situation as Ohio State when they hired (Jim) Tressel," Stitt said. "High school coaches supported him and the school ignored their egos and it worked out. I can recruit this state and get people excited about CU football again."
Staff writer Mike Chambers contributed to this report.
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Embree's contract
A look at Jon Embree's contract, which was approved by the Board of Regents in February 2011:
– $250,000 base salary
– $200,000 annual supplemental compensation for radio, television and public appearances
– $200,000 for sponsorship support
– $75,000 for conducting summer football camps
– $6,000 for country club membership
– $10,000 in Nike sports apparel
– Up to $20,000 in moving expenses plus 30 days of lodging
– A courtesy car or up to $800 a month in lieu of a courtesy car
– 10 season tickets for a suite in Folsom Field for home games; and 10 season tickets to men's and women's basketball teams
– Off-field potential bonuses: up to $75,000 for academic progress toward graduation of football players; up to $75,000 for the welfare and development of players; and up to $50,000 for development of the program's reputation on campus
– On-field potential bonuses: $750,000 for a national championship; $50,000 for seven regular-season wins; and $200,000 for a non-BCS bowl game


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Google is, apparently, no longer available in China.
What seems to be happening, somewhat surprisingly, is that Chinese authorities are blocking Google's search engine and other services, including Gmail, Maps and cloud document storage, bringing to a head a conflict that has been brewing since 2009. The blockage was initially noticed by Google, with its Transparency Report website logging a suspicious drop in web traffic in China earlier today. According to Google, the sudden drop was so significant that it was initially believed that something had perhaps gone wrong technically, but a spokesperson told reporters that "we've checked and there's nothing wrong on our end."
According to Greatfire.org, a site that tracks Internet activity and access in the region, Google and affiliated sites and services have been blocked by authorities, with attempts to reach Google-related sites being re-routed to different sites located in Korea. A spokeswoman for the Chinese consulate in New York, however, told Bloomberg Businessweek that she had not been informed of any such move, and referred all future inquiries to Beijing, where offices were closed due to time zone differences and all attempts to get confirmation went unanswered.
This isn't the first time that Google services have been blocked by the Chinese authorities; the company's YouTube has actually been entirely unavailable since 2009 following conflicts over content, and other services have been taken on- and offline on irregular bases in recent years. Two years ago, Google moved its Chinese search engine facilities to Hong Kong after a disagreement with authorities around cyber-attacks that may have originated in China.
Google actually addressed the problems with occasional outages of service in a blog post on the Official Google Search Blog earlier this year, writing that "over the past couple years, we've had a lot of feedback that Google Search from mainland China can be inconsistent and unreliable," and noting that after investigating the complaints, "we've noticed that these interruptions are closely correlated with searches into a particular subset of queries." The response at the time was to add a new feature that would warn users if a particular search was likely to trigger censorship action by Internet watchdogs, something that undoubtedly did little to please Chinese authorities.
This latest, and seemingly blanket, blockage of Google services happens just as Chinese authorities convene the 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress, a grand meeting that occurs once ever decade and started on Thursday of this week, with more than 2,000 Communist party delegates from across China meeting in Beijing with a mission to appoint a new generation of leaders. Whether or not the timing is a coincidence or some particular attempt to crackdown on what are deemed subversive online behavior during this time remains to be seen.


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Mystery Worshipper: Sabbath-Man
Church: Westminster Presbyterian
Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Date of visit: Sunday, 6 May 2007, 11:00am
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The building
A large Gothic-inspired church with a rather austere interior. The communion table sits in the center of the sanctuary, with a pulpit to the left. At the head of the center aisle is the baptismal font. An impressive pipe organ occupies the wall behind the chancel.
The church
Westminster holds a place of prominence among the mainline churches of Des Moines. They sponsor several ministries and outreaches and are known for promoting the arts as well as for their open and affirming position toward gays.
The neighborhood
Des Moines was founded in 1843; several theories exist to account for the origin of its name. It is a modern, prosperous city, home to major insurance companies as well as financial and publishing firms. Westminster Presbyterian is in the Beaverdale neighborhood, one of the nicer historic districts. Volvos and BMWs abound.
The cast
The Revd Dr Ken Arontson, executive associate pastor, served as liturgist, and the Revd Amy Miracle, head pastor, preached. Both presided over the sacrament of holy communion. Two gentlemen identified as Steve Capp, youth club coordinator, and Dick Keifer, parish associate, read the scripture lessons and led a recognition of 50-year members, but I don't know who did which. The church directory lists Ruth Harris as organist and associate minister of music; I presume it was she who presided at the organ. A choir of 20 or so people processed during the opening hymn and sang an anthem early in the service.
What was the name of the service?50-Year Member Recognition.
How full was the building?
About half full. It was pouring rain outside in biblical proportions.
Did anyone welcome you personally?
Four different people said "Hi" before worship. A fellowship folder was passed among us in the pews; I signed and passed it on.
Was your pew comfortable?
A very comfortable pew.
How would you describe the pre-service atmosphere?
There was rather a lot of sparse, empty silence prior to worship. No music was played until after the opening welcome and announcements, to serve as a buffer between these and "worship."
What were the exact opening words of the service?
"There's plenty of room up front!"
What books did the congregation use during the service?
We sang from the Presbyterian Hymnbook and used a worship bulletin for prayers, responses, etc.
What musical instruments were played?
The organ.
Did anything distract you?
More curious than distracting. From a distance, the baptismal font looked odd and I never did figure out why. I was intrigued by a large tattoo peeking out from under the collar of a young man a few rows in front of me. I noted that while Westminster has plenty of retirees and empty-nesters, there is a noticeable presence of young adults and families with children.
Was the worship stiff-upper-lip, happy clappy, or what?
Very Presbyterian. Pretty formal, but not without humanity and humor. Regarding the 50-year member recognition: an insert in the worship bulletin had quite a list of names, but only two were specifically recognized in the service. It was my sense that others in the list would be recognized at different services on different days. Ken Arontson talked briefly about the two persons recognized that day and there was a brief prayer.
Exactly how long was the sermon?
14 minutes.
On a scale of 1-10, how good was the preacher?
7 – Pastor Miracle could very well have let the congregation pat itself on the back for its inclusivity, but instead she gently prodded them not to become complacent.
In a nutshell, what was the sermon about?
She noted how the Acts of the Apostles makes it clear that the Gentiles were to be included in salvation. Many Jewish Christians feared that welcoming the Gentiles would lead to the loss of their own identity. Similarly, some fear that for Westminster to be serious about evangelism will mean the loss of their identity to something flashy and shallow. "We couldn't be flashy and shallow if we tried!" she said.
Which part of the service was like being in heaven?
As the service progressed, I realized that a gentleman sitting in the pew ahead of me was blind and had his seeing-eye dog at his feet. I like the fact that a dog was present at worship, but when I heard the blind man sing, "Great is thy faithfulness" and "Morning by morning new mercies I see," I was especially touched.
And which part was like being in... er... the other place?
The sacrament of holy communion seemed – well – so uncommunal. As a visitor, I felt no connection with the others who communed, and no attempt was made to build even small, temporary bonds. For example, there was no passing of the peace, and the communion liturgy included little or no participation and few if any congregational responses. Am I being overly fussy to complain that the elements, bread and cup, were not even on the table during the eucharistic prayer, but instead were already being held by servers pre-positioned in the aisles?
What happened when you hung around after the service looking lost?
Two people nodded and smiled at me. At the back of the aisle, the pastor said, "Thanks for coming today."
How would you describe the after-service coffee?
I didn't stay for coffee. I was running late and no one seemed particularly eager to invite me.
How would you feel about making another visit (where 10 = ecstatic, 0 = terminal)?
6 – This form of worship is very familiar and comfortable to me. But now that I've seen how it can look to an outsider, it struck me as rather impersonal, isolating and heady. I came away realizing how important relationships and connections are to worship. A rather average choir anthem is pleasing because you are friends with the people singing. If you don't know anyone in the choir, it is just an average anthem. I left wondering, "Is this how guests feel at the church I call home?"
Did the service make you feel glad to be a Christian?
Yes, despite my critiques. The Good News was proclaimed, the sacrament was shared, and people who remained strangers to me but are known by God gathered to worship.
What one thing will you remember about all this in seven days' time ?
"We couldn't be flashy and superficial if we tried!" Mainline churches, are you listening? Fear of mega-churches doesn't a presence make.


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I've just remodelled my kitchen with an induction cooktop and am cautiously collecting my new cooking equipment. Will one of those small Japanese stovetop grills work on this type of cooktop? I am unclear as to whether it is the grill surface or the heat from below that cooks food on regular cooktops. I was not successful with using a stovetop grill on my old electric cooktop.
I'm never 100% sure what Americans mean by grill - I always thought you meant what we call a barbecue, i.e. an outdoors thing with a charcoal or gas heat source underneath a plate or grid on which you put your meat.
I have a grill built into my stove, and it's an electric element buried in a bunch of removable scoria (volcanic rocks) with a cast iron barred grid on top, but I'm assuming you don't mean one of those.
If you mean a cast iron frypan sort of thing with raised ridges to make grill marks, then it is the heat from the element, that heats up the pan, that cooks the food on an ordinary cooktop. The heat of the pan is limited by the heat output of the element below it. For successful grilling the pan needs to become rather hot.
With an induction cooktop the heat of the pan doesn't come from the heat of the element (the only reason the element gets hot is by heat transfer from the pan on top of it), but it is still controlled by the wattage (electrical "strength") of the element. Whether or not the stovetop grill will work on your induction cooktop depends on two things - a) what the grill is made of; get a magnet and put it on the grill, if the magnet sticks the grill will heat up. b) the wattage of the induction element. You'll have to consult your instruction booklet for this, and maybe the people from whom you bought it. I would think that all induction cooktops should have at least one element that will put out enough power to heat a grill.
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You will need to get a grill that has a flat metal surface that can be in full contact with the IH element, like this one here (which specifically says it is IH-capable). Not all fish grills are like that. Most Japanese IH cookers come with a small grill built in these days. By the way, I was at a famous Kyoto "kanamonoya" (kitchen metal appliance maker) yesterday, and they didn't have any fish grills for sale...i guess it is a sign of the times!
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Goodness, yet another definition of "grill". I was thinking she meant one of these. What we call grilling is different again, I think it's what Americans call broiling - dry heat from above, with the food sitting on a rack in a drip tray sort of arrangement.
I know what you mean, I am American and I was unsure what was being referenced. We have entire stores devoted to the "sport" of BBQing with a numerous techniques and tools for grilling everything that could have possibly lived at some point (animal or vegetable). It is actually kind of ridiculous IMO.
That's because it's a "men's thing". It always astounds me how men who profess not to be able to boil an egg always think no woman can cook over an open flame. And of course boys do love their toys, so they need all sorts of accoutrements to be able to produce a hunk of cooked flesh for their woman to admire.
I had to laugh at that, I couldn't agree more. My husband thought that his knowledge of grilling was far superior and that there was no need to take the sage advice of an experienced cook (namely me) for a vegetable jumbo recipe cooked in foil on the BBQ. I had a nice little chuckle when his not taking my advice resulted a ruptured bag and a gigantic mess (which I let him clean up all by himself).
Good job for your husband.
As I am fairly new to cooking in general, I too am not quite sure what people mean by the different cooking terms. I had the same idea of grilling as Bronwyn, where it's basically barbecuing something over some charcoal. Media also teaches me that there are more modern equipment for barbecuing nowadays (see Robert Rainford ).
Whew. I never thought that my question would get caught up in multi-national definitions of cooking technique. Maki is spot on about the Japanese stovetop grill that I was asking about. I thought it was a basic Japanese/bento-making piece of cooking equipment and am surprised that it caused so much confusion. While the Lodge grill/griddle that Bronwyncarlisle mentioned is a great piece, I am getting rid of all of my cast iron equipment because I'm afraid of the weight any where near my ceramic induction cooktop. Before I remodelled the kitchen I had the built-in grill that Bronwyncarlisle has. It worked well for regular meals, but the Japanese stovetop grill is smaller, lighter, and would work well for the small portions I cook for our bentos.
DO NOT get rid of your cast-iron pots and pans when you have an induction heater!!! Read the instructions for the heater, and you will see why.
Actually, induction heaters work best with cast-iron and worst with copper (it has to do with the (electric and thermal) conductivity of the metal; the lower the better for induction heating).
Concerning the weight of the pots and pans; usually, the surface of induction heaters is made of glass ceramic, which is quite resistand (it has no internal tensions), and if you keep its surface, and the bottom of your pots clear of scratchy things (such as sand grains etc,), you won't be able to break it.
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I think what's being referenced here, is what in the UK we would consider to be griddling rather than grilling. If heating from below in this manner, it would likely be in the form of a type of griddle pan, for the same dry air grill effect.
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Too Young to be Raped
After questioning by the defence, the child in question agreed that she had lied in her original testimony. Yet the jury were apparently not satisfied that her new version was true, and found the boys guilty of attempted rape, but not guilty of rape itself. In one sense it was of little importance in the case whether the girl had resisted or agreed to the act, as she is legally considered too young to consent. But the Crown Prosecution Service may have thought twice about prosecuting for consensual acts, given the young age of the offenders. The boys in question could still have been placed under Sexual Offences Prevention Orders, if they were seriously considered a threat.
I think most of us agree that the rape of an eight-year-old is something that should generally be prosecuted. We probably all also agree that eight to ten-year-olds mucking about experimentally is not a police matter, and that consensual sex between them would be dealt with by parents, social workers and psychiatrists.
But what concerns me in the case is this:
- A psychological report afterwards is all very well, but if the judge wasn't happy with the manner in which the girl was cross-examined, why didn't he stop it at the time?
- If The Daily Mail and its readers can identify that this case may not have been appropriate to bring to court, why do they feel so differently in the James Bulger case, where clearly they believe children can indeed transmogrify into "pure evil" at the age of ten?
- Conversely, why can the Mail and readership not identify that there are adult rape cases with similarly conflicting factors that mean they should not go to court, and this is not necessarily always a judgment on either party?
So on this occasion I'm inclined to agree with the Mail. What exactly was the point of it all?
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RMI's original Guiding Principles formed the backdrop for natural capitalism, a new form of doing business and one that properly values its natural origins.
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Nursemaid to the World: The Church Amid Adversity and Sickness
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the great Victorian pastor, not only was a masterful pulpiteer, a brilliant administrator, a gifted writer, and a selfless evangelist, he was a determined champion of the deprived and the rejected. He spent more than half of …Read More
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One of the troubles with trouble is that it can encourage us toward selfishness. When things are going well for us, it is rather easy to feel magnanimous. When challenges come our way, however, suddenly we feel entitled to be …Read More
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Senate Years of Service: 1939-1945
Party: Republican
HOLMAN, Rufus Cecil, a Senator from Oregon; born in Portland, Oreg., October 14, 1877; attended the public schools; school teacher 1896-1898; engaged in agricultural pursuits, steamboating, bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing 1899-1910; in 1910 engaged in the manufacture of record books and paper boxes and in the ice and cold storage business in Portland, Oreg.; member of a variety of civic commissions; State treasurer of Oregon 1931-1939; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1945; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1944; resumed management of Portland Paper Box Co., Portland, Oreg., and of a farm near Molalla, Oreg.; died in Portland, Oreg., November 27, 1959; interment in Riverview Cemetery.


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Making new friends and finding the person of your dreams is not as easy as it used to be. With the busy daily life of singles in the US, there is no available time for socialization outside of work.
Why is online dating service considered a profitable business? Here are some of the facts:
* Almost .5% of the US population is either single or divorced. The largest online dating websites have over 700,000 personal advertisements and profiles all enthusiastically searching for a partner. There have been thousands of marriages resulting from internet introduction.
* Internet-based dating services receive millions of dollars in revenue every year. There is guaranteed money in this business.
* Basic emotional needs are the easiest to sell. These needs include dating, love and romance. You will be paid by marketing romance to the increasing number of single web surfers.
If you are thinking on starting up your own online dating service business, here are four important factors to consider:
1) Online dating business plan: Organizing a plan would allow you to operate the business and ensure your company's growth. A business plan is crucial for organizing and seeking potential clients. A business with development potential is always a safer investment than a business that settles for breaking even.
A plan would provide you with a clear view of your business' future. It summarizes the company's goals and provides your future staff to have information that is vital to the daily function of your company.
2) Website management method. You should plan for a presentable and quality web design or hire the best web designer in the industry. Determine which web hosting service is the best and enroll in it. For your website to attract thousands of visitors, you would need web hosting that could accommodate all the traffic and database of your members. You could also consider being your own web host that would enable you to manage your own server.
3) Marketing and advertising. The online dating service would require a large amount of advertising money to be able to set your company apart from the thousands of other dating services in existence.
4) Financial plan. Organizing your financial plan would help you establish the budget necessary to cover your daily operating costs. This plan would also help your company to develop long-term financial goals.
If you have successfully achieved all of your plans necessary for the company to run, you could now start your own online dating service business and give the singles a chance to meet their dream partner.


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I plan to use this blog mainly for (interesting/fun/...) technical notes and tips,
and anything else pertaining to DataPower, XSLT, XML, ... that crosses my mind.
Working several years now for DataPower appliance product in the XML compiler area I have seen many customer and IBMer problems and solutions/workarounds for them.
Last year I summarized my experiences and gave two WSTE (WebSphere Support Technical Exchange) webcasts:
- WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances and XSLT (Part 1 of 2) - Tools
- WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances and XSLT (Part 2 of 2) - Tips and Tricks
I am active on
- IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance developerWorks Forum
- XSL-List email list (archive starting1998)
- XML-DEV mailing list (archive starting 1997)
These may be useful ressources to you if you use a DataPower appliance or have interest in XSLT or XML.
The xpath++ tool described on this slide and available in this posting may be used even without DataPower.


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