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As a research analyst for BNL, Inc. I work at the Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network conducting analysis and writing reports on illicit financial networks.In addition, I am a graduate student at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs in the Security Policy Studies program, where I am concentrating on trans-national security issues and weapons of mass destruction. My current research centers around both Hezbollah and the Iranian nuclear negotiations. I hold a staff writer position at GWU's International Affairs Review, where I write columns regarding terrorist propaganda, CT strategy, and cybersecurity.Previously, I conducted long-term research for the American Enterprise Institute's Critical Threats Project, using Palantir to illustrate Al Qaeda's human networks in North Africa.At the Central Intelligence Agency, I received an Exceptional Performance Award for my outstanding compilation and presentation of information papers, research reports, and formal briefings for senior consumers. As part of my regular duties, I assembled targeting packages incorporating multi-source intelligence and briefed these packages to senior management. In addition, I performed information triage on incoming SIGINT, produced all-source analysis of strategic threats, and proposed innovative ways forward to advance operations against priority targets. Furthermore, I possess proficiency in Arabic in both Modern Standard form as well as the Levantine dialect, which I acquired as the result of intensive study in Amman Jordan. I am also proficient in statistical analysis methods utilizing both Stata and Excel.
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Throughout my second internship term with the Central Intelligence Agency, I synthesized and analyzed complex datasets incorporating both HUMINT and SIGINT to produce leads for overseas operations. In the course of leveraging the full range of our equities to advance operations against priority targets, I coordinated with Intelligence Community partners to ensure seamless synchronization and employment of collection platforms. In addition, I prepared and presented briefings to senior leadership in support of operational needs.
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Lou Reed - 11.06.1980 Marassi Stadium, Geneva
Lou Reed
Marassi Stadium, Geneva, Italy
A very good audience recording
Received by trade, CDR
CDR - EAC - FLAC using Trader's Little Helper
Great sound quality for an audience recording.
I don't remember if I uploaded this show several years ago... anyway, here it is.
In the first songs of the first disc, maybe too much bass sound, but later
the sound is much better. The way I received these discs, there were some songs cut in two
different tracks, so I fixed them. I did nothing to the sound quality
I always loved those final medleys... Rock 'N' Roll is amazing with its 18 minutes long.
It also exists a partial SBD recording from an FM broadcast of this show.
11.06.1980 (115min aprox.)
01.Sweet Jane
02.Real Good Time Together
03.I'm Waiting For My Man
04.Coney Island Baby
05.So Alone
07.Walk On The Wild Side
08.Standing On Ceremony
10.Keep Away
11.The Kids
12.Caroline Says II
13.The Bed
14.Sad Song
15.The Power Of Positive Drinking
01.How Do You Speak To An Angel
02.My Old Man
03.Growing Up In Public
04.Street Hassle
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NeCole Gray is a medical technologist at Mercy Medical Center. What does your job entail? As a medical technologist, I am certified to work in the fields of chemistry, hematology, microbiology, urinalysis, and immunohematology (blood bank). In these five core areas I perform testing on human body fluids that include blood, urine, sputum, and feces. The results from the testing performed makes up 70% of diagnostic decisions made by doctors. I have recently become a full-time blood banker in which I determine the blood types of patients and suitability of blood products for transfusion. What kind of schooling or training did you go through? I went to a four year-university (Morgan State University) in which I completed two phases, a pre-professional phase and a professional phase. Each phase consisted of two years. During the professional phase I completed four clinical rotations at four different hospitals focusing on each of the disciplines. After graduation I took a certification examination through the American Society of Clinical Pathology. At that point I became NeCole L. Gray, MT (ASCP). What inspired you to this career? For a long time I just knew that I was going to become a doctor when I "grew up". I really wanted to touch lives. Over time I realized that patient contact wasn't exactly my favorite thing in the world, but I still wanted to save lives. After a representative came to talk to me about the medical technology career, I knew that was exactly what I wanted to do. I loved science and I knew that ultimately I would have to choose between chemistry and biology, however with medical technology you get the best of both worlds. What do you like best about your job? I absolutely love that I touched lives. They may never know who I am or what role I played in saving them but I can go home at the end of the day with a smile. The patient will never know that it was me who in their emergency situation got called to cross match units of blood and send them immediately because they were bleeding out. They may never know that I found abnormal cells in their blood differential alerting pathologists of a possible leukemia. It may never occur to them that I was the one to run their chemistry tests giving the doctor time to administer lifesaving drugs during their stroke. They will most likely never know, but I always will. What are the challenges? Challenges come when other health professionals in the hospital do not realize what goes on in the lab. It is almost as if they think their patient is the only patient in the hospital. Testing takes time, and if the most accurate results are needed for diagnosis, then everyone must wait. Keeping up to date with new testing technologies is also a challenge because it is such an ongoing process. It seems as if every few weeks there is a new test or new way to complete something. The medical technology profession is also in shortage, therefore many days go by where we work off of the bare minimum staffing, which is extremely difficult when it is busy.
Median salary? A medical technologist earns $46,680 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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MILWAUKEE, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Republicans took back control of the Wisconsin state legislature, five months after Democrats seized a slim majority of the upper chamber during a nasty fight over Governor Scott Walker's measures to curb public sector unions.
The election result on Tuesday represented the third switch in party control of the state Senate in two years because of the bitter battle over unions.
Republicans first took control of the state Senate in the 2010 elections, then lost it in June after Democrats and unions staged a series of successful recalls of conservative lawmakers who had supported the union restrictions.
But before the recalls Walker and his fellow Republican legislative leaders had redrawn district lines to favor them. After Tuesday's election, Republicans emerged with a preliminary 17-15 majority in the Senate and a comfortable majority in the House of Representatives or Assembly.
A special state Senate election to be held in December in a Republican stronghold is expected to add to the party's power in the 33-member chamber.
Wisconsin Republicans regained power in the state Senate even though President Barack Obama won the state, and Democrat Tammy Baldwin won the Wisconsin U.S. Senate race. Having Wisconsin native Congressman Paul Ryan as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's runningmate did not appear to help the party in national races.
When the Wisconsin legislature reconvenes in January, Republicans are expected to have at least a 20-vote majority in the Assembly, depending on final election tallies.
The majorities give Walker a largely free hand to shape the state's next biennial budget. Walker told reporters Tuesday night that he looks forward to helping small businesses by reforming the tax code and regulatory process and by easing access to capital for entrepreneurs.
"My belief is that many of the things that we will be pursuing, the vast majority in fact, will be things that Democrats and Republicans alike can support," Walker said.
Tuesday's victories mean Republicans will also have a second chance to pass legislation to encourage mining exploration in the state.
During the last legislative session early this year, Senate Republicans were unable to garner enough votes for mining legislation.
Walker in June became the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall. (Editing by James B. Kelleher and Greg McCune)


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Cafe Scientifique Heather Jarrett | added on Nov 04, 2011 | United States With a global population of more than 7 billion, we face an urgent need for a renewable-based energy economy. Dr. Patricia DeMarco, Director of the Rachel Carson Institute in the School of Sustainability and the Environment at Chatham University, will speak.
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Stage director: Michal Dočekal
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Ostrovsky's black comedy has not lost any of its topicality. The story's focal point is a dispute over a forest. Whereas for the wealthy landowner Raisa Gurmyzhska the forest is merely a chance to extend her property and win a young lover, it is just business as usual for her unscrupulous neighbour, the merchant Vosmibratov. The play's other, no less significant, plot line is formed by the characters of the itinerant actors Gennady and Arkady, idealists who have little chance of succeeding at a time when a technocratic approach to life and values holds sway. Caginess, intrigues and changing conventions are the themes dominating Ostrovsky's play.
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South Dakota Falls at #22 Northern Arizona 22-16
South Dakota could generate no offense in the first half, fell behind by 19, and came up short with a second half rally, losing 22-16 at #22 Northern Arizona Saturday night.
After the teams exchanged punts on their first four possessions, the Coyotes got the first break of the game when Tevin Foster picked off Kyren Poe, returning it to the USD 46.
The Lumberjacks returned the favor four plays later when Josh Vander Maten was intercepted by Anders Battle and returned 46 yards for a touchdown, 6-0 Northern Arizona after a failed two-point conversion attempt.
With the Coyote offense still looking for a first down midway thru the second quarter, the USD defense forced another turnover in the first half when Tyler Starr stripped Poe, Keyen Lage recovered at the South Dakota 42.
But after the seventh three-and-out for the Coyote offense, USD punted the ball back with 5:42 left.
The Lumberjacks next possession ended in end zone, as Zach Bauman capped a 10-play, 85-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown run, 13-0 NAU at the half.
In the first 30 minutes, South Dakota was outgained 171-7.
The Coyotes got the ball to start the second half, and did finally string together three first downs, moving inside NAU territory to the 31, where Vander Maten was picked off by Mike Dosen at the 34.
The Lumberjacks took advantage, going 10 plays in 66 yards, with Poe connecting with Dejzon Walker for a 14-yard touchdown pass to make it 19-0 after a blocked extra point.
The Coyotes offense responded with its best production of the night, with Vander Maten hitting Tyler Wilhelm for 27 yards on the first play, sparking a 9-play, 60-yard drive, and the first points of the night, a Miles Bergner 24-yard field goal to cut the NAU lead to 19-3.
Down 22-3 on their next possession, USD struck quickly with Vander Maten throwing 63 yards to Terrance Terry on the first play to the NAU 12. Four plays later, Vander Maten ran it in from 2 yards out and it was 22-9 after a failed two-point conversion attempt.
After the Coyote defense forced a punt, Vander Maten again hit on a big gainer, 54 yards to Nick Meyer to the NAU 37. 11 plays later, Vander Maten connected with Meyer for a 6-yard touchdown and USD trailed 22-16 with 2:54 left.
The Coyotes attempted to get the ball back on an onside kick, but the kick went out of bounds and the Lumberjacks took over on their own 49.
NAU ran the clock out from there top secure the win.
The Lumberjacks outgained 343-284. Bauman rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown. For USD, Vander Maten threw for 200 yards and ran for 63.
The Coyotes (1-2) open Missouri Valley Conference play at Western Illinois next Saturday at 11:00am.


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The Right Host for "Meet the Press"
Monday, December 8, 2008
New Maybach S--The "S" Stands for Schadenfreude : U.S. sales of the Maybach, the pretentious Mercedes model that looks like a Hyundai but costs $400,000, haven't fallen into the double digits. They've fallen into the single digits . S.F.Citizen gloats that the 42 Maybach dealers "had sales of just nine new cars for all of America last month." ... Or maybe I'm getting the spin on the lede wrong. They sold nine of these things! A heroic marketing success. ... P.S.: Competitor Rolls Royce sold 39 , however. ... 11:33 A.M
Reports on the Tribune Company's possible bankruptcy (and presumed need to sell assets) should renew speculation about ... David Geffen . Maybe the L.A. Times ' price is now down to where he could be re-interested. ... They own some valuable parking lots, I think. Unfortunately, there's a paper attached. ... 2:09 A.M.
The Right Man: "It brings out the kid in all of us," reports the N.Y. Daily News , quoting one Greg Packer, 44, of Huntington, L.I.:
"It's that sense of togetherness that keeps me coming back."
Packer, of course, is " the entire media's designated 'man on the street' for all articles ever written." The secret of his success, it's pretty clear, is that he always spouts the CW that mainstream newspaper editors want to hear (and think their readers want to read). ... Hmm. David Gregory has just been made moderator of Meet the Press . The secret of Gregory's success seems to be that he always spouts the CW that his mainstream producers want to hear (and think their viewers want to hear too).
Wouldn't Packer be better? I mean, he's got Gregory's unerring CW-spouting capacity, plus he's got Tim Russert-style blue collar street cred . He's a " highway maintenance worker ," for Chrissakes! I think NBC missed a bet here. ...
P.S.: How bad a choice was Gregory? Let me put it this way: I've heard George Stephanopoulos say interesting things . I've heard Tom Brokaw say interesting things. I've heard Mort Kondracke say interesting things. I've heard David Broder say interesting things, and Norah O'Donnell and David Gergen and Gwen Ifill and even (once) Sam Donaldson. I heard Tim Russert say interesting things. I've never heard David Gregory say an interesting thing. He is a can't-miss discussion-killer--the Sunday morning equivalent of Senator Montoya. ... But that's an insult to Sen. Montoya. Montoya didn't actually drain the Watergate hearings of interest. He just gave everyone a chance to take a brief break. ... P.P.S.: Gregory seems not straightforwardly dull, but somehow goofily hollow. Hard to believe those people out " beyond the Potomac and beyond the Hudson River in New York City " won't pick up on this. ... [ They say he's good on Imus--ed Imus won't be there.] ...[ link via RS's feed ] 1:34 A.M.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
The Big Center: David Horowitz, voice of reason ;
The continuing efforts of a fringe group of conservatives to deny Obama his victory and to lay the basis for the claim that he is not a legitimate president is embarrassing and destructive.
Jane Hamsher, voice of reason :
[Caroline Kennedy] simply picks up the phone and lets it be known that she just might be up for having one of the highest offices in the land handed to her because -- well, because why? Because her uncle once held the seat? Because she's a Kennedy? Because she took part as a child in the public's romantic dreams of Camelot? I'm not quite sure.
There's an enormous problem in the Senate right now with entitlement, with the sense that its members owe their allegiance to each other and not to the public. .... [snip] I'm glad she had fun being part of a winning campaign in a year that saw a rather rosy playing field for Democrats. But simply being well-known and a member of the "American nobility" in a celebrity-driven society shouldn't be enough to axiomatically entitle her to be a member of the US Senate.
Have you ever heard her say anything interesting? She's the David Gregory of the race. ... [ via I nsta , alert reader B ] 11:34 P.M.


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Manchester City may never have a better chance of overturning a two-goal deficit against Barcelona than at Camp Nou on Wednesday.
After seeing Martin Demichelis sent off shortly before the hour mark, City slumped to a 2-0 defeat in the first leg of their last-16 tie with Barca at the Etihad Stadium last month.
While Lionel Messi opened the scoring from the penalty spot, having been fouled by Demichelis, it was Dani Alves who struck the hammer blow in stoppage time to hand City an almighty task to progress.
Barca have reached at least the final four of the competition in their last six attempts, lifting the trophy in 2009 and 2011.
Yet the Catalan giants come into Wednesday's game off the back of a surprise La Liga defeat to struggling Real Valladolid, which put a major dent in their domestic title ambitions.
The 1-0 loss at the Estadio Municipal Jose Zorrilla leaves Barca four points behind leaders Real Madrid, and sections of the Spanish press have been quick to express their discontent.
President Josep Maria Bartomeu even felt it necessary to defend the squad via his official Twitter account, stating: "We believe in them until the very end."
The defeat was Barca's second in three La Liga games but Bartomeu said he was confident the club's fans would get behind Gerardo Martino and his charges when City visit.
"It's normal for there to be some criticism, but the board, the members and the fans need to have confidence in these players. And even more so now that we're in the final stretch of the season," he told reporters.
While Barca have been below their best since winning in Manchester, Manuel Pellegrini's men have endured mixed fortunes.
The Chilean picked up his first trophy as City boss with victory over Sunderland in the League Cup before his side crashed out of the FA Cup on Sunday at the hands of old foes Wigan Athletic.
Despite suffering another shock loss to Wigan, their conquerors in last season's FA Cup final, Pellegrini is hopeful City can avoid exiting two competitions in the space of four days.
"It's difficult – of course it's difficult," Pellegrini told City's official website.
"However, I have no doubt that we are going to go to Barcelona thinking that we can do it and thinking we can beat them in Camp Nou and we try to have our revenge there.
"It (Barcelona) is a very good team with great players (but) I won with Villarreal in Camp Nou, I draw also with Malaga.
"If we can score a goal early then Barcelona may be a little bit more nervous. We go with a lot of trust to try to do it and if we are having a good day I am absolutely sure that we can do it."


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A while back, I was asked by Jill of Creating My Way to Success to host the American leg of the Creating Success Around the World Bloghop! Of course I said "YES!" and the day has finally come where I get to share with all of you some fantastic talents America has to offer!
This is a blog hop tour that will introduce you to some wonderfully creative people from all around the world. Every Wednesday (Wednesday Australia time, Tuesday USA time), the hosts around the world will be sharing creativity from their corner of the globe. I will be hosting for the month of February, so, without further ado, I bring you a lady I am constantly amazed by. Her sewing skills and eye for color are marvelous and her quilts are to die for! Meet Di, from Yorba Linda, California!
1. Who you are? Tell us about yourself, where you blog, what you like, about your hobbies, etc.
My name is Diane Stanley and I have been blogging at www.randomthoughtsdoordi.blogspot.com, for about 18 months. I started my blog as a way for our children, friends and family to follow my husband and I on our trip through the Brittany region of France in 2010. After returning home, I began searching for other blogs that might spark my interest and when I found quilting blogs my love of all things sewing bloomed. I blog mostly about sewing but include bits about family, photography, gardening, travel and cooking in my blog, thus the word "random" is a part of the name of my blog.
I have been sewing since I was a child and only quilting for about 9 years. Some of the hobbies I have enjoyed in the past and present are traveling, cross stitch, gardening, photography, baking, and scrap book making. I have recently switched to digital scrapbooking but find that my love of sewing occupies most of my time.
I have been married to Mr. Romance for nearly 40 years and we love traveling together, wine tasting and trying new restaurants. We have 4 sons, all grown. Two are married and those two have blessed us with 8 grandchildren, 4 boys and 4 girls. My greatest joy is when we can all be together. Until this past August, my mom lived with us. She had a hip fracture and decided she really liked living in a senior environment, so now we are empty nesters.
|My family, my pride and joy!
2. What do you create?
I really enjoy sewing quilts and small gift items. Last year I discovered bag making and I am hooked. I have made many market bags, fancy purses, but my favorites are the clutch style purse.
|a few of the quilts I made in 2011
|some of the small items I made in 2011
3. Why do you create?
I create mostly for self-satisfaction. I love the feeling I get when I complete a project. I'll admit it, I am a compliment junkie, too. I just love it when someone says, "wow, you made that? It's beautiful". I enjoy giving handmade gifts but have realized that you must only give handmade to people who will appreciate what you have made for them. Some people think because it is handmade you are giving them an inexpensive gift. This is so not true. Sewing is an expensive hobby...especially if you love collecting fabric like I do.
4. Do you sell your creations? If so, how? Where? And is it profitable?
I do not sell the things I make because I really don't think someone could afford to pay me for my time. So instead I choose to gift the things I make to friends and family who I know will appreciate them.
5. What mistakes have you made or lessons have you learned?
I have made a lot of mistakes in my 50 years of sewing. They mostly stem back to not reading the instructions all the way through before I start making the item. I always think I know more than the pattern writer, but that is so not true. I can always learn more and continue to try to slow down and learn a new thing every year. This year I am re-learning to knit. I learned to knit a long time ago and made several things over 30 years ago but then never picked up the needles again. This is a fun hobby and it is transportable, so I like that I can always have a project to work on while traveling or even watching TV.
6. What, to you, is success? Have you achieved it yet, or are you on your way towards success?
I have always told my boys that success is not measured by how popular you are or how much money you make. Instead, I have told them to find something they love and to do it well. So if I am going to practice what I preach I would say that success, for me, is finding a craft, hobby, passion that I have and learning all I can about it and doing it well. So yes, I would say I am a success. But my greatest success has not been a craft or hobby, it has been my marriage (40 years this June) and raising 4 sons who have become incredibly bright, helpful, loving and caring men.
7. So what's next?
I want to learn to Free Motion Quilt. I have given it a try and I am really bad at it. Since I started quilting I have only quilted a few of my own quilts, and that is just with straight lines. The long arm quilter is so expensive that I am determined to learn. I received a new Bernina 820 for Christmas. This machine has a longer arm and wider throat, so it will make the quilting a lot less cumbersome.
I also want to become a better paper piecer. I have recently started to learn English Paper Piecing and I love it.
A huge thank you to Di for taking the time to be interviewed for this hop. To see who the other hosts are interviewing on their continent, click on the buttons below!
If you are interested in being interviewed for Creating Success Around the World, leave me a comment on this post. Feel free to link up your blog or a creation you are especially proud of and meet some other crafters from around the globe!


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Another glass ceiling has been cracked at least temporarily with a woman now running the CIA's spy division.
The long time CIA veteran leading the National Clandestine Service on an acting basis cannot be publicly named because she is still a covert officer.
The question is whether she will get the job permanently. But her background could be problematic for new CIA boss John Brennan.
According to sources familiar with her career, she was assigned to a senior position at the CIA's Counterterrorism Center shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.
In that role, she was involved in the controversial interrogation and detention program set up as the agency tracked and captured suspected al Qaeda terrorists.
She moved to the clandestine unit as chief of staff when her boss at the time, Jose Rodriguez, was tapped to run the service in 2004.
The sources said the two were involved in a decision to destroy 92 videos of terror detainee interrogations, a move that infuriated congressional lawmakers and prompted a Justice Department investigation that did not result in any charges.
The Bush administration came under fire at the time because some interrogations at clandestine CIA prisons overseas involved harsh techniques, like waterboarding and stress positions.
Questions over terrorism interrogations and the CIA detention program also dogged Brennan during his Senate confirmation hearings last month.
Some senators wanted to know if he had a role in managing the program when he served as the agency's executive director.
Brennan said he did not and indicated he privately raised objections with colleagues to enhanced interrogation techniques.
He acknowledged saying several years ago that those interrogations did produce some valuable intelligence and saved lives.
But Brennan said he didn't know what to believe when confronted with questions about a recently released Senate Intelligence Committee report that concluded the CIA exaggerated the effectiveness of the program.
"Reading this report from the committee raises questions about the information that I was given at the time, the impression I had at the time," Brennan told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing.
"Now I have determined what, based on that information as well as what CIA says, what the truth is. And at this point … I do not know what the truth is."
As CIA director, Brennan is responsible for providing the agency's response to the Senate report. He told the lawmakers he would do so by early next month.
With that backdrop, he also has to decide who will run the clandestine service permanently.
Regardless of whether the female acting director is tainted by her role in the interrogation program, she is not the only candidate.
There are at least two others: a former chief of station in Pakistan and a former head of the Counterterrorism Center, both whom are undercover.
In an unusual move, Brennan has asked a team of former senior CIA officials-John McLaughlin, Stephen Kappas and Mary Margaret Graham– to review the choices.
The Washington Post, which first reported on the female acting director, quoted sources as saying the review panel could provide political cover for Brennan at a time when the interrogation controversy is prominent.
The current and former intelligence officials CNN spoke with dismissed that suggestion, saying Brennan simply would like outside opinions for a very senior job.
CIA spokesman Preston Golson the female acting director "is one of the most senior and respected officers in the agency and is, of course, a strong candidate for the job."


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Although vitamin C can do a lot, there are still some gray areas as to its full capabilities. For instance, the idea that vitamin C can assist in prevention of the common cold is still undergoing debate. According to Mayoclinic.com, scientific studies generally indicate that, as far as the prevention of the onset of cold symptoms, that vitamin C may not be fully up to the task.
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Workers may request the reason for discharge by sending a written request to the business for a signed written statement of the reason for discharge and the effective date.
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September is the best time to plant spring blooming bulbs. All of the tulips, crocuses, and alliums are best planted once the weather cools, and allows for roots to grow before the ground freezes.
In the spring time, anyone viewing the garden will know that I love alliums. Each year I can't help but add a few more alliums here and there.
[How to plant alliums:] Dig a small hole seven inches deep and place anywhere from a teaspoon to a tablespoon of bone meal in the bottom; using the same hand shovel, incorporate the meal into the soil. Place the allium bulb point end up and fill half way with soil. At this point I will add a teaspoon more bone meal. Water in the bulb and fill the remaining hole. Come next spring these horticultural ufos will bloom, adding to the already countless numbers.
Since I liked the previous panna cotta recipe, I thought I would make another version of this dairy-free dessert. While at the market the tangerines caught my eye while I was shopping for blackberries. Their vivid orange color alone gave me this idea for a panna cotta. And I think this flavor combination to be dreamy.
Tangerine Panna Cotta Recipe
1-15 ounce can coconut milk
6 Tablespoons granular sugar
1 inch piece of vanilla bean, scraped
Zest of 1 tangerine
1 ¾ teaspoons powdered gelatin
2 Tablespoons cold water
Segments from 2 tangerines
Coconut Flakes [garnish]
1. In a small bowl sprinkle gelatin over the water and stir. Set aside to bloom.
2. In a small sauce pan heat the coconut milk, sugar and vanilla bean to a boil.
3. Remove vanilla bean.
4. Whisk in as much as a quarter cup of the coconut milk into the gelatin to melt.
5. Pour gelatin mixture into the remaining coconut milk.
6. Place 2-3 tangerine segments into dishes.
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I am delighted to announnce that FOCAL's first tournament on the south coast will be held in Bournemouth on Saturday 29th July.
Hotel Celebrity
47 Gervis Road, Bournemouth BH1 3DD
Presented by Sean Fletcher and Jeff Clayton
This tournament will be played in the traditional classroom convention – in pairs, facing our big screen graphics.
Everybody in the room will get the chance to pick selections of letters and numbers during the course of the day.
We are introducing a new groups-of-four setup to decide who plays who in the heats, much like the early stages of the Euro and World Cup football competitions.
Assuming we get 32 entrants, players will be drawn at random into eight groups to play three heats matches. This means players will know at the start who they will be up against in the heats.
These will be 15-round matches, as per the current television format (10L 4N 1C).
And if you want to keep your brain busy between matches, Sean will be preparing a free celebrity-themed crossword for you to tackle!
At the end of the three heats, everyone goes into groups of eight for the quarter-finals, in order of number of wins, total points scored and +/- points difference. The winner from each heats group goes into Division A, the runner-up into Division B, third place into C and fourth place into D.
From here, everybody is seeded within their divisions to play a 10-round quarter-final (6L 3N 1C), 10-round semi-final and 14-round final (8L 4N 2C). This will be done in Swiss format, so everybody will get to play right until the end of the day.
The two finalists in Group A will sit out the mainstream final, to play the tournament's showpiece Grand Final at 5pm. So if you don't make the top two, why not recharge your glass, sit back and enjoy!
Doors open at 9am with free tea & coffee available on arrival, for a 10am kick-off.
We will break for lunch around 12:30, and conclude with the prizegiving by 6pm.
Admission costs just £10pp – this includes tea/coffee on arrival, but does not include lunch. The hotel offers its own lunch menu, and there is a choice of bars, coffee shops and sandwich shops in nearby Lansdowne (5-10 minute walk).
You can secure your place now!
– By PayPal (email@example.com – please ensure that you select the "family/friends" option, otherwise a transfer fee is deducted and the full amount payable will not come through.
– By phone (07595 690 249);
– By cheque (address available on request).
We have capacity for 32 contestants, and spectators are also welcome.
Hotel Celebrity is in a prime central location, between the rail and coach stations, seafront and town centre, and near to the popular Lansdowne with a range of bars, clubs and restaurants.
– If you're travelling by train, get off at Bournemouth station and the hotel is a 15 minute walk from the forecourt.
Bournemouth is served directly from London Waterloo, Basingstoke, Southampton, Reading, Oxford, Birmingham and Manchester.
Keep an eye too on megatrain.com, as this offers big discounts on certain off-peak trains.
– Bournemouth coach station is next to the railway station, with National Express routes from London Victoria (035, hourly), Heathrow and Gatwick Airports (205/6), the Midlands and the North.
– We would recommend arriving into Bournemouth no later than 9:30am.
– If you want a local bus connection instead of the walk, Yellow Buses operates a network of routes through the railway station. You can catch any bus from stand 5 on the forecourt – ask the driver for a single to the Top of Bath Hill, which will cost you £1.60.
– If you're coming by car, there is parking at the front of the hotel (which is free if you are staying over) and there is chargeable parking along Gervis Road.
There are lots of hotels around central Bournemouth. The ones below are just some of those available within up to half an hour's walk:
– Hotel Celebrity.
– Orchid Hotel, just across the road.
– Heathlands Hotel, in nearby Grove Road.
– Yenton Hotel, a short walk along Gervis Road.
– Hallmark Hotel, East Cliff – (there are also two other Hallmarks in Bournemouth).
– Travelodge, Christchurch Road.
– Hampton by Hilton, Landmarc.
– Premier Inn, Poole Road.
If you want to stay at Hotel Celebrity, we recommend calling to enquire about booking direct (01202 316 316) – quote "Sean Fletcher event on 29th July". Rates are bed & breakfast; you'll also get 20% off bar prices, and a free drink with an evening meal.
Before the tournament:
Hotel Celebrity will be hosting a comedy night on Friday 28th July. Tickets are £12pp in advance or £16pp on the door. More details available on coastalcomedy.com.
After the tournament:
Depending on popularity, we will announce:
– A post-tournament meal on the Saturday evening, and
– A Sunday morning outing on the open-top bus to Swanage, across the Sandbanks ferry and through glorious Studland. No need to book in advance.
If you need any help with planning your journey or your stay, you can email email@example.com. An indication of whether you would be interested in the Saturday evening meal or the Sunday morning excursion would also be useful.
We look forward to seeing you in Bournemouth this summer!
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James Bond James Robinson
George Clooney Robin McKay
Eminem Mark Murray
Sigourney Weaver Helen James
Gordon Ramsay Zarte Siempre
Alan Partridge David Hilton
Arnold Schwarzenegger Neil Collins
Benedict Cumberbatch Tom Cappleman
Florence Nightingale Richard Priest
John Virgo Robert Foster
Meryl Streep Catriona Cappleman
Cristiano Ronaldo Jonathan Wynn
Johnny Cash Mike Brown
Sir Trevor McDonald Paul Talmey
Jude Law Kevin Davis
Roger Federer Matthew Brockwell
Geddy Lee Fred Whibley
Roland Rat Thomas Carey
Bill Gates Tony Atkins
Sean Connery Steve Hawdon
Helen Mirren Ann Dibben
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100 years on, ICRC nurses face greater challenges than ever before
11-05-2012 Interview
Exactly 100 years ago, the Florence Nightingale Medal was instituted by the ICRC. It is the highest international distinction that can be awarded to a nurse. Philippa Parker, a long-time ICRC nurse in the field and current head of the health unit at the ICRC, describes the challenges facing nurses today in countries afflicted by armed violence. She evokes the increasing lack of security that plagues the delivery of effective health care. Philippa is also working closely on the ICRC's Health Care in Danger project, which aims to reduce threats to health care in armed conflict and other emergencies.
Why do you think Florence Nightingale is still spoken about today, over a century after her death?
I would say that it is her humanity and her conviction that she had to do something for the wounded soldiers, because nobody else seemed to be doing particularly much for them. War is a pretty awful thing and just to know that there's somebody around who cares means a lot.
As there was little nursing training at the time, Florence was virtually self taught. Her deep sense of caring and humanity is what inspires me and I think a lot of people in the nursing profession. Her body of work improved the status and training of nurses and indelibly linked nursing with deep and sustained caring for a patient, and recognition as to how important this role is, especially in situations of armed conflict and other emergencies.
Take Khalil Dale, for example (an ICRC nurse with 30 years of humanitarian service who was supervising the Weapon-Wounded Assistance Programme in Quetta, Pakistan, when he was kidnapped, held for four months and recently killed). Khalil was someone, like Florence Nightingale, who simply cared deeply about other people.
Another example of caring comes from our hospital in Peshawar (Pakistan) and Mirwais hospital in Kandahar (Afghanistan), as well as many others around the world. We can't measure it, but the caring aspect of our work in those hospitals has a huge impact. Let me illustrate this point.
A man from the FATA area of Pakistan brings his wife and kids in who have been wounded and stays in the hospital in Peshawar for two weeks. Why do they come to our hospital? Well for one, our hospital is free, but more importantly, we provide post-operative care. We don't have the high levels of equipment that they have in some of the hospitals in Peshawar. But we provide 'after-care', and that man sees people who really look after his family. He goes back to his village and he has a better understanding and respect for us (the ICRC) than he had before.
We even have some hard evidence of this. The ICRC did a small reputation survey in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2003. And what was the ICRC remembered for? They all remembered us for our hospitals in Quetta, Peshawar and Karte Seh.
You received the Florence Nightingale medal in 1993. What does this recognition mean to you?
I have to say that I think it meant more to my parents than it did to me (laughs).
But in all seriousness, it was recognition for the work that I had been doing since 1984. By 1993, I had been at the Thai-Cambodian border conflict for quite some time, in Afghanistan, Pakistan (Peshawar and Quetta), and Berbera in Somaliland (Somalia). It meant that somebody saw that I had done something beyond what a nurse normally does.
What was also important to me was to have it recognized that a nurse can bring caring to a patient that often no other member of the health team is able to do. Because you're the patient's advocate, you're always with the patient. Whereas the surgeon does his operation and off he goes, the anaesthetist the same, the physiotherapist sees the patient for let's say, the left leg, and we, the nurses, hopefully see the patient as a whole and develop a relationship with them.
I think the Medal helps to give this caring role the credit it deserves, as it plays a huge part in looking after patients. So we don't perform the surgery. Nonetheless, our role is extremely important. It's the one-on-one humanity role.
In my view, I didn't have exceptional courage; I simply loved what I was doing. I loved that I was really helping and able to do something that had a direct impact on people.
What are the greatest challenges facing nurses and nursing aides today working in countries afflicted by armed violence?
The main challenge facing ICRC nurses directly is a lack of security. Whether you're in a hospital or out in the field, trying to carry out vaccination campaigns, or whatever, it's the lack of security that is the biggest challenge. From there stems a lack of personal safety, lack of security for the patients trying to get to you and sometimes lack of security right in the hospitals or health centres. Often there is a lack of infrastructure and supplies due to the general lack of security.
For national staff nurses or nursing aides living and working in the country, the challenge comes also from all the other things that they have to contend with in life just to survive and hold a job at the same time. They're worried about their family, have we got enough food, do we have to collect water. It's a challenge to be able to commit to the job when you have all the outside challenges to deal with.
Another challenge particular to some of today's internal conflicts is that the front lines and parties to the conflict are not clear, which was not the case in the days of Florence Nightingale. It is much harder to show that you are a neutral, independent humanitarian worker in today's conflicts compared to the past, because the conflicts are many-layered and complex, and this increases the dangers.
Let's take certain contexts in which we work today. If I'm working in one particular area, the risk can be that I'm considered as part of the group that controls that area. If I move to another area, I can be considered as part of the opposite side. And control of the areas changes on a daily basis. One day ICRC medical staff can go to a place and the next they can't because it's been taken over by the opposite side.
Can you recall an event from your own experience or an example of work done by nurses in situations of armed violence that marked you?
First of all, people should understand that the extent and brutal nature of the wounds in situations of armed violence shocks all the health staff, particularly when they first start.
In Kabul (Afghanistan) in 1989, I remember being in town. The shelling's started, you go in the shop, you come out again, you see all the windows of the car (ICRC land rover) have been blown out and you're thinking 'oh, I'm going to be in trouble now'. There are clouds of dust all around and you look down the street, and there are bodies, and you look up the street, and there are bodies. While you're registering what's happened, there are about eight people, all bleeding and hobbling towards you, and of course they want to get in the car and go to the hospital. So you get them in the car and you take them to the hospital.
But I never looked at those people that were lying up and down the street. Now, I would probably look at the ones in the street but then, I didn't, and I never thought right or wrong about it. You were frightened, you already had enough patients to more than fill up your car. You didn't know what was going to happen next so you just took the patients to the hospital. But you know we (the ICRC) teach first aid, we teach triage (the sorting of patients to determine medical priority). The reality is that in these extreme situations you cannot, or for whatever reason you do not, follow procedure; you simply do the best you can.
How do you see the link between Florence Nightingale's vision and legacy and the ICRC-led "Health Care in Danger" project?
The objective of the Health Care in Danger project is to assure the security and delivery of effective health care in armed conflict and other emergencies. What Florence did has laid a path towards the delivery aspect of this objective and has emphasized the neutral and impartial aspect of caring for the sick and wounded.
You look after the wounded and sick no matter who they are, or what side they are on. Period.


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Dr. Vivianne Ruellot, associate professor of French at Western Michigan University, will present "See What You Say: Learning Pronunciation Using Computer-Mediated Visual Feedback" on Wednesday, March 13, at 4 p.m. at Hope College in the Fried-Hemenway Auditorium of the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication.
The presentation is sponsored by the college's French-Cultural Studies Colloquium. The public is invited, and admission is free.
Ruellot's presentation, based on her current research, will provide a review of previous studies associated to the relative difficulty of second language pronunciation learning, to computer-assisted pronunciation instruction and to the multi-modal (ie, audio and visual) presentation of information. She will present the format that she typically uses in her studies, and report on the results of an experiment that she conducted focusing on the learning of the sounds /u/ and /y/ with speech analysis programs that generate visual representations of the acoustic characteristics of sounds.
Ruellot teaches French, French linguistics and applied linguistics at Western Michigan University, and also serves as coordinator of beginning-French courses and as liaison between Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo high schools. Her research interests include second language acquisition and pedagogy, pronunciation instruction and computer-assisted French pronunciation instruction. She received her doctorate in French and second language acquisition from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The Martha Miller Center for Global Communication is located at 257 Columbia Ave., at the corner of Columbia Avenue and 10th Street.


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CHEESE of all shapes, sizes, colours, textures and flavours is on display in Beaconsfield today.
Hundreds of dairy produce lovers have flocked to the old town for the festival, being held for the second time this year.
Cheesemongers from across Europe have come to south Bucks for the event.
About 50 stalls and a wine and cheese tasting tent are up and running.
The town cryer and Beaconsfield Mayor Richard Keith formally opened the market at 11am.
More than 1,000 people attended the Cheese Makers' Market in the Old Town last year, prompting Eric Charriaux and Amnon Paldi to make it a regular fixture in the town's diary.
The pair run the La Cave à Fromage shop in South Kensington, as well as supply company Premier Cheese. Both companies are headquartered in Gregories Road, Beaconsfield.


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Morgan County, an original land lot county, lies in central Georgia and stretches across land known for its dairying and timber production. Designated in 1807, the county remembers General Daniel Morgan who served with Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec in 1775, commanded riflemen at Saratoga in 1777, and defeated the British at Cowpens in 1781. Madison, the county seat, is named for James Madison, the fourth U.S. president.
In 186I, Congressman Joshua Hill of Madison defied his Southern peers by declining to vote for secession. Unpopular as Hill's decision was, it persuaded General William Tecumsah Sherman to spare Madison during his destructive March to the Sea.


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Let me tell you something about Hairdryers. I don't like them. When I was about 12 I was mindlessly drying my hair and one end of the dryer sucked my hair end, twisting it round into a hairball that had to be yanked out and cut off.
Additionally, my mother always had one hairdryer – a simple, crappy travel one which she used, my aunt used, my nan used, I used for about 15 years until it finally burnt out and went to Hairdryer Heaven. And even then she wouldn't buy a new one – she tried to see if anyone had one they didn't want. Chinese mothers.
I already have the excellent Remington Spin Curl but cos I'm lazy I like to use it for…spin curling. I needed something I could just use to blow and, er, go.
The Nicky Clarke Detox Salon Dryer (£29.39 from ) looked pretty good. They say:
* Detox your hair with Nano Silver technology that helps to cleanse your hair from toxins, leaving hair beautifully radiant & shiny
* Long life A.C. Salon Motor
* 2200w power for faster drying
* Ionic technology promotes good condition & helps to control frizz
* Salon slim concentrator nozzle for controlled styling
* Salon Diffuser for a boost from your roots or perfect curls
When I started using this, the other half immediately said "Ooh. That sounds like a proper one" (by proper I think he means a salon hairdryer). I use the diffuser attachment because it dries my frizz ball hair quicker and this dryer was indeed very powerful and quick at drying. 8 minutes – done!
Now – I don't know what the silver technology is and I can't tell you if it is actually in motion but I can tell you that my hair was VERY shiny when done and less frizzy too. It normally looks pretty tangled after a quick blow dry.
Its quite a heavy dryer, so that's the only down point I can think of for some people, I personally quite like a sturdy well built dryer. Hairdryers last me till they die so I will quite happily say this one is a keeper. If you have hair like mine, long, frizzy, difficult and a boyfriend that nags when you are getting ready this will make life a lot easier.
Well worth the investment and infinitely better than a travel hairdryer.


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When he's not meeting with foreign dignitaries, bailing out Americans in a recession, or campaigning for reelection, Barack Obama often spends his downtime on the basketball court.
And the President of the United States deserves a special sneaker.
Reveling in the role as pesky underdogs, Under Armour took full advantage of a unique opportunity. The burgeoning basketball retailer provided the Commander in Chief with his own signature shoe featuring the presidential seal.
If that wasn't enough, Sole Collector told the men of The Basketball Jones the prototype won't be available to the public until next year.
They're actually samples of a model releasing in 2012. They have the same tooling as the Lite/Clutch/Funk. He's the same size as Brandon Jennings (11), so I guess they slide him samples here and there. Pays to be the president, apparently.
Attention sneakerheads, the Iowa Caucuses are just over a month away. It's not too late to begin the vetting process.


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Residence halls are not open to the general public. Residence halls are closed and locked during vacation periods and only a few students with unusual circumstances are permitted to remain in the halls. Residents are responsible for the conduct of their guests. Staff will confront unaccompanied people who do not have business in the hall or who are not guests of a resident.
Such persons will be asked to leave and escorted out of the building if necessary. Residents are encouraged to report the presence of strangers or suspicious behavior to the staff or the Campus Public Safety Office. Hall meetings are conducted quarterly to instruct residents on safety and security concerns. Additionally, hall or floor meetings are convened whenever special needs or concerns arise.
The Housing Office will accommodate a student's request to be reassigned to another residence hall for reasons of improving their personal safety. Such requests are given the highest priority.
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I woke up this morning, and realized that I hadn't done my homework. Sounds like a bad high school nightmare, doesn't it? But high school was long ago, and my homework was very manageable at breakfast.
Three swatches for Knitting Tips and Tricks with Lily Chin at the TKGA Show. I've always wanted to take a class with Lily, and the last time I tried, the class was sold out before I could register. This time it worked out, and I'm glad it did. She's an excellent teacher, and I now have a bunch of new techniques, including a new cast on, a new bind off, and a better buttonhole. And the answer to "what happens when you run out of yarn in your long tail cast on?"
Thanks, Lily!
Friday I had a load of fine hemlock bark mulch delivered. I've never done this before, so I wasn't sure how much to get. The expensive part is the delivery, so I ordered 3 cubic yards instead of 2 since it didn't cost that much more. Looks manageable, right?
Maybe it depends on how you look at it. (I've already taken off about a foot from the outside, because it was getting run over by cars.)
I weeded the front and side beds yesterday, and we spread some of it this evening. There's still about half the pile out there; I may have over-bought. But we haven't done the left side of the flowerbed yet. I'll put it all…somewhere. Just deeper!


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Immortal and immortality are words that catch a reader's attention, and these words caught my attention in a book review published yesterday in our local newspaper. I am writing this post today because I think the book reviewed focuses on topics that relate in a peripheral manner to the study of genealogy. In today's world where scientists study hereditary diseases, research various forms of gene therapy, and family historians use DNA to establish family lineage, a story such as this one should not go unnoticed.
The book, entitled "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," is the result of ten years of research completed by its author, a science journalist named Rebecca Skloot. Published by Crown Publishers, the book chronicles the story of a young mother of five, Henrietta Lacks, who died of cervical cancer in the early 1950's. Before the cervical tumor that would later kill Henrietta was treated with radium, a doctor at Johns Hopkins charity hospital where Henrietta was a patient, removed two small patches from the tumor. Without Henrietta's knowledge, the cells were turned over to researchers. In her book, Rebecca Skloot tells why Henrietta's tumor cells, known as HeLa in the medical community, have been called "the most famous human cells on earth."
I encourage you to read the story of Henrietta Lacks, a woman who lay buried in an unmarked grave in Virginia until 2009. Her story is a true one that includes an intimate look at the 1950's medical culture and focuses, in part, on medical ethics and individual rights of those who participate in medical research. More about the fascinating story of Henrietta Lacks can be read here and here.


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text: Monster Shuffle is a completely free Action/Arcade game with different modes of play giving you a selection of character to choose from each with different powers and abilities. containing 3 beautifully designed worlds spanning 32 levels and the ability to setup custom matches the replayability is endless! We're always looking for new character ideas so feel free to suggest any abilities or characters you would like to see in MonsteShuffle.


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Photo: Tim Hornyak
When Canadian filmmaker Rob Spence was a kid, he would peer through the bionic eye of his Six Million Dollar Man action figure. After a shooting accident left him partially blind, he decided to create his own electronic eye. Now he calls himself Eyeborg.
Spence's bionic eye contains a battery-powered, wireless video camera. Not only can he record everything he sees just by looking around, but soon people will be able to log on to his video feed and view the world through his right eye.
Spence and his collaborators -- Kosta Grammatis, John Polanski, Martin Ling, Phil Bowen, and camera firm OmniVision -- managed to get a prototype working last year. Time magazine named it one of the best inventions of 2009. Now the group is developing a version that offers a clearer picture.
I recently met with Spence in Toronto. In unreleased footage (see screenshot below) that Spence gave me, he demos the prosthetic as a colleague filmed. The feed from the eye-cam is picked up by a wire antenna that Spence held to his cheek, and relayed to a flatscreen TV in the background.
The prototype in the video provides low-res images, but an authentic experience of literally seeing through someone else's perspective. The image is somewhat jerky and overhung by huge eyelashes; a blink throws everything out of whack for a half-second.
Rob Spence demonstrates his bionic camera eye. A wireless camera in a specially designed prosthetic relays a video feed to an antenna that he presses to his cheek. The feed is shown on the screen behind him as a colleague films. Image: Rob Spence
The bionic eye is simply designed, and components are constantly changing. It basically contains a 1.5mm-square, low-res video camera, a small round printed circuit board, video transmitter, and a 3-volt rechargeable Varta microbattery. The components are contained in resealable clear acrylic used in false eyes, but it has two holes for wires to recharge the battery.
"I can recharge my eye via USB off my laptop," says Spence.
The Eyeborg prototype in the video, the third, can only work for an hour an a half on a fully charged battery. Its transmitter is quite weak, so Spence has to hold a receiving antenna to his cheek to get a clear signal. He muses that he should build a Seven of Nine-style eyepiece to house it. He's experimenting with a new prototype that has a stronger transmitter, other frequencies and a booster on the receiver.
"Unlike you humans, I can continue to upgrade," Spence quips. "Yes, I'm a cyborg. But I think that any technology -- even clothing -- makes people cyborgs."
Spence loves to ham it up as Eyeborg, installing a red, laser-like LED light in one version of the prototype and pulling on a 1970s track suit to become Steve Austin (see the video below). But he's serious about using his camera eye to get Internet users to view the world through his eye, and is developing an Eyeborg app that may feature augmented reality functions.
"In today's world, you have Facebook and camera eyes," he says. "Tomorrow, we'll have collective consciousness and the Borg. It's a collective robot consciousness. I believe that's a genuine modern concern."
Eyeborg seems content to lead us into our robot future.
Eyeborg Phase II from eyeborg on Vimeo.
Updated 06/14/10 to clarify development timeline.
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Blog Post: iRobot has released video showing a robot firing explosives to breach through blocked roads


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It'd be easy to go for average. It wouldn't even be hard to go for second-best. We chose otherwise. Nielsen Massey Vanillas. Barry Callebaut Belgian Chocolates. Real fruit purees. Fresh fruit delivered daily. It's easy to have delicious desserts when you use all-star ingredients.
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Feelings About Career Decisions
Self Assessment Results vs. Requirements | Weighing Risks | Feelings about Decisions | Impact
Once you have gathered all the necessary information, determined alternatives and weighed the evidence of particular career options, it's probably time to decide which alternatives provide the most gain, for the least amount of change. After you have rationally weighed each career option's negatives and positives, make sure your heart is in it.
Make sure you are not making decisions based on a dependency to a parent, friend, spouse or authority. Weigh how your decision might effect others, but also how you feel about this decision. Do not let your fears guide you. It's important to have a good understanding of the sacrifices that need to be made and if you feel and think you are committed to your decision. Remember that important decisions in life require some risk, even avoiding a decision has an outcome. Most decisions in life are not irreversible. If you have made a mistake selecting a major or determining a career, corrections can always be made. Each career decision is ultimately in your hands, as you carry it forth every day in your work. Be as certain as possible if it's a choice that will make your life happy.
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