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"Analog beamforming for full-duplex millimeter wave communication", in 16th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), Oulu, Finland, 2019. fd_analog_bf_iswcs.pdf (759.74 KB),
"Beamformer design for full-duplex amplify-and-forward millimeter wave relays", in 16th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), Oulu, Finland, 2019. fd_relay_analog_bf.pdf (350.64 KB),
"Deep Learning Assisted Rate Adaptation in Spatial Modulation Links", in 16th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), Oulu (Finland), 2019. ISWCS_2019_UVigo_August_31_cr.pdf (375.26 KB),
"Dynamic Attribute-Based Privacy-Preserving Genomic Susceptibility Testing", in 34th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2019, Limassol, Cyprus, 2019. SAC19Final.pdf (745.27 KB),
"Efficient PRNU Matching in the Encrypted Domain", in XoveTIC, A Coruña, Spain, 2019. PMTP19_XoveTIC19.pdf (517.32 KB),
"Expectation–maximisation based distributed estimation in sensor networks", in Data Fusion in Wireless Sensor Networks: A statistical signal processing perspective, London, UK: The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2019, pp. 201-230.,
"Flexible spectral precoding for OFDM systems", in 2nd XoveTIC Conference, A Coruña (Spain), 2019. xovetic19_precoding.pdf (589.38 KB),
"Flexible spectral precoding for sidelobe suppression in OFDM systems", in IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Brighton, UK, 2019, pp. 4789 - 4793. flexibleprecoder.pdf (713 KB),
"Frequency-selective hybrid precoding and combining for mmWave MIMO systems with per-antenna power constraints", in IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Brighton, UK, 2019, pp. 4794-4798. icassp2019_perantenna_v3.pdf (338.62 KB),
"Homomorphic Lattice Cryptosystems for Secure Signal Processing", University of Vigo, Vigo, 2019. thesis-pedrouzo-ulloa.pdf (6.16 MB),
"Improving PRNU Compression Through Preprocessing, Quantization, and Coding", IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 14, no. 3, p. 13, 2019. 2018_prnu_resize_deadzone.pdf (3.81 MB),
"Link Adaptation Techniques for Future Terrestrial and Satellite Communications", 2019. Thesis_Anxo_Tato.zip (9.21 MB),
"Low-rank data matrix recovery with missing values and faulty sensors", in European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), A Coruña, Spain, 2019. lowrankapprox.pdf (262.99 KB),
"Maximally stationary window design for overlap-add based random vibration synthesis", Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 122, pp. 642-657, 2019. Article_MSSP_v5.pdf (1.59 MB),
"MMSE filter design for Full-Duplex filter-and-forward MIMO relays under limited dynamic range", Signal Processing, vol. 156, pp. 208-219, 2019. MMSE4FDLimitedDynamicRange.pdf (837.56 KB),
"Neural Network Aided Computation of Generalized Spatial Modulation Capacity", in 27th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), A Coruña (Spain), 2019. Eusipco-GSM-v6-cr.pdf (308.54 KB),
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Tag Archives: wedding photography kent
Outdoor Marquee Wedding in Matfield, Kent – Emily & Lewis
Last Summer I married Emily in the beautiful Kentish village of Matfield. Rosko (of Rosko and Wallis) and his wife, Gem photographed our wedding – returning the favour from the previous year when I shot their wedding in Herons Farm in Pangbourne. Because of our smallish budget we had to be extra creative. We were very fortunate to have the venue (a lovely field) offered to us by a friend which really helped and allowed us the freedom of a 'blank canvas'. We hired a large capri marquee and had vegetarian catering from the Brighton based Foodilic. We had a Ceilidh and an open mic for the evening entertainment. The ceremony was conducted by Emily's uncle and she was played down the aisle with her bridesmaids by her other uncle on guitar. After the ceremony we had a Jewish inspired wedding dance where the guests danced around us in a big circle whilst an accordion and violin played. The flowers came from a local market and were arranged by family and friends in jars (which were wrapped in hessian) on tables. The bouquets were simple but elegant and were made by the mother of the bride.

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JHaswell brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 57 Designs von 19 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Simraceway.com is an online racing game that allows you to race other users for cash prizes using a range of real world cars and tracks -- think Gran Turismo meets Partypoker.com.
The racing game uses a high fidelity physics engine to provide a race experience closer to racing simulation than video gaming. Simraceway is means superior to traditional driving games (Gran Turismo, Forza, Need for Speed, etc) because we focus on the physics accuracy, not visual flair.
The target audience is 20-35 year old competitive males who have an interested in automobiles, motor racing or video games.
We are looking for inspirational new directions for this page. While the basic site background is black, we are open to consider new styles and colors that help make this page exceptional.
Page must have:
* some form of personalization. This is the members main page.
* List of upcoming events. How you list them and the style is open to your interpretation.
* Suggested upcoming events to alert users to new events.
* Basic user stats to show progress and success in the game.
The Race HQ is the most popular page on the site; it is the leaping off point for our users. Members can quickly access their races and check their status regarding points and progression. It is also where we will inform them of upcoming races that they may enjoy.
The benefit of this page is that it combines info about each user in the one spot, offers quick, easy at a glance access to participating races and informs the users as to what is the next event.
This page is visible to other users, allowing them to learn about their friends/ competitors.
* Allow members to quickly find the events they have entered and status of that event.
* Encourage members to race more frequently and join new races. Trigger could be featured event, fellow member recommendation or events similar to what I'm participating in.
* Feel like a part of the community and a sense of progress in Simraceway.
I have attached a copy of the current page. We are dissatisfied with it and want to come at it from a new angle.
* Consider a new color scheme to differentiate the content sections.
* Use dramatic type differences to highlight key content pieces.
* Add or remove content to meet goals.
* Develop better visualizations of stats and progress to connect member to the game over time.
* Create a new layout for events that gets people excited for the upcoming races.
* A layout and design that makes my personal profile information seem relevant interesting and compelling.
These are experience that we think are successful at this:
- Mint.com
- iTunes
- Netflix
It is currently closed to users so you can only access the landing page.
http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/ - very good tone and color balance. a key design reference point.


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MINNEAPOLIS - A person with knowledge of the decision says the 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field in Minneapolis.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the news has not yet been announced by the Twins or Major League Baseball. The news was first reported by the Star Tribune.
The Twins scheduled a news conference for Wednesday afternoon to make an unspecified "major announcement regarding an upcoming event to be hosted at Target Field," which opened in 2010.
Minnesota last hosted the All-Star game in 1985, at the Metrodome. The 2013 All-Star game is set for Citi Field, home of the New York Mets.


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While Catholics represent 25 percent of the population in the United States, they represent more than 41 percent of New Jersey's population, the third largest percentage of Catholics in the nation.
The six New Jersey Catholic dioceses—Newark, Trenton, Camden, Metuchen, Paterson and Passaic—serve more than 3.5 million Catholics in nearly 600 parishes in New Jersey. The 500 Catholic elementary and high schools educate more than 120,000 students every year. The 13 Catholic hospitals and numerous health care facilities in these dioceses serve thousands of New Jersey residents.
Where can you find reliable, up-to-date directory listings for all these Catholic institutions, facilities, organizations and programs?
It's easy with the New Jersey Provincial Directory, the only publication with directory listings for all six of the Catholic dioceses of New Jersey.
Now in its 77th year, the 2019 New Jersey Provincial Directory, which will be published in September 2019, is the place businesses, educators, clergy, religious, church professionals and Catholic parishioners turn to for the most up-to-date and comprehensive listings for these dioceses.
This year's edition includes more than 400 pages of listings, including:
- All New Jersey Catholic Parishes
- Priests, Deacons and Religious
- Diocesan Departments, Officials, Staff
- Religious Residences and Retreat Houses
- Catholic elementary and high schools
- Catholic colleges
- Catholic hospitals
- Catholic health care facilities
- Cemeteries
- Social Service Centers and Agencies


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Just thought I'd say "Hi" and see how my avatar worked.
Got a growing collection centred on creating Sherwood Forest, Nottingham and it's environs and ... yes I know it's only in folklore and not in anyone's idea of reality ... the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Looking forward to sharing ideas on the forum.


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1982 Feb. 1
McCormack, Mark H.
Forwarding a telex received from Michael Johnson concerning Broadway shows.
1987 Sept. 19
McCormack, Mark H.
Forwarding correspondence received from Tony Jacklin. Jacklin sends along information from his accountant outlining some of the problems during the past 15 months.
1988 Sept. 2
McCormack, Mark H.
McCormack met with Grierson, the Vice Chairman of General Electric Corporation, who wants to discuss ways in which they might work together to promote events.
1990 Nov. 20
McCormack, Mark H.
McCormack met with Domingo after the opera and forwards the cards of the two people he spoke with.
1990 Nov. 20
McCormack, Mark H.
McCormack plans to meet with Jim Wolfensohn when he gets back from Hawaii and wants to know if there is anything he should be talking to him about.


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May 06, 2008 | ISBN 9781580088534
IACP International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Awards, American Category Finalist
"Magnificent color photos; detailed, helpful tips; and Willis's cheerful, trustworthy guidance makes this an original and welcome newcomer to a classic cookbook library."
—Publishers Weekly
"Bourbon Sweet Potatoes, Mama's Orange Glazed Cornish Game Hens, and Brown-Sugar Shortcakes are only a few of the appealing dishes to make you swoon."
—Ladies' Home Journal "Cookbooks We Love" feature
"Simple, great ingredients are the hallmark of this book, whose recipes display a great flair for techniques that are Southern and European. The food becomes timeless and borderless. . . . It's Southern, sure, but with a refreshing twist."
—Raleigh News & Observer
"Gorgeously photographed and filled with warm notes about recipes learned from her mother, grandparents, and friends, it seems designed as an ideal Mother's Day gift."
—Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"The author of this wonderful book, Virginia Willis, has put together the food of her native Georgia and her classical French techniques to create this really pretty book. I love it. I love the photographs. I love the writing in it. It's really, really nice."
—Martha Stewart
"A glorious celebration of food . . . Willis serves up great stories with her tasty dishes, and explains techniques with great clarity. The photography sizzles and the colors pop in one of the nicest cookbooks I've read in a long time (and the food is delicious)."
—Louisville Courier Journal
"The recipes can find a home in any cook's kitchen, especially if those cooks long for the rich, historical flavors of the South."
—San Francisco Chronicle
"The recipes all sound delicious but what makes these recipes shine are the stories of the people and places closest to Willis' heart."
"Virginia Willis is as warm and gracious a belle as you could ever hope to meet. These two qualities shine through brilliantly in her approach to food and cooking. In her writing and recipes, she reminds us again of the powerful and meaningful bond that good, honest food, carefully prepared and shared with those we love, can render. We are fortunate to be shown a place at her table."
—Scott Peacock, coauthor of The Gift of Southern Cooking
"Most Southern cookbooks, even the really good ones, usually feel and taste somewhat provincial, as though their cuisine can only exist below the Mason-Dixon line. Virginia Willis's cuisine is the opposite. Although her food is undeniably Southern, it comes across as international, universal even. Other than Patricia Wells and Marcella Hazan, I cannot think of another cook who has managed to pull this off."
—Alton Brown, host of Good Eats
"Southern hospitality with French flair: it's a winning combination. Virginia Willis bases this enticing book on her family's traditional Southern cooking, weaving in the classic French techniques she learned herself in France. Her recipes are precise and easy to follow, and her book distills the essence of her warm-hearted, welcoming style. 'Bon appétit, y'all' says it all!"
—Anne Willan, author of La Varenne Pratique
"When it comes to food, Virginia can perform miracles. She is a master of Southern cooking and she's an incredibly talented writer. This book has one sensational recipe after another, fascinating stories, and great science tips. Don't wait for the Super Bowl to make her award-winning Coca-Cola– Glazed Wings, wonderfully tender and sweet-hot. Talk about good!"
—Shirley o. Corriher, author of CookWise
"Virginia Willis is a proud daughter of the South who, by way of butter beans, okra, biscuits, and dumplings, honors her kith, her kin, her place."
—John T. Edge, director, Southern Foodways Alliance
Foreword by Nathalie Dupree | vii X Introduction | 1
chapter 1 Starters and Nibbles | 5
chapter 2 Salads and Slaws | 29
chapter 3 Eggs and Dairy | 57
chapter 4 Pork, Beef, and Lamb | 75
chapter 5 Gospel Birds and Game Birds | 97
chapter 6 Fish and Shellfish | 123
chapter 7 Grits, Rice, Pasta, and Potatoes | 151
chapter 8 Vegetables | 173
chapter 9 Biscuits, Rolls, and Breads | 201
chapter 10 Soups and Stews | 225
chapter 11 Desserts | 247
chapter 12 Sauces, Condiments, Jams, Jellies, and Preserves | 277
Sources | 301 X Acknowledgments | 302 X Index | 304


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Going By the Book
By Ken McAlpine
The 2010 BSA Handbook nods to the past, bows to the future.
Your New Handbook in a Nutshell
It's the 12th edition of the Boy Scout Handbook (the First Edition came out in 1911).
It commemorates Scouting's Centennial.
The handbook is available NOW in Scout shops and online at www.scoutstuff.org.
The first printing was 700,000 copies. Additional printings will likely top 3 million copies.
It's printed entirely on recycled paper.
It combines vintage artwork from handbooks past with modern photos and graphics.
It's color coded for easy navigation.
You can learn more at www.bsahandbook.org.
Test Your Scouting IQ
The boys know it all, but what about you?
Where and when did the first Scout camping trip take place?
What does GPS stand for?
GPS is nifty, but the ever-reliable compass has been around for a long time. When and where did compasses first appear?
Name two new Scout positions introduced in the new handbook.
Other than backpacks, how did early Scouts carry supplies?
Name three signs of dehydration.
What is the order of water rescue?
Who builds the leaders of tomorrow?
IQ Answers http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0909/a-handbook.html#sbar2


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May 03, 2019
$35,000 - $70,000 yearly
If you like helping others and looking to make more money, I have a position for you. Light, medium and heavy duty operators are needed to join our team here at North Shore Towing, Inc. We are the largest towing and recycling facility in the North Shore area. We have expanded and are BUSY, guaranteed work. Our team members are dedicated to helping drivers stay safe and busy. No experience in towing is necessary but preferred, our staff will provide you with all of the necessary training required to become a professional tow truck operator. We have state of the art towing equipment and friendly dispatchers to help get you through your shift.
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A study by Baylor University biologists found that nitrogen fixation does not happen uniformly on the surface of lakes. In fact, the study found that three specific conditions need to be in place for nitrogen fixation to succeed:
The results appeared in the journal Lake and Reservoir Management
"This study helps us understand when and how nitrogen fixation happens and gives a complete data set that lets us evaluate all of these factors at the same time so we can understand their relative importance," said Robert Doyle, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of biology at Baylor, who also is the director of Baylor's Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research. "This study shows that for a hot spot of nitrogen fixation to happen, these three environmental conditions need to be in place."
. Used by bacteria, algae and other organisms, nitrogen fixation is the natural process by which nitrogen in the atmosphere is converted into organic nitrogen. According to the scientific literature, the process is essential for life because nitrogen fixation is required to biosynthesize the basic building blocks of life.
The study looked at five different spots in a Texas reservoir. The researchers then tested the water temperature, pH level, nutrient content and dissolved oxygen content and compared them to nitrogen fixation rates. The results show that nitrogen fixation rates were highest during the months of June through October when the water temperature was above 72 degrees. Likewise, nitrogen fixation rates were low at the deeper test-spots around the lake which had less light.
The results also show that the amount of nitrogen in the water needs to be low and the ratio to nitrogen to phosphorus needs to be below 15 to 1. The amount of available nitrogen in the atmosphere also needs to be low, relative to other nutrients in the water.


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For fun, I've create a few small macro headers that enable some of these patterns in pure C. If anyone sees any portability issues, please let me know!
libex: Exception Handling and RAII
RAII in C is definitely possible via a well-known pattern used everywhere in the Linux kernel. It's a great way to organize code, but the program logic and finalization and error logic are not syntactically apparent. You have to interpret the surrounding context to identify the error conditions, and when and how finalization is triggered.
To address this, I encapsulated this RAII pattern in a macro library called libex, with extensions to support arbitrary local exceptions, and a small set of pre-defined exception types. Currently, this just consists of more readable versions of the error codes in errno.h.
No setjmp/longjmp is used, and libex provides little beyond case checking and finalization, because I wanted to provide a zero overhead exception handling and RAII that can supplant all uses of the undecorated pattern. Replacing all instances of the RAII pattern in Linux with these macro calls would incur little to no additional overhead, as it compiles down to a small number of direct branches.
There are also some convenience macros for performing common checks, like MAYBE which checks for NULL, ERROR which checks for a non-zero value, etc.
exc_type test(int i) {
TRY(char *foo) {
MAYBE(foo = (char*)malloc(123), errno);
// ... no exception was raised, so compute something with foo
// if EUnrecoverable thrown, it will propagate to caller
if (some_condition()) THROW(EUnrecoverable)
} HANDLE CATCH (EOutOfMemory) {
// ... handle error for foo
// ... other errors?
// ... finalize any state that has already been allocated
There are a few small restrictions required for the full exception semantics to work, so please see the main page of libex for further details.
libsum: Pattern matching and sum types, aka disjoint/tagged/discriminated unions, aka variants
Functional languages have long enjoyed the succinct and natural construction and deconstruction of data structures via sum types and pattern matching. Now you can have some of that power via a few simple macros:
/* declare a sum type and its constructor tags */
SUM(foo) {
/* declare each sum case */
CASE(foo, foo_one) { int i; char c; };
CASE(foo, foo_two) { double d; };
void do_bar(foo f) {
MATCH(f) {
AS(foo_one, y) printf("foo_one: %d, %c\n", y->i, y->c);
AS(foo_two, y) printf("foo_two: %d\n", y->d);
fprintf(stderr, "No such case!");
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
foo f;
LET(f, foo_one, (3, 'g')); /* (3,'g') is an initializer */
There are a few small requirements and caveats, eg. LET performs dynamic memory allocation. Please see the main libsum page for further details.
My default license is LGPL, but since these are macro libraries that's probably not appropriate choice, given there is no binary that can be replaced at runtime (one of the requirements of the LGPL). I like the freedoms afforded by the LGPL though, so I'm open to alternate suggestions with similar terms. I will also consider the MIT license if there are no viable alternatives.


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The community plan for the Midway/Pacific Highway Corridor hasn't been updated since 1991. The purpose of a community plan is to provide land-use designations and policies that will help guide future development.
Senior city planner Tait Galloway addressed the planners during their September meeting and gave a slideshow presentation detailing existing commercial development and traffic and transportation circulation in the Midway/Pacific Highway Corridor located between Old Town and Point Loma.
Galloway addressed all the various subdistricts of the planning group area, loosely defined as Sports Arena, Kemper, Dutch Flats, Camino Del Rio, Channel, Lytton, Kurtz and the Hancock transportation corridor areas.
Midway/Pacific Highway is comprised of the central Midway shopping area, including the former sports arena (now Valley View Casino Center) and the narrow, linear-shaped Pacific Highway Corridor. Midway is characterized by wide streets, flat topography and a varied mixture of flat-roofed large and small commercial buildings.
Pacific Highway Corridor between Interstate 5 and Lindbergh Field contains some of the city's oldest industrial areas and is defined by large-scale buildings and commercial parking lots in the south, and smaller-scale industrial buildings between Witherby Street and Washington Street in the north.
The Midway/Pacific community plan update, redone along with all the city's other neighborhood community plans about every 20 years, was characterized by Galloway as "a great opportunity to provide a new vision for the community."
"There needs to be a stronger sense of identity as to what the Midway/Pacific Highway community is," said Galloway. "Rright now, it is seen as a place to drive through, not shop in or as a place to go."
According to the city's website, the Midway area had become a mix of industrial and commercial operations by the 1960s. Traffic congestion, signage and overhead utility lines became persistent community concerns.
Although Midway was once considered almost exclusively as industrial, rising land values have caused a shift from industrial to commercial. Since the 1960s, Midway has suffered from haphazard development. The resulting diversity in development patterns, architecture and other factors has contributed to a disjointed and sporadic community image, where few buildings have compatibility or any functional relationship to each other and the surrounding neighborhood.
Galloway said one of the objectives of redoing Midway/Pacific's community plan is find ways to establish the area as a more of destination.
"We want to make it a more visually interesting place for people to come and sit down or walk or ride a bike, whether that's done with landscaping or with creating more green space or adding sidewalks or other amenities," Galloway said.
The city planner said the update he was presenting is a "rough first draft" that allows the planning group to "give us [city officials] more input" on things they'd like to see done, issues they'd like to see addressed more or land-use changes they'd like to propose in their community plan.
"It's just a starting point really," said Galloway. He said he would return to meet again with planners in the next couple months with a more finely-tuned plan details.
"I like most of what you're giving us," NBCPG chairwoman Melanie Nickel told Galloway.
Nickel expressed concern about how the sports arena-area would be dealt with in the Midway/Pacific Highway plan update.
"We've talked about an entertainment theme there and we'd like to see that whole thing looked at as a package," she said.
Galloway discussed the future timetable for the Midway/Pacific Highway plan update.
"My goal by early next year is to have a completed plan update that we can get the community to look at," he said, noting the next step after that is to prepare a draft environmental impact report (EIR),which will be done in 2014.
The complete Midway/Pacific Highway community plan update is expected to go before the city Planning Commission and City Council for final review and approval sometime in 2015, Galloway said.


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December 22, 2017Refugees and Displaced Persons
The past year saw the ongoing historic displacement of millions from conflict and persecution, and a weak response from the world's richest nations to address the problems.
August 29, 2017United States
Protests over the removal of Confederate monuments show that the U.S. Civil War's emancipatory purpose remains contested a century and a half later.
April 15, 2018Syria
In striking Syria without an international law justification, the United States leaves itself open to criticism and may invite similar behavior by other countries.
August 16, 2017Radicalization and Extremism
Armed protests in Charlottesville highlight how the U.S. government has long devoted insufficient resources toward countering domestic far-right movements.
September 10, 2009Media
As part of the Edward R. Murrow Press Fellowship 60th Anniversary initiative current and former fellows discuss the stories that have had the most impact and present ideas for sustaining serious inte…
December 19, 2014Israel
A UN Security Council vote pushing Israel to leave the Palestinian territories by 2017 would likely undermine the peace process, says expert David Makovsky.
June 17, 2014Syria
Syria's civilians have become pawns of armed conflict in Syria and strained the resources of its neighbors. International Rescue Committee chief David Miliband discusses the urgent need for an improv…
November 25, 2013Iran
The interim Iran nuclear agreement buys some crucial time for deeper talks but significant divisions remain over the future scale of the country's program, says expert David Albright.
January 30, 2013Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek to form a big-tent coalition that could signal a new inward focus at a time of increasing tumult in the Mideast, says expert David Makovsky.
September 20, 2012Iran
Though Iran might be capable of making a nuclear weapon soon, whether it has decided to is up for debate and calls into question the pressure for immediate military action, says expert David Albright.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb women's cross country squad finished in second place Saturday morning at the Vanderbilt Invite at Percy Warner Park.
The Lady Bisons scored 65 points, finishing solidly in second place ahead of ranked South Region schools Ole Miss and Mississippi State, who received 83 and 100 points, respectively. Amongst the three other A-Sun schools in attendance, ETSU finished ninth, Northern Kentucky 13th and Mercer 14th.
"Today was a learning experience for our women," Taylor said. "It was very positive on one side as we had five women run faster than our Lipscomb school record for this course.
"Vanderbilt is really good. I think they are underrated at No. 20. To me, they look every bit as good as their team that finished sixth in the nation two years ago. They smacked us around in the middle of the race."
Freshman Sally Larson paced the Lady Bisons just as she did at the Belmont Opener. She crossed the finish line in fourth place and a time of 17:22.53.
"Sally is amazing," Taylor said. "She has unlimited potential and runs fearless. She was the best racer on the team today and just made great decisions.
"She ran the fastest cross country 5K in school history today and has nearly taken a minute off her high school 5K personal record."
Katie Bianchini crossed the line in 10th place. The freshman finished in 17:36.55. Sophomore Madi Talbert and senior Dani Walker finished in 14th and 15th place, respectively. Talbert's time was 17:39.59 and Walker's was 17:42.22.
"Katie is another amazing freshman," Taylor said. "I think she will be with Sally soon. She is going to do huge things in her college career.
"Madi, Dani and Tessa (Hoefle) took a step forward today. I really expect those three to be with Sally and Katie. We are definitely one of the top teams in the nation if they will commit to that."
The top seven for the Lady Bisons rounded out with Tessa Hoefle in 22nd, Hannah Feiten in 30th and Barbara Lee Ball in 37th.
Taylor thinks the Lady Bisons can use today as a learning experience to help reach the goals of the squad, especially from Vanderbilt.
"I think they had a plan for us, and it worked," Taylor said. "I think we are a top 30 team nationally. Time will tell.
"We raced them well and they taught us a few lessons. Now we will see if we learned our lesson. It will be that simple.
In the only back-to-back weekend of the year, Lipscomb travels to Spokane, Wash., for the Eric Anderson Invite on Saturday, Sept. 21.


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Sarah Goodyear
Sarah Goodyear is a Brooklyn-based contributing writer to CityLab. She's written about cities for a variety of publications, including Grist and Streetsblog.
These four words: "No criminality was suspected."
The phrase is a mantra of sorts when it comes to the New York Police Department and traffic fatalities involving pedestrians and bicyclists. Run a red light and kill somebody? Speed and kill somebody? Fail to yield in a crosswalk and kill somebody? You might get a summons for a moving violation. But hey, "no criminality was suspected," and so you, the driver, don't have to worry about any further consequences.
The running joke on blogs like Gothamist and Streetsblog is that if you want to kill somebody in New York and get away with it, a car should be your weapon of choice. And for years, it seemed like no one in government was ever going to challenge that status quo.
On February 15, that changed, if only a little. The New York City Council held a hearing on traffic safety and the NYPD's handling of bicycle and pedestrian fatalities and injuries. And some of what came out was mind-blowing.
Gothamist, which has been all over this story, did a great job of rounding up some of the salient data that came out at the hearing (snark is theirs):
- The NYPD issued more summonses to cyclists than truck drivers last year: truckers got 14,962 moving violation summonses and 10,415 Criminal Court summonses, while cyclists got 13,743 moving violation summonses and a whopping 34,813 Criminal Court summonses. Priorities!
- The NYPD Accident Investigation Squad [AIS] only has 19 detectives, three sergeants, and one lieutenant, but is responsible for investigating fatal accidents for the entire city. But don't worry, there's always at least one detective on duty at all times.
- The AIS will only investigate accidents in which the victim dies or seems likely to die. If you get hit by a driver and end up in a wheelchair for the rest of your life, there's no AIS investigation. The patrol officers will fill out an accident report, and traffic tickets might be issued, but there will never be an in-depth investigation or follow-up.
- 241 pedestrians or cyclists were killed by drivers last year. Only 17 of the drivers responsible faced criminal charges.
- Asked how many criminal charges were filed against drivers in non-fatal accidents, the NYPD reps said they were not aware of any.
- Hayley and Diego's Laws were created to empower the NYPD to issue "careless driving" charges, but the NYPD says judges have repeatedly thrown out these charges on the grounds that an officer has to personally witness the accident in order to file the charge.
At least some of the focus on the NYPD's inept and even negligent handling of these traffic cases can be traced to the incredible persistence of one family. Last October, artist Mathieu Lefevre was hit and killed by a truck while he was riding his bicycle. The driver didn't stop; his story later was that he didn't realize he had hit Lefevre. He parked his truck a few blocks from the scene of the crash and wasn't tracked down until some time after it happened.
Lefevre's parents, who are Canadian, expected some answers from the NYPD. What they got was a whole lot of nothing. Only after weeks of requests did the police even release to the family the evidence they had gathered in the case – evidence which, it turned out, was incomplete, contradicted earlier official accounts of what happened, and exhibited shocking sloppiness (the camera the investigating officer took to the scene didn't even work). The family is now suing the NYPD for withholding information on the crash.
You can find detailed accounts of the Lefevre case at Streetsblog (full disclosure: I used to work there) and at Gothamist. When you're reading them, keep in mind that this case is by no means an anomaly. This kind of thing happens all the time.
In the last two years, two people I knew well were killed by cars while simply going about their business. No charges were filed in either case, although witnesses in one of the cases said the vehicle that struck my friend, who was riding a Vespa, was speeding and running a red light.
She left behind three children under the age of nine.
I am one degree of separation from at least four other people who were killed by drivers of cars or trucks in New York in the last seven years.
Then there are the injuries: The priest who performed my wedding was struck by a car that came up onto the sidewalk and pinned her against a building. Her recovery took months. The same thing happened to a former coworker. She was never able to walk normally again.
"Broken windows" for traffic crimes
Back in the early 1990s, the NYPD started implementing the policy that's now widely known as "broken windows." Faced with a record homicide rate—2,245 people were murder victims in 1990—the department cracked down from the bottom up, targeting petty "quality of life" crimes such as public drinking, turnstile-jumping, and, perhaps most notoriously, squeegeeing.
The policy pissed off a lot of people, including me. Civil rights advocates condemned then-mayor Rudolph Giuliani and then-police commissioner Bill Bratton, pointing out that the new measures disproportionately affected poor people and minorities. In a city where race was a constant source of fear and conflict (Bernie Goetz, Howard Beach, Crown Heights) it seemed like this new approach to policing might blow the house down.
Something else happened. The crime rate started going down. And down. And down. Not just the petty stuff – murders, rapes, violent assaults, all started falling. By 2007, there were just 494 homicides in New York City, the lowest rate since 1963.
A lot of different forces were at play during this period, and there's no consensus that "broken windows" was the deciding factor. But there's no question that it radically changed New Yorkers' attitudes toward the inevitability of street crime.
One kind of offense, however, never really seemed to count in the "broken windows" calculus: traffic violations.
The city has never attacked traffic crimes the way it did the quality of life stuff. Cops don't systematically ticket cars going through stop signs the way they did homeless guys plying their squeegee trade. There's the occasional ticket blitz here and there, but on the whole drivers in New York know that you can get away with speeding on any street in town. Stop signs are suggestions. Yielding to a pedestrian in a crosswalk? It's the driver's choice.
Why? Maybe it's because people with cars tend to have money and squeegee guys don't. Maybe it's because a lot of cops drive cars (and sometimes kill people with them), and it's easy to imagine yourself hitting someone in a terrible instant. You tell me, because I don't get it.
New York has made amazing advances in traffic safety in recent years, mostly by redesigning streets to slow cars down and give more space to pedestrians and bicycles. But it hasn't been enough. We need the NYPD to get out from behind their windshields and start systematically ticketing people who run red lights and rocket down residential streets and blow off stop signs. Catching the small stuff can change the culture and avoid the worst outcomes for everyone.
Because as New York councilmember James Vacca said at yesterday's hearing, "We don't accept gun violence as a way to die. We shouldn't accept traffic deaths as a way to die either."
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"I like that we are the pioneering group. We are so fortunate to have had the personalities we did; I'm so proud to be part of that group." Jeannette Painovich, LAc is one of the students graduating July 22 from the very first Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine class at Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine in Santa Monica, CA. She had a staff position as an acupuncturist at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, a major research and teaching hospital, but the built-in practice she thought this position would afford her didn't materialize. "Acupuncture just didn't pop into the doctors' heads as a treatment model." In an effort to get the word out about Chinese medicine and gain more recognition for the field, she spearheaded the development of an externship program for the doctorate program. The students gained instant credibility in their first week, when they revived a drug overdose patient whom the medical doctors could not resuscitate. At Good Samaritan Hospital, doctorate students treat patients in the Acute Rehabilitation Unit, side-by-side with medical doctors, nurses, and physical, occupational and speech therapists, where Painovich will serve as a clinic supervisor after graduation.
Ray Rubio, LAc joined the same doctorate class at Emperor's College with ten years experience as an AOM practitioner specializing in reproductive medicine. "I wanted to do the doctorate program because it's important to raise the professional standard in our field. If we are to maintain the support of our practice and be primary care providers, it is essential for us to diagnose, evaluate, and treat at the highest level." Rubio also believes that acupuncturists should have a stronger knowledge base in Western medicine. "As a doctor of Chinese medicine, to me, integrative medicine means understanding Western medicine from a pathophysiological point of view. We need to be able to read and interpret the results of Western medical diagnostics in order to translate them to Chinese medical patterns and treat those patterns. The goal is not to westernize Chinese medicine; rather, it is to utilize Western diagnostic methods to inform the Chinese diagnostic picture and decide on appropriate treatment."
The Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine degree program at Emperor's College was established in 2004. Working professionals in the two-year program meet once a month for an intensive four-day weekend. Requirements include 600 didactic hours and 650 clinical hours in a combination of internship, externship, and mentorship. "The purpose of the doctorate program is to create leaders who will advance the field of AOM through teaching, specialization, and scholarship," says Yun Kim, CEO. DAOM Program Director, Steven Stumpf, EdD agrees. "They will be the groundbreakers in providing integrative medicine, a coming field that is being shaped by and large by current medical practice which very much wishes to include AOM with conventional healthcare. Our graduates will be those pioneers."
Classmate Jean Libonate, LAc, who has had a long career as a pediatric nurse practitioner, concurs. "Ideal thinking would be to have an acupuncturist and MD get together to discuss a case and then use whichever medicine is best-suited to the case. It shouldn't be us and them; there should be respect on both sides." She believes the doctorate program improves the level of education for AOM practitioners, something that will lead to more respect from the Western medical community. In addition to Western science classes, students receive graduate level training in research and professional writing. "Studying for the DAOM degree broadened my knowledge while my writing skills took a huge leap," claims fellow student Teri Powers, LAc who leveraged her academic achievements to become Dean of Clinical Education at Samra University. "Now I know how to read and take apart research critically and am more competent in caring for my patients."
Stumpf asserts that the doctorate program has changed significantly in its third year. "Being in the first DAOM group was a blessing and a burden. Lessons learned the first two years led to a stronger model of what comprises integrative medical education and a more structured approach to teaching it within the emphasis of our program which is pain management." The class members are proud to be part of the pioneer group. When asked what advice she would give to prospective doctorate candidates, Libonate says, "Don't do it just to be called 'Doctor.' You need to want to be a leader in the field."


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ST. PETE BEACH -- Twenty-five years ago, the Don CeSar Beach Club and Resort felt like a cross between the mansion in Sunset Boulevard and the Vermont ski lodge from White Christmas.
Although the hotel had been renovated and gussied up, it had a whiff of desperation. My friend and I had the place to ourselves.
But, oh my. What a difference a quarter of a century can make. The hotel, celebrating its 75th birthday this year, has aged beautifully.
Now its restaurant, the Maritana Grille, rates four diamonds. It serves appetizers such as leeks with coral butter and white truffle oil and entrees such as shrimp and vegetable fricassee and lobster butter, a world away from the plain-Jane Steak Diane and Caesar salad dinner I had there in my youth.
"The Don," as it is lovingly called by locals, loyalists and employees, now feels like "The Great Escape."
The pink castle on the beach -- it has fashioned its own shade to polish its stucco -- is fun, relaxing, indulgent and beautiful. It has seven restaurants, a luxurious spa and gym, boutiques, hair salon, sailing, yoga on the beach, a poolside bar between two gorgeous beachside pools and exquisite room service (prompt, with servers unfailingly attentive, handsome and self-deprecating).
The hotel has 277 rooms, two penthouses and 40 suites under one Spanish-tiled roof and, in a separate facility a half-mile away, 70 one-bedroom condominiums. A shuttle ferries guests to and from the condos, which appeal particularly to those with children.
During this recent visit, an exhausted friend and I treated ourselves, and collapsed, relaxed, swam, worked out, ate great food and shopped.
The Don CeSar was built as a dream of developer Thomas Rowe in 1928, a year before the stock-market crash. Rowe plowed $1.5 million into his dream.
Even with the crash, the Don survived until the '40s, when, alas, its famous pink facade (author Tom Robbins has described it as if it were mutated "from a radioactive conch patch") was painted green after the federal government bought it for $440,000.
The hotel briefly was a convalescent center (legend has it that ghosts from that era roam the Don at night). In 1945, the Don became a bureaucratic headquarters for the Veterans Administration.
After 24 years, the Don was grim and green and heading toward demolition. In need of $3 million in renovations, it was cast off by the government and boarded up. In 1972, the Don found salvation in developer William Bowman, who bought it for $460,000. He then put $6 million into renovations.
But by 1975, the Don had serious financial problems. The Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. acquired it in 1976, and its future was uncertain. No wonder the place seemed depressed during my first visit.
But I liked it even then, with its campy pink personality and rooms that alternately evoked Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby and Marilyn Monroe as Sugar Kane awaiting one of Tony Curtis' ship-to-shore phone calls in Some Like it Hot.
Only the service wasn't so hot, and neither was the food. I'm not sure what the place did between December 1976 and 1978, but it must have done something right. By 1978, the resort was making money again. And yet another renovation -- this one at a cost of $23 million -- was completed in summer 2002.
During this post-renovation trip, I loved it. The hotel's decor is more hip, its service far more solicitous, and the food inventive. This is all in addition, of course, to the views that are still beautiful and the Gulf that is still the Gulf.
And that spa! My friend and I laughed that there was enough buffing, polishing and massaging in that place to get us ready to meet the Wizard of Oz.
It must say something good about a place when it leaves you thinking of great movies at each new experience. Perhaps it was that wait staff. Were they acting, or do they really like working there? Whichever, the good service was in itself a vacation from the real world.
Our room, a double, was Gulf-view, not Gulf-front, but we could see and hear the Gulf. The butter-colored walls turned a Tuscan gold, taking on the shades of the Don pink, when we opened the curtains during daylight hours. With billowing white cotton draperies, the effect was perfect for mellow lounging.
The room had the typical appointments you would expect when paying a quarter of a thousand dollars for a night -- granite-topped vanity, computer hook-up, sheets with a thread count in excess of 300. On my second day there, a nap in that comfortable room trumped sitting beachside.
The hotel is a popular wedding site, sometimes with as many as four a day, and wedding parties in tuxes against the backdrop of all the pool- and beach-goers enhanced the Don's style for me -- always comfortable, even in a formal context, with lots of irony.


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mindgroup necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 361 diseños de 57 diseñadores freelance.
We are a team of two (32f & 38m) chartered hypnotherapists to start off with a new concept of therapy. The company resides in a premier location in Zurich, Switzerland. What we offer is "therapy" for anxieties, phobia, pain, motivation, fertiliy, smoke free, painless childbirth. Basically everything thats in someones mind can be corrected with hypnosis.
so we decided to use the name: mindgroup.
We both have an economic and 10 years banking background and are Masters in Business Administration and Marketing.
We hae a deep understanding for hypnosis and social values, though are economically driven. One of our goal is to establish solution oriented "therapies", with ethic values. We value open communication and are consens oriented.
Hypnosis is very quickly connected with esoterical therapies and methaphysical areas. We dont want that and cut that connection by communicating on mental abilities that everyone has. We dont mention the words "hypnosis or therapy" on the website or stationary, neither do we offer "therapy" as is.
The culture we'd like to get across is modernity, openess, interellectually boundaryfree, challenging the current status.
Since hypnosis is offered in the market, but we target on all those, who never had the chance to explore there mental potential - it is a new market.
Region: Switzerland, German speaking region, Zurich, premier location in Zurich.
Age: 25-48, urban, high school educated or higher, open for new ideas and change, solution oriented, successful.
We are looking for a logo that represents our company style, idea and mindset.
We have no specific ideas how are what the logo should look like - you can be creative. Though, it should not be playful, too colorful or too fancy. It can be simple with uniqueness.
Here some examples of styles we dont want:
- http://wohlauf.ch/Kinesiologie/Willkommen.html
- http://allenergy.ch/
- http://bp-schulz.ch
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Some thoughts to consider while you design:
- mindgroup is written in small letters
- the name can be a part of the logo, but is no must
- the typeface should be business like, simple, not to playful
- the logo shoudl fit into the colorset of the website http://mindgroup.ch/index.php
Please feel free to experiement with size and style! Please dont use any pictures in the logo, nor the words hypnosis, therapy or consulting.
The files we require aer:
- Photoshop file and
- Illustrator file
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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NASCAR Nationwide driver Blake Koch is trading paint with ESPN over his ad advocating voter registration. The network refused to run the ad and as a result Koch lost his sponsor Rise Up & Register.
Koch told Fox News the reason ESPN refused the ad is because of his religious convictions and provides a voicemail he received from ESPN's Rosa Gatti, senior vice president of corporate outreach in February. Since the denial of the ad, ESPN has backpedaled and issued this statement Thursday: "The spot did not meet our guidelines in regard to advocacy messaging. Blake's personal religious beliefs played no role in our evaluation."
Take a look at the ad and watch the Fox News story. The ad clearly is not political or religious. It asks viewers to register to vote. What do you think?
Koch is clearly a Christian, but so is Tim Tebow, so I'm a little confused at ESPN's reasoning for denying the ad.


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Friday, October 1, 2010
The Sunshine Girls!
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Hahahaha, that is great, though I would certainly enjoy your blog even more than I already do if the Mets won more often.ReplyDelete
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Should say "last half."ReplyDelete
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Emend is available as capsules you can swallow. The capsules come in multiple strengths. It may also be given intravenously.
Aprepitant prevents and controls nausea
and vomiting by blocking the effects of a chemical in the brain. That chemical
is called P/neurokinin 1 (NK1) receptor antagonist.
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serotonin antagonists (such as ondansetron) and dexamethasone.
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ondansetron and dexamethasone as part of a 3-day regimen, prevents both acute
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