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BEIJING — With favorable weather, Australian authorities Saturday added more aircraft and broadened the area of the remote Indian Ocean being searched for any trace of the Malaysian airliner missing for two weeks.
Three planes, a P-3 Orion and two commercial jets, left Saturday morning on the four-hour trip to the area, about 1,500 miles southwest of Perth, said the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, which is coordinating the search. Three other P-3 aircraft, including one from New Zealand, will leave later in the day.
They will cover 36,000 square kilometers, about 14,000 square miles; that's roughly 50% larger than the area searched Friday. Because of the distance to and from the area, the Orions can search for only two hours but the commercial planes can spend five hours looking, the maritime agency said.
Two merchant ships are already in the area, and the Royal Australian Navy HMAS Success is scheduled to arrive late Saturday afternoon.
The hunt for Flight MH370 has focused there since "credible" satellite images revealed objects that might be wreckage from the Boeing 777, which vanished March 8 with 239 people aboard.
Malaysia had considered the finding one of the "best leads" yet in finding the plane, but Australia's acting prime minister, Warren Truss, tried to temper expectations Friday.
"Something that was floating on the sea that long ago may no longer be floating — it may have slipped to the bottom," he said. "It's also certain that any debris or other material would have moved a significant distance over that time, potentially hundreds of kilometers."
The area being searched is about 9,800 feet deep, the Australian maritime safety authority said.
Truss, who is acting prime minister while Tony Abbott is in Papua New Guinea, said that "nothing of particular significance" had been identified in Friday's search.
Truss told reporters that two Chinese aircraft are expected to arrive in Perth on Saturday to join the search, and two Japanese aircraft will be arriving Sunday. A small flotilla of ships coming to Australia from China was still several days away.
Flight MH370 had departed Kuala Lumpur shortly after midnight bound for Beijing when it vanished from civilian radar an hour into its flight. Most of the passengers are Chinese, and on Friday relatives of those passengers met in Beijing with a delegation from the Malaysian government.
Chinese who attended pressed the Malaysians about the possibility the plane was hijacked. On the WeChat social media group set up by relatives of the 153 missing Chinese passengers, posters tried to stay positive.
"I wish our relatives in whatever place are also enjoying the beauty of life," said one woman, who like most on the site did not use her real name.
Others accused Malaysia of a cover-up.
"Let's calm down and learn some related knowledge, then we can ask the Malaysians sharply, and force them not to hide the truth, to help our relatives come home as soon as possible," he wrote.
Australia sent one plane to fly over one of the remotest places where the satellite images were taken and another four planes flew toward desolate islands of the Antarctic.
In Papua New Guinea, Abbott said he has spoken with a "devastated" Chinese President Xi Jinping but had no good news for him.
The objects caught on satellite "could just be a container that's fallen off a ship — we just don't know."
"It's about the most inaccessible spot that you could imagine on the face of the Earth, but if there is anything down there, we will find it. We owe it to the families of those people to do no less," Abbott said.
The area in the southern Indian Ocean is so remote it takes aircraft four hours to fly there and four hours back, and leaves them only about two hours to search. The area is one of rough seas and often very poor visibility from the air.
Lisa Martin, spokeswoman for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, said weather conditions got better as the day wore on, with moderate seas and some cloud cover, and improving visibility. A search Thursday had to be halted because of bad weather and nightfall.
Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Friday he would be speaking to U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel "to request further specialist assets to help with the search-and-rescue efforts, including remotely operated vehicles for deep ocean salvage."
In a statement later in the day, the Pentagon said Hagel told Hishammuddin that he "would assess the availability and utility of military undersea technology for such a task and provide him an update in the very near future."
MALAYSIA AIRLINES:What happened to Flight 370? The leading theories
Contributing: Michael Winter; The Associated Press


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Steven Nelson is a cornerback for the College of the Sequoias, and as a three-star recruit on Rivals.com is one of the more anticipated juco transfers coming out after this season. He committed to Georgia back in February, but is keeping his options open and touring other interested schools. He reportedly loved his visit to Lubbock last month the Visalia Times-Delta wrote last week that he had changed his commitment to Texas Tech.
That wasn't particularly true, Nelson told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He called it "false information" and claims he "thought about pressing charges."
But the report was out there long enough for one denizen of DawgVent, the UGASports.com message board, to get worried. So the fan called up Nelson.
"I get phone calls almost every day from college recruiters and reporters," Nelson said. "He called me up, and I forgot what his name was. The way he was talking, I thought he was a reporter, so I stayed on the phone. He was just trying to convince me to stay with Georgia, told me how good of a player I was, and wished me a good year."
The fan then went on the message boards and Twitter to brag about talking with Nelson. UGASports.com warned the user, then banned him, then alerted Georgia's SID about the possible transgression. It's not clear if there was a violation here—the bylaws hazily define a booster as "a representative of the institution's athletics interests," and there's also a rarely enforced ban on fans lobbying recruits—but UGA is going to make sure. Jim Booz, from Georgia's compliance office, told the Journal-Constitution:
"There are five things that make someone become a booster, and one of them is if a fan is assisting in the recruiting of a prospect on Social Media, or over the telephone, or in person. If they solicit the enrollment of a prospect, then that's a violation of NCAA rules."
At worst, Georgia might have to report a secondary violation, which really shouldn't be held against them. If they were to face punishment, expect a rash of false flag recruit calls, from people pretending to be fans of rival schools. The SEC never misses a trick
Overzealous "UGA fan" calls recruit about his commitment status with Bulldogs [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

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We pulled motor and pump together as one piece and have taken it in to be tested. If the motor is in fact bad Hobart says that I should replace pump and motor as one unit for the very low price of just $860.00. So any ideas on this drain thing?
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As some of you may know, I am writing a book on indexing. So far I've written and submitted four of the chapters to the publisher. If anyone ever says, "Writing a book is easy" – kick them. When they tell you – "it's really hard" you might want to have them kick you. Writing a book is one hell of a challenge and I had no idea going in to this what that meant.
Enough about me, let's talk a bit about the book. Tomorrow it will be time to start on the next chapter; which happens to be Index Myths and Best Practices. This chapter is going to take a look at a number of myths that people believe for one reason or another and debunk them. Then it'll dig into some best practices that are thrown around and offer a little proof as to why they may be considered best practices.
Do you have something you'd like to see covered in this section? Leave a comment and we can talk about it – the conversation may just end up in the book in some form.
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There are few cities in America that are as fitness conscious as Los Angeles, which made nearby Marina del Rey the perfect picuresque setting for the second annual MINDBODY FitPro Conference that was held September 27th through the 29th.
The MINDBODY FitPro Conference brought together some of the latest innovations in workouts and fitness and much more, bringing the best of the fitness world together all under one roof, or sometimes on top of the roof. Attendees were able to participate in some of the most innovative and high-impact health, fitness and business experiences, combining certifications, business education and networking opportunities. MINDBODY FitPro featured Continuing Education Credits (CECs) and educational series from some of the top brands in fitness, including Spinning, Peak Pilates, Bodyblade, resist-a-ball, CrossCore, KettleBell Concepts and Ugi Fit. Guests were also treated to "Biggest Loser" host Allison Sweeney, who moderated a panel discussion including past Biggest Loser contestants.
The MINDBODY FitPro Conference got things going a little early with their pre-conference Education Sessions. MINDBODY University covered three days and was designed specifically to help current MINDBODY clients get the most out of their software system while providing a forum for exploring the software in depth and trading business advice with peers. KettleBell Concepts was teaching the Level 1 Introduction to Kettlebell Lifting that was presented by Dr. Emily Splichal and took place on Wednesday and Thursday. This 16-hour course is the first step of many within the KBC curriculum and is geared specifically toward fitness professionals looking to implement kettlebells into a one-on-one or small group, semi-private environment. Attendees learned the science, history, foundational movements and lifts, safety and efficiency considerations and teaching skills while also learning kettlebell training from a neurophysiological, biomechanical, kinesiological, and motor learning/control perspective. Spinning® Instructor Orientation was presented by Marci Williams and Natashia Iacovelli and was held on Thursday. This class helped attendees in becoming one of the world's most sought-after fitness instructors—a certified Spinning® Instructor. Topics included during the nine hour class were; bike setup, the five core movements, three hand positions, choosing music, creating a 40-minute Spinning journey, safety considerations, teaching techniques, Spinning philosophy, heart rate training and a three-phase instructor training program. After completing this orientation, you would be qualified to teach the Spinning program at any official Spinning center throughout the world.
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Presenting YA RETELLINGS – an epic infographic brought to you by Epic Reads. Read your way through this list of 162 young adult books that are all retellings or re-imaginings of popular classic literature, myths, fairy tales and Shakespearean plays.
📢 📢 UPDATE: 📢📢 We have added a few more titles to the lists below and they are indicated as being "Not pictured" so you will know that those are new and will be added to the visuals next winter! Happy reading, book nerds!
Fun facts about this chart:
Fun Fact #1: There are 162 books in total on this list. Yes, there are more YA retellings out there that we probably missed or couldn't find, but this was the most our community could find!
Fun Fact #2: They are all young adult books, but some might fall into the "crossover" category with either adult or middle grade.
Fun Fact #3: There are 40 classic lit retellings, 74 fairy tale retellings, 30 mythology retellings and 18 Shakespeare retellings.
Fun Fact #4: The author featured most times on this list is Cameron Dokey with 5 books!
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YA Retellings: Fairy Tales
Here is the full list of young adult fairy tale retellings! Each link will take you to that book's Goodreads page. All bold titles indicate Harper titles and those will take you to their page here on Epic Reads! (From there you'll be able to add to Goodreads!)
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Fun Fact #1: Out of the twelve fairy tales, nine are from the Brothers Grimm, two from Hans Christian Anderson and one from Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.
Fun Fact #2: Seven of the twelve of the fairy tales were made into Disney movies: Beauty & The Beast, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Rapunzel (Tangled), The Frog Prince (The Princess and the Frog), Snow Queen (Frozen).
Fun Fact #3: We featured quite a few books from the Once Upon A Time Fairytales series published by Simon Pulse. Check out the full list here.
Fairy Tale Retellings: Beauty & the Beast
Fun Fact#1: Beauty and the Beast is the only fairy tale on this chart that was NOT written by either Hans Christian Anderson or the Grimm Brothers. The original was written in 1740 by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve but the best-known written version Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont. (Source)
Fun Fact #2: The Disney version –– which is every book lover's dream. . . I mean, THAT LIBRARY, yo –– is pretty accurate to the original story with one slight, and weird variation. In the original, Belle has wicked stepsisters who try to convince her to come home in hopes that the Beast will be mad enough to EAT HER. Wtf, indeed. (Source)
Fun Fact #3: East by Edith Pattou and Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George are actually retellings of a Norwegean folktale East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon which in itself has many similarities to the Roman myth Cupid & Psyche and the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast.
Beauty and the Beast Retellings
- East by Edith Pattou
- Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
- Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
- Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
- Spirited by Nancy Holder
- Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier
- The Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison
- Stung by Bethany Wiggins
- The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle
- Beastly by Alex Flinn
- Beauty by Robin McKinley
- Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay
- (Not pictured) A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Fairy Tale Retellings: The Little Mermaid
Fun Fact #1: The original story of The Little Mermaid was written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1837!
Fun Fact #2: Dude. The original version is WAY darker than the Disney movie. In the original story not only does having human legs feel like walking on knives, but (spoiler alert!) there's no happy ending. The prince marries a princess and she kills herself by jumping off of the ship! (Source)
The Little Mermaid Retellings
- September Girls by Bennett Madison
- Fathomless by Jackson Pearce
- Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama
- Midnight Pearls by Cameron Dokey
- Mermaid: A Twist on a Classic Tale by Carolyn Turgeon
Fairy Tale Retellings: Cinderella
Fun Fact #1: Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper, was originally written by Charles Perrault in 1697 but popularized by the Grimm Brothers in 1812.
Fun Fact #2: The mother told the evil sisters to cut their foot to fit in the slipper (one sister cut her heel!) Gross. (Source)
Cinderella Retellings:
- Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George
- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
- If I have A Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince? by Melissa Kantor
- Gilded Ashes by Rosamund Hodge
- Shadows on the Moon by Zoe Marriott
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer
- Before Midnight by Cameron Dokey
- Ash by Malinda Lo (The cover used in this chart is the UK one.)
- (Not Pictured) Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas
Fairy Tale Retellings: Rumpelstiltskin
Fun Fact #1: Rumpelstiltskin originated as German folk tales and various versions of it were collected, rewritten and popularized by the Grimm Brothers in 1812.
Fun Fact #2: There has not been a YA retelling of Rumpelstiltskin since 2008 when A Curse As Dark As Gold was published.
Rumpelstiltskin Retellings:
- A Curse As Dark As Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
- Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli
- The Crimson Thread by Suzanne Weyn
Fairy Tale Retellings: The Frog Prince
Fun Fact #1: In the original Grimm version of the story the frog's spell was broken when the princess threw him against a wall in disgust. What a brat. (Source)
Fun Fact #2: Enchanted by Alethea Kontis is more of a combo of various other fairy tales, but the most notable one is The Frog Prince.
The Frog Prince Retellings:
- Cloaked by Alex Flinn
- Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
- The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
- Water Song by Suzanne Weyn
Fairy Tale Retellings: The Snow Queen
Fun Fact #1: Another Hans Christian Andersen original fairy tale! The Snow Queen was first published in 1845.
Fun Fact #2: Disney's Frozen is based on The Snow Queen but, as typical for Disney, it does deviate from the original story.
The Snow Queen Retellings
- Cold Spell by Jackson Pearce
- Winter's Child by Cameron Dokey
- Stork by Wendy Delsol
- (Not pictured) The Shadow Queen by CJ Redwine
Fairy Tale Retellings: Little Red Riding Hood
Fun Fact #1: Red Riding Hood (listed below) is based on the movie starring Amanda Seyfried and Max Irons!
Fun Fact #2: This is the second Charles Perrault fairy tale we have on the list (the first is Cinderella) and was originally published in 1697 but was popularized by those Grimm Bros, who tamed the story to be a little less gruesome.
Fun Fact #3: The original folk tale, before Perrault published a version of it, is a perfect example of how dark these original fairy tales really are. In some of the earlier versions, the antagonist is not always a wolf, but sometimes an ogre or a werewolf. Also, the wolf usually leaves the grandmother's blood and meat for the girl to eat, who then unwittingly cannibalizes her own grandmother. DIS-GUSTING. (Source)
Little Red Riding Hood Retellings
- Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
- Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
- The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
- Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
- Scarlet Moon by Debbie Viguié
- Dust City by Robert Paul Weston
- (Not Pictured) Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
Fairy Tale Retellings: Twelve Dancing Princesses
Fun Fact #1: The first fairy tale on this list that was originally published by the Grimm Brothers! Most of the time they just re-wrote fairy tales that had previously been published.
Fun Fact #2: Apparently in early depictions, the princesses were a nasty bunch who liked to give their suitors drugged wine to ensure that their mystery remained unsolved. (Source)
12 Dancing Princesses Retellings
- Entwined by Heather Dixon
- The Phoenix Dance by Dia Calhoun
- The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn
- Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
- Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
Fairy Tale Retellings: Hansel and Gretel
Fun Fact #1: Betwitching by Alex Flinn is another one of those multi-fairy-tale stories but it's most notable one is Hansel and Gretel!
Fun Fact #2: Hansel and Gretel may have originated in the Great Famine in the 1300s. The famine was so bad, it occasionally caused people to do some desperate deeds like abandoning young children to fend for themselves, or even resorting to cannibalism. FUN TIMES! (Source)
Hansel and Gretel Retellings
- Sweetly by Jackson Pearce
- Bewitching by Alex Flinn
- Greta and the Goblin King by Chloe Jacobs
Fairy Tale Retellings: Rapunzel
Fun Fact #1: The Grimm Brothers' popularized version is an adaptation of the fairy tale Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force originally published in 1698. (Source)
Rapunzel Retellings
- Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
- Rapunzel Untangled by Cindy C. Bennett
- Towering by Alex Flinn
- Cress by Marissa Meyer
- Golden by Cameron Dokey
- Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
- (Not Pictured) Cress by Marissa Meyer
Fairy Tale Retellings: Snow White
Fun Fact #1: Snow White was first published in the first edition of their collection Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1812.
Fun Fact #2: Disney's variation of Snow White gave the dwarfs names and included magical, moving trees and a singing Snow White. Instead of her lungs and liver, as written in the original, the huntsman is asked by the queen to bring back Snow White's heart. (Source)
Snow White Retellings
- Beauty by Nancy Ohlin
- Snow by Tracy Lynn
- The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman
- The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block
- The Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes Lackey
- Nameless by Lili St. Crow
- Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
- Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
- Devoured by Amanda Marrone
- (Not Pictured) The Sleeper and The Spindle by Neil Gaiman
- (Not Pictured) Winter by Marissa Meyer
Fairy Tale Retellings: Sleeping Beauty
Fun Fact #1: This is the third Charles Perrault original fairy tale to be featured on this list. His version was published in 1697 and was, of course, popularized by the Grimm Brothers.
Fun Fact #2: The basic elements of the story can also be interpreted as a nature allegory: the princess represents nature, the wicked fairy is winter, who puts the Court to sleep with pricks of frost until the prince (spring) cuts away the brambles with his sword (a sunbeam) to allow the Sun to awaken sleeping nature. (Source)
Sleeping Beauty Retellings
- A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
- Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
- Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey
- Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay
- The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson
- Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
- Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross
- A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan
- (Not pictured) A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas
- (Not pictured) Rose & Thorn by Sarah Prineas
YA Retellings: Classic Literature
Fun Fact #1: Four of the five original stories were written by women: Bronte Sisters, Jane Austen and Mary Shelley.
Fun Fact #2: There's a section in this category labeled "other." This section contains YA retellings of classic stories, but they are the only young adult retellings that we could find. For example, The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd is the only YA version of The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells that we could find. We didn't want to exclude these retellings because we think they deserve to be on this list, but they are so unique that they are the only ones, they get their own section!
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Classic Lit Retellings: The Great Gatsby
Fun Fact #1: Originally published in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Fun Fact #2: The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary classic and a contender for the title "Great American Novel". In 1998 the Modern Library editorial board voted it the best American novel and the second best novel in the English language. (Source)
The Great Gatsby Retellings
- Jake, Reinvented by Gordon Korman
- Great by Sara Benincasa
Classic Lit Retellings: Peter Pan
Fun Fact #1: Peter Pan, or Peter and Wendy, is J. M. Barrie's most famous work, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel.
Fun Fact #2: The original novel was actually published for adults!
Peter Pan Retellings:
- Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
- The Child Thief by Brom
- Wendy by Karen Wallace
- Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
Classic Lit Retellings: Alice in Wonderland
Fun Fact #1: Originally published in 1865 by author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
Fun Fact #2: While researching retellings of this classic tale, we honestly thought we would find more, but only came upon these three!
Alice in Wonderland Retellings:
- Splintered by A.G. Howard
- The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
- Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
- (Not pictured) Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes
Classic Lit Retellings: Frankenstein
Fun Fact #1: Mary, Percy, Lord Byron, and John Polidori decided to have a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for days about what her possible storyline could be, Shelley dreamed about a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made. And then BOOM, she wrote Frankenstein. (Source)
Fun Fact #2: When the book was first published, Mary Shelley's name did not appear on the cover and thus caused quite a bit of confusion as to who authored the book. As a result, the book wasn't very well received when it first went to print!
Frankenstein Retellings
- Man Made Boy by Jon Skovron
- Clay by David Almond
- Gris Grimly's Frankenstein
- Hideous Love by Stephanie Hemphill
- This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
- (New but not pictured) This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee
- (New but not pictured) Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin
Classic Lit Retellings: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Fun Fact #1: Like other classic works on this list, The Scarlet Pimpernel started out as a play. It was published in 1903 and written by Baroness Emma Orczy.
Fun Fact #2: The original play is set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution.
The Scarlet Pimpernel Retellings
- Life After Theft by Aprilynne Pike
- Across A Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund
Other Classic Lit Retellings
- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige –– Retelling of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
- The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd –– Retelling of The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
- Her Dark Curiosity by Megan Shepherd –– Retelling of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Wild by Alex Mallory –– Retelling of Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- The Hollow by Jessica Verday –– Retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
- Railsea by China Miéville –– Retelling of Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- (Not Pictured) The Great Hunt by Wendy Higgins –– Retelling of The Singing Bone by the Brothers Grimm
Classic Lit Retelling: Robin Hood
Fun Fact #1: The earliest surviving text of a Robin Hood ballad is "Robin Hood and the Monk" in 1450.
Fun Fact #2: Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) is one of the greatest comedies of all time and if you disagree with this statement you are wrong.
Robin Hood Retellings
- Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
- Pretty Crooked by Elisa Ludwig
- The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley
Edgar Allan Poe Retellings
Fun Fact #1: Masque of the Red Death is a retelling of the Poe story of the same name and The Fall is a retelling of Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher!
Fun Fact #2: Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. (Source)
Fun Fact #3: Poe's final words were "Lord help my poor soul."
Edgar Allan Poe Retellings
- Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin
- The Fall by Bethany Griffin
Jane Austen Retellings
Fun Fact #1: Of her six published novels, there are only 14 kisses in total.
Fun Fact #2: The earliest recorded use of the word 'baseball' in an English novel is in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey written in 1798-1799.
Fun Fact #3: Jane Austen was the first writer to use the phrase 'dinner party.'
Jane Austen Retellings
- For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (Persuasion)
- Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman (Pride & Prejudice)
- The Trouble with Flirting by Claire LaZebnik (Mansfield Park)
- The Espressologist by Kirstina Springer (Emma)
- The Last Best Kiss by Claire LaZebnik (Persuasion)
- Prom & Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg (Pride & Prejudice)
- Sass & Serendipity by Jennifer Ziegler (Sense & Sensibility)
- Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnik (Pride & Prejudice)
Brontë Sisters Retellings
Fun Fact #1: There are three Brontë sisters: Charlotte, Emily and Anne.
Fun Fact #2: The sisters originally published their poems and novels under masculine pseudonyms, following the custom of the times practiced by female writers.
Fun Fact #3: Charlotte's Jane Eyre was the first to know success, while Emily's Wuthering Heights, Anne's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and other works were later to be accepted as masterpieces of literature. (Source)
Brontë Sisters Retellings
- Dark Companion by Marta Acosta (Jane Eyre)
- Black Spring by Alison Croggon (Wuthering Heights)
- Withering Tights by Louise Rennison (Wuthering Heights)
- Catherine by April Lindner (Wuthering Heights)
- Jane by April Lindner (Jane Eyre)
YA Retellings: SHAKESPEARE
Fun Fact #1: There are tons of theories about who actually wrote all of the Shakespearean plays. Some people even think there was no Shakespeare – that it was just a pseudonym used by a group of playwrights at the time. One of the most interesting theories, however, is that Shakespeare was a woman. WHO RUN THE WORLD? (Answer: girls.)
Fun Fact #2: Only men were allowed to perform in the theater. Therefore, all of Shakespeare's characters were played by men. . .
Fun Fact #3: The only authors to appear more than once on this list are Louise Rennison and Lisa M. Klein!
Fun Fact #4: We don't include "A" in A Midsummer Night's Dream on the chart because we couldn't make it fit! Apologies to Mr. Shakespeare.
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Romeo and Juliet Retellings
Fun Fact #1: Will Shakespeare did not create this tale out of his imagination. In fact, he borrowed heavily from an Italian tale, translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562.
Fun Fact #2: One of the earliest references to the names Montague and Capulet is from Dante's Divine Comedy.
Romeo and Juliet Retellings
- Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors
- Still Star-Crossed by Melinda Taub
- Arcadia Awakens by Kai Meyer
- Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay
- Street Love by Walter Dean Myers
- When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle
- The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper
- (Not pictured) Bright Smoke, Cold Fire by Rosamund Hodge
Hamlet Retellings
Fun Fact #1: Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and was one of his most popular works during his lifetime.
Fun Fact #2: Sigmund Freud and other leaders in psychoanalysis studied this play religiously during the first half of the 20th century.
Fun Fact #3: Hamlet is one of the most quoted works in the English language. (Source)
Hamlet Retellings
- Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
- Ophelia by Lisa M. Klein
- Something Rotten by Alan Gratz
Macbeth Retellings
Fun Fact #1: Macbeth is the only Shakespeare play that mentions a rhino!!!
Fun Fact #2: If you do say "Macbeth" in a theatre, you are meant to walk three times in a circle anti-clockwise, then say a rude word or spit.
Fun Fact #3: Verdi's operatic version of Macbeth had an entire chorus of witches (instead of just three like in the original version) because life is always a little better with more badass ladies who can cast spells on you. (Source)
Macbeth Retellings
- Enter Three Witches by Caroline B. Cooney
- Exposure by Kim Askew and Amy Helmes
- Lady Macbeth's Daughter by Lisa M. Klein
- (Not pictured) As I Descended by Robin Talley
Twelfth Night Retellings
Fun Fact #1: Twelfth Night is the only Shakespeare play that includes neither of the words 'child' nor 'children'.
Fun Fact #2: Twelfth Night is the only play of Shakespeare's with an alternate name: its full title is Twelfth Night, or What You Will. The second title references the holiday season of ritualized disorder and revelry, where you can act out all your fantasies. (Source)
Twelfth Night Retellings
- The Fool's Girl by Celia Rees
- Illyria by Elizabeth Hand
A Midsummer's Night Dream Retellings
Fun Fact #1: Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet around the same time he wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare mocks tragic love stories through the escapades of the lovers in the forests and the ridiculous version of Pyramus and Thisbe. (Source)
A Midsummer Night's Dream Retellings
- Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
- A Midsummer Tights Dream by Louise Rennison
- Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
YA Retellings: MYTHOLOGY
Fun Fact #1: Mythology was probably the most difficult section to put together because a lot of the retellings aren't full retellings, but just contain certain mythological elements. It was hard trying to decide what books to include and not include. Also, some of the books intermingle mythology with history, so again, it was a bit difficult to narrow down this one!
Fun Fact #2: The majority of the retellings were derivative of classical myths, so we broke the Greco-Roman section down even further by general and then three specific myths!
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Asian Mythology Retellings
Fun Fact #1: Prophecy by Ellen Oh is based on Korean mythology, Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon is based on Chinese mythology and Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff is based on Japanese mythology.
Asian Mythology Retellings
- Eon by Alison Goodman
- Prophecy by Ellen Oh
- Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
- Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
Egyptian Mythology Retellings
Fun Fact #1: Today, cats rule the Internet. A long time ago, they pretty much ruled Egypt. In Egyptian mythology, cats were worshipped as deities. In real life, Egyptians were so obsessed with cats that they extended the practice of mummification to felines.
Fun Fact #2: Most of the books listed below combine real historical elements and characters with Egyptian mythology.
Egyptian Mythology Retellings
- The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
- Sphinx's Princess by Esther Friesner
- Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter
- The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White
- Cleopatra Confesses by Carolyn Meyer
Norse Mythology Retellings
Fun Fact #1: Frost is the sequel to Stork which appears on the fairy tales list as a retelling of The Snow Queen!
Norse Mythology Retellings
- Frost by Wendy Delsol
- Valkyrie Rising by Ingrid Paulson
- The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
Greek / Roman Mythology Retellings
Fun Fact #1: The three myths featured on this list all involve kidnappings: Psyche was kidnapped by Cupid to be his wife, Persephone was kidnapped by Hades to be his wife, and Helen was kidnapped by Paris to be his wife.
Quicksilver by Stephanie Spinner
Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Oh My Gods by Tera Lynn Childs
Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Ithaka by Adele Geras
Antigoddess by Kendare Blake
Hades and Persephone Retellings
The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Abandon by Meg Cabot
Solstice by PJ Hoover
Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman
Falling Under by Gwen Hayes
Cupid / Psyche Myth Retellings
Psyche in a Dress by Francesca Lia Block
Destined by Jessie Harrell
Helen of Troy Retellings
Nobody's Princess by Esther Friesner
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney
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Mon 6 Apr 2020
This series of booklets is a synopsis of various key scriptures of the Swaminarayan Faith. It comprises of a syllabus by which disciples can learn the fundamental history and theology of the religion, and the manner to live in accordance with the Lord's directives.
His Divine Holiness Acharya Swamishree Purushottampriyadasji Maharaj is the spiritual leader of Maninagar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan. He is the current and fifth heir in the lineage of ascetic Acharyas, which descends directly from Lord Shree Swaminarayan. He is the incumbent Acharya of Shree Swaminarayan Gadi.


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HP EliteBook 850 G5 Notebook PC Specifications
[1] Not all features are available in all editions or versions of Windows. Systems may require upgraded and/or separately purchased hardware, drivers, software or BIOS update to take full advantage of Windows functionality. Windows 10 is automatically updated, which is always enabled. ISP fees may apply and additional requirements may apply over time for updates. See http://www.windows.com/.
[2] Multicore is designed to improve performance of certain software products. Not all customers or software applications will necessarily benefit from use of this technology. Performance and clock frequency will vary depending on application workload and your hardware and software configurations. Intel's numbering, branding and/or naming is not a measurement of higher performance.
[3] Processor speed denotes maximum performance mode; processors will run at lower speeds in battery optimization mode.
[4] NOTE: In accordance with Microsoft's support policy, HP does not support the Windows 8 or Windows 7 operating system on products configured with Intel® and AMD 7th generation and forward processors or provide any Windows 8 or Windows 7 drivers on http://www.support.hp.com.
[5] Due to the non-industry standard nature of some third-party memory modules, we recommend HP branded memory to ensure compatibility. If you mix memory speeds, the system will perform at the lower memory speed.
[6] For storage drives, GB = 1 billion bytes. TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less. Up to 30 GB (for Windows 10) is reserved for system recovery software.
[7] Wireless access point and Internet service required and sold separately. Availability of public wireless access points limited. The specifications for the 802.11ac WLAN are draft specifications and are not final. If the final specifications differ from the draft specifications, it may affect the ability of the notebook to communicate with other 802.11ac WLAN devices.
[8] WWAN module requires separately purchased service contract. Check with service provider for coverage and availability in your area. Connection speeds will vary due to location, environment, network conditions, and other factors. 4G LTE not available on all products, in all regions.
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[10] The term "10/100/1000" or "Gigabit" Ethernet indicates compatibility with IEEE standard 802.3ab for Gigabit Ethernet, and does not connote actual operating speed of 1 Gb/s. For high-speed transmission, connection to a Gigabit Ethernet server and network infrastructure is required.
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[19] HP Client Security Suite Gen 4 requires Windows and Intel® or AMD 8th generation processors.
[20] HP Driver Packs not preinstalled, however available for download at http://www.hp.com/go/clientmanagement.
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E-waste recycling becomes techie's mission
ENVIRONMENT Toxic e-waste pollutes entire towns overseas - so veteran techie vowed to revolutionize the way we dump our outdated electronics
After two decades in the software business with companies such as Oracle and Hewlett-Packard, James Kao grew disillusioned by the waste created when people ditched the latest technology dreamed up by his industry.
Angered that old computers, televisions and other gadgets from U.S. consumers were ending up in landfills in China, Africa and other parts of the world, Kao decided to do something. He started Green Citizen, a company that collects and disposes of old electronics in the Bay Area, tracking everything to ensure that the gadgets are recycled back into raw material, or refurbished and resold.
The holiday gift-giving season will bring a fresh crop of electronic waste to Green Citizen, part of the 2.4 million tons seen each year, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As consumers buy new gadgets from Apple and Samsung Electronics and trash their old wares, Kao, Green Citizen's chief executive officer, expects his company to see a 30 percent rise in waste from November to February.
"The holiday period is the biggest buying time for most consumer electronics, and it absolutely results in more e-waste," said Barbara Kyle, national coordinator of the Electronics TakeBack Coalition, a recycling advocacy group.
Avoiding landfills
Green Citizen's end-to-end approach is unique, said Kyle. As both the collector and monitor that ensures waste doesn't end up in dumps, Kao's company partners only with certified recycling companies that can prove material isn't shipped overseas or put in landfills.
Kao and his team expect to collect 700,000 pounds this holiday season. Waste Management Inc., the biggest U.S. trash hauler, also said it expects a rise in electronic waste.
"When it comes to recycling, it's an afterthought," said Kao, 55, who has also founded two software companies. "All the energy is going to how do we get the next revenue from the new best gadget, and there is never a thought to how to get it back."
In addition to helping the environment, Green Citizen is also profitable, said Kao, without disclosing the company's earnings. The company expects about $2.5 million in revenue this year, and double the next. He wants to expand to Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
Contaminating villages
The inspiration to start Green Citizen came while Kao was taking time off after selling Managize, a supply-chain management software company, in 2000. Up late one night watching television, he saw a documentary that showed dump sites in China, Africa and the Philippines overflowing with old computers, televisions and other electronics from the United States and Europe. Components containing toxic elements such as lead and mercury were cast into rivers and landfills.
"It was contaminating whole villages," Kao said.
He spent two years educating himself, traveling to meet with companies and government officials. Limited awareness and lack of convenience keep the public from doing more, Kao said, while poor accountability and oversight make it difficult to ensure that enterprises do their part.
Green Citizen hauls trashed devices to a large warehouse in Burlingame. Technicians determine whether a gadget can be fixed and resold. Repaired devices are put up for sale on eBay. Kao said about 21 percent of electronics Green Citizen handles can be refurbished, generating about half its revenue.
In addition to computers, TVs, printers, phones and other gadgets, some more exotic items show up, such as an old security X-ray machine from a consulate in San Francisco, Kao said.
For devices that need to be recycled, a team in the warehouse uses drills and screwdrivers to take them apart. Different components are sorted in bins for plastic, circuit boards, glass and other base materials.
Facility in Roseville
Much of Kao's material goes about 100 miles northeast of San Francisco to Sims Recycling's 200,000-square-foot facility in Roseville (Placer County). There, pieces are put through shredders, including one with 4-inch blades driven by a 400-horsepower engine. The broken-down materials are then sold to companies seeking aluminum, plastic, glass or other recycled material.
While Green Citizen is trying to offset gadget waste, Kao said it still isn't a match for a consumer culture that encourages people to seek the latest and greatest technology. About 80 percent of U.S. electronic waste ends up on container ships and then ditched in developing countries, where companies hire workers to extract the core minerals without any environmental or worker-safety oversight, he said.
"It's going to get worse and worse," Kao said. "Initially I tried to fight it, but you can't."
Adam Satariano is a Bloomberg writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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RescueNet 12-Lead for EMS
EMS-hospital collaboration has had a major impact on outcomes for STEMI (ST-elevation myocardial infarction) patients. And pre-hospital management of these patients continues to improve, thanks to advances in the care medics provide and innovations in technology.
Browser-based, RescueNet® 12-Lead allows you to securely transmit 12-lead data to hospitals and anyone involved in the continuum of care—wherever and whenever—as long as there's Internet access. It facilitates quick STEMI verification by a physician, so patients can be taken directly to the cath lab.
Freedom from costly hardware and software licenses
Unlike legacy systems that are based on a series of up-front and license fees, which can surpass £10,000 annually, RescueNet 12-Lead is different. Designed around web and cloud technologies, it reflects ZOLL's belief that services pay for 12-lead transmission when they buy the monitor. Free of dedicated hardware and IS support, thousands of services use RescueNet 12-Lead without up-front or annual license fees.
- Easy to set up, no proprietary hardware or software to install
- Highly secure, HIPAA and HITECH compliant
- Accepts 12-leads from any device and any service willing to configure its transmission
- Distributes 12-leads via e-mail or fax
- Unique EMS-to-balloon timer for tracking time from first 12-lead through vessel opening
RescueNet 12-Lead enables rapid diagnosis and provides highly secure and highly efficient management of 12-leads.


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NUI Galway Medical Graduates Deliver Intern-led Teaching programme to Final Medical Students
The final year of NUI Galway's undergraduate medical curriculum has been enhanced by an intern teaching programme, which has been developed and delivered in first semester of the current academic year.
Newly graduated medical doctors teach NUI Galway's final year medical students and simultaneously act as mentors and role models. This is achieved 'by on the ward training' whereby medical interns teach groups of five medical students and take them through the assessment of common patient presentations they encounter, covering history-taking, examination, clinical reasoning and management skills essential to becoming a competent doctor. Teaching takes place at the bedside, in a clinical context.
This initiative was conceived and designed by Drs Jennifer Scott and Miroslawa Gorecka, two recent graduates from the University's School of Medicine. The teaching is ward based and revolves around bedside and clinical teaching, with 20 interns participating in this programme in semester one.
Dr Yvonne Finn, Academic Coordinator, School of Medicine at NUI Galway, said: "While the concept of intern teaching is not new, this is the first time that it has been developed into a structured programme. This allows teaching to cover topics in each of the key specialities and offers intern teaching to all final medical students who are currently on clinical placements in Galway University Hospitals."
There are plans to continue this Intern-led Teaching Programme into semester two when those students who have been in the Medical Academies in semester one return to Galway. The final medical students will themselves be graduating in June 2014, and it is anticipated that many of them, having experienced the benefit of the Intern-led Teaching Programme, will volunteer their time and skills to teach and thus continue this valuable teaching programme.


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Apr 5, 2012 1
Religious Voters Want a Presidential Science Debate
Shawn Lawrence Otto, the co-founder of Sciencedebate.org, writes that a national public opinion poll of 1,005 likely voters found that:
Overwhelming majorities of American voters want the candidates to debate the big science issues facing the country. In fact, overwhelming majorities of religious voters want the candidates to debate these big science issues. For Pete's sake, even overwhelming majorities of born again religious voters want the candidates to do this, and rank it as even more important than their debating faith and values.
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NAD Finds Oracle's Pants on Fire
May 12, 2012 5:00 AM PT
It pays to advertise, right? Not necessarily, as Oracle found out when it tangled with IBM recently over advertisements in which Oracle claimed its servers were faster and much less expensive than IBM hardware.
Unlike Oracle's ongoing Java copyright and patent infringement suit against Google, which has been grabbing a lot of headlines in the past couple of weeks, Big Blue didn't spend big bucks to take on Oracle in court.
In the former case, Oracle has scored a partial victory so far; after a week of deliberations, the jury found Google had indeed used copyrighted Java technology in Android, but the jurors could not agree on whether it constituted fair use. The Oracle v. Google trial has since entered the patent phase.
Par for the Course
Oracle's latest tussle with IBM, after decades of disputes between the two high-tech titans, is also noteworthy for the fact that it was fairly straightforward, and Big Blue didn't have to spend big dollars to take on Oracle -- at least, not this time.
Instead, the National Advertising Division (NAD) took Oracle to task for publishing misleading ads in The Wall Street Journal and The Economist, claiming Oracle's T4-4 server is 2x faster and 66 percent cheaper than IBM's comparable P795 server.
NAD recommended that Oracle discontinue "certain comparative performance and pricing claims" in the national newspaper ads and on the Oracle website.
Specifically, NAD took exception to the claim in Oracle advertisements that "Oracle's SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 system retails for $1.2 million whereas IBM's P795 high end server costs $4.5 million -- an improbable $3.3 million price discrepancy.
NAD functions as an objective and impartial self-regulatory forum for the advertising industry. In its official determination, it took pains to remain objective, noting that both the advertiser (Oracle) and the challenger (IBM) produced high-quality computer systems.
It's par for the course for all vendors to claim that their products are bigger, better, faster and cheaper than competitors' offerings. What sparked the investigation, NAD said, was whether Oracle's "superior comparative performance and pricing claims conveyed a truthful, accurate and non-misleading message regarding the performance and price of the Oracle SPARC SuperCluser T4-4 compared to the featured IBM computer system."
It recommended that Oracle discontinue making the comparative price and performance claims against IBM.
Specifically, NAD recommended that Oracle expressly inform consumers in the main body of its advertisements that IBM's package included a separate storage unit.
NAD also concluded that Oracle's superior performance claims were "not supported by the advertiser's evidence and could not be cured by the disclosure at the advertiser's website." NAD specifically recommended that Oracle "permanently discontinue" claiming that "the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 runs Oracle and Java twice as fast as IBM's fastest computer."
Additionally, NAD advised that in order to "avoid consumer confusion regarding price comparisons for the Oracle SSC T4-4 and the IBM Power 795, that Oracle disclose the following information:
- the specific model and configuration of the IBM Power 795
- the specific storage unit included in the price comparison
- the assumed prices for both units
In its own advertiser's statement, Oracle disagreed with "certain of NAD's findings." It nevertheless wished "to inform the NAD that the advertisement at issue in this proceeding has been discontinued and Oracle does not intend to disseminate it in that form in the future ... ."
What It All Means: Caveat Emptor
Although NAD's current Oracle vs. IBM inquiry seems settled for now, customers haven't seen the last of confusing, misleading, hyperbole-filled vendor ads touting the superior price/performance of a particular high-technology maker's product over rival wares.
The rivalries among all competitors -- from Apple to Zynga and everyone in between, like Oracle and IBM -- will only intensify as vendors fight to retain their existing customers and expand into new and more lucrative product markets. Users should read the fine print and not accept any vendor's claims at face value.
The continuing economic crunch puts users in a position of power and potentially provides lots of leverage to negotiate better deals. This assumes, though, that businesses are willing to flex their muscles and fight for better deals.
Vendors, when pressed, are often willing to offer many types of incentives to upsell an existing account or secure a new customer win. Vendors use a variety of lures, ranging from deeper discounts and better licensing terms and conditions to extras that may include items like free or discounted training, technical service and support, price caps -- or even some free products or inclusion in select alpha or beta test programs.
The moral of NAD's investigation into Oracle's price/performance claim against rival IBM is caveat emptor -- Latin for "buyer beware."
To reiterate, there are good deals to be had, but the overwhelming majority of organizations must fight for them. That means wading through the vendor hype, performing due diligence, and conducting an apples-to-apples comparison of the specific features, functions and capabilities of their intended infrastructure purchases, including servers, desktops, storage, virtualization and cloud.
All businesses -- from SMBs to the largest enterprises -- should also do a thorough review of the terms and conditions of their current licensing agreements. Organizations should perform their own price/performance comparisons and challenge vendors to back up their claims.
In order to get the best deals, businesses should take the following steps:
Challenge all vendors to match or beat pricing on specific products. While it may be difficult to get a big discount on a hot item like an Apple iPad, that's an exception. Corporations -- from the smallest SMBs to the largest enterprises' named accounts -- can almost always negotiate a better deal. How good a deal a company gets will vary according to the size and scope of the individual contract. Shaving costs also assumes that the business is in compliance with its current licensing Ts&Cs.
Familiarize yourself with the standard list prices and discounted street pricing of all computer equipment. This will make it difficult (although not impossible) for a less than reputable sales person to oversell an item that could cost your firm thousands or millions. If you're not convinced that your reseller or sales account representative is giving you a decent deal, don't hesitate to ask to speak to a superior. If you're still not satisfied, you can always walk away. Chances are good the vendor will be back.
Construct an itemized list of everything that's included in the Total Cost of Acquisition (TCA). It's crucial to perform a head-to-head comparison of everything that's included in the purchase price -- from the actual hardware to the service, support and maintenance contracts, so your firm won't be duped by misleading ads and get a nasty surprise when presented with the bill. Organizations should also involve all pertinent parties in purchasing decisions, including chief executive officers (CEOs), chief technology officers (CTOs), VPs of IT, IT managers and network administrators.
Finally, if something looks too good to be true, it probably is. Or if a vendor claims to be undercutting the competition by a vast amount -- such as Oracle selling its SSC T4-4 server for more than $3 million less than IBM's competing Power 795 Server -- then it is most likely specious. As the famous showman P.T. Barnum noted, "There's a sucker born every minute." Don't be one.


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The Daily Skitty: Heather Graham
When I first met my husband, the two women on his Freebie 5 were Cameron Diaz and Heather Graham. Obviously, I married a blind man who grew up in a trailer park. And while his mother would totally kill me if she knew I said that – because Poles are far, far from trashy (she pulls out the best silver EVERY time we go over for dinner. Even for bbq!) – this is a man who will take boobs over elegance and ass over class any day. Needless to say, I was appalled. Cameron Diaz – we don't have to go there. You are well aware of her boy bits and girl bits. But hey, le mari bought into the Something About Mary hype. He was susceptible to media manipulation. And at the time (6 years ago), she wasn't so incredibly bitchy and manglefaced. I could sort of understand back then. But Heather Graham??? Heather Graham defines cheap. Heather Graham, while pretty in that harmless, forgetful way, is a dime a dozen - a sunny blonde with great tits and blue eyes, an actress no lesss, and in Hollywood they're as plentiful as the blow jobs they have to give to land themselves the part of "girl on the bus" in the next Brett Ratner movie. Which is why after all this time, Heather Graham is still nobody. A nobody at the Diesel event, tottering around aimlessly, wearing the most bloody awful full length denim dress and a vacuous expression to go along with the air in her head. Seriously, gossips. Is a denim dress ever OK??? And will this girl ever stop dreaming the impossible dream? Full points for tenacity but you know, sometimes illusions can do more harm than good. No, I won't say it. But I'm sure you know EXACTLY who I'm talking about.


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The Rich Get Richer: The Rise of Income Inequality in the United States and the World
Nelson-Hall Publishers, 1 jan. 1997 - 538 sidor
This edition is a penetrating and urgent study of the increasing levels of income inequality in the United States and the world. The erosion of the middle class poses a threat to worldwide economic and political stability, as consumers and their children slowly disappear into growing rates of poverty, crime, and violence. Braun examines the economic plight of all people including those in developing nations where a tiny minority controls much of the wealth, and links this inequality to relationships between Third World nations and multinational corporations. This second edition includes new information on the working poor, Mexico and NAFTA, cross-country perceptions of inequality, mass media and political manipulation, and corporations and their overpaid CEOs.
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First look: Aamir Khan wears ghagra in P.K.
By now its common knowledge that Aamir Khan has begun shooting for Rajkumar Hirani's P.K. in Rajasthan. However, what took us by surprise was Aamir's get-up! Aamir is seen wearing a ghagra and...PIC INSIDEbollywood Updated: Feb 06, 2013 18:11 IST
By now its common knowledge that Aamir Khan has begun shooting for Rajkumar Hirani's P.K. in Rajasthan. However, what took us by surprise was Aamir's get-up! Aamir is seen wearing a blazer along with a ghagra (something we've never seen anybody wear as yet). Wonder what is the significance of this particular look?
P.K. is an upcoming political satire directed by Rajkumar Hirani. The film stars Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma in lead roles.
MORE ON AAMIR KHAN'S P.K.Aamir takes Kiran, son along for P.K. shoot
Bollywood star Aamir Khan Friday began shooting for his new film Peekay in Rajasthan and the actor made it a point to take his wife Kiran and son Azad along with him.
Aamir has a 45-day shooting schedule lined up in Rajasthan and he couldn't afford to spend that long a time apart from his family. So he decided to take them along with him, said a source. READ STORY
Sanjay Dutt to play Rajasthani in PK
Sanjay Dutt, who has a small but important role in Rajkumar Hirani's P.K., will be seen playing a Rajasthani in the film. The role was initially offered to Arshad Warsi who had to opt out due to date issues.
Incidentally the first schedule of P.K. begins in a small town in Rajasthan from Feb 2nd. P.K. stars Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma and Sushant Singh Rajput. The film marks Khan and Hirani's re-union after the hugely successful all-time blockbuster 3 Idiots.
Anushka Sharma to start shooting for Peekay from February
Post the success of Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, actress Anushka Sharma, is now geared up for Rajukumar Hirani's Peekay and says she will start shooting for the film from February.
"I am very excited to be working with Raju Hirani and Aamir Khan. We will start shooting for the film in February. I hope we try to make a better film than 3 Idiots for the audience," Anushka told reporters during the launch of Femina India's 10 Most Beautiful Women. FULL STORY
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Mini-Me, stop humping the laser: Littler Flame cyber-spy tool found
Tiny agent nips through backdoor, nicks your files
Updated Kaspersky Lab has discovered a cut-down version of the infamous Flame cyber-espionage weapon.
MiniFlame, like its big brother, is also an information-slurper well suited to cyber-spying. The malware, also known as SPE, was found by Kaspersky Lab's experts in July 2012, and originally labelled as a Flame module.
Two months of subsequent analysis of Flame's command & control servers (C&C) revealed that the miniFlame module was actually an interoperable tool that could be used as an independent malicious program, or as a plug-in for both Flame and Gauss. The dual use of miniFlame as a plug-in provides another piece of evidence that the creators of Flame and Gauss, another cyber-spying utility, worked together.
All these advanced threats come from the same "cyber warfare" factory, the Russian anti-virus firm concludes.
At least six versions of miniFlame were created between 2010 and 2011, with some variants still being active in the wild. Development of the malware may have started as early as 2007.
MiniFlame operates as a backdoor designed for data theft and direct access to infected systems. The number of infections related to miniFlame is much smaller than the volume attributable to either Flame or Gausss. Kaspersky Lab estimates mimiFlame racked up just 50 to 60 infections worldwide. Experts at CERT-Bund/BSI helped Kaspersky Lab researchers in their investigation.
"The number of infections combined with miniFlame's info-stealing features and flexible design indicate it was used for extremely targeted cyber-espionage operations, and was most likely deployed inside machines that were already infected by Flame or Gauss," Kaspersky Lab researchers concludes.
The original infection vector of miniFlame is yet to be determined. Once installed, miniFlame creates a backdoor that allows any file to be extracted from a compromised machine. The malware is also capable of making screenshots on infected PCs.
miniFlame uploads stolen data to its C&C server (which may be unique, or 'shared' with Flame's C&Cs). Commands to control servers allow miniFlame to gain access to a module which "infects USB drives and uses them to store data that's collected from infected machines without an internet connection".
Alexander Gostev, chief security expert, Kaspersky Lab, commented: "miniFlame is a high precision attack tool. Most likely it is a targeted cyberweapon used in what can be defined as the second wave of a cyberattack. First, Flame or Gauss are used to infect as many victims as possible to collect large quantities of information. After data is collected and reviewed, a potentially interesting victim is defined and identified, and miniFlame is installed in order to conduct more in-depth surveillance and cyber-espionage. The discovery of miniFlame also gives us additional evidence of the cooperation between the creators of the most notable malicious programs used for cyber warfare operations: Stuxnet, Duqu, Flame and Gauss."
Additional details about miniFlame can be found in the blog post here and in a report here.
"Kaspersky did a really great work on SPE," Boldizsar Bencsath, assistant professor at the CrySyS Lab of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, part of the team that first discovered Flame, told El Reg. "It is very strange that SPE is so targeted (only 20 victims), but still had around 10 versions.
"[It's also] strange that SPE used same Flame C&Cs after Flame has been caught. It looks like normal military rules (I guess) were not in use." ®
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If you like the power of the new 2014 E63 but don't find the design sexy enough for your tastes, Mercedes has another option to get you interested.
The 2014 CLS63 AMG will have the same power upgrades as the E63, all wrapped up in that four-door coupe body that you've come to know and lust after. And in the "even better news" department, the pornographic CLS63 Shooting Brake will be getting the same upgrades.
Color me muy excited.
And it looks like the CLS has added a small fender vent just like BMW's 4-series. Great. It's a trend now.
As a refresher, that means the CLS63 will be available in a few different flavors. There will be a standard trim with 557 horsepower and 531 torques from the twin-turbo 5.5 liter V8. All-wheel drive is also a new option. Like the E63, there is a new AMG S-Model version with 585 horsepower and 590 pound feet of torque.
I thought the horsepower wars were coming to an end. I'm glad to see their still on.
Unfortunately, we probably won't be getting the Shooting Brake on this side of the Atlantic. That means we'll just have to do with the E63 wagon. Wait a minute. That's not a bad thing at all!


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The RØDE Broadcaster is a large diaphragm, end-address condenser microphone designed to provide the ultimate performance for broadcast vocal applications.
Its rich, full quality tailored response has an emphasised proximity effect that has made it a standard in radio stations the world over. It is equally suitable as a voice-over microphone for film and television
The Broadcaster features an internal pop filter, designed to minimise plosives sounds that can overload the microphone capsule and distort the audio output. In addition to the Broadcaster's native 20Hz-20kHz response, a selectable high-pass filter at 75Hz is available which will prevent low-end noise such as air conditioners and traffic from being recorded.
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April 10, 2012, 10:19 am
Prep notebook: Douglas County's Jordan Leinweber starts season on a tear
Douglas County baseball, off to a 7-2 start, is making waves in the early part of the baseball season. Though still unranked, the Huskies went from receiving no votes in the first Class 5A coaches poll of the season on March 22 to receiving six points this week.
A big reason why: Jordan Leinweber.
The senior, who hits third, is batting .571 this season with four home runs and 18 RBI. He was hitting .625 (20-for-32) before going 0-for-3 in a 7-2 loss to Legend yesterday, and had at least two hits in his first eight games. Included in that start was a 5-for-5, eight-RBI game against Discovery Canyon.


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PRESERVICE TEACHERS' UNDERSTANDINGS OF HOW TO TEACH LITERACY by Kimberly Hanson Hill Shotwell ___________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2009 Copyright 2009 Kimberly Hanson Hill Shotwell
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Supparat Thepparat is an illustrator who creates some really cool surreal imagery for advertising agencies. Without their commercial context, his cities peeling from the Earth's crust, the open air mines on fish flesh, or a dog peeling off his coat are as artistic and surreal as any painting by Salvador Dalí.*
* Which is kind of ironic, since Dalí's work is the epitome of commercialism in art.
Supparat Thepparat is an illustrator and art director from Bangkok, Thailand. He has worked for many advertising agencies, like BBDO and FP7/BAH.
You can follow him on Behance.
This is part of a series in which we are featuring really cool 2D or 3D illustrations and animations. If you are an illustrator or animator with high quality work, please drop me a line here.


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