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EADS confirms shareholder shake-up talks
Paris, December 4, 2012
Europe's largest aerospace group EADS said it was in talks with major European nations to reach a deal aimed at overhauling a convoluted shareholder structure at the company.
The Airbus parent company said it was in talks on the company's ownership with France, German and Spain, confirming press reports.
People familiar with the matter said the talks involved a sweeping re-arrangement of government stakes, coupled with a staged exit of its industrial partners, reducing big shareholder blocks below 30 per cent instead of more than 50 per cent.
"The company is participating actively in such discussions ... with the objective to preserve and enhance ... the interests of all stakeholders," EADS said in a statement.
A German economy ministry spokesman added on Monday efforts were being made to reach a deal as quickly as possible.
Shares in the Franco-German-led group rose over 2 per cent as investors warmed to the promise of greater clarity over its shareholder structure, even though it may mean an overhang of stock ready to be sold by industrial groups in the short term.
EADS has been controlled by a combination of the French state and industrial partners in France and Germany since it was founded in 2000 as a European counterweight to Boeing Co.
But the system has come under strain as the core industrial shareholders - German car maker Daimler AG and French media group Lagardere SA - pledged to focus on their core activities.
Germany has meanwhile stepped forward to buy some of Daimler's shares in a surprise reversal of a previously non-interventionist policy towards major industries, raising concerns of growing political interference in EADS.
EADS' ownership structure has also become an urgent issue since $45 billion merger talks with UK arms firm BAE Systems Plc collapsed in October, exposing the fragility of its existing shareholder structure.
"The BAE discussions caused a lot of movement and demonstrated to people like Lagardere that they could find a way out," said a person familiar with the discussions.
France and Germany are expected to hold 12 per cent each in the company, joined by Spain on around 4 per cent and keeping he combined voting bloc below a 30 per cent legal threshold.
Negotiators are attempting to choreograph a sequence of moves designed to consolidate state shareholdings while letting industrial partners out of EADS without hurting its share price, which has risen 7 per cent this year on robust jetliner sales.
Germany will build its stake by buying 7.5 per cent from a bank consortium, whose shares are under Daimler's voting control, and 4.5 per cent from Daimler which will part separately with a further 3 per cent, sources close to the talks said.
That will leave Lagardere and Daimler with a further 7.5 per cent each left to sell, but cash-rich EADS will announce a share buyback at the next shareholder meeting to help mop up excess stock and defend its share price, the sources said.
French Chairman Arnaud Lagardere is expected to remain in his post until a shareholder meeting in the spring, which is likely to bring in a mainly independent board led by a new chairman, the sources said. EADS declined to comment.
Germany has not been a direct shareholder before, with 22.5 per cent of voting rights instead held by Daimler. On the French side, the state owns 15 per cent, with 7.5 per cent held by media group Lagardere. Spain owns 5.5 per cent.
A German consortium called Dedalus, made up of private financial institutes and public sector owners including state controlled bank KfW, holds a 7.5 per cent stake in EADS but the voting rights are part of those controlled by Daimler.
EADS is due to hold an investor meeting on Monday.
"The currently discussed potential changes are likely to require the approval of EADS NV shareholders and there can be no certainty that these discussions will be conclusive," EADS said.
Shares in EADS were 2.5 per cent higher at 26.535 euros by 5:17 a.m. EDT, among the top gainers on France's blue-chip CAC 40 index. The stock is up 8.8 per cent in the last four days.
Two sources familiar with the discussions said on Sunday that a deal could be reached by Monday.
A source in Germany said a share buyback by EADS was also possible to reduce the share overhang.
Under Dutch law that governs EADS, a group of shareholders cannot control more than 30 per cent of the votes without triggering a mandatory bid for the whole company.
Reuters reported on Friday that France and Germany were close to a deal to shake up EADS after France agreed to hive off part of its 15 per cent stake to preserve parity with Germany inside a core government shareholder group.
Under this arrangement, France is expected to place 3 per cent in a non-voting structure in the Netherlands, where EADS is registered, while keeping economic control of the stock.
A potential mismatch of shareholdings had been a key stumbling block in the talks.
A German newspaper report said talks were also looking at what level of state representation there could be on the company's board, with suggestions of two places each for France and Germany and one for Spain.
The new arrangement is due to be put to shareholders in the spring of 2013, the newspaper said.-Reuters


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We've been told the benefits of persistence all of our lives, but Marian Hossa's career embodies this statement. In his tenth NHL season, Marian was picked up from the Atlanta Thrashers by the Pittsburgh Penguins as they drove towards the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Penguins went all the way to the final in 2007-08, but were defeated in six games by the Detroit Red Wings. The next season, Hossa was signed by Detroit, and faced his old club in the 2009 Stanley Cup final, but this time, Pittsburgh edged Detroit in seven games for the Stanley Cup.
Signed to a long-term deal with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2009-10, for an unprecedented third season, Marian went to the Stanley Cup final with his third different team. This time, the result was different, as Hossa's Hawks collected the NHL's big prize.
Marian Hossa was married in Trencin, Slovakia on July 17, just a couple of weeks before the Stanley Cup's arrival. The reception featured a number of hockey personalities, including Tomas and Mary Kopecky, Zdeno and Tatiana Chara, Pavol and Majko Demitra, Martin Havlat and his girlfriend, Marian Gaborik and his girlfriend and Miroslav and Ingrid Satan. Marian and his bride Janka enjoyed a sensational honeymoon in the Maldives, a gorgeous grouping of some 1,190 coral islands located in the Indian Ocean, arriving back in Slovakia just in time to celebrate another special occasion.
Trencianska Turna is a village of fewer than 3,000 residents located in north-western Slovakia. After photographs and celebrations there, the Hossas took the Cup to nearby Trencin, where the Hossa family lives. There, a terrific party got underway, serving wonderful Slovakian dishes as close friends and family celebrated with the NHL veteran. Marian owns a pirohy factory (in North America, the dish is better known as 'perogy') in Slovakia, so the celebration wouldn't be complete without Hossa devouring this wonderful meal out of the Stanley Cup. Later on, as the party continued, Hossa was thrown into the pool, but laughed the entire time.
Having worked up an appetite, Hossa and his friends went for lunch at Retro, a restaurant owned by a friend. Marian's friend has a hockey room, decorated with the pictures of a number of NHL legends, including a large photo of Marian (wearing a Thrashers' jersey that'll have to be replaced). "It's kind of a cool room," Hossa said.
Mid-afternoon, Marian took the Stanley Cup to Nova Dubnica, where he and Tomas Kopecky met with the mayor. Kopecky took the Stanley Cup for the remainder of August 6, but Hossa met up with him again the next day, partaking in a civic reception at Mierove Square in Trencin. The historic square, recently refurbished, hosted the celebration, which was broadcast live on state television.
The boys then took the Stanley Cup back to Trencin Castle, where a reception was held for the two Stanley Cup champions and their families.
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With the Observer publishing one day late next week, mark your calendar now for the author visit from Tom Springer.
The Michigan writer will visit Stair Public Library at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 to talk about discovering the beauties of the natural world on the farms and woodlots of the Midwest—locations often thought to be nondescript compared to the northern Michigan environment.
Springer's book, "Looking for Hickories: the Forgotten Wildness of the Rural Midwest," is a collection of essays under headings such as "Roots, Nuts and Branches," "Caretakers and Characters," "Forgotten Waters" and "Winter, Death, and Other Country Pleasures."
The volume is described as "a fresh look at the landscape as well as the everyday lives of the people who make up the region's small communities."
"I've found that 'Looking for Hickories' connects well with Midwesterners who grew up with a love for local things like sassafras tea, pawpaws and hickory nuts," Springer said. "But it's also been popular with people who say that they don't usually read 'nature books.'"
The Three Rivers native works as a senior editor with the
W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek. He has written three books and has had numerous articles published in periodicals. He has also provided commentaries on National Public Radio programs.
Springer will provide time for questions and answers and he will also sell signed copies of "Looking for Hickories."


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I'm currently testing Visual C++ 10 on some trivial pieces of code. For example, like this one (taken from here):
int main()
int i;
printf("%d ",i);
return 0;
For the code above the compiler emits machine code that in effect does this:
printf("%d ",2);
return 0;
and this makes me happy. Sometimes the compiler emits really dumb code and then I file a Microsoft Connect feedback item.
I have the following concern. Is testing a compiler on trivial code worth it?
On one hand, we want real code to be compiled as good as possible, not some stupid sample snippets.
On the other hand, compiler optimization is recursive in sense that if code B follows code A and the compiler can see that code B does nothing it can eliminate code B and eliminate whatever connected A and B logically and thus optimize (and maybe eliminate) code A better. And if the compiler fails to optimize away code B it will likely not be able to optimize code A either. So every improvement of generated code matters - better code at some point can mean better code elsewhere and this is beneficial.
Is it worth testing compilers on trivial samples or are only tests on "real code" worthy?


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(CBS News) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Every day, battered women go to domestic violence shelters in this country.
But sometimes, they don't stay because they're not allowed to keep their pets with them.
That was the rule at a shelter in Kansas City, until one victim and her heroic dog needed help.
The rules have now changed. And so has the shelter.
CBS News referred to her as Mackenzie, and kept her face out of focus on "CBS This Morning" to protect her identity. Her life could depend on it.
"When your life is being threatened and you're in that situation, you don't think," she told an audience. " (You only want to) make it through the next blow. Make it through the next second. Make it through the next minute."
Her life has already been saved once - by her 140 pound Great Dane, named J. Matthew, who protected her from a brutal attack at the hands of her boyfriend.
"He grabbed me by my shirt and put me through the wall," Mackenzie told CBS News. "Literally (through the wall) -- dry wall, boards, nails -- to the other side."
Hearing the commotion, the dog came to investigate.
"And my boyfriend goes in to hit me," Mackenzie continued, "and J. Matthew lays on top of me."
He absorbed the blows meant for Mackenzie. Frustrated, her attacker picked up the heroic canine and threw him off the porch, then led him to a busy intersection. And left him.
Mackenzie escaped and rushed to a police station. Cops sent her to a nearby women's shelter - the Rose Brooks Center.
But Mackenzie was thinking of J. Matthew.
"I said, 'Let me go back and get my dog and I'll come back,"' Mackenzie recalled. "And they said, 'We really don't accept dogs.' And I just said, 'Oh, I'll drive out of town ... and we'll just stay at a rest stop."
Mackenzie says J. Matthew is so special to her that she weren't going to part with because of "the fact that he saved my life, the fact that he sacrificed his body for me. ... How could I not save him? How could I walk away from him?"
Mackenzie's not alone.
As many as 40 percent of battered women say they don't leave abusive situations because they're afraid to leave their pets behind.
Rose Brooks Center CEO Susan Miller told the same audience Mackenzie was addressing the center felt it had no choice but to make an exception for J. Matthew to its rule barring dogs "and I must say, I'm glad we did."
The center broke its own no-pets policy, and allowed Mackenzie to bring in J. Matthew.
"It was just great to see the bonding they had," Miller told CBS News, "the healing process they went through together. ... It really made us realize this was something we needed to do: We needed to provide this opportunity for women to bring their pets."
And so they did, unveiling last week a brand new pet kennel adjacent to the center.
It's dedicated to Mackenzie and J. Matthew.
Mackenzie says knowing her story helped create a place where pets are allowed is "awesome! It is amazing."
But the kennel is more than an accommodation to pets.
It is a potential life saver.
"To know that a woman will no longer have to make that choice, that they will either have to get safe or they will have to abandon their pet, is worth everything," Susan Miller says.
There is, Mackenzie says, "absolutely" no doubt that the new pet policy will save lives. "This pet shelter is life," Mackenzie adds.
Mackenzie is out of the shelter after spending 90 days there.
Mackenzie's attacker spent 60 days on probation and is now free.
To see Michelle Miller's report, click on the video in the player above.


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One of the most enjoyable and memorable things about The Rarotongan which will help make your vacation complete is the vibrant resort atmosphere filled with possibilities. You can dip into any of the wide array of scheduled activities on the daily-changing Activities Programme, or you can enjoy the free hire from the Activities Hut of any of a wide range of equipment.
Pepper your days in Paradise with such enjoyable diversions as stand-up paddle boarding, kayaking, first-class snorkelling, fish feeding, dingies, tennis, pool table, table tennis, table soccer, use of the gym, games lounge, guest library, life-size chess and much more.
Or join in with a scheduled activity – each evening your Guest Newsletter will be delivered to your door with a full outline of the following day's activities, along with lots of helpful information on Special Offers at SpaPolynesia, and some insights into or unique but very approachable local culture or nature. If you're feeling a little jaded by the pressures and strains of daily life, one look at the following day's Activities Programme is bound to spark your interest in trying something new and different. And that's the spice of life – South Seas style.
Coconut Show
The coconut is a very important part of Cook Islands life, and our Coconut Show will tell you the many uses of it in ancient and modern society. Watch as our Coconut Master shimmies up the tree to grab Coconuts for himself. Be amazed at the skill and speed at which they can husk a coconut. Want to try to husk a coconut yourself? Learn the many uses of the coconut, not just as an important food source, but as a source for ropes, coconut cups for drinking, and the countless uses of the all-important coconut palm fronds. Sample a drink, and fancy a taste from a freshly picked coconut. Learn for yourself the importance of the coconut in daily Rarotongan society.
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The use of drums in Cook Islands society has a long history. Drums were used to send messages, and along with the islands' stunning singing and world-renowned dancing, is a unique means of entertainment. Grab a drum and sit down with our friendly Activities Centre staff as they show you some tricks to produce some of the wonderful sounds and rhythms of the islands. Try to keep up with their torrid pace.
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Palm Frond Weaving
While the coconut is one of the most important items in Cook Islands daily life, the palm frond also has many important functions and uses. One of the ways Cook Islanders use palm fronds is through the art of weaving. Learn the ancient art of palm frond weaving, and make yourself a wonderful island hat!
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There's no denying Fraser Island's World Heritage-listed rock star status, with its tropical rainforests and endless white-sand beaches. It takes out a number of impressive gongs as it's the world's largest sand island and the unofficial home of the dingo. Check out these epic facts about Fraser Island here.
Join the peak hour 4WD traffic along 75 Mile Beach on the eastern side of the island. Make sure you take a dip in the Champagne Rock pools and dry off on top of Indian Head for views worth Instagramming. Continue down the east coast down to check out the Cathedrals, the Maheno Shipwreck and stop in at Happy Valley for the ultimate road trip.
Get amongst the silica sand around Lake McKenzie or sweat it out on the dunes to Lake Wabby. Hideout in lush rainforest around Central Station. Sandy Cape, Waddy Point, Indian Head and Middle Rocks are the best spots to fish for your dinner. Camp under your rainforest canopy at Central Station - one of the only places in the world where a rainforest grows in sand - or unwind at an eco resort or holiday home.
Serious hikers must tick the 8 day Great Walk (or part of it) off your bucket list which takes in part of Fraser Island's 100 freshwater lakes, 1,000 year old rainforests and vistas. If you prefer wheels to walks, join a 4WD off-road tour to discover abundant inland freshwater lakes like Lake Mckenzie and Lake Wabby or fish for bream at Eurong Beach.


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WASHINGTON, March 1, 2014--With the explosive growth of bandwidth demand in telecommunications networks, experts are continually seeking new ways to transmit increasingly large amounts of data in the quickest and cheapest ways possible. Photonic devices--which convert light to electricity and vice versa--offer an energy-efficient alternative to traditional copper network links for information transmission. Unfortunately, these devices are also almost always prohibitively pricey.
One way to bring those costs down is to make photonics compatible with the existing silicon microelectronics industry. A promising way to do that is by growing "quantum dot" lasers directly on silicon substrates, according to graduate student Alan Y. Liu of the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) and his colleagues, who include UCSB professors John E. Bowers and Arthur C. Gossard. Although such quantum dot lasers have been grown on silicon before, their performance has not equaled that of quantum dot lasers grown on their native substrates, which are platforms made of similar materials as the quantum dot lasers themselves.
Now Liu and his collaborators in Bowers and Gossard's groups have demonstrated a novel quantum dot laser that not only is grown on silicon but that performs as well as similar lasers grown on their native substrates. The team will discuss its record-breaking results achieved using such lasers at this year's OFC Conference and Exposition, being held March 9-13 in San Francisco, Calif., USA.
The researchers believe the work is an important step towards large-scale photonic integration in an ultra low-cost platform.
Currently, so-called "quantum well" lasers are used for data transmission. They consist of nanometers-thick layers of light-emitting material, representing the quantum well, sandwiched between other materials that serve to guide both the injected electrical current as well as the output light. A quantum dot laser is similar in design, but the sheets of quantum well materials are replaced with a high density of smaller dots, each a few nanometers high and tens of nanometers across. To put it in perspective, 50 billion of them would fit onto one side of a penny.
"Quantum wells are continuous in two dimensions, so imperfections in one part of the well can affect the entire layer. Quantum dots, however, are independent of each other, and as such they are less sensitive to the crystal imperfections resulting from the growth of laser material on silicon," Liu said.
"Because of this, we can grow these lasers on larger and cheaper silicon substrates. And because of their small size," Liu added, "they require less power to operate than quantum well lasers while outputting more light, so they would enable low-cost silicon photonics."
In their new work, the team grew quantum dots directly on silicon substrates using a technique known as molecular beam epitaxy, or MBE ("epitaxy" refers to the process of growing one crystal on top of another, with the orientation of the top layer determined by that of the bottom).
"The major advantage of epitaxial growth is that it enables us to exploit the existing economies of scale for silicon, which would drive down cost," Liu said. He added that "MBE is the best method for creating high-quality quantum dots that are suitable for use in lasers" and that "the entire laser can be grown continuously in a single run, which minimizes potential contamination."
Presentation W4C.5. titled "High Performance 1.3μm InAs Quantum Dot Lasers Epitaxially Grown on Silicon" will take place Wednesday, March 12 at 5:00 p.m. in room 121 of the Moscone Center.
PRESS REGISTRATION: A press room for credentialed press and analysts will be located in the Moscone Center, Sunday through Thursday, March 9-13. Those interested in obtaining a press badge for OFC should contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Note: This work was recently published in Applied Physics Letters: Liu, A. Y., et al. "High performance continuous wave 1.3 μm quantum dot lasers on silicon." Applied Physics Letters, 104, 041104 (2014)
About OFC
For more than 35 years, OFC has been the premier destination for converging breakthrough research and innovation in telecommunications, optical networking, fiber optics and, recently, datacom and computing. Consistently ranked in the top 200 tradeshows in the United States, and named one of the Fastest Growing Trade Shows in 2012 by TSNN, the conference unites service providers, systems companies, enterprise customers, IT businesses, and component manufacturers, with researchers, engineers, and development teams from around the world. OFC includes dynamic business programming, an exposition of more than 550 companies, and cutting-edge peer-reviewed research that, combined, showcase the trends and pulse of the entire optical networking and communications industry. OFC is managed by The Optical Society (OSA) and co-sponsored by OSA, the IEEE Communications Society (IEEE/ComSoc), and the IEEE Photonics Society. OFC 2014 takes place March 9-13 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, Calif., USA.


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Eugene McCarthy
American politician (1916-2005)
Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy (29 March 1916 – 10 December 2005) American politician from the U.S. state of Minnesota, serving in the U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1959) and the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1971 and playing a major role in the 1968 presidential election, unsuccessfully seeking the Democratic nomination on an anti-Vietnam War platform.
- Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.
- "Washington Post" (12 November 1967)
- Have you ever tried to split sawdust?
- Response to accusations that he had split the US Democratic Party by campaigning for president. NBC TV (23 October 1969)
- The two-party system has given this country the war of Lyndon Johnson, the Watergate of Nixon, and the incompetence of Carter. Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life-rafts.
- Chicago Tribune (10 September 1978)
- The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.
- Time magazine (12 February 1979)
- It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.
- From "Ten Commandments for New Hill Members," in The Washington Post (4 January 1981), as cited in The Official Rules: 5,427 Laws, Principles and Axioms to Help You Cope With Crises, Deadlines, Bad Luck, Rude Behavior, Red Tape and Attacks by Inanimate Objects, Paul Dickson, Courier Corporation (2013), p. 223
- Remember that the worst accidents occur in the middle of the road.
- From "Ten Commandments for New Hill Members," in The Washington Post (4 January 1981), as cited in The Official Rules: 5,427 Laws, Principles and Axioms to Help You Cope With Crises, Deadlines, Bad Luck, Rude Behavior, Red Tape and Attacks by Inanimate Objects, Paul Dickson, Courier Corporation (2013), p. 223
- There is only one thing to do — take it to the country!
- On opposing the war in Vietnam, as quoted in The New York Times (11 December 2005)
- We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it.
- The New York Times (11 December 2005)
- I'm kind of an accidental instrument, really, through which I hope that the judgment and the will of this nation can be expressed.
- The New York Times (11 December 2005)
- The maple tree that night
Without a wind or rain
Let go its leaves
Because its time had come.
- "The Maple Tree"
- Now it is certain.
There is no magic stone.
No secret to be found.
One must go
With the mind's winnowed learning.
- "Courage After Sixty"
- The glove has been thrown to the ground,
The last choice of weapons made.
A book for one thought.
A poem for one line.
A line for one word.
- "Courage After Sixty"
- "Broken things are powerful."
Things about to break are stronger still.
The last shot from the brittle bow is truest.
- "Courage After Sixty"
- I have left Act I, for involution
And Act II. There, mired in complexity
I cannot write Act III.
- "Lament for an Aging Politician"
- "a light rinse" would be sufficient. Said in response to George Romney's claim that he had been "brainwashed" by the US military leaders in Vietnam. It is not clear where or when exactly the quote was supposedly said. See this entry from MediaMythAlert.
External linksEdit
- Brief biography at The Center for International Education
- Eugene McCarthy's 1968 Presidential Campaign
- "A Reticent Senator Who Inspired" ~ David Broder in The Washington Post
- McCarthy's rare mold" ~ USA Today
- "Vietnam opponent McCarthy is dead" (BBC)
- Obituary ~ The Telegraph
- "Remembering Eugene McCarthy"(NPR)


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Graphics card and TV tuner in one? The Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 Xtend TV sure is an all-in-wonder...
Lately, it's not enough for a GPU to just be a GPU. Until now they could happily occupy 3 PCI slots, chewing through more energy than a space shuttle whilst belching out enough fan noise to drown out any game.
But the glory days for these boards might be coming to an end.
AMD's trending Fusion tech sees the GPU and CPU integrated into one chip, and now we have some manner of GPU and integrated TV tuner devilment from Sapphire, who have their fingers dipped deeply into both these pies.
By offering the HD5570 Xtend TV with DirectX 11 gaming and DVB-T reception for less than an evening in the Ivy, they seem keen to sound the death-bell for traditional graphics cards.
But do gamers want TV tuners with their gaming GPUs? Are those in the market for a decent tuner willing to shell out more to replace their primary GPU?


text: Madrasa-Midrasha Program Offers Summer 2019 Interreligious Research Grants The Walter & Elise Haas Fund has provided funding to the GTU in support of the Madrasa-Midrasha Program, a collaborative interreligious effort cosponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies and the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies. We are pleased to announce research grants for GTU students and scholars working on interreligious projects related to Judaism and/or Islam. Grants will range from $250 to $500 for individual projects and $500 to $1000 for joint projects, which are strongly encouraged. The following criteria will be applied to determine winning proposals: Student(s)... The Center for Islamic Studies (CIS) Madrasa-Midrasha ProgramThe Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies (CJS)CJS | The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish StudiesCIS | Center for Islamic StudiesMadrasa-MidrashaWalter and Elise Haas Fund


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If you've ever wanted to talk with a real live quantum mechanic, this is your chance!
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Jeong-won Shin's Chaw has been talked about for awhile now. The film is said to be a dark yet comedic horror film about a village that is totaled by a vicious man eating boar.
The flick screened in its native country Germany just about a month ago and then again at The Leeds International film festival two weeks ago. It didn't state though what the reaction was from the crowds viewing it…hmm, could that be a bad thing? We are still waiting on word on when the big pig will be hitting us all in the states. It looks like it could be interesting.


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We know Ireland can get rugged and wild but what about luxurious? Step into indulgent Ireland
Yes, Ireland is rugged. Yes the mountains, lakes and coastline gets raw and elemental. And yes, a traditional music session or a festival can err on the side of friendly mayhem.
Ireland's wild side is well known. For now, let's dip into the land of luxury.
Why not start by taking to the skies? Nothing quite matches the scenic views offered by a hot-air balloon flight, and private launches can easily be arranged around the island.
Imagine pitching up at Trim Castle – a star location in Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning movie, Braveheart – and hearing the burner roar, before floating over the historic Hill of Tara, or the passage tombs of Newgrange and Knowth. Or maybe gliding above the standing stones and gold-toting hills of the Sperrin Mountains? Afterwards, celebrate with an Irish coffee.
Alternatively, take a helicopter tour for views over the Twelve Bens of Connemara and the Aran Islands, or the magnificent Causeway Coastline and the green Antrim Glens.
Speaking of birds, you could always learn a thing or two from those who fly naturally. Falconry is said to be the oldest sport in the world, and there's no more dramatic background against which to try it than with a private tutor at Ashford Castle in County Mayo.
Afterwards, the luxuries of one of the country's finest five-star castle hotels await.
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How about a whiskey tasting masterclass in the Old Library at Adare Manor in Limerick? Or salmon fishing at Ballynahinch Castle in Connemara? You could privately hire O'Brien's Tower at the edge of the Cliffs of Moher, and enjoy tasty seafood and hot whiskeys to the strains of a Celtic harpist.
At some castles and stately homes, you can even be a treasured house guest for a few hours. At beautiful Ballywater Park in County Down, for instance, Lord and Lady Dunleath will treat you to lunch, followed by an afternoon of archery and shooting on their estate.
Visiting a vast country manor, a country house fringed by gardens is always a treat. How about staying in one? Hidden Ireland has spread its cloak and gathered the finest country home and historic house B&Bs in the country. From manor homes in the Wicklow mountains and ivy-covered mansions in Down their net spreads countrywide. Ireland's Blue Book is a listing of similarly decadent domiciles and if you choose right from the Irish Landmark Trust's properties you could be King/Queen of your very own castle.
Life is fun when it's wild or rugged. That doesn't mean there isn't room for a little luxury. Ireland is proof of that.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Josh Willingham is entering the final season of a three-year contract with the Twins, but if it were up to him, he'd like to stay a bit longer.
Willingham, who arrived at Twins camp Wednesday ahead of Friday's official report date, said he'd like to remain in Minnesota past his current contract.
"I do love playing in Minnesota," Willingham said. "From the organization, to the weather, to my friends and teammates, I think all that stuff is a plus to me. So yeah, I'd love to stay here another year or so."
Willingham, who is making $7 million this year, said he has not reached out to the Twins about a contract extension, but would be receptive if the club approached him.
"If they wanted to come to me, it'd be something I'd obviously be up for," Willingham said. " It's a great organization and I love playing in Minnesota."
But Willingham, who turned 35 on Monday, has to prove he can stay healthy this year, as he dealt with a left knee injury in 2013 and hit just .208/.342/.368 with 14 homers and 48 RBIs in 111 games. He hit .260/.366/.524 with 35 homers and 110 RBIs in '12.
Willingham said he went through his normal offseason routine and hasn't dealt with any knee problems since undergoing arthroscopic surgery in July. He said he also hopes to remain in left field this year, but is fine with serving as designated hitter here and there to get a break from the outfield.
"I like playing left field, because you're more in the flow of the game, while at DH, you have more down time," Willingham said. "So I'd rather be in the game. But DH-ing is great when you're hitting well."


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Apple is building Facebook features into the latest version of its iPhone software, we're told by a plugged-in source in the mobile industry. These features could be announced during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on June 7, when Apple is expected to unveil a new iPhone.
Our source tells us that Apple is at least going to build Facebook contact syncing directly into the iPhone software, so you can pull Facebook contacts into your iPhone's phonebook. This is a no-brainer, and is already a feature that some of Apple's competition offers, so it makes sense to include on the iPhone.
Not long ago, Facebook built a feature for its app that syncs your contacts' Facebook photos with your iPhone, so you can see their Facebook profile picture when they're calling. Perhaps Apple's new hooks into Facebook will make this sync process part of the phone's operating system and not just a feature of the Facebook app.
What else?
We also hear that Apple could be integrating Facebook Connect directly into its software developers kit so programmers can more easily add Facebook "social" features to their apps. But we don't have details on how that might work.
We also anticipate -- but don't know -- that Apple may build some sort of Facebook messaging features into the iPhone. Perhaps you'll be able to send Facebook messages to contacts just as easily as text messages. This wouldn't cost any money -- it wouldn't use up your text message allotment -- and could be just as instantaneous. But again, this part is pure speculation.
Facebook is one of the most popular iPhone apps in the world -- if not the single most popular app -- so it makes sense for Facebook and Apple to work more closely together.
Some 34.2 million people were "active users" of the Facebook iPhone app in the last month, according to Facebook. That's about a little more than a third of all the iPhone OS devices -- iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad -- out there. And it's almost 10% of Facebook's 400 million users.
The companies have already worked together on features for Apple's iPhoto app. And Apple's iTunes has been a long-time marketer on Facebook.
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This story appears in the March 2001 issue of Entrepreneurs Start-Ups magazine. Subscribe »
Back in the 1980s, I think I had one password-my ATM PIN number. OK, maybe I had a gate code number, too. Today, I must have 100 passwords-who knows?
It seems as if a growing number of sites demand user names and passwords-usually with special syntax that keeps me from using the same pair everywhere. Then, I'm supposed to change them all periodically for security's sake.
That's a joke. Research company Frost & Sullivan analyst Jason Wright reminds us that password systems are relatively low hurdles for hackers breaking into our LANs, Web sites or e-mail systems. The average hacker-more often than not, an employee-need only run free password-cracking software like Lophtcrack against a fairly obvious set of user names (such as Mike_Hogan, Mike Hogan, Mhogan and so on).
Consumers know this intuitively. In a recent survey by Yankelovich Partners, 38 percent of respondents said privacy and security concerns limit their online spending, and another 31 percent said those concerns cause them to refrain from online purchases altogether. In other words, real or perceived short-comings in Internet security hit entrepreneurs right in the bottom line.
But you may already have the solution to all your security needs right in the palm of your hand-or, more likely, at your fingertips. That's because biometrics offers an answer to all security and authorization issues. These technologies rely on the uniqueness of the human body to identify individuals, literally measuring your biological features and behaviors. The technology can scan your fingertips, hands, face, iris, retina, voice pattern or even behavioral characteristics. For example, there's a technology that measures the way you hunt and peck on a keyboard.
Biometrics has long been used by government and corporate IT departments. Lately, it's gotten a lot cheaper and so reliable that the chances of fooling a biometric scan are, like, one in a billion.
The technology is only now getting into the hands of consumers and businesses, although analysts believe the continued strong growth of biometrics in traditional venues will help jump-start its widespread use on the Internet.
IDC predicts that biometrics sales to IT departments alone will grow more than 60 percent annually to $1.8 billion by 2004. But it's hard to be precise about a market that's just being born.
Mike Hogan, Entrepreneur's technology editor, can be reached at email@example.com.
Different Strokes
There are at least a half dozen different technologies and hundreds of vendors under the biometrics umbrella. Finger (or thumb) scanning accounts for the lion's share of sales-about 34 percent in 1999, according to consulting firm International Biometric Group (IBG)-and is expected to maintain its lead. However, none of the methods can be considered the optimal solution.
"If you already have a telephone in your hand, the most natural thing in the world is to use voice scanning for identification," says Samir Nanavati, partner with IBG. "If you're already typing at a keyboard, the unique pattern of how you type makes the most sense. And if you need an electronic signature anyway, why not do a biometric match for identification purposes?"
IBG showcases all the commercially available technologies at its Biometric Store in New York City and on its Web site, which also includes vendor profiles, performance results and links to providers.
Finger scanners are easy to use and can fit easily into peripheral devices, such as keyboards or Type II PC Cards. A good example of the latter is the Bio-Touch PC Card Fingerprint Reader/BioLogon software bundle sold on the Web site of market leader Identix for $179 (all prices street). The optical fingerprint reader pops out from the PC Card slot when you press it-just like the phone jack on some modem cards. Identix also sells the technology to Compaq, Dell and Toshiba, which offer it as an option for their portable PCs. Other types of readers made by Identix partners are found on its Web site.
Relatively low (and falling) retail prices mirror precipitous declines in manufacturing costs and the retail prices of most leading biometrics technologies. Retail prices have recently fallen below the important $100 threshold on a per-unit basis, says Wright. Identix used to sell the precursor to its current technology to government and law enforcement for a minimum of $40,000 per installation. Now the per-unit original equipment manufacturer price is less than $20.
Prices are at the point that BioLink vice president of business development Mike Thompson hopes to persuade major Web portals and financial institutions to buy his U-Match Biolink Mouse in bulk and give it to their best customers as a premium. "It costs about $160 to get a customer and $200 a year to keep him," reasons Thompson, who maintains that biometric security is a good way for e-tailers to bind customers to their sites. U-Match and most competitive finger scanners can already be configured to substitute for your usual Web site passwords, says Thompson.
Of course, that only provides convenience, not added security. Truly secure browsing requires an appropriate authentication and authorization server on the Web site, and those are only now hitting the market. BioLink is putting the finishing touches on its $3,500 BioVault biometric Web server, and Identix is about to begin marketing a Windows-compatible finger-scanning server.
According to Identix vice president Grant Evans, biometric servers could also benefit B2B e-commerce because, under the recently passed digital signature law, biometric authentication can be substituted for your actual signature or used with card e-sign technology to make a document legally binding.
Don't want to maintain a biometric server in-house? Vendors plan to provide their services for a monthly licensing fee. Some are building partnerships with providers of related technologies in order to offer a menu of services.
Privacy Concerns
With costs under control and accuracy unparalleled, the last remaining issue to the adoption of biometrics seems to be a lingering concern about its potential invasiveness, especially the technologies, like retina scanning of the back of the eyeball, that require close proximity to a reading device. There's also lingering concern that various hand scans could be used to collect fingerprints.
But that's not how it works. While biometrics may make you more efficient at matching your Web site visitors to the customer profiles you keep of them, it doesn't provide any more information about the user at the point of access than the typical password system. These concerns are usually ameliorated once someone begins using the technology, says Nanavati, a process that can be accelerated if the consumer has control of the actual scan template on, say, a portable smart card.
Some templates can fit on a pen or even the magnetic stripe on a credit card. The complementary PKI, smart card and biometric markets got a boost this spring when Microsoft announced support for all of them in future Windows versions, making it easier to build servers using them all. Multifactor security or carrying a "hardware token" may be desirable for logging on to your LAN or your online bank.
But carrying something around detracts from one of the big selling points of biometrics-convenience. In most cases, the use of random software keys in combination with biometrics should suffice, says Evans. After all, he points out, that's the beauty of relying on your body for security: "You can't leave home without it, you can never forget it and it doesn't change."
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- IDC, www.idc.com


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What Does the Law Say About Backflow Assemblies?
Oregon Administrative Rules on Backflow govern public water systems and includes backflow regulations. The Department of Human Services enforces these rules and approves the types of backflow assemblies that can be installed.
DHS requires the following of property owners:
- Install a backflow assembly if there is an existing or potential cross connection.
- Test the assembly after installation, annually, and if the assembly is moved or repaired, also a requirement of the State Plumbing Code. A State-certified backflow tester must perform the test, and send copies of the test report to the local water provider. The assembly must function properly to pass the test.
- Repair the assembly if it is not functioning properly. A certified tester must retest the assembly after a repair.
- The Water providers can deny or discontinue water service if a property owner fails to follow the law.
Local water providers must:
- Set up and maintain backflow assembly records for water services located inside their distribution system.
- Enforce all state and local laws regarding backflow assembly installation. This includes ensuring that owners test the assemblies each year. The Portland Water Bureau sends annual test notices to backflow assembly owners.
- Send an annual report to DHS. The Portland Water Bureau compiles this report from test reports received from backflow assembly testers.
Can property owners remove their backflow prevention assembly?
The law requires that you notify your water provider before removing a backflow assembly. A water provider inspector will need to inspect the plumbing to verify the cross connection has been eliminated. A plumbing permit may be required to perform this type of work.
Plumbing permits are required for irrigation systems.
All irrigation systems supplied by privately owned water systems require a plumbing permit before installation. Piping and plumbing materials upstream of the backflow prevention assembly must meet State Plumbing Code standards. To learn about permits and standards for the City of Portland, call 823-7479.
City of Portland City Code and Charter - Title 21 Water
- 21.04.030 Backflow Assembly Installation Requirements
- 21.04.040 Backflow Prevention Assembly
- 21.12.020 Size of Service Connection
- 21.12.060 New Service Where Change in Size or Relocation is Desired
- 21.12.090 Permit for Temporary Service
- 21.12.100 Annual Fire Hydrant Permit
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- 21.12.200 Leaking or Unused Services
- 21.12.220 Fire Protection Service
- 21.12.230 Permit and Report Required to Do Plumbing Work
- 21.12.240 Service Location Change
- 21.12.270 Ownership of Meters
- 21.12.320 Contamination of the City Water Supply and Requirements for Backflow Protection
- 21.24.020 Fire Hydrants
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DORVAL, Que. - Montreal police are investigating after a 16-year-old boy was shot to death at a home in suburban Dorval, Que.
Const. Daniel Lacoursiere says an emergency call was received around 5:30 p.m. Monday and police arrived to find the teen suffering from appeared to be a gunshot wound.
He says the teen died after being taken to hospital.
Lacoursiere says a 12-year-old boy who was at the scene was taken to hospital as well, where he met with investigators.
Police are not calling the incident a homicide, but say the Major Crimes Unit is investigating as a death occurred.
Emergency response technicians have reportedly told Montreal radio station CJAD that the 12-year-old appeared to have shot his 16-year-old brother by accident.
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READ about Piers Morgan's long career in journalism here.
On Friday, former mayor Ed Koch passed away at the age of 88. Three weeks prior to his death, the legendary New York City politician gave Piers Morgan what is believed to be his final interview, and in a tribute to the late leader, tonight the host will air portions of that interview during his 9 p.m. program.
Seated across from Koch on January 8, the British television presenter revealed the stigma surrounding New York prior to Koch's reign:
"When I first came here, I think in the mid-'70s, it was pretty rough," revealed the "Piers Morgan Tonight" host. "I mean, I felt pretty intimidated walking around as a young 13 or 14 year old in Central Park."
Understanding such a sentiment, Koch admits that it was "reasonable to feel that way."
Noting that things have changed quite a bit during the course of the last four decades, Morgan says that there has "been an extraordinary transformation under a succession of mayors, starting with you."
Shelving any humility, Koch gave himself a great deal of the credit:
"I will tell you frankly. I believe that I created the foundation. I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale. I built 250,000 housing units and affordable rentals and a whole host of other things," he tells Morgan. "It created the climate for what ultimately others after me, David Dinkins and Rudy Giuliani and the current mayor, Mike Bloomberg - particularly him - have done. We are once again the capital - international capital of the world. I honestly, truly believe that."
Watch the clip, and listen to the interview, then tune in tonight at 9 as Piers Morgan welcomes Ed Koch in the former mayor's final formal interview.
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I am listening to former Mayor Ed Koch's last interview on your program and I think it's just wonderful. Thank you.
What I wanted to say is : "we sure missed him as President of the United States of America". I would've voted for him in a second if we had the chance! He would've made a great President going by this last interview, for sure! Thanks again.
I read that Morgan was found by the Press Complaints Commission to have breached the Code of Conduct on financial journalism.
Did the Ed Koch interview play originally? I never saw it if it was recorded three weeks ago and I watch Piers regularly. How many other interviews do they do of people then play it prima facie on their death???
When was this last interview done with Koch? I heard Morgan said it was three weeks ago. He looked good then.
U.K. Regimes and Dictatorships
Piers, I think I figured out why the U.K. and dictatorships through organized crime, oppression, fear a well armed population. These regimes try to control everything, the economy, human rights websites to prevent the exposure of their own human rights violations, etc, and this is linked to attempts to eliminate the means of subsistence of those they target, bankrupt them, police smear campaigns, police and organized crime team work, framing citizens, criminal records, all to push them down, mob them, to control them, a form of dictatorship.
These fear retaliation and committing acts of terror to completely disarm the population to make this hidden dictatorship less visible, censorship, an easier dictatorship, etc. Using radar assaults to murder citizens and hide it through their medical systems.
There are always forces trying to control everything and create a dictatorship, even hidden dictatorships.
Through history it as always been armed guards, a defenseless population, and dictators, kings and queens. Now I believe that abuse and influence of the mind, which in some regimes can include both the Police and organized crime working together, to commit acts of terror to advocate a defenseless population.
CA Homeowner Shoots and Kills Armed Home Invader, Wounds 2 Others as Children Have Sleepover this is one reason can you think of a better reason you need more than 10 shots? they may laught but a big gun that looks bad may back some off faster knowing she not going to run out of shots,
Such a distortion of history! I guess Koch never heard of the Christian Crusades which didn't go so well. Koch's vile, evil, pernicious assault on the Palestinian people and the Arabs is unAmerican.
Europeans killed Jews and were responsible for the Holocaust, not the Palestinians! European Jewish refugees went to Palestine, took homes and land that belong to the Palestinians making the Palestinians refugees. So Jews are to the Palestinians what Hitler was to them? Are Jews any less evil? Jews owned 7% of Palestine at this time. The oppressed are now the oppressors!
Terrorism and Israel are synonymous. Begin, Shamir and Ben-Gurion all terrorists and all prime ministers of Israel and of course Sharon is the butcher of Lebanon (Israeli troops led by Sharon provided light from flares while Phalangist slaughtered old men, women and children in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila.)
Of course Ariel Sharon placed illegal Jewish settlers on Gaza, then demanded $2.2 billion American tax dollars to remove them before the 'war crime" Operation Cast Lead was launched during which time Israel brutally murdered over 1400 Palestinians.
The American people are tired and wary of Jews and Israel. America has been good for Jews, but Jews are not good for America as demonstrated by Ed Koch!
Piers Morgan turns my stomach.
He is more sycophant than interviewer.
Can't CNN get a more appropriate host?
Mr. Piers make me sick...he needs to go and worry about his own country instead of. Destroying. America. Like he and the media and the Democrats.
International capital of the world . . . only if you like being told how to live with small soft drinks, no salt, no plastic bags, one light bulb, morons and only morons would say thsi
Capitol. Not Capital. Nice going CNN.
America listen are you ready to go shoot a police officer or someone in the military because their going to take your guns or are you military and police officers ready to shoot Americans. So Americans can be safe are you stupid enough to do what the president ask you to do then we are all dead isn't that smart that we would do that. Is that really defending America our country? Pierce Morgan isn't really in the equation he really doesn't matter. My Country America and what our forefathers wanted us to learn dose!
Navy seals the best of the best. They are good but they are not the best, the best do not blab what they do. Who were the first SOS, they are the best, guess who
The last thing we need is an arrogant Piers Morgan telling us what we need. Go home if you don't like it herer.
Piers Morgan is a media puppet. He is a fool, and he and the filthy media think they can take away the 2nd amendment, they are truly zionist filth.
Piers this was a great interview! Ed Koch you were the best Major this city has ever had! I love how Ed just ran down his resume as he talked through out the interview.
I agree "We are once again the international capital of the world."
Piers keep them coming!
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Obama talks with educators about challenges and reform
WASHINGTON - September 10, 2008 -
If you want to know what resources are needed in America's classrooms, ask an educator. That's exactly what Sen. Barack Obama did today as he took his message on education reform to a high school in Norfolk, Va. Obama emphasized the importance of increasing access to technology and making college affordable and accessible for every student. He added that he wants to listen to educators and partner with them to ensure opportunities for America's students.
Obama's message will likely go a long way with NEA's 3.2 million members, 80 percent of whom are female. Women make up an important constituency in this election and will prove to be an integral swing vote. In addition, no one is better positioned to influence their neighbors on wise political choices than educators, who are among the most respected messengers in America.
The following can be attributed to National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel:
"Sen. Barack Obama is showing that he is committed to transforming America's public schools and is interested in getting input from those charged with the awesome responsibility of educating our youth. It is important to have educators' voices represented in this effort, because they can speak firsthand about what resources are needed to make sure every child receives a first-class education.
"Sen. Obama wants to fund technology programs that would help with everything from tutoring to skills assessment to successful strategy sharing among educators across the country. As a founding partner of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, NEA joined business leaders and policymakers to promote the integration of technology and provide the resources needed to facilitate change. It is imperative that America's schools provide students with the skills that will help them compete in a global economy.
"Education should not end in high school. NEA agrees with Obama's assertion that every student who wants to attend college should be able to do so. Higher education is no longer a luxury, but a requirement. Our country cannot afford to shortchange our future and global competitiveness.
"Obama understands that public education is the heartbeat of our nation and wants to improve it. In stark contrast, Sen. John McCain has shown he will simply be more of what we have had for the past eight years. He has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time, and his education plan has erased any doubts that he would discontinue the misguided policies of the Bush administration."
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Petits Monts Blancs
Chestnut has an amazing affinity with meringue, and here the creamy richness of mascarpone is lightened by fromage frais.
This recipe has been devised as part of the New Year's Eve timed plan, which is why there are instructions to freeze the meringues; you can, of course, make the entire recipe in one go.
This recipe is from Delia's Complete How to Cook. Makes 8
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To make the meringues, place the egg whites in a large, grease-free bowl and, using an electric hand whisk on a low speed, begin whisking.
Continue for about 2 minutes, until the whites are foamy, then switch the speed to medium and carry on whisking for another minute. Now turn the speed to high and continue whisking until the egg whites reach the stiff-peak stage. Next, whisk the sugar in on fast speed, a little (about a dessertspoon) at a time, until you have a stiff and glossy mixture. Now all you do is spoon 8 heaped dessertspoons of the mixture on to the prepared baking sheet, spacing them evenly. Then, using the back of the spoon or a small palette knife, hollow out the centres.
Don't worry if they are not all the same shape – random and rocky is how I would describe them. Next, pop them on the centre shelf of the oven, immediately reduce the heat to gas mark 1, 275°F, 140°C, and leave them for 30 minutes.
After that, turn the oven off and leave the meringues to dry out in the warmth of the oven until it is completely cold (usually about 4 hours). When cold, transfer the meringues to a plastic freezer box to freeze, ready for New Year's Eve (or whenever you need them).
Make the mascarpone vanilla cream by whisking the first 4 ingredients together and chill till needed. To assemble the Monts Blancs, spoon equal quantities of the crème de marrons into each meringue and then spoon the mascarpone cream on top. Add some sliced marrons glacés to each one and dust with icing sugar, adding a sparkler to each one to light at the table, if you like.
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Today, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that the Obama administration will soon require every employer-sponsored insurance plan to fully cover the cost of birth control. Additionally, the tiny loophole that allows some religious-based employers to be exempt from the requirement won't be widened. Commence cocky, celebratory dancing... now.
For a few months, the fate of the Preventative Care Mandate was a little dicey, as religious organizations clamored for "conscience based" objections to apply to them as well. This means everything from religious schools and universities to hospitals wanted the right to continue to deny coverage for their female employees' birth control. They even sent out a whole big letter about it, signed by all sorts of important people. No dice, says the President. Birth control for everyone.
There's still a small religious exemption in the plan, for houses of worship and religious charities that employ and serve primarily practitioners of the same faith.
Non-exempt religious institutions have a year to mull over how they're going to try to weasel their way out of covering birth control for their plan members. I'm curious as to what they'll do. Judging by how much effort my Catholic alma mater put toward making sure precious angel virgin girls stayed as far away from birth control and its evils as possible, I don't think they'll go gently into that dark whore night.
In the meantime, enjoy this delicious bit of victory over the forces of stupidity and plan how you'll spend the money you'd otherwise use for your monthly birth control copay. Something cool, like a new book or running shoes or candy? Or something practical, like your 401K or nipple tassels? The choice is yours.
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Mike Mackenzie, a board certified real estate lawyer in Dunedin, doesn't mess with timeshares, so he was naturally concerned when his office started receiving inquiries about the status of the sale of a number of Orlando units.
Turns out con men are pretending to be Mackenzie in order to bilk unsuspecting timeshare owners.
"At least two people I know of have parted with their money on this scheme, and all of them were led to believe it was me that was involved," Mackenzie said.
Mackenzie is not alone. The Bar recently was alerted that charlatans are running scams using the identities of an out-of-state member from Virginia and a Miami lawyer. In one, the fraudsters tried to weasel money out of a company that buys structured settlements. In the other, a con man pretending to be a Florida lawyer tried to extract a "security deposit" from a widow whom he said had won a sweepstakes.
In Mackenzie's case, here is how it went down:
The owners of at least two timeshares in Orlando, who had previously had their units on the market, got a call out of the blue from a man identifying himself as "Kenny Masko," telling them he had a buyer for their condos and that a lawyer, Mike Mackenzie, was going to facilitate the transaction and would soon be in contact.
In short order, both condo owners do hear from a man claiming to be Mike Mackenzie, who tells them it is standard for the sellers to pay the transaction fees up front. The fake lawyer Mackenzie then instructs the victims where to wire the transaction fees.
Of course, once the money is exchanged, the condo owners never hear from the con men again — and they go looking for Mackenzie.
Both timeshare owners were able to locate the real Mackenzie through Internet searches.
"Both of them then called me here at the office," said Mackenzie, adding that after speaking with the victims, they soon realized he was not the Mike Mackenzie they had been dealing with.
"My concerns are, one, I don't want to be somebody that suddenly people all over the place say, 'Who is this Mike Mackenzie that is screwing everybody?' and, secondly, these people are getting had on this deal."
Mackenzie said one couple was taken for $500 or $600 and the other wired away $300.
In Virginia, out-of-state member Candy Johnson received a call from a representative of a New York company that buys structured settlements.
"He had been contacted by someone claiming to be me, using my Bar number — but not my address or phone number — trying to get a cash advance on a nonexistent lawsuit," Johnson said.
"She is just totally trying to steal, based on my identity, by using my Bar number and my name that she was able to pull up online."
Johnson said the con artist went through the pains of creating a fake lawsuit, including settlement letters from an insurance company, that she submitted to the settlement buying business.
Fortunately, Johnson said, the structured settlements company didn't bite, and a little investigation led them to the real Candy Johnson, who confirmed she was not involved and there was no record of the case they were trying to get money from filed in Broward County.
"When I said, 'No, that's not me,' he said, 'I thought so; let me let you know what's going on here,'" Johnson said. "There is nothing I could have done to prevent it. I don't know if they are still using my information and won't know until somebody else contacts me."
In the Miami case, the Bar's Legal Division received a letter from a Belton, Missouri, women who reported she had received a phone call from a "Miami lawyer" informing her she had won $100,000 in a sweepstakes.
"He proceeded to inform me of personal information that he knew, such as my address, the number of years I had worked for the federal government, and that I was a widow," the women wrote, adding the fake lawyer told her she could log on to the Bar's website to verify his name and status.
"After discussion, [the fake lawyer] stated I needed to mail him a security deposit of $395 in order to receive the $100,000. When he stated this, I thanked him and hung up."
The Bar alerted the real Miami lawyer to inform him that his name was being used in the scam.
Johnson laments that attorneys' Bar numbers and other information are so readily available online.
"There is no way to guard against this," Johnson said. "There is nothing I could have done to prevent this — safeguarding my information or anything else. I'm not going to be the last one they try to do this with."
Mackenzie also concedes there is little or nothing lawyers can do to prevent charlatans from misappropriating their names, but wanted to let other Bar members know these schemes do exist.
"Why they would pick me, I have no idea, except maybe they were randomly trying to find a board certified real estate lawyer, and I was the one who got picked," he said.
For the general public, Mackenzie suggests they do some investigation before wiring money to someone they had only been dealing with over the phone.
"These people essentially did the right thing; the problem is they did not do it in the right order," Mackenzie said. "They wired the money and then investigated."
Mackenzie said if the condo owners had contacted his office first, "neither one of them would be out a penny."
"My biggest concern is there are just two of them that called me. How many more are out there that did not call?" Mackenzie asked.
"There is no way to know, and that could be the source of somebody complaining to the Bar or someplace else that I had done something improper."


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COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Three girls from Cranbrook Schools Golf Team are taking their games to a new heights beginning with their co-captain Greer Clausen.
Greer, a Junior at Cranbrook and co-captain of the varsity girls' golf team, discloses a secret she discovered to further her golfing prowess. Greer's secret?
Her swing coach, Bob Krause at the Bob Krause Golf Academy in Commerce Township.
When her very advanced game hit a plateau. Bob simplified her swing and once again, Greer found her rhythm.
Ginny Clausen, Greer's mom remarks, "After being with Bob for six weeks, Greer made the All State 1st Team, won regionals and finished in the Top 10 at the state tournament." Clausen acknowledges Bob as a swing coach "who tries to keep the game simple for students and is very good about adding instruction being careful not to make changes before tournaments."
Last year, as an eighth-grader at Cranbrook Schools, Molly Wiener, began golf lessons with Krause.
Molly's Dad, Steve Wiener, an avid golfer notorious for practicing his golf swing whenever and wherever he can admits, "I was really excited when Mol mentioned in passing that she was thinking about taking golf lessons. As soon as she said it, I remembered I had heard about a super nice pro-golfer who opened up his own studio and is concentrating on youth lessons. I got Molly in as soon as Bob had an opening."
Last October, Molly started beginner golf lessons at the Bob Krause Golf Academy.
Bob recalls seeing Molly hit her very first drive of her life, "When I first saw her drive, her natural ability was evident and I was excited to get started."
Molly remembers, "As soon as I hit that first ball, it just felt right."
Just eight short months later, Molly now a Freshman, has gone from true novice to being awarded a varsity letter in golf at Cranbrook.
Freshman Alyana Margulis discovered Bob Krause after admiring Greer's and Molly's game. Margulis has been playing golf during summers gone by, but recently decided to become more serious about the sport. Alayna became a Krause devotee in the past month and he has already improved her game to the point that she too is now a varsity player.
Wiener, Clausen and Margulis -- teammates who not only take lessons from the same swing coach -- but also find time to practice together. When they do, Clausen mentors the two younger players. Molly confesses, "Greer plays at a level that I am determined to play at one day soon. I practice harder because I see how taking lessons and practicing a lot makes Greer into the amazing golfer she is today. Whenever Greer is willing to play with Alayna and me, we both go because we know that Greer takes what Bob teaches her and uses it to help us get to be better."
Greer has invited the girls out countless times and the three teenagers hit the links playing on a variety of courses around the state.
Busy with other sports, Greer is also a varsity volleyball player, Alayna a hockey player and Molly a runner, the three girls practice golf daily.
At times late this summer, they were averaging twenty five hours a week on practice alone.
"Golf is something that sort of snuck up on me this year, I never thought I would want to work so hard for anything in my life, but with golf I am always ready to pick up a club and practice what Bob and I are working on," said Molly. "Waiting for my ride to school I'll swing my club for fifteen minutes, or when I have fifteen minutes before dinner I will head down to the basement and putt into a coffee mug. Before I know it I have practiced for an hour or so and I was able to fit in golf into a day that was crammed with school, hanging out with friends, working out and homework."
Krause says, "I am proud of these girls who are not only taking lessons but are practicing what we are working on in their free time which is helping all of them take their game to a new level."
The girls golf season is ending in mid-October, but the three Cranbrook teammates are using the off season to take more lessons, and continue their practice regimes. Go girls!


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Will You Pay to Send a Message on Facebook?
Facebook has begun testing a system for users to send messages to people outside their immediate circle of social contacts for a payment of $1, as the company continues to find new ways to capitalize on its popularity. The WSJ's Yun-Hee Kim has the story.
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