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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 7, 2014 - A comprehensive analysis of patient telephone records at an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) clinic revealed that 15 percent of patients account for half of all calls to the clinic. Forty-two percent of frequent-caller patients also were seen in the emergency department or hospitalized within the following year.
The results, which can help doctors identify patients with the most severe disease and those at risk of potentially avoidable high-cost medical interventions, were reported in a study published online this week in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis) are chronic lifelong conditions which affect the gastrointestinal tract of up to 2 million Americans, the majority of whom are diagnosed as young adults. Telephone communication in IBD care is common, and involves reporting clinical status, treatment, reassurance, and completion of health care forms and insurance authorization. Yet, until now, there has been limited information on telephone activity volume or the reasons for calls in the care of chronic illness, including IBD.
"Telephone surveillance and the use of big data allowed us to find red flags identifying patients at risk of high-cost medical interventions, such as emergency department use and/or hospitalization. These findings can help to identify disease severity and teach us how to take better care of our patients," noted senior author David Binion, M.D., visiting professor of medicine, clinical and translational science and co-director of the IBD Center at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Researchers tracked more than 50,000 phone calls over a period of two years, from over 3,000 patients. The researchers assessed associations between clinical factors and logged telephone encounters, and between patterns of telephone calls and future visits to the emergency room or hospitalization.
Calls were categorized into five groups:
- Problem/follow-up (incoming calls from patients), representing 52 percent of all calls
- Resolution/plan (outgoing calls to patients), representing 25 percent of all calls
- Refill requests/pharmacy contacts, representing 12 percent of all calls
- Insurance authorization, representing 10 percent of all calls
- Completion of forms or record requests, representing 1 percent of all calls
Researchers also measured telephone encounters logged into electronic medical records in consented subjects from a prospective IBD research registry. Patients calling more than 10 times per year were considered high telephone encounters.
Results showed that:
- Telephone calls are predictors of how likely patients are to enter the emergency room: clusters of phone calls over time were highly predictive of who ended up in the hospital over the course of the next year.
- Frequent telephone calls correlated with:
- Poorly controlled inflammation of IBD
- Patients with a high degree of pain and difficulty coping
"We believe we will ultimately be able to use this information to prevent hospitalization, since we now have better insight into the heterogeneous factors which are getting our patients into trouble," added Dr. Binion. "Our next step is to set up an intervention trial, where patterns of telephone activity will be used as an early warning strategy to identify at-risk patients. Perhaps the most important aspect of the study was its simplicity and generalizability, as records of telephone communication in health care are an important part of electronic health records available throughout the U.S."
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Date: October 9-15, 2016
Lecturers: Marc Kéry, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland
David Miller, Penn State University, University Park, USA
Gonçalo Ferraz, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Teach. Assistants: Ulisses Camargo, University of Helsinki, Finland
Courtney Davis, Penn State University, University Park, USA
Murilo Guimarães, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Nicolas Strebel, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland
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Collection of 548 postcard prints and original photographs depicting airships, dirigibles and zeppelins, ca. 1890 to 1960. Most images 3 x 5 in. or 4 x 6 in., housed in period 4to and tall 4to boards albums, one with spine partially detached. N.p (United Kingdom?), N.d. (ca. 1890 to 1960). (47267)
The golden age of the passenger airship came to an abrupt halt on May 6, 1937 when the Hindenburg scorched the night sky over Lakehurst, New Jersey. Stunned by newsreel footage of the disaster, the public understandably lost faith in the zeppelin as a secure mode of transport. Needless to say (despite occasional rumors of its resuscitation) the dirigible industry has yet to fully recover. But for the first three decades of the 20th century, an extraordinary variety of lighter-than-air craft shared the airways with early airplanes and gliders. F.A. Bernett Books has recently acquired two albums of photographs and postcards that illustrate the history of these curious aerostatic vehicles, both before and after the Hindenburg.
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Chronic nitrate additions dramatically increase the export of carbon and nitrogen from northern hardwood ecosystems. Biogeochemistry. 68:179-197.. 2004.
Environmental stress effects on vigor, mortality, and growth in northern hardwood forests along a pollution-climate gradient. The Michigan Academician. 30:27-47.. 1998.
Temperature effects on kinetics of microbial respiration and net nitrogen and sulfur mineralization. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 59:233-240.. 1995.
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Ion leaching in forest ecosystems along a Great Lakes air pollution gradient. Journal of Environmental Quality. 21(4):614-623.. 1992.
Sulfate adsorption and microbial immobilization in northern hardwood forests along an atmospheric deposition gradient. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 22:1843-1850.. 1992.
Soil solution chemistry and ion leaching in northern hardwood forests across an 800 km pollution gradient. Emerging Issues in Northern Hardwood Management: Air Pollution, Climate Change & Biodiversity. Miscellaneous Publication 91-1:38.. 1991.
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The big day has finally arrived. The Department notifies you by letter, phone, or e-mail that your application has been funded. You breathe a sigh of relief and then the question "What next?" undoubtedly crosses your mind. One could say that the real work begins at this point. There will be post-award communications and discussions with Department officials. And then, of course, you will start the substantive activities of your project, which go on for a year or more. This section looks at the way a funding recommendation turns into a grant award, what takes place during the funding process, and how to turn that prized grant award into the dollars that are essential for you to carry out your project successfully.TOP
2. What happens to my application after the application review process?
After the application review process is completed, all applications, supporting materials, and the reviewer rating forms are returned to the program office. The grant team then creates a grant file for each application and makes a careful review of the materials to ensure that all required forms (including certifications and assurances) are included and filled out correctly.TOP
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- It develops a rank order list from the panel scores of each application. (The panel score is derived from averaging or normalizing the scores from each reviewer on the panel that reviewed a particular application).
- It establishes a cut-off point on the rank order list based on the congressional appropriations for the program.
- It performs a cost analysis on those applications that scored high enough on the list to be considered for funding. The cost analysis is performed to determine whether the proposed costs of an applicant???s budget are allowable, allocable, and reasonable. The grant team reviews the narratives and budgets to ensure the costs relate to the activities and objectives of the project. All unallowable and unallocable costs are deleted from the budget.
- It notes any questions about specific cost items the application does not address, including those related to insufficient justifications for claimed indirect costs;
- If it has any concerns about the application being considered for funding, it contacts the applicant to get more detailed information before a funding decision is made. The clarification contact generally takes the form of a phone call. If the grant team requires a written response from an applicant, the response should usually only address the specific item(s) needing clarification. A clarification contact does not mean that an applicant will be funded.
- Once it completes the cost analysis of those applications that ranked above the cut-off point on the list, it creates a formal list of the applicants that it recommends for funding and includes the recommended funding levels.
- It forwards the list of applicants and funding amounts to the Principal Officer of the program office or his/her designee, such as another program official, for approval. In some cases the grant team may even be authorized to approve the list.
- Once the list is approved, the grant team makes awards.
4. How do I learn that my that my application has been funded?
You may receive funding notification in several ways. For some programs, a grant team might simply send the official Grant Award Notification (GAN) to a grantee without any prior contact. For other programs, if there is a significant change to a proposal, a grant team member may contact the prospective grantee to make a funding offer before issuing the grant award. (The applicant can either accept or reject the changes and funding offer.) The grant team might also send letters to some applicants advising them that they are in a 'hold' funding status. While this group might not get funded, having ranked slightly lower than the funded group, they still have a chance of being funded if additional funds become available or if one or more of the funded applicants declines an offer of award.
The Department also sends notification letters to members of Congress from states where applicants being considered for funding are located. As a result, applicants sometimes receive news of the status of their application from their congressional delegations as well. The Department will also inform you if your application is not evaluated or selected for funding. You may request a written explanation of the Department's decision.
Keep in mind that your application is not funded until you have received the signed GAN. Your acceptance of the document obligates you and the Department to the requirements that apply to the grant.
The Department realizes that the earlier the GAN is received by a grantee, the sooner staff can be hired, students recruited, materials purchased, and general project operations can occur. The Department's goal is to make the award and to provide the notification in a timely manner.TOP
5. Is an application always funded for the entire amount requested?
No. In some cases the reviewers or grant team might determine that certain proposed activities in the application are unnecessary and delete them and their associated costs from the award. In others, the grant team that performs the cost analysis might determine that the amounts requested for particular items are excessive and will reduce them. Funding levels might also be restricted based on the amount of funds appropriated for a particular Fiscal Year for a program and the number of applications to be funded.TOP
6. What does it mean if my project has cost-sharing or matching requirements?
Some program legislation or regulations require that the grantee contribute some percentage of the total project costs during the budget period being funded. Be sure to read application materials carefully to learn if you are required to include cost-sharing contributions in your application budget. If there are any issues or discrepancies in your application regarding cost-sharing, the grant team reviewing your application will contact you to work them out, usually during the cost analysis phase of the award process.TOP
7. What information does my Grant Award Notification contain?
The Department sends you in the mail your Grant Award Notification (GAN), signed by the authorized official. The GAN is the official document that states the terms, conditions, and amount of an award. The document is formatted into numbered blocks that provide information about the award, including administrative information, legislative and fiscal data, and names and phone numbers of project staff. For multi-year awards, the GAN also includes information on anticipated subsequent funding periods and their tentative levels of funding. The GAN will also contain attachments which spell out additional terms and conditions of the award and enclosures that give further guidance on administrative procedures (e.g., where to mail required reports). The attachments and enclosures contain important information about your award and you are urged to pay particular attention to them as you read the GAN.
Two copies of the GAN are mailed to each grantee. One copy is sent to the certifying official, the authorized representative who signed the Application for Federal Education Assistance Form (ED 424) and other required forms. The second copy is sent to the project director.TOP
8. What happens after I get my grant award?
Receiving your Grant Award Notification symbolizes the beginning of a partnership between your organization and the Department of Education. The partnership process focuses on establishing and cultivating relationships with all grantees to promote and ensure successful project outcomes. This partnership is characterized by frequent and on-going communications between a grantee and the grant team throughout the life of the project. Grantees are encouraged to use their program office as a resource in attaining their project's goals and to obtain and use the e-mail addresses of their grant team for maximum communication.
The Post-Award Performance Conference is generally the first step in developing this relationship. This initial one-time discussion takes place shortly after a new grant is awarded, but usually not later than 90 days after the award date. The main focus of the meeting is to establish a mutual understanding of the specific outcomes that are expected and to establish measures for assessing the project???s progress and results. Information on project outcomes is needed to ensure that the project achieves the objectives as stated in the application. The post-award performance conference also clarifies and lays the groundwork for monitoring practices and on-going communication between grantees and the Department to ensure that a project???s desired goals are achieved.
A conference can take many forms. It can be a face-to-face meeting, telephone discussion, workshop, electronic mail exchange, or notes sent via fax or mail. Furthermore, for some programs, the performance conference might involve entering into a performance agreement that specifies activities and milestones that is signed by both parties. It should be noted that grant teams do not conduct post-award performance conferences with all new grantees. Grant teams will generally schedule post-award performance conferences with those grantees with larger or more complex projects, such as grants in excess of $250,000 or research and development projects. Other grantees will be contacted in a reasonable amount of time after an award has been issued to discuss their project activities, expected outcomes, and project progress.TOP
9. How do I actually get my grant funds?
Some grantees who have never received a grant from the Department or another federal agency might expect to receive a check for the grant amount with the Grant Award Notification. However, the Department has established a different procedure for paying out funds to grantees.
If you have not previously received a grant award from the Department, you will receive the Department of Education's Payee's Guide from the Financial Payments Group at about the same time that you receive the Grant Award Notification. This package contains information and instructions to follow after you receive the signed Grant Award Notification so that your organization can request funds through the Department???s Grant Administration and Payment System (GAPS).
If you have received a grant from the Department and already established the necessary grant accounts, you will not receive the financial information package. Instead, you will receive the Grant Award Notification only, which will include an attachment that gives the latest payment request information.
Grantees get their grant funds by making a request through GAPS, which is accessed via the Internet. Organizations that do not have Internet access can request funds by telephone to the Department of Education???s service bureau. The service bureau enters the request into GAPS for the grantee. Grantees withdraw funds for each separate grant award by PR/Award number. Once a request for payment has been made and is validated, funds are transmitted for deposit into the designated account at the grantee's financial institution. The frequency and amount of withdrawals is based on the grantee's needs. However, requests for payments must be limited to the amounts actually needed and be timed in accordance with the immediate cash requirements of the grantee in carrying out the project.
Once a request for grant funds has been made through GAPS, the Department pays a grantee using one of two methods:
1) Automated Clearing House/Electronic Funds Transfer (ACH/EFT); or,
2) FEDWIRE-Electronic Funds Transfer.TOP
10. How long does it take to get my grant funds?
With the ACH/EFT method, funds are deposited in your bank account approximately three days after you have sent a payment request. With the FEDWIRE method, approved payments are transferred electronically the next day.TOP
11. How do I get funds after the first year if my organization receives a multi-year award?
To receive funds after the initial year of a multi-year award, grantees must submit a performance report which gives their grant team up-to-date information on their project's progress (a special performance report form is provided by the grant team). Grant teams use the information in the performance report in conjunction with the project's objectives to evaluate a grantee's progress. The annual performance report should also specify any changes that need to be made to the project for the upcoming funding period. Before a continuation grant award is issued, the grant team reviews the performance report to determine whether a grantee has made substantial progress in reaching the objectives of the project. Once substantial progress has been determined, the grant team issues a continuation grant award. Grantees generally receive their Grant Award Notifications within four to six weeks after submitting their performance reports to the Department
Grantees are urged to contact their grant team as often as necessary to ensure that substantial progress is made during the funding period. Grant teams stand ready to answer questions, provide technical assistance, and help you better understand federal requirements and procedures to ensure that you achieve the goals of your project.
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PHOENIX - The Phoenix Suns picked player development director Lindsey Hunter as interim coach, two days after the team parted ways with Alvin Gentry.
Hunter, who played for 17 seasons in the NBA, joined the Suns in the scouting department last year and this season took over the team's new player development department.
As a guard with five NBA teams, Hunter averaged 8.5 points in 937 games, 438 as a starter. He won NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2002 and the Detroit Pistons in 2004. Hunter, 40, has no prior coaching experience.
He retired in 2010 and served in a player development job with Detroit before coming to Phoenix.
The team announced Hunter's promotion Sunday before its first practice since a home loss to Milwaukee on Thursday night, the Bucks' first win in Phoenix in 25 tries.
The Suns, with nine new players on their roster this season, have lost 13 of 15, including four straight at home, and at 13-28 have the worst record in the Western Conference. They don't play again until Wednesday, when they face the Kings in Sacramento. Hunter's home debut will come Thursday night against the Los Angeles Clippers, who have the West's second-best record at 32-9.
Gentry was Phoenix's coach since Terry Porter was fired at the 2009 All-Star break. His time included a run to the 2010 Western Conference finals in 2010, his first full season as coach. But the team failed to make the playoffs the last two seasons. Then Steve Nash departed to the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Suns, under the direction of team president Lon Babby and general manager Lance Blanks, overhauled the roster.
Meanwhile, owner Robert Sarver has had to face dwindling crowds at US Airways Center.
Gentry, good natured and popular despite the team's lack of success, tried a series of lineups to develop some sort of chemistry and consistency with no success, and he acknowledged that he understood it was time for a change.
Gentry tweeted Sunday morning that he was "already bored."
"Need some suggestions as to what to do to fill the day," he wrote. "Let's hear some good ones."


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ORGANIZER: Mark
EVENT: Run Ranger Run IV
EVENT DATE: Feb 01, 2016
Mark Wilton wrote -
Run Ranger Run IV(4)
Teams of up to ten individuals pledge to walk, run and/or ride bicycles a combined total of 565 miles in the month of February. They will raise funds for GallantFew and increase awareness for stated veteran issues.
Veterans continue to battle record high levels of unemployment, under-employment, homelessness and suicide. The most recent Department of Labor Statistics from july 2015 show Global War on Terror veterans are 37% more likely to be unemployed than a person who never served and two times as more likely to be unemployed than a Desert Storm era Vetran. The VA reports twenty two veterans take their own lives daily, and active duty suicides have averaged one per day. We can and do make a difference!
In 2012, 3rd Ranger Battalion veteran US Army Corporal Cory Smith, having deployed to combat twice, experienced having friends killed and wounded and with his own marriage failing decided to highlight the difficult journey home many soldiers have leaving the Army by undergoing a very public and very difficult journey home himself. Cory decided to run 565 miles in 28 days with holding his daughter Elleigh in his arms the end goal of his run.
As a Result
To honor Cory's incredible effort and to continue the momentum to raise awareness for veterans issues – particularly around divorce, unemployment, homelessness and suicide – we are offering an annual Run Ranger Run event.
The Event
Run Ranger Run: Teams of up to ten individuals will pledge to walk, run and/or ride bicycles a combined total of 565 miles in the month of February. They will raise funds for GallantFew and increase awareness for stated veteran issues.
Key components
- A team captain recruits and forms his or her team.
- Team goal is to walk, run or ride a bike (or any combination) a total of 565 miles during February.
- Teams can be two to ten people.
- Teams are not limited geographically. It can be a local group that logs mileage together or could be a team spread out across the USA or even overseas.
- Teams can honor a fallen, wounded or serving Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Marine by naming their team in honor of that person, and their team website should be able to reflect that.
- Teams will register and track their progress online
- Teams raise money by getting family, friends and co-workers to sponsor them per mile
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I leave with some other bike pals for a canoe trip to the Boundary Waters later this morning. I will be gone until next weekend. Assuming I make it back alive, you won't see a new post here until perhaps August 2nd. Please keep sending in photo contest entries while I am gone. Happy pedalling, Dave


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I am soon to start an English-Russian site and wanted to confirm the latest info on fonts. My experiments have established - and reading a previous post on the subject - that I can make up the pages themselves in Russian but meta tags and alt text are still not possible in Cyrillic?
Is that still the situation please? And these must be added manually into a local publish. I have tried all combinations and cut and paste, but this seems to be the case?


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About Miu Miu by Prada
The Miu Miu brand was created in 1993 following Miuccia Prada's specific desire to address to a clientele particularly attentive to the free and easy as well as to the sophisticated new tendencies.
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Watch Alicia Keys Perform at Whitney Houston's Funeral
Alicia Keys paid a moving tribute to Whitney Houston at the late singer's funeral yesterday (Feb. 18). Prior to her musical performance, Keys, visibly devastated by the loss Houston, offered some endearing anecdotes about her experiences with Houston during her tragically short life."We came up with this funny nickname for each other," Keys revealed about her relationship with Houston. "I don't even know where it came from. "She called me Mema, and I called her Mema. Whenever I'd text her, I'd say, 'Hey Mema!'" Keys said, wiping her eyes.
Keys then revealed a haunting but beautiful moment she shared with her son, Egypt. "Just last night when we were getting ready to get on the plane and come back, my son said, 'Mema! Mema! Mema!' He kept saying, 'Mema,'" Keys said, her eyes widening. "He didn't know that. I just thought that was beautiful," Keys said. "I just felt really surrounded by her."
Keys let out a heavy sigh. "I just think it's so obvious, the way she just crept into everybody's hearts," she said, breaking to grab some more tissues, "and the way that she was just such a beautiful human being. A really caring, beautiful human being, who would call you for no reason at all — just to say 'hi.' And that's rare."
Just before launching into a roaring, tearful rendition of 'Send Me an Angel,' Keys went on to reflect on Houston's efforts to give back and reach out to all the artists lucky enough to work with the legend. "I just think she's been an angel to us," Keys said, "and I think we've been sent an angel for a long time."
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The Hamptons are home to one of the greatest St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the Northeast, but Montauk's famous parade isn't the only place to observe the holiday and rejoice in everything Irish on the Twin Forks. Locals will be wearing green, imbibing in Ireland's favorite libations and delving a bit deeper into the country's rich culture and history all weekend.
Here are a few ideas beyond the standard parades and pubs most already know and love. Want more? Check out our Calendar.
Saturday, March 16
Kids Event
Montauk Chamber of Commerce Pot 'O Gold Treasure Hunt
1–2 p.m.
Main Street, Montauk
A brand new kids' event for St. Patrick's weekend! The Montauk Chamber is hosting its inaugural Pot 'O Gold Treasure Hunt for kids ages 6–11. Captain Kid's Toy Shop is providing prizes for all who find their treasures and there will be additional prizes for the team that finishes first. Register in advance at the Chamber's office, call 631-668-2429 and ask for Pat, or email [email protected].
Kids Event
Lucky the Leprechaun Visits the Quogue Library
1:30 p.m.
90 Quogue Street, Quogue
Children are invited to meet Lucky the Leprechaun! Don't forget your camera to take pictures. Snacks will be served and Irish themed games played. Please call the library at 631-653-4224 ext. 4 to let them know you're coming. quoguelibrary.org
Irish Cheer and Pints of Beer at Waters Crest Winery
2–4 p.m.
22355 County Road 48, Unit 6, Cutchogue
Meet Montauk Brewing Company—one of the hottest new craft beer makers on the East End—and taste their wares at Waters Crest Winery. The guys will be on hand at the winery with their latest Irish Red, along with plenty of other pints and pulled pork sliders. The winery will also be pouring Montauk Brewing Company's Driftwood Ale (an American style ESB) and a brand new, never before poured on East End, ale called East Bound Brown. Brewmaster Joe Sullivan will also create a delicious one of a kind blend using MBC's tasty brews, for all to sample. There will be lots of good old Irish merriment to go around! $15, $10 for club members. RSVP required to Waters Crest Winery, call 631-734-5065.
Irish Voices: In Song, Poetry and Prose
5–6:30 pm
Shelter Island Historical Society
Havens House Barn, 16 Ferry South Road, Shelter Island
A St. Patrick's celebration of Ireland's greatest wordsmiths, directed by Carol Galligan in the historic Havens House Barn. Adults: $20; Children under 16: $10 shelterislandhistorical.org
St. Patrick's Day Dinner at Custer Institute
7:30 p.m. – 12 a.m.
Custer Observatory, 1115 Main Bayview Road Southold
Relish in a home cooked Irish feast prepared by Chef Chuck O'Cardona (feel free to bring your favorite dish or dessert to add to the meal) at Custer, then sit back for some after-dinner stargazing. Suggested Donation: $20 members, $25 non-members, $10 students, $5 kids under 14. Call 631-765-2626. custerobservatory.org
Erin Go Mardi Gras Party at Bay Street Theatre
8 p.m.
Bay Street Theatre, 1 Bay Street, Sag Harbor
Dance to Joe Lauro's Hoodoo Loungers and East End favorite Gene Casey & the Lone Sharks! These bands will deliver a wide range of sounds and good times, right off Long Wharf in the heart of Sag Harbor. Dress in your best St Pat's Mardi Gras Finery! Tickets are $25 or $15 in advance (purchased at the box office or online). 631-725-9500, baystreet.org
St. Paddy's Day at Southampton Publick House
6–9 p.m. Saturday, 5–8 p.m. Sunday
40 Bowden Square, Southampton
Enjoy a traditional Irish menu all weekend long at Southampton's popular microbrewery and resto pub. Knock back Sullivan's Irish Ale and Cream Stout draft specials, and Jameson drink specials. Live entertainment from by AM Radio and Keyboard Charly on both Saturday and Sunday. Come early to get a free St. Patty's Day T-shirt designed by local artist Adam Baranello, participate in contests to win other prizes! Battle it out for best Irish jig, best dressed, best Irish step dance and best pub singer. Join DJ Brian in the Taproom on Saturday night for the after party starting at 9 p.m. Call 631-283-2800. publick.com
Sunday, March 17 (St. Patrick's Day!)
St. Paddy's Bowling at The All Star
Saturday: 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Sunday: 7 p.m. to close
96 Main Road, Riverhead
Stroll on down to The All Star on St. Patrick's weekend for Leprechaun Bombs, family bowling and drink and food specials galore! Unlimited bowling and free shoe rental, green bagels and coffee for just $18 ($15 for kids). The All Star is also airing the NCAA bracket selections for those too… ahem… "tired" to bowl.
From Galway to Graceland:
Featuring the Maclean Avenue Band & Emerald Fire Dancers
2 p.m.
Suffolk Theater, 118 Main Street, Riverhead
McLean Avenue has worked with Emerald Fire for many years now, so when they hit the stage together it comes alive! The band is an eclectic mix of musicians that blend to create a dynamic, vibrant and memorable musical experience for audiences everywhere. Dublin born Emerald Fire Dance director and choreographer Joanna Barr presents traditional Irish dance on the most appropriate day of the year. Expect this professional, talented and extremely entertaining lineup to bring the very best in Irish, country, rock and pop music, along with thrilling dance! 631-727-4343, suffolktheater.com
The Celtic Tenors at WHBPAC
04:00 pm
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street
Straight from Ireland, these incredibly hip and handsome lads are as authentic as the grass is green. Excelling in tight three-part harmonies and quick-witted banter—delivered with their Irish brogues and charming good humor—these international phenoms are taking the public by storm with a new style of cool never before seen on the classical stage. Grab your kilts, shine your shamrocks and enjoy an eclectic mix of classical Irish, folk and pop music in this special St. Patty's Day performance. 631-288-1500, whbpac.org


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Excerpt from Howard Hall's Production Journal: January 11, 2008:
As I write this, we are at 30,000 feet, en route to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Today is one year and three days since Michele and I began preproduction on this, our most ambitious IMAX 3D production ever. The logistics have been daunting. I can't wait to get my hands on the ridiculously huge camera and slate it with brace #1. Soon I'll be making that first dive and, for me, that's what it's all about.
Filmed with the incomparable scope and clarity of IMAX technology, "Under the Sea 3D" offers an intimate look into an underwater world few people have ever seen, and the exquisitely beautiful, sometimes treacherous and often comical creatures that live there.
"Most people don't even know these animals exist," says director Howard Hall, a renowned documentary filmmaker and diver with extensive experience capturing marine wildlife on film. Hall, the first person to take an IMAX 3D camera underwater, in the 1994 feature "Into the Deep," also serves as director of photography on "Under the Sea 3D."
"In addition to Great White Sharks, you'll see creatures like the Dwarf Minke Whale, the Chambered Nautilus and Big Fin Reef Squid. Our main goal in making these films is to bring animals that are little known, or not known at all, to the screen, to let people see how strange and wonderful they are. Plus," Hall adds with a smile, "it gives me an excuse to go play in the ocean"— a passion he has been pursuing, and sharing, for more than 30 years.
With an aim toward protecting the ocean wildlife for future generations, Hall also believes, "People need a reason to care about coral reefs. My hope is that once they see these animals and realize that they're not only remarkably beautiful but that they have their own interesting behaviors and personalities, they will fall in love with them and think it would be nice to have them around in coming years.
© Warner Bros. Pictures. A Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus)
waits patiently for its next meal to swim by, as it sits
camouflaged in the temperate waters of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
"There are many issues concerning the marine environment, certainly too many to cover within the context of one film," he acknowledges. "On our previous film, we touched upon the importance of biodiversity; this time, we address the potential effect of climate change on ocean life."
Taking it Further This Time
Having explored areas off the coast of California and the Baja Peninsula, North Carolina, British Columbia, the Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii and the Bahamas for "Deep Sea 3D," Hall and his team wanted the new film to extend into more remote locales.
Production Journal: October 15, 2008, Gunung Api Island:
For those interested in looking at our location today on Google Earth, you probably won't even see the island. This is a small rock less than a mile in diameter. It sticks up like one end of a football and that shape extends down into very deep water. There are only a couple of narrow ridges where we can put our feet down to work. Mostly the bottom is rubble or volcanic rock. Below one hundred feet, though, the invertebrate life becomes prolific and spectacular.
Says Hall, "For "Under the Sea 3D," we wanted to introduce audiences to some of the most exotic marine life, and that meant more distant and less accessible regions."
"There are always more stories to tell," adds Michele Hall, an avid diver herself as well as a wildlife photographer and producer for Howard Hall Productions, whose creative collaborations with her husband include "Deep Sea 3D" and the IMAX feature documentaries "Into the Deep" and "Island of the Sharks." "We raised the bar geographically this time by traveling to New Guinea, Australia and Indonesia to show people the variety of marine wildlife in those waters."
© Warner Bros. Pictures. A Crocodilefish hides among rocks
off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
Just north of Australia and the Coral Sea lies a vast region known as the Coral Triangle. Spanning several hundred miles, it encompasses the waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea, and extends as far as the Solomon Islands. It is home to approximately 40 percent of the world's reef wildlife population, including more than 75 percent of documented coral species and some 3,000 individual species of fish, as well as sea turtles, mollusks, crustaceans and marine mammals such as dolphins and whales.
Says Michele, "The Coral Triangle is truly the center of biodiversity and a very significant area rich with ocean life. We were especially eager to explore and document it for the film."
Once again, the filmmakers turned to IMAX as the most exciting and authentic way to bring their latest odyssey to life for moviegoers.
Howard attests, "Shooting with IMAX cameras can be enormously challenging because of the size and bulk of the gear and its complexity. But when you see those images projected in an IMAX theatre it's a stunning experience, and there isn't a director on earth who wouldn't appreciate that. Once you have that opportunity, it's hard to go back to a regular frame. The image quality is so precise, it's virtually identical to what we experienced when we were down in the water—the same colors, the same texture, the same proximity. Even in 2D projection, the length and breadth of the frame is still IMAX. It makes you feel as if you could reach out and touch these animals…although in most cases, you wouldn't want to!"
Adds Michele, "Often, I see things on the film that I didn't see when I was diving. There's one shot of a Giant Cuttlefish going after a crab, and it wasn't until I watched the dailies that I noticed the detail of its eyes and skin."
The Halls agree it's this level of quality that makes the effort worthwhile. Altogether, production on "Under the Sea 3D" involved Howard and his crew each spending more than 350 hours underwater and 110 days at sea to capture almost ten hours of raw footage—not to mention the daunting task of transporting, loading, assemb ling and breaking down more than 8,000 pounds of equipment, including the 1,300-pound camera in its waterproof housing.
© Warner Bros. Pictures. A Giant Cuttlefish has the ability to show
the whole spectrum of color on his leathery skin. Which is good
for blending in and surviving.
Michele, who managed a great portion of the day-to-day logistics, including chartering boats for the dive team, laughingly recalls lo cal reaction to the state-of-the-art IMAX equipment. "I told people how big the camera was. I showed them pictures. I asked in advance for modifications to be made to their boats. But when we showed up with our 8,000 pounds of gear and the massive came ra, they'd just shake their heads and say, 'We had no idea.' We tried to warn them, but they just didn't believe it."
Typically, there were four people underwater at any given time—Howard and cameraman Peter Kragh, plus two divers to assist with spotting and maneuvers. Three additional divers were dedicated to the launch-and-recovery protocol, lowering the camera into position or hoisting it topside for fresh film or new lenses, while Howard and the first team remained below to prepare their next shot. This way, those at the lower depths avoided multiple rounds of decompression and could, instead, remain in place for upwards of six hours at a stretch using closed circuit mixed-gas re-breathing apparatus that allows dives of much longer duration than traditional SCUBA tanks.
Meanwhile, on the boat, Michele and two camera assistants supervised the reloading of film and speedy return of the precious cargo to Howard's waiting arms, aware that every minute's delay could potentially cost them the best shots of the day.
In addition to the camera, Howard describes, "The tripod itself is 75 pounds. Then, to keep everything stable in the current, we usually put another 100 pounds of lead on top of that. Of course, these weights are relative underwater. When the camera is off the tripod, it doesn't actually weigh anything. It's neutrally buoyant. But it still has enormous mass, meaning that once it starts moving it doesn't want to stop. And you certainly don't want to be caught between the camera and a rock."
Film rolls through the IMAX camera in double strips, simultaneously capturing left- and right-eye perspective on 15/70mm, making it the highest resolution camera in existence with the most sophisticated dual-strip technology. Its stereo 3D lenses are spaced to duplicate the distance between human eyes, with each lens recording the image received though each eye on the two corresponding film strips. Owing in part to this complexity, each dual roll of IMAX film records only 3 minutes. Consequently, the team did extensive preparation and location scouting before a single frame was exposed.
Howard outlines, "Our production schedule was quite long. The first year was spent doing homework, as well as visiting each location to make the dives, find the animals we wanted to spotlight and get a feel for the practicality of bringing the camera there."
© Warner Bros. Pictures. Launch and Recovery Divers Dave Forsyth
and Richard Herrmann help to position the massive IMAX® 3D camera
in preparation for Director Howard Hall to capture his next shoot
in the South Coast of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Even so, their script was changing all the time. "We start with a very detailed plan and try to stick to it as much as possible but, frankly, sometimes the animals have other ideas," he continues. "Often, they have better ideas. So the script gets changed on a continual basis as we progress through physical production, until I turn everything over to Toni Myers. We're fortunate in that Toni is not only our producer but also our editor."
Myers began her association with large-format filmmaking on the multi-screen documentary "Polar Life" and, most recently, directed the IMAX production "Space Station 3D." She served with the Halls as producer and editor on "Deep Sea 3D" and was happy to rejoin them on their new excursion, proclaiming, "Howard is an absolute genius at capturing animal behavior and getting the most unique sequences I've ever seen. I don't know how he does it because this is all in the wild. We have very specific action in mind, but there are always happy accidents."
"Under the Sea 3D" marks executive producer Graeme Ferguson's third collaboration with the Halls. A co-founder of IMAX Corporation, he first approached the documentarian when the company sought to produce its first oceanic feature. "I asked, 'Who is the best underwater filmmaker in the world?'" Ferguson recalls. "It was Howard Hall. My job was then to persuade him to work in IMAX 3D and, fortunately, he accepted the challenge."
For Ferguson, "The most interesting aspect of non- fiction is the same as it is with fiction: telling a story and having characters that hold your interest. Here, those characters are not people—they're fish and octopi and other sea creatures—but they each ha ve their destiny and their purpose in life, too. And that's the story we're telling."
Finally, "Under the Sea 3D" needed a narrator who could give these stories the life and depth they deserve, as well as the humanity—a task entrusted to the multi-talented Jim Carrey. Says Howard, "Jim brings not only his dramatic capabilities to our narration but he has that essential humorous edge too, to bring out the parts of it that are very funny. There are a lot of fun and light moments in the film."


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With the launch of Windows 8 in late 2012, there has been strong focus on safety, both from Microsoft's own ranks and from external security experts. Recent tests show that Windows 8 lets 15 out of the 100 most common malware samples get through, even though Microsoft's own antivirus software is enabled. This is too risky, says security expert Janus R. Nielsen from MYSecurityCenter. He believes that Windows 8 may be one of the hacker's favourite targets in 2013.
That prediction is in line with the conclusions of the U.S. security firm Websense Security Labs stating in its "2013 Security Predictions" that Windows 8 will targeted by online criminals this year. "Microsoft's efforts to produce an extremely developer-friendly platform will be embraced by the cybercriminal community, and vulnerabilities will be exploited", the report says.
"Windows 8 will beecome much more popular, as many Windows 7 users will upgrade to the new platform and will buy new computers with Windows 8 pre-installed. As for market share, Windows 8 will be a great business for fraudsters to get into. And combined with the unimpressive security level, there is good reason to be cautious", says Janus R. Nielsen.
He refers to a test conducted by the antivirus firm Bitdefender, which for several years has been voted to have the world's best antivirus technology by the independent testing organization AV-Test.org. Bitdefender exposed Windows 8 (with Windows Defender enabled) to 385 of the most common malware samples from the last six months in a controlled test.
The results showed that 15 percent of the malware got through the antivirus protection and that the malware was able to gain backdoor access to the system, copy thekeystrokes and steal confidential information from online games.
MYSecurityCenter uses BitDefenders technology in its antivirus products, and therefore it is no surprise that Neilsen finds the test results interesting. "With the launch of Windows 8 it is the first time that Microsoft has upgraded their spyware filter, Windows Defender, to an anti-virus program, so I am surprised by the relatively low detection rate.
"It is clear that Windows 8 ['s secuirty] is better than nothing, but it can easily give people a false sense of security if they think that Windows 8 protects 100 percent effectively against malware. No antivirus program does that, but some software is more effective than others, and 15 percent is too high a number to feel safe. I think it is too risky to use Windows 8 without an alternative security solution" he says, adding that you should make sure that you do not have two antivirus programs running at the same time, as they may conflict.
Janus R. Nielsen, CEO and security expert of MYSecurityCenter, that provides antivirus and PC optimisation software for home users. At www.mysecuritycenter.com you can try the different packages out for free.


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Fifty-seventh session
Item 9 of the provisional agenda
Written statement*/ submitted by International Educational Development. Inc., a non-governmental organization on the Roster
The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31.
[19 January 2001]
*/This written statement is issued, unedited, as received from the submitting non-governmental organization(s).
1. In 1995 International Educational Development submitted a written statement (United Nations Document E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/55) to the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (now the Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights) in which we provided information about a person named Jamshid Tafrishi-Enginee. In our statement we pointed out that while Mr. Tafrishi-Enginee had spent about 18 months with the National Liberation Army (NLA) of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, we believed that he was in fact an agent of the regime in Iran with an assignment to gather intelligence on Iranian exiles, to seek ways and means for discrediting them and all opponents of the regime, and to carry out misinformation campaigns against them. Mr. Tafrishi now freely admits that we were correct.
2. Mr. Tafrishi has recently written letters in which he reveals that the Intelligence Ministry of the Iranian regime hired him (apparently paying him $72,000 in addition to travel and other expenses) especially to carry out a misinformation campaign about the NLA, with false accusations that the NLA had itself engaged in violations of human rights or intimidation or extortion of the Iranian exile community. A number of human rights organizations were treated to false testimony and government-orchestrated letter writing campaigns. Unfortunately, some of these organizations may have believed this misinformation. Sadly, this campaign appears to have succeeded in shifting attention away from the serious violations of humanitarian law being committed by the Irani military forces as well as the continuing gross pattern of human rights violations taking place throughout the country. Perhaps if the international community has responded to Mr. Tafrishi as we did – we thought Mr. Tafrishi was so clearly inept for his job anyone could see him for what he was – there would still be strong international action regarding Iran.
3. In other work on the situation in Iran, we have expressed outrage over the staggering number of political prisoners executed in the regime's jails. Now it appears we were conservative in our tally of these executions: Mr. Hossein Ali Montazeri, former designated successor to Khomeini, Iran's Supreme Leader at the time, recently made public shocking documents indicating that as many as 30,000 political prisoners were killed in 1988 alone.
Iran's current leaders, including Mr. Khamenei, Mr. Khatami and Mr. Rafsanjani, as well as the officials still in charge of the Judiciary, played the primary role in this massacre.i
4. The documents made public by Mr. Montazeri include the text of Khomeini's fatwa in summer 1988, which read in part:
"Those who are in prisons throughout the country and remain steadfast in their support for the Monafeqin [Mojahedin], are waging war on God and are condemned to execution.... Annihilate the enemies of Islam immediately. As regards the cases, use whichever criterion that speeds up the implementation of the [execution] verdict."
Other documents made public by Mr. Montazeri show that on July 31, 1988 alone, about
3,800 persons were killed, only three days after the beginning of this bloody massacre. On the same day, in a letter to Khomeini, Mr. Montazeri wrote:
"At least order to spare women who have children and finally, the execution of several thousand prisoners in a few days will not have positive repercussions and will not be mistake-free. . . . A large number of prisoners have been killed under torture by their interrogators. . . . In some prisons of the Islamic Republic young girds are being raped by force. . . . As a result of unruly torture, many prisoners have become deaf or paralyzed or afflicted with chronic diseases."
5. Gross human rights violations in Iran did not end in 1988. In his latest report to the General Assembly, Maurice Copithorne, the Commission's Special Representative on Iran attests to high rates executions and of particularly gruesome torture, continued discrimination of women and religious minorities, and curtailment of freedom of the press under conditions that he calls "truly draconian."ii
6. The continuing flagrant violations of human rights in Iran and the shocking massacres of 1988 are irrefutable cases of crimes against humanity. These violations took place and continue in the course of an on-going civil war and are related to that war. Accordingly, the international community is, under the provisions of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and other instruments of humanitarian law, under an obligation to seek out and try those responsible.
Such a trial is not limited to a special international tribunal, but may take place in the courts of any party to the Geneva Conventions.iii
7. International Educational Development/Humanitarian Law Project urges the Commission as a whole as well as its individual members to undertake appropriate action in light of grave breaches of humanitarian law committed by the Irani regime. We also urge the Commission to continue the mandate of its Special Representative.
i The state-run daily Iran News, made a reference to this massacre on April 9, 2000: "The decree was issued at a time when President Khatami, was the deputy to the Commander of the Armed Forces Staff in ideological and cultural affairs. He implemented the Imam (Khomeini)'s decree most decisively."
ii United Nations Document A/55/363 at para. 13.
iii See, for example, Geneva Convention IV of 1949, United Nations Treaty Series Vol. 75, p. 267: "Each High Contracting Party shall be under an obligation to search for persons alleged to have committed , or to have ordered to have committed, . . .grave breaches, and shall bring such persons, regardless of their nationality, before its own courts.


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INDIO, Calif., April 28 (UPI) -- Ashton Kutcher was involved in a violent shoving match with a security guard at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, Calif., observers told TMZ.
Witnesses told the celebrity gossip website a fan approached Kutcher while he was in a VIP area watching Nick 13 and Dwight Yoakam performances. When he went to shake the fan's hand, a security guard allegedly pushed the two apart.
The guard demanded Kutcher be ejected after violent shoving between the two, but the actor left on his own, witnesses said.
Meanwhile, the music festival -- in its sixth year -- is earning a reputation as being more rowdy than its rock counterpart, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, held earlier this month in the same desert area of California, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.
At the halfway mark of the Stagecoach festival, police had arrested 53 people for various drug- and alcohol-related offenses, said Benjamin Guitron of the Indio Police Department.
A total of 80 people were arrested during the entire Coachella festival this year, the Times said. At last year's Stagecoach festival, 171 people were arrested.
Police ramped up security this year, banning camping in tents and sleeping in cars at the Empire Polo Club grounds where the festival is held.


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New product developments announced over the last week include another step in the process of reorganization of FBR Funds into certain Hennessy Funds, five new strategies available from Jefferson National and CAPTRUST, Achaean Financial and Envestnet's strategic partnership, and CLS's move to make 12 new investment models available via Envestnet.
In addition, HNW launched a new retail banking practice, Russell said it completed of its annual index reconstitution, Dow Jones Indexes announced a new index launch, and Buffalo Funds announced a new name for its science and technology fund.
Here are the latest portfolio-product developments of interest to advisors:
1) FBR Funds Trustees Approve Hennessy Funds Merger
Hennessy Advisors Inc. announced June 25 that the board of trustees of the FBR Funds trust has approved the reorganization of the FBR Funds into certain Hennessy Funds. It has also recommended that FBR shareholders approve the plan of reorganization that will result in Hennessy Advisors Inc. becoming the investment advisor to each of the former FBR Funds. The vote by the trustees moves this transaction one step closer to completion.
The sale has also gained approval from the board of directors of FBR & Co., the board of directors of Hennessy Advisors, Inc., and the board of directors of Hennessy Funds. The transaction, while subject to regulatory review and the approval of the FBR Funds' shareholders, is expected to be completed in October.
2) Jefferson National Partners With CAPTRUST to Launch Five New Strategies
Jefferson National announced that it has launched five new dynamic allocation models powered by CAPTRUST's research. This partnership marks the first time that models powered by CAPTRUST are available within Jefferson National's flat-fee variable annuity Monument Advisor.
Available to investors only through RIAs and/or broker dealers in Monument Advisor, these asset allocation models were designed by CAPTRUST to seek to generate superior risk-adjusted returns through portfolio construction, tactical asset allocation, and investment manager selection.
3) Achaean Financial Announces Strategic Partnership With Envestnet
Achaean Financial announced Tuesday a strategic partnership with Envestnet through which Achaean's retirement-advice software tool, Retirement Outcome, will be integrated into Envestnet's wealth management platform. While they can be used together today, the full integration is scheduled for November 2012.
Advisors can analyze a client's income needs before and during retirement using Retirement Outcome, which will then be incorporated into a proposal on the Envestnet platform, where advisors can select appropriate investment solutions in order to achieve the investor's goals. 4) CLS Offers 12 New Risk-Budgeted Investment Models via Envestnet
CLS Investments, LLC announced Tuesday that 12 risk-budgeted investment models are now available for use within client accounts through the Envestnet platform. They utilize a combination of ETFs or CLS's proprietary funds, and emphasize investment growth and principal protection.
CLS specializes in providing risk-budgeted and actively managed strategies to give investors downside protection while helping to grow their portfolios.
5) HNW Launches Retail Banking Practice
New York-based HNW Inc. announced Tuesday that it is launching a retail banking practice that will focus on delivering a wide range of integrated marketing solutions primarily for retail banks and other financial institutions seeking to reach and better serve the mass affluent segment, defined as individuals with between $250,000 and $3 million of investible assets.
Leslie Paladin, senior vice president and managing director, will helm the new practice. She joined in 2011 with more than 30 years of marketing experience. Earlier, she served as a senior vice president, Citibank Mass Affluent for Citigroup and was national marketing director for KPMG.
6) Russell Completes Annual Index Reconstitution Process
On Monday, Russell announced that on June 22 it had completed its annual index reconstitution process for Russell Global Indexes. Final membership lists for the Russell Global, Russell 3000, Russell 1000, Russell 2000, Russell Midcap and Russell Microcap Indexes were confirmed after Friday's market close. Final lists of additions and deletions are available on the Russell reconstitution website.
Global market capitalization, as reflected in the post-reconstitution Russell Global Index, had a notable decline, decreasing from $52.2 trillion on May 31, 2011 to $44.2 trillion on May 31, 2012. U.S. market cap, as illustrated by the Russell 3000 Index, declined from $16.7 trillion to $15.8 trillion during this same period. Overall, the Russell U.S. indexes reflect a market shift over the past year to higher returns in growth stocks. Emerging markets declined materially against developed markets over the past year, decreasing their Russell Global Index weighting from 14.7% to 13.7%.
7) Dow Jones RBP Index Family Expands
Dow Jones Indexes announced Tuesday the launch of the Dow Jones RBP U.S. Directional Allocation Index, a gauge that automatically allocates weights among other indexes that reflect distinct viewpoints on the U.S. market. Constructed as an "index of indexes," the new gauge reallocates among an "aggressive" index, a "defensive" index and a "market" index—while also allowing the possibility to allocate fully to a cash component—based on an automated system that uses economic and market indicators as inputs.
The allocation mechanism used in the new index's methodology utilizes a "moving average crossover system," as it is known, to generate signals for rebalancings by comparing moving averages of economic and market indicators.
8) New Name for Buffalo Science & Technology Fund
Buffalo Funds announced Thursday that the Buffalo Science and Technology Fund (BUFTX) was renamed the Buffalo Discovery Fund effective June 29. The fund is focused on discovering high-quality companies that use innovation to create value and set themselves apart in their respective industries.
While BUFTX has a 10+ year history, its former name implied limitation to technology companies, while it invested more broadly in other sectors—hence the change in name. It retains its ticker, management team of Clay Brethour, Dave Carlsen and Elizabeth Jones, and strategy, changing only the name.
Read the June 25 Portfolio Products Roundup at AdvisorOne.com


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VICKSBURG (AP) -- A school principal in southwestern Michigan has been charged with sexually abusing a male student.
Kalamazoo County authorities charged Greg Tibbetts with second-degree criminal sexual conduct and several offenses related to using a computer to possess or distribute sexually abusive material.
Tibbetts pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Defense attorney Mike Hills says the charges are "life-altering," so it's a difficult time for Tibbetts. He's principal at Vicksburg Middle School, 20 miles south of Kalamazoo.
Vicksburg Superintendent Charles Glaes (GLAZE) tells the Kalamazoo Gazette the boy was a 13-year-old student at Tibbetts' school when the alleged abuse began in 2010.
Glaes says Tibbetts is a "trusted and very capable" principal. He says the charges are "terribly serious."
Tibbetts has been principal for nine years. He was placed on leave in late September.


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Hosted event: One World in Brussels – The Good Change: Poles Apart
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As part of 13th edition of the International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World in Brussels, we invite you to the screening of The Good Change: Poles Apart, a documentary by Polish director Konrad Szolajski. In recent years the political tension in Poland has been escalating unprecedentedly. This film presents the dramatic developments through the eyes of 2 women on opposite sides of the political barricade. The screening will be followed by a debate.
To register for the event, click here: https://www.oneworld.cz/2019/brussel-registration/7


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Guijo Suites Hotel
7644 Guijo St., between Kamagong St. and Pasong Tamo
San Antonio Village, Makati City
Metro Manila 1203, Philippines
Area Information
Providing great access to financial establishments, entertainment centers, and tourist attractions, Guijo Suites Hotel in Makati City, Philippines is the perfect base for business and leisure travelers. It is just a 20-minute drive from the Ninoy International Airport and can be reached via major forms of transportation.
Fully explore the city of Makati and its neighboring areas. Enjoy every moment in these key places of interest:
Shopping Complexes
- SM Makati
- Landmark Department Store
- Glorietta
- Power Plant Mall
Dining Places
- Ayala Triangle
- Greenbelt Park
- Makati Park and Garden
- Rockwell Center
Culture Points
- Ayala Museum
- Filipinas Heritage Library
- Museo ng Makati
- Saints Peter and Paul Church
- Guadalupe Ruins (Nuestra Senora de Gracia Church)
Sports Venues
- Makati Coliseum
- Manila Polo Club
Moreover, the hotel in Makati City, Philippines is a just 15 minutes from the commercial district of The Fort.


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