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Woman to deputies: Men robbed me at gunpoint
Volusia Sheriff's Office looks into home invasion
A Deltona woman said she was robbed at gunpoint inside her own home.
The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said the victim called to report the robbery just before 1 a.m. Monday from her Pigeon Cove Street home.
Police said two other adults and a child were inside the home during the incident.
Three men invaded the home and stole electronics, money and purses, according to deputies.
Authorities said the 7-year-old child slept in another room and was not disturbed.
No one was injured in the incident. The victims could not give a detailed description of the men because they were wearing ski masks.
The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is investigating.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 888-277-TIPS.
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BARCELONA, Spain--Sit Nokia CEO Stephen Elop down for a few moments, and one thing becomes immediately clear: Nokia is all about differentiating.
Ever since the beginning of the company's resurgence two years ago when it reshaped itself as a maker of Windows phones, Nokia has celebrated its difference, its European heritage, and even a level of quirkiness.
Today, Elop reinforced the message again and again as he addressed a small gathering of journalists at Mobile World Congress here.
Nokia Lumia designs are special, Elop says, since they're bold. The PureView imaging algorithms and camera stabilization springs are a top differentiator, along with wireless charging, Nokia's streaming-music service, and the highly sensitive screen technology that registers touch input made with your nail or a gloved hand.
At this rate, what element isn't an opportunity for Nokia's differentiation?
Yet, it isn't all hubris. Nokia designs are thoughtful and colorful, the company does develop a wide range of software to enhance the experience, and the 808 Pureview 41-megapixel camera shocker from a year ago does prove that Nokia's camera technology has the potential to push into new territory.
Sure, Android phone makers -- especially Samsung and HTC -- actively develop software and hardware innovations in audio, video, imaging, sharing, and the modern-day stylus, so Nokia is hardly alone.
What does stand out, however, is its CEO's concentration on his company bringing a unique position to the table. Nokia did that, Elop says, when it chose to become a Windows Phone house rather than yet another Android supplier.
Nokia is also willing to take calculated risks when it comes to tablets and wearable tech, Elop hinted.
"We want to build great mobile products," he said, when asked about Nokia's plan to create a tablet. "Do we see applicability in tablets? Sure...but we have to understand the use cases, differentiation, and design.
Elop added that users' and critics' early mixed response to Windows 8 OS "makes us want to study it a lot more closely."
Shift gears to wearable tech -- like watches and fitness monitors, the latter of which Elop used to own -- and Nokia's CEO really lights up.
A closer look at Nokia's Lumia 720 (pictures)See all photos
"What they are is essentially a sensor collection," he said. "These devices are sensing the world around you, they're sensing you." The aggregation of information is interesting, Elop said, but if Nokia has a clearly defined plan for how his company will embrace the trend and deliver information in a meaningful way, he isn't sharing.
First, he said, Nokia will need to track how the emerging tech markets evolve. If Nokia does act, Elop said, "We need to stand for something that's clean and meaningful and differentiated."
And there's that word again: differentiate. It's a convenient, but also crucial, motto that blankets tablets and smartwatches and smartbelts or wherever the trend goes next.
In a connected space that's rapidly coalescing around a few focused brands with lots of money to invest, Nokia's only chance to make a mark is to veer away from Apple's iOS and Samsung's Android, and to create the best "different" that the company's coffers and engineers can muster.
•readingNokia CEO: We are not a 'me-too' device-maker
•Feb 20Former phone stars of Mobile World Congress (pictures)
•Feb 12A guide to all the Nokia Lumia Windows phones (pictures)
•Sep 12Budget-friendly Nokia Lumia 520 comes to AT&T
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CORAL GABLES, FL – 14 Jun, 2017 – Mark Advent, the founder and creator of the highly successful New York New York hotel and casino in Las Vegas, and Karina Frangulyan, a Certified Public Accountant turned fitness and lifestyle entrepreneur, are pleased to announce their collaboration and creation of Life Feel Great Community™, which recently commenced construction in a new building at 301 Giralda Avenue in the heart of Coral Gables, Florida. Life Feel Great Community™ is a light, airy and contemporary 11,000 square foot members-based group fitness facility that will be a "one stop destination" for a wide array of group fitness classes and other value-added amenities and modalities.
Life Feel Great Community™ will feature five studios, including a dedicated hot studio, non-heated yoga studio and multi-fitness studio, a state-of-the-art AntiGravity® and TRX studio, a spin studio, and a special events studio to accommodate a variety of exercise curriculums. Life Feel Great Community™ will offer between 175 and 250 weekly classes.
Additionally, Life Feel Great Community™ will feature an IV therapy lounge, private massage rooms for single and couples massages, Reiki treatments, and a blow-dry bar.
Life Feel Great Community™ will also feature The Commissary, which is a bustling juice, coffee, wine and beer bar and counter style cafe — offering a fresh and high quality menu for all-day dining for members and walk-ins (non-members) alike in a fast paced atmosphere with a neighborhood charm.
The Commissary menu will feature an abundant assortment of freshly made breakfast options and flavor-packed sandwiches, soups, salads and small plates to enjoy in-house or for take-out. The beverage selection offers the finest in artisan coffees and teas and a quality selection of craft beers and wines on tap or by the bottle. The Commissary will offer a curated collection of artisanal cheeses and charcuterie, fresh pastries, desserts and handcrafted culinary options that will activate the Life experience with a sense of community and gathering.
The Commissary, which has a dedicated entry for the public, will also provide a variety of catering services, ranging from daily office orders to private offsite events and eventually deliveries.
"Life will be a place where a member can take part in a variety of low, medium and high intensity workout activities and other feel great offerings such as massage – all in a one-stop destination and in an environment free from the stereotypical and iconic imagery of what a spa, yoga center and a fitness club traditionally looks and feels like. The presentation and layout were inspired by minimalistic, clean and contemporary design. We will be focused on creating a high level of guest experience," stated Mark Advent.
Life Feel Great Community™, which is located next to the highly popular Tap 42 restaurant in Coral Gables, will be open seven days a week from 6 a.m. with last classes starting at 9 p.m. Life also has a private parking garage, valet parking and ample public parking nearby. Karina Frangulyan said, "We are creating a community for our members and an atmosphere that promotes striving to be the best that one can be – free from judgment and pressure. It is about having fun and enjoying the experience of being part of a community of like-minded people who want to feel great and look good! Life will be a vibrant place and will have a roster of ongoing special events for its members and a fun-filled Life Kids program."
Construction is now in full throttle, the website has been launched at www.lifeofficial.com and co-founders Mark Advent and Karina Frangulyan expect an October 2017 opening.
Life Feel Great Community™ was designed by G. Alvarez Studio, Inc. an architecture and design office in Miami. Gigi Alvarez, principal of the firm, stated, "Life, located in the heart of Coral Gables' tree lined streets, is designed to connect people with a warm sense of place that is about community!"
Life Feel Great Community™ will also be offering a Life-branded yoga program created by Los Angeles-based master yoga instructor Caley Alyssa. This program modernizes the practice of yoga by offering classes that are accessible to everybody within an hour's time. This unique format takes into account traditional postures and leaves behind the guru-centered, stereotypical approach. "It is about demystifying the elements of yoga that might otherwise keep students from experiencing one of the most complete beneficial workouts in the world of fitness," said Caley Alyssa.
AntiGravity® combines contemporary acrobatics and an aerial art workout that is done while suspended in a specially designed silk hammock. "We are so excited about being part of Life and working with Mark and Karina who are dedicated to changing the paradigm of how group fitness is offered. AntiGravity® at Life will be a game changer that will improve the physicality of the Life members who make AntiGravity® a regular part of their workout regiment," said Christopher Harrison. AntiGravity® at Life Feel Great Community™ will be a certified training center as well as state of the art studio and can accommodate up to 26 members per class. Benefits of AntiGravity include spinal decompression by relieving pressure and hydrating disks and realigning the vertebrae, a refresh of the circulatory and endocrine system, and an increase in spatial awareness, agility and flexibility.
"Life is focused on becoming a premium luxury lifestyle destination and brand and our team, who will be properly trained and committed to continuing education, will be dedicated to its members. Life Feel Great Community™ is a unique offering and we are excited to launch the brand in Coral Gables, which is an amazing and welcoming community," said Mark Advent.
About Mark Advent:
Mark Advent is the founder and creator of New York New York hotel and casino in Las Vegas and is a hospitality, entertainment, leisure, gaming, retail and tourism expert and works internationally to create large-scale destination experiences.
About Karina Frangulyan:
Karina Frangulyan is a Certified Public Accountant and former auditor at RSM LLP and Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP.
About Caley Alyssa:
Caley Alyssa is a Los-Angeles based master yoga instructor and TV personality.
Website: www.caleyalyssa.com
About AntiGravity® Fitness:
Christopher Harrison founded AntiGravity® in 1991, originally as a dance company that utilized acrobatic arts as its movement vocabulary. The AntiGravity Fitness techniques originated with the company's warm-ups and aerial conditioning exercises. Harrison is best known for bringing contemporary aerial arts to Broadway, rock tours, TV award shows, and for creating the 'aerial yoga' genre. AntiGravity Fitness techniques are offered in over 500 locations in 46 countries and range from highly therapeutic to athlete level work-outs.
Website: www.antigravityfitness.com
About G. Alvarez Studio, Inc:
The firm was founded in 1995 and has evolved into G. Alvarez Studio, Inc., an award-winning interior architecture, design and space planning studio. Its work reflects the synergy of collaboration, and a commitment to "Designing for Humans in the Digital Age."
Website: www.galvarezstudio.com
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Company Name: Life
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Website: http://www.lifeofficial.com


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Gramps 4.1 Wiki Manual - Getting started
|Special copyright notice: All edits to this page need to be under two different copyright licenses:
These licenses allow the Gramps project to maximally use this wiki manual as free content in future Gramps versions. If you do not agree with this dual license, then do not edit this page. You may only link to other pages within the wiki which fall only under the GFDL license via external links (using the syntax: [https://www.gramps-project.org/...]), not via internal links.
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In this chapter, we'll begin with the basics. First, we'll describe the basic concepts in Gramps. Then, we'll show you how to start Gramps and how to get help when you need it.
Overview of Gramps
Gramps is designed to be a flexible and powerful genealogy tool. Because of this power and flexibility, it helps to get an idea of how Gramps works before jumping into how to use the Gramps program.
Gramps breaks all genealogy information into 9 primary items:
- People
- Families
- Events
- Notes
- Media
- Citations
- Sources
- Places
- Repositories
Each of these is composed of stand-alone items. That means that you can enter into your family tree one item at a time, and in any order that you want. For example, you might want to enter each Person item first, and then connect them together by creating Family items later. Or, you might start with Source items, and only create a Person item as your research warrants it. Or, you can mix these styles of entering data by adding some Note and Source items, then Family items, then later return to Notes and Sources. In a word, you do your genealogical research however you wish.
These 9 primary items are connected in a number of ways. Some of these connections are maintained implicitly. For example, adding a Person item to a Family item as a parent, or child, automatically creates a special connection, called a Reference. You can see the Families a Person is connected to in the References tab on the main Person window. There are many other ways that these connections are also visualized in Gramps, including the Relationship View.
To keep from repeating information, Gramps allows you to reuse, or share, items. These are also special connections, called links. For example, a Person item can be linked to any number of Note items. If a note mentions two separate people, then it might make sense to share that single note with both of the person items.
Some links have information themselves. For example, you can link a person to another couple's marriage event, say, because the person was a witness at their wedding. However, the husband and wife are linked to the marriage event in a primary role, whereas a witness fills a different role, e.g. as a witness. This type of information is kept on the link itself, in the role property.
Gramps supports two different methods to protect the privacy of sensitive data in your family tree. These methods are used when sharing your data with others, either through the creation of a report, exporting of data, or through the creation of a website. The first method protects information on people who Gramps believes are alive. If you have not specifically indicated that a person is dead (by adding a Death Event to a Person item), then Gramps has a sophisticated, automatic function for determining if someone is alive. Living people have their sensitive data redacted when using this method. For example, a person named "Smith, John" could appear as "Smith, [Living]".
The second privacy method is an explicit "private" flag which you can set on each item. For example, you might have sensitive, personal information in a note. If you mark such a note as private, then that note will not be shown in textual and narrative reports or exports. Also be aware that some links themselves can be marked private. This is useful when you want to mark the connection from, say, a person to an event as private, but still have the person and the event available in the report, export, or website.
In order to activate these two methods of privacy, you will need to indicate their use when creating some reports or exporting your data.
Gramps derives its core structure of items from a standard called GEDCOM. However, Gramps extends this standard where it has been deemed necessary. If you plan on using your family data with another system which uses GEDCOM, then you probably will want to be try to restrict your use of features that are Gramps-only extensions. On the other hand, if you are not limited by other genealogical software, then you can enter your data in whatever ways make sense to you.
You can read more details about this issue in the section on Gramps and GEDCOM.
Gramps is a powerful, flexible, free, open source program. One can largely use Gramps anyway you wish. There is no one, correct method of working or recording your data. However, if you wish to interact with other researchers or programs, you may have to consider alternative methods.
If you have additional questions, Gramps has a vibrant community of users and developers. There is a FAQ (frequently asked question list); a mailing list; a bug, feature request, and issue tracker; and an on-line chat room.
However, probably the best way to learn Gramps is by working with your data. Let's get started!
Start Gramps
The way you start Gramps depends on the operating system you are using.
As well as starting Gramps using the normal graphical user interface (GUI) as described below, it is also possible to start Gramps using a command line interface (CLI). CLI use can produce reports that are not available via the GUI, it can be used to create reports, do conversions etc. without opening a window, and can provide extra information in the event of problems. For more information, see the Command Line appendix.
Only the Linux platform is officially supported as Gramps developers use and test the source code on that platform, fixing any problems that arise due to upgrades.
Assuming you have used the standard Package Manager (either through a CLI or a GUI) for your Linux distribution, you will start Gramps in the normal way for your distribution. For example in Ubuntu 12.10, an icon is placed in the launcher, or the program can be started from Dash. For other distributions, an entry may be created in the Application menu (normally in the Office section).
Starting Gramps through the CLI on Linux is covered here.
MS Windows
MS Windows is a community supported platform. If you install the Windows AIO GrampsAIO32 or GrampsAIO64 executable, then this will place an icon on the desktop as well as a menu iten in the 'Start' menu, and you click on that to start Gramps.
Why are there two icons and two (or more - uninstall??) items in the start menu. Which group are the gramps menu items in the start menu? What is the difference between the two different Gramps icons? When would you use one or the other?
Starting Gramps through the CLI on MS Windows is covered here.
There are other ways to install Gramps for MS Windows, but these are much more complicated and are not covered here.
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a community supported platform. If you download the Mac OS X disk image (.dmg), then you simply drag the application to your application folder (or anywhere else you want to store it) and start Gramps by double clicking on the application in the normal way.
Starting Gramps through the CLI on Mac OS X is covered here.
There are other ways to install Gramps for Mac OS X, but these are much more complicated and are not covered here.
Gramps has been translated into a number of languages. Usually Gramps automatically starts in your local language, as chosen for other applications, but sometimes this may not be right for you.
Describe for each main platform how the normal language is determined and how the user can choose a different language.
If you want to choose a locale 'variant' for sorting that is not the default variant, then you can start Gramps from the terminal (or console) with a different LC_COLLATE environment. For example, the default sorting (collation) variant for Swedish is "reformed", but you can instead choose "standard" by typing:
export LC_COLLATE="[email protected]=standard" python Gramps.py
MS Windows
Mac OS X
For Mac OS X see Advanced setup for details on how the language is normally chosen, and how to choose a special, non-default setting for the language, the sorting order or the format of such things as day and month names and number separators.
Choosing a Family Tree
If Gramps is started without a family tree selected, the initial screen will have little functionality. Most operations will not be available. To load a family tree (also referred to as database), select in the menu Family Trees->Manage Family Trees to open the family tree manager, or click the Family Tree icon in the toolbar. Gramps keeps track of your recently opened Family Trees, and these can be selected by clicking on the arrow next to the Family Tree button and choosing from the drop down menu.
For more detailed information on the Family Tree manager and the Family Trees menu, see the chapter dedicated to this: Manage Family Trees.
Tell me how to start right now!
We advise everyone to read/go over the manual to learn all the details of Gramps. Genealogy takes time, so learning the tools is not wasted time.
However, if you really want the bare minimum to start, then read this How-To start with Genealogy using Gramps.
Obtaining Help
Gramps has a Help menu that you can consult at any time. It includes the following menu items:
- User Manual: Direct link to the online Gramps manual you are viewing right now. Yes, you need an internet connection to consult the Gramps Manual.
- FAQ: A link to the Frequently Asked Questions about Gramps.
- Key Bindings: A link to the Keybindings reference for Gramps. Also known as Keyboard shortcuts.
- Tip of the day: Displays the "Tip of the day" dialog.
- Plugin Manager: From this menu you can manage the plugins you may have added.
- Gramps Home Page: This item opens your web browser and connects to the Gramps project web site.
- Gramps Mailing Lists: This item opens your web browser to the Gramps mailing list page. On this page, you can browse the mailing list archives and join the gramps-users mailing list so you can share your experiences with other Gramps user's.
- Report a Bug: Choose this item to file a bug report in the Gramps bug tracking system. (Remember, Gramps is a living project. We want to know about any problems you encounter so we can work to solve them for you and everyone elses benefit.)
- Extra Reports/Tools: A link to the Installing Addons in Gramps.
- About: This item displays a dialog with general information about the Gramps version you are running.
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Dr Pepper 'unbelievable' by Deutsch LA
AdvertiserDr Pepper
AgencyDeutsch LA
SectorFood and Drink and Soft drinks
ExposureUnited States
This latest work for Dr Pepper evokes a touch of fairytale magic as Deutsch LA rounds up all the usual suspects to discuss the issue of believability.
Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, the Easter Bunny and a host of other mythical characters desperate to be believed gather in a hall at weekly 'I Exist' meetings.
During the meeting, the newest member, Diet Dr Pepper Guy tells of his woes that he is selling a diet drink that no one believes is truly satisfying.
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Chiffon cakes are notoriously tricky but oh-so-yummy!
I am conducting a Chiffon Cake workshop and we are making a super soft and aromatic Pandan Chiffon Cake AND a to-die-for Marble Hokkaido Milk Chiffon Cake.
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to make any chiffon cake you desire.
What you will learn:
- 2 chiffon cake recipes
- How to create layers
- How to get the right meringue
- How to unmold a chiffon cake
What you will prepare:
- 1 Pandan Chiffon Cake
- 1 Marble Hokkaido Milk Chiffon Cake
What the fee includes:
- Ingredients for the class
- Use of kitchen equipment
- Aprons
- Containers for bringing cakes home
- Recipe printout
Class structure:
- Introduction to ingredients
- Demonstration by Chef Diana Gale
- Interactive hands-on baking session
Participants are to bring their own pens for the class if they wish to take notes. Participants may be asked to share workspace depending on recipe.
The maximum class size is 12. Classes will start with a minimum of 8 participants. Fees paid are non-refundable, and if a participant is absent for a workshop, no make-ups will be conducted. Fees paid cannot be transferred to another workshop.
In the event that the minimum number of participants is not met, the class will be cancelled. Participants will be informed via email and all monies paid will be refunded.
Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis. Full payment must be made at the point of registration.
The Domestic Goddess Wannabe reserves the copyrights of any videos and photography taken in class for future promotional purposes, without any prior notice.


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Nanoelectronic Modeling Lecture 06: nanoHUB.org - Rappture Toolkit
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nanoHUB.org is a community web site that offers "online simulation and more" services to over 90,000 users annually free of charge. Over 150 simulation tools are available and over 1,600 other content items ranging from research seminars to complete nanotechnology classes are hosted on the nanoHUB. At this we believe that there is no other scientific gateway which hosts as many content items to as many users.
The rapid deployment of over 150 simulation tools in just over 4 years has been enabled by 2 critical software developments: 1) Maxwell's Daemon: a middleware that can deploy at a production level UNIX based codes in web browsers, and 2) Rappture: a software system that enables the rapid development of graphical user interfaces and data management to new and legacy softwares.
This reviews briefly the Rapid Application Infrastructure toolkit (Rappture) in terms of its philosophy and general code structure. Further details can be found at
- http://www.rappture.org
- What is Rappture?
- Getting Started
- Documentation
- Downloads
Further involvement with the Rappture developments can be achieved through Mailing list: Post: email@example.com Subscribe: firstname.lastname@example.com">firstname.lastname@example.com with subject subscribe
Cite this work
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
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A must have app for me is BeBuzz and it has just been updated to version 5.0.22. If you currently have version 5.x the update is FREE, but an upgrade from version 3 or 4 is $1.99. BeBuzz allows you to personlize the LED on your device in many ways. Different colors for notifications like text messages, BBM, E-mail, calender, tasks, coverage indicator, missed calls and so on. You can customize your contacts with different colors as well, and it will also let you choose specific colors for many third party apps.
The change-log for this update includes:
The change-log for this update includes:
- BBM chat history is not being deleted anymore
- BeBuzz support now works whether BBM chat is set to device or memory card
- Extended complimentary Text-to-Speech until January 31, 2012
- Added support for browsing for ringtones (pre-installed ringtones cannot be used)
- Automatically reverting to legacy BBM when there is no BBM contact and no toast/TTS for BBM
- Added warning in setup wizard that BBM chat history has to be on
- Fixed display bug in OS 5.0 and before
- Fixed NullPointerException when pressing volume up/down keys without Text-to-Speech outputting audio
- Fixed Text-to-Speech volume setting not correctly applied, leading to silent/non-working Text-to-Speech


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StreetGym® is a fun, free outdoor fitness session. See your city in a different light as we make best use of London's iconic urban terrain. You'll run up to three miles guided by a professional fitness instructor, stopping along the way at various bits of street furniture and architectural features to perform bodyweight based exercises. Be prepared to crawl, jump and climb along the way. StreetGym® is great fun, will boost overall fitness and is amazing training for obstacle races like Tough Mudder and Spartan Beast.
Meet at the Bankside Community Space ready to leave at 6pm. The session will comprise a ten minute warm-up, 40 minutes exercise and ten minutes cool down. StreetGym® takes place outside so make sure you wear the right kit, a base layer and a waterproof outer layer is recommended.
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Nova, Thanos, and Guardians of the Galaxy: Early Reviews from Midtown
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Gahl Buslov here! I'm one of the buyers for Midtown Comics, and I've got something I want to share with you.
I got a call from a publisher the other day, asking me if I would review an upcoming book for them, and if I liked it, and was so inclined, to then tell the world about it. Not an unusual request, but the source of the request was: Marvel! They wanted me to come down to the offices and review their new ongoing Nova series, by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness. And it had to be done at the Marvel office, to ensure nothing was leaked. So that's exactly what I did Thursday morning. Click through to read more! Spoilers will be clearly marked.


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Funding History
Despite the controversy that surrounded HIV/AIDS in the late 1980s and early 1990s, The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis did not shy away from efforts to address this health issue. At that time, various organizations were providing HIV/AIDS services, but they rarely worked together, and there was no consensus about the most pressing needs or the best ways to address them. So The Health Foundation convened a group of service providers, medical professionals, state officials and funders to discuss the HIV/AIDS problem in greater Indianapolis and new collaborations that could help solve it. Those meetings resulted in several new initiatives, including the Indiana AIDS Fund, the fundraising arm of The Health Foundation, in 1994.
In 1995, The Health Foundation became a community partner of AIDS United (formerly the National AIDS Fund), a national organization that serves as a leading voice on HIV prevention. The Health Foundation began making grants for HIV/AIDS in 1990, and then expanded its grantmaking through the Indiana AIDS Fund in 1996, and, to date, has granted more than $21.5 million to AIDS service organizations and community health providers across Indiana. It has been recognized for funding cutting-edge programs that otherwise would not have received funding from other sources. This high level of commitment, leadership and courage has kept The Health Foundation at the forefront in the fight against HIV disease for nearly two decades.


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Oakland, CA-based composer/performer Kyle Bruckmann's work extends from a classical foundation into gray areas encompassing free jazz, electronic music and post-punk rock. From 1996-2003, he was a fixture in Chicago's experimental music underground; long-term affiliations include the electro-acoustic duo EKG, the art-punk monstrosity Lozenge, and the Creative Music quintet Wrack.
For his first solo release on 530Techno, as Stunp he straps down his experimental sound with the club and techno framework and creates 4 unique tracks pushing the boundaries of status quo dance floor sensibilities. Rife with complex analog instrumentation and polyrhythmic percussion, this is hand crafted techno as much for your intellect as your dj boxes.
Remixes courtesy of Berlin based underground duo, Signal Deluxe (Thoughtless, Disclosure, Adjunct) and label curator symbio (530Techno).


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A new study into the health effects of sugar by the University of Otago aims to disentangle what has been a confused and controversial issue, its author says.
The study, commissioned by the World Health Organisation and published today in the influential British Medical Journal (BMJ), found cutting down on sugar had a small but significant effect on body weight.
It has already received a ringing endorsement from United States nutrition experts, who have backed its findings in an editorial also published today in the BMJ.
Study co-author Professor Jim Mann, who has been researching the health effects of sugar since the 1970s, said the study's methodology helped it to disentangle conflicting information about the role of sugar in human health.
"The story about sugar and teeth and dental care is fairly clear cut, but with regard to other health issues, there has been a certain amount of controversy, to some extent fuelled by the industry,'' he said.
Dr Mann and his co-author Dr Lisa Te Morenga searched through almost 8000 trials and 10,000 studies before aggregating the findings of 68 studies that looked directly at the effects of free sugars on body weight.
He said such an analysis had the advantage of giving researchers an overall picture.
The study found reducing sugar intake had a small but significant effect on adult body weight - an average reduction of 0.80kg - while increasing sugar intake led to a corresponding 0.75kg increase in weight.
Dr Mann said that might not sound like very much - but the effect was "incredibly important'' because it was cumulative.
"The longer you continue to eat less sugar, the more the effect. And equally, if you start eating more sugar, the greater the effect.''
The studies in which people increased their sugar intake showed they gained weight "in an incredibly short period of weeks or months''.
"So what are you doing to yourself if you are having a high intake of sugar over the years?''
Dr Mann said the study was one of the first to acknowledge sugar was not the cause of the obesity epidemic but a significant contributor.
The evidence was less consistent in children, mainly due to poor compliance with dietary advice, but it showed an increased risk of obesity among children who consumed more sugar-sweetened beverages.
Dr Mann said the results were heartening because they were completely compatible with his own research into the effects of sugar, first published in The Lancet, another respected medical journal, in the 1970s.
"It is encouraging to see that probably we were right.''
The BMJ editorial backing the study argues for action at many levels - including education programmes, better food and drink options at schools and worksites, and policy changes like taxes on sugar-laden drinks.
But Dr Mann said such health messages could take a long time to get through to the public, citing smoking as an example.
"I think the sugar story has been very confused by people who have exaggerated the badness of sugar. Sugar is not inherently a bad substance - if you like a bit of sugar on your cereal, that's fine. What you don't want is an excessive intake of sugar for the amount of calories that you need,'' he said.
"I think the problem over the years is that you've had two camps. You've had people who've said sugar is a disaster, it's the cause of all ill-health - which it clearly isn't - and then you've had people, particularly the sugar industry, that has understandably rubbished that.''


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SingStar Frozen is happening, parents everywhere in dismay
A new version of SingStar has been outed by PEGI, much to the horror of anyone who has to look after small children.
Singstar headlines
You can use your smartphone as a mic in Singstar PS4
Singstar has been announced for release on PS4 later this year, and Game Director Chris Bruce has revealed that players will be able to use their smartphone as a microphone.
Singstar: Sony discussing free-to-play reboot at F2P Summit next month
Singstar is getting a free-to-play reboot later this year, following a free stint on PS3. Sony has confirmed it will discuss the project at the F2P Summit event in October.
SingStar has 1.5 million new users since going free-to-play
SingStar has added 1.5 million new users since going free-to-play in October 2012. According to studio director Dave Ranyard, speaking at the Develop conference, only 2 million users had been attached to the game in the five years on the market since before the switch. Per Ranyard, 6% of those who download the free app […]
Singstar goes Eurovision crazy with big song sale
Singstar has caught Eurovision fever ahead of the big contest his weekend, and is slashing the price of songs that have appeared in the show over the years. Some are utter garbage of course, while others are sort of ace. Decide for yourself here.
GAME now selling eShop codes
High-street retailer GAME has become the first retailer in Europe to sell Nintendo's eShop codes online and in stores. The retailer is selling a number of Wii U and 3DS titles through its website, with six Wii U titles ranging from Singstar at £32.99 to Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge and […]
Crytek: 'F2P could make PS3 the key console'
Crytek boss Cevat Yerli has discussed why Sony's move to the free-to-play market could propel PS3 to the top of the console food chain. It comes as his company moves into free-to-play development with Warface and other projects.
SingStar to be made available as a free download from the XMB
SingStar, the competitive singing game for PS3, will be available disc-free to everyone in Australia, Europe, and New Zealand as a free download from the XMB.
SingStar Viewer app discontinued, game could become a free download soon
SingStar may be going the free-to-play route, according to a "discontinued" message appearing when PS3 users load the SingStar Viewer app.
Small SWTOR patch deployed, doesn't fix dance exploit
Bioware has updated Star Wars: The Old Republic with a few fixes and tweaks to the MMO, with the only real major changes being a fix to the cover mechanic and the Sith Corruption toggle.
Tuesday Shorts Late Edition: Lots of Sonic, LOTRO, Minecraft 1.5, Humble Bundle, sales
It's time for more shorts. Get your fill below the belt-line.
SingStar adds Bon Jovi, Kings of Leon, The Saturdays, and more
A hefty set of additions to the downloadable SingStar catalogue is due with this week's PlayStation Store update, adding in a bizarre collection of oddities from Marving Gaye to Wolfmother to Aqua.
Sony to announce something "exciting" for SingStar at E3
Sony has posted this week's SingStar update, which includes U2, Cameo, No Doubt and others.However, at the bottom of the update, there's a message saying: "Keep your eyes peeled for some very exciting announcements from SingStar at this week's E3".
Rumour: Sony to reveal Singstar Dance
Sony is to unveil a new SingStar title this week, although this one has a twist. Possibly quite literally.
Singstar hits 20 million units
Singstar's sold 20 million units, Sony's announced.The game launched on PS2 in 2004, and is currently touting an upcoming Take That edition.There's more detail here, should you need it.
SingStar patch on the way to fix problems, Paul McCartney pack incoming
SCEE has confirmed that a new patch is in the works for SingStar, after some massive bugs for the game were found following the release of update 4.2."As soon as we were aware of these issues, the senior SingStar development team came together and have been working flat out to fix these issues with the […]
The Beatles: Rock Band microphone pack released
Looks like EA has officially announced the two microphone pack for The Beatles: Rock Band.The two microphone pack for PS3 contains two SingStar mics and is for sale now in the UK for £49.99.In the press release, Harmonix and MTV threw in a gentle reminder that Abbey Road will be released on October 20, Sgt. […]
SingStore update includes Vampire Weekend, Coldplay, Blondie
Sony has updated the SingStore for karaoke enthusiasts, and the offerings include individual tracks from the previously released Coldplay SongPack 2 as well as one for Blondie.Here are the offerings: Coldplay – Don't Panic, In My Place, Lost, Trouble, Violet Hill Lisa Mitchell – Neopolitan Dreams Rednex – Old Pop In An Oak Spandau Ballet […]
ESRB outs SingStar Latino's interesting lyrics
Sony's SingStar Latino for PS2 and PS3 has been given a rating by the ESRB.While it has a Teen rating, the description for the game given by the ESRB is rather hilarious as it mentions the videos and song lyrics included in the game.We can't do it justice, so here's what we pulled from the […]
Sony's GC Press Event: SingStar and Audi Home spaces announced
SCEE's just announce brand new Home spaces for SingStar as well as for car maker, Audi.It comes out of their press conference, which has just started.
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Singstar: Sony discussing free-to-play reboot at F2P Summit next month
SingStar to be made available as a free download from the XMB
SingStar Viewer app discontinued, game could become a free download soon
Tuesday Shorts Late Edition: Lots of Sonic, LOTRO, Minecraft 1.5, Humble Bundle, sales
SingStar adds Bon Jovi, Kings of Leon, The Saturdays, and more
SingStar patch on the way to fix problems, Paul McCartney pack incoming
SingStore update includes Vampire Weekend, Coldplay, Blondie
Sony's GC Press Event: SingStar and Audi Home spaces announced
EU SingStar update, August 3 – Girls Aloud, Starsailor, Nirvana
Next week's SingStore update celebrates Eurovision 2009 final
SingStar users upload over 100,000 videos to community pages


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Rosevelt. LOL.
I'm so in love with them it's like love at first sight. o_o
I heard my sis talking about how great they were as she saw them performing in the college foyer and I was like oh ok.
But when I saw them perform they blow me away.
And they are performing this Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at different places, FAR places. =/
I hate being Cinderella.
P/S: Voting like mad on VIMA 2010
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O'Sullivan soaks in San Diego homecoming
SAN DIEGO -- Even though he grew up in North Carolina, Padres outfielder Cameron Maybin remembers hearing about a player in San Diego named Sean O'Sullivan.
When Maybin saw O'Sullivan in all-star games, he thought for sure O'Sullivan would end up as a pretty good third baseman due to his strong bat.
Turns out, O'Sullivan became a pitcher, and last night started a game in his hometown for the Padres, the team he grew up rooting for.
Walking from the bullpen to the dugout before the game is when O'Sullivan tried to soak in as much of the atmosphere as possible. O'Sullivan's hitting prowess was on display, too. He clobbered a pitch off the center-field wall in the third inning for a double and second career hit.
Manager Bud Black complimented O'Sullivan for battling through his emotions and navigating himself from trouble time after time.
"Lot of nerves, lot of adrenaline, so that was tough to calm down to go out there and pitch," O' Sullivan said.
The Giants put multiple men on base in every inning after a 1-2-3 opening frame, but only pushed across two runs against him. He finished the game after throwing 102 pitches in five innings, allowing two runs on six hits.
However, O'Sullivan was tagged with the loss and the game turned sour after he left, as the Giants scored eight runs off the Padres' bullpen.
"I thought [I did] an OK job," O'Sullivan said. "There were a couple situations there where I thought it could've got out of control. Thought I made a pitch when I needed to."
O'Sullivan's family was in the stands and his dad, Paul, gave a television interview during the fourth inning where he sounded more impressed about his son's approach at the plate than worried about his pitching.
"We love watching him hit," he said.


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American spice: Powdered-sugar icing decorates these crisp gingerbread-like treats.
- Yield
- Makes about 3 1/2 dozen
- Cookies
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
- 1/4 cup robust-flavored (dark) molasses
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Icing
- 1 1/2 cups (or more) powdered sugar
- 5 teaspoons water
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- For cookies:
- Sift first 7 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Add sugar and beat until well blended. Beat in molasses, egg yolk, orange peel, and vanilla. Add flour mixture and beat just until blended. Gather dough into ball. Divide into 4 pieces. Flatten each into disk. Wrap each in plastic and chill until cold and firm, at least 4 hours.
- Position racks in top third and bottom third of oven and preheat to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Roll out 1 piece of dough on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Using 2 1/2- to 3-inch star-shaped cutter, cut out cookies. Transfer cookies to prepared sheets, spacing 1/2 inch apart (cookies spread very little). Gather scraps and reroll dough, cutting out more cookies. Bake cookies 5 minutes. Reverse baking sheets; bake until cookies are puffed and look slightly darker around edges, about 5 minutes longer. Cool cookies on sheets 2 minutes. Using thin metal spatula, transfer cookies to racks; cool. Repeat with remaining dough pieces.
- For icing:
- Sift 1 1/2 cups sugar into medium bowl. Add 5 teaspoons water and vanilla; whisk until smooth. Whisk in more sugar by tablespoonfuls, if necessary, until icing falls thickly off whisk. Spoon icing into pastry bag fitted with 1/16-inch plain round tip or resealable plastic bag (cut tip off bag). Pipe icing onto cookies. Let stand until icing is hard, at least 3 hours. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Store airtight between sheets of waxed paper.)


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Best California Medicare plans named by US News & World Report
The deadline to enroll for a 2014 Medicare plan is this Sat., Dec. 7, so time is of the essence to pick a plan. If you are on Medicare, or are a caregiver for someone who is, the U.S. News Best Medicare Plans site can help you navigate your options. U.S. News has analyzed all Medicare plans and found that throughout California, only Kaiser Permanente offers Medicare Advantage plans consistently rated five stars. For Part D (drug) plans, only Stonebridge Life Insurance Company offers highly-rated plans.
The guides can help you decide whether original Medicare is the best option or whether to look into Medicare Advantage plans, adding on a Medicare Part D drug coverage plan or a Medigap plan.
U.S. News used data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), including its rating of each Medicare Advantage plan, to rate the best Medicare plans by state. CMS scores each Medicare plan from one to five stars in half-star intervals. For an insurer to make the U.S. News list in a given state, its Medicare Advantage plans had to earn an average rating of at least 4.5 out of 5 stars and all of its plans in the state had to earn at least 3 stars. We found that even with a large state like California, where 27 companies offer plans, very few tended to offer top-rated plans consistently. Just one company, Kaiser Permanente, made the list.
We also used the CMS five-star system for all Part D (prescription drug) plans. We grouped the 2014-year star ratings by company and within each state, then averaged each company's ratings in that state. For an insurer to make the U.S. News list, its Part D plans had to earn an average rating of at least 4 out of 5 stars and all had to earn at least 3 stars. Each state in the country has one or more companies on our list. A few companies did well across many states, such as Stonebridge, the best Part D plan in California, which also qualified in 48 other states as well as the District of Columbia.
In addition to rating insurers, U.S. News has republished the CMS star ratings for each Medicare Advantage plan and Part D plan in the country. Plans are searchable by ZIP code from the U.S. News Medicare homepage or the search box at the top of every page on Medicare. By default, Medicare Advantage plans with drug coverage are displayed, but you can click to see Part D plans only, or Medicare Advantage plans without drug coverage. Use the search refine dropdowns and checkboxes on the left side to narrow down plans according to your criteria. Note, for example, there are Medicare Advantage plans with a $0 premium, though that is zero dollars on top of what a person on original Medicare already pays; that amount is automatically deducted from the person's Social Security check.
Another important factor to consider is the drug coverage you may need. Drug plans will pay different amounts on drugs, or even change their pricing year-to-year. You may want to take a list of your existing medications and input them into medicare.gov's site or ehealth.com, and either site will show you plans that support your drugs, as well as the most cost-effective plans.


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A few people have asked when the new lifts at the station will be working. The answer, which I found out this morning is tinged with sadness. I was told by one of the gentlemen working on the project that:
"The new bridge can't open until the old one has been taken down."They are in the process of trying to 'take possession' of the railway line (in other words close the station and possibly the line too) for a weekend so they can get the equipment in to remove the old footbridge. So take a last long look at it while you can. We still have a few weeks to go - it will probably be in early June when they remove it and open up the new footbridge (with working lifts).
Personally I don't understand why the old one needs to be removed before people can use the new one. In my mind two bridges gives people double the choice of where they want to cross the railway line. It costs more money and more inconvenience closing the station etc. for a weekend to remove it than to just leave it there offering people a second option.
The blog has discussed this situation before and it was suggested that it would cost more to maintain the bridge than to remove it but I find that a slightly incongruous argument. Perhaps the cost of taking it down is less than the cost of maintaining if for the next 20 years, but I doubt it would be less than maintaining if for the next five years. Perhaps the time to remove it should be when it would be needing its next major overhaul. In the meantime people would be able to use both. The idea that people can't use one so long as the other still exists just doesn't seem right to me.
Of course this also means we won't be able to see the new foot bridge (or anything else) from the old one any more. So we'll not have the opportunity to take photos like the one below. So enjoy this sight while you can too (complete with graffiti).


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What do you do when you have feelings for a Ginger?
I will proceed with my story of forbidden love.
I don't hate people with red hair by any means.
I just find them to be freakish and fascinating.
I also think that there are adults that have cool red hair.
and I love her dearly. Ariel for instance-a famous Ging
got to brush out her locks with a fork.
Something I always thought was cool--and have maybe
both pretty cool humans.
I just personally feel that people in movies
or creepy, or Lindsay Lohan...
friend Fran (you all know her as the one who set
in our inner circles.
supernova came out of nowhere and stole my heart.
Take a look for yourselves here.
only guy that didn't fall.
STILL awesome!
I'm pretty sure he could have taken Russell and
Mr. Fredricksen to South America
sans balloons.
Up! 2 Our Ears in Snow...ok i'll stop...
He wasn't new to the world but he was new to me as
She too was falling in love and was conflicted.
We are not sure how to address our feelings
as we have mercilessly made fun of our Ginger friends.
go down I'm sure we'll sell some sort of ticket for
a fight in an octagon. All proceeds will most likely
go to hair-dye for other Ginger youths.
P.S. I'm sorry the formatting for this is weird. I think it's the video that I embedded. It should be all fixed now.


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Feast your eyes on the very first images from the movie adaptation of David Mitchell's time jumping novel Cloud Atlas. The movie features a massive cast of big name actors (Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Hugh Grant and more) playing multiple roles throughout time, from the 19th century to the future.
Thanks to Entertainment Weekly we now have the very first look at... the future? We're not sure. According to one of the movie's three directors, Lana Wachowski, Tom Hanks meets an emissary from an advanced civilization, played by Halle Berry, in one part of the many layered stories. As is another tale about a composer, played by Jim Broadbent and his apprentice Ben Whishaw (pictured below).
Cloud Atlas will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival, and then hit theaters worldwide on October 26th.


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Atlantis leaves Columbus with a radio eye on Earth's sea traffic
The recent Shuttle mission to the International Space Station has brought ESA's Columbus module a step nearer to beginning an ambitious experiment to track global maritime traffic from space.
Astronauts Michael Foreman and Randolph Bresnik installed the Automatic Identification System (AIS) antenna on the outside of Columbus during their second spacewalk of the STS-129 mission, on 21 November. This VHF antenna is designed to pick up signals from the standard AIS transponders carried by all international ships over 300 tonnes, cargo vessels over 500 tonnes and all types of passenger carriers.
The spacewalkers began by installing a Grappling Adaptor To On-Orbit Railing (GATOR) onto one of Columbus's handrails, to which the antenna was attached. GATOR also enabled the attachment of a second Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) antenna onto Columbus, to be used for ham radio, during the six hour, eight-minute spacewalk – around an hour of which was devoted to ESA work. Space Shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth on 27 November.
Both AIS and ARISS antennas were developed by the ARISS organisation in collaboration with ESA. They were installed on the Earth-facing starboard side of Columbus, the AIS antenna placed forward and the ARISS antenna aft.
The AIS antenna is connected to a pair of receivers inside Columbus. "Both AIS receivers have been developed as an In-Orbit Demonstration project of ESA's General Support Technology Programme (GSTP)," explained Karsten Strauch, ESA project manager of the COLAIS (Columbus AIS) project. "While GSTP is devoted to developing flight-ready hardware, the In-Orbit Demonstration element moves activities one stage further by actually providing European industry with opportunities for test flights."
The NORAIS receiver was developed by the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment with the support of the company Kongsberg Seatex. The LUXAIS receiver stems from LuxSpace. Once the COLAIS experiment is ready, the receivers will operate alternately, switching every three months. Both receivers were delivered by Japan's HTV-1 supply ferry in September.
Challenge of orbital AIS detection
The internationally mandated AIS system enables port authorities and coast guards to track seagoing traffic. But the onboard transponders have a horizontal range of only around 74 km. This is sufficient for coastal tracking or ship-to-ship monitoring but means that traffic on the open ocean disappears into vast blind spots.
AIS signals do reach much further in the vertical direction – all the way up to the 400 km orbit of the ISS. So the aim is to demonstrate space-based ship monitoring techniques using Columbus as a test platform, as a first step towards an operational AIS-monitoring service based on constellations of satellites for worldwide coverage.
Experiment employing new computer technology
The final element needed to begin the two-year COLAIS experiment is ERNObox. It is a prototype computer based around a new generation of ESA-developed processor chips, its name coming from the German for 'modular computer in low Earth orbit'.
"The ERNObox has already flown aboard Columbus as what is known as a SDTO – Space Station Test Objective – from February 2008 to July 2009," said Horst Koenig, Head of ESA's System Engineering section. "Its original purpose was to assess a new processor and other technologies in the space environment. Following its return to Earth with STS-127 in July 2009, it was refitted to serve as a data relay for the COLAIS experiment, and will return to the Station once a flight is available, though not earlier than February 2010 depending on upload constraints for ESA payloads."
The ERNObox has been built by Astrium Space Transportation in Germany. Astrium is also responsible for the overall system integration of COLAIS.
The ISS focus on Earth observation
COLAIS is part of the trend of using the ISS as a platform to observe and monitor Earth. The Station's orbital inclination of 51.6° and altitude of 350–460 km are different to those of most Earth observation satellites, offering other ground patterns over about 95% of Earth's population.
ESA has issued a Call for Ideas to gauge the interest in deploying remote-sensing instruments for global change experiments on the ISS. Depending on the level of interest and the suitability of the research proposals, it may be followed by a specific Announcement of Opportunity for instruments or multi-user payloads.
More information on the Call for Ideas can be found at the link to the right. For further information on the AIS receiver experiment contact Karsten.Strauch @ esa.int


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Donald King 1926-2013
Donald G. King was born July 5, 1926, in Curlew. His parents were Bert and Mildred (Peters)?King. He attended school in Curlew and graduated in 1944.
Donald served in the United States Army from 1944 to 1969, during World War II and the Korean Conflict.
Donald and Franca Trevisan were married Jan. 17, 1952, in Trieste, Italy.
After his retirement from the Army, Donald was employed by the U.S. Postal Service in Wichita, KS. In 1991, Donald and Franca moved to Albuquerque, NM.
On Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, Donald passed away at the Albuquerque Heart Hospital.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Franca; son, Donald B. King and wife Joann; granddaughter, Francesca (Ted)?McIntire; and great grandson Killian, age 3, all of Albuquerque, NM. Also surviving are a sister, Janice (Dean)?Budd of Mallard; nephew, Dennis (Belle)?Budd, Cayden and Kinsley of Sioux Falls, SD.
Donald King was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Gordon King; and sister-in-law, Beverly King.
Memorial services will be held at a later date.


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In the Times' Patrick Swayze obituary, Anita Gates writes that though he was diagnosed with cancer in January 2008, six months later he'd already outlived his prognosis and was filmed at an airport, smiling and calling himself "a miracle dude."
This combination of hard and soft — vulnerable and tough — seems to sum up Patrick Swayze as a person, and as an actor. His dad was a rodeo cowboy; his mom was a dance instructor, and his roles — from Roadhouse to The Outsiders to Dirty Dancing to Ghost and Point Break — always seemed to highlight the two sides of his spirit; the rough-around-the-edges dude with a heart of gold. (Jennifer Grey called him a "real cowboy with a tender heart.")
When it came to living with cancer, Swayze told Barbara Walters during a televised interview that he wasn't interested in pursuing experimental treatments. He thought if he were to "spend so much time chasing staying alive," he wouldn't be able to enjoy the time he had left. "I want to live," he said.
In 1985, Swayze starred in the TV miniseries North And South, playing a conflicted Southern soldier. According to the New York Times, he talked to the Associated Press about his character, saying: "People don't identify with victims. They identify with people who have the world come down on their heads and who fight to survive."
More memories of Patrick Swayze below.
Patrick Swayze, Star of 'Dirty Dancing,' Dies at 57 [NY Times]
Jennifer Grey: I Remember Being in Patrick Swayze's Arms [People]


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The Kerala High court today declared
as illegal the new norms fixed by UGC for the National
Eligiblity Test (NET) for college and university lectureship.
"The power of UGC ought to have been excercised in a proper, fair and reasonable manner," Justice T R Ramachandran Nair held while allowing a batch of petitions challenging the new norms.
The court held that fixing of higher aggregate marks for three categories, that too just before the announcements of results, cannot be justified as the same was "not supportable by law".
It also declared that all those who have obtained minimum marks prescribed in the notification have cleared NET and appropriate follow up action be taken to issue certificates to them within one month.
By changing the standards at the final stage and just before declaration of results, "it can be definitely be seen that it affected adversely the expectations of a large number of candidates", the court said.
As per the new norms, candidates in general category have to score aggregate of 65 per cent in all three NET papers to be eligible for college and university lectureship while OBC candidates need to score 60 per cent and SC/ST candidates 55 per cent.
Previous norms had stipulated that the general category had to get 40 per cent in Paper I and Paper II and 50 per cent in Paper III. In case of OBC, SC/ST students, the qualifying percentage was 35, 35, 45 and 35, 35, 40 in all three papers.
The declaration of new norms had been opposed by students who appeared in the examination in June this year.
The Kerala High court today declared
as illegal the new norms fixed by UGC for the National
Eligiblity Test (NET) for college and university lectureship.


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June 22nd, 2012
7 skills for controlling your bike with confidence
Knowing how to ride a bike is one thing, but having the ability to comfortably and safely share the road with other cyclists requires another level of skill.
These basic handling techniques will help you enjoy the transition from bike rider to full-blown cyclist, and, as an added bonus, can help save a little time on race day.
Hold a straight line
Whether riding on an open road or in a race, always look over your shoulder before swinging from one side of the road to the other. Before carving through a corner, always check your blind spot, especially in a race since the noise created by fellow cyclists isn't always enough to alert you of their presence.
Despite the chorus of concerned mothers teaching their children not to use the front brake, lest they flip over their handlebars, relying primarily on the front brake is the best way to slow your bike.
It's substantially more powerful than the rear. Don't be afraid to squeeze the front brake with some gusto but, like moms say, don't go crazy. Scoot back on the saddle when braking particularly hard so your weight rocks forward into the bike rather than forward and past the bike.
When to brake
As racecar video games have taught a generation of kids, tires have a limited amount of traction that can be used to corner, brake or accelerate. So, if you brake while turning, less traction is left over to stick you to the road.
Slowing your bike before entering a corner then releasing the brakes when entering the turn will allow you to corner faster, safer and with more confidence.
Control through the corners
Body position and weight balance on the bike greatly impact balance, stability and traction when cornering. To create a solid foundation, turn the outside pedal to the lowest position and press hard through it with your foot.
Use your inside hand to lean the bike toward the corner by pressing down on the bar. Rather than watching your front wheel, look 5 to 10 meters around the corner. The bike will follow your line of sight. If you ride a road bike, lean over into the drops for extra leverage on the brake levers and improved balance between the two wheels.
When riding with other people outside of a race, either line yourself up side-by-side or completely in front of or behind your partners. Don't allow your front wheel to partially overlap another rider's rear (an unsafe position known as half-wheeling). The rider in front probably doesn't know you're there and can take you down with even a soft bump against your front wheel.
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Shift before you stop
Downshift to an easier gear before slowing or stopping - whether for a red light or an aid station - so the bike is in the right gear when you start re-accelerating.
Steady bottle grab
Learn how to reach your water bottles without taking your eyes off the road. Even a quick break in concentration can cause your bike to swerve erratically, so practice pulling a bottle without looking down.
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12 Madison County youths to attend sheriff's summer camp
Twelve lucky Madison County children will have the chance to attend summer camp this year with law enforcement.
On Sunday, area youths ages 9-12 will head to the New York State Sheriffs' Association Institute's 2012 Summer Camp for a week-long adventure paid for by the association.
"The Sheriffs' Summer Camp Program is designed to provide a child who ordinarily would not have the chance, an opportunity to go away during the summer," said Madison County Sheriff Allen Riley.
Children are selected from all over the county by the Madison County Sheriffs Department.
"Locally, we canvass county school districts for possible candidates. Factors for selections are age and those kids who would otherwise be unable to attend a paid summer camp," said Madison County Undersheriff John Ball.
The camp is designed to provide a solid recreational program combined with the development of a sense of good citizenship. Throughout their week-long stay, the children observe special exhibits and demonstrations presented by sheriffs' offices from across the state. Included are D.A.R.E. presentations, boat and bike safety programs, law enforcement equipment and technical demonstrations, archery competitions for accuracy and even a talent show.
"The primary objective is to create a positive interaction between the kids attending camp and the sheriffs and deputy sheriffs who participate in the camp programs," said Riley. "We have found from experience during the first 35 summer camps that the kids develop a renewed respect and understanding for the men and women who enforce our laws. The deputies become their friends and in some cases substitute parents for a week."
Upon completion of camp, all children will be awarded a diploma for their participation.
The Sheriffs' Summer Camp, located near Penn Yan in Yates County, is supported by the Sheriffs' Association's Honorary Members through their contributions and annual dues.
This summer marks the 36th year of the camp's operation, and more than 900 youths from across New York state will attend.


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"Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions."
(Alexander Calder, 1933)
Alexander Calder's inventive sculptural artworks reveal the invisible forces of the universe. Gravity, air, time and chance are brought buoyantly to life through organic shapes and fantastic, dreamlike subject matter. One of the few Americans who was part of the exclusive and prolific Parisian art world in the 1920s, Calder's artistic talents were internationally renowned by the 1960s.
Born the second child to artist parents, Calder was encouraged to create from a very young age. Driven by his love of tinkering with mechanical things, Calder's first career was in engineering. Later, he moved to New York and enrolled at the Art Students League where he discovered that he "had a knack for line drawing."
Encouraged by European modern artists in the early 1930s, Calder's work turned toward abstraction and motion. During a visit to Dutch painter Piet Mondrian's Paris studio, Calder observed how the walls were covered in various coloured cardboard rectangles. Calder credited the visit with the "shock that started things." He began to form an entirely new type of art - the kinetic sculpture - Calder's major contribution to modern sculpture. Fellow artist Marcel Duchamp, dubbed his motor-driven sculptures "mobiles." Referring to both motion and motive, the French pun "mobile" duly described Calder's work as well as a new category of kinetic art.
Calder's urge to travel the world contributed to the development of his work. His motor or hand-crank mobile sculptures gave way to playful works that were naturally powered by air and wind. Organic shapes replaced geometric ones in Calder's early mobiles as their movement became more spontaneous and natural. Consider Calder's Jacaranda (1949), which floats gracefully, occupying a space many times greater than the mass of the sculpture itself. The contrasting vertical and horizontal organic forms were inspired by the jacaranda tree, which the artist saw during a visit to Brazil.
Calder estimated that he created over 2,000 mobiles, rarely planning them out beforehand. Instead he preferred to work directly with the materials balancing the wires on his finger to work out their equilibrium: "I begin at the small ends, then balance in progression until I think I've found the point of support. This is crucial, as there is only one such point and it must be right if the object is to hang or pivot freely."
In his later artistic career, Calder applied his abstract elements in primary colours to paintings, drawings, jewellery and tapestries and was commissioned to make a number of monumental public sculptures throughout the world. He represented the United States at the 1952 Venice Biennale, winning the grand prize in sculpture attesting to his international stature that endures today.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.With a goal of accelerating the development of research methods and discoveries in mammalian single-cell genomics, the Broad Institute and South San Francisco-based Fluidigm Corp. announced May 21 the launch of a new research center.
The Single-Cell Genomics Center (SCGC) will be housed at the Broad Institute's campus in Massachusetts and will feature a complete suite of Fluidigm single-cell tools, protocols and technologies, most notably the BioMark HD System. The center is also expected to act as a hub for collaboration among single-cell genomics researchers in such areas as stem cells and cancer biology.
The idea for the center grew out of ongoing collaborations between the Broad Institute and Fluidigm that involve multiple genomic platforms. More than that, though, "the creation of the SCGC at the Broad Institute is one of the latest announcements regarding Fluidigm and single-cell research, but is part of a progression of activities in this area that have contributed to the rapid growth of single-cell research over the past few years," Howard High, director of corporate communications at Fluidigm, tells ddn. "Among those steps was the adoption of Fluidigm technology by thought leaders in single-cell research and their ability to publish numerous provocative, single-cell, peer-reviewed papers; then the acceptance of Fluidigm technology to conduct single-cell research by a broader researchers; and then late last year NIH and other funding bodies allocating funds specially targeted for single-cell research."
The idea of heterogeneity among cells in tissue samples and other populations in not a new revelation for researchers, but this cellular variability is masked by averaging data across pooled cell samples, the Broad and Fluidigm note. They explain that the ability to tease out single-cell genomic data has historically been limited by a lack of standardized, user-friendly methods that would allow the broader biological and clinical communities to study individual cellular variability at high definition, high throughput and low cost.
Advances in technology such as Fluidigm's microfluidic chips and high-throughput instruments have made single-cell studies feasible by converting cellular heterogeneity from a source of background noise to "a source of information enabling cutting-edge discoveries."
"With the Single-Cell Genomics Center, we will enable researchers to access the exciting new world of single-cell genomics, catalyze discoveries and advance our understanding of this important area of biology," said Dr. Wendy Winckler, director of the Genetic Analysis Platform at the Broad Institute, in the news release about the collaboration.
Fluidigm 's technology reportedly provides the capabilities required to analyze single cellssuch as microfluidics and sensitivity at the nanoscale levelas well as parallel processing of a large number of cells and interrogation of a large number of gene targets.
"The cell is the fundamental unit of life, and through greater understanding of it, researchers can make breakthroughs in large and important fields, such as cancer diagnosis and therapy, stem cell biology, vaccine development and even the mounting battle against drug- resistant bacteria. We expect this center to inspire, enable and accelerate efforts in the emerging field of single-cell research," said Gajus Worthington, president and CEO of Fluidigm, in an official statement.
Taking a single-cell genomics route can quickly lead to the need to run tens of thousands of samples, and Fluidigm's chips can run approximately 10,000 experiments in parallel at a time, High points out.
"Especially for single-cell research, Fluidigm technology is the only one available today that can deliver the sensitivity you need at the single-cell level, with the high throughput that allows you to process huge numbers of cells, and run many complex tests that allow you to study many genes," High maintains. "So we had the right technology, and as for pairing with the Broadwell, it's the Broad, which is one of the premier biological research organizations in the world. For Fluidigm, it was a great opportunity to work with a great organization."
High notes that the Broad is dedicating scientists, equipment and facilities to the SCGC, but Fluidigm has also placed one of its senior scientists, Dr. Ken Livak, at the institute to oversee the SCGC.
Through this collaborative effort, the researchers at the SCGC intend to develop novel single-cell, microfluidic approaches for gene expression profiling, RNA/DNA sequencing and epigenetic analysis. The goal of these efforts is to make single-cell research accessible to the greater scientific community by developing and disseminating new workflows, reagents, bioinformatics tools and data sets.
In the end, the Broad and Fluidigm expect that these advances will allow deeper exploration of the underlying causes of many diseases, including the progression of individual cancers, differential immune responses and the maturation of stem cells.
"Our intent is to establish the center as a focal point to enhance collaboration and accelerate the science, applications, methods and discoveries in single-cell genomics research," said Livak, Fluidigm's senior scientific fellow, who will act as the alliance manager at the Broad Institute, overseeing research projects amongst the center and project partners. "Our efforts with the Broad Institute in forming a center that specifically focuses on single-cell research represent a big step forward for this emerging area of biological research."
Broad Institute study provides new clues about cancer cell metabolism
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.In a study recently published in the journal Science, researchers from the Broad Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) looked across 60 well-studied cancer cell lines, analyzing which of more than 200 metabolites were consumed or released by the fastest-dividing cells, yielding the first large-scale atlas of cancer metabolism. According to the researchers, their work also points to a key role for the smallest amino acid, glycine, in cancer cell proliferation.
Senior author Vamsi Mootha, co-director of the Broad Institute's Metabolism Program and a professor at Harvard Medical School and MGH, and his colleagues developed a technique known as CORE (COnsumption and RElease) profiling, which allowed them to measure the flux of metabolitesthe precursors and products of chemical reactions taking place in the body. The team applied CORE profiling to the NCI-60, a collection of 60 cancer cell lines that have been studied by the scientific community for many decades. Data about drug sensitivity, the activity of genes and proteins, rates of cell division and much more are publicly available for these cell lines, which represent nine tumor types. The team's compendium of information about metabolites has also been made publicly available.
"Using CORE, we can quantitatively determine exactly how much of every metabolite is being consumed or released on a per- cell, per-hour basis," says co-first author Mohit Jain, a postdoctoral fellow in the Mootha laboratory. "We can now start to derive flux or transport of nutrients into or out of the cell."
One of the most striking results of the new data is how the pattern of glycine consumption relates to the speed of cancer-cell division. In the slowest-dividing cells, small amounts of glycine are released into the culture media. But in cancer cells that are rapidly dividing, glycine is rapaciously consumed. The researchers note that very few metabolites have this unusual pattern of "crossing the zero line," meaning that rapidly dividing cancer cells consume the metabolite while slowly dividing cells actually release it.
In addition to looking for metabolites that correlated with rates of cell division, the team also looked at the expression of almost 1,500 metabolic enzymes. Enzymes required for biosynthesis of glycine within the mitochondria were among the most highly correlated.
"We have two independent methodsmetabolite profiling as well as gene expression profilingboth of which point to glycine metabolism as being important for rate of proliferation," says Mootha.
"This method offers a way of getting a quick overview of a particular cell type or tissue, allowing you to see what a cell requires to survive or grow," says Nilsson. "We're interested in applying this in other settings, to liver cells and muscle tissue and to study conditions such as diabetes. There are lots of potential applications."
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My girls left for 7 weeks of sleep away camp yesterday. It's their 5th summer at camp so you'd think I'd be used to the strange quiet of that first Saturday morning without them, and that feeling of being a little unmoored.
But, I'm not.
For the first few days I have this nagging sense that I forgot something. Not having to be responsible for being home at a certain time, not making sure dinner is on the table (or at least being summoned in some way), not hustling in the morning to get everyone out the door – these are weird sensations, and it takes a while to find a new way of being present.
One of the things I tell people when they ask, "What's it like to not have your kids around for 7 weeks?" is that it's those little things that are the most unsettling. And then I always tell them about the first time I went grocery shopping after my girls left for camp for the first time, 5 years ago.
I walked into a grocery store and just froze. I had no idea what I ate. What my husband ate. What WE ate. It's not that my kids are picky eaters; it's just that the items I am used to restocking week after week are the things that fill lunch boxes, create quick breakfasts, and produce dinner for four. Milk? Never drink it. Cereal? Haven't had it in years. Pretzels, chips, cheese crackers? Have no use for them. Giant bunches of bananas or grapes? We'll never get through them before they go bad. Suddenly I was at a total loss. I turned and walked out.
So, after 5 of summers like this I've figured it out. I get my basics online – nuts, tea, bread, paper goods – and then fill in during the week, when I know we will actually cook, with fish, veggies, fruit, etc.
Like most New Yorkers I have tried every grocery delivery service. Some I've found really expensive, some I've found unreliable, and some have just been really yucky quality-wise. Peapod reached out to me when they launched their new NYC service and I thought I'd give it a try, most of all because they work through Stop n Shop and given how expensive my Manhattan neighborhood grocery stores are, I thought it would interesting to price compare. If I can get some suburban pricing delivered to my city door I'm all for it.
I ordered my child-free basics, and was happy to see tons of store brand options as well as a lot of incredibly well priced organic offerings for everything from almond milk to cashews to strawberries. The site is fairly simple to use, though the interface isn't exactly beautiful.
But once you build a list you can keep reordering from that so you don't have to go through the navigation hunt every time. There were an incredible amount of delivery times available, and big discounts on different days of the week and times. Most of all, it truly felt like shopping in a big suburban grocery store in the best way – lots and lots of options, specials, and both name and store brands. And you can sign up for a Stop & Shop loyalty card so you get those rewards points, just like a physical grocery store.
I'm all for more options in the grocery delivery business. It's really the only way to know I will be able to cook healthy meals during the week after work. But, right now I'm happy that I didn't have to have my yearly existential grocery store moment!
I was given a promotional code to shop at Peapod.com and try it out. All opinions are my own, as always.


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|Oracle® Database Recovery Manager Reference
10g Release 1 (10.1)
Part Number B10770-01
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The RUN command lets you group a series RMAN commands into a block to be executed sequentially. It also creates a scope within which a script can override default configured channels for a task using the ALLOCATE CHANNEL and RELEASE CHANNEL commands, and other parameters using the SET command with appropriate arguments. On completing the execution of the commands listed in the RUN block, the channels allocated within the RUN block are released and settings returned to their values.
Upon reading the closing brace of the
RUN block, RMAN compiles the list of job commands into one or more job steps and then executes the steps immediately.
Refer to individual entries for information about commands that you can run from the RMAN prompt.
This example backs up a database by using a single manually allocated channel to perform the backup:
RUN { ALLOCATE CHANNEL c1 TYPE sbt; BACKUP DATABASE; }
This example takes tablespace
tools offline, restores it, then performs complete media recovery:
RUN { SQL "ALTER TABLESPACE tools OFFLINE IMMEDIATE"; RESTORE TABLESPACE tools; RECOVER TABLESPACE tools; SQL "ALTER TABLESPACE tools ONLINE"; }
This example executes the stored script
RUN { EXECUTE SCRIPT backup_db; }


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