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SAN MATEO, California — A celebration of do-it-yourself inventiveness and mild mechanical anarchy, Maker Faire is now in its sixth year.
Organizers estimate that 95,000 to 100,000 people flooded the San Mateo County fairgrounds here on the edge of Silicon Valley, halfway between San Francisco and San Jose.
It's impossible to capture the essence of the fair, but here are a few highlights, in photos and video.
In Case of Zombie Attack, Break Glass
"The central nervous system of your average zombie is, because of the reanimation process, extra susceptible to electronic weapons," explains first-time Maker Faire presenter Benjamin Hermes.
His duo of "Zombie Bats" garnered a lot of Wow!s and Cool!s from the under-12 set … and a lot of Why?s from some of the adults.
One bat is composed of a stun gun, baseball bat and axe, while the other is built with a samurai sword in lieu of the axe. Everything is held together with liberal amounts of electrical tape and hose clamps.
Hermes' creation is designed in case of the zombie apocalypse. They're a way to "incapacitate a zombie to get a kinetic kill with a bludgeon weapon or an edge weapon."
His project was originally rejected by Make Magazine for not being kid-friendly, but luckily Hermes' dad Robert is a five-time Maker Faire veteran, and vouched that the zombie bats would be presented in a tasteful and family-appropriate way.
These "post-apocalyptic zombie art pieces" each deliver a 60,000-to-90,000-volt charge. That capability is displayed by this year's new entrant, the samurai-sword zombie bat. Safely housed in a wood and mesh cage, visitors can flip a switch to watch the blue bolt of electrical energy zap between the stun gun's metal prongs at the tip of the bat. The electrical discharge is supposedly "painful more than dangerous."
Hermes says he always liked making and collecting weapons growing up, which his dad would have to confiscate -- nunchakus, knives other baseball-bat-based creations. And now that his dad is into the maker scene, he's enjoyed getting to spend time with him.
"I love making stuff, and I love doing stuff with my pops," Hermes says.
Zombie-apocalypse protection: Bringing families together one project at a time. --Christina Bonnington
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Land Sharks
Artist and sculptor Todd Williams had one of the most kid-pleasing projects of the fair: His "Land Sharks" are 3-D, animated, illuminated robots that zoomed around the darkened Fiesta Hall, looking for all the world like they were swimming through the water.
A welded wire frame holds the shape of the shark, which is then covered with an aluminum screen, papier-mâché and then electroluminescent wire. A modified remote-control monster truck provides the rolling chassis.
Like any movie, the animated sharks make use of persistence of vision to give the appearance of motion.
"It's kind of fun playing with the way the brain corrects your vision," Williams says.
DIY Drones
Chris Anderson isn't just the editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, he's also a maker in his own right. Anderson has been experimenting with homemade autonomous aircraft for several years, and now operates the popular site DIY Drones, a hub of information for making your own flying robots.
Anderson explains In this video what goes into making a DIY drone.
Big Wheels
Skye Barnett and members of the Fun Bike Unicorn Club, or FBUC, may have started building their turn-of-the-20th-century–styled pedal-powered vehicles for Burning Man, but they're every bit as much at home among the admirers and DIYers at Maker Faire.
FBUC is a "whimsical group of builders, inventors, artists and rabble-rousers" who create large kinetic sculptures and race them on railroad tracks at an event they started: the Handcar Regatta. The group also has a collective penchant for unicorns, according to their Facebook page.
Barnett hails from Santa Rosa, California, and has been building his entire life.
The oldest of the four vehicles they had on display, the Hennepin Crawler, was built in 2008, and the newest, the Odd Cycle, was making its debut. The Hennepin Crawler is made of 80-to-90 percent recycled materials and found objects, including a repurposed hammock frame, drainage pipe (which were used as tires), and an old porch swing as the back seat. It's relatively lightweight for a bike that size and is easy to pedal, Barnett says. It's also his personal favorite, since it's the one he built himself. The Odd Cycle, built by Todd Barricklow, is based off a trike design from 1884 called the Rudge Rotary.
Another one of FBUC's creations, the Two Penny, is basically made of a pair of penny-farthings welded together (hence the name). Barnett says that although it's stable, it's the scariest FBUC creation to ride -- you're eight feet off the ground when you're sitting at the wheel, so it's "a little unnerving."
Most of their bikes have a "princess seat" in the back, so that one person pedals and drives, and two or three others can just sit and enjoy the ride. When the Hennepin Crawler was built, there were four people on the team, and this let everyone enjoy the finished product. And although their bike-based creations race on railroad tracks, they ride just fine on the road as well.
Barnett and FBUC originally decided to make the bikes after a trip to Burning Man. "It was just pure jealousy," he said, after seeing other bikes at the desert festival. So they started building their own.
This is Barnett's third year attending Maker Faire with one of his creations, and the second year for FBUC attending together as a group. --Christina Bonnington
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
8-Bit DJ
Jordan Gray, a DJ from San Francisco, conjures new music from old videogame systems.
Gray, aka DJ Starpause, helped organize the Digital Sound Space at this year's Maker Faire. He mixes sounds composed on a Game Boy with tunes made on a hacked PlayStation Portable. The result sounds like a dance floor set up where a Mortal Kombat bout should be taking place.
He uses home-brew programs Little Sound DJ (for Game Boy) and LittleGPTracker (for PSP).
Gray is part of a growing number of "chiptune" artists using discarded videogame gear to make fresh jams.
"Sometimes people ask me to define chip music, and I usually just say that it's anything that looks good on an oscilloscope," Gray said.
Wired.com blog Underwire has more about Starpause and his music. --Angela Watercutter
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
Painting Robot
A robot arm controlled by a Sony PSMove and a PS3 lets people paint by remote control.
In this video, Wired.com's Brian X. Chen interviews Sony's John McCutchan about how the system works.
McCutchan says that Sony will soon release the underlying application, Move.me, on the Playstation Network so that other people can use Sony controllers to interact with things in the real world.
"All of this potential that was limited to researchers with very large budgets is now available to anyone," McCutchan said.
R2-D2 Works the Crowd
As in previous years, hobbyists who make working R2-D2 robot replicas brought their charismatic creations to the fair.
Mercedes Cary of Petaluma, California, posed with the robots, but couldn't decide what her favorite part of the fair was this year.
"I'm not sure; I keep finding things that are better!" Cary said.
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Men in Kilts
This year's hot maker fashion trend appears to be the Utilikilt. A surprisingly large number of male attendees were wearing these practical but ugly man-skirts. For anyone who missed the boat, the Utilikilt company was selling its creations near the front of the fair, for $200 to $350, less a 15 percent discount for exhibitors.
When asked what his favorite part of Maker Faire was this year, kilt-wearer Mark Trese (pictured) said, "The fire robots are the best. I love this place."
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Master Modder
Famous game console modder Benjamin Heckendorn, better known as "Ben Heck," shook hands with fans at Maker Faire. Some of Heck's latest feats include turning a PlayStation 3 and an Xbox 360 into portable gaming laptops. In the past he's turned the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Atari Jaguar and Nintendo 64 into handheld portables. Since 2006, 35-year-old Heck has hosted the popular Ben Heck Show podcast, where he demonstrates his newest hardware recreations. He lives in Verona, Wisconsin. --Brian Chen
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Steve Wozniak attended the fair -- riding a Segway, of course. What's Woz without a Segway?
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Projects at Maker Faire don't have to involve a high level of technical sophistication or even any circuitry. One of the most popular exhibits was this outdoor corral where two men experimented with making giant soap bubbles using clever contraptions involving sticks and rope.
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
Another popular exhibit, Zachary Coffin's Colossus dominated the center of the fairgrounds, having made the journey from Burning Man. Three massive, 10,000-pound boulders were suspended, improbably, by a balanced framework of metal. Ropes hanging from below were an invitation to children -- and there were many children at Maker Faire this year -- to spin the massive stones this way and that.
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
Eccentric Bike
Peter Wagner's odd bicycle features two gigantic truck wheels, a central platform, and no pedals. How does it go?
"Essentially the whole bike is the pedal," Wagner explains. You power it by hopping up and down. The rear wheel has an eccentric axle, which means that the hub doesn't go through the center of the wheel, but off to the side a bit. The result is that the hub moves up and down as the wheel rolls forward. Hop in just the right rhythm, and you can get the bike moving along quite nicely.
Because of the massive, wide tires, it rolls pretty well by itself, too. At Maker Faire, Wagner was pushing the bike along with the occasional gentle push, while strolling alongside it with an infant in a sling wrapped up against his chest.
The bike weighs about 250 pounds, says Wagner. That's enough weight that the bike itself, plus its rider, can generate momentum, even when going uphill. "Gravity is working for you," Wagner says.
The tires aren't wide enough to float the bike, but he has added outriggers and oars to make it amphibious for kinetic-sculpture races.
Wagner is a resident of Davis, California, where he works as a substitute teacher for grades K-8 and is known as an eccentric bicycle tinkerer: He's made more than 100 bikes, by some reports. Another vehicle at Maker Faire was an old motorcycle, which he'd converted into a bicycle by removing the motor and adding pedals.
"The first motorcycle, over 100 years ago, was made from bicycle parts," Wagner says. "Eventually, the last motorcycle will be made into a bicycle."
He pauses, then adds: "Eventually." --Dylan Tweney
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
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We seem to have reached that time of the year where the festivals have begun to announce the names topping their line-ups, and as a result, music lovers everywhere can plan their summers accordingly. In Leeds, the team behind the annual Live at Leeds have announced the first wave of acts to be playing the May Bank Holiday weekender. Well-known names such as Los Campesinos!, Ladyhawke and The Subways accompany a large number of names prominent on the 2012 tips list, as well as the usual pick of the stand out local acts which includes I Like Trains, Blacklisters and Joseph & David. It has also been confirmed that the invaluable 'Unconference' seminars and 5-a-side football tournament will return to bookend the live music. liveatleeds.com
Not to be out done, Wakefield's Long Division have also revealed their initial line-up for the second year of their venue hopping alldayer in June. It's a strong line-up that will especially appeal to those with indie-pop leanings, thanks to bookings such as The Vaselines, Art Brut, Standard Fare, Let's Wrestle, Zoey Van Goey and many more. Plus there are plenty of decent bands that reside much closer to the Rhubarb Triangle playing too; Runaround kids, Imp, Post War Glamour Girls, The Spills, This Many Boyfriends and Mi Mye. longdivisionfestival.co.uk
If you think all this fun is too far into the future, then British Wildlife may be able to fulfil your festival urges with their do on the 3rd March. Across the Brudenell Social Club and Royal Park Cellars the likes of Bristol's Zun Zun Egui and Brighton's Cold Pumas will be joined by a fine selection of Leeds heavier, experimental types including That Fucking Tank, Hookworms, Double Muscle and These Monsters. As if the alldayer wasn't enough, it is sandwiched between two more enticing gigs at the Brudenell on the Friday night and a free entry one at Oporto on the Sunday. The full line-ups, stage times and ticket details are here: britishwildlife.info
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In terms of local releases, Pulled Apart By Horses second album doesn't seem to have caused them any difficulties, released to a fanfare of rave reviews and perhaps somewhat unexpected Radio 1 support. Beneath the surface of the mainstream there's plenty more going on though...
Indie-pop champs This Many Boyfriends have announced the release of new single 'Starling' on Angular, due out on 20th February. On which Richard sings like Morrissey at the disco, but instead the DJ's playlist says something about his life; the vocals have a sense of purpose and are punctuated by some spiky riffs intent on causing mass limb quivering. They've also found time to create an accompanying fanzine for the single and this'll be available at their upcoming gigs - of which there are some good ones. The band are off on tour with Allo Darlin' this month, and after that they will be opening on a few dates for a little known band from Wakefield whose early years reflect This Many Boyfriends' ethos and passion, The Cribs.
A band that have been slowly and steadily building in prominence are Backyards, and they released their debut EP If You're Scared at the beginning of the month - a relaxing, mellow jigsaw that beautifully blends together warm synths, guitar and drum pieces to create a colourful set of songs. There are moments throughout where violin is added sparingly to create some extra tenderness,reminiscent of another excellent local band, Tigers That Talked. The big downside of the EP is that at just 17 minutes long, before you know it you have the difficult decision of choosing what to follow it with. Get the CD from their next gig supporting LA band So Many Wizards at Oporto on 11th March. Website
Holy State have unveiled the video below for 'Dial 'M' for Monolith', which acts as a pre-cursor to their forthcoming album, Electric Picture Palace, due out in April. If space travel, jerking riffs, drumstick tossing gorillas, Red Dwarf, unconventional lyrics, and powerful drums are your bag (and why wouldn't they be?!) click play...
On Monday 27th February, noise merchants Blacklisters release the aggressive 'Trickfuck' as a download only single available from Brew Records. It sets out its intentions from the off, beginning at full pent with a jagged wall of rock and indecipherable anger. This only relents once to echo around the refrain of "you're just a Trickfuck" (I had to use the urban dictionary), before exploding back with a mosh-pit inducing spark of Molotov-cocktail sized proportions. They head off on tour with angular riff wielders Shapes in mid-March ending with a gig at The Library in Leeds on the 24th. Facebook
Arthur Rigby & the Baskervylles have announced the details of their first EP entitled Tales From Pegasus Wood. They've crafted a collection of songs which immerse the listener as frontman Ben narrates his stories of peaceful, remote landscapes which are then brought to life by the huge array of orchestral instrumentation the band have on offer. The opening scene takes place in 'Dark Wood' with the brass section carving the catchiest of hooks as the song gradually builds from the gloomy shadows before bursting triumphantly into the blazing sunlight. Next, 'Follow' awakes a sleepy town with its catchy cowbell-chorus, and 'One Stormy Night' bellows with its emotive thunderous climax, before calmly ending on romantic 'Ode to Gog'.
Wakefield fanzine Rhubarb Bomb has been both a reliable and passionate commentator and contributor to the city's close knit music scene. And they've revealed plans for a great little Pledge campaign to mark their 5th birthday with the release of a book and accompanying compilation, "charting our own history and that of the bands we've supported and championed". Entitled The City Consumes Us, the album will feature exclusive tracks from local bands old and new including The Cribs, The Research, Mi Mye, The Spills, Middleman, Piskie Sits, Runaround Kids, and many more. At the time of writing this, the campaign has already hit 25% after only two days, so there might not be anything left by the time you read this, but you should still take a look as there are some great souvenirs and opportunities available: Pledge Page
I've previously mentioned Headingley-based Leeds Music Hub before in my column, but after a few delays its doors are now wide open. Developed by a collective of local musicians and funded by UnLtd, Leeds City Council and Leeds University. Open five days a week, it offers workshops and tuition, a meeting place, an event space, exhibition space, a cafe and plenty more. I'd strongly suggest seeking further info here: Website
To finish up, here's a few more gigs that make take your fancy. All coming up soon at a variety of venues:
5th March – A Hawk and A Hacksaw – Hyde Park Picture House
8th March – Dutch Uncles – Nation of Shopkeepers
10th March – The Maccabees – 02 Academy
11th March – Johnny Foreigner – Brudenell Social Club
13th March – Y Niwl – Oporto
16th March – The Travelling Band – New Roscoe
18th March – The Civil Wars – Leeds Met Uni
23rd March – Sam Airey (full band) – Holy Trinity Church
26th March – The Queers – The Well

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Part of the fun of attending the New World Symphony Gala is anticipating how they will incorporate each year's theme into every corner of the event. This season's celebration was all about West Side Story—and, more specifically, the romance between the musical's two doomed lovers, Tony and Maria. The evening began with a multimedia concert highlighting excerpts from the movie accompanied by the vocal stylings of Jessica Rivera and Dimitri Pittas. A special tribute to Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas looked back at the man's amazing career (12 Grammys and counting) as well as his accomplishments with the company. Following the performance, guests like Sarah Arison, Christian Slater and Brittany Lopez, Desmond Childs, and Gloria and Emilio Estefan moved to different areas of the building for dinner and yet more surprise musical interludes between appetizers and dessert. Once the plates were cleared, the party moved to the Center's Concert Hall, where an additional 200 late-night guests joined patrons for the after-party portion of the celebration. By evening's end, the NWS had raised nearly $1.3 million for its various performance programs. Photography by Manny Hernandez
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Herschel detects abundant water in planet-forming disc
ESA's Herschel space observatory has found evidence of water vapour emanating from ice on dust grains in the disc around a young star, revealing a hidden ice reservoir the size of thousands of oceans.
TW Hydrae, a star between 5-10 million years old, and only 176 light-years away, is in the final stage of formation, and is surrounded by a disc of dust and gas that may condense to form a complete set of planets.
It is believed that a large proportion of Earth's water may have come from ice-laden comets that bombarded our world during and after its formation. Recent studies of comet 103P/Hartley 2 with Herschel shed new light on how water may have come to Earth, with its findings of the first Earth-like water in a comet. Until now, however, almost nothing was known about reservoirs in planet-forming discs around other stars.
This new detection is the first of its kind and has been made possible by Herschel's HIFI instrument.
The tell-tale water vapour signature, believed to be produced when the ice coated dust grains are warmed by interstellar UV radiation, has been detected throughout the disc around TW Hydrae, and, though weaker than expected, it hints at a substantial reservoir of ice. This could be a rich source of water for any planets that form around this young star.
"The detection of water sticking to dust grains throughout the disc would be similar to events in our own Solar System's evolution, where over millions of years, similar dust grains then coalesced to form comets," says Michiel Hogerheijde of Leiden University in the Netherlands, who led the study.
"These comets we believe became a contributing source of water for the planets."
The scientists ran detailed simulations, combining the new data with previous ground-based observations and some from NASA's Spitzer telescope. From this they calculated the size of the ice reservoirs in the planet-forming regions.
Their results show that the total amount of water in the disc around TW Hydrae would fill several thousand Earth oceans.
"We already have approved time on Herschel to study more planet-forming regions around three other stars," says Dr Hogerheijde.
"We believe that will show similar results in terms of the water detections, but as our next observations will be of objects up to three times further in distance away, we'll need many more hours of observation time."
This research breaks new ground in understanding water's role in planet-forming discs and gives scientists a new testing ground for looking at how water came to our own planet.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. — Duke concluded February by making 10-of-20 threes in a victory at Wake Forest. The Blue Devils were 26-4, ranked fourth nationally and the ACC's best shooting team from beyond the arc.
In four March games, Duke was 22-of-93 from deep (23.8 percent). Not coincidentally, the Blue Devils lost three of them, none more devastating or stunning than Friday's 75-70 NCAA tournament setback to Lehigh.
The Mountain Hawks became the sixth No. 15 seed to conquer a No. 2 because, in large measure, Duke missed 20-of-26 threes.
Seth Curry was 1-of-7, Andre Dawkins 1-of-6, Austin Rivers 2-of-7. The lone makes from Curry and Dawkins bordered on inconsequential, coming as they did in the final two minutes after Lehigh had seized command.
"I don't have an explanation," said forward Mason Plumlee, who made all nine of his point-blank shots and scored 19 points. "We should have addressed it. We should have gotten on one another. But for whatever reason, we couldn't get in sync, offensively in particular."
Part of the reason was forward Ryan Kelly's absence. He is Duke's No. 3 scorer and rebounder, and, most important, the team's most accurate 3-point shooter at 40.8 percent. At 6-foot-11, Kelly stretched defenses, creating more space and better angles for guards such as Rivers, Curry and Dawkins.
Kelly sustained a sprained foot during a practice before the ACC tournament and missed the final three Without him, Duke too often stood and watched Rivers go one-on-one, sets that often ended with forced shots in the lane.
"I think (Kelly) would have been a tremendous difference," said a gracious C.J. McCollum, the Lehigh guard who scored a game-high 30 points.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski wasn't buying it, at least not publicly.
"Well, yeah, but I don't want to blame it on that," he said. "We have had a week after the ACC tournament to prepare, and we did prepare certain things, but we didn't execute them. At this time of the year, you should be as instinctive as possible. And when you introduce something new at this time of the year, there's a tendency not to be in sync, especially with the pressure of the game or how well a team is playing against you.
"And that to me, that added to the being tentative. … There were spurts that we had, but the last three ballgames we have been just kind of mucking it out offensively, and again tonight."
No Duke player closed the season worse than Dawkins, a junior from Chesapeake. After making 6-of-9 shots and scoring 22 points in a late February victory at Florida State, Dawkins shot 3-for-21 in the final six games. He was 2-for-9 overall Friday.
Miles Plumlee faulted the Blue Devils for not matching Lehigh's intensity.
"They just played tough, hard-nosed defense," he said. "They were denying the post, denying the passing lanes, playing physical, crashing the boards. That's what you expect. A lot of us have been through this before, and that's what every team brings in the tournament. We need to match that from the get go."
Friday's defeat marked the fourth one-and-done for Krzyzewski in 28 NCAA tournaments, an event in which he's won a record 79 games. The last time Duke exited this early was 2007, to VCU.
"The worst loss I've ever had as a coach was with our national team in the World Championships in 2006 to Greece, because that was for my country and you don't get too many of them," Krzyzewski said. "Though that's the only loss we have had.
"So for me, my program, you're on a continuum. There are four years [national championships] that we ended up with a win in my 37 years. It's not football where you have a bowl game and 35 people end up with a win out of a hundred. So when that loss comes and how it's inflicted, you just take responsibility for it.
"I think overall my team did a great job this year. But we did not do a really good job this last week-and-a-half, and so that's upsetting. Because no matter what happens, injury or whatever, you're responsible for trying to figure out a way that your team can play well. And so that's on me."
Like many coaches at this level, Krzyzewski now waits to see if he loses any players early to the NBA, specifically Rivers, the son of Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers. Duke's only significant senior is Miles Plumlee.
In four seasons at Duke, Plumlee was part of three ACC championships and a national title. But those were little consolation Friday.
"Yeah, I've been a part of some amazing teams," he said, "and I had some amazing accomplishments, but people remember you for how you leave, and this isn't how I wanted to leave."
Krzyzewski's first head-coaching victory came in 1975, when he guided Army over Lehigh. He said Thursday he had no recollection of that game.
He's unlikely to ever forget Friday's.
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Biosafe's Sepax System Receives Chinese SFDA Approval
19 Nov, 2012, 09:00 GMT
EYSINS, Switzerland, November 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Biosafe Group SA, announced today that it has obtained Chinese SFDA registration for its Sepax® device, completing its worldwide registration program. Sepax is now available for immediate sale in China through Biosafe's recently established local subsidiary in Shanghai and is the first fully-automated cell separation system approved for use in the Chinese stem cell processing market.
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Olivier Waridel, Chief Executive Officer of Biosafe, said "This is a major milestone for the Biosafe Group and we are pleased to offer our industry-leading products throughout the People's Republic of China. We look forward to contributing to developping its rapidly expanding cord blood banking, by providing state-of-the-art technology and premium service".
About the Biosafe Group
Founded in 1997, Biosafe Group SA, the world-leader in cell processing for stem cell banking and regenerative medicine applications, is active in design, manufacture and marketing of automated cell processing systems. Headquarted in Switzerland and privately-owned, Biosafe operates through four regional subsidiaries (Geneva, Houston, Hong-Kong and Shanghai) and is present in more than 45 countries, either directly or through distributors.
Biosafe's flagship Sepax cell separation technology is a versatile platform dedicated to adult stem cell processing, adressing major medical markets such as cord blood banking, stem cell transplantation and regenerative medicine. The Sepax system is used by the majority of public and family cord blood banks in the world, with more than 800 devices installed. Besides cord blood banks, Sepax is used in numerous translational medicine and point of care applications. Key advantages of Sepax patented technology are full automation, easy handling, a closed capability system, fast processing, stable and repeatable performance. Sepax technology is complemented by a number of accessories ranging from automated cryoprotectant delivery systems (Coolmix®) to an extensive single use article portfolio.
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Sensitive Period for the Refinement of the Senses. During this time, he can develop an extremely sensitive musical ear. The Montessori music curriculum is integrated into the daily workings of the community and follows the same pattern for acquiring any language. Through the Montessori music materials, the child is introduced to rhythm, pitch, and timbre, as well as notation. As the child moves into the Elementary Community, he has opportunities to compose and record music. Each year students perform on stage in our annual children's opera.
Performing Arts
Annual Opera Workshop: In the five-day Youth Opera workshops, three elements of theatre – singing, dancing and acting – come together in an original children's opera. During the month preceding opera week, the children and support team of adults begin the preliminary work: learning the story, text and music; preparing sets, props and costumes; and engaging in cultural studies related to the theme/culture of the opera. (Youth Opera International provides the libretto, musical score, and guidelines for casting, costuming, set design and props, along with a sample videotape and audiotapes for rehearsal.)
During opera week, each day is dedicated to rehearsals. The day begins with physical and vocal warm-ups, singing the cast songs, and learning the language of the theater. By mid-week, rehearsals move to the performance space and staging is begun. After the dress rehearsal on Friday morning the hard work of parents, staff and children all culminates in an amazing performance on Friday night. This beautiful event is truly a highlight of our school year.
The goal of art education in the Montessori classroom is to offer experiences that contribute to the growth of the personality. The preliminary exercises introduce the child to color theory, color mixing, color shading and introduce the color spectrum. Other activities provide a foundation of experience in composition, design and technique. Lessons in art appreciation are a daily part of the classroom.
Art in the Montessori classroom is integrated into all areas of academic discipline. The child has the opportunity to utilize a variety of mediums to enhance his understanding of mathematical concepts, geographical regions or differences in written communication, for example.
Cosmic Education
The study of cultural subjects is presented in the Montessori classroom as a part of the whole. We speak of a cosmic curriculum which goes far beyond presenting isolated and unrelated subjects. Montessori points out that we must give the child a view of life that is all encompassing, a view which shows the child the interrelationship of all knowledge. Cosmic education is the study of all sciences and how they relate to one another and the life of the child.
Nature study is, like all other cultural subjects, presented in the Montessori classroom as part of a whole. All aspects of life on earth are important parts of a vast web of life so our approach to these subjects is to show the interrelationship.
The study of botany opens the child to the science of plant study. Our campuses house beautiful vegetable and flower gardens that are tended by the children. Through their work in the gardens the students gain hands-on experience with the cycle of growth and practice theories of chemistry, geology, and ecology.
Chess Club
The game of chess utilizes a great deal of concentration, logical thinking and creativity. Chess theory is complicated and requires scientific and mathematical thinking giving students a fun way to practice a variety of concepts.
In chess club the students learn the basic rules of play, strategy, and technique. As the year progresses the children participate in tournament play where they enjoy honing their skills.


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I select my party, the level loads up and they have their banter. And after all of the talk, Delita starts to make his move but the game just sits there with him selected and he doesn't do anything. The game doesn't necessarily freeze, as the audio keeps playing and Delita does the "walking in place" animation.
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Why was a genetic diagnosis so important?
Diabetes wasn't the only issue for Jack. Over a number of months his family began noticing some developmental delay.
He wasn't developing as my other child had. By a year old I was getting very, very concerned. They kept saying 'He's been very sick, he'll catch up' and then at 18 months I said 'No, this isn't right, there's something wrong with him'. He didn't start walking until he was over 2 and that was after intensive physio. Emma (Jack's Mum)
Genetic testing identified a base substitution in the KCNJ11 gene that is the cause of Jack's neonatal diabetes. This change affects just one of the 3,000,000,000 bases of his DNA. The specific genetic change that Jack has (p.Val59Met or abbreviated to V59M) is the cause of his learning difficulties and muscle weakness; we will explain more about this in step 1.7. Identifying the genetic change provides an explanation for both Jack's diabetes and his developmental delay.
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studied social sciences at the University of Osnabruck, where he also earned his doctorate. He was active as a radio and television journalist in Saarbrucken, Hamburg, and Hanover, and founded the PR agency Osterheider & Meier in Osnabruck in 1991.
Starting in 1996 he set up the communication and communications management courses of studies at the Lingen campus of the Osnabruck University of Applied Sciences, and initially taught there as adjunct professor, then as assistant professor for communications management.
Since 2001 he has held an honorary professorship for communications consulting at the Osnabruck University of Applied Sciences. From 2000 to 2007 Osterheider was chairman of the consultants firm KONOS AG in Osnabruck, subsequently, until 2009, consultant to the chairman of the board of directors of the RWE AG, Essen, with the focus areas communications and change management.
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A few weeks ago we began a discussion on portfolio management. In my first posting, we discussed how it is possible to be too diversified. Last week we uncovered a major flaw in some advisors' use of Monte Carlo simulation. This week, we'll look at "tracking error" and why I believe it holds much less significance than many believe.
Tracking Error
Investopedia.com defines tracking error as, "A divergence between the price behavior of a position or a portfolio and the price behavior of a benchmark." Tracking error is frequently used to measure the degree to which a particular mutual fund strays from its peer group. Its proponents believe that a fund should stay true to its peers, and hence, have a low tracking error. In the past I would have agreed.
However, when things get bad and the bottom is falling out of the financial markets, I would prefer to have managers who have the ability to increase their allocation to cash to avoid a large loss. There are a few funds that did this in 2008 to help protect shareholders. However, because of this flexibility, they also have a higher tracking error. Hence, my point that tracking error may not be that significant.
Tracking Error and Index Investing
Tracking error is somewhat related to index investing as an index is often used as a benchmark when calculating a given fund's tracking error. Moreover, the goal of "passive" investing is to mimic the returns of an index, minus fees. Many mutual fund managers are "graded" based on how they perform relative to a particular benchmark. In an attempt to exceed the benchmark, fund managers will often increase the risk in their funds. However, if a fund manager is simply trying to keep pace with an index, then it might be better to buy a lower-cost index fund.
Moreover, if an investor doesn't mind running with the "herd" then an index fund may be appropriate. This is because an index fund tracks with a large universe and as a result, a few hot stocks will have a lesser impact on total return.
Does Index Investing Carry Greater Risk?
There is an inherent problem with passive investing related to the index chosen. For example, during the meteoric rise in the 1990s, the S&P 500 Index became very tech heavy as technology stocks outperformed. By the time the tech bubble burst, technology was such a large component that when it did crach, the S&P fell hard. Therefore, a cap-weighted index such as the S&P 500 may not be in the best interests of the investor, especially on the way down.
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The Documentary that Breaks the Silence
In the uplifting and multiple award-winning documentary, Searching for Angela Shelton, filmmaker Angela Shelton drives around the United States surveying other Angela Sheltons. She discovers that 70% of the Angela Sheltons she speaks to are survivors of rape, childhood sexual abuse and/or domestic violence.
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A Victim Confronts her Abuser
On her journey the filmmaker meets an Angela Shelton who tracks sexual predators and lives in the same town as the filmmaker's father, who sexually abused her and her siblings for years. Angela Shelton's survey of women becomes a journey of self-discovery during which she decides to finally confront her own past and her abusive father – on Father's Day.
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The Angela Sheltons complete the journey by teaching the filmmaker about healing, faith and the power of the human spirit, no matter what your name is.
Check Out filmmaker Angela Shelton's personal website at AngelaShelton.com.
Best Documentary and Audience Awards
2004 Winslow Arizona Film Festival
2004 Austin, TX Film Festival – best independent documentary
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2005 Freedom Cinema Festival in Park City, UT
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Thank you for visiting this site and for sharing this powerful documentary. It continues to amaze me how this film helps so many and is shared so often. When I set out to make this documentary, I had no idea it would help so many people on their healing path, including myself. Thank you so much for sharing it.
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Yesterday, after almost a year onboard the International Space Station, NASA's tweet-happy automaton astronaut (dubbed Robonaut 2 by its creators) did something no robot has ever done in space: it shook a human's hand. You're looking at what could go down as one of the most iconic grip-and-grins in history — human or otherwise.
The helper droid has been stationed onboard the ISS since February of last year. In that time, it's spent much of its stay boxed up in hibernation, only being powered on every few months to run it through various performance tests.
Yesterday, the Agency's helper bot was put through it paces one again; and in a series of checkouts designed to assess its range of motion and ability to sense various levels of force, it reached out and shook hands with space station commander Dan Burbank — the first man/machine grip and grin to ever take place in space.
"For the record, it was a firm handshake," Burbank said. "Very nice. Nice job on the programming and all the engineering. Quite an impressive robot."
According to NASA, Robonaut 2 has since been powered down and will be kept boxed away until further notice. With any luck, it won't be long before R2 has completed enough performance reviews to start helping the ISS crew out full time, as it was originally designed to do.
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Discussion in 'Caliber Corner' started by meathead19, Jan 30, 2013.
Finally rec'd my order.
Anyone have experience with these?
I don't and haven't fired any yet.
Not those, specifically, but I've not had problems with other variants of Winchester's 9mm ammo. Seems pretty good stuff.
I like their NATO 125gr RN for target work.
Not bad stuff.........
Winchester makes excellent ammo. I'd trust it.
The Winchester white box 115 gr JHPs use the same bullet as the 9mm 115 gr. Silvertip does (obviously it isn't plated) which used to be law enforcement ammo years ago.
I'd carry it without a worry.
I believe it uses the same bullet as the Ranger RA9MMJHP & RA9115HP, the latter being a +p+ load.
I have Winchester 115gr JHP +p+ in my G17 on me right now.
Good info......Thanks.
Generic old-style JHP they've made for many years.
I'd not be surprised to find that it might produce velocities toward the lower end of the typical velocity range for a standard pressure 115gr load (being their bargain priced load).
Think of it, if you will, as "Retro-Style" 9mm defensive ammo.
I think I still have some left over from training/practice from previous years, as well as some of the 147gr JHP from their Duty/USA line, both of which I keep set aside for range ammo (when the +P range ammo runs low, or I don't want to run a lot of +P or +P+ loads through a particular gun).
I'd rather use it than FMJ.
However, I'd also rather use any of the more modern hollowpoint loads, made by any of the major American ammo makers, given a choice.
I also use the same bullet with target hand loads that I tuned specifically for various guns.
I carried as duty ammo the RA9115HP+ and the 9BPLE back in the hay day of light and fast loads. Right now I actually have the XM9001 loaded in my CW9. Velocity wise it is very near the two +P+ loads but does not have as much pressure.
I will change that out to the new version of the RA9B once it comes out.
Regarding old style - there's nothing wrong with old styles if they work. The 230gr FMJRN .45 ACP is over a hundred years old and it works just fine today. So I can rely on a 30-year-old bullet design for 9mm.
Kinda like the Federal LE9. For use in older guns.
Out of curiousity, why? I fiigured you'd be on board with the new 124 gr. +p T Series, which by the way is IMO the same damn thing as their 127 gr. +p+. They chrono the same.
There's the rub.
If you're hoping for the optimal chance for consistent and robust expansion under difficult conditions, using standard pressure 9mm JHP's, the old style 115gr loads might not be the best choice.
Each of the major American ammo makers offer hollowpoint 9mm bullets of improved design, which offer better potential optimal "performance" under a wider variety of conditions, than the older style hollowpoints.
Of course, the smaller nose cavity openings of the older style 115gr bullets offered by Win, Rem & Fed could offer better potential feeding in older pistols in which the longer, and/or wider nose cavity, bullets might not feed as consistently well.
No guarantees with any of it, though.
I've carried old-style JHPs in my 9's, .40's & .45's and not lost sleep over doing so. I just prefer the better designed versions when given a choice.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2s82NCLKQI"]Like Speer's standard pressure 115-grain Gold Dot, for one.[/ame]
I DO say so. My G17 is loaded with WW 115gr JHP +p+ loads.
My old style 115gr JHPs are driven to +p+ velocities in my G17 4.5-inch barrel. THAT ought to open them up.
. I carried silver tips at the advice of a popular gun writer/expert when I first got my Glock 27 and 23. they're the same design as wwb hp. After a lot of research I switched to gold dots and feel much more confident and safe knowing the rounds will perform as intended more reliably than old tech sd ammo. I still have several boxes of the silvertip ammo in case I run out of range ammo or use my gold dots up and cannot get anything else.
My advice is use them til you can find 124g gold dots, ranger or HST ammo then switch. These are more proven designs that are more likely to be effective against an attacker if you ever need to use your weapon. The new high tech hp rounds are the best you can buy and not that much more costly. Just an opinion. I wouldn't feel comfortable carrying those knowing better rounds are out there on the shelves (even in this panic buying market I've seen 9mm gold dot, ranger, golden saber ammo in 124/147g weights online and in stores at decent prices.
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Keith Richards: 'I Had a Sound in My Head That Was Bugging Me'
Turning 70 next week, he talks about 'Street Fighting Man'
In late 1966,Keith Richards was hearing things. The Rolling Stones guitarist and songwriter had in mind a series of strong, bluesy chords and a melody line based on French police-car sirens. But he couldn't quite reproduce the way he envisioned it sounding—dry and crisp, with a "garage" feel. Then he purchased an early Philips cassette tape recorder and, using an acoustic guitar, created the basis for what would become "Street Fighting Man."
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Miranda Kerr With Smiley Flynn Outing in NYC
Flynn Works the Cameras With His Model Mum Miranda Kerr
Miranda Kerr spent a sunny morning with her son, Flynn Bloom, in NYC yesterday. It looks like Flynn may be taking tips from his model mum as he showed his big smile for the cameras during their stroll. The duo were out in the Big Apple following her whirlwind trip to South Korea last week. On Wednesday, Miranda made a promotional stop at a department store in Seoul, and on Thursday she showed off her athleticism by throwing out an honorary pitch during a baseball game.
Miranda and Flynn will have a bit of bonding time to spend together in the Big Apple since Orlando Bloom will be busy with his new Broadway gig. Orlando is set to make his Broadway debut later this year in Romeo and Juliet, which begins previews on Aug. 24. Along with his stage duties, he'll also be hitting big screens in the next Hobbit instalment — check out the new trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug!


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I've heard about printing on fabric but I had yet to try it, so I decided to try my hand at making my own fabric design by printing at home. I used the chorus to "I Cross my Heart" by George Strait because its the song my husband and I danced to at our wedding (ahhhh.... cute I know!)
Here is what I came up with.
(Feel free to use the above printable however you want for personal use... not for resale in any form. Following first would also be appreciated.)
And here is how my cute pillow turned out.
I'm really proud of it and was pleasantly surprised at how well the printing of fabric actually turned out.
If you search "printing on fabric" you can find a bunch of tutorials on how to do it. Some say to soak your fabric in a product (Bubble Jet) to make it colorfast, other say just to iron it after printing to seal the color. I ended up just using the print and iron method. Mostly because I was too lazy to try to find Bubble Jet and its sits in my front room and most likely wont get much wear. Depending on the application, you may want to look into the other method.
That being said, all I did was take some white cotton fabric and some freezer paper and cut them both to the size of printer paper. Then you iron the fabric to the shiny side of the freezer paper so that your fabric has a backing. Then print it using your printers best quality setting. Once the ink has dried you can peel it from the paper and then iron the ink.
Now its ready to incorporate it into a pillow! I cut my print into a square and then sewed it right onto the front of another square. I used a pretty stitch that had some weight to it. Then I frayed all the raw edges. I love the look! I just made the pillow an envelope style case.
Now think about all the cute printable that are out there....or better yet... search "printable" on Pinterest.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State officials today (Nov. 28) provided the second update on the 119 recommendations made to the University in a report by the Freeh Group, noting that more than one-half of the recommendations have been completed to date. The number of completed recommendations includes several that are categorized as "Ongoing/Continuous," signifying that by their nature, the University's response to such recommendations will be ongoing.
"We continue to make great progress in assessing and implementing the Freeh report recommendations," said Penn State President Rodney Erickson. "I'm pleased with the strong collaboration that has been demonstrated across all of our departments and proud that in just four months, we have been able to complete half of the recommendations."
The 119 Freeh recommendations were made as a result of an independent internal investigation performed by Louis Freeh in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal of former retired assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The recommendations are intended to strengthen University policies and performance in areas such as safety and governance. As officials have previously noted, each of the recommendations has been assigned to one or more individuals within the University administration for review, analysis and possible implementation, and each area will receive oversight and progress monitoring by one of the standing committees of the Board of Trustees. University officials have said they intend to implement the Freeh recommendations by the end of 2013.
A complete update of status and actions Penn State has taken based on the recommendations is available at http://progress.psu.edu/assets/content/FreehMatrix_Updated11.27.12.pdf and on the University's Progress website at http://progress.psu.edu/ and will be updated monthly.


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Sparkling Panakam Recipe
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This Sparkling Panakam from Heidi Swanson's Super Natural Every Day is an Indian-accented summer refresher—think of it as cool limeade meets spicy chai. Lime and sugar are muddled with classic chai spices (ginger and cardamom), making a base for this cooler. The base is dissolved slowly in sparkling water until it just dissolves and is then chilled with plenty of ice. The tiny amount of salt adds to the thirst quenching qualities of this traditional Indian warm weather drink.
Swanson's panakam also makes a great mixer with a little bit of gin or vodka, or you could swap out the sparkling water for sparkling wine, making for a sweet and lightly spiced take on a mimosa.
Reprinted with permission from Super Natural Every Day by Heidi Swanson and her blog, 101 Cookbooks. Copyright © 2011. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House, Inc. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved.
- Yield:makes 1 liter, serves 4
- Active time: 10 minutes
- Total time:10 minutes
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- 1/4 cup / 1.25 ounces / 35 grams fine-grain natural cane sugar or muscovado sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1/8 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt
- 4 cups / 1 liter sparkling water, chilled
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First of all I would like to state that 95% of people here are of good heart and the others are too scared to speak out. Now im no mod im just a user, but at a personal level I believe anyones comments or ideas deserve to be heard if they can back it up. This is one of the principals of democracy itself. As for the enforcement of the rules: Just because such listed rules are poorly fallowed doesn't make phoronix a bad forum, just like lax (basically none) marijuana enforcement doesn't make Canada a bad country.
In all honesty you should leave. If you dont feel like you should be among this group then the logical choice would be to leave. But thats my opinion, you are a free mind so think for yourself. Don't take what I, or anyone else here has to say to heart because it doesn't coincide with your own beliefs. Dont bother to dispute them with reason and evidence. Outside the internet many of us go to establishments where we can express similar beliefs. We call them churches, mosques, temples ect. I recommend you find one where your own ideas will be widely heard and accepted.
One of the principals of free software is, well, free.
Never have I come across a board with a pluralistic population. This isn't regressive or arguing - its progressive and enlightening.


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Operation Swamp 0000
From nine inch nails wiki
This site was found via a billboard underneath a bridge. The location of the bridge was given in an Art Is Resistance flyer found at the March 11, 2007 show in London. See this thread for more images and info. The billboard had Operation Swamp 0000 written on it. A site was found when .net was added to "operationswamp0000"
On 3/13/07 this photo was released on the official NIN website.
This site appears to have been constructed by one of the "chip-pullers" mentioned on Operation Chip Sweep. It contains detailed instructions, complete with photographs, on safe removal of a nerochip from one's own body. The anonymous author claims to have been a paramedic or EMT, and insists, "Don't think for yourself, it's not your strong suit. Just do EXACTLY what I fucking tell you."
The interesting thing about this site is that it is quite obviously based in England, revealing that in the world of Year Zero, the shift to totalitarianism previously thought to be occurring only in the United States is apparently spreading elsewhere. However, it is not that clear in the U.K. and the government is using cameras and chips to keep track of everyone's movements.
This site also mentions something called Operation Chip Sweep, which led to another website, also apparently based in England.
A quote from The Catcher in the Rye is in the broken text on the site:
"I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff— I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy." ~ J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
On the website, the author states that thinking for themselves is not the British people's "strong suit." (Quote above.) This is most likely simply the author looking down his nose at the convicts who would have these chips in them, but it may also allude to the use of Parepin or a similar drug in England.
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24.20.1 was found on this site.
24.20.3 was found on the billboard.
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toyletbowl wrote:Lucky Dimitri and SE are not in arms length or I'd BITCH SLAP both of you guys.
Been watching this thread when bored, but I was actually curious how the Infinity would perform against the 19m Core.
BUT...you guys blew it.
There's no reason to even post a video unless you switched boards. You switched kites, but not boards? That is testing analysis 101 guys.
Being an Epic dealer and dealer for Slingshot, Cabrinha and soon others, I'm always looking for accurate info and you had a great chance to do compare the 2 kites and reduce most variables, but you guys messed it up.
Honest man bob,love the bitch slap,classic,maybe a pay per view,TONY
Time to start another thread, since this one has lost all credibility.
I'm firm believer there's not a magic bullet with light wind designs and if you gain in one area, you will loose in another. That's why Dimitri built the racer kite also to have a kite that goes upwind better than the Infinity and will have better hang time and lift. But, the Infinity will have more pull and faster turning.


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - As we observe Domestic Violence Awareness Month this October, I would like to share with you an initiative our office has undertaken to address one of the most significant forms of domestic violence elder abuse. Elder abuse includes financial exploitation, physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect. Financial exploitation, the most common form of elder abuse, accounts for over $2.5 billion dollars a year in losses to seniors. Physical abuse ranges from assaults resulting in bruising to serious bone fractures and in the most extreme cases, death. Sexual abuse may also occur. Neglect can include a caregiver failing to provide an elderly person with the most basic needs, such as medication, personal hygiene or meals. In response to the growing problem of elder abuse, my office, along with our partners in government and the community, has created a new multi-disciplinary team to address these issues.
The Elder Abuse Bureau of the District Attorneys Office prosecutes crimes where a victim is 60 years of age or older and the perpetrator is either a family member or caretaker, or the victim has been targeted due to his or her age. In 2011, there were 198 elder abuse cases and investigations in Westchester County, compared to 150 cases in 2010. The greatest number of cases involved financial abuse, while others were related to physical or sexual abuse. According to the 2010 Census, 18 percent of our county population is 62 years of age and over, nearly 1 in 5 people. As our population continues to age, the potential for elder abuse cases increases and our efforts will be focused on an effective response.
With increasing numbers and severity of elder abuse cases, my office initiated a new partnership with the Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at the Hebrew Home in Riverdale. Leveraging on our established relationships with the Department of Social Services and the New York State Attorney Generals Office, we have formed a multi-disciplinary team here in Westchester that includes Adult Protective Services, medical and mental health professionals, elder law attorneys and local police departments. During monthly meetings, the team discusses complex cases, with the goal of providing better services to seniors, increasing the safety of elder abuse victims and enhancing the prosecution of our cases. Our team coordinator, an aging expert from the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging and Longevity, ensures that appropriate cases are brought to the team and that current cases are followed-up on properly.
Prosecuting elder abuse cases and protecting victims of elder abuse can be very complicated. Part of the complex nature of these cases involves the fear these vulnerable victims often have of coming forward, as many older individuals depend upon the abusive caretaker for assistance. Living alone, a victim of elder abuse may be isolated and unable to call authorities for help. In other instances, the abuser may be an adult child whom a parent seeks to protect. Our elder abuse unit includes a full-time prosecutor and investigator. Our model is efficient and it is effective, working with our partners in other government agencies to provide comprehensive services and safety for victims and to hold offenders accountable. I will be speaking on this topic at the 12th annual Police Interactive Training Conference on Oct. 17, 2012, working with our local police departments in our continuing effort to enhance and serve the public safety needs of the people of Westchester County.
Always remember to call 911 for immediate assistance. If there is a suspicion or concern for the welfare of an older person in your family or your community, reach out to the District Attorneys Elder Abuse Bureau at 914-995-3000.
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E*Trade shares rally as CEO departsAugust 9, 2012: 1:22 PM ET
E*Trade is looking for a new chief executive.
The online brokerage firm said Thursday that CEO Steven Freiberg has left the company as it works on strengthening its financial position. Last month, E*Trade reported a 24% drop in second-quarter earnings to $35.9 million, or 14 cents per share.
The company did not say why Freiberg left the company but E*Trade has been struggling for years with losses on mortgage-related assets and the continued exodus of small investors from the stock market.
E*Trade is the third-largest publicly traded online brokerage firm, behind Charles Schwab (SCHW, Fortune 500) and TD Ameritrade (AMTD).
Related: Investors yank $5.7 billion from U.S. stocks - most in 10 weeks
In a brief statement, E*Trade said chairman Frank Petrilli will serve as interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found.
Petrilli said E*Trade is implementing a "refined business strategy" that will fous on its core brokerage business, reducing risk and cutting costs.
"Accordingly, the board believes it is an appropriate time to transition the role of CEO to a new leader to guide the company through the next phase of its evolution," he said.
Shares of E*Trade (ETFC) rose 6% on the news.
Last year, one of E*Trade's largest investors, Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel, pressured the brokerage to put itself up for sale. In a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Citadel slammed E*Trade for "poor management decisions" that caused "catastrophic losses for shareholders."
E*Trade is among Citadel's largest holdings, which include Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) and Google (GOOG, Fortune 500)
Citadel founder Kenneth Griffin is on the committee that will appoint E*Trade's new CEO.


text: The New York Times has produced an entertaining recap vid of last month's Autonomous Vehicle Competition, hosted by our pals at SparkFun. It's narrated by WIRED's Chris Anderson, who is also the founder and chairman of DIY Drones. The contest embraces three classes of autonomous outdoor vehicles—roughly, wheeled, winged, and with rotors. [Thanks, Daniel!]


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You did it!
More than two million votes for Russell Martin and he'll be starting the All-Star catcher, it was just announced on TBS. On behalf of everyone at the Dodger organization including Russell, thank you. When I spoke to him before the game, he was truly grateful for all that you have done.
Reserves and pitchers are still be unveiled, but let's hope Brad Penny is throwing to him in the first inning and Takashi Saito, Derek Lowe and any other deserving Dodgers hear their names called, too.
UPDATE: Penny and Saito are in. Game just ended 5-0.
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First comment!! Way to go Russ
3 Dodgers on the team. Congratulations guys!!!
im happy for sammy. he really deserved it almost more then Martin and Penny.
The great thing about these 3 guys being All-Stars is that I really can't think of a catcher, starter, or closer who I'd rather have available for the NL. Let's hope these guys can help secure an NL victory to restore some pride to the "lesser" league.
A Great day for the Dodgers and all their fans…
Looking forward to the AllStar game…
i'm so happy for martin, penny, and saito…i was seriously jumping up and down. congrats to the 3 of them…they truly deserve to be there!
I wanted Kent just because he's playing in SF.
How did Weeks get the 2nd most votes for a 2nd bases? I swear Kent should had this.
too bad lowe didn't make it…
Congradulations to MARTIN, PENNY & SAITO for making the All-Stars this year. They more than deserve it. They have been truly All-STARS*****. BILLS game today means so much it's hard to discribe in words. Welcome back D.J. HOULTON and good luck to him. Now all we have to do is knock of the Braves & Marlins before the break COM'ON YA BUMS.
Earned and well deserved honors for the three. Lowe should be on there too, and though he is having a not-quite-an-all star-year, I would have liked to seen some consideration for Gonzo. Or at least that youtube video.
Forget the All-Stars! What about today's game?! The Dodgers looked AWESOME. The pitching was great and the offense showed up with small ball and home runs. That's just unacceptable. A REAL championship team would have won by 35!
haha puppyhead you crack me up
puppy….so true….fire ned and grady, and DFA NOMAR..he went o for 3 today!!! i cant believe it, "he's done"…
also, did u see KEMP's home run? he's the savior for these dodgers!!!….(despite the 2k's with nothing but breaking balls that made him look silly)..
are you serious casinod?? nomar had a homerun last night…he had multiple hits. he also had several hits the night before that….you must be on crack…now i know you should't make decisions on a small sample but he's clearly rebounding.
scary thoughts…
The Dodgers and Chicago White Sox have discussed a trade that would bring left-hander Mark Buehrle to Los Angeles, with the White Sox believed to be most interested in outfielder Matt Kemp.
The Dodgers do not appear interested in that one-on-one trade at this time. It is uncertain whether the White Sox would want more than Kemp for Buehrle or would consider a trade that did not involve Kemp. When the Dodgers and White Sox spoke about outfielder Jermaine Dye this season, the White Sox were believed to be interested in pitchers Chad Billingsley and Jonathan Broxton.
The Dodgers are exploring trades for starters and relievers. Buehrle, 28, could be the best starter available in trade this summer, but he could leave as a free agent next winter.
if those are the offers Ned is getting i hope he is shooting them down with laughter. That would ruin us.
timjyoo..no, i was just messing around..nomar is one of my fav. dodgers, and he's rebounding, hopefully he can keep it up until october 🙂
This is really funny…Milton Bradley on the DL. Let's hope he goes back after the break.
Yea Max.. Id really like to believe that there is no way we would trade Kemp for a pitcher.. Its not like Buehrle solves THAT much for us anyways. No way we do that or trade Bills, especially because you know he is going to have quite a few more starts like the one he had today…
Please, Bills and Brox for Dye— That is just a joke. . That is some really awful reporting. That is cracking me up… Maybe for A-Rod….
Congratulations guys ,you deserve it. Great win yesterday. I would like to see them bring up LaRoche and just let him play at third. If Ned trades any of the Young guys now playing in LA for Buehrle he should be fired. He should try and trade Nomar , Kent , Pierre or even Gonzo. Other than those guys I wouldn't make a move that could hurt us more than help. If you want Buehrle sign him in the off season.
What are these ridiculous rumors about trading Kemp for Burley. You've got to be kidding me.
It all makes sense now. Sign Juan Pierre for five years and trade Matt Kemp! Sign a slap hitter and trade a cheap, potential five tool player. Perfect idea! Collett, you're a genius.
At this point, I'd rather be three and done in October than see Kemp or Loney get traded for some garbage that's going to leave in a couple years to free agency.
Buehrle could be a key in winning it all this year.
He certainly isn't worth: Loney, Kemp, Broxton, Billingsley. I would hope that our management considers these guys untouchable (unless a ridiculously good young player is coming in return).
I wonder if Kuo and LaRoche would work…that might be worth considering.
oops I meant Kuo or LaRoche
charris, the white sox already have joe crede's replacement in josh fields. kuo just got demoted, and although he has upside, he also is an injury risk. please think some of these trades through before they get posted.
I see no reason to vote for the final player to be added to the all star squad. Lowe is not on the ballot, where he should be.


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In building an investment advisory business, providing the right advice for each client is the best foundation. But the foundation cement is likely to be marketing and client relations—the sometimes arduous effort to win and keep clients. Clients may remain loyal during poorly performing markets. But a shoddy approach to gathering or serving clients is often the reason clients become dissatisfied and consider taking their assets elsewhere, regardless of how markets are doing.
In the past several years, there have been large and rapid shifts in how advisors gain new clients, according to data collected by AdvisorBenchmarking. In the depths of the economic downturn, the old business model of passive referrals proved inefficient. Now, as a mild recovery has taken hold in the industry—in terms of asset, revenue and profit increases—advisors have returned to the approach of passive referrals in a significant way (see chart 1 below). Other active channels—e.g., seminars and internal referrals—have declined. The active channel that has seen a relatively strong increase is advisors' referral networks, often called Center of Influence (COI) marketing, and entails gaining new clients from attorneys, accountants and other specialized professionals.
Targeting the right clients is a key to building a successful practice. The term "ideal client" is discussed quite often in the advisory business, which can range from someone who is in the advisor's age bracket to a client who shares a particular investment philosophy, lifestyle or even a hobby with the advisor. But regardless of how many clients are courted for these reasons, in reality, most advisors target clients mainly based on wealth—the basis of financial advisory fees.
According to data collected by AdvisorBenchmarking (see chart 2, left), wealth range is the largest factor cited by advisors in selecting potential clients, at 62%, compared with only 34% for the next highest-rated criterion—lifestyle situation. Moreover, the data suggest that wealth range has remained the largest factor in client focus for several years. Only about a third of advisors target clients based on lifecycle, age or career. And the focus on specialized needs has been steadily falling. Even the percentage of advisors not focusing on any target segment has been slowly rising.
The RIA practice is an individual relationship-based business, with about half of clients in the moderate (26%) to sub-moderate (22%) high-net-worth market, and about a third (35%) in the high-net-worth market. Taken together, the data (see chart 3, below) indicate that the vast majority of RIA business (83%) is conducted in some segment of the individual high net-worth market—and those numbers have remained consistent over the past five years. Choosing clients based on assets alone may not be enough, however, as age, career and lifestyle can have significantly different impacts on investors—and thus their financial needs—within the same wealth range.
There has been little year-over-year change in marketing methods cited by advisors. Among the top three strategies, "events marketing" categories (seminars, client appreciation events) appear to be holding firm, while newsletter marketing is down. And there appears to be a slight increase in electronic initiatives such as online searches, webinars, email marketing and conference calls. It is not surprising to see these numbers holding steady given the lack of focus on marketing from a planning standpoint. Just over half of firms report that they have no marketing plan at all. And a quarter of firms don't target specific types of clients, which is an essential first step in building a plan—knowing whom you are targeting and how to reach them.
And, of course, once clients are on board, regular communication is paramount. Advisors have been continuing the trend started in 2009 of spending more time directly with clients either in person or over the phone (see chart 4, below). Following the market crisis and the recession, advisors knew instinctively that they needed to be more proactive with clients and relied heavily on more personal communication methods. The use of phone calls has nearly doubled from 51% to 96% in the past two years. And in-person meetings have increased from 59% to 93% in the same timeframe. Advisors cut back on less personal methods, such as newsletters, which had become more popular in 2010; newsletter use rose to 74% of firms in 2010, but has now dropped to 50%, which is below where it was two years ago. However, in-person marketing initiatives, like "special occasion" communications and events, have shown staying power. They rose significantly last year and have remained popular, presumably because any opportunity to be in front of a client is seen as valuable for both client retention and acquisition.
Many advisors find that time and resources invested in client acquisition and retention is amply rewarded. We believe those advisors who go after the right clients and spend the most time with the clients they have will be able to significantly strengthen relationships, receive more referrals and increase their asset flows, all of which can strengthen the foundation of any practice.
AdvisorBenchmarking is a research and analysis center focused on the registered investment advisor (RIA) marketplace. Study results quoted in this article are based on the 300-plus RIA firms that took the online survey in March-May 2011. The service is aimed at helping advisors grow and enhance their firms by comparing how their businesses fare against other advisors. Advisors also learn best practices of the most successful advisors in the business.
AdvisorBenchmarking is an affiliate of Guggenheim Investments. The analysis on AdvisorBenchmarking.com is based on the number of completed surveys and reflects only information from those surveys. This information is intended to be general in nature, and these overviews are no substitute for professional, legal or consulting advice. This information should not be construed as advice from Guggenheim Investments or any of its affiliates.


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CDC How many different ways can I describe a bunch of incompetents? All these good reviews... from novice and first time divers. No-one seems to know how good diving and live aboard diving can and should be - least of all the crew. Short version: avoid kangaroo explorer. Probably best to avoid all outer reef trips. It's not the worst experience, not a bad one, but wasn't _fun_. Not for the money I spent. I spent 2.5 times as much ($800 vs $2000) diving with Deep Sea Divers for the same length ...
If i had to put it in a couple of words, i would say, it's amazing for a pier jetty, but alright as a full dive site. There was lots of Rays and some fish (Mostly Cow fish),
Great boat, Great Crew and awesome skippers.


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Direct-to-consumer genetic testing
You may not like what your "genetic selfie" tells you.
By kind permission of Penelope Dullaghan, http://penelopeillustration.com/
Obesity and exercise are the major risk factors influencing development of type 2 diabetes and some people are more prone to weight gain or exercise less than others. These individual differences are undoubtedly at least partly influenced by genetics, but is there any evidence that a DNA-based personal diet or exercise plan will have added value over and above plans that do not involve a DNA test? Several online companies, including Direct-to-consumer (DTC) DNA testing companies, would argue that they do and will charge you £99, or more, for the test and the "personalised" advice. The websites are full of compelling arguments such as "One size does not fit all", or one "Recommended Daily Dose" does "not suit all". However, there is very little published evidence that a genetic test will help you lose or maintain a healthy weight or diet or optimise your exercise regime.
We simply don't know enough about the genetic variation involved in weight gain/loss or diet and exercise to "personalise" advice. Exceptions, often misleadingly cited by the online companies, include well known diet related diseases such as Celiac disease, lactose intolerance or Phenylketouria (PKU) deficiency, where genetics play a strong role. PKU is a very rare inborn error of metabolism that is tested for at birth, so is irrelevant here, and we'd argue that gluten and lactose intolerance tests should be marketed as such, not to the general population as fitness and general diet advice where the implication is that the tests will benefit a large number of people. Our conclusion is that, currently, when it comes to diet and exercise, one size does fit all - knowledge of the DNA sequences inherited from your parents won't help you.
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing can also provide information on ancestry, non-medical traits and mutation carrier status, where the evidence is more robust than for diet-related and disease prediction tests. While information is generally provided to the participant prior to taking the test, critics have argued that members of the public will not be sufficiently prepared for the potential outcome of some of these tests.
See how many companies you can find by trying an internet search for direct-to-consumer genetic testing.
What do you think?
Should commercial companies be offering direct-to-consumer testing and, if so, should they be limited in the types of tests?
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