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Police say man held girlfriend in car, arrest him
May 20. 2013 11:33PM
HOOKSETT — A 28-year-old local man was arrested after allegedly keeping his girlfriend prisoner in a car during an argument Monday afternoon, police said.
Eric Morin was arrested after police were called to the weigh station on West River Road after receiving a report of an assault. Officers said Morin and the woman had an argument that culminated with Moring keeping her in the car by putting her in a headlock.
Officers said she broke free shortly before they arrived.
Morin is charged with false imprisonment and simple assault. He was released on $5,000 personal recognizance bail and will appear in Hooksett District Court on June 19.

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Jan 18 2008
11:23 am
By: WhitesCreek
Boston, MA -- January 8, 2007 -- A survey of U.S. journalists by Brodeur, a unit of Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC), suggests that blogs are not only having an impact on the speed and availability of news, but also influence the tone and editorial direction of reporting.
I hope that's a good thing.
Other RoaneViews blogs
- The 3rd Annual Tennessee Pirate Fest is on the Horizon! (mushy)
- Tennessee Medieval Faire Kicks Off With Free Movie! (mushy)
- Passion of Christ will be shown at the Princess Theatre (mushy)
- Tennessee Pirate Fest is on the Horizon! (mushy)
- Yo, Ho, Me Hearties! It's the 2nd Annual Tennessee Pirate Fest! (mushy)
- 2nd Annual Pirate Fest Auditions Begin (mushy)
- 2017 Princess Idols Announced (mushy)
- Do Not Privatize Fall Creek Falls (robmtchl)
- Tennessee Medieval Faire - 3 BIG days - Memorial Day weekend! (mushy)
- Darren York - New Princess manager (mushy)
Eco Warriors and Politics
- Former Rep. Gerald McCormick joins Ingram Group (Tom Humphrey)
- Former Rep. Gerald McCormick joins Ingram Group (TN Journal)
- Haslam names former state senator, NES chief to UT board (Tom Humphrey)
- Haslam names former state senator, NES chief to UT board (TN Journal)
- Edmund Zagorski Set to Die Nov. 1 in the Electric Chair (Nashville Scene)
- Dean in new ad calls Lee's positions 'extreme' (Tom Humphrey)
- Dean in new ad calls Lee's positions 'extreme' (TN Journal)
- Mandatory shop class? Lee proposes vocational training for all students (Tom Humphrey)
- Mandatory shop class? Lee proposes vocational training for all students (TN Journal)
- New Vanderbilt poll has Bredesen up by 1 point (TN Journal)
Science and Stuff
- Antibodies linked to heart attacks (Science News Daily)
- Brain wave device enhances memory function (Science News Daily)
- Mars: Oxygen-rich, life-supporting liquid water? (Science News Daily)
- NASA's first image of Mars from a CubeSat (Science News Daily)
- How rants on social media can come back to haunt you (Science News Daily)
- For some young adults, the 2016 US election was a 'traumatic experience' (Science News Daily)
- New target of alcohol in the brain (Science News Daily)
- Mystery of how black widow spiders create steel-strength silk webs further unravelled (Science News Daily)
- In kids with autism, short questionnaire may detect GI disorders (Science News Daily)
- Breathing through the nose aids memory storage (Science News Daily)
- Trump and Marsha's Tax Cut Drives up Deficit...McConnell says to Rob SS and Medicare to pay for it. (2 replies)
- Halloween Horror: Trump Demands FaceBook Info on People Who Don't Like Him. (1 reply)
- Watch the Governor Debate Online Right Here (1 reply)
- Media Covering Partisan Campaign Event for Marsha Blackburn (1 reply)
- Quote of the Day (Fox News) (1 reply)
- Quick Political Round Up (1 reply)
- In Other News: "Steve is Completely Unknown to Science" (2 replies)
- Is the Republican Party Nothing More than an American Crime Family? (1 reply)
- Any Body Else Going to Miss James Brummett on the County Commission? (1 reply)
- Knox County's New Mayor (1 reply)
- Analysis of BS in TN Governor's Race Ads (3 replies)
- Trump Announces a Big F-U to the Sickened Coal Ash Workers in Roane County (2 replies)
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid / TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding.
Brother Websites
Other "Views":
Local Interest:
Folks that Help:
Local News Media:
Local Government:
Local Interest:
Folks that Help:
- All Hat No Cattle
- American Progress
- Campaign for America's Future
- Daily KOS
- digby
- Paul Krugman
- Talking Points Memo
- Whitehouse.gov
Local News Media:
Local Government:
- City of Harriman
- City of Harriman Code
- City of Kingston
- City of Kingston Code
- City of Oliver Springs
- City of Oliver Springs Code
- City of Rockwood
- City of Rockwood Code
- Congressman Charles 'Chuck' J. Fleischmann
- Rep. Kent Calfee
- Rep. Ron Travis
- Roane County
- Roane Schools
- St. Sen. Ken Yager


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All of us in the Catholic press were thrilled when Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop John P. Foley, the longtime president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, a cardinal. Cardinal-designate Foley has been our friend and mentor going back to the days when he was editor of the Philadelphia archdiocesan newspaper, The Catholic Standard and Times.
So it should be no surprise that many of us are writing tributes to him. One of the best I've seen so far is by Joe Ryan, currently the assistant editor at The Dialog, diocesan newspaper of Wilmington, Del. Joe worked for Cardinal-designate Foley in Philadelphia and learned from him the ideals that all Catholic journalists try to uphold.
"Whether reporting on … a parish's anniversary, a clothing drive or the tragedy of a victim's molestation by a priest, Catholic journalism's duty to report the truth in light of our faith is never detrimental to the church," Joe wrote.
His tribute starts off with a story that many of us in the Catholic press have already heard (perhaps several times!) about a trip the young priest-editor took with the then-archbishop of Philadelphia:
Philadelphia's Cardinal John Krol was touring the Holy Land in the early 1970s when he went to Egypt and visited the pyramids at Giza. Like many tourists there, the distinguished prelate was invited by a persistent hawker to ride a camel.
The cardinal asked the editor of his newspaper, The Catholic Standard and Times, if he thought he should get on the camel.
"No, your eminence," said Msgr. John P. Foley. "I would advise you not to get on that camel."
Cardinal Krol, caught between a beckoning Bedouin and his dubious priest-editor, decided his opportunities in life to ride a camel would be limited, so up he climbed.
Msgr. Foley promptly took his boss's picture, which ran in Catholic newspapers around the world. It showed the Archbishop of Philadelphia, ungainly in the camel's saddle, looking more like the former butcher from Cleveland he had been than Lawrence of Arabia.
"You told me not to get on the camel; why did you take my picture?" the cardinal asked the editor.
"As your loyal priest, your eminence, I gave you my best advice," Msgr. Foley said. "As the editor of your newspaper, I took your picture."
That incident at Giza summarizes the essence of Catholic journalism as I learned it 30 years ago from Msgr. Foley, who was named a cardinal Oct. 17 by Pope Benedict XVI; when the word Catholic modifies the word journalism, it doesn't alter the discipline with bias, it strengthens it with a profound truth — the way, the truth and the life of Jesus Christ.
The entire tribute is worth reading, especially if you've ever wondered how we define our roles as Catholic journalists and why we report the "Good News" and the bad news at the same time. (This link here will take you to a .pdf of the entire current edition of The Dialog. For Joe's tribute to Cardinal-designate Foley, go to Page 13 of the 26-page .pdf file.)


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For all the fuss about how Google handles the scads of personal data they have access to—even within the company itself—xkcd's actually a perfectly simple, straightforward, funny explanation for why we should all just calm down.
Turns out it's not so much a matter of "Don't Be Evil" as "Can't." Let's hope, anyway! Also, that point about password reuse? Spot on. [xkcd]


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Colin Van Ostern found home for him when he moved to NHBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
January 28. 2013 1:23AM
Colin Van Ostern, 33Home: Concord
Birthplace: Carlsbad, Calif.
Family: Wife, Kristyn; son, Peter; dog, Moses
High school: Governor's School for Government & International Studies, Richmond, Va.
College/post-grad degrees: B.A., The George Washington University. Washington, D.C.; MBA, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Hanover
Current job: Executive Councilor, State of New Hampshire, and brand manager, Stonyfield, Inc.
Key past positions held: Owner, Washington Street Consulting (marketing consulting for nonprofits and small business); campaign manager, Ann McLane Kuster for Congress; associate director, public relations, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth; communications director, Gov. Jeanne Shaheen
Volunteer activities: The Friendly Kitchen, Dinner for Hope Organizing Committee; Tuck School of Business, class secretary
Most admired person (outside your family): President Bill Clinton
Key current professional challenge: Launching Stonyfield YoKids Smoothies - real yogurt smoothies with organic fruits and vegetables - in over 13,000 grocery stores nationwide this winter.
Last major achievement: Being elected this past fall to represent 265,000 New Hampshire citizens on the Executive Council.
Two peers who know you well: Mike Vlacich, state director for U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, and Gray Chynoweth, COO of Dyn, Inc.
Biggest problem facing New Hampshire: After decades of population migration into New Hampshire, the new trend of population outflow, especially of college students and young workers.
Favorite place in New Hampshire: Hellgate Gorge, Second College Grant
What book are you reading now? "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen and "The Victory Lab" by Sasha Issenberg
How do you relax? Cooking, jogging with my dog Moses in the woods around Concord, skiing at Cannon, down time on the couch.
What websites do you visit most often? Twitter, Facebook
Favorite TV show, radio station or musical artist: Lately: "The Walking Dead," Pandora, Passion Pit
CONCORD - For decades New Hampshire thrived by attracting young, highly educated people to join the state's workforce, and Colin Van Ostern was one.
Born in California 33 years ago, Van Ostern moved every couple of years with his family until 1993 when he moved to Washington, D.C., on the day former President Bill Clinton was sworn into office for the first time.
"It was an amazing experience to see a million people come out and to see the optimism for our country," he said. "It was really about embracing our county's future."
Van Ostern, who was recently elected as the District 2 Executive Councilor and is a brand manager for Stonyfield, Inc., later served as a White House intern.
His love of politics led him to New Hampshire in the summer of 2001 to be former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen's communications director for her 2002 U.S. Senate campaign.
"Until that point, I moved around my whole life," Van Ostern said. "I.fell in love with New Hampshire and I've lived here longer than anywhere else. I met my wife, Kristyn, here - she also worked on Jeanne Shaheen's campaign in 2001."
The Concord resident did not leave after the Shaheen campaign, but instead went to Dartmouth and earned his MBA while serving as associate director of public relations for the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Soon after he graduated, he was offered a job at Apple in California not far from where he went to elementary school. He said he was really tempted because he always loved technology and worked as an intern on a start-up technology firm when he was in college.
"After I went to Apple, I visited the house we used to live in and spent a lot of time thinking," Van Ostern said. "When I got back to New Hampshire, I bought a puppy and proposed to my wife and decided I was going to stay in New Hampshire."
While in New Hampshire, Van Ostern has run his own consulting and marketing firm, Washington Street Consulting, advising nonprofits and small businesses, and was campaign manager for Annie McLane Kuster's 2010 campaign for the 2nd District Congressional seat.
Now his focus is on the Executive Council and his job at Stoneyfield. ?"This is a particularly important time with a new governor, and I look forward to working with her and the other councilors to focus as much as possible on strengthening our economy," he said.
He called Stonyfield a fantastic company to work for and said he is working hard to grow its business, most recently by helping launch Stonyfield YoKids Smoothies - real yogurt smoothies with organic fruits and vegetables - that he said is doing very well.
But he worries the state is not attracting young professionals and their families like it used to when he came to New Hampshire.
"It's a huge challenge for us and something the government can't fix," Van Ostern said. "It has to be driven by the private sector and strengthening communities."
Van Ostern lives in Concord with his wife, son Peter and dog Moses.


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From South Africa Rock Climbing Routes Wiki
Shy Zebra (23) ***
Climbs between the two black streaks on the wall just left of the Comes a Time wall. Start up some laybacks to the left of the gulley, for about 5m, until you can traverse left across the right-hand black streak. Pull up in between the black streaks and climb straight up to the top. Consensus grading needed.
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Powering a Cloud Economy with Cloud Monetization
The Cloud industry has moved from being more than just being able to provide infrastructure and management services on the Cloud. Enter a new era of Cloud computing where monetization's services through the Cloud are an essential piece of strategy to feed your organizations bottom-line, your revenue and Profitability.
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- Examined how a leading telecom provider in Europe is making this possible by tapping into their business customer base.
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This week, the team assembled in NYC for @Cloud Expo 2015 and @ThingsExpo 2015. For the past four years, this has been a must-attend event for MetraTech. We were happy to once again join industry visionaries, colleagues, customers and even competitors to share and explore the ways in which the Internet of Things (IoT) will impact our industry. Over the course of the show, we discussed the types of challenges we will collectively need to solve to capitalize on the opportunity IoT presents. [continued]
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In her Opening Keynote at 16th Cloud Expo, Sandy Carter, IBM General Manager Cloud Ecosystem and Developers, and a Social Business Evangelist, discussed why this matters, how innovation will benefit, and how to foster an interest in tech.
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In her keynote at @ThingsExpo, Manjula Talreja, VP of Cisco Consulting Services, discussed IoE and the enormous opportunities it provides to public and private firms alike. She also shared what businesses must do to thrive in the IoE economy, citing examples from several industry sectors.
Microservices & IoT Power Panel
In this Power Panel at @DevOpsSummit, moderated by Jason Bloomberg, president of Intellyx, panelists Roberto Medrano, Executive Vice President at Akana; Lori MacVittie, Evangelist for F5 Networks; and Troy Topnik, ActiveState's Technical Product Manager; and Otis Gospodnetić, founder of Sematext; peeled away the buzz and discuss the important architectural principles behind implementing IoT solutions for the enterprise. As remote IoT devices and sensors become increasingly intelligent, they become part of our distributed cloud environment, and we must architect and code accordingly. At the very least, you'll have no problem filling in your buzzword bingo cards.
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Though they're really just complex strings of 1's and 0's, games can allow us
to do the impossible. Some of them even challenge our ethical paradigms by letting
us pretend to be people we never thought we could be and presenting us with the
consequences, which can turn out to be a lot more fun than our 2nd grade teachers
would have us believe.
With this attitude in mind I approached Black Isle's latest RPG Lionheart:
Legacy of the Crusader. I looked forward to being transported back
to the 16th century to meet cultural icons like Machiavelli and Cervantes while
beating back goblins and bedding down with wenches.
Lionheart is terrible, and not in a cool, sword-swinging barbarian
sort of way. Since the game comes from such a strong line of Black Isle RPGs, my disappointment
is doubled. The dialogue, characters and the use of history is shamefully bad,
and sadly the gameplay isn't there to bail out the weak plot.
Apparently, the 12th century Crusades led by Richard the Lionheart wound up causing a big event called the Disruption, which unleashed horrible evil things into the world. You play in an alternate reality version of the 16th century, which starts out fine but quickly goes from quirky to lame.
For example, at one point you meet Cervantes, the guy who wrote Don Quixote,
perhaps the most important book written in Spanish. The man was a mega-genius,
satirist and poet. In Lionheart he runs around stabbing at
bushes and raving about "La bestia!" Guess him and his famous confused character
merged into a Brundlefly.
You meet Leonardo Da Vinci, The Renaissance Man himself, but here he goes by
Leo and has nothing to say other than the usual semi-funny/sarcastic crap reserved
for smartass NPCs. Then you meet Shakespeare, who refers to Shylock as "That
pestilence from Jerusalem" and tells you to go rough him up. You know, the guy
wrote more plays than just The
Merchant of Venice.
The capper comes when you meet Hernan
Cortez, conqueror of Mexico and the guy who eradicated
the Aztec civilization. In
Lionheart, you can ask him about his New World experience and
he says he went to Mexico and met the wonderful, friendly Mexican people who
were nice to him. Then he says he went to Tenochtitlan
and met the Aztecs who were brutal and warlike and had horrible monsters that
kicked his ass and cut off his arm. Then you go about trying to find him a new
arm so he can go back and regulate.
Pretty much everything in Lionheart trivializes a great work,
makes commonplace a fascinating historical phenomenon (you can easily get bored
talking to Inquisitors) or grossly misrepresents history. Some will enjoy this
kind of artistic license, but I think it's a cheap way out of intelligently
interweaving such deep historical references.
But more important
than the plot is the gameplay, which unfortunately fares no better. As opposed
to strategic turn-based Black Isle games like the Icewind
Dale series, Lionheart is a mindless, tedious hack and
slash. The fights are hard and the resolution is fixed at 800×600, so a ranged
fighter or spellcaster will have time to get off maybe one shot before an enemy
is on him. It's like Icewind Dale and Diablo
II got together and had a kid, except that Diablo II did crack,
heroine and Wow!
Potato chips all the way through the pregnancy.
Using the 'Special' system from the great Fallout
games, Lionheart lets you build any kind of character you'd
like. However, if you don't pick some kind of fighter-type, you will die. Bad.
Made what you thought was a super-cool holy caster? Prepare to get crucified.
Hordes of the same enemies and little room for strategy spell one thing: Y-o-u-r
To its credit, the 'Special' system is a good one and does allow quite a bit
of depth. Also, the way you play does slightly change the outcome. But when
you compare this to games likeNeverwinter
Nights, Morrowind and Star
Wars: KoToR, it simply doesn't stack up at all.
There's actually a multiplayer mode here too, but it's not very good, just letting you and a cohort ramble through the single-player together. Good luck finding someone to play with you.
Graphically, Lionheart's new engine is just a slight improvement
over the Infinity engine used in the Icewind Dale games. Characters
are a bit larger and more detailed, but the city layouts are mediocre, the backgrounds
are so-so and the game looks dated.
The sound is decent at least, with good music hampered by redundant sound
effects. The voice-acting would be fine if the dialogue wasn't so irritating.
Overall, Lionheart is a big disappointment. Though it uses
a decent RPG system, its poor balance, repetitive action and somewhat lame stab
at rewriting history leads to a game no one should invest time or money in.
Black Isle, we know you can do better than this, so get cracking on a real game.


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The Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont (CVRI-VT) at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care introduced six 2014 Distinguished Investigators at its relaunch celebration on April 17. The event took place in the Marble Court at UVM's Fleming Museum.
Founded in 2002 by the late Burton Sobel, M.D., University Distinguished Professor and former chair of medicine at UVM/Fletcher Allen, the CVRI-VT has been led by David Schneider, M.D., professor of medicine and director of cardiovascular services, since August 2013.
The CVRI-VT, a collaborative of cardiovascular researchers from a wide range of departments and disciplines across the university medical center, selected six members for the inaugural Distinguished Investigator award: Philip Ades, M.D., professor of medicine and director of cardiac rehabilitation and preventive cardiology; Joseph Brayden, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology; Martin LeWinter, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the heart failure and cardiomyopathy program; George Osol, Ph.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences; Russell Tracy, Ph.D., professor of pathology and director of the UVM Laboratory for Clinical Biochemistry Research; and Kathleen Trybus, Ph.D., professor of molecular physiology and biophysics. Distinguished Investigators are appointed for five year terms, and will engage in and lead a number of initiatives during their tenure. Read more about the Distinguished Investigators.
"These six researchers represent a breadth and depth of expertise and experience that would be hard to match at any institution in the country," says Schneider. "It is an honor to work with such an outstanding collaborative of physicians and scientists as we highlight excellence in cardiovascular research and foster development of the next generation of distinguished investigators."
Among the CVRI's goals are improving communication across disciplines, departments and colleges, and encouraging interdepartmental collaborations at UVM and Fletcher Allen. The Institute also aims to increase cardiovascular funding support and advance and highlight cardiovascular research excellence at national and international levels. The newly-invigorated Institute's planned initiatives include monthly research forums featuring cardiovascular experts, beginning in fall 2014.
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On Saturday, I had the pleasure of hosting a Dr. Jart+ event at Sephora in Times Square, along with Alexis of The Beauty Bean. I'm already a regular consumer of their V7 line (their Vitalaser 2.1 is my winter skin necessity) and the premium beauty balm, so I was really excited to get the chance to experiment with all of their other products. We were giving out samples and free makeup demonstrations of the Black Label Detox Beauty Balm and Water Fuse Smart Gel BB. By the end of the day, my hand was looking fabulous with all of the samples I was trying on it. I'm still a big fan of the original (premium), but considering the detoxing benefit of the black label cream – which, as a girl who lives in the harsh climate of NYC knows, is a big plus – I decided to bring home a few samples to see which I like the most.
I'm actually thinking about purchasing the whole sampler set to try them all out. If you have a favorite, I'd love to hear your preference (and why).
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Rethinking their split four years ago, unions are exploring reunification.
In the late afternoon of January 7, fourteen union leaders gathered around a big oval table in the top-floor conference room of the United Food and Commercial Workers' (UFCW) Washington headquarters to talk about how to unify the fragmented American labor movement. The four-hour discussion with a catered light dinner was chaired by labor-friendly former Representative David Bonior and was attended by leaders of the AFL-CIO, the breakaway federation Change to Win (CTW) and the independent National Education Association (NEA).
That evening's discussion led to more talks, and participants cautiously hope they can unite to better take advantage of the political openings for revival of the labor movement. Assembling all unions into one "house of labor" may not come quickly, if at all, but by early April the Bonior group had decided to keep working–as the National Labor Coordinating Committee–perhaps to make significant steps toward unity at the September AFL-CIO convention.
The 2005 split in the AFL-CIO grew in part out of frustrations in dark times: George W. Bush and a Republican Congress had been re-elected, and union membership was shrinking, slipping to 12.5 percent of wage workers and provoking fears that unions would sink to a point of no return. Unions fought over how the AFL-CIO should operate, whether unions needed to be merged and reorganized by industry, and whether the AFL-CIO spent too much time and money on politics (and other tasks) and not enough on organizing.
Now opportunities for progress are pushing those unions back together. Organized labor played a major role in November's Democratic victories. Unions have even expanded membership slightly in the past two years. The time is ripe for broad legislative gains, from universal health insurance to the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), which would make it easier for workers to form unions (though that bill faces obstacles in the Senate).
"We've just come off elections, and we've seen our collective work elect Barack Obama and a Congress more in line with the needs and aspirations of working people," says American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, part of the Bonior group. "That unity produced something, but it needs to improve every day between elections. A unified labor movement will better serve working families than when we're separated. When we fight together, we're stronger."


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|Chelsea, Mass.
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2012-13 Was one of the Beacons top competitors all season having participated in a total of 56 individual events including two decathlons … Set the program record in the indoor 200 (22.53) and 300 (36.85) meter dashes on January 26 and December 8 respectively … Member of two record setting relay teams … Set the program record in the decathlon with a combined 5,687 points on May 16 and 17 … Recorded a new personal best in the 400 meter dash with a time of 50.36 seconds at the NCAA Division III New England Regional … Also recorded new career bests at the Tufts University Multi-Event in the 1,500 meter run (4:59.60), the discus (97-00), the high jump (5-08.75), and the pole vault (9-10.00) … Earned a new personal best in the long jump at the ECAC Division III Outdoor Championship on May 16 with a leap of 21-11.50 feet … Finished the Tufts University Snowflake Classic with a new career best in the javelin following a throw of 106-09 feet on March 30 … Recorded a season best time of 16.26 seconds in the 100 meter hurdles at the ECAC Outdoor Championship on May 16 … Finished the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 58.10 at the Little East Conference/New England Alliance Outdoor Championship on April 27 … Broke 20+ feet in the long jump seven of the 11 times he competed in the event … Recorded a season best throw of 33-08.00 feet in the shot put at the ECAC Outdoor Championship.
2011-12 Was perhaps the busiest Beacon during
the 2011-12 season competing in over 40 events ... Set the indoor
program record in the long jump on December 10 with a final
distance of 22-02.50 feet at the Harvard Open ... Member of four
record setting relay teams ... Recorded a new personal best in the
55 meter dash on February 11 with a tiem of 6.75 seconds ... Also
set a new personal best in the 60 meter dash on January 8 with a
time of 7.20 seconds ... Recorded a personal and outdoor season
best time of 22.55 seconds on May 5 at the NCAA Division III New
England Regional meet in the 200 meter dash ... Would go on to set
a new personal indoor best time in the 200 on December 10 at the
Harvard Open with a tiem of 22.88 ... Posted a top time in the 400
meter dash with a time of 50.37 seconds at the UMass Dartmouth
Corsair Invite ... Competed in the 110 and 400 meter hurdles a
combined 10 times, with his best time in the 110 marked at 15.46,
while in the 400 he finished with a time of 57.48 seconds ...
Earned his second-best mark in the long jump on February 11 at the
Little East Conference/New England Alliance Championship meet with
a distance of 21-05.25 feet.
2010-11 Had a standout sophomore season with UMass Boston ... Finished in 18th place in the first meet of the season in the 400 meter dash with a time of 51.51 seconds ... Took third place at the Dartmouth Relays in the Distance Medley Relay with a time of 11:38.54 ... Recorded a 10th place finish in the long jump at the Dartmouth Relays with a jump of 6.28 meters ... Later broke that mark at the Reebok Boston Invitational with a distance of 6.31 meters to finish in 10th place ... His jump of 6.46 meters at the LEC/New England Alliance Championship meet earned him a 6th/4th place finish in the long jump ... Took 9th/6th at the championship meet in the 400 meter dash with a time of 52.43 seconds ... Recorded a second place time in the 200 meter dash at the LEC/NE Alliance with a time of 22.98 seconds ... Opened up the outdoor season with a jump of 6.23 meters in the long jump at the Northeastern Husky Spring Open ... Recorded a 5th place time in the 100 meter dash (11.74) at the Tufts University Snowflake Classic ... Went on to finish in 1st place in the long jump at the Corsair Classic with a leap of 6.83 meters ... Took second at the conference championship with a time of 22.57 seconds in the 200 meter dash.
2009-10 Competed in three indoor meets and quickly established himself as one of the Beacons' top athletes ... Made his collegiate debut on January 29 at the Boston Reebok Games where he fi nished 18th in the 55M prelims with a time of 6.93 seconds and 26th in the 200M event, clocking in at 23.56 seconds ... On February 6 at the Tartan Invitational at Smith College, matched his fastest 55M dash time of the season at 6.90 second to finish ninth while also fi nishing ninth in the 200M race by clocking in at 23.97 seconds and also fi nished fi fth in the long jump with a leap of 6.06m ... On February 13 at the LEC/Alliance Championships, fi nished in the top 12 in all four events he competed in including a fourth place fi nish in the long jump with a leap of 6.14m, seventh in the 55M dash with a time of 6.90 seconds, 11th in the triple jump in his first attempt at the event with a jump of 11.16m and a 12th place fi nish in the 200M race with a time of 23.81 seconds ... Continued to excel during the outdoor season, competing in a total of 12 different events while appearing in seven total meets including the ECAC New England Championships and the Holy Cross Decathlon ... On May 1 at the ECAC Championships, placed 19th in the long jump with a leap of 6.08m ... Over the weekend of April 15, fi nished 13th overall in the Holy Cross Decathlon, registering four top-10 individual finishes by placing third in the 100M dash with a time of 11.44 seconds, third in the long jump with a leap of 6.36m, sixth in the high jump with a leap of 1.78m and ninth in the javelin with a throw of 38.93m ... On April 17 at the MIT Spring Invitational had a pair of third place finishes in the 100M dash and long jump with a time of 11.81 seconds and a jump of 5.99m ... On April 24 at the LEC/Alliance Championships, had four top-10 finishes on the LEC side, placing seventh in the 100M prelims with a time of 11.77 seconds, seventh in the long jump with a leap of 6.13m, ninth in the triple jump with a leap of 11.71m and ninth in the 200M race with a time of 23.69 seconds.
PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Chelsea High School ... Helped the Devils to the 2008 Commonwealth Athletic Conference Championship ... Named the CHS track team's Most Valuable Performer for 2006 and 2007 and was undefeated in the 400 meters for two years ... Born November 18, 1990 ... Majoring in Exercise Health Science with a minor in Spanish ... Also a member of the UMass Boston cross-country team ... Currently serves as a UMB Orientation Leader and is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... Received the 2009 and 2010 UMB Track and Field MVP Award and was named the Break Out Rookie of the Year in 2009.
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Sex talk at UNH draws a passionate crowdBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
October 03. 2013 9:56PM
DURHAM — Hundreds of students packed a lecture hall at the University of New Hampshire Thursday night to learn everything they ever wanted to know about orgasms — and maybe walk away with a free sex toy.
A controversial presentation called "Orchestrating Orgasms" brought an estimated 500 students to the Memorial Union Building to hear from Megan Andelloux, who calls herself a "clinical sexologist."
She said she's been working in the field for 17 years and designed her lecture to educate students about different types of orgasms, sexual response systems, and how to have more orgasms. Andelloux said the presentation would feature "no live sex acts on stage."
It began with a humorous video of a turtle breathing heavily, appearing to have an orgasm.
Videos showing facial expressions of men and women during orgasms were shown later, and at one point Andelloux brought four student volunteers on stage to wear sex toys while she performed a demonstration.
The Student Activity Fee Committee unanimously OK'd the request to hold the lecture, which was hosted by the Memorial Union Student Organization and has drawn criticism from some who felt it wasn't the best use of student activity fees and that it was designed to promote sex.
When asked about the demonstration with students wearing sex toys, Andelloux said she asks for volunteers.
"These are adults and if they want to come up on the stage and get that thrill, then that's fine," said the 37-year-old from Rhode Island. UNH spokesman Erika Mantz said the lecture was "just one event in a month of programming for students around healthy, safe and respectful decision-making related to sex."
She added, "Many offices and organizations around campus played a role in developing the programming. The health and well-being of our students and the greater campus community is important to university leaders and that includes their sexual health."
Sophomore Dan Stevens, 19, said he was offended when he heard criticisms from some people who felt the topic of orgasms wasn't appropriate.
"Last I checked I'm 19 and that's an adult. As an adult it's my right to learn about whatever I want and sex happens all the time, especially on college campuses. It's really important for psychological and physical relationships," said Stevens, of Boston.
Jessie Jenks, 19, of Nottingham, said she feels it's better to talk about sexual issues.
"I think suppressing the issue and not talking about it at all is worse," she said.
During the presentation, Andelloux handed out sexually explicit gifts to students in the audience, saying they were from manufacturers who value sex toy education.
"I really hope people walk away from this and recognize that there's a community, that sexuality can be talked about and it's varied," Andelloux said after the lecture.
As hundreds of students lined before the event, UNH student Joshua McGraw, 27, sat on a sofa away from the crowd reading a newspaper. The former Marine had no plans to attend.
"If they had a guest speaker on genocide in Syria and 100,000 people dead, you couldn't get 10 people to show up," he said.
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When Samsung Electronics's Galaxy Gear launch in early September created a hype around the potential market for smartwatches, it was certain that we would soon see cheaper versions from Chinese competitors.
Now, ZTE Corp., mainly known for its telecom equipmentbut also a smartphone maker, plans to launch a smartwatch in the second quarter of next year, according to Lu Qianhao, head of the Shenzhen-based company's handset marketing strategy.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal Monday, Mr. Lv said that ZTE's smartwatch will offer technological features that are similar to existing products such as the Galaxy Gear, but will sell for lower prices as it tries to appeal to China's cost-conscious consumers. "We are focusing on the mainstream market," he said.
The company plans to unveil the smartwatch in the first quarter of next year and start selling it in the second quarter, said Mr. Lu. ZTE will first sell its smartwatch only in China, but it wants to gradually enter the U.S. and European markets later.
The upcoming ZTE smartwatch, which doesn't have an official name yet, will only be compatible with its own smartphones, but the company may consider releasing other smartwatches in the future that will work with all Android smartphones from any brands, Mr. Lu said. He said that the company is also considering other possibilities in wearable computing, such as smart glasses and smartphone-connected shoes for healthcare purposes. ZTE doesn't have specific launch plans for those products yet.
ZTE isn't the first Chinese company to sell smartwatches. In late September, Coolpad, another major Chinese smartphone vendor, launched a waterproof smartwatch called the cWatch, according to Engadget.
Rarely heard outside of China, Coolpad is one of the largest smartphone vendors in the country. The company behind the Coolpad brand is Shenzhen-based Yulong, which started out in 1993 as a maker of pagers and telecom equipment.
ZTE's new smartwatch plans come as the company's smartphone market share in China is declining. China, the world's largest smartphone market after overtaking the U.S. last year, is crowded with many homegrown competitors selling inexpensive handsets.
In the third quarter, ZTE was the seventh-largest smartphone vendor by shipment volume in China, as its market share fell to 5% from 10% a year earlier, according to research firm Canalys. Samsung Electronics Co. was the market leader in the quarter with a 21% share, followed by Lenovo Group Ltd. with 13% and Coolpad with 11%.
"In the Chinese market, ZTE doesn't have an obvious competitive advantage," in part because its brand recognition among consumers is not as strong as other Chinese competitors such as Lenovo, said Canalys analyst Nicole Peng.
Mr. Lu said that the new smartwatch should help make ZTE's smartphones more attractive. He also said that part of ZTE's strength lies in its deep understanding of telecommunications network technology, as the company's core business is providing telecom operators with network gear.
With more Chinese brands jumping on the smartwatch bandwagon, the fledgling market may soon get crowded with more affordable models, similar to what has already happened to smartphones.
In July, Canalys forecast that smartwatch shipments worldwide would top 5 million units next year, up tenfold from just 500,000 units expected this year. Last year, about 330,000 smart watches were shipped. The Canalys forecast is based on the assumption that by the end of 2014, Apple, Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. will all have launched smartwatches, in addition to existing players like Samsung, Sony Corp. and Pebble Technology Corp.
The growth may seem robust but that's a tiny market compared to smartphones. Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to top 1 billion units this year, up 40% from last year, according to research firm IDC.
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Based on the life of the 13th century adventurer Marco Polo, the 10-episode series will film on location in Italy, Kazakhstan and the new Pinewood Studios in Malaysia. Netflix plans to premiere the series later this year.
And if you believe Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company, it's going to be epic.
"Television audiences today are more discerning than ever before both in terms of character and the scope of the worlds those characters live in. We are proud to present a series that rivals some of the most successful films we've ever made," Weinstein says in a press release. "Marco Polo is a figure all have heard of, but few truly know, and we are excited to introduce him to the world. And we are shooting all over the world ... This is spectacle in the truest sense of the word."
Italian actor Lorenzo Richelmy will play Polo, leading an international cast that includes Benedict Wong, Zhu Zhu, Tom Wu, Remy Hii and Rick Yune.
"The famed explorer's journey takes him to the center of a brutal war in 13th century China, a world replete with exotic martial arts, political skullduggery, spectacular battles and sexual intrigue," a press release states.
Creator John Fusco ("Forbidden Kingdom," "Young Guns," ""Hidalgo") and Harvey Weinstein will serve as executive producers. Dan Minahan ("Game of Thrones, "True Blood") will serve as executive producer and will direct two episodes. Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg ("Kon Tiki," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales") will direct the season's first two episodes. Patrick MacManus will serve as co-executive producer. Collin Creighton will produce on behalf of The Weinstein Company.
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Lorenzo Richelmy
Born in Liguria in 1990, Lorenzo Richelmy moved to Rome in 1994 where his acting debut was in a theatrical performance at the age of 8. In 2002, his career launched with the film "il pranzo della domenica" and in 2007 his TV performances included "I liceali" directed by Lucio Pellegrini. In 2008 he was awarded Best Upcoming Personality by the Italian Tourist Department. Lorenzo attended CSC, the top drama school in Italy, as the youngest student ever admitted. In 2010 he starred in the film "Fat Cat," where he was nominated for Best Actor at the International Film Festival in Bruxelles, as well as three other festivals in California. In 2012 Lorenzo was cast as the lead in "Terra e vento" directed by Sebastian Maulucci as well as starring in "Terzo tempo," produced by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC ) where it went on to the Venice Film Festival. Lorenzo also received an award dedicated to a young talent by the Maremetraggio Film Festival. In 2014 Lorenzo starred in Carlo Verdone's successful comedy "Sotto una buona stella" along with Paola Cortellesi, Carlo Verdone and Tea Falco.
Benedict Wong
Benedict Wong's acting career is comprised of performances in film, television and theater. Benedict has appeared in films including "Hummingbird," "Kick Ass 2," "Prometheus," "Johnny English Reborn," "The Lady," "Moon," "Shanghai," "Largo Winch," "Grown Your Own," "Sunshine," "A Cock And Bull Story," "On A Clear Day," "Tristram Shandy," "Code 46," "Dirty Pretty Things," "Spygame," "Wit," "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. His TV appearances include "Hong Kong Cracker," "Arabian Nights," "TLC," "15 Storeys High," "State of Play," "The Eleventh Hour," "Frankenstein," "The IT Crowd," "Spooks," "Spiritwarriors," "Law and Order," "Top Boy Series 1&2," "Covert Affairs," "Run," "The Wrong Mans" and "Prey." He also has performed in many theatrical plays.
Zhu Zhu
This Beijing native (whose name is pronounced "juju") first caught the public's eye as a host of MTV in China. She made her big screen debut in the Chinese remake of "What Women Want." She made her first appearances in English language movies with "Cloud Atlas" and in the RZA-helmed "The Man with the Iron Fists." She has recently appeared in the bilingual film "Shanghai Calling," and followed that up with a leading role in the contemporary love story "Secret Sharer."
Tom Wu
As a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Tom Wu has been featured on the big screen in such films as "Kick Ass 2," "RED 2," "Skyfall," "RA1," "Scorpion King," "The Tournament," "Mutant Chronicles," "Revolver," "Batman Begins," "The Wake of Death," "Life & Death of Peter Sellers," "Belly of the Beast," "Out for a Kill," "Tomb Raider II," "Shanghai Knights," "Rouge Trader," "Sally Kerosene," "Red" and "Empire of the Sun." Tom also has been in TV shows including "Treasure Island," "Da Vinci's Demons," "New Tricks," "Bo and the Spirit World," "Omid," "Whistle Blower," "The Ruby in the Smoke," "Casualty," "Emmerdale," "Secrets of the First Emperor," "The Commander," "Silent Witness," 'Footballer's Wives," "Guardian," "The Bill," "Search," "Thieftakers," "Dr Terrible's House of Horribles," "Hong Kong Cracker" and also has a history in theater.
Remy Hii
In 2013, Remy Hii starred as Van Nguyen in the gripping SBS drama "Better Man," receiving an AACTA Award nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama. He has also appeared in SBS' critically acclaimed series "East of Everything," Jonathan M Shiff's "H20: Just Add Water" and "Neighbours." He also has starred in Alex Murawski's short film, "Kiss," alongside Sophie Lowe and Melissa Anastasi's "Treading Water." Remy graduated from Australia's prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2011.
Rick Yune
Rick Yune has appeared in various films including "Olympus Has Fallen," "The Fast and the Furious," "The Man with the Iron Fists," "Remigration," "Ninja Assassin," "Beyond Remedy," "The Fifth Commandment," "Die Another Day," "The Fast and the Furious" and "Snow Falling on Cedars." Rick also has appeared in the following television shows, "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Boston Legal," "Alias," "The Division" and "Any Day Now."
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Big data management - The use of automation and information technology resulting in the creation of volumes of data. This is then categorized and analyzed to create insightful information that helps in better decision-making.
Cloud computing - Cloud computing enables the oil companies to store and access a large volume of data. It allows seamless data management and computing across the organization.
IoT and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) architecture - Industrial Internet of Things and SCADA help the operational process of oil and gas industry by merging it with information technology. The IT interface provides broad operational insights that help in optimizing the operational process. It can also enhance the cost efficiency and productivity.
Digital Oil-field- The sensors in pumps and well-heads create numerous data, both internally and externally. With the advent of information technology, this data is monitored and analyzed to create a digitally integrated oil value chain.
However, it is important that the oil and gas sector should adopt new IT practices to make them future-ready. The focus should not be just on data analysis via sensors but rather it should start addressing the entire E&P value chain and foray into complete automation. Until now the data collected and analyzed has been used to detect anomalies but now the time is right to optimize the resources and predict the future course.
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The real-time operational data derived from various critical components can help in setting a benchmark of quality parameters. The IT system will detect any deviation from the expected baseline and will alert the operational division to take prompt action. This system can be centralized such that the information available is real-time and accurate to plan preventive maintenance on time. This will help in reducing the maintenance cost and will avoid any hindrance in productivity.
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By analyzing the historical data and real-time data from the well site, the drilling managers can discover the best performing wells. The current site location and its characteristics will be matched to the existing well site information to diagnose the right location for drilling, the rate of penetration and the expected issues that the team might encounter. This will help in better planning and execution.
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Less than two weeks ago, the VLCC Navarin arrived at Tanjung Pengerang, at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia. It was carrying two million barrels of crude oil, split equally between Saudi Arab Medium and Iraqi Basra Light grades.
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The RAPID refinery in Johor. An equal joint partnership between Malaysia's Petronas and Saudi Aramco whose 300 kb/d mega refinery is nearing completion. Once questioned for its economic viability, RAPID is now scheduled to start up in early 2019, entering a market that is still booming and in demand of the higher quality, Euro IV and Euro V level fuels RAPID will produce.
Beyond fuel products, RAPID will also have massive petrochemical capacity. Meant to come on online at a later date, RAPID will have a collective capacity of some 7.7 million tons per annum of differentiated and specialty chemicals, including 3 mtpa of propylene. To be completed in stages, Petronas nonetheless projects that it will add some 3.3 million tons of petrochemicals to the Asia market by the end of next year. That's blockbuster numbers, and it will elevate Petronas' stature in downstream, bringing more international appeal to a refining network previously focused mainly on Malaysia. For its partner Saudi Aramco, RAPID is part of a multi-pronged strategy of investing mega refineries in key parts of the world, to diversify its business and ensure demand for its crude flows as it edges towards an IPO.
RAPID won't be alone. Vietnam's second refinery – the 200 kb/d Nghi Son – has finally started up this year after multiple delays. And in the same timeframe as RAPID, the Zhejiang refinery by Rongsheng Petro Chemical and the Dalian refinery by Hengli Petrochemical in China are both due to start up. At 400 kb/d each, that could add 1.1 mmb/d of new refining capacity in Asia within 1H19. And there's more coming. Hengli's Pulau Muara Besar project in Brunei is also aiming for a 2019 start, potentially adding another 175 kb/d of capacity. And just like RAPID, each of these new or recent projects has substantial petrochemical capacity planned.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale heads to Providence, R.I., this Sunday for the second half of the Ivy League Championship. A new Ivy champion will be crowned after this weekend's competition. The Bulldogs will face Princeton, Cornell and Pennsylvania at Brown in hopes of improving their current 1-2 Ivy League record. Last year Yale was edged by Princeton (15-12), Cornell (16-11) and Pennsylvania (18-9).
In part one of the Ivy League Championships on Feb. 8, advancements made throughout the season paid off as Yale posted an 18-9 victory over Brown. The Bulldogs closed the day by falling to defending champions Columbia and Harvard. As the team looks towards this Sunday's competition, it has already improved on last year's 0-6 Ivy record. Lineups for the weekend are to be determined.
Over the course of this season, Princeton has lost to Harvard (14-13), and has defeated Penn (15-12) and Cornell (16-11). Cornell has been bested by Harvard (21-6) and Princeton (16-11), and has defeated Brown (17-10). Penn has fallen to Columbia (19-8) and Princeton (15-12), and has won versus Brown (23-4).
Captain Lidia Gocheva noted, "We have a fair chance against each of the three schools, and are motivated to keep improving on last year's performance."
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — In a story July 10 about the new TV series "Matador," The Associated Press reported erroneously that Alex Kurtzman is a creator of "Matador." He is an executive producer.
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Robert Rodriguez unveils 'Matador' spy thriller on his El Rey network, renews it for year 2
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The premiere of the new spy thriller "Matador" has a shocking moment early in the hour. It involves a human head and a sharp object. And it perfectly reflects the rawboned sensibility of Robert Rodriguez, whose network, El Rey, begins airing "Matador" Tuesday at 9 p.m. EDT.
But don't blame Rodriguez, even though he directed the episode.
The prolific filmmaker and entertainment impresario was called on that scene by a reporter who dubbed it "the Robert Rodriguez touch" during Thursday's session of the TV critics' tour.
"I knew I was going to get the heat for that," Rodriguez chuckled. "I told the writers, 'You watch: (Viewers) are gonna think I thought of that.' But it was in the script!"
"Matador" stars Gabriel Luna as a globe-trotting soccer champ who, unbeknownst to his adoring public, is also a top-secret CIA operative.
In this narrative of a soccer player by day, a spy by night, the writers "wanted the story to be very unpredictable," said Rodriguez, pointing to the lethal scene in question. They wanted viewers to realize "at any point, something could erupt like that."
But it was left up to Rodriguez, as director, to come up with the proper instrument of pain. He said he spent a bit of time pondering the best one. A cleaver? Something serrated? Something computer-generated?
"I've done this a lot," he acknowledged, sparking laughter in the room.
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