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It's such a cliché: grandpa fiddling with the buttons on the cellphone he barely knows how to use, grandma struggling to remember how to switch the computer on. But is it true that older people don't like technology and don't use it?
The reality, says expert Andrew Carle, is completely different from the perception. Carle, director of the Program in Senior Housing Administration at George Mason University and a consultant on aging issues, coined the term "Nana Technology" for innovations that not only help our aging population, but actually can save their lives.
Carle was in Minnesota in June to give a talk to Aging Services of Minnesota in Brooklyn Center on "Nana Technology: Is There A Robot In Your Future?" This is a summary of his presentation:
Why technology is important
In two words: Global aging, says Carle. The first of 78 million baby boomers turned 65 on January 1, 2011, and the population aged 85 and older is expected to more than triple from 5.7 million in 2010 to 19 million in 2050. And it's not an American phenomenon; on the list of countries with the highest percentage of people over 60, the U.S. comes 43rd. The outcome, says Carle, is that global aging will affect us long before global warming. "Individuals who in 1968 thought they would change the world," Carle says, "by 2028 actually will." So how will we take care of all these seniors? The answer is: Technology.
Innovations being developed today allow seniors to remain independent in their homes without human assistance, or make human assistance more productive. They focus on categories of concern to seniors, caregivers and families, such as health and wellness, safety (falls), cognition (Alzheimer's), vision and hearing, communication, mobility, lifestyle (cooking, cleaning, gardening, etc.). And advances in robotics and integrated systems mean there are technologies available that can self-complete tasks and/or deal with two or more of these categories in one system.
All of which sounds great, but will grandma and grandpa actually use them? Carle rebuffs the myth that old people don't use technology. He cites the Roomba (the robot vacuum cleaner) and the Nintendo Wii (used for low impact fitness workouts and hobbies) as two examples of technology welcomed by the over-60s, and raves about Apple's iPad, which "doesn't require prior computer knowledge, and replaces paper, not a computer. There's nothing to learn … it's self-explanatory."
Carle mentions the invention of the first wearable eyeglasses in 1284 as a (very) early example of a new technology that improved lives. "There were probably some who thought the idea of putting pieces of glass one inch from their eye was crazy," says Carle, "until they put them on and found they could see. In reality, people will use ANY technology that improves the quality of life and is user-friendly."
Carle highlights these useful and potentially life-saving technologies for seniors:
MedMinder (medminder.com): A "cellphone pillbox" that offers pre-filled insert trays of medications, and sends multiple messages and reminders by phone, text message, email, sound and more. There are an estimated 22,500 deaths per year due to medication mistakes.
SafeGuardian (medicalalarmsystems.com): A clip on and carry "safety cellphone" with a 24/7 urgent response button, "Onstar" concierge assistance and automatic falls detection. Falls are the number one cause of death due to injury in individuals 70 or older, but previous alert systems have used low-range radio frequencies, limiting the wearer to the home.
LinkedSenior (linkedsenior.com): A "brain system" that incorporates cognition training, plus programs for overall health, wellness, and social wellbeing. Mild cognitive impairment affects 12-20 percent of the over-70s, and Alzheimer's disease affects nearly half of those over 85.
Navistar GPS footwear (navistartgpsshoe.com): Shoes that can track a person to within 30 feet, anywhere there is GPS or cellular reception, and send automatic alerts to family members or caregivers if a person wanders off. Up to 60 percent of Alzheimer's sufferers will become involved in a "critical wandering" incident — i.e., become lost — and nearly half of those may die if not found within 24 hours.
GrandCare Systems (grandcare.com): An integrated system that uses sensors around the home to monitor health and wellness, and establishes a baseline of normal activities. Reports emergencies, and allows communication with the senior via an open TV channel or available touch screen unit.
Tomorrow's technologies include:
"Digital pills" that include a sensor the size of a grain of sand that wirelessly signals when medications have been swallowed, along with health monitoring data; approved by the FDA last year, due to hit the market in 2014.
Self-parking walkers operated by a remote control; voice recognition is in development.
"Smart Shoes" — sensor-based shoe inserts that in one study gave 73-year-olds the same balance as 23-year-old grad students.
Self-driving cars. The Society of Automotive Engineers predicts "fully autonomous" cars by 2025, just as the first Boomers reach 80.
Robot caregivers that can perform household tasks and lift up to 90 pounds.
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Upstate teen shot by stray bullet gets call from country music star
Upstate teen shot by stray bullet gets call from country music star
Martha Childress, the JL Mann graduate hit by a stray bullet in Five Points, got a call from her favorite country music star Wednesday night.
Martha tweeted that Hunter Hayes called her and wrote "Y'all @HunterHayes just called me! I seriously have the most amazing family and support group that anyone could ask for."
Martha is paralyzed after being hit by a bullet while waiting for a cab in Columbia's Five Points area early Sunday morning.
Childress was showing her friend, a visiting Clemson student, around town when the shooting happened.
Police said Childress was an innocent bystander, hit by gunfire during a disturbance between two men outside a bar in the popular entertainment district near the university.

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Hi All!
I have been back to work since Thursday and was wondering if it is okay that my 6 month old is only taking 3 oz total from the bottle while I'm gone 8 hours.
I nurse her several times in the morning and drop her off with the sitter. Then the sitter gives her milk and 1/2 jar of gerbers in the morning. She comes to nurse at work during my lunch break. Then she's offered the other 1/2 small har of gerbers and a bottle in the afternoon.
She is only taking about 2 oz in the morning and 1 in the afternoon and however much she gets from the nursing session at lunch.
I nurse her as much as possible in the pm.
Is that okay???


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1. Is there no hope seeing something in the future that is tied to this?
2. Hey i'm a new comer but i do like the latest up coming. It's a shame that it only went this far. If anyone liked the series at all i was thinking about making suggestion or two of my own. (Something like a sequel or another sense i write stories and such) if anyone is interested in reading it then email me and i'll send you a copy.
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future of PGSM? I think they are going to wait til season 1 cash cow dries up. But what would be interesting if they would come out with a series in the silver mil. time period. how the prince and princess actually met, etc.
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Center for Pacific Islands Studies hosts climate change conferenceUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Katherine C. Higgins, (808) 956-2658
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Outreach Director , Center for Pacific Islands Studies
Posted: Feb 19, 2013
The Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa is organizing a three-day conference on April 4-6, 2013, titled, "Waves of Change: Climate Change in the Pacific Islands and Implications for Hawaiʻi."
The conference will explore the environmental, social, cultural, political, economic, and legal impacts of climate change in the Pacific Islands.
Pacific Island societies are already experiencing the impacts of climate change, and as Islanders adapt to the changing climate, they encounter challenges to economic security and social welfare. There is also the potential for increased rates of out-migration. This conference will focus on climate change–related migration and the implications for Hawai'i, which is already home to many Pacific Islanders.
The conference will include natural scientists, policymakers, academics, university students, and community members. It will feature paper presentations, panel discussions, and artistic expressions.
The Honorable Tony deBrum will deliver the keynote address. He currently serves as Minister in Assistance to the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and also represents the people of Kwajalein in Parliament. He advocates nuclear weapon–free policies on behalf of the Marshall Islands. He has in the past served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for Health and Environment. Minister deBrum also focuses on the newly defined challenges of climate change and its effects on atoll places and peoples.
Hawaiʻi is also affected by climate change. The Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment report released in December 2012 warns that Hawaiʻi and other Pacific Islands have experienced "higher average surface air temperature; decreased groundwater discharge to streams over the past century; more frequent and prolonged drought; and habitat changes affecting native species" as a result of climate change. This conference aims to facilitate dialogue between Pacific Islander communities and the State of Hawaiʻi.
Co-sponsors of the conference are the Pacific Islands Development Program at the East-West Center, the UH Mānoa's Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, Ethnic Studies Department, and Department of English.
For more information, visit: http:///www.hawaii.edu/cpis/2013conf/index.htm


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Bucklebury was the chief village of Buckland, lying in the shadow of Buck Hill, seat of the Master of Buckland. It was built about a mile east of the banks of the River Brandywine.[1]
The name means Buck-burg, or Buck-town (buck always means male goat or deer).
Tolkien notes that it's "Bucklebury" rather than plain "Buckbury" because the word is either an alteration of earlier Bucken-bury (Bucken being archaic plural) or a reduction of Buckland.[2]


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Chris Brown was close to a plea deal in his assault case that would have kept him out of jail, but the talks fell apart when prosecutors and defense attorneys couldn't agree on what he would acknowledge happened last year.
The singer, 25, was arrested in October outside a hotel and charged with misdemeanor assault. A fan accused the singer of hitting him when he tried to get in a photograph Brown was taking with two women. At the time, Brown was on probation for a 2009 attack on singer Rihanna, his then girlfriend.
He was released from jail earlier this month.
Prosecutor Kevin Chambers said Wednesday they offered a deal for Brown to plead guilty to simple assault and time served in the Washington case. But the Grammy-winning singer's attorney, Mark Geragos, said defense lawyers and prosecutors couldn't agree on a statement of facts about what happened outside the W hotel.
"They wanted him to read from a script that wasn't true," Geragos said after the hearing. The attorney did not say specifically what the disagreement was over.
Brown was in court Wednesday, wearing white jeans, a white shirt, a leather jacket and a black tie. His trial was scheduled for Sept. 8.
Brown's bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy, was also charged in the same Washington scuffle. He was accused of being the second person after Brown to strike Parker Adams.
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I am looking at getting a laptop replacement the first of the year.
I'm tired of carrying my laptop back and forth from work to home. I have a desktop at home for gaming and heavy computing (photo editing etc). I just want something to browse the web and check Facebook, etc with while on the couch.
I want to give a tablet a shot, but would more then likely want a key board dock and/or bluetooth keyboard.
I'm curious as to everyone's suggestions on the topic….. I'm also curious as to why there isn't any AAM reviews of any of the official Nexus/Chromebook line.
Also, how well does the Chromebook sync with the Google Play ecosystem? I recently read Netflix does not work on Chromebook also….


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It is with deep regret that we have to report that after 20 years in business as an independently owned and operated publication for citizen planners, the Planning Commissioners Journal will be ending publication this Spring. Unfortunately, the long economic recession and the impact it has had on municipalitieswho make up over 90 percent of our subscription basehas left us in a position where it is simply not economically feasible to continue publication.
Our final issue this Spring will include a special retrospective of the most important topics weve reported on over the years. In the coming weeks we will also be sharing information about the availability of our extensive archive of articles (over 450 published since 1991) and our other publications, while alerting you to several exciting special offers. At the end of March, well also be releasing an updated and expanded version of our popular booklet: Welcome to the Commission! A Guide for New Members. Special pre-order discount pricing on the updated edition of this publication is now available. Information is available on our web site: http://pcj.typepad.com
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It's all about draft position, not playoff position when a pair of 3-8 teams, the Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns, square off in the Bay Area this Sunday.
It's been a decade now since the Raiders finished with a winning record and nothing has changed this time around under rookie head coach Dennis Allen.
Oakland, which will be kicking off a three-game homestand against a Browns team aiming to avoid its franchise-record 13th straight road loss, has dropped four straight overall after getting trounced in Carson Palmer's return to Cincinnati last Sunday.
Palmer's successor in Cincy, Andy Dalton, threw three touchdown passes and grossly outperformed the Southern Cal product in the Bengals' 34-10 win over Oakland.
"Not a lot went right, from start to finish," Palmer said.
Palmer, a seven-year Bengal, was booed vehemently on Oakland's first offensive possession. He finished 19-of-34 for 146 yards with a touchdown and an interception for the Raiders, who have dropped four consecutive contests for the first time since 2008 and have lost three straight by 21 or more points for the first time in franchise history.
Palmer was a two-time Pro Bowler with Cincinnati after being the No. 1 overall selection by the Bengals in 2003 after winning the Heisman at USC. He eventually helped what was a moribund franchise to a pair of division titles in 2005 and 2009.
"You can't block things like that out," Palmer said of the booing. "But I prepared myself for that."
Cleveland, which is on its way to a fifth straight losing season, finally got the best of AFC North rival Pittsburgh last Sunday when Steelers emergency starter Charlie Batch threw three interceptions and Pittsburgh turned the ball over eight times in all during an ugly 20-14 road loss to the Browns.
Rookie Trent Richardson had 112 yards from scrimmage and rushed for a go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter to help the Browns record just their third victory in 25 matchups with the Steelers.
The Cleveland defense turned out to be the biggest stars of that game, recovering five fumbles -- including one each by four different Pittsburgh running backs -- in addition to its three picks of Batch. Overall the Browns scored 17 points off the Steelers' litany of errors.
Brandon Weeden added a touchdown pass while completing 17-of-26 throws for 158 yards with an interception before suffering a concussion for the Browns, who are 3-3 since an 0-5 start to the season.
Weeden, who surpassed Tim Couch for the most passing yards (2,447) by a rookie in club history last week, was cleared to practice Wednesday and is on target to face the Raiders.
"You just have to be honest," Weeden said of the NFL's concussion protocol. "There's several steps you've got to work out. There's a long laundry list of things you've got to do, but the main thing is just be honest and tell them what your symptoms are and tell them how you feel."
The Raiders lead their all-time series with the Browns 11-8, including a 24-17 win in Oakland last season.
Oakland's defense has fallen apart during its losing streak, allowing 169 points -- the second-most during a four-game span since the 1970 merger.
The Browns aren't all that explosive but Richardson, who leads all AFC rookies with 755 rushing yards and has 407 of them over his past four games, seems to be finding his NFL legs and could be a problem a Raiders D, which has allowed a mind-numbing 728 rushing yards since last winning.
Conversely the Oakland offense mustered a season-low 218 yards in Cincinnati last Sunday and needs more balance. That could come from the return of running backs Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson, who are both back practicing after missing the prior three games with ankle sprains.
"It feels like it's been a lot longer than it actually has," Palmer said of his injured backs. "(It's) just good to see them in the huddle and see them get reps and see Darren smiling and hitting the hole hard, and same thing with Goody."
McFadden rushed for 91 yards with a TD in his last game versus the Browns and the Raiders are 9-2 when the former Arkansas star hits the century mark.
"(McFadden is) explosive," Browns coach Pat Shurmur said. "He's one of those guys that can score when he has the ball in his hands. With him not being in there, of course that's hurt them. With him being in there, it's obviously going to help them."
Oakland hasn't even been competitive over the past three weeks and Cleveland certainly has a shot to win its first road game since a triumph in Indianapolis back on Sept. 18, 2011.
That said, the Browns aren't exactly used to wins coming in bunches while Palmer is 9-3 as a starter in his career against Cleveland. That and McFadden's return should be enough to get the Raiders back in the black for at least one week.
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Release Date: February 6, 2014
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Are researchers the best teachers? Despite their expertise, does the fact that top researchers find themselves with little to no pedagogical expertise detract from the learning experience for college students today?
The University at Buffalo's Graduate School of Education has an urgent message for those entering the classroom: It's not easy, and anyone trying to do it without effective preparation is in for a bumpy ride.
"Research I institutions hire top-notch researchers who often have had no teaching experience in higher education--sometimes no teaching experience at all," says Suzanne Miller, professor and chair of the Department of Learning and Instruction in UB's Graduate School of Education.
"Occasionally, this works out because individuals have a natural inclination to meet students where they are. They seek out support in their programs or departments to build their pedagogy on the job, over time, one by one. However, this process takes concerted effort and can limit the effectiveness of the overall course experience."
Too often, Miller says, new assistant professors focus only on the content coverage and teach as they were traditionally taught. As shown in research on new teachers, they ignore pedagogical strategies and instructional methods – good, sound teaching tactics – that might benefit students.
"When that happens, teaching evaluations suffer," says Miller. "Even worse, that reveals a lack of learning, impacting students and frustrating faculty."
This dilemma is not new. Miller cited two academic studies, one 20 years ago and one recently by former President of Harvard University Derek Bok lamenting the lack of graduate programs that invest in teaching how to teach, despite conclusive research on ways to accomplish effective pedagogy.
"Research about learning has yielded useful insights about teaching that graduate students need to know," Bok wrote. "Much has now been discovered about cognition, motivation and the relative effectiveness of different methods of instruction."
That's where the Department of Learning and Instruction comes in. Department scholars have developed several ways to ensure that Graduate School of Education doctoral students graduate as cutting-edge researchers and effective teachers.
"Our doctoral seminars use and analyze effective research-based methods that students can incorporate when they teach," Miller says. "In one department course, Collaborative Teaching and Inquiry, students are mentored to backwards-design a syllabus with goals for their students, understand their students' abilities and needs, and develop activities to move students from their current abilities to their destination goals, integrating appropriate technologies and cycles of formative evaluations to improve student learning."
These practices are used in the authentic context of teaching an undergraduate course that students are teaching at the same time, Miller says.
"Overall, I cannot thank UB enough for allowing me this fabulous opportunity," says one doctoral student in an anonymous survey. "It is as if my graduate coursework has come full circle. I learned all the 'stuff' now I can put it into my own words, combine it with my experiences and make it real for students. I think that is the true purpose of education, and I am so grateful that I have been given the opportunity to see it all come around as a complete package."
The Graduate School of Education's emphasis on superior teaching recognizes that profound educational shifts are underway.
"Twenty-first-century learners expect learning experiences that target their needs and make use of multiple methods of inquiry and multiple technologies," says Miller.
"Ultimately, these innovative pedagogical practices help students and stakeholders alike because effective teaching ultimately means effective learning," she says. "The Graduate School of Education's innovative approach also includes a focus on teaching all learners and improving equity and access for learners across the lifespan."
LAI has added several university-wide courses to help other degree programs prepare their doctoral students for university teaching. The department-level certificate for postsecondary teaching will be available to graduate students and others interested in developing their pedagogical effectiveness and enhancing their job prospects through this 14-credit-hour experience. Included are courses on pedagogy, evaluation, technology use, writing, problem solving and a teaching practicum using video analysis. Some of the courses are available online.
LAI already shares its postsecondary teaching expertise with local institutions. Currently through a UB memo of understanding with the Rochester Institute of Technology, 10 mid-career faculty members are enrolled in the department's PhD program in Curriculum, Instruction and the Science of Learning, recognized as one of the top learning science programs in the world by the International Society of the Learning Sciences. This program has a track for those who do not have previous work in education, but who are working in higher education or plan other careers that include instruction (e.g., NGO education outreach, corporate trainer). Almost 30 Erie Community College teachers from across the curriculum areas enrolled last fall in a well-received course called Community College Instruction, taught by Deborah Moore-Russo, associate professor. ECC administrators have asked for more courses like it to be offered to their faculty.
The first course for the postsecondary teaching certificate, "LAI 693 Teaching College Students," will be offered in spring 2014 by Stephen Goss, visiting assistant professor. The course is open to all graduate students and others outside of GSE interested in improving their teaching. Students do not need to be in the certificate program to enroll.
Those interested in learning more about the school's commitment to graduating good teachers should visit http://gse.buffalo.edu/lai.
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The summary below is a very basic idea of where I want this to go. Over the next few days, as I explore the Django source code in more depth I will be expanding upon what is written here, and making changes.
What are Row Level Permissions?
An example of row level permissions would be: "User A has read-access to article 234" or "User D has read, write access to article 234".
Why do we need this?
An example of where this would be useful is a forum or message board. With the current permission system, a user is capable of editing all the posts or unable to edit any posts. After implementing a row level permission, it can be modified so a user is capable of editing only their own personal posts.
Planned Features
- Negative permissions, e.g. "User A can not modify article 2 and 4 but can modify all other articles"
- A modified admin page for editing objects that will allow admins to add users with specific (negative and positive) row level permissions to the object being edited
- A method of adding row level permissions using an API
- Allow custom permissions for row level permissions
- Developer can enable or, by default, disable the row level permissions on an object
- Generic functions to create row level permissions in certain scenarios, e.g. the above scenerio
The priority of permissions will be modified to follow this order: User Row Level -> Group Row Level -> User Object Type -> Group Object Type. The reason for this change is to allow negative permissions, the permissions code should check in this order, stopping at the first positive permission or negative permission. These modifications will have to be made after discussing them with Joseph Kocherhans who is implementing GenericAuthorization and other members of the development team.
The actual database structure of the row level permissions system will use a single table and generic foreign keys. The generic foreign key will be modified slightly from the code written by Luke Plant in his tagging application (http://files.lukeplant.fastmail.fm/public/python/lp_tagging_app_0.1.zip). The changes will most likely consist of changing the primary keys to be integers rather then strings.
|Design Plan
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|Row Level Perm object implementation
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|Row Level Perm object testing
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|Enabling/Disabling of row level perms
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|API design
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|API implementation
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- Modified administration interface that will allow users to modify row level permissions
- API to allow developers to modify the row level permissions
- Ability of developer to enable or disable row level permissions
- Changes to the generated SQL that will create the row level permission table
- Tests for all the above
Please contact me (indirecthit at gmail.com) or modify this page with any comments you have on what I have written above.
From the discussion on Django-developers group. The italicized suggestions I have decided to use or not use, the other ones I am still considering/looking into.
- Using GenericForeignKey and one table instead of having a table for each object. Suggested by Ian Holsman. As an example see: http://files.lukeplant.fastmail.fm/public/python/lp_tagging_app_0.1.zip
- Implementing negativity. ie person X is NOT allowed to see row Y. Suggested by Ian Holsman. Suggested by Honza Král to allow something like "person X can read all articles except article Y". This would most likely require a rewrite of the order of permissions, therefore doing it from most specific (row level) to least specific (object type).
- From oggie rob:
- "An alternative approach for the group-level changes: a new permission type that allows you to assign a group that can access that object. i.e. permissionA = access for every user in groupA. Then every user that belongs to groupA can access objects created by any user in groupA. You would then, obviously, add the permission to groupA only"
- "How do you deal with those permissions in the generic and admin list views? You may need to change the returned lists to show only those things that the user has created? I'm not sure. I know it would be an issue in the admin pages but the generic lists might be used in various ways (and perhaps the option to choose would be nice)."
- From Ian Holsman: "while I use integer's as my keys (which is they default Django way), others override this and use strings and other weird things. I'm not sure how my previous suggestion would work when you take that kind of thing into account."
- Generic mechanism for creating row level permissions when enabled, such as the example of the forum given above. E,g. the developer would enable this feature, and from that point on a user would have row level permissions (specified by the developer) for any object they create. Suggested by Andy Shaw.
- From Andy Shaw: "would Luke's GenericForeignKey allow for inline editing, assuming it was to be adopted? Personally I'd much rather be able to alter a row's permissions on its own admin page than have to switch table."


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Obama taps Amos Rojas, Jr. to be South Florida's U.S. Marshal
Amos Rojas Jr., who heads anti-money-laundering efforts for the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, was nominated Thursday by President Barack Obama to serve as the U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Florida.
Rojas was nominated along with Gary L. Blankinship (Texas Southern), Robert L. Hobbs (Texas Eastern) and Peter C. Tobin (Southern Ohio)."These nominees have spent their careers risking their own safety to protect their fellow Americans," President Obama said in a statement. "Their courage and selfless dedication to the public good are unparalleled, and I am honored to nominate them today to continue their work as U.S. Marshals."
It should be noted that some deputy marshals don't match Obama's description. Some are like the two badge-heavy cops who stopped innocent black men on Memorial Day in Miami Beach and then threatened and swore at a reporter trying to simply take a picture of it all. We can't list the names because the U.S. Marshals office refuses to comment.
Rojas isn't one of them. His bio:
Amos Rojas Jr. currently works for the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, serving as the Deputy Director of the South Florida Money Laundering Strike Force. He previously worked for 24 years in the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), including serving for eight years as the Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Regional Operations Center of the FDLE. Prior to joining the FDLE, he served as an Investigative Supervisor in the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, and he has also served on the Huntsville (Alabama), South Miami, and Miami-Dade Police Departments. He received his undergraduate degree in 1983 from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.


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News Release: June 20, 2013
Docket Nos. ER13-93-000, ER13-94-000, ER13-98-000, ER13-99-000, ER13-836-000, NJ13-1-000, ER13-80-000, ER13-86-000, ER13-104, NJ13-2-000
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FERC Partially Accepts Order No. 1000 Filings for ColumbiaGrid, Florida Regions
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today found transmission providers in both the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC) and the ColumbiaGrid transmission planning region have partially complied with Order No. 1000 requirements. In both orders, however, the Commission required additional compliance filings to address shortcomings in cost allocation and other areas.
FRCC provides the required scope for a transmission planning region; however, the regional cost allocation method proposed by Tampa Electric Co., Florida Power Corp. and Florida Power & Light Co. does not meet the regional cost allocation principles of Order No. 1000. The proposed method considers as benefits only the cost savings that result when a local transmission project is avoided due to the selection of a transmission facility in the regional transmission plan for the purposes of cost allocation.
The use of an avoided-cost method may be appropriate to measure reliability benefits, FERC said, but it fails to account for other benefits associated with addressing economic and public policy-related transmission needs. Thus, the method does not meet the Order No. 1000 requirement that costs must be allocated in a manner that is at least roughly commensurate with estimated benefits.
The Commission reiterated its prior finding that Order No. 1000 places an affirmative obligation on public utility transmission providers to identify transmission solutions in the regional planning process that more efficiently or cost-effectively meet transmission needs driven by driven by reliability, economic or public policy considerations.
In the ColumbiaGrid order, FERC found the transmission planning region could be of sufficient scope but said it does not meet Order No. 1000 requirements because Avista Corp., Puget Sound Energy Inc. and MATL LLP have not enrolled in the regional transmission planning process. Rather, their continued participation in the ColumbiaGrid transmission planning process was conditioned on FERC accepting the compliance filings without modifications. Additionally, the parties must detail enrollment procedures and list all public and non-public utility transmission providers that have enrolled in the regional transmission planning process. With regard to the parties proposed regional cost allocation method, FERC found that cost allocation determinations must be binding on identified beneficiaries and required a further compliance filing to remove the provisions providing for non-binding cost allocation.
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"I think we gave it a good effort, but we just didn't play well," said head coach Travis Clark. "We didn't shoot real well. Richfield really did shoot well and they had great defense."
The Red Devils dropped behind by 10 and tried to press Richfield to get back in the game.
"Unfortunately that wound up backfiring a bit and we wound up being down by 16 or 18," Clark said.
Koi Cook, who the coach said had "a phenomenal game," was named Grand County's player of the game.
"He really helped distribute the ball and had some phenomenal assists," Clark said, adding that Kaden Risenhoover and Wesley Rodda took a lot of shots but could not get the ball to drop. "I think it was a good effort, though, because they were taking the ball to the basket. That's something that's really key for us."
Richfield jumped out to a 17-11 lead after one quarter and was never threatened after that.
The Red Devils also lost at Monticello to the Buckaroos, 60-49, on Wednesday, Jan. 23. The game was tied 18-18 after the first quarter, with Adam Jenkinson and Dale Thomas each tossing in a pair of three-point shots.
However, the Buckaroos led by eight points at halftime and steadily pulled away througout the second half.
"We played well," Clark said. "Monticello is a hard place to win and Monticello is a good team, and they played really well. Brett [Walker] was named player of the game. He really competed well, got us seven or eight points, and did really well on the boards."
Nat Smith, Rodda and Walker each scored for the Red Devils in the final period but it wasn't enough to overcome Monticello's lead.
The previous week, on Jan. 15, the Red Devils suffered a heartbreaking region loss to the San Juan Broncos in Blanding. Grand County rallied to lead late in the game, but San Juan came back to win by the score of 67-65.
"We were behind pretty much the whole game, but we came back and actually led by one with about a minute to go," said Smith, a GCHS junior.
Both teams scored multiple baskets during the game's wild last minute before San Juan inched ahead at the buzzer.
Jenkinson led the Red Devils with 19 points while Thomas added 15. Cook scored nine points, grabbed eight rebounds and had nine assists.
The Red Devils were scheduled to play at Pinnacle Academy on Wednesday, Jan. 30. After that, Grand's last three regular season games will be at home, against South Sevier on Saturday, Feb. 2, San Juan on Tuesday, Feb. 5, and Emery on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Play for all varsity games will begin at 7 p.m.


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Prosecutors will formally charge Lindsay Lohan today with felony grand theft related to a necklace that was allegedly taken from a California jewelry store last month.
Will she FINALLY see some jail time for SOMETHING? Hard to say. We'll have to wait and see…
From CNN:
The charge comes five weeks after the actress was released from court-ordered drug rehabilitation and less than three weeks before a judge said he might free her from supervised probation from a 2007 drunken driving conviction.
The actress "allegedly walked out of the store with the necklace on January 22," a statement from the district attorney's office said. "The owner reported the theft to the Los Angeles Police Department, which investigated the allegation and presented evidence to the D.A.'s office last week."
The "one-of-a-kind necklace," which is valued at $2,500, was handed over to police just before they were to execute a search warrant to look for the jewelry in Lohan's Venice, California, apartment last week, police said.


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5. A worker earning the minimum wage in Missouri would have a full-time, monthly salary of:
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A full-time minimum-wage earner working 40 hours per week earns $15,288 per year ($7.35/hour x 2080 hours), earning about $1,274 per month in before-tax income.
The 2012 poverty threshold for a family with two members is $1,260 per month. Working for minimum wage will raise a family of two to just above the poverty line.
Labor Law Center, State Minimum Wage. http://www.laborlawcenter.com/t-State-Minimum-Wage-Rates.aspx.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement, http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/.


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UPDATE 02/08/2012, I have written an important follow-up to this blog post at Power View in SkyDrive revisited which has better news than what I have written below. Please read that blog post as well as this one.
Sean Boon has begun an interesting blog series where he is analysing data from the Olympics using using Power View in Excel 2013, his first post in the series is at Visualizing the Olympics with Power View in Excel 2013: Day 1. While the capabilities of Power View itself are impressive this gives me an opportunity to highlight what I think is a massive failing in the whole Power View Excel in 2013 story.
Sean provides a link to a SkyDrive folder, Power View Olympics, where he is collecting his demo workbooks. I clicked on one of those workbooks in order to view it in my web browser and I saw this:
"Unable to load the requested workbook"
"Unable to load the requested workbook"
Oh, did they forget to tell you? Workbooks containing Power View reports cannot actually be viewed on SkyDrive. Whoops! What is even more vexing about this is that if the workbook were hosted on SharePoint then I *would* be able to view it using my web browser, however unless I am mistaken, with SharePoint I can't share it with the whole world like I can using SkyDrive! SharePoint offers online Power View while SkyDrive offers frictionless sharing – neither offers both! This glaring lack of parity between SharePoint and SkyDrive is, to my mind, the most infuriating part of Microsoft's Excel collaboration story.
None of this came as a surprise to me. I was lucky enough to be invited onto the Office 2013 Technical Preview back in 2011 and I discovered back then that Excel workbooks containing Power View reports would not be viewable in SkyDrive; I fed back vociferously that this was a big failing, I guess that feedback fell on deaf ears.
Welcome to office collaboration, Microsoft style! You can share your Power View workbooks with the entire world but if anyone wants to actually look at them they're gonna have to install Excel or SharePoint! Meanwhile if you want frictionless, collaborative, immersive BI on the web other offerings are merely a click away!
Power View in Excel 2013. So near, yet so far!!
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Well, that just plain sucks.
More ranting of due cause! Hey Jamie, Are you sure Power View is not supportd on the new 2013 Skydrive? Two things I noticed about Mr.Boons olympics thing. He has posted it on the current version of skydrive which doesn't support 2013 features. And his Power View File may contain external connections which are unsupported in web view - sharepoint or no sharepoint.
Skydrive is sharepoint behind the scenes. The thing is, the current production version of skdrive is SP 2010 not SP 2013. When 2013 launches, I belive Skydrive will be made 2013 and will support access to Power View Files. Whether you need to be granted guest access and guests need to login unign hotmail accounts remains to be seen. I emailed you an invitation to see Mr. Boons file on my 2013 preview 'skydrive pro' (whatever that means- seems maybe office365 shrepoint online 2013 'MySites' are using skydrive branding now), let me know if you can access this link anonymously, with hotmail login or otherwise. Cheers, Josh
"with SharePoint I can't share it with the whole world like I can using SkyDrive! SharePoint offers online Power View while SkyDrive offers frictionless sharing – neither offers both! This glaring lack of parity between SharePoint and SkyDrive is, to my mind, the most infuriating part of Microsoft's Excel collaboration story."
I'm with you...While this may always be the case, there seems to be much improvement around social, sharing and guest access in SP 2013. In prior versions of SP/Skydrive I think there were technical limitations in the area of authorization. Now that those are gone, it all depends on where they choose to draw the line between free and paid services, I guess.
More confusion...Okay so 'SkyDrive-Pro' is 'sorta' not skydrive after all:
However, you can use the office2013 preview on current skydrive after following this link(not sure how to go back if you don't like it):
After doing so, Mr. Boon's docs open in excel web app 2013 preview and I get the message:
"This file contains BI features not supported"
well the features are suppoeted on Office365 preview site, but not on Skydrive 2013 preview. Doesn't seem like this is a technical limitation. My guess is some things wont be allowed for free on sky drive.
"Welcome to office collaboration, Microsoft style!" Indeed.
Seems you have now reached the same point that I am at :) I too have upgraded to Office2013 preview on SkyDrive and that's when I got the error message you see above. Different error message to yourself, but same effect.
Just one comment on your comment of: "Skydrive is sharepoint behind the scenes". I'm not certain that that is true. My assumption (and it IS an assumption) is that viewing an Excel doc on SharePoint uses Excel Services and on SkyDrive it uses the Excel Web App. I tried to alleviate some of the confusion at http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jamie_thomson/archive/2012/07/27/the-difference-between-excel-services-and-the-excel-web-app.aspx but still I think there is some confusion. The way I differentiate Excel Services and the Excel Web App (to myself) is "Excel Services is a server-based technology whereas Office Web Apps is predominantly a client-side technology (i.e. HTML+JavaScript)". That may be wrong of course.
  Three days ago I wrote a rather scathing blog post Power View in SkyDrive where I criticised Microsoft's
Jamie, Thanks for your reply. This has no baring on the fact that external data connections are not supported on Excel Web App in skydrive, but are you sure you had upgraded your skydrive to preview at the time you took this screen shot? The shot looks like 2010 web app to me. Compare the branding to the 'metro style' in your screen shot on your 'revisited' post. To see the diff, you can switch back and forth from preview here:
Typical MS to make the product naming so confusing...My understanding is this...whether Excel Web App or Excel Services, the excel file has to be in a sharepoint 2010 or later doc library with excel services running on the sp server.
"Excel Web App is available for personal use in Windows Live, in organizations that have installed and configured Office Web Apps on their SharePoint site, and for professionals and businesses that subscribe to select Office 365 services."
Notice these are sharepoint, sharepoint and sharepoint.
Excel Services is comprised of 3 components. I could be wrong, but I think at least one of these is neccessary to enable viewing excel files in the browser via excel web app:
"Excel Calculation Services is the main Excel Services component that loads the spreadsheet and workbook, calculates the spreadsheets, refreshes external data, and maintains session state for interactivity."
Again, I could be wrong, but looking at the architecture diagram in the above article, I think the 'limitation' in skydrive has to do with the arrow between 'External Data Sources' and 'Excel Calculation Services'. My guess is this limitation is not a technical one, rather by design. After all, why would anyone pay for O365 if the same functionality was available for free on skydrive?...MS viewpoint not my own. Mine is this: why would anyone pay for the competition once they experienced the power of Office in the cloud?
"Excel Services is a server-based technology whereas Office Web Apps is predominantly a client-side technology (i.e. HTML+JavaScript)"
While this is true, I believe the former is required to enable the latter. The confusion comes from MS terminology that trys to compare the two as distinct options while hiding the fact that skydrive is SP on the back-end. Too many intellectual property lawyers and product teams fighting over name branding, perhaps. They should just plainly say that skydrive is sharepoint with limited abilities...here are the limitations and if you want the delta then buy office365.
My hope is that those who do subscribe to O365 need to be able to easily, freely and anonymously share the full functionality of office in the cloud.
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With that in mind, we have two updates for you today:
1.) We teamed up with the Make-A-Wish® Foundation to grant the Wish of a brave 11-year-old girl named Jennifer, who suffers from a life-threatening medical condition called Ewing's sarcoma (a rare form of bone cancer).
Jennifer's one heartfelt wish is to take her family to Walt Disney World® this coming spring. So in your honor, and because of your support of our company, we're able to make this heartfelt wish a reality! (We will be throwing a party for Jennifer before she leaves and will be sure to include photos in the future.)
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2.) At our blog, we asked our readers if they knew of any families that needed a hand after experiencing the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy.
We received several heart-breaking stories that we'd like to share with you today. In honor of these courageous folks, BioTrust has sent checks totaling $5,000.00 to these families in need.
Hard-Working Angel
John Payne and his family live in Pennsylvania where Hurricane Sandy ravaged their home. John, 40 years old, is an incredibly hard-working man who is the sole income provider in his household as he supports his wife and his 12-year old nephew, of whom he has custody. John's wife is suffering from massive head trauma as the result of a fractured skull from an accident. The medical bills are so burdensome that John and his family had to drain their savings, and John has been working 12-hour days, 7 days a week just to remain afloat. Now, they have no roof over their heads and no money to put toward the $10,000 in damages. With all of this stress, John just wishes that he could invest more time into his nephew, who is a huge helper with his sick aunt. Through all this, John remains steadfast and ensures his family that everything will be okay. This man is an angel.
A Hopeful Christmas
High school sweethearts Melissa and Randy Frey and their two sons (14 and 11) are from Dallastown, PA, where the eye of Hurricane Sandy unleashed its devastating wrath. The Frey household was demolished — the basement completely flooded and half of the roof is no longer on the home. When Randy attempted to return to work after the hurricane, he and his co-workers found the doors of their company — where Randy had worked for 25+ years — closed for good without explanation. Missy and her boys are forced to stay at a shelter because of the catastrophic damages to the home. In addition to the extensive financial burdens that the Frey family faces, Missy suffers from systemic lupus, a debilitating disease, as well as an auto-immune disorder, which combined limit her to a wheelchair and present many other complications. With all of this pending strife, Missy's only wish is to ensure that her boys get a real Christmas — she cannot fathom the thought of seeing the pending disappointment. "Thank you, Josh and Joel, for your caring hearts! God bless you, your family, and your company!"
"We Will Rebuild and Overcome"
Gary Marcus and his family were actually in their Long Island home when the devastating Hurricane Sandy struck. They immediately sought higher ground, as Sandy flooded the entire first floor, which has to be gutted and replaced. With no flood insurance, Gary's family is burdened with the financial responsibility of rebuilding their home and replacing all of the lost appliances. Gary and his wife have three young children — a 3-year old son and twin 17-month old daughters — who are all safe and healthy. Despite the significant losses and tragedy, Gary continues to radiate positive energy and emits gratitude to all of those helping. "We will rebuild and overcome these obstacles. Thank you, Josh and Joel, for your generous donations and for helping out the victims of Sandy."
The Loss of a Home
Colette Pierre's brother, his wife, and two year old daughter lived in Brooklyn and lost everything they owned to the devastating Hurricane Sandy. Their apartment was flooded — and declared uninhabitable by FEMA. As if that wasn't bad enough, a tree fell on their car during the storm and completely demolished it leaving them with no means of transportation. While the family is physically okay, the extent of their loss is saddening, and their road back to a normal life as a family is long and arduous.
They Left Together
Just when you thought you'd heard all of the Hurricane Sandy horror stories, tragedy strikes again and in the worst way. Alicia Roundy Houston's parents, James and Eva Stapleford, of Shokan, PA, were found dead in their home in the aftermath of the hurricane. On the Monday after Hurricane Sandy, Alicia called the police because she had not been able to contact her parents since the storm. When police arrived at the Stapleford home, deputies found both James and Eva dead on arrival in their powerless home. It appears that James suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning, and investigators speculate that Eva passed after falling down the stairs in an attempt to search for her husband. "It was really a sad scene," Sheriff Frank Faluotico said. "These people appeared to be middle-class, hard-working." Unselfishly, Alicia encouraged us to offer our assistance to survivors whose immediate needs she felt would be better served by the aid. With the help, however, Alicia plans to help pay for funeral expenses.
In closing, if you would like to help support victims of Hurricane Sandy please consider donating to www.redcross.org.
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How Technology Wires the Learning Brain
Kids between the ages of 8 and 18 spend 11.5 hours a day using technology -- whether that's computers, television, mobile phones, or video games – and usually more than one at a time. That's a big chunk of their 15 or 16 waking hours.
But does that spell doom for the next generation? Not necessarily, according to Dr. Gary Small, a neuroscientist and professor at UCLA, who spoke at the Learning & the Brain Conference last week.
"Young people are born into technology, and they're used to using it 24/7," Small said. "Their brains are wired to use it elegantly."
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Video games, for example, aren't just about repetitive tasks – many of them have built-in social components that allow kids to communicate. Texting isn't about using a gadget -- it's about connecting with someone else.
"Texting is an expression of what it means to be human," Small said. "We love being connected to other people. It's a very compelling emotional urge, and it's hard to give up moment to moment."
That's why one well-liked teacher Small knows gives her students a five-minute texting break in the middle of class. Educators also use texting in class as a means to gauge understanding of the subject and take instant polls, for example.
It might seem odd, but Small suggests also carving out time for face-to-face emotional exercises and in-person conversations to counterbalance all the inevitable gadget-communication.
"We can train empathic behavior," he said.
Is technology making us less creative? Parents and educators have been worried about this issue, wondering whether hours of playing video games will zap their inclination to write or paint or sing.
Small said the Internet trains our minds to have a "staccato" train of thought, jumping from idea to idea, like we do from Website to Website. Is that the most creative way to think? Do we have time to sit back and be thoughtful?
On one hand, we're trained not to think deeply about subjects when we text quick snippets, Tweet short thoughts, or click on a simple thumbs up or thumbs down on a link. We experience information overload and have no time for reflection or problem solving.
On the other hand, technology trains the brain to be nimble and to process new ideas quickly. We become more open to new ideas, and communicate more freely and frequently.
"The brain is complex," he said. "The answers are not straightforward."
In a study called "Your Brain on Google," Small and his peers tested the brain activity of two groups -- "Internet-naïve" (mostly 65 and older who had very little experience online) and "Internet smart"-- while reading a book versus conducting a Google search.
In the "Internet savvy" group, there was twice as much brain activity in all parts of the brain while they were conducting a Google search than while they were reading a book. And in the "Internet-naïve" group, after a week of Googling subjects online, there was a significant burst in frontal lobe activity, which controls short-term memory and decision-making.
Small's conclusion? "Google is making us smart," he said. "Searching online is brain exercise."
Technology can train our brains in positive ways, he added. Surgeons who play video games, for example, make fewer surgical errors. Those who play video games have improved reaction time, better peripheral vision.
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"It's a matter of finding balance," he said. "Upgrade the technology skills of older 'digital immigrants,' and help young kids improve social skills."
Other interesting nuggets from Small's talk:
- Is technology addictive? Another complex question. Small said the American Psychiatric Group doesn't think so. But there is an undeniable Pavlovian response to certain stimulus – and the Internet happens to be the medium for gratifying the urge. For example, if you're addicted to shopping, is e-Bay to blame? When triggered, dopamine creates powerful urges to keep it flowing. "The consequence of a certain behavior reinforces a behavior," Small said.
- Brains are malleable, much like computers. If we spend a lot of time engaged in a repeated mental task, the neural circuits will strengthen. Conversely, if we neglect those tasks, the neural circuits will weaken.
- The "thinking brain" – seeing the big picture – is not fully developed in children. Empathy and the ability to perceive and understand emotional point of view and communicate that understanding has not kicked in.
- The term "use it or lose it" applies to brain functions: 60% of synaptic connections are pruned away when not used.
- What will happen to brain development as result of the evolution of the handheld tool? Genetic variants that adapt best to environment are most likely to survive.
For more about Your Brain on Google, watch this PBS report on Small's study.


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Biotech startup Trovagene started selling its first product Wednesday, a noninvasive test for human papillomavirus (HPV). The test uses Trovagene's technology that finds disease-related genetic sequences in urine.
The urine-based test is more convenient for women, said Antonius "Toni" Schuh, CEO of San Diego-based Trovagene. Existing tests require collection of cells from potentially infected areas, meaning that a medical professional needs to take the sample. Cells are commonly collected through Pap smears.
There is no commercially approved HPV test for men, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The Trovagene test is not approved for men, but the company said it is considering whether to develop one.
The Trovagene test detects 15 HPV types associated with high risks for disease, and costs $150. Results are available within two days of receiving the sample, Schuh said.
Human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection, according to the CDC. About 79 million Americans carry the virus, and 14 million new cases occur each year.
The virus is cleared from the body without incident in about 90 percent of cases, the CDC says. But HPV can cause genital warts and cancers in affected areas, such as cervical cancer in women and penile cancer in men.
"This is an important first step for the company," said Yale Jen, an analyst at Roth Capital Partners, an investment bank in Newport Beach. "It is a proof of concept for this technology."
Jen said that because the technology is so new, it will probably be at least three quarters before the company will get significant revenue from the test.
Trovagene has licensed its technology to various companies and nonprofit health care entities, including MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas in Houston; Carlsbad-based Genoptix, a unit of Novartis; and Quest Diagnostics in San Diego.
With health care costs going up, the ease of use of tests with Trovagene's technology will become more attractive over time, Schuh said.
"Urine, in our view, has the potential to become an enabling sample," Schuh said. "The patients themselves, or the relative or caretaker -- who doesn't have to be a trained health care professional -- can collect the sample. With our process, the sample is stable at room temperature, it can be shipped."
Trovagene's technology detects "transrenal nucleic acids," which are fragments of DNA and RNA that pass through the kidney. Certain of these TrNAs, as the company calls them, are characteristically produced in certain diseases. Once these sequences are identified, Trovagene can make a disease-specific test.
Schuh said the technology detects important nucleic acids such as microRNAs and epigenetic sequences, which biotech researchers increasingly recognize as playing roles in disease. McroRNAs are short RNA molecules that regulate gene activity. Epigenetic sequences are chemical modifications added on top of DNA sequences that control whether genes are active or silenced.
Shares of Trovagene closed Thursday at $6.26, up 16 cents for the day.


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Singerella LP
One of the last Gary Bartz albums for Prestige -- and a really unique session with a different feel than some of his earlier work! Gary's still got plenty of angular funk in his sound here -- thanks to some edgey keyboards from Hubert Eaves -- but he's also tightened things up a bit without smoothing them out -- cutting down on the longer jams in favor of a more focused approach, and singing himself on many cuts, taking on the quirky lyrical role that used to be held by Andy Bey! Bartz also produced the record himself, but Larry Mizell handled the final mix -- giving the record a slightly spacier Mizell-inflected groove, but one that's not as full as on other Bartz/Mizell collaborations. The vocals here are all pretty great, and the album's filled with oddly-grooving tunes that really have a heck of a lot of charm -- including the call-response track "Dozens", plus "I Don't Care", "Lady Love", "St Felix Street", "Nation Time", and "Blind Man".
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OKLAHOMA CITY - Craig Aikin lined a two-out RBI single to left field in the top of the 11th inning, lifting Oklahoma into the Big 12 championship game with a 7-6 win Saturday against regular season champion Kansas State.
The Wildcats (41-17) scored four times in the ninth and Big 12 player of the year Ross Kivett answered Matt Oberste's RBI single in the 10th with one of his own. But after K-State loaded the bases with one out in the 11th, Kyle Hayes came in to strike out Mitch Meyer and Alex Bee to earn his first save.
Meyer's two-out, two-run single off closer Jacob Evans tied it in the ninth. Ralph Garza Jr. (5-1) pitched the 10th and left with the bases loaded in the 11th.
Garrett Carey had a three-run double and Anthony Hermelyn had two RBIs for the fourth-seeded Sooners (39-19).
Jake Matthys (8-1) took the loss after four innings of relief.


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I've got a little bit of trouble with some code I saw in the book. In chapter 3 he mentions that all lists can be thought of as trees and demonstrates a piece of code which returns a copy of the tree you pass in. The function is called our-copy-tree, and looks like this :
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(defun our-copy-tree (tr)
(if (atom tr)
(cons (our-copy-tree (car tr))
(our-copy-tree (cdr tr)))))
Before that, Graham wrote this function :
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(defun our-copy-list (lst)
(if (atom lst)
(cons (car lst) (our-copy-list (cdr lst)))))
I understand that both these functions are present in the CL library as copy-list and copy-tree respectively. What I don't understand is the difference between these two functions.
I can see that copy-tree is doubly recursive while copy-list is singly recursive, but ultimately both these functions seem to give me the same output, no matter how complicated a list I pass to them.
What is the difference between our-copy-list and our-copy-tree?


text: Media, Sport and Entertainment Intelligence - September 2016 Media, Sport and Entertainment Intelligence Share this 8 SEP 2016 By: Nick Fitzpatrick Peter C. White Frank W. Ryan Patrick Mitchell Jamie Ryder Prof Dr Stefan Engels Richard van Schaik Robynne Sanders Scott Thiel Diego Ramos Overview It's been a great month for sports fans with the Rio Olympics providing a daily dose of exceptional sporting memories. It has also been estimated that half a million people a day watched the Olympics on live streams − yet more evidence that the way we watch and enjoy sport is evolving. But despite the dog days of summer, and the distraction of the Olympics, the rest of the world has not been resting on its laurels. Australia has seen a flurry of proposed legislation and China is set to invest even more heavily into the film industry. Read all about these developments below. The Digital Single Market The European Commission announced its plans to implement a new regulatory framework for online platforms in the Digital Single Market, which will lead to a harmonisation of the differing national legislations and rules in the currently 28 member states. With this framework, the Commission seeks not only to promote sustainable development and the expansion of online platforms as business models, but also to simplify and improve the effectiveness of enforcement instruments. In particular, the Commission sees the need to maintain a balanced and predictable liability regime for online platforms. This offers the chance to unify e.g. the procedure of blocking injunctions against Internet access providers and the measures to be taken by such platforms in order to prevent infringements. Media Deloitte's Australian Media Consumer Survey 2016 report explores the ever-changing media and entertainment universe. This report, the fifth edition of Deloitte's Media Consumer Survey, provides a snapshot of how Australians are consuming different media and entertainment and how this has changed over time. A key theme identified is the rise and dominance of social media networks as entertainment destinations in their own right. Betting and sports In addition, Australia has proposed reforms that will ban sports betting ads on public transport. The Minister for Gaming and Liquor Regulation, Marlene Kairouz, called for submissions for a public consultation on proposed restrictions on wagering advertising. The Competition and Consumer Commission in Australia has also released a draft version of its updated Media Merger Guidelines which explain its approach to assessing media mergers. Our MSE professionals in Australia will update our blog as these proposals develop. It has also been announced that China's richest man is set to seal two billion-dollar US film deals. After completing the acquisition of two non-production film companies, each worth above $1 billion, Dalian Wanda's next target is said to be a so-called Big Six movie studio. Media, Sport and Entertainment blog updates These are the most popular of the new posts on our Media, Sport and Entertainment blog: Gambling Bill amendment – overseas bookmakers to pay horserace betting levy UK Secondary ticketing continues to be in the spotlight with publication of CMA response


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The first rule of skiing: There are no friends on a powder day. Technology has infiltrated every corner of our lives, but really, the idea of tweeting my snow stashes is sacrilege.
In the spirit of keeping up with the technology, however, I set aside my skepticism/cynicism/self-interest to see whether anything could improve on what is already, for me, a great experience.
And, at Vail Resorts, maybe even a picture-perfect one. Back in the day, pushy photographers made money by photographing skiers against mountain backdrops. But now you can get your grin pics and, starting this month, action shots with Vail's EpicMix.
Some skiers know EpicMix for its social media aspects. It tracks skiers' activity at the 89 lifts in Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado and Heavenly in South Lake Tahoe. The season passes and daily tickets have RFID chips that track lift rides, vertical feet skied, days on the hill and more. It takes the work out of bragging about what they have accomplished.
But now skiers have ac¿cess to free photos of them¿selves because photographers will be waiting at sce¿nic vantage points, on runs and terrain parks to catch them in action. After you scan your pass with the photographer, the shots are delivered automatically to your EpicMix account.
Coupled with some of the stats they've accumulated (and EpicMix has kept track of), they can design their own "Hey, look at me!" self-promo. Let's hope skiers will be honest and include the head plants, lousy snow, closed runs, stalled lifts and wind-swept whiteout conditions that can characterize some ski trips.
No one knows whether these efforts to turn skiing into a virtual video game, a reality app and a scrapbooking weekend will encourage enough youthful cohorts to consider winter sports to reverse the attrition of aging baby boomers. But the marketing value is pretty clear.
Snowbird and Ski Utah already promote their resorts by way of free apps that provide maps and real-time info on snowfall, weather, lift openings and road conditions. Skiers can feed their best photos to the Snowbird Photo of the Day stream. The Utah Snow Report also gives snow conditions and offers live webcams and general information for 13 ski areas. Each resort updates the info every morning.
Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia, Canada, has gone techno with its "Live" app providing all the usual information about hill and chill as well as tracking by vertical feet. Its customizable "Live" bars link to Twitter, Facebook, photos and events. Next year, Whistler plans to launch a pilot program for mobile commerce, enabling purchases from mobile phones. Initially, season pass and loyalty card holders will be able to use their phones as their ski pass.
As you consider what to add to your app collection, one developer notes that those apps that rely on the Internet may leave you wanting more — more connectivity, that is. Jim Barr, who devised the Snowseekers app — a digital guidebook to 19 Canadian resorts that includes a powder alert to guide you to the snowiest slopes — notes that some apps may cut out in remote areas. Some also incur expensive roaming charges if you move out of your network range.
If you're a newbie, SkiTips is mobile ski instruction for iPhone and Android, promising an "instructor in your pocket." It could benefit everyone on the mountain if some of those dangerous skiers in denial about needing lessons make use of it.
For speed demons, the Ski-o-meter for iPhone will track your speed. And the trend toward Flaik GPS trackers at ski schools certainly takes the worry out of leaving young ones for the day with cell phone-sized trackers that attach around the child's leg. If a child is lost, staff can instantly locate them by computer. Kids wearing the GPS tags can be tracked on the mountain so you'll always know where your rug rats are. The tracker also includes info on runs explored so you know if your kids are some place they should not be. So far 11 North American and three European resorts use Flaik.
There are hundreds of apps, of course, and not all have to do with the on-mountain experience. Snow Magazine's "Ski Hotel Guide" is available as a free iPhone app for browsing and booking worldwide ski accommodation listed by country.
Barr's app has a "heat map" that highlights après activity at the Canadian resorts it covers.
Others promise an insider's perspective on other area secrets. Still, I don't think there's an app that can improve on those carefree chairlift conversations in which a season passholder shares directions to that morning's best snow. From my vantage, there is no app for that.
The first rule of skiing: There are no friends on a powder day. Technology has infiltrated every corner of our lives, but really, the idea of tweeting my snow stashes is sacrilege.


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Please Note: These are independent insurance company rating organizations. Their appearance on the department's website is meant for the convenience of the department's consumers and is not an endorsement of either organization by the Department of Financial Services.
Factors considered include company earnings, capital adequacy, operating leverage, liquidity, investment performance, reinsurance programs, and management ability, integrity and experience. A high financial rating is not the same as a high consumer satisfaction rating. The ratings generally are shown as A++ (being the best) to D or E.
Rating services develop their own criteria for rating insurance companies. For instance, A.M. Best doesn't rate insurance companies with less than five years of financial data. Since the rating companies develop their own rating criteria, an insurance company's rating may be different between rating services.
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'The Spectacular Now' and the Return of the Great Coming-of-Age Movie
Hey Stupid Teen Sex Comedy, the coming-of-age genre called and it wants its movies back.
In all seriousness, what happened to the coming-of-age genre? Can we pinpoint the exact moment it disappeared and was replaced by movies about kids throwing parties, lighting patio furniture on fire and sticking their private parts in pies? When, exactly, did we stop taking teenagers seriously? When did we stop making movies that tried to recognize just how difficult and important (and gratifying) that transition from kid to adult really is?
Those movies existed when I was growing up. Stand By Me and The Goonies have always been two personal favorites. John Hughes made a bunch of them, too, with stuff like The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and, to a certain extent, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. They were movies that didn't shy away from their silly side, but they also tried to make a point. They tried to dig deeper into the teenage psyche and march all their hopes, dreams and fears across the big screen for two hours in an attempt to validate those weird, uncomfortable feelings kids rarely want to admit exist.
But then they stopped. Maybe it had something to do with the '90s and a new generation, and maybe it had something to do with the success of American Pie and Hollywood's desire to tone down the hard stuff in order to focus on the MOST AWESOMEST PARTY MOVIE EVER, but regardless of why the important, meaningful and memorable coming-of-age movie took a long vacation without giving notice, the good news is those movies are now making a comeback. A big comeback.
Dare I say, a spectacular comeback.
Back in September, The Perks of Being a Wallflower was finally released from its late-'90s prison, and with it has come a whole new era of coming-of-age movies that care more about their characters than their wild set pieces. The signs were all over last year's Sundance Film Festival, too, with movies like The First Time making a big splash, and now this year the festival invited more than a few coming-of-age movies. There's The Spectacular Now, which kicked things off by wowing audiences at its premiere on Friday night, all but solidifying Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley as future movie stars. Later in the fest, we'll get to see what movies like Toy's House and The Way, Way Back add to the coming-of-age conversation.
And what a conversation it is! In the case of The Spectacular Now, director James Ponsoldt -- along with 500 Days of Summer writers Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter -- expertly tap into a teenager's fear of the future, most notably the moments when we begin to realize how much of an impact (good and bad) our parents had on us growing up.
That self-realization that much of who you are and how you feel all comes from your parents is one of the scariest moments for a teenager, especially when that sort of clarity arrives as you're transitioning to the next phase in life, be it college or your first job out of school. The Spectacular Now not only captures those moments brilliantly, but it also doesn't back down from the hard reality that growing up and moving on with your life is one of the hardest jobs you'll ever have. That even the coolest kids -- the ones you think have it all together -- are probably the ones who need the most help.
That no matter how bad it may all seem, you're really only a conversation away from brighter days.
This is what's been missing in today's teen-centric movies, and it's exactly what The Spectacular Now brings back with gusto. They'll talk about how great Miles Teller is and how Shailene Woodley reminds us of a sweeter, gentler Jennifer Lawrence, but hopefully they'll also talk about why more movies like this make sense, and why now is the time to champion the return of the coming-of-age genre.
Wouldn't that be spectacular?
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Castles and Wands and Pixie Dust and Magic ☆∴*★∵∶。◦°✰*¨*•.¸¸✩
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Hello Friends!
How are you?
I hope this finds you happy and healthy.
So many random things inside my head this fine morning:
1.) Pottermore. I'm intrigued. JK Rowling made the big announcement. Did you catch it? Watch her video here: http://t.co/RvukYEW
2) Which segues me nicely to...Husband, Daughter and I will be leaving this weekend (for two weeks!) to visit this:
|Harry Potter World HERE WE COME! Butterbeer!
We'll be staying at Disney's Port Orleans French Quarter this time.
Usually we stay at the Polynesian, but since I couldn't be in New Orleans for ALA this year (because we'll be in Diz) I thought this way I could still sorta be there (Disney knows how to do a theme, because it really has a french quarter/NOLA feel to it)...plus, they make/serve beignets! So I can still get my fix. :)
|One of the places at our hotel where I'll be getting my beignets next week!
BUT, I will be around on The Twitter. (*pets twitter* *pets smart phone*) In between packing and getting our house/pet sitter settled and in between park visits, I am sure to pop-in on twitter to say hello, see what y'all are up to, and how the world outside The World is faring.
And *possibly* tweet humiliating pictures of Husband's (and/or Daughter's) Face of Terror whilst riding this:
and this...
|I LOVE Aerosmith's Rockin' Rollercoaster!
or perhaps this:
4) ERIC!!! I've missed you so! *drools*
I'm over the moon that True Blood is (almost) back.
(and sad that we have to wait a YEAR for more Game of Thrones)
5) I've been busy writing a new WiP. I needed a break from revisions on the last two WiPs.
|I want this pink typewriter.
I know some of you love revisions and edits more than drafting. I find revisions...stressful. SLOW. Part of the reason they're stressful is that I'm a perfectionist and I fester fester fester over every detail, large and small.
Whereas I adore (shitty) drafting. I allow myself to just relax and flow and follow the characters, immersing myself in their world. I don't worry about plot holes or getting things perfect during that magical first draft. (of course this leads to my hellish revisions)
And, in truth, I don't mind the 2nd draft where I close up the big holes and tie the major strings together, adding layers and tidying a bit as I go...until I decide I have to rip large chunks out and have to rewrite the entire beginning (or middle) over (and over) again.
Somewhere around the fifth draft I'm in the deepest level of Revision Hell, ready to torch the damn thing and do a tribal death dance upon its ashes.
That's about when the melodious siren song of a Shiny New Idea (SNI) finally lures me away.
And, truth be told, that's a good thing. It gives me some needed time and distance. When I finish a first draft of a project, I go back to a project that needs polishing...with fresh eyes. Where I commence the festering and ripping apart all over again. ;)
That's my process, though. It's slow, sometimes painfully so, this process of mine, but I love it. Usually. Sometimes.
5) So, tell me...
What's YOUR writing/drafting/revision process?
What are your summer plans?
Are you going on any vacations?
Know this: I love you. I love you for being my friend, for loving words and creating worlds and for understanding why I love words and creating worlds.
Thanks for being in THIS world. *hugs*
Friday, June 17, 2011
Happy Father's Day!
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Friday, June 3, 2011
Lenny Lee Fest(ival) of Sunshine
8:06 AM | Posted by Lola Sharp | | Edit Post
Lenny is my favorite 11 year old boy in all the universe.
Lenny spreads his sunshine everywhere he goes with his passion for kindness, writing, reading, and animals.
Lenny you inspire me. I still use your writing pledge (on my sidebar) all the time.
You are a supernova-bright light in this world. Thank you for being.
If you'd like to know more about Lenny and why he's so special, please follow his blog here!
Happy Weekend, everyone!
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