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Threats Management Principles for Development Programs of High Technology Industries in Turbulent Environment
By Prof Dr Sergey Bushuyev; Denis Bushuyev, PhD; Ruslan Yaroshenko, PhD; and Lyubava Chernov
Kiev, Ukraine
A system of threats in the development of knowledge-intensive industries based on the images in the format of "bubbles" was considered in this article. Analysis of existing models and methods of threat management development programs within such industry was performed. A three-level model of the high technology production within institutional, managerial and technical levels was also considered. Classification of threats in high-tech industries development programs was determined, based on their reaction – deviations (reactive) and resentment (proactive). An immune mechanism as a response to threats and challenges in the development programs was also considered. Key unit diagnostic mechanisms and critical threats, which belong to the field of Pareto, working out alternative scenarios for threat management, the formation of a full immune response to a threat to the region Pareto taking into account their mutual influence and realization of immune response in the form of high-tech industry development project were all considered in the article.
Keywords: management mechanism; development programs; turbulent environment; immune reaction
- Introduction
The rapid development of project and program management methodologies requires the creation of innovative models, methods and mechanisms based on the convergence of different subject field knowledge. Over billions of years nature has created a variety of living organisms with unique survival mechanisms in dynamic and sometimes aggressive environment. Some of such mechanisms are protective (immune) mechanisms, which develop special reaction to the threats. The process of knowledge transfer from one domain to another was formed in the 1950s, within the similarity theory of mechanical, electrical and biological systems.
- Analysis of recent achievements and publications
Let's consider the use of different methods of analysis of threats, including self-test, in the development of project-oriented systems.
Diagnostics in the context of life cycles analyses of products, technologies of production, management processes of operations, business development and implementation, is usually carried out in the framework of management system using the model of the project-oriented organization life cycle (Prigogine, 2009). When threats of an organisation are analysed, whether this is done by personnel themselves, or using the help of specialised consultants, it determines the position of the organisation in its development, its passed crisis points and its expected further development (Azarov, 2012). In the process of forming a development programme for high-tech production, complementary chains of projects are formed based on certain horizons of vision. At each step of the process there is a clarification of project's vision and corresponding synchronization.
The use of diagnostic tools depends on the development strategies for the project-oriented organization and the state of the context. Thus, the strategy of a breakout in the development of new markets and the competitive edge is stipulated with the high level of innovation of influential competitor in the market segment of knowledge-intensive industries. Identification of positive reaction in management processes is one of the elements of the concept of growth cycle and allows to look at the balance of efforts and dynamics of competition in current market conditions, to identify and classify growth accelerators – factors that ensure sustainable development of high-tech industry, and to provide managers with a new tool for modelling corporate strategy (Kerzner, 1998).
When analysing threats, an organization is considered at the following levels:
To read entire paper, click here
About the Authors
Kiev National University of Construction and Architecture
Kiev, Ukraine
Sergey Bushuyev, PhD, Dr. Sc., is Professor at Kiev National University of Construction and Architecture (KNUCA) in Kiev, Ukraine, Honorary Scientist of Ukraine, Laureate of National Scientific Award, and Honorary member of IPMA .
Professor Bushuyev is Head of the Department of Project management at KNUCA, specializing in Strategic Project Management and Organizational Development. He is also founder and President of the Ukrainian Project Management Association (www.UPMA.Kiev.ua) and founder of the Project Management Academy in Ukraine (1999).
Sergey studied at Kyiv Engineering-Construction Institute, faculty of Automation and Information Technology (1970), PhD (1973), Dr.Sc. (1986), Professor (1988), and honorary Scientist and Technician of Ukraine (2003). He served as Founder and President of the Ukrainian Project Management Association (UPMA) (1993); active member of the New York Academy of Sciences (1996); Head of Project Management Department (1997); Adjunct Professor at University of Technology Sydney, Australia (2002); visiting Professor at ESC Lille, France(2003); Member of Certification Validation Management Board of the International Project Management Association – IPMA (1997); Ukrainian Academy of Sciences – Active member (2003); and St. Petersburg Academy of Engineering Science (Russia, 1998) – Active member.
Dr. Bushuyev has published more than 200 scientific books and articles. He is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Project Management published by IPMA, and for several other national and international Journals. He has read lectures and taught courses at Bremen University in Germany; at the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank in Washington, DC, USA; at the Bratislava Technical University in Slovakia; at Strasclaide University of Glasgow, Scotland in the UK; in the Total Quality Management program in Sweden; at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration in Austria; at the Lograno University in Spain; Poland University of Business Administration; and at Brno University in the Czech Republic.
Since 1975, Dr. Bushuyev has prepared 40 candidates for Science (Ph.D.) and Doctor of Science in Development Information Management Systems and Project Management. Since 1996 he has been responsible for preparing more than 2500 candidates for Masters of Science degrees in Project Management. Recipient of an Award as the best professor of Ukraine in 1987. Prof Bushuyev can be contacted at [email protected]
Kiev National University of Construction and Architecture
Kiev, Ukraine
Denis Bushuyev graduated with master's degree in the specialty of project management in 2012. From 2012 to 2015 he studied at the post graduate department of project management. In February 2015 he defended his PhD thesis. Since 2015 is associate professor of information technology Kiev National University of Construction and Architecture (KNUCA). Denis Bushuev, PhD, is Associate professor of the Information Technology Department at KNUCA, specializing in topic of Organization Pathology in Project Management and Organizational Development. He is also executive director of the Project Management Academy (Founded 1999). Dr. Denis Bushuev has published more than 30 scientific books and articles. He can be contacted at mailto:[email protected]
Kiev, Ukraine
Ruslan Yaroshenko holds a PhD in Technical Sciences from Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine. He also has MSc in International Marketing and BA in Business Administration, both from Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He also holds Bachelors and Masters of Law degrees from Kyiv National Economic University in Ukraine. Dr. Yaroshenko previously worked at The State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine (Ukreximbank) in Kyiv where he served as Head of Investment Banking, Head of the Division of Natural Monopolies and Strategic Enterprises, Specialist in Department of Organization of Workflow with the Ministry of Infrastructure, and Economist in Department of International Borrowing. He is now working, consulting and conducting research in the field of project management. Dr. Yaroshenko can be contacted at mailto:[email protected]
National University of Shipbuilding
Kiev, Ukraine
Liubava S. Chernova graduated from Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding in 2015. She is working now as the post-graduate student at the Project Management Academic Department of the University. The total amount of the published papers is more than forty including three monographs. Her academic interests are the issues of project management of the high technology enterprises and development prospects of the high technology companies. She can be contacted at [email protected] .


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Publisher: Harlequin Teen Australia
Pages: 416pgs
The Story
Hunted, Killed—Survived?
As the last Healer in the Fifteen Realms, Avry of Kazan is in a unique position: in the minds of her friends and foes alike, she no longer exists. Despite her need to prevent the megalomaniacal King Tohon from winning control of the Realms, Avry is also determined to find her sister and repair their estrangement. And she must do it alone, as Kerrick, her partner and sole confident, returns to Alga to summon his country into battle.
Though she should be in hiding, Avry will do whatever she can to support Tohon's opponents. Including infiltrating a holy army, evading magic sniffers, teaching forest skills to soldiers and figuring out how to stop Tohon's most horrible creations yet; an army of the walking dead—human and animal alike and nearly impossible to defeat.
War is coming and Avry is alone. Unless she figures out how to do the impossible ... again.
My Review
SCENT OF MAGIC by Maria V. Snyder's is the second instalment of the Healer series. This author has once again put forth such vivid descriptions, beautiful and captivating words that will not only draw you into the pages but also give us some wonderful characters that you will easily enjoy.
Maria creates sassy characters – strong main leads, and an array of wonderful supporting characters to blend throughout this story. Her characters are always filled with such depth; you cannot help but like them. More so in this instalment as we see into Kerricks thoughts.
In Scent of magic we see Kerrick's pov and also Avry's which was nice to see. The perspective of characters changed but also turned the read into an interesting change for me the reader. We see both sides, and loving Kerrick's character this was an added bonus for me. The only thing I would have enjoyed more of is more time with Avry and Kerrick, I found it was a little short on the romance and page time - but none the less still enjoyed this story.
This story is jam packed with action, friendship and love, suspense, dangerous liaisons, a little bit of romance for all the readers whom enjoy a little heart flutter, and many emotions entwined within this captivating world that Ms Synder has created.
The ending will leave you gasping for more with its shocking cliff-hanger and have you eagerly flying to the net to find out when the next instalment is due out loll.
A great second instalment into this series I can't wait for the next!!!!!!!!!!
A big thanks to Harlequin Teen Australia for sending me an ARC copy of this book. This review is copyrighted, owned by me and cannot be copied or shared without my permission except by the author or publisher for promotion purposes**

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Tax Wall Street -- For Jobs!
WASHINGTON - What better way to finance good green jobs for millions of unemployed Americans than to tax the Wall Street juggernaut that created this economic disaster in the first place?
That's not just a good idea -- it could be the law. The "Full Employment & Training Act" (H.R. 870), just introduced by Congressman John Conyers, is a brilliant legislative remedy for two ills that afflict our society -- massive unemployment and speculative profiteering that keeps widening the gap between the rich and the rest of us.
Please help us gather co-sponsors for the bill by signing our letter to the Progressive Caucus.
Two weeks ago, we said it was time to flip the script on Wisconsin with a Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street - now Congressman Conyers has introduced this bold proposal for full employment funded by a Wall Street Transaction Tax.
The law would make the Wall Street speculators behind the economic disaster pony up to create jobs: whether teaching children, making homes energy efficient, caring for the sick or rebuilding neighborhoods.
We can create a society with plentiful jobs and equitable taxation. And H.R. 870 is a good place to start. But we need more members of Congress to cosponsor and loudly endorse the bill.
Unlikely to get through Congress? Sure -- if we don't fundamentally reframe the national debate. That means going where few elected officials, especially President Obama, have dared to tread.
Jobs are a human right . . . and no one has a right to rip off our society to make themselves filthy rich through speculation and fraud. It's time for Wall Street to pay.
"If this financial crisis taught us anything," Obama declared on the night he was elected president, "it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers." But in 2011 we have a thriving, even bloated Wall Street -- while many can't find a job.
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text: I screwed something up last night big time on my Eris and couldn't get the normal 7 home screens to show - there were only 5 and there was an up arrow that led to all programs where the "phone" and up arrow/+ are when you first get it. Anyboob, after trying to figure out what I had done and not being able to, I decided to reset it back to factory. No problems doing that...except that now my screen seems to be brightening and darkening for no apparent reason. When I hit menu>settings>sound&display, the brightness option is grayed out. I downloaded fastbright from from market, but that doesn't seem to be working (unless I'm doing it wrong...which is definitely a possibility since I"m very new at this). Anyone else have this problem or know of a solution? Thanks Jodey


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From Anisur Rahman
Dhaka, Jun 7 (PTI) A 65-year-old Hindu priest was today hacked to death in Bangladesh by three assailants who nearly severed his head, the second priest to be killed this year in the Muslim-majority nation which has seen a string of brutal attacks by Islamists on minorities and secular activists.
Ananta Gopal Ganguly was attacked at around 9:30 AM by three bike-borne men who slit his throat with sharp-edged weapons in the western Jhinaigah districts Noldanga village, Assistant Superintendent of Police Gopinath Kanjilal said, adding that suspected militants carried out the murder.
Police said they have recovered the body and sent it for an autopsy. An investigation was launched into the incident.
The near-decapitated body of the priest was discovered by farmers at a farmland near his home.
Ganguly, who was a priest at the Noldanga temple in Sadar upazila, was on his way to the temple riding a bicycle to offer prayers when the unidentified assailants struck. They first shot him and then hacked him to death to make sure that he was dead.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility and the cause behind the murder was not known.
There have been systematic assaults in Bangladesh in recent months specially targeting minorities, secular bloggers, intellectuals and foreigners.
On Sunday, a Christian businessman was hacked to death by unidentified machete-wielding men near a church, hours after the wife of a top anti-terror police officer was shot dead by religious extremists.
In February, militants stabbed to death a Hindu priest at a temple in Bangladesh and shot and wounded a devotee who went to his aid.
In April, a liberal professor was brutally hacked to death by machete-wielding ISIS militants who slit his throat near his home in Rajshahi city. In the same month, a Hindu tailor was also hacked to death by ISIS militants in his shop and Bangladeshs first gay magazine editor was brutally murdered along with a friend in his flat in Dhaka by Islamists.
The ISIS and al-Qaeda in Indian Peninsula have claimed responsibility for some of the attacks although the government denies their presence in Bangladesh. PTI AR CPS NSA AKJ CPS


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April 5th, 2014. The day I found out I was pregnant. My husband and I had been trying since December before I got a modeling contract. Immediately upon signing we quit trying. Apparently, the deed had already been done.
Was I surprised? Of course! I'd been peeing on a stick for 4 months with no results (which is far less time than most women I realize but I'm not the most patient person).
Was I upset? Not at all... Okay a little. I'd just signed a modeling contract and was planning on spending the next year traveling to some cool places in the United States. Now, I'll only be spending the next couple months until I start to show.
Was I excited? Beyond belief. I peed on this little stick I'd bought at the last minute while checking out of Dollar General and within seconds it showed positive. I stared at it for a good 5 minutes before it settled in. Then, I spent the next 3 hours trying to contact my husband. :-)
My first appointment is in a couple days but so far my math shows I'm 6 weeks today. Feeling a little nauseous and definitely having cravings but otherwise, I'm in tip top shape...
Except this exhaustion I keep feeling.. About that nap I need..


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The U.S. Department of State's Office of the Historian curates an excellent collection of essays discussing key events in U.S. diplomatic history. Each essay provides a narrative of the event, along with a discussion of how that event impacted U.S. foreign policy. The collection is broken into 19 "chapters," each one focusing on an historical era from 1750 to 2000. Each chapter begins with an introduction previewing the essays and putting the entire era into historical context.
The era we'll begin studying after winter break coincides with the State Department's chapter on "The Continued Expansion of United States Interests" from 1866-1898. Here are the essays that I will have my students read from that chapter:
- Purchase of Alaska
- Chinese Immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Acts
- Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power upon History
- U.S. Diplomacy and Yellow Journalism
- The Spanish American War
Each essay assumes a reading-level that is well-within the grasp of my students (high school juniors). They also include graphics, like this illustration showing the charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill ...
... and this photograph of Secretary of State John Hay.


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* [[Bill Ferny]], a man of [[Bree]] who spied on [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]].
* [[Bill Ferny]], a man of [[Bree]] who spied on [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]].
** [[Bill the Pony]], [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]]'s loyal pony named after Bill Ferny.
** [[Bill the Pony]], [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]]'s loyal pony named after Bill Ferny.
* [[William Huggins]], sometimes referred to as "
* [[WilliamHuggins]], sometimes referred to as "", one the three [[Trolls]] that [[Thorin and Company]] encountered.
==Real world==
==Real world==
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Bill can refer to:
J.R.R. Tolkien stated he used Bill to translate Westron Bil, which is a short for (untranslated and further unknown) names as Arambil, Bildad and Bilcuzal.[1] It is possibly related to Adûnaic bêl-, "love", as seen in Azrubêl, a name of Eärendil.[2]
- Bill Butcher, a character from the poem "Perry-the-Winkle".
- Bill Ferny, a man of Bree who spied on Frodo.
- Bill the Pony, Sam's loyal pony named after Bill Ferny.
- Bill Huggins, sometimes referred to as "William", one the three Trolls that Thorin and Company encountered.
Real world
- Bill Amend, creator of the cartoon-strop FoxTrot.
- Billy Barty, actor.
- Billy Boyd, actor who played Peregrin Took in The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy.
- William Conrad, actor who voice Denethor in the Rankin/Bass version of The Return of the King.
- William Elvin, opera singer on The Road Goes Ever On.
- Bill Johnson, actor who played Old Noakes in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
- William McGuire, author.
- Bill Nighy, British actor who played Samwise Gamgee in the 1981 BBC radio series of The Lord of the Rings
- William O'Neill, artist.
- William B. Ready, author.
- William Antony Swithin Sarjeant, author.
- William Senior, author.
- William Smith, author.
- Bill Snyder, producer.
- William Squire, actor who voiced Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings (1978 film).
- Bill Welden, linguist and member of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Appendix on Languages"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "The Drowning of Anadûnê"
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DIESEL, 02 Jan 2013i want to know why ATRIX 4g is not eligible to ICS software?Because Moto Team ห่วย
At least release the Nvidia drivers for us , the XDA devs will do the rest.
MOToROLA . :(
these are really bad news..my question is how single core devices with 512 ram can run ICS smoothly withouts lags and how a dual core tegra 2 device with 1gb of ram can not! hello moto???
Guys we need you're support to let motorola here us, Couse we all know that atrix, photon and electrify is not getting the ics.. we need to spread the news to notify the motorola support team.
You can finde it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.co...hp ?t=1920472
It's a unified thred for photon atrix and electrify y Thanks alot
Motorola again i will not make a recommendation i will not shame on you shame on you.
Atrix 4G, 02 Oct 2012Ok but what exactly can update to ICS or JB for our Atrix 4G?! only that we will have noszego ... moreNothing really, that's why I don't get the hype about it.
Sure a new version of blur or switch UI, but there are still much better third party launchers available.
If one , as Yani, feels that gingerbread feels like iOS 6 (what!?), which still looks just about exactly the same as iOS 2 in it's main user interface, then get a ICS launcher etc. Still not the best choice of launcher designs nor functions in my opinion.
Same apps can be run, same games and just about any launcher, widget, dialler and so on that one wants! :)
im thinking of buying the atrix... do you guys believe that gingerbread is good enough for the motorola atrix? and if it is worth to buy it now that it isn't getting the upgrade??
If this piece of information is correct for not getting an upgrade from Gingerbread to ICS, than I'll definately change my phone. already started thinking for Iphone5 or Galaxy Note2. so I don't want to say bye bye motorola but.....................!!!!!
Ok but what exactly can update to ICS or JB for our Atrix 4G?! only that we will have noszego Android?! Change in a significant way what parameters or functions of the Atrix 4G?!
Ok but what exactly can update to ICS or JB for our Atrix 4G?! only that we will have noszego Android?! Change in a significant way what parameters or functions of the Atrix 4G?!
I feel your pain Motorola customers, same thing with Scamsung!
Now you're stuck with Gingerbread that almost feels like iOS6 (GB is still better!) :(
At least iOS6 users might expect some software updates.
Anonymous, 02 Oct 2012So Pathetic Endroid fans try to sell custom ROM as solution,,, make me sickNo one is saying that customs ROMs is *the solution*, but on possible solution for those who desperately wants a newer OS version with jsut about no new features that aren't already available as third party apps.
Still running same apps as even on 2.2 and still not using stock Android launcher.
Some people here really over do the importance of OS version. If all apps suddenly stopped supporting GB I would understand it, but that's not the case.
So Pathetic Endroid fans try to sell custom ROM as solution,,, make me sick
AnonD-74104, 01 Oct 2012Did it suddenly become a piece of shit because there will be no ics for it? Its a good phone. ... moreSome people seem more focused on android version rather than the actual things the phone can do, apps and games it can run.
HW does not change during a update.
Sandy, 02 Oct 2012Thank god i got ics update on my atrix 2, otherwise i would have dropped my phone, crushed it ... moreGingerbread was ugly? You do realise you can make it look anyway you want to right? Unlike the locked UI of the Nokias you're refering to. For crying out loud you can get a WP8 style launcer, dialler and message app.
As one of those who have received ICS I can inform of the following: Texting still works exactly the same, calling is exactly the same, facebook is exactly the same, google maps is exactly the same, media apps are exactly the same and all third party apps and games I've ever used are exactly the same with the same support.
Don't like your launcher - stock GB, ICS or JB - change it.
Don't like your dialler- stock GB, ICS or JB - change it
Don't like your SMS/MMS app - stock GB, ICS or JB - change it.
Don't like your lock screen - stock GB, ICS or JB - change it.
Don't like your media player - stock GB, ICS or JB - change it.
Never really mattered to me what version I had, as long is it supports the apps I needed.
Get a custom ROM if you want it so badly, be happy for a few days and then realise that nothing really changed at all :p
If you want a change, get a new launcher and/or widgets, it's a bigger change than going from stock GB to stock ICS or JB. Nova Launcher Prime was recently on sale, TSF have free stable beta available and there are many free at google play as well.
Even my moms Motoluxe (on GB) has got LauncherPro with pink on white switchpro widgets and white on pink T9 keyboard. You can get/make any style you want so don't go complaining about the looks of GB ;)
GB with ICS style launcher and datamanger free app gives you just about everything that feels new with ICS, and you get to keep the in-pocket recognition which for some reason has been removed in ICS (at least on RAZR).
Media players such as 3 and doubleTwist outperforms the stock player - by far.
____ moto i throwing my mobile before this year it's getting old. go launcher better then ics and jelly bean ____ android
Moto simply cleared all the stock of Photon by promising ICS update. People bought it because they knew ICS will be released but... Moto gave statement that ICS is not properly handled by this Phone's hardware... They might forgot that we have at xda better developers then Moto.. Moto simply needs to give us library/sounce files and ofcourse an unlocked boot loader... if any body can help us in this regard will be appreciated a lot...


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Krejci's hat trick lifts Bruins past big-dealing Panthersby Matt Kalman
BOSTON -- The Florida Panthers made a potentially franchise-altering trade Tuesday that might result in a brighter future.
In the present, the Panthers weren't able to stop David Krejci and the Boston Bruins or prevent their fifth loss in six games.
Krejci scored a hat trick and goaltender Chad Johnson remained perfect at TD Garden in a 4-1 Bruins win on the day the Panthers reacquired goaltender Roberto Luongo from the Vancouver Canucks.
Krejci scored one goal in each period, with the third one going into an empty net with 13.3 seconds left. Jarome Iginla also scored for the Bruins, who are 5-1-2 in their past eight games.
"First period, I thought it was a really good period by our team," Krejci said after his third career hat trick. "Second, we kind of got away from our game, but got a lead 3-0 in the third period. I thought we played OK with the lead, but there's still some areas in our game we have to improve. We know we're going to be playing against better teams, so we have to work on some defensive stuff and get ready before the playoffs arrive."
Johnson made 23 saves and is 7-0-0 at home. The Bruins have won two in a row after they went 0-1-1 in their first two games coming out of the Olympic break. Boston allowed 12 goals in its prior three games, but coach Claude Julien said he saw some improvements.
"I still thought like defensively, we've got to tighten up some more," Julien said. "And you know, I felt the second period wasn't a very good period for us. We kind of gave them an opportunity to get some momentum back even though we scored the only goal. They were probably the better team that second period. So we came out a little bit better in the third, and you know, overall, it's a good game, but you know, where we want to be and the type of team we want to be also is, we've got to be a little bit better defensively. Too many good scoring opportunities and too many defensive breakdowns."
Tim Thomas made 35 saves for the Panthers (23-32-7). But most of the focus the day before the NHL Trade Deadline was on the return of Luongo, who played for the Panthers from 2000-06. Florida also acquired forward Steve Anthony in exchange for forward Shawn Matthias and goaltender Jacob Markstrom.
Florida coach Peter Horachek did not want to use the busy day off the ice (the Panthers also traded defenseman Mike Weaver to the Montreal Canadiens and signed forward Brad Boyes to a two-year contract extension) as an excuse.
"I think that's a natural reaction a little bit. There's a lot of people thinking, 'What's going on? Tomorrow at 3 o'clock, what's happening there? Am I next? What's going on?' I don't know," said Horachek, whose team was outshot 39-24. "But those are excuses. And I don't think that as professionals, I guess, you can't let that go in. It's a business, you've got to understand that sometimes you're going to be traded, and sometimes you're not, and you can only do what you have to do. You still have to go out and play.
"[The Bruins] may be in a different situation because they're at the top of the heap, and they're probably not feeling maybe threatened, but they play hard and play well, and that's the benchmark. That's the team you have to gauge yourself by. When you compete against that team on a night-to-night basis, then that's when you're competing for playoff spots."
The Bruins (39-17-5), who allowed the first goal in each of their prior three games, played from ahead against the Panthers. It took 7:29 for Krejci to get Boston on the scoreboard; the center intercepted a Tom Gilbert pass down low and beat Thomas with a high shot from the slot. Krejci earlier intercepted a pass at the red line and dumped the puck into the Florida end.
Iginla put the Bruins ahead 2-0 at 11:01. He made a cross-ice pass to Jordan Caron, then one-timed a rebound of Caron's shot past Thomas from the right faceoff dot. The Bruins outshot the Panthers 14-7 in the first period.
Krejci extended the Bruins' lead to 3-0 with a wrist shot from the high slot high to the stick side at 19:12 of the second period. Florida defenseman Dylan Olsen blocked Kevan Miller's point shot, but the deflection went to a wide-open Krejci.
Brian Campbell scored for Florida at 12:47 of the third period on a spinning backhand from the blue line. Over the course of the game, the Panthers hit the post at least four times.
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After many on-campus interviews, call-backs and fancy dinners, I found myself at the end of my first year of law school without a summer associateship. I was told that summer associateships were rare for first-year law students, and that I should not feel discouraged. Nevertheless, my inability to land a job at a large law firm by the end of the semester felt like a failure. If I had only known then what I know now, I would have realized that it was one of the best things that could have ever happened for my career.
That summer I got my hometown's phone book and turned to the section for attorneys. I put on my best suit, grabbed a stack of resumes, and began personally delivering them to each of the law firms. I started at the "A's," and when I got to the "S's," I found a general practitioner that agreed to hire me. A couple of days later I found myself going to work in a charming antebellum house that had been converted into an office off of a street named after a Confederate war hero. Although it wasn't the Buckhead high-rise office building that I had hoped for, I rather enjoyed the quaint, small-town, solo practice that I found myself in. While others were being wined and dined by the large law firms, I was drafting pleadings, sitting in on depositions, and going to trials.
After that summer, I was certain that I wanted to be a trial layer. I realized that in order to become a successful trial lawyer, I needed to seek employment with a law firm that would provide me an opportunity to begin actively litigating and trying cases as soon as possible. Often, those firms are smaller and lack the recourses to recruit through legal career services ("LCS") during on-campus interview ("OCI") season. Sometimes, they are not a traditional law firm at all. For example, the District Attorney's office is a great place to learn trial skills, and an insurance company's captive law firm will often provide plenty of personal injury trials for a young lawyer to cut his or her teeth on. Smaller firms may not pay as much at first, but money can't buy trial experience. Trial experience must be earned in the courtroom.
After graduation, I got a job at a suburban firm in Gwinnett County. There, I had the good fortune of working with fantastic lawyers that believed in investing in their young associates. While my friends at the large law firms spent most of their time doing legal research and writing memos, I was taking depositions, trying cases and arguing before the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. After I had acquired some useful litigation and trial experience, I began to realize that I could add value to firms that preferred to hire trial lawyers with enough experience to begin litigating and trying cases right away. Eventually, I did end up working in a Buckhead high-rise office building. I was hired by Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, LLP, a trial lawyer's firm that specializes in business litigation, class action, mass torts, and catastrophic personal injury cases.
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Determined to dilute at least one violent, vengeful superhero story next year, Fox has followed up its recent plans to adapt D.C.'s The Spectre by also buying The Punisher, a drama series based on the Marvel comic and the fact that network television is pretty sure a comic-book show should have worked by now. Of course, much as The Spectre will likely soften its gruesome stories of ironic revenge to make them ready for primetime, The Punisher will get its own slightly more heroic take from former Criminal Minds showrunner Ed Bernero. He sees The Punisher as more of a standard police procedural, with Frank Castle working as a "rising star detective" in New York who moonlights as a vigilante "seeking justice for those the system has failed."
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In a big win for athletes and entertainers everywhere, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled yesterday in Hart v. Electronic Arts that the First Amendment does not definitively protect Electronic Arts's unlicensed use of college football players' likenesses in commercial video games -- not even where the video games include creative elements apart from the players' likenesses.
This decision overturns an earlier opinion by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey that had held Electronic Arts's use of college athletes' likenesses in its NCAA Football video games was insulated from liability by the First Amendment due to the games' inclusion of creative elements unrelated to player avatars, as well as due to a feature that allows users to alter avatar appearances.
In reversing the lower court decision, the appellate court explained that "[a]n artist depicting a celebrity must contribute something more than a 'merely trivial' variation" to benefit from First Amendment protection. In addition, the court found the variation required for First Amendment protection must be to the celebrity's likeness itself, and not exclusively to background elements.
The court further went on to explain that "to hold otherwise could have deleterious consequences [because] blatant misappropriation [of one's likeness] would count for nothing so long as the larger work, on balance, created highly creative elements in great abundance."
For recent college football players, this ruling was very much a win, as it opens the doors to the possibility of sharing revenues from the NCAA Football video game series with both Electronic Arts and the NCAA. In addition, this ruling may partially offset a current injustice where "the NCAA shamelessly licenses its intellectual property rights to video game publishers [such as Electronic Arts]" but at the same time "prevents [video game] publishers from negotiating directly with college athletes to acquire rights to use their likenesses."
In addition, yesterday's ruling provides an important win for professional athletes and entertainers that wish to preserve control over the use of their likenesses. Indeed, yesterday's ruling makes it far more difficult for video game manufacturers to use the unlicensed likenesses of singers and dancers in musical video games -- claiming as a defense that the avatars of these entertainers appear alongside a fictional backdrop and are mutable by their users.
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Perhaps, this would have been the logical next step had the district court's ruling in Hart not reversed.
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Thu, Dec 6th 2007 4:12am
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Every time you think that the tide is turning and people are beginning to realize the ridiculousness of overly burdensome IP laws, some politicians start doing the dirty work of Hollywood's worst lobbyists. The latest may be the most ridiculous yet -- though, it certainly wasn't unexpected. Remember how NBC Universal execs started whining about how law enforcement's priorities were all screwed up, since they were focused on pointless things like burglary and bankrobbing rather than copyright violations? That was merely the starting point in a lobbying campaign for the new PRO IP (Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act) bill that has been introduced with backing of both top Republicans and Democrats. As the bill's not particularly subtle name makes clear, this law is all about giving Hollywood much of what it has been asking for. Rather than decreasing the ridiculous fines that can be handed out for copyright infringement, this law would increase them. But, more importantly, it sets up a brand new gov't agency within the executive branch to help crack down on "piracy." This despite increasing evidence that "piracy" isn't a problem for the economy at all -- but rather a problem for a few big companies with obsolete business models (who just happen to have tremendous lobbying clout) who are too lazy to even bother trying to adapt to a changing market place. This bill isn't just corporate welfare. It would be creating an entire government agency whose sole job it would be to protect the unnecessary and obsolete business model of a few dying companies while stifling innovative tools and services at every turn. It would help to kill off our creative industries by falsely assuming that creativity needs to be funneled through a few big companies. It's a disgusting travesty of the political process.
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Ajax 4Hire, 6 Dec 2007 @ 4:29am
Illegal Immigration was not a problem in the US10 years ago but it is today.
I don't agree with the Hollywood types, DCMA, RIAA and their ilk but I also do not agree with the government passing laws and not enforcing them.
There is nothing new in this law.
Simply fund the agencies that police the laws.
Again this is sample of US government in action;
Do nothing about current laws, just pass more laws.
Do nothing to enforce existing laws.
Soon the burden, the weight of the entire US Legal System will be more than the world can bare. The US will collapse not by apathy, invasion, technology or disaster; The US will colapse under its own weight in laws, nothing will be possible without law suit. The US is getting close.
Tom, 6 Dec 2007 @ 5:01am
Re: Illegal Immigration was not a problem in the USounds like you are jealous.
Thanks for your opinion, but I like living in the US. Tell you what- you give up everything that the US has inspired- every invention, every technological and social advance- and I will visit you in the cave that you will live in.
fuse5k, 6 Dec 2007 @ 5:13am
Re: Re: Illegal Immigration was not a problem in tI think you will find that there are other places in the world that are not america.
plenty things get invented elsewhere
Doug, 6 Dec 2007 @ 8:00am
Re: Re: Illegal Immigration was not a problem in tSounds good, but only if you reciprocate and give up things the rest of the world invented - TV, telephones, penicillin . . . those are just off the top of my head (can you tell I'm Scottish ;). You are unbelievably arrogant and ignorant if you think the US is the sole or even most significant innovator in the world.
Blind patriotism for the FAIL.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2007 @ 9:01am
Re: Re: Re: Illegal Immigration was not a problem"Sounds good, but only if you reciprocate and give up things the rest of the world invented - TV, telephones, penicillin . . . those are just off the top of my head"
He'd also have to give up computers (invented by an Englishman, Charles Babbage), AC Current and radio (invented by Nikola Tesla, who was Serbian), electric motors (Michael Faraday, another Englishman), batteries, (Alessandro Volta, Italian), and several other things.
Nico, 6 Dec 2007 @ 8:31am
Re: Re: Illegal Immigration was not a problem in tWhy the polarity? There's distinguishable differences between claiming that a country is on the wrong track, and outright boycotting it. Don't give us that "You're either with us or against us" rhetoric.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2007 @ 9:10am
Re: Re: Illegal Immigration was not a problem in tYou are the embodiment of the American idiot. I could do without the broken healthcare, the IP system where the lawyers win instead of the actual innovators, the corporate puppets that sit in public offices everywhere, the illusion of control for the common man...just the top of the list.
The MPAA and RIAA will not rest until they either run out of money, or are legally permitted (or even better, required) to search everyones computer for pirated material.
Being critical of our nation is not saying you want to leave it, or should leave it. It's important that someone take their nose from the grindstone long enough to recognize that our country needs improvement and soon. The "we need to control spending, but we need to fight for 'freedom' in Iraq, or and hey, while we're over there, Iran too" line doesn't fly with me. With an Oil man at the helm, and a defense contractor as his first mate, where do you think this boat is headed? Iran, it seems, despite our own intelligence.
If you were an international terrorist, where would you be? Fighting one of the most powerful military in the world? Or quietly submerging yourself into our society in preparation for your next attack?
The war for "Freedom" is a joke, its a war to dupe the American tax payer out of their money and put it in the pockets of the powerful.
We the people...need to wake up and take this country back from big business.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2007 @ 6:29am
Re: Illegal Immigration was not a problem in the UIllegal Immigration still isn't the problem, and it never has been, and probably never will be. The "problem" is why people want to enter, illegally or not, America in the first place.
The parallels with copyright infringement/piracy should be obvious to anyone with half a brain.
Buggy Whip Inc, 6 Dec 2007 @ 5:01am
'Bout timeMaybe they can be convinced to outlaw that horrible contraption called a horseless carriage.
Mediadeafener, 6 Dec 2007 @ 5:04am
How much money will that agency eat in 10 years?Nice idea, that anti-piracy government agency. Soon they will come up with an encrypted P2P protocol, which will make it really hard to track down pirates and come up with believable lawsuits against them. How much money will such an agency need in 10 years, considering that it's not only the police who evolve in fighting pirates, also the pirates come up with new ways to ensure their privacy.
I don't see this bill serving the U.S. economy nor a democratic system of law; it serves the whims of a few corporate execs - and people who REALLY want to get rid of YOUR privacy. The only way they can catch pirates in the future will be demolishing any privacy in the internet completely. And even if they accomplished this, there's still the rest of the world - most of which will never accept such laws. 1984 is supposed to be in the past.
Ferin, 6 Dec 2007 @ 5:15am
Nice to see hollywood get their money's worth.Ah, how nice to see Berman's representing his constituents so well. I love this country and the dems, but shit like this really makes it tough not to wanna go join the pirate party.
Lack of Due ProcessThe demand of the content producers to force "enforcement responsibility" on third parties that facilitate distribution of that content violates due process. Based on what I have been reading, there is virtually no discussion questioning whether the content producers would even have a right to assert "ownership". Just because someone says that they own somenting is not actual proof that they indeed own it.
We seem to be creating "law" where the content producers, without proof, can claim that they "own" content, can then force the so-called "infringer" to stop using the content, and can force a third party to assume an enforcement obligation that violates due process.
For example, suppose the RIAA tells a University network administrator that a certain song is "owned" by them. The University without proof then does something to the student and after extensive investigation, it is determined that the song was really in the public domain?
Killer_Tofu (profile), 6 Dec 2007 @ 5:49am
Thats ItIf this gets even passed in either the house or senate, I am going to run for office.
Somebody has to stop them.
This is absolutely preposterous.
Taco Tanto, 6 Dec 2007 @ 5:50am
Another sign of the declining timesThat is just great, one more agency to dominate the people. Is anyone asking if the people really want more restrictions on their freedoms, have their privacy invaded and the like? What about foreign nations lack of IP policy enforcement?
SteveD, 6 Dec 2007 @ 6:25am
Money = PowerI find it disturbing that media companies are steadily redefining IP laws to suit their business interests.
This is a debate that should be in the public domain involving artist, consumer and content providers. Instead it seems its being carried out by corporate lobby groups behind closed doors.
I don't think I could be any more disillusioned with the media industry, or the Government.
Overcast, 6 Dec 2007 @ 6:29amWhat a joke - guess what though, I STILL won't buy CD's.
Because - anymore, even playing them in your car, loud enough for someone to hear is 'copyright infringement' right? With all that, I think I best just stay away from copy written music. Best to be on the safe side, you've convinced me!!
If it's not public domain, I'll avoid it.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2007 @ 7:21amWell I'd much rather have a government agency looking for me than a private agency, all they do is waste money without providing results - This makes it another stupid move on the part of the dying business model, jumping on the U.S. Titanic Governement
bshock, 6 Dec 2007 @ 9:06am
If someone wants to commit suicide...
Nick (profile), 6 Dec 2007 @ 9:10amIs this reminding anyone of the "war on drugs"?
Big_Mike (profile), 6 Dec 2007 @ 9:51am
Mine all mineI'm going to patent my new concept. It's called "Nothing" Nothing is great, you can throw nothing and nothing comes back, you can bounce nothing and nothing bounces back. From now on if you are doing nothing, give nothing, get nothing, or use nothing you have to pay me a nickle. I think a nickle is enough.
Big_Mike (profile), 6 Dec 2007 @ 9:53am
Re: Mine all mineOh yeah and if you pay me nothing you have to pay me a nickle too (MuhAhahah)
Scott_P, 6 Dec 2007 @ 11:01am
Stop Bitching...and FAX your Congressman and Senators (email does no real good, but faxes for some odd reason get through). Let them know you will NOT vote for someone who would vote for this legislation. That also means you have to register to VOTE as well and follow through. All the lobbying in the world wont move a politician if they think it will cost them votes in a close election
Anonymous Coward, 8 Dec 2007 @ 1:31pm
Re: Stop Bitching
All the lobbying in the world wont move a politician if they think it will cost them votes in a close electionThe extra votes they get due to the extra advertising they can buy with all the money and other support they get from Hollywood far, far outweighs the few they loose to a few "malcontents", as they view them. And when they retire from politics they might get a nice cushy job from Hollywood too. How are you going to compete with that?
Anonymous Coward, 24 Jun 2008 @ 1:41amteehee
maths is WRONG..!!
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George W. Bush continuously criminally stalked Margie Schoedinger to the point that she could not get away from it, and she committed suicide in desperation to escape: he murdered her.
"In her suit, Margie Schoedinger states that George W. Bush committed sexual crimes against her, organized harassment and moral pressure on her, her family members and close relatives and friends. As Schoedinger said, she was strongly recommended to keep her mouth shut. . . . Furthermore, she alleges that George Bush ordered to show pressure on her to the point, when she commits suicide" (blog of drizzten).
"One of those very least were George Bush's personal complicity in the death (murder to be precise) of my friend Margie Schoedinger in September of 2003" (Leola McConnell (Nevada Progressive Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010)).
Leola McConnell is correct: Bush applying pressure (continuously criminally stalking Margie Schoedinger) purposefully to force Margie Schoedinger to commit suicide does in fact constitute murder.
BEWARE: If the president of the United States hates one—for whatever reasons—he can continuously criminally stalk one to the point that one cannot get away from it, and one ultimately commits suicide in desperation to escape. He can murder people in this way.
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Bush's method of murdering Margie Schoedinger cannot exist in a vacuum: he must have murdered other people in the same way.
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In a generally sluggish global economic environment, the economies of the industrialized countries were rather more dynamic than in the previous year. Overall, these countries' real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by approximately 1.9 % (2014: 1.7 %). The US economy once again proved to be a stable cornerstone of the global economy. Supported by lively private consumption and solid investment by companies, the United States achieved overall economic growth of 2.4 %. In Japan, the economy revived slightly at the beginning of the year, but then reverted to a rather weaker phase. Due only to the positive start of the year, 2015 as a whole resulted in slight growth of approximately 0.5 %.
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Unlike the industrialized countries, the overall economic growth of the emerging markets slowed down in the year under review. It amounted to only about 3.3 % (2014: 4.3 %), and was thus almost as low as most recently during the financial crisis in the year 2009. The main reason was the repeated drop in raw-material prices, which had a major impact above all on the economic development of the raw-material exporting countries. Some economies such as Russia and Brazil were actually in distinct recession. Another factor was substantial currency depreciation in some major emerging economies. The slowdown of growth in China to a rate of 6.9 % was roughly as expected so the country's economic restructuring fortunately continued without a hard landing. However, the significant correction of the Chinese stock market in the middle of the year triggered considerable uncertainty in the global financial markets.
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BB King - Loss of a legend
Really sad to hear that BB King has passed away. The term legend is thrown around a lot these days, but this guy truly was one. One of the last of the true delta blues men, and a fantastic performer. Consoling myself with the fact that he's kicked the ar$e out of it for 89 years.
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Not often I comment on the RIP stuff, but totally agree with all of the above, was fortunate enough to see him play live when I was a lot younger than I am now.
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Agree 100%. In this case the word "legend" doesn't even start to describe him. R.I.P.
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Throughout our voyage I was often reminded of old hymns which use the metaphor of the ocean to describe attributes of God:
"There's a wideness in God's mercy like the wideness of the sea." "Oh the deep deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless free! Rolling as a mighty ocean in it's fullness over me."
From The Love of God by Fredrick Lehmann written in 1917, " Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made. Were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade: To write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry, Nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky."
Marigot Bay in St Lucia where the movie 'Dr. Dolittle' was filmed in 1967.
The Pitons, two volcanic spires that rise over 2000 feet on the shores of St. Lucia.
The island of St Kitts was well protected by the Brimstone Hill Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site dating back to the 17th and 18th century, built with African slave labour.
Timothy Hill on the island of St Kitts overlooks the peninsula that divides the Atlantic ocean to the left and the Caribbean Sea to the right.
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Of course the sea was not only marvelled at from a distance, but tasted and embraced in it's buoyancy as we floated, swam and snorkeled. A wonderful 25 degrees C.
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At the end of each day, our minds full of the beauty of the sea, the sun would fall below the horizon turning the waters an inky black.


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Serum T3 Uptake is a test to measure thyroid (thi-roid) function. The thyroid gland is located in the front part of your neck. The hormone is called triiodothyronine (try-i-o-doe-thy-row-neen) or just T3. A hormone is a substance made by one organ in your body. It travels in the blood to another organ to help the other organ work. The T3 hormone can be measured in your blood by this special laboratory test. The results of this test help your caregiver to see if your thyroid gland is working OK.
Why do I need it?
Your good health depends on a thyroid gland that is working OK. The thyroid hormones have an effect on most cells in your body. Other thyroid tests may be done at the same time as the T3 Uptake. If you are taking thyroid medicines, this test may be needed to see how the medicines are working. Your caregiver may want you to have this test if you have symptoms of hyperthyroidism (hi-per-thi-roid-is-um) or hypothyroidism (hi-po-thi-roid-is-um). Hyperthyroidism means you have too much thyroid hormone. Hypothyroidism means you do not have enough thyroid hormone.
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(JENNINGS CO.) - On Thursday, a Jennings County judge rejected a guilty plea to a drinking charge by a Seymour woman facing an unrelated reckless homicide charge in Jackson County.
Brianne E. Maynard, 18, had planned to plead guilty to illegal consumption of alcohol, a Class C misdemeanor, during a change of plea hearing Thursday morning, but Jennings Superior Court Judge Gary Lee Smith refused that agreement.
Deputy Prosecutor Donna Marsh declined to discuss Smith's decision but said the case is now back in the hands of Maynard and her attorney, Bradley A. Johnson of Seymour.
Johnson, who could not be reached for comment, could try to work out a new plea agreement with the prosecutor's office or the case could go to trial, Marsh said.
Maynard was arraigned in the beginning of August in Jackson Circuit Court on four charges for her role in the death of Crystal D. Engelking. The 35-year-old Freetown woman died following a head-on collision June 1.
Maynard, arrested Thursday, faces four Class C felony charges: reckless homicide, causing death when operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, causing death when operating a motor vehicle with a BAC of .08 or more, and causing death when operating a motor vehicle with a Schedule I and II controlled substance.
She is currently being held on a $10,005 cash bond.
The head-on collision happened in the 2000 block of State Road 258 in Jackson County near Cortland.
18-year-old Brianne E. Maynard, of Seymour, was traveling east her car while 35-year-old Engleking, was going west in her pickup truck when the two vehicles collided head-on.
Officers arrived at the scene around 8:30 a.m. The Hamilton Township Fire Department had to use the Jaws of Life to free both drivers.
A passenger in the truck, Nathan Engleking, was taken to Schneck Medical Center in Seymour for minor injuries. Maynard and Crystal Engleking suffered life threatening injuries and were airlifted to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis from Schneck Medical Center.
According to Jackson County Deputy Darin Downs, Crystal D. Engleking was pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital.
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I was looking for some quick little projects to use up some small scrappy bits of fabric, and found this really cool bean bag tutorial ... I love the idea of having throwing, counting games :) These bean bags not only helped with reducing my fabric stash a tad, they also helped with my pantry clear out, using a packet of pretty old lentils that had been forgotten about! (Each bag took half a cup) :D
The bibs were made from an old, 1971 Simplicity baby pattern (another Op Shop find). I doubt that this pattern differs at all from its modern day equivalent (other than its awesome 20c price tag!) ... I love to use patterns that have been used
before, especially all those years ago! ... its cool to imagine who made it and what their fabric choices were like etc. My favourite pattern finds are the ones with handwritten names, notes and corrections on them
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SOUTH PORTLAND — Federal officials said it could take months to determine what caused the plane crash that killed a 50-year-old South Portland pilot.
Stephen D. Cardelli Jr. was killed when his single-engine Cessna 177 crashed shortly after take-off from New Hampshire's Laconia Airport on June 13, en route to Portland.
A funeral was held June 19 at the Green Memorial Church on Sheridan Street in Portland.
Detective Eric Bredbury of the Gilford, N.H., Police Department said the crash was reported at 4:04 p.m. along Route 3, about a mile from the airport. Gilford said the plane struck two trees near the Margate Resort, 81 Lake St., before crashing near a parking lot.
"The tail of the plane came to rest on the car of one of the customers (with) minimal damage," Bredbury said. "Nobody was injured other than the pilot."
According to an obituary from Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home, Cardelli was born July 4, 1958, and was a single father who raised a 25-year-old daughter. He was described as an accomplished chef and a champion boxer, who volunteered as a referee for the Portland Boxing Club.
"When he was excited, he was like a 5-year-old boy," the obituary said, "but when he was angry, he had the force of a level 5 hurricane."
Cardelli was described as an accomplished pilot who had successfully landed a disabled aircraft before, saving his passengers. He had just purchased the Cessna he was flying at the time of the June 13 crash. His obituary said New Hampshire State Police and witnesses described Cardelli as a hero for successfully navigating the crippled plane away from buildings and pedestrians.
The fact that nobody other than Cardelli was injured is even more miraculous, since the crash happened at a busy resort on Lake Winnipesaukee and coincided with the start of the 84th Laconia Motorcycle Week, an event that attracts thousands of bikers from across the country.
An investigation into the crash is being conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration.
NTSB Investigator Shawn Etcher said his agency is in the process of gathering evidence, including the pieces of the plane. He said it would take six months to a year for the agency to determine a cause.
Etcher said the FAA is responsible for releasing a toxicology test performed on Cardelli. No one at the FAA could be immediately reached for information about the test, which is standard procedure.
The New Hampshire Medical Examiner's Officer said Cardelli's death was caused by head and chest injuries.


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April 19 — Four months after nearly 200 nations finally reached an historic deal in Paris to address climate change, more than 160 of them will send representatives April 22 to sign it in New York, in hopes of getting the deal entered into force well before 2020.
United Nations and world leaders are touting the likely historic nature of the April 22 ceremony—they expect to set a record for the number of leaders signing an international agreement on a single day—with a total of 162 nations planning to send representatives to UN headquarters, the UN said April 19. They include the U.S., Japan, Australia, Canada, and European nations but also developing countries, including India, Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the record gathering, drawing more than 60 heads of state, including French President Francois Hollande, will underscore world commitment to implement the climate accord. He said it would outstrip the previous record of 119 nations that traveled to Jamaica more than 30 years ago to sign the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
"People say a [world] record exists to be broken," Ban said April 15 at a World Bank forum. "Well, this time we are going to break [that] record.""
Some may ask about the importance of a signing ceremony, Ban said. But he acknowledged that the outpouring of support will remove any doubts that a global effort to address climate change is underway.
Italian Minister of Environment Gian Luca Galletti, who will accompany Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to the one-day ceremony, called the event "the end of the beginning for the Paris Agreement process."
"It's an important milestone, but also a promise," Ban said, for the work needed "to make its terms count."
After the April 22 morning signing ceremony, heads of state and other national representatives are to give remarks throughout the day. Beyond the pomp and circumstance, the fact that so many countries are to arrive to sign the deal on April 22 may have little impact on implementing the Paris Agreement—those countries that don't show up technically still have up to a year after that day to sign on.
Also on the agenda for the weekend are a climate finance ministerial hosted by the U.S. on April 23 and an April 24 meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate. The MEF forum brings together climate negotiators from the 16 top-emitting nations as well as the European Union.
The ceremony in New York will be held against a backdrop of nagging concern that countries are entering a lull in climate action, losing momentum after reaching the international agreement in Paris. World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim warned last week against countries essentially resting on their laurels now that a deal has been reached (73 DEN A-9, 4/15/16).
To some degree, the Earth Day signing ceremony, held on the first day the agreement is open for signature, is a sort of opening day for a yearlong process in which nations have to sign the climate accord reached in December. The Paris Agreement—reached after more than 20 years of on-again, off-again progress in UN climate talks—for the first time committed developed and developing nations alike to address rising greenhouse gas emissions.
What will unfold after April 22 is a likely one-to-two year process of ratification or other domestic approval by nearly 200 nations, after which it would enter into force, although the terms of the agreement won't apply until 2020.
Given the time it will take for individual countries to ratify the agreement, the earliest it could likely enter into force is a year or two early—most likely 2018 or 2019.
The Paris Agreement would only enter into force if 55 countries representing 55 percent of global emissions ratify it, or—as in the case of the U.S.—approve it using executive authority (20 DEN A-3, 2/1/16).
There is little expectation countries will fall short on hitting that threshold, given the U.S., China and the European Union—responsible for roughly half of global emissions—are expected to implement the deal.
But according to the World Resources Institute, at least one of the big emitters—the U.S., China, the EU or India—must sign on and ratify the deal to ensure nations can hit the minimum threshold of covering 55 percent of global emissions.
President Barack Obama isn't scheduled to attend the signing ceremony; rather, Secretary of State John Kerry is instead to arrive to sign the Paris accord for the U.S., a State Department spokesman said April 19, adding that no other U.S. Cabinet officials are slated to attend.
According to the UN, only heads of state, heads of government and foreign affairs ministers are generally "empowered" to sign such international agreements.
Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping jointly vowed in March to join the pact "as soon as possible this year" and urged other nations to follow suit to get on with the work needed to fulfill the accord's pledge of putting a brake on rising global temperatures (63 DEN A-5, 4/1/16).
The UN is holding a day of activities in and around the UN to bracket the signing of the climate deal, with Ban hoping to highlight the need for rapid action in the years ahead if the world is to put the brakes on rising global temperatures.
At the core of the Paris deal is a pledge to keep temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming since preindustrial times and "pursue" efforts to keep warming to within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit).
Negotiators in Paris also formalized a pledge by developed nations to ratchet up climate finance to developing nations to $100 billion-a-year by 2020—from combined public and private sources—and possibly increase it in the years beyond.
Others participating in events beyond the morning signing ceremony besides Ban include Xie Zhenhua, China's special representative on climate change; the outgoing head of the UN climate secretariat, Christiana Figueres, who is stepping down in July; former Vice President Al Gore, now chairman of Generation Investment Management and the Climate Reality Project; and Liu Zhenya, who chairs China's State Grid Corp.
The day's events also include a luncheon in the afternoon termed a High-Level Signature Ceremony of Paris Agreement, with Juan Manuel Santos, president of Colombia, and Hollande, the French president. Gore will give keynote remarks at the luncheon.
Others attending various events are Segolene Royal, the French environment and energy minister who is coordinating the post-Paris negotiations as president of the 21st Conference of the Parties to the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the parent treaty to the deal reached in Paris; Li Se Kengo, executive director of the UN Global Compact; California Gov. Jerry Brown (D); and Frank Bainimarama, the prime minister of Fiji.
Nations are to resume talks on implementing verification requirements and other issues at negotiations in Bonn, Germany, May 16-26, and high-level UN talks (COP-22) scheduled for Nov. 7-18 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
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Korean film festival makes a debut in Lagos
The Nigerian film industry continues to attract interest from far and near. Such indication became evident last week with the first Korean Film Festival taking place in Lagos. The festival's aim was to get Nigeria and South Korea to work together for possible collaborations.
According to the Director of Korean Cultural Centre, Abuja, Sungrae Han, "I know that Nigerian films are very popular on the African continent. They have a very strong presence in the international film industry and many people enjoy Nollywood films. As such, I think that it is very meaningful for us to be here for the purpose of cultural exchange, especially between Korea and Nigeria. I look forward to our partnership in the future."
The festival screened some award-winning Korean films from an industry considered the "most popular in the world," according to Han. The opening movie, A Hard Day, a suspense-filled film, had the audience sitting on the edge of their seat. It is about a homicide detective, Ko Gun-su, who, while driving back from his mother's funeral, runs over a man in a dark, deserted street. In a moment of desperation, he dumps the body in a coffin alongside his mother. A few days later, Gun-su flips through a listing of open cases and finds his accident victim. His colleague is on the accident case and is slowly making progress. To make matters worse, a witness steps forward – a detective named Park Chang-min…
Other movies screened at the three days festival included All About My Wife and Man on The Edge. There was also Korean instant food bazaar, where guests enjoyed a treat of convenient, tasty and nutritious meals made by the Korean community in Lagos.
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I can't believe how fast the time has gone by...I've really been growing lately, or should I say Tallis has been growing. Just 8 weeks left...and that's if I make it to 40 weeks! 37 weeks is considered full term so it's time to start getting ready!
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America's Four Middle Classes
There isn't one American middle class; there are four. Each is different from the others in its attitudes, outlook and financial circumstance—sometimes in ways that defy traditional stereotypes of the middle class.
The Middle Class Blues
When it comes to anxiety about family finances, an old truism applies: Where you stand depends on where you sit. Or, more precisely, on where your house or apartment sits.
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Only 13% of adults say it's "very important" for them to be wealthy, ranking this personal priority far behind six others measured in a new survey .
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Americans feel stuck in their tracks. A majority of survey respondents say that in the past five years, they either haven't moved forward in life or have fallen backward.