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FAA prohibits U.S. flights to Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv
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A number of the world's leading airlines on Tuesday suspended flights to Israel's main airport after a rocket fired from Gaza struck about a mile from its runways.
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered U.S. airlines to stop flying to or from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport for at least 24 hours, and the European Aviation Safety Agency issued a warning to its airlines to stop its flights.
The action came just days after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine, where government troops have been battling Russian-backed separatists.
The flight suspensions to Israel were the latest development in the 15-day-old conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza, with neither side showing any sign of backing down. At least 41 rockets were fired from Gaza toward Israel on Tuesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
The FAA ordered Delta Air Lines, US Airways and United Airlines to suspend their flights to Tel Aviv. "The notice was issued in response to a rocket strike which landed approximately one mile" from the airport Tuesday morning, the FAA said.
"…The FAA will continue to monitor and evaluate the situation. Updated instructions will be provided to U.S. airlines as soon as conditions permit, but no later than 24 hours" from when the suspension was ordered.
A number of European airlines as well as Turkish Airlines suspended flights after an advisory issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency.
EASA "strongly recommends airspace users to refrain from operating to and from Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport," according to the advisory.
As of Tuesday evening, the Israel Airport Authority was showing a number of flight cancellations, but British Airways and a handful of smaller airlines still appeared to be operating flights.
Operations at the airport in Tel Aviv continued Tuesday after the FAA issued its order, according to CNN's Atika Shubert, who was reporting from Ben Gurion Airport. Shubert said she saw a rocket being intercepted near the airport. "This is the environment that the planes are flying in and out of," she said.
The Israel Airport Authority said the U.S. companies made the decisions on their own, and it urged them to reconsider, saying the airport was safe. "There is no reason that American carriers should stop flying to Israel and thus give a prize to terror," it said.
But aviation security consultant Jeff Price called the decision by airlines to halt flights to Tel Aviv's airport for the moment "a prudent measure" that was likely influenced by the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines jetliner over Ukraine.
"The airline must protect their passengers and their asset (the airplane) from death, damage and destruction, so they aren't going to fly into a location that they believe to be unsafe," Price said.
"This is the same situation that airlines encounter during natural disasters like hurricanes, where the airlines move their aircraft out of harm's way until the storm has passed. This is a storm of a different kind, and I think because of MH17 people are more sensitive to their commercial flight flying over an area where military ordnance is being hurled around."
Delta Air Lines and American Airlines, the parent company of US Airways, both suspended service to Ben Gurion Airport before the FAA notice was issued.
The Lufthansa Group has suspended flights to Israel for the next 36 hours, including Lufthansa's Austrian Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines flights, according to a Lufthansa official.
Dutch flag carrier KLM has canceled a flight to Israel that was due to depart Tuesday evening. The company said it is still looking into whether future flights will be canceled.
The airport is the premier gateway between Israel and the rest of the world.
"Perhaps no other airport in the world has been the focus of so many terror threats for so long. But Ben Gurion Airport has a remarkable safety record. It is one of the most secure airports in the world," said CNN anchor John Vause, who previously spent three years as a Jerusalem-based correspondent.
"Israel has invested a lot to keep the airport safe, and many within Israel will be extremely concerned if it is now within reach of Hamas rockets," Vause said.
Vause was on Delta Air Lines Flight 468, which was en route Tuesday from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Tel Aviv when it was diverted to Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport.
It's very unusual for the FAA to prohibit U.S. carriers from flying to a particular airport, said Mary Schiavo, a former U.S. Department of Transportation inspector general, via e-mail.
"The FAA does not like to restrict flight operations," Schiavo said via e-mail. "In the past when the FAA has done it there have been diplomatic consequences."
The Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 tragedy last week likely affected the decision, she said. Aviation security expert Richard Bloom agreed that MH17 played a part in the decision to restrict flights.
"Another part of it is the actual war going between Hamas and Israel. Hamas has displayed some surprises – how many missiles they have and how far they can go. That explains why a number of (airlines) are getting out," said Bloom, director of terrorism, intelligence and security studies at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
"It's extremely, extremely difficult to protect a commercial aircraft," he said.
Travel agents are scrambling to inform and rebook travelers.
"We are in touch with all our clients, and we're obviously helping to move them to another airline," said Iris Hami, owner of Gil Travel in Philadelphia.
Hami said her agency is working closely with Israel's El Al Airlines. El Al continued to operate its regular schedule Tuesday, including up to five flights a day from the U.S., according to the airline.
Hami said she's rebooking to an El Al flight a group of more than 100 travelers that was scheduled to fly US Airways to Israel Tuesday night.
The flight suspensions come a day after the U.S. State Department asked Americans to consider deferring nonessential travel to Israel and the West Bank.
Monday's travel warning reaffirmed existing guidance against any travel to Gaza, which the State Department said "is under the control of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization." The department urged U.S. citizens already in Gaza to depart immediately.
Other governments are cautioning their citizens against some or all travel to the region.
The United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Monday issued an advisory against all travel to Gaza and noted areas of possible violence in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.
In an alert issued Sunday, Canada advised its citizens to use a "high degree of caution" while traveling in Israel. The government advises against travel to Gaza and areas bordering Gaza, Syria and Egypt.
Last year, Israel received a record 3.5 million visitors, according to the country's Central Bureau of Statistics. Before the recent violence, the bureau reported a record 1.4 million visitors for the first half of 2014, but the escalating violence is likely to put a damper on the numbers.
Visitors to Israel should familiarize themselves with the nearest bomb shelters in case of attack and should avoid areas of Israel near Gaza because of the possibility of attacks from Gaza "with little or no warning," the U.S. State Department advisory says.
The United States has lifted its ban on U.S. carriers flying to and from Tel Aviv, Israel.
CNN's Jason Hanna, Devon Sayers, Suzanne Presto, Amir Tal, Tim Lister, Aaron Cooper, Marlena Baldacci and Justin Lear contributed to this report.


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I have been inconstant about my favourite August Sander photograph. For a long time I had postcards of the three most perfectly Weimar of them pinned just to the right of my desk. The high-school graduate (1926), the secretary in a Cologne radio station (1931) and the wife of the painter Peter Abelen (1927/8). Three twisty Mannerist poses, three exquisitely languid cigarettes. Those three fabulous photographs are direct photographic parallels to the savage portrait of the journalist Sylvia von Hardem by Otto Dix, in her red-checked dress and monocle, which dates from 1926.
At other times, it's been "The Three Farmers", one of the very few photographs to inspire a full-length (and very good) novel: Three Farmers on their Way to a Dance by Richard Powers. Or the travelling mason at the bend in road, in his startling flared trousers and fancy waistcoat. The bartender, with his absurd black toupee . . .
It is conventional to read Sander's portraits as historically and prophetically laden; they throw light back on the collapsing orders of 19th-century Germany, and forward to the horrors of the early 20th. His great catalogue, Men of the Twentieth Century, is cited as a fundamental source so often, and by people expressing so many different things in so many different ways, that it is sometimes hard to see quite what the original added up to.
In the end, it was a heroically ambitious project by a photographer at the peak of his powers, but even he didn't quite know what it all meant. He was a politically cautious man moved to great anger. He was a local patriot from the Westerwald unable to conceal his contempt for some of what his world had fostered. I see Sander crashing the studio habits of the generation before his into the newer habits of lightweight portable cameras and available light. Above all, I see a true photographer; somebody who believed that if you just look well enough something will become clear.
Look at his "Konditormeister (Pastry Cook), Köln Lindenthal", c.1928. See how his ring bites into that fleshy finger. See how he wears the pin-striped trousers and highly polished shoes of a master of his trade. See the tense compromise between the strength of his right fist and the delicacy of those fingers in his left hand. Remember, if you will, that this man must have served in the Great War, and try to imagine what that left in him. See the three great round curves, of his head, his torso, and his mixing bowl. Admire the dusting of flour or sugar on the floor. Admire the way his coat has so much texture it's almost a skin. And once you've done all that, see if you really can read the odd expression in his eyes. He looks a bully, but he wanted Sander to approve of him. You won't lose interest. This is a masterpiece.

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Man shot to death on second-floor balcony of Boynton Beach apartment
Police follow trail of blood to 52-year-old's body
An early-morning shooting Monday left a man dead and investigators in Boynton Beach searching for his killer.
Boynton Beach police were called to an apartment building on Rider Road shortly after 2 a.m. after several neighbors called 911 to report hearing a gunshot.
Police said when officers arrived, they followed a trail of blood up an exterior staircase leading up to a second-floor apartment. That's where they found the body of 52-year-old Vincent Veasey.
As heartbroken loved ones arrived at the scene, investigators spent the morning canvassing the neighborhood and interviewing neighbors.
It's not clear what led to the shooting.
Veasey's niece, Crystal Wooden, said she's hoping for a quick arrest.
"My uncle's a good person, and he didn't deserve to die like this," Wooden said. "And whoever did it, they need to be sent to prison for life."


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The Strength of Simple Videos
Most of us are not teachers of video production, we're teaching some other subject and using the video project as a means to get students engaged in demonstrating their knowledge and skills. To that end, I always start video projects by outlining what it is I want students to demonstrate through their videos. Then I think about the video creation tools that will fit that purpose. You can see an outline of my process and the tools that I like here.
There two examples on Next Vista that I frequently share to illustrate the strength of simple videos that have clear story lines and purposes. First, is the Black Death In 90 Seconds in which a teacher uses still shots of Legos and other toys to explain the Black Death to students. This video packs in all the basics while entertaining at the same time. Second, is My Name is Michael in which a student named Michael explains what life is like living with Autism. Both videos are embedded below.
Both of the videos above were created with iMovie (now pre-installed on new iPads), but they could have just as easily been created with WeVideo or Windows Movie Maker.


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Very soon, the solar system was a mass of warm and grassy island computers. But Ariadne was far from finished. The best machines ever should be able to answer all the questions, and she knew there was more to see. And so there were soon trees that stood so high and strange that their silver tops crested up into the universe next door. Ariadne grew bridges across the multiverse, the set of all possible universes, just to see what she could see, which is of course the best reason of all. And, on the foot of every bridge she crossed, she gave Meadow to every Earth she found. As did Meadow itself, when it explored on its own, as it was a friendly kind of Damned Stuff, and also because weeds get bloody everywhere.
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Following the other day's reveal of the first photos of Javier Bardem as his still-mysterious Skyfall character, comes a new set of photos that reveal a very familiar James Bond vehicle: 007's classic Aston Martin.
In the photos below, you can also see Daniel Craig on the English set and a location that is rumored to be the villain's base of operations, nicknamed "Skyfall Lodge".
Craig and Bardem join Dame Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney and Ben Whishaw in the Sam Mendes film, which has been officially described as follows:
In 'Skyfall,' Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
Skyfall is scheduled to hit theaters on November 9, 2012.
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While conducting research for the long overdue and nearly completed report on Personal Health Clouds (Dossia, Google Health and HealthVault) came across a recently published report by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) addressing cloud computing security. Though quite long (over 120 pages) the report provides a very comprehensive overview of cloud computing, its benefits, risks and some very good risk assessment tools to assist one in evaluating a cloud solution offering including segmentation by SaaS, IaaS and PaaS.
With the rapid migration to the "cloud computing" paradigm in the healthcare sector, be it personal health clouds, HIE vendors transitioning to PaaS vendors (note: Medicity made their own PaaS announcement yesterday – more to follow in near future), EMR vendors offering hosted solutions, to move to manage and store images in the cloud, and various niche vendors such as Medcommons, who uses Amazon to host its service, a report such as this is quite valuable and instructive both for potential users of cloud services as well as those offering them.
If you have even a remote interest in this subject, trust me, just get the report as it is one of the best I've come across to date.


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Death on NYC train platform leads to $180k mystery
NEW YORK – The mystery began with a heart attack, a man with a past, and a bag of money that federal authorities now want to keep.
In August, a retired Teamster from Boston stepped off an Amtrak train in New York City and collapsed on the platform at Pennsylvania Station. As medics tried to revive him, police searched his backpack for identification. Inside, they found the stuff that "Law & Order" episodes are made of: $179,980 in cash, bundled with rubber bands and tucked inside two plastic bags.
That raised some eyebrows. So did the dead man's background.
William P. Coyman, 75, a lifelong resident of Boston's Charlestown section, had a criminal history dating to 1955. His record included prison time in New Hampshire after he was caught with a pile of cocaine and $20,000 that had just been stolen from a department store.
Coyman's old union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 25, was notorious for its organized crime ties in the 1990s. Years ago, Coyman's name was mentioned in news articles about allegations that union officials were shaking down Hollywood film crews and forcing producers to give cushy film set jobs to gangland hoodlums. He'd worked as a driver on some of the films in question.
Police brought in a drug-sniffing dog, which indicated traces of narcotics in both Coyman's backpack and briefcase, according to a court filing. Investigators contacted one of Coyman's relatives, who said he had been working as a courier for a company called 180 Entertainment and was supposed to have been delivering cash from Boston to Philadelphia when he died.
Agents looked into the company and found that its registered headquarters was a small house in a blue-collar section of Philadelphia, with personal watercraft and two luxury cars parked in the driveway.
All this made the Drug Enforcement Administration very suspicious.
In February, federal prosecutors in New York asked a judge for permission to keep the cash as the suspected proceeds of drug dealing.
Reached by the AP in California, Coyman's son, also named William, declined to speak about the situation, other than to say that the money didn't belong to the family.
"The people connected to that money are probably not good people," he said. "My dad was a great man. But clearly he had a colorful history. ... As a kid growing up, my father was in the newspaper and it was embarrassing. It has been embarrassing my whole life."
Friends and relatives who posted remembrances of Coyman on websites after his death recalled the brighter side of his life, including a fondness for Irish song, loyalty to family and an affinity for the local horse track.
A lawyer from Providence, R.I., has filed court papers claiming the cash on behalf of 180 Entertainment. In the filings, the attorney, Steven D. DiLibero, identified his client as a man named Joseph Burke but didn't explain the company's business or say where the money was headed.
Court records obtained by The Associated Press show that Burke is another longtime Charlestown resident with a colorful past.
In 1988, he was sent to prison for a string of six bank robberies in Florida. At the time, he told FBI agents he had been involved in as many as 18 heists of banks and armored cars, in several states, before being captured in Minnesota.
Prison didn't rob him of his criminal impulses. While still incarcerated, in 1994, Burke was caught in an FBI sting conspiring to distribute 5 kilograms of cocaine in Charlestown with the help of some associates. He had more time tacked on to his sentence and was finally released on a combination of probation and parole in October 2010.
Contacted by The AP, DiLibero said he wouldn't talk about Burke or give any information about the mysterious $180,000.
On April 20, Burke was arrested on an alleged probation violation. Since his release from prison, he had failed a drug test and also had been accused of leaving the country without permission, according to remarks made by lawyers and a judge at an initial hearing on the matter.
Prosecutors involved in Burke's cases in New York and Boston didn't return phone calls. A spokeswoman for the DEA declined to comment.
Real estate documents show that the Philadelphia house listed in some records as the headquarters of 180 Entertainment is owned by Anthony Fedele, a former business partner of the late Philadelphia music producer Stephen Epstein. Before his death, Epstein was known for being a close friend and occasional business partner of Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino, the onetime boss of the Philadelphia mafia.
The courts have yet to rule on whether the DEA will get to keep the money.
Coincidentally, A&E announced in March that it had teamed up with Boston-born actor Mark Wahlberg to make an unscripted docudrama about Coyman's old union, Teamsters Local 25. The union says it cleaned up its act years ago after top officials were convicted in a series of federal racketeering investigations.


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Traverse City is hard to beat when the sun is shining over the beaches of West Bay, but on those days when time is best spent indoors there are plenty of Traverse city rainy-day offerings. Here are our top picks for an awesome time on an otherwise dreary day in Traverse City.
Catch a matinee at the historic State Theatre
Reopened in 2007 after being shuttered since 1991, downtown Traverse City's historic State Theatre has a story almost as dramatic as the art-house films it's known for today. In early 2005, Michigan native and adopted Traverse City hero, Michael Moore, spearheaded an effort to renovate the old movie palace, and the community responded by donating hundreds of thousands of dollars and almost as many in-kind volunteer hours. Today, the volunteer-run, state-of-the art State is again a full-service theater, boasting an unmatched lineup of indie films, tons of special events, and even 25-cent classic and children's matinees. (Worth a visit just to see the replica of a summer night's stars twinkling from the ceiling; and the seats: cushy!) Every summer, it's also ground zero for the renowned Traverse City Film Festival. STATETHEATRETC.ORG.
You may need an umbrella for the outdoor shopping of Traverse City's Downtown, but a wet day is the perfect excuse to delay in some of Northern Michigan's best boutiques.
Hang Out in Traverse City's Many Districts
Summer is high season for strolling and shopping downtown Traverse City. The heart of the action is the three-block stretch on Front Street between Boardman and Union Streets, home to dozens of boutiques, cafes and restaurants. Lots of clothing and home accessories shops, independent bookstores, boutiques for babies, a toy store, gourmet food purveyors and more. Best of all? Many of the retailers showcase locally made goods, making it easy to shop Michigan made. Don't forget to duck down the side-streets and alleys to find off-the-beaten-path shops. 231.922.2050, DOWNTOWNTC.COM.
The West End
On Front Street between Union and Division is a host of independent businesses. Highlights include a doggie boutique, a gourmet kitchen supply shop, a chocolatier and several specialty grocers with regional wines and fabulous food finds from around the region. 231.922.2050, DOWNTOWNTC.COM.
Old Town
On Union Street a few blocks south of Front Street is TC's Old Town district, a handsome shopping district where the vibe shifts to more laid-back. Businesses here include galleries, boutiques, home goods stores, salons, a neighborhood grocer (with a renowned butcher counter) and a handful of casual restaurants, like Blue Tractor Cook Shop, where you can dig into burgers, comfort food and a post-shopping brew. 231.922.2050, DOWNTOWNTC.COM.
Warehouse District
In the 200 block of Garland Street between Front Street and Grandview Parkway, the Warehouse District offers a touch of urban edge in this little city. Formerly home to warehouses and factories, the area has been undergoing a renaissance, with an eclectic variety of shops and eateries moving in to take advantage of the spot's primo location—just blocks from downtown and steps from the beaches on West Bay. 231.922.2050, DOWNTOWNTC.COM.
The Mercato at the Grand Traverse Commons
Find this expansive indoor marketplace on the garden level of Grand Traverse Commons' historic Building 50—one of the gorgeous 19th-century buildings that make up the former Northern Michigan Asylum. The arched corridors, exposed brick alcoves and selection of fine boutiques make for an Old World European feel, which was exactly the developer's intent—as a nod to the building's architectural heritage as well as his own Italian roots. Find a jewelry boutique, furrier, yarn shop, fine art gallery, wine tasting room, bike shop, Michigan-made market and much more. THEVILLAGETC.COM
The South Side
About three miles south of Traverse City is a host of retailers on South Airport Road, anchored by Grand Traverse Mall (GRANDTRAVERSEMALL.COM) and Cherryland Center (CHERRYLANDCENTER.COM). The Mall is home to more than 100 shops, a food court, a nine-screen cinema and even an antique carousel. Cherryland includes a number of national retailers plus Opa! Coney and Grill, a sweet cafe and coney joint specializing in Greek and Polish food.
Grand Traverse Resort
You don't have to be an overnight guest at this resort to meander through the Gallery of Shops, a collection of inventive boutiques ranging from a toy store to gourmet foods boutique to a pro shop. New this year is Mud Pie, a store with hip clothing and accessories, gifts, items for baby, and beachy gear for summer living. 231.534.6705, GRANDTRAVERSERESORT.COM.
Visit a museum
Often Traverse City's history gets overlooked, but the exhibits at these three local museums show off the rich cultural foundations of the Big City by the Bay.
Music House Museum
This beautiful museum's main attraction is its collection of antique musical instruments dating from about 1870 to the 1930s. A walking tour gets you up close to rare nickelodeons, pipe organs, music boxes and other music makers from back in the day. Another highlight: the annual silent film series featuring live accompaniment on the museum's ornate Wurlitzer theater organ. 7377 U.S. 31 N., Williamsburg, 231.938.9300, MUSICHOUSE.ORG.
Dennos Museum
The region's premier art museum is just steps from downtown Traverse City, yet tucked away from the hustle and bustle, as it sits among tall pines and a sculpture courtyard on the oasis-like campus of Northwestern Michigan College. All year long, Dennos maintains a dynamic array of exhibitions, including three galleries that showcase national and regional exhibits. Its permanent collections include the nation's largest and most complete collection of Inuit art, plus the hands-on Discovery Gallery, which will enchant young children—its interactive pieces include an anti-gravity mirror and a "laser harp" that plays music when you pluck its invisible strings. Call or visit online for times, ticket information and a schedule of upcoming exhibits. 1701 E. Front St., Traverse City, 231.995.1055, DENNOSMUSEUM.ORG
Poke around local art galleries. No rush if the skies are stormy.
Gallery Fifty
This mixed-media gallery and boutique shines the spotlight on one-of-a-kind studio jewelry, but also offers an eclectic variety of other works by artists from all 50 states. Themes here include antiquity, mystery, contemporary/abstract, upcycled pieces and found art. Of special note is Gallery Fifty's collection of coveted Fordite and Leland Blue Stone jewelry; the former is a swirling "gem" resulting from hardened automotive paint from Ford's River Rouge factory near Detroit; the latter is slag with a pretty blue hue leftover from Northern Michigan historic iron ore smelters. 800 COTTAGEVIEW DR., SUITE 50, TRAVERSE CITY, 231.932.0775, GALLERYFIFTY.COM.
Take a look at an interview with Gallery Fifty owner, Christie Minervini.
Bella Galleria
A fine art gallery attached to Old Mission Tavern on Old Mission Peninsula, focusing on original works by more than 75 local and regional artists. Don't overlook the adjacent sculpture studio, featuring work by Verna Bartnick, owner of the tavern and gallery. If you're planning an event, ask about renting the banquet room in the middle of the gallery—a gorgeous spot to host any sort of reception. 17015 CENTER RD., TRAVERSE CITY, 231.223.4142,OLDMISSIONTAVERN.COM.
Peninsula Studios
Landscape artists share a space in downtown Traverse City. Walk in, be inspired. 102 S Union St., 231.933.1194.
Grab a cup of coffee and muffin
Listen to the rain pit-pattering the windows and sleep in just a little bit longer. Wake up, if only for breakfast, where you can cozy up with a muffin and mug at these four Traverse City eateries.
This classic bakery has been a Traverse City favorite for more than eight decades. Doughnuts, Danishes and muffins are a few of the many choices for a grab-and-go breakfast, but the shop's new location on Hall Street also has a full menu if you'd like to linger. 231.947.5125, POTTERSBAKERY.COM.
The main attraction here is the shop's namesake baked treats: bite-sized versions of brownies, muffins, cookies, cakes and scones. The tiny delights pair perfectly with the shop's exceptional coffee drinks. 321 E. FRONT ST., 231.421.1353, MORSELSBAKERY.COM.
Eurostop's downtown location makes it a great go-to for nabbing a quick breakfast before a day of shopping Front Street. Take-out choices include breakfast wraps and homemade croissants. 300 E. FRONT ST., 231.421.1168, EUROSTOPCAFE.COM.
Bay Bread
In addition to incredible breads, this West End institution also offers breakfast sandwiches, cinnamon rolls, homemade granola bars and coffee too. The blueberry scone with lime icing is a must. 601 RANDOLPH ST., 231.922.8022, BAYBREADCO.COM
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Join us for our Wednesday fun run and a pint! Enjoy a social run on an out & back course down scenic Swiss Avenue. We usually have a great group of runners at all paces. We start our run at 6:30p or shortly thereafter. Run as far as you want, then head back for a pint! Stick around for our free trivia starting at 7:30pm!


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Think of a dubbel as a Belgian dark strong ale's laid back little brother. There's still a rich malt character complemented by the yeast's fruit and spice—and not an insignificant amount of alcohol—it's all just a little less intense in a dubbel. The beer style originated in monasteries in the Middle Ages, though the style reemerged as something close to a beer we'd recognize around 150 years ago.
A dubbel is a fantastic entry point for those not familiar with Belgian beer and an even better partner for food. The beer's characteristic aromas of plums, raisins, caramel, and warm bread are inviting; the brew is chewy and medium bodied, and it finishes dry and warming. It's a malt parade with a restrained bitterness keeping the whole thing in check.
Brewing your own dubbel is a good exercise in piecing together different specialty grains to create a complex yet coherent malt profile. Let's break down the beer's different elements.
Malt and Sugar
Steering away from the sugar-focused course taken with the Belgian dark strong ale, this dubbel relies more heavily on a variety of specialty malts than sugars to build layers of flavors. This appears to be a more "American" approach to brewing dubbel, as many Belgian brewers still rely on base malts and dark candi syrup.
The goal with this recipe is to have a greater focus on the beer's malt while maintaining complexity. Caramunich provides a dried cherry or plum note and Special B provides a raisin quality. Aromatic malt further enhances the beer's malt aroma. Chocolate malt, despite its name, is more about color adjustment than aroma or flavor. It helps give the beer its deep ruby hue, though it also contributes a slight roasted nuttiness. All told, specialty grains account for just over 15% of this recipe.
The majority of the grist is still made up of two-row Pilsner or pale malt along with a good dose of Munich malt to add a breadiness to the finished beer. Dark Belgian candi syrup will bring dark fruit flavors and aromas to the mix, but keep that addition to less than 8% or so of the recipe, so you don't boost the alcohol too high and thin the body out too much. I also like a pound of wheat malt to improve mouthfeel and head retention.
Once again, hops are relegated to a supporting role. Dubbels typically have a lone bittering addition before or at the beginning of the boil. I prefer a clean-bittering, high-alpha hop like Magnum, but the type is not critical, in my opinion. A few American dubbels are somewhat hoppier, but I wouldn't use more than a modest noble hop addition for flavor and aroma.
Healthy Belgian yeast is essential to achieving the right mix of phenolic spiciness and fruity esters found in a great Dubbel. My yeast of choice for this is the Westmalle strain (Wyeast 3787 or White Labs 530). I've found it to produce aromas of plum, stone fruit, and spice. Another solid choice is the Chimay strain (Wyeast 1214 or White Labs 500), which can be a bit subtler.
Regardless of which yeast you choose, pitch an adequate amount and provide the wort with plenty of oxygen before pitching to ensure a healthy fermentation. Make a yeast starter or buy multiple packs of yeast. I use Mr. Malty's Pitching Rate Calculator to determine how much yeast I'll need for a batch. For aeration, carefully shake the carboy back and forth for a few minutes prior to pitching the yeast or oxygenate for a minute or two with an oxygenation stone, if you have one.
Keep your temperature stabilized on the cool side (64°F to 66°F), especially in the beginning of fermentation. Otherwise, you could end up with a hot, solventy mess. I like to keep it cool for the first couple of days, which is when the majority of the ester profile is developed, then allow it to free rise on its own until fermentation is complete.
Dubbel is a beer style that will benefit from a little additional time to mellow, meld, and get awesome. So be patient, show restraint, and give it a while to condition in the fermentor and in the bottle.


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I had so much fun last week trying my hand at a form of Japanese poetry, Haiku, that I decided I'd continue on this week with Colleen Chesebro's poetry challenge.
This week, the words are Cold & Storm. You can only use synonyms in creating the poetry.
The rules were simple:
Follow the 5/7/5/7/7 syllable structure. Your Tanka will consist of five lines written in the first person point of view. This is important because the poem should be written from the perspective of the poet.
My words for this Tanka poem are FRIGID & BLIZZARD
A frigid north wind
My breath fogs the frosted glass
When will he return?
He promised he'd be home soon
Love ending – the blizzard wins
I don't know if I am supposed to attach a visual, but this one grabbed me. 🙂
For more on Colleen's weekly poetry challenges, guidelines and poetry specifics, visit https://colleenchesebro.com/2019/01/22/colleens-2019-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-120-cold-storm-synonymsonly/


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It wasn't pretty, but it sure was fun.
Heavyweight Kenny Garner backed up his pre-fight trash talk with a second-round finish of Pat Bennett in the featured contest of M-1 Challenge 26, which took place Friday night at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, Calif.
The wild-swinging rematch capped off a night full of fireworks on the Showtime-broadcast main card.
Bennett opened the contest with a flashy Superman punch, and the two quickly went toe-to-toe in the pocket. Both fighters landed a handful of impressive strikes, most of which looked capable of ending the fight.
After a brief stalemate in the clinch, the two took turns blasting away with right hands to the chin. Garner continued to press forward, even as both fighters appeared to tire. An accidental headbutt opened a cut on Bennett's head, but he continued to work in the clinch and even landed a takedown in the closing seconds.
Still, Garner appeared the busier man with a few knees mixed in with several punches to the body.
In the second, Garner opened with several stiff jabs. After pushing into the clinch again, Garner moved away and unloaded a fury of heavy punches sandwiched a knee from the Thai plum. A final left hook put Bennett on the floor, and a follow-up punch forced the stoppage.
With the win, Garner (7-3) has now won two-straight contests and appears primed for an M-1 Challenge heavyweight title shot. Bennett (4-3), who also lost to Garner in their September 2010 meeting, falls to 1-2 in his past three fights.
Middleweight slugger Arthur Guseinov struggled early against Team Quest's Tyson Jeffries, hitting the deck in the opening seconds and allowing his opponent to claim mount. But when the Russian slipped free and moved back to his feet, he delivered a "Knockout of the Year" candidate.
After a quick round of trash talk, Guseinov launched a fierce spinning backfist that left Jeffries out cold on the canvas at the 92-second mark of the opening round.
The much-needed result snapped a two-fight losing streak for the six-year veteran Guseinov (8-2) and marked the sixth knockout of his career. Meanwhile, Jeffries (7-6) has now dropped two-straight contests.
Mairbek Taisumov and Josh Bacallao appeared well-matched in the back-and-forth opening minutes of their 155-pound bout, but that quickly changed in one stunning sequence.
A straight right hand sent Bacallao to the canvas, and a Taisumov follow-up shot on the floor saw his opponent go momentarily limp. Referee "Big" John McCarthy quickly halted the contest, and Bacallao did not disagree.
Taisumov (15-3) improves to 10-1 in his past 11 fights. Bacallao (6-3) has dropped two-straight contests.
In lightweight action, Beau Baker opened up with an impressive array of kicks and knees to various levels, but his opponent, Daniel Weichel, made quick adjustments to his technique and answered frequently with his own thunderous leg strikes.
The second round saw more of the same for Weichel, who also mixed in an impressive punching attack. A straight right hand busted up Baker's nose late in the round, but the Virginian soldiered on into the final frame.
Needing a finish, Baker pressed forward in the final frame. Instead, he would just eat more punches, kicks and knees from his foe. Ultimately, Weichel's striking barrage fell short of finishing the fight, but his performance was indeed impressive and resulted in a clear-cut unanimous-decision win. Judge Larry Landless event went so far as to award Weichel the contest 30-25. Lester Griffin and Mike Beltran scored a more conservative 30-27 result.
Weichel (27-7) has now earned four-straight victories and is 9-1 in his past 10 fights. Baker (8-5) showed incredible heart in lasting until the final bell but falls to just 1-3 in his past four outings.
In the night's broadcast-opening bout, Jason Norwood wasted little time in looking for a takedown, rushing into a clinch at the opening bell. Instead, it was Eddie Arizmendi who earned a takedown and threatened with a rear-naked choke attempt.
In the second, Norwood did find success with the takedowns, but he did little with the position once on the floor. Instead, it was Arizmendi who rocked his opponent early in the round and finished the fight in the closing seconds. A high kick started the process, and straight right hand-left hook combo sealed the deal with just five seconds left in the round.
With the win, Arizmendi (15-4) has now won nine-consecutive fights. Norwood (11-3) falls to 1-2 in his past three outings after suffering the first knockout loss of his career.
- Kenny Garner def. Pat Bennett via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 1:15
- Arthur Guseinov def. Tyson Jeffries via knockout (spinning backfist) – Round 1, 1:32
- Mairbek Taisumov def. Josh Bacallao via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 2:01
- Daniel Weichel def. Beau Baker via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25)
- Eddie Arizmendi def. Jason Norwood via knockout (strikes) – Round 2, 4:55
- Diman Morris def. Brandon Michaels via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Max Martyniouk def. Mike De Robles via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:30
For more on "M-1 Challenge 26," check out the MMA Events section of MMAjunkie.com.
(Pictured: Kenny Garner)


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TED is an annual, global idea conference. TEDActive is the arm of the TED conference that engages thinkers and doers in projects centered on the TED Prize. What happens when an artist, an engineer, an inventor, and a technology guru at TEDActive put their heads together around the idea of urbanization? Talk turns to making as an impromptu team emerges.
Luis Cillimingras of Ideo was the Urbanization project facilitator at TEDActive. Kiel Johnson is a fine artist with an amazing talent for working with cardboard. Kiel created a miniature city from cardboard for TEDActive. Laurence Kemball-Cook is the CEO of Pavegen systems, a company dedicated to converting human footsteps (kinetic energy) into electricity. Laurence presented at TEDActive, demonstrating how people's footsteps on a Pavegen tile can be converted to electricity that can be used to power a radio. In his hotel room the evening before his presentation, Laurence hacked the radio (to accept power from a Pavegen tile). Beau Ambur, president and founder of AD&HD, Inc. is a technology guru who, as a child, taught himself electronics, wiring, and device hacking.
Because making things is what these guys love to do, they rapidly brainstormed a way to use a Pavegen tile (people power) to light up Kiel's cardboard city. Luis purchased all the wiring, LEDs, and resistors required for the project. Beau, the technology guru, worked with Laurence and set about calculating resistor and power requirements. Over the next day and a half, the team wired the city up to the Pavegen tile.
As the team worked furiously to complete the wiring before the conference ended, people started making cardboard additions to the city. Someone built a yacht, another person created a TED sign. Someone even built an elevated park with resistors for tree branches.
Finally, shortly before the end of the last TED session, the wiring was complete. The miniature city's red lights glowed brightly as people streamed into the room and lined-up for their chance to jump up and down on the Pavegen tile. Some danced, juggled, and even laughed as they powered the city's red lights. Literally and figuratively, this miniature city was "people-powered." What if real cities embraced diverse maker cultures and tasked them with innovative design and energy projects? If this project is any indication, our cities would be more beautiful, efficient, and fun.
TEDActive Attendees Power Cardboard City with Footsteps
About the Team
Laurence Kemball-Cook is the CEO of Pavegen systems, a company dedicated to converting kinetic energy into electricity. Laurence was inspired to create Pavegen as a graduate student working at a large energy company in the UK where he was tasked with designing solar powered streetlights. Admittedly, Laurence is not a fan of corporate structure and was bored by the uninspired work he was doing. Motivated by his Sustainability and Industrial Design Engineering graduate college courses, he came up with the idea to harness otherwise wasted human kinetic energy to power lights or store the energy in batteries for later use.
Kiel Johnson is a fine artist with an amazing talent for working with cardboard. His miniature cardboard city, augmented with miniature signs, boats, hammocks, and art created by TEDActive attendees throughout the week, celebrates The City 2.0, the 2012 TED Prize.
Beau Ambur, president and founder of AD&HD, Inc. is a technology guru who, as a child, taught himself electronics, wiring, and device hacking. It was Beau's idea to light up the miniature cardboard city, and he definitely had the skills to accomplish the task.
Luis Cilimingras works at IDEO and facilitated the Urbanization project at TEDActive. Throughout the week, Luis worked tirelessly to facilitate conversations about improving cities as the world's population shifts to urban environments.


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Washington, D.C., March 6, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The continuing resolution funding the Securities and Exchange Commission for fiscal year 2009 since Oct. 1, 2008, is being extended through March 11, 2009. Therefore, fees paid under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 13(e), 14(g) and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 will remain at their current rates.
As previously announced, 30 days after the date of enactment of the Commission's regular fiscal year 2009 appropriation, the Section 31 fee rate applicable to securities transactions on the exchanges and in the over-the-counter markets will increase to $25.70 per million dollars from the current rate of $5.60 per million dollars. The assessment on security futures transactions under Section 31(d) will remain unchanged at $0.0042 for each round turn transaction.
In addition, five days after the date of enactment of the Commission's regular appropriation, the Section 6(b) fee rate applicable to the registration of securities, the Section 13(e) fee rate applicable to the repurchase of securities, and the Section 14(g) fee rate applicable to proxy solicitations and statements in corporate control transactions will increase to $55.80 per million dollars from the current rate of $39.30 per million dollars.
The Office of Interpretation and Guidance within the Division of Trading and Markets is available to answer questions relating to Section 31. That office may be reached by phone at 202-551-5777 or by email at [email protected]
A copy of the Commission's May 2, 2008, order regarding the annual fee rates for fiscal year 2009 is available at http://www.sec.gov/rules/other/2008/33-8916.pdf. Also, the Commission's Feb. 27, 2009, order announcing the mid-year adjustment for Section 31 transaction fees for fiscal year 2009 is available at http://www.sec.gov/rules/other/2009/34-59477.pdf.
The Commission will issue further notices as appropriate to keep the public informed of developments relating to enactment of the Commission's regular appropriation and the effective dates for the above fee rate changes. These notices will be posted at the SEC's Web site at http://www.sec.gov.


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Library and Information Services is pleased to introduce our new incident tracking system Web Help Desk. You can now submit incident tickets through the web, check on the status and history of your technology issues, and access a knowledgebase of known issues and troubleshooting steps to resolve common issues.
You can access Web Help Desk through your computer or mobile device. You can still call the Helpdesk at x2200, or email email@example.com to receive assistance. With Web Help Desk, if your issue is not resolved right away, you will be able to track its progress, and add notes to it at any time.
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As we solve issues in this new system, we are creating a knowledgebase of frequently asked questions and solutions. These FAQs appear on the ticket submission screen, and may help you solve your most common issues without even needing to submit a ticket.
We hope you find this new service allows us to resolve your technology issues more quickly, and allows you to keep track of the status of your technology requests more conveniently.


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The QUATE (Quality Assurance, Training and Examinations committee) Aptitude Test is an international examination for cytotechnologists who fulfil the criteria for accreditation in their own countries.
It is designed to provide an objective assessment of a cytotechnologist's competence to screen conventional cervical smears or liquid based cytology samples and is available in traditional Papanicoloau, Surepath or Thinprep technologies.
This is a mock-up of the QUATE exam.


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After teaming up withThe CoveteurELLE
to raid Miranda Kerr's posh New York pad for the October issue of , on stands September 24, we couldn't resist a quick peek inside her medicine cabinet. Though she and husband Orlando Bloom (and adorable 2-year-old son Flynn), live a jetsetter lifestyle, the KORA Organics founder always manages to look fresh faced. She pledges allegiance to cat-eye shades to hide what she calls, "quite a round face," but the humble beauty also employs an army of affordable products—and some hard-earned backstage savvy—to keep her complexion looking flawless. Here, we share her tricks of the trade:
ELLE: If you could only spend $20 at a drugstore for your beauty bag, which staples would you pick up?
Miranda Kerr: Definitely a pair of tweezers, a small magnifying mirror, and some Maybelline Great Lash mascara.
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ELLE: You seem to have mastered the art of the perfect red lip. How do you apply it so that it doesn't end up all over the place?
MK: Ha! Revlon's Ultimate Liquid Lipstick in Top Tomato is a great shade of red that suits most skin tones. Its clever formula stays put so you don't have to worry about smudging or bleeding. I like to apply KORA Organics Lipbalm first to hydrate my lips while I'm doing the rest of my makeup. Then, a slick of Top Tomato is my last step.
ELLE: Do you have any weird beauty tricks you swear by?
MK: If I'm feeling tired, I like to put cool fresh organic cucumber slices on my eyes to revive them. I also sleep with organic coconut oil or olive oil in my hair once a week as a treatment—it nourishes the scalp and leaves my hair super shiny! I also use my KORA Organics Vitamin Enhanced Lipbalm to highlight my brow and cheekbones.
ELLE: What's the best way to look pretty after a long flight?
MK: I like to remove my makeup and apply KORA Organics Luxurious Rosehip Oil to keep my skin well hydrated and protected throughout the flight. Just before touch down, I'll mist my face with KORA Organics Energizing Citrus Mist to brighten my complexion, apply KORA Organics Tinted Day Cream, a lighter alternative to foundation, apply KORA Organics Vitamin-Enhanced Lipbalm to my lips and as a highlighter on my cheekbones, curl my lashes, and apply two coats of mascara. It's a lot of work, but it ensures I disembark looking and feeling fresh. I also remember to hydrate from within by drinking lots of water and herbal teas.
ELLE: What's something surprising you've learned through your work with KORA Organics?
MK: I could have never predicted the incredible results people are seeing. We've received amazing testimonials from all over the world: before and after pictures of rosacea, dermatitis, and psoriasis clearing up on adults, teenagers, and even babies! It's so heartwarming to know that my products are making a difference.


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A flood of allegations poured in Tuesday against Harvey Weinstein in on-the-record reports that detailed claims of sexual abuse and included testimonies from Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, further intensifying the already explosive collapse of the disgraced movie mogul.
Three women accused Weinstein of raping them in a story published online by The New Yorker, including the Italian actress and filmmaker Asia Argento and a woman who was an aspiring actress in college when she caught Weinstein's eye. A representative for the mogul vehemently denied the allegations in a statement to the magazine.
In a follow-up to its earlier expose, The New York Times also reported Tuesday that many other actresses have in recent days added to the chorus of accusations surrounding Weinstein. Paltrow described Weinstein's attempt to lure her, then 22, into giving him a massage in a hotel room. The incident prompted her then-boyfriend Brad Pitt to angrily confront Weinstein at a film premiere.
Both reports significantly ratcheted up the unfolding scandal surrounding Weinstein, who was fired Sunday from the Weinstein Co. By the end of Tuesday, former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, an array of movie stars and Weinstein's own wife, Georgina Chapman, had issued statements condemning Weinstein's alleged conduct. Chapman told People magazine she was leaving her husband after 10 years of marriage, citing Weinstein's "unforgivable actions."
The published stories thoroughly document the systematic harassment, abuse and intimidation of women — almost always young actresses trying to succeed in movies.
Lucia Evans, then a senior at Middlebury College, said Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on him in 2004 at the Miramax offices in Tribeca. She had been brought in for a casting meeting with Weinstein. Argento said Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her at the Cannes Film Festival in 1999. A third woman spoke anonymously.
"I know he has crushed a lot of people before," Argento told The New Yorker. "That's why this story — in my case, it's twenty years old, some of them are older — has never come out."
Attorneys for Weinstein, 65, did not immediately return messages Tuesday. The New Yorker quoted Weinstein representative Sallie Hofmeister responding that "any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein."
"Mr. Weinstein has further confirmed that there were never any acts of retaliation against any women for refusing his advances. Mr. Weinstein obviously can't speak to anonymous allegations, but with respect to any women who have made allegations on the record, Mr. Weinstein believes that all of these relationships were consensual," said Hofmeister. "Mr. Weinstein has begun counseling, has listened to the community and is pursuing a better path. Mr. Weinstein is hoping that, if he makes enough progress, he will be given a second chance."
The New Yorker story, written and researched by the NBC correspondent Ronan Farrow, claimed that thirteen women have said Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them between 1990 and 2015. The incidents described range from unwanted groping to forced sex. Some of those incidents overlap with the eight allegations of sexual harassment previously reported by The New York Times, all of which resulted in financial settlements.
But they also go much further. In the article, Rosanna Arquette and Mira Sorvino are among those who claim Weinstein sexually harassed them. Arquette described a 1990s incident at a Beverly Hills hotel in which Weinstein tried to make her give him a massage and then attempted to lead her hand to his penis. Afterward, the actress told the magazine, "He made things very difficult for me for years."
"I had a bad experience with Harvey Weinstein in my youth, and as a result, chose never to work with him again and warn others when they did," Jolie said in an email to the Times. "This behavior towards women in any field, any country is unacceptable."
Representatives for the actresses involved in both reports did not return messages seeking comment.
The Italian news agency ANSA said it contacted Argento about the story, and said she responded with a text message that read: "It's all true, everything is written in the New Yorker. Now leave me in peace."
Actress Louisette Geiss ("Two and a Half Men") also came forward Tuesday, announcing in a press conference at Gloria Allred's Los Angeles office that in a 2008 meeting at the Sundance Film Festival, Weinstein appeared nude in an open bathrobe and asked several times that she watch him masturbate.
The New Yorker also reported that 16 former and current executives and assistants at The Weinstein Co. and Miramax either witnessed or knew of Weinstein's unwanted sexual advances. "All sixteen said the behavior was widely known within both Miramax and the Weinstein Company."
The Weinstein Co. board of directors, which includes Weinstein's brother Bob, issued a statement late Tuesday, denying any culpability.
"These alleged actions are antithetical to human decency. These allegations come as an utter surprise to the board. Any suggestion that the board had knowledge of this conduct is false," the four-member board said in a statement. "We are committed to assisting with our full energies in all criminal or other investigations of these alleged acts, while pursuing justice for the victims and a full and independent investigation of our own."
Disney, which purchased Miramax in 1993, also responded Tuesday. The Weinsteins departed in 2005 to found The Weinstein Co.
"Fired (the) Weinsteins because they were irresponsible, and Harvey was an incorrigible bully," said former Disney chief executive Michael Eisner on Twitter on Tuesday. "Had no idea he was capable of these horrible actions."
"Harvey Weinstein's reported behavior is abhorrent and unacceptable, and it has no place in our society," said Disney chief Bob Iger.
The New Yorker also revealed an audio recording made by the New York Police Department in 2015 in which Weinstein says he groped a model named Ambra Battilana Gutierrez. At the time, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., announced that an investigation didn't support criminal charges.
"If we could have prosecuted Harvey Weinstein for the conduct that occurred in 2015, we would have," Karen Friedman-Agnifilo, chief assistant district attorney, said Tuesday.
"While the recording is horrifying to listen to, what emerged from the audio was insufficient to prove a crime under New York law, which requires prosecutors to establish criminal intent," she added. "Subsequent investigative steps undertaken in order to establish intent were not successful. This, coupled with other proof issues, meant that there was no choice but to conclude the investigation without criminal charges."
Weinstein was fired Sunday by the Weinstein Co., the studio he co-founded, three days after a bombshell New York Times expose alleged decades of crude sexual behavior on his part toward female employees and actresses, including Ashley Judd.
Weinstein responded to the report in a lengthy, rambling statement in which he pleaded for a second chance and apologized for the pain he had caused.
Since his firing, much of Hollywood has reacted with disgust and outraged, including Meryl Streep, Lena Dunham, Jennifer Lawrence and George Clooney. Congressional Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, have given charities thousands of dollars in donations they had received from Weinstein.
In a statement on Twitter on Tuesday, Clinton said she was "shocked and appalled" by the revelations about Weinstein. She praised the women coming forward: "Their courage and the support of others is critical in helping to stop this kind of behavior."
Obama and his wife, Michelle, released a joint statement Tuesday evening expressing disgust with Weinstein.
"Any man who demeans and degrades women in such fashion needs to be condemned and held accountable, regardless of wealth or status. We should celebrate the courage of women who have come forward to tell these painful stories," the statement said.
"I am saddened and angry that a man who I worked with used his position of power to intimidate, sexually harass and manipulate many women over decades," Ben Affleck wrote in a statement Tuesday. "The additional allegations of assault that I read this morning made me sick. This is completely unacceptable, and I find myself asking what I can do to make sure this doesn't happen to others."
Matt Damon, who collaborated frequently with Weinstein, and won a co-writing Oscar for "Good Will Hunting" with Affleck, said he didn't know about Weinstein's behavior.
"This morning, I just feel absolutely sick to my stomach," Damon told the trade website Deadline Tuesday. "This kind of stuff can't happen." Weinstein has not publicly commented since Thursday.
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Parlez-Vous Bro?
avy savvy adj. Educated in "snow safety," aka the fine art of guessing where avalanches might occur. Note: "He was avy savvy" is often whispered during eulogies for avalanche victims.
blower n. Cold, dry, light snow that plumes like a hydroplane rooster tail when skied.
bluebird n. A bright, sunny day. Basically, any day of skiing in Bend.
boilerplate adj. Used to describe thin or otherwise suspect snow conditions. Note: Using this term makes you feel hip. Don't overdo it, though.
bomber n. 1. Any piece of equipment strong enough to survive the end of days. 2. Hard, icy snow conditions. See also: bombproof
brolingo n. A dialect that makes excessive use of the word "bro." See also: bro-brah, bromance. Note: Try to avoid.
Cascade concrete n. Eskimos apparently have several words for snow. Oregonians get the job done with these two. See also: Sierra cement
corn snow n. Spring snow condition in which surface snow becomes granular due to repeated cycles of melting and freezing. Usually found in the late morning, this kind of snow is highly prized by skiers.
death cookies n. Patches of ice hidden under a thin layer of snow.
disco sticks n. Short slalom or twin-tip skis used to make extremely tight radius turns.
doggin' it n. Something fun to yell while skiing through powder, as opposed to "Yeah!"
dust on crust n. Slope condition after snowfall of roughly .01 to 2 inches blankets an otherwise icy slope.
face shot n. The instance of snow hitting one's face as one skis through it.
free refills n. When it's snowing hard enough to cover up your tracks.
freshies n. If you're skiing new-fallen, untracked snow, you're getting them.
gaper n. Skiers who pause to marvel at their surroundings, often with an open mouth. The license plate on their car will probably be from Texas or Nebraska.
hero turns n. What that guy who plows down steep and deep terrain like the Silver Surfer himself is doing. Note: You probably can't ski like this.
huck v. To launch oneself off a cliff.
jibber n. The baggy-pants kids flashing Monster drinks and Motorola Razrs while bouncing off rails in the terrain park? Those are all jibbers.
junk show n. If your walk to the lift includes multiple backpacks, a fanny pack, an extra jacket, a sweater, two pairs of children's skis, bottled water, and an open trail map, congratulations, you are an example of a junk show.
knuckle dragger n. A derogatory term for a snowboarder. Skiers over the age of, say, 35, think this term is funny.
Kodak courage n. A questionable mind-set wherein someone decides to ski above his or her actual ability level when being photographed.
liftie n. A chairlift attendant. Also a man (occasionally a woman) of extremes: either a 17-year-old kid who's in it for the free pass or a crusty ski bum who's still "livin' the dream, brother."
pinhead n. A thousand-year-old term for an avid telemark skier. See also: knee basher
poach v. To clandestinely ski snow that has been deemed off-limits by ski patrol. See also: ducking rope
red coats n. A derogatory term for ski patrollers.
shit circus n. Think Mt Hood Meadows on President's Day. See also: junk show
shreddin' the gnar v. Modern equivalent of hot doggin'. See also: gnar buckets
thank you n. Seldom-used phrase on any mountain. Try it on ski patrollers and lift operators, especially if they're working on Christmas.
yard sale n. A trail of ski equipment (poles, hat, goggles, skis, teeth, so on) left by a skier who has taken a bad fall.
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You may not know it, but the Amazing Race is big in Canada. It is so big, in fact, that they are planning on running a Canadian version. I've already started training and I am currently accepting applications from people who would like to join me on the winning team. But I digress…
Last week's season finale (season 21, I think) included a challenge that asked contestants to put banners containing the words "hello" and "goodbye" beneath country flags, in that order, and in the language from that country. The contestants struggled and the challenge took over 2 hours, but one contestant tackled it systematically by trying all possible combinations. It was made for a math classroom. In the WNCP, this fits Permutations and Combinations from Pre-Calculus 12 (Math 30-1) in Alberta. It also fits Math 30-2 in Alberta. Here it is, in 3 Acts.
Act I
Play the video by clicking the photograph of one of the contestants working on the challenge.
With any kind of luck, the students will wonder how many combinations of the "hello" and "goodbye" banners are possible. They will require more information.
Act II
This video is longer than the Act I video, and by watching it closely, they should be able to determine that they are working with 9 country flags, and 20 banners with words on them. There are 2 extra banners.
Act III
I don't have a video with the answer. It is fun playing with this problem, though. Initially, there are 1,216,451,004,088,320,000 combinations (20 x 19 x 18 x…x 3). By getting France and Spain correct immediately, the contestants reduced that number by a factor of 116 280, and now only have 10,461,394,944,000 possible combinations to try. If they had truly had to guess them all, they'd still be at it.
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Borrowing from 80's anime mech design and the timeliness of Cesar Chavez Day, I present to you my latest creation – The Huelga-Tron 3000 Farmworker Defense Mech. For the last month I've been slowly building this Lego behemoth and I'm really happy with the results. I'm thinking about making another UFW themed Lego creation soon, stay tuned!
In case you were wondering, the Dolores Huerta minifigure is NOT an official Lego product. It was produced by Chinese bootleg Lego manufacturer IQ as part of their Black Widow line (as in Black Widow from the Marvel comics/movies). These original minifigures are fascinating and can be purchased on eBay and here.


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Emergency management officials from across Kansas are convening this week for a two-day summit on disaster preparedness.
The conference opens Friday at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Wichita. Sponsors include the Kansas Division of Emergency Management and the state Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Topics range from strategic planning and psychological first aid to managing volunteers and responding to human-caused tragedies.
The summit is geared for emergency management and human services professionals, first responders, experts in animal health and nonprofit organizations.


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The ship visits each port of call for one to four weeks at a time and open the gangways to hundreds and often thousands of visitors every day. On average, over one million visitors have been welcomed on board every year! The floating book fair offers over 5,000 titles, providing many visitors their first-ever opportunity to purchase a wide range of quality literature.
An international crew and staff of 400 volunteers from up to 50 countries live and work on the ship, devoting one or more years of their lives to serve on board. The ship people promote literacy and education, cross-cultural co-operation, social awareness and reflect God's compassion for the world in the ports and countries they visit. Ship teams go into surrounding areas to provide aid and community care, partnering with local community groups to bring hope to people whatever their circumstance, culture or background.


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One of Anonymous' Twitter mouthpieces claims the hacker collective just took down CIA.gov. It's definitely down. If this is what it looks like, it could be Anon's greatest hit so far.
The attack—so far cosigned by two of the largest Anon Twitter accounts with a combined 600,000 followers—would fall in line with the group's increasingly ambitious hit list of large corporate interests and powerful law enforcers. And it is, after all, #FuckFBIFriday, the end of the week occasion Anon often uses for hitting governmental agencies. Still, it would take a level of coordination and effort to knock off a federal site that should have revealed itself by now.
Update: Despite apparent confirmation via Twitter, nobody in Anon's IRC channels seem to have any idea what's going on.
Update 2: CIA.gov is still down, and no satisfactory explanation. One Anon told me the site is being DDoSed by a group of anti-pedophile hackers who are using seized kiddy porn servers as a botnet against the CIA. That'd be something!
Update 3: CIA.gov has now been down for well over an hour.
Update 4: It's starting to look doubtful that this is the work of Anonymous' nebulous fist. When LulzSec took down CIA.gov over the summer, they were quick to gloat. Now the semi-officials are mostly silent. Or talking about trivial Mexican mine hacks.
Update 5: The Twitter account where the Anon claim first originated now seems as confused as anyone else, as it tweets to a fellow associated account:
@youranonnews go figure, RT got it up from me, u retweeted and other news sites post your tweet pl0x (this msg will self destruct in T-2 lol
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Facebook will report its first-ever quarterly earnings as a public company later today, and already investors are showing their concerns. Instead of buying on the rumor and selling on the news, traders are doing just the opposite, knocking shares of Facebook down more about 7 percent in midday trading.
The stock, now just above $27 a share, is about 29 percent off its initial public offering price of $38 a share -- a price that it has not seen since its IPO opening. Given the stock's lousy post-IPO performance, investors aren't going to cut Facebook slack. They want to see solid numbers.
Catch our live blog of Facebook's earnings call starting at 2 p.m. PT.
It certainly isn't helping that online game developer Zynga, which built its business on Facebook's platform, reported a dismal quarter yesterday. In Facebook's first quarter, reported before its May IPO, the company said that roughly 15 percent of its revenue came from Zynga games. Facebook gets a cut of the payments from virtual goods that Zynga sells people who play its games, so any slowdown for Zynga will hit Facebook's bottom line.
The rest of Facebook's revenue comes from advertising. And that, too, is a bit of a wild card. There's been plenty of debate about the power of Facebook's ads, and today we will see just how effective they are and what impact the tough economy is having on the giant social network. Analysts expect Facebook to post a a profit of $302.8 million on sales of $1.1 billion.
Perhaps even more important will be any indication that Facebook is making progress in figuring out ways to make money from mobile users. More than half of Facebook's 901 million users access Facebook from smart phones and tablets, and tackling its mobile problem is CEO Mark Zuckerberg's top priority.
Facebook in March added so-called sponsored stories (ie, ads) to mobile news feeds in March, so that they show up to a brand's fans and their Facebook friends. While there is evidence that those ads are more effective than Facebook's desktop ads, we still don't know how many Facebook is selling and what kind of money it's making from them.
Beyond that, investors will want to know what other ways Facebook is looking at to make money from mobile. The company has some of its best people working on this, and while there are hints of new directions Facebook could head towards, based largely on acquisitions it's made, so far it's largely a guessing game.
Another open question: Will Zuckerberg himself participate in the conference call with analysts? Zuckerberg got criticized for blowing off meetings during the IPO road show, and given how badly the stock has performed, it would be wise for the CEO at least to make an appearance.
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Should punishment be used in cats?
Punishment is the application of a stimulus that decreases the chance that a behavior will be repeated. It must coincide with the undesirable behavior, and must be unpleasant enough to deter the cat from repeating that behavior.
"...punishment the least desirable tool for changing behavior."
Inappropriately applied punishment can cause fear, anxiety and owner avoidance, making punishment the least desirable tool for changing behavior (also see our handout on 'Behavior Modification - Why Punishment Should be Avoided'). Keep in mind that you are punishing the behavior, not the cat. Punishment should never be considered unless the pet has the means to satisfy its nature and its needs. For example, the scratching cat should be provided with an appropriate scratching post before any attempts to punish undesirable scratching are initiated.
When is a physical reprimand acceptable?
Physical reprimands are one of the most frequently utilized and least successful forms of punishment. Hitting a cat can lead to hand-shyness, fear of the owner, and potential injury for both the owner and the cat. Depending on the problem, the cat will likely continue to perform the undesirable behavior in your absence since it learns that it can perform the behavior without punishment when you are out of sight. Physical punishment is generally ineffective, potentially dangerous and likely to have a negative effect between the owner and pet.
What can I do to stop my cat from engaging in rough play with me?
A light tap on the nose or top of the head has been advocated for owner directed behaviors such as play biting, hissing and swatting. However, even these mild forms of punishment can lead to retaliation, fear and an increased level of aggression in some cats, and cannot therefore be universally recommended. At the very least they tend to make the cat wary of your approach. Instead, whenever the cat begins to swat or play attack, immediately stop the play by walking away or by using some non-physical form of punishment such as a water sprayer, can of compressed air, cap gun, hand held alarm or perhaps a loud hiss. Although ideally you should just walk away from these forms of playful behavior to ensure that they are not reinforced, many cats will continue to pursue as part of the play and chase. Before any punishment is considered, the cat should be given ample opportunities for social play. Toys that can be chased, swatted, and batted should be provided (See our handouts on 'Play and Play Toys in Cats' and 'Aggression in Cats – Play Predation'). Species appropriate punishment such as "hissing" or the use of a punishment devices such as a water sprayer, can of compressed air, or hand held alarm are better than using any physical techniques since they are less likely to lead to fear and retaliation. There may be times when gently shaking or lifting the cat by the scruff of the neck can be used to successfully calm, distract or restrain a cat but only to disrupt undesirable behavior and not as a punishment. Remember that giving any form of attention to a cat that is swatting, or attacking in play, might, at the other extreme be misconstrued as play, and further reinforce the behavior.
How can I discourage my cat from other behaviors?
"The key to successfully stopping undesirable behavior is to associate an unpleasant consequence with the undesirable behavior."
The key to successfully stopping undesirable behavior is to associate an unpleasant consequence with the undesirable behavior. However, unless the owner remains out of sight while administering punishment the cat may learn to cease the behavior only when you are present. Punishing the cat remotely, while you remain out of sight, is an effective means of deterring undesirable behavior. However, it takes preparation, time and forethought. Another effective means of punishment is to booby-trap an area, so that the cat learns to "stay away". Keep in mind that the cat must also have appropriate outlets for play, exercise, scratching, climbing, jumping and chasing.
How does remote punishment work?
For remote techniques to be successful there are two key elements. First, you must monitor the cat while out of sight so that you know when the problem begins. The second element is that the punishment must be delivered while the inappropriate behavior is occurring (and while you remain out of sight).
Keep a close watch on the problem area while hidden around a corner, in a nearby closet, or behind a piece of furniture. Or, monitor your cat using an intercom, a motion detector or even just a set of bells that might "jingle" when disturbed.
As soon as the cat enters the area or begins to perform the undesirable behavior (climb, scratch), use a long-range water pistol, noise device or remote control device (see below) to chase the cat away.
If the cat cannot determine where the noise or water is coming from, it should quickly learn to stay away from the area whether the owner is present or not.
A commercial remote device is the citronella spray collar. It can be attached to a harness on the cat or just placed in the area and activated remotely as the cat enters the area. Another option is to set up a remote control switch near the problem area and have a device such as a water pik, alarm, or hair dryer plugged in.
When the owner is not around to supervise and monitor, booby-trap devices can be utilized or the cat should be confined to an area of the home that has been cat-proofed and supplied with a litter box, bedding area, toys for play and areas for scratching or climbing.
How can I booby-trap the environment to punish the pet?
Punishing the behavior remotely, with you out of sight, is impractical if the cat cannot be prevented from performing the undesirable behavior when you are not there to supervise and monitor. Booby-traps are a way of teaching the pet to avoid the area or the behavior itself. One of the simplest ways to discourage a cat from entering an area where an undesirable behavior is likely to be performed (scratching, eliminating) is to make the area less appealing (or downright unpleasant) for scratching or eliminating. If the cat is scratching furniture, a large piece of material draped over the furniture may do the trick, since the cat won't be able to get its claws into the loose fabric. A small pyramid of empty tin cans or plastic containers could also be balanced on the arm of a chair so that it topples onto the cat when scratching begins. A piece of plastic carpet runner with the "nubs" facing up can be placed over a scratched piece of furniture to reduce its appeal; a few strips of double-sided sticky tape would send most cats looking for another place to scratch (hopefully to the scratching post!). Mousetrap trainers, shock mats, or motion detector alarms are also very effective at keeping cats away from problem areas. There are devices that are triggered by motion that will spray the cat with compressed air and startle them so they leave the area (See our handout on 'Scratching Behavior in Cats'). For outdoor use, there are motion detector sprinklers, a motion activated compressed air spray, and a variety of sonic and ultrasonic motion detectors (See 'Behavior Management Products' handout for more details).
"To be effective, the first exposure to a product must be as repulsive as is humanely possible, so that the cat is immediately repelled whenever it smells or tastes that product again."
Most of these same booby traps would also be effective for destructive behaviors such as chewing and sucking. Taste deterrents might also be helpful, provided they are unpleasant enough to deter the behavior. Products such as bitter apple, bitter lime or Tabasco sauce are often recommended, but many cats quickly learn to accept the taste. A little water mixed with cayenne pepper, oil of eucalyptus, any non-toxic mentholated product, or one of the commercial anti-chew sprays often work. To be effective, the first exposure to a product must be as repulsive as is humanely possible, so that the cat is immediately repelled whenever it smells or tastes that product again. Therefore a spray of the bitter spray into the cat's mouth might be most effective to reduce the chances of the cat returning to the area. Never leave any objects or areas untreated until the cat learns to leave the object or area alone.
Perhaps most important, punishment whether interactive or remote should never be a substitute for good supervision and the opportunity to engage in the proper behavior. This is very important with kittens that are learning what is acceptable in a new home. Prevention, by confining the cat to a cat-proofed area with toys, scratching post, litter and water, is often the best solution when the owners are not available to supervise.


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In my post The Accidental Tourist I discussed the relationship between the Russian Meteo daily temperature record for Kurgan and two of the GHCN records for that same weather station. One surprise I learned was that GHCN discarded an entire month's worth of data when a single data point was suspect. Doing so left GISS estimating the missing month in order to calculate an annual average.
The daily records from Meteo provide an opportunity to test the accuracy of the GISS estimation algorithm. They also give an indication as to how readily data is dropped from the record, and perhaps a little bit of hope that the accuracy of the historical record can be improved.
In the referenced post I noted that the "GISS.0" record for Kurgan was derived from the Meteo record's "Mid" values. Furthermore, I had found that there were eleven months in the Meteo record with a single suspect daily record that caused the entire month to be dropped from the GISS.0 record. For this particular effort I started by focusing on those eleven months.
In order to compare the GISS.0 estimate with the actual Meteo record, I needed to be able to do two things.
First, GISS does not record the estimated monthly value – they continue to report it as "999.9". Instead, they record an estimate for the seasonal average and the annual average. To determine the monthly estimate I needed to have enough other data points available to reverse-calculate the monthly estimate. Of the eleven months in question, nine of them had sufficient data available for a reverse-calculation. Here are those nine months:
Second, I had to determine what value to assign, or estimate, for the suspect data points in the Meteo record. In the case of the data points I was interested in, all were flagged as having a Mid value that was either lower than the Min or higher than the Max. This fact left me with four fairly straightforward options:
- Ignore the day and calculate the average over the remaining days in the month.
- Use the Mid value anyway.
- In place of the Mid value, use the Min or Max value flagged as being inconsistent with the Mid value.
- Interpolate the value using the previous and next day Mid values.
Some may ask why I did not have a fifth option, which would be to use the mean of Min and Max. The reason is that for five of the months in question, Max values were not available.
I decided to try all four options and see what the effect was on the monthly average. Here is a side-by-side comparison:
For each month, my choice as to handle the day that had the problem data is highlighted in red. Here is the rationale behind those selections:
- June 1963 – the 24th was flagged because the Mid value of 27.8 was higher than the Max value of -36.5. I concluded the sign of the Max value was transcribed incorrectly – a common error that I have seen many times in the quality control outputs from GHCN. I decided it was appropriate to keep the Mid value.
- June 1967 – no dates were flagged. I have no idea why this month was dropped from GHCN. I decided it was appropriate to keep the Mid value.
- For the remaining months, it seemed to me likely that the Min and Mid values were inadvertently swapped during transcription. Use of interpolation or simply ignoring the day altogether seemed excessive. For the most part, the difference between one method and the other was not terribly large.
I then compared my results with the GISS estimates:
As one can readily see, the GISS algorithm did a pretty good job with October, 1960.
There are 1063 months in GISS.0 that have a valid (non-999.9) temperature record. It is sensible to ask whether or not adding nine more months of valid records has a material effect on the overall record. After all, those nine months affect a total of just nine years, and to a much lesser degree than the monthly effect. It is near impossible to perceive the difference when plotting the two series together, so what I did instead was plot their anomaly trends:
Thus, in the case of Kurgan (not necessarily the general case), replacing a small number of estimates with actual data reduced the slope of the warming trend a small amount.