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Today's News: Our Take - Breaking Bad: Will Skyler Stand By Walt's Side?
Many Breaking Bad fans were shocked that the AMC drama's midseason premiere wasted no time getting to the Walt-Hank confrontation. But the premiere featured a far more subtle surprise: Walt and his wife Skyler seemed happier together than they have in months.
Breaking Bad postmortem: What's Hank's next move?
Walt (Bryan Cranston) kept Skyler (Anna Gunn) in the dark about his meth-cooking for two seasons. When she found out about his drug operation, she eventually came on board to help Walt launder his money with her accounting background. But as Walt's alter ego "Heisenberg" grew more powerful, Skyler became increasingly afraid of her husband, remarking in an early Season 5 episode that her only course of action is to wait for Walt's cancer to come back and kill him.
So, now that Walt has made a storage locker full of cash and vowed to Skyler that he's out of the game, has that fear gone away? "I think she's really in a place where she's not sure which way to go," Gunn tells TVGuide.com. "She's gone back and forth so much. Do I turn him in? Do I run away? Do I stick with him and if I stick with him do I go along with this? He said he's quitting, and I think for the first time in many seasons they're, in a strange way, united and in the same place with each other."
While Skyler might be temporarily less afraid of her husband, she still is plenty fearful. "There's a definite fear of the threat of the outside because she still doesn't know everything he's involved in," Gunn says. "She knows he's done some really bad things and that retribution could be coming any day ... But the real danger of all of this [is] if anybody finds out, it all could fall apart. I think she not only lives in fear of retribution, but I also think she lives in fear of being found out. If her family finds out, I think that is almost a bigger fear than dangerous people coming to the house. That turns her stomach."
Breaking Bad's final showdown: It's Walt vs. Hank
Yet, Gunn says Skyler is, for the time being, trying to remain positive. "She has this desperate need [to think,] 'Is there any possibility we can be a normal family and we can ride this out and maybe not get caught?'" Gunn says. "It's almost like a sense of denial. Everything seems to be OK, so maybe we can pretend and get by and put this money aside and save it for our kids and maybe that will work."
Of course, viewers know that probably won't happen. In fact, the likelihood of Skyler's stomach-turning fear becoming a reality seems imminent now that Hank (Dean Norris) has confronted Walt. (The description for Sunday's episode says "Skyler's past catches up with her." Draw your own conclusions.) So, will Skyler stand by Walt when and if Hank comes to her looking for answers? "I think she's come to a place where she would do a lot of things to protect her family," Gunn says. "And I don't think she even knows what she might be capable of to protect her family."
Indeed, besides Walt, Skyler is the character that has perhaps become the most morally compromised over the course of the series. But Gunn thinks that's the ultimately the point of creator Vince Giligan's tale. "He's not saying these people necessarily changed into different people, he's saying these people had this stuff lurking around in them from the beginning and then the set of circumstances allowed it to come out of them," she says. "That's what makes people fascinated about watching the characters because they think,' Can that be lurking in me? If I were them, would I make those choices?'"
A happy Breaking Bad Ending? "We hug it out," Bryan Cranston says
But regardless of Skyler's next move, Gunn says her character does recognize that she's walking a path of her own choosing. "Skyler has a deep, deep awareness of the fact that all these things she's done are wrong," she continues. "Even though she was doing them for survival reasons, they kept getting in deeper and deeper and making things worse and worse. She really understands that there were choices that she could and should have made that would have stopped a lot of this stuff from happening. And I think she wishes ... that she had made those choices. But she can't un-turn those corners and she can't undo those things. She has to live in that, and that's an awful place to live."
Breaking Bad airs Sundays at 9/8c on AMC.
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How to never EVER lose your phone contacts again
It continually astonishes me how often I see facebook status updates / group invites / tweets / emails from friends and acquaintances saying something to the effect of "ARGH my iPhone / Blackberry / Nokia phone has been stolen / lost / eaten by my pet donkey and I lost everyone's numbers, please can you all send me your numbers!!"
People, it's 2011 already! Whilst technology is still far from perfect, it landed a man on the moon 42 years ago way before mobile phones existed, and certainly solved this particular problem of disappearing phones several years ago. So for those of you who still haven't figured this out, without further ado I will outline a solution which should only cost 10 minutes of your life and ensure you never have to broadcast a panicked message cursing your pet donkey and asking everyone to send you their numbers.
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Donaldson honored with A's Heart and Hustle Award
OAKLAND -- Josh Donaldson was honored before Friday's game against the Angels as the A's recipient of the Heart and Hustle Award.
The distinction, awarded to a member of each MLB team, is voted on by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association and given to active players "who demonstrate a passion for the game of baseball and best embody the values, spirit and tradition of the game."
"That's Josh Donaldson," said Ray Fosse, who was a member of the 1973 and '74 Oakland A's World Series teams and presented the award to Donaldson. "He's a student of the game. He's out here all the time. He plays hard, and he plays the game the right way."
Donaldson has been the A's most consistent offensive contributor this season, batting .304 with 61 RBIs ad 112 hits in 100 games. He also made the transition from catcher to third base at the beginning of last season and has manned the position with poise, so much so that Fosse said he should be considered for a Gold Glove Award.
"You have to look at what he does on the field and realize that he's a special talent, but he's more than that," Fosse said. "He's the ultimate gamer. He's here all the time. He's like a stadium rat, where he spends a lot of time out here trying to get better. That's a credit to him."
As the season draws to a close, fans, alumni and active players will vote to select the final winner from the 30 honorees. Last season's overall winner was Mike Trout of the Angels, and Oakland's representative was Jonny Gomes, who also has been the club award with the Rays and Reds.
"There's a lot of former players who come around here, not only who played for the A's but in other organizations, and they say they enjoy watching me play and enjoy the way I play the game," Donaldson said. That's the biggest honor, when an ex-player comes up to you and gives you that token of appreciation."


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The Situationist Staff is recommending a fascinating new book, The Body Has a Mind of Its Own, co-authored by the mother-son team Sandra Blakeslee, who is a New York Times science contributor, and science writer Matthew Blakeslee.
The book's website opens with this teaser: "Your body has a mind of its own. You know it's true. You can feel it, you can sense it, even though it may be hard to articulate. You know your body is more than just a meat-vehicle for your mind to cruise around in, but how deeply are mind, brain and body truly interwoven? Take a moment to ask yourself: How do you know you have a body? What gives you your sense of being in charge of it, and how real, how robust, how fragile is that sense? How does your mind know where your body ends and the outside world begins? Answers can be found in the emerging science of body maps . . . ." (You can read more here.)
The Body Has a Mind of Its Own has been very favorably received and highly acclaimed. Nature had this to say:
[The book provides] some of the most exciting discoveries in neuroscience. The unifying theme is the idea that the way our body is mapped by neural circuits in the brain can account for a range of our experiences and perceptions. Using a readable and inspiring format, the authors showcase new and classic research on neural representations, without compromising accuracy . . . . Anecdotes and ideas from sister disciplines, including neurology, psychiatry and cultural anthropology, mix comfortably with laboratory observations. New discoveries titillate our curiosity, explaining common phenomena such as yo-yo dieting and contagious yawning as well as some more bizarre neurological abnormalities such as alien-hand syndrome and supernumerary-limb perception. Also covered are why you cannot tickle yourself, why some people have 'out-of-body' experiences, and why babies in Mali walk earlier than those anywhere else in the world . . . . The Body has a Mind of its Own is a thought-provoking book of wide appeal. It is a striking example of how complex issues in contemporary research can be presented to entertain everyone.
We are happy to climb aboard the bandwagon. To provide our readers a better sense of the book we've excerpted a terrific review by Wray Herbert written for the Washington Post. (Herbert is himself one of the best writers about mind-science matters, the main blogger at We're Only Human, and author of the "Mind Matters" column for Newsweek.com.)
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Sometimes, science advances on luck, and so it was with the monkey and the ice cream cone. On a summer day in 1991, neuroscientists in a laboratory at Parma University had wired up a monkey's brain for a simple experiment. They wanted to see which neurons fired during the series of movements involved in the everyday act of drinking from a cup: the reaching, the finger curling, the grasping and so forth. But on that day the monkey was more interested in a student eating an ice cream cone. The monkey watched intently as the student moved the cone to his mouth and, as it watched, the motor neurons in its brain began to fire. The firing was a classic neurological signature. It indicated that the animal was moving its arms and hands — but in fact the monkey was quite still.
What the Italian scientists were witnessing was the first evidence for what are now known as "mirror neurons": specialized cells in the brain that inextricably link intention with movement and perception. They explain why yawns are contagious, why sports fans contort their bodies in unison, and — on a more profound level — why one human being can empathically "feel" the distress or joy of another. They are nothing less than the neurological foundation for all human connection.
. . . Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee . . . tell the monkey story in a late chapter of The Body Has a Mind of Its Own, their captivating exploration of the brain's uncanny ability to map the world. The discovery of mirror neurons, while fortuitous, was actually the culmination of decades of painstaking scientific inquiry in dozens of brain laboratories around the world, and the authors take us into those labs to watch this important scientific tale unfold. They also take us on a tour through the squishy gray matter that embodies our sense of self and otherness.
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. . . The brain has lots of built-in maps, and they don't stop at our toes and fingertips. Indeed, every time we put on a piece of jewelry or pick up a hoe or scribble with a fountain pen, the brain incorporates those objects — and the space they occupy — into our personal maps. That's why you can actually perceive the texture of a steak through a knife and fork, and never mistake it for Jello. From the brain's perspective, those tools are simply extensions of you.
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. . . The authors have essayed some difficult terrain here and, for the most part, with clarity. They know the inner workings of both the scientific laboratory and the brain and wisely keep their heady subject matter anchored in those worlds. Readers will emerge with a far keener sense of where they are.
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To read all of Wray Herbert's Washington Post review, click here.


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MIAMI — Strange as it sounds, missing shots worked wonders for the Miami Heat.
And after the Brooklyn Nets went nearly 2 minutes — a basketball eternity — without the ball down the stretch, the two-time defending NBA champions would soon find themselves two wins from another trip to the Eastern Conference finals.
LeBron James scored 22 points, Chris Bosh added 18 and the Heat pulled away late to beat the Nets 94-82 on Thursday night, taking a 2-0 lead in the East semifinals.
"To be able to get some stops like that at the end, and then execute, it's something that's critical in this series," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
Dwyane Wade had 14 and Ray Allen scored 13 for the Heat, who tied a franchise record with their eighth straight playoff victory. They'll go for No. 9 on Saturday night, when the best-of-seven series shifts to Brooklyn for Game 3.
Mirza Teletovic set a Nets playoff record with six 3-pointers, on his way to a 20-point night off the bench. Shaun Livingston scored 15, and Paul Pierce and Joe Johnson each added 13 more for the Nets.
Deron Williams was 0 for 9 from the field, the worst shooting night of his career.
"That one hurt," Nets coach Jason Kidd said. "We were right there. We gave ourselves, on the road, an opportunity against the world champs. We let the game slip away. That one possession when they got four offensive rebounds, it didn't lose the game for us."
It was three rebounds, but no matter. It was still a backbreaker for the Nets.
Teletovic scored inside with 3:39 left to get Brooklyn within eight. For the next 100 seconds, Miami kept possession.
James missed a 3-pointer, and Allen maneuvered his way around four Nets to grab the rebound. James missed again, and Wade grabbed that board. James missed a layup, but Bosh controlled that board.
And finally, almost mercifully, Wade found James for a layup with 1:59 remaining. The lead was 10, the outcome decided.
"That was a killer," Johnson said.
Wade had just six points in the game's first 37 minutes, then eight more in the next three, setting the tone for a grind-it-out fourth quarter from Miami.
The Heat led 79-77 when Brooklyn's Marcus Thornton missed a 3-pointer with 6:21 left — which, had it gone down, would have had the Heat facing a fourth-quarter deficit for the first time in these playoffs.
But it missed. And that's when the Heat found separation for the first time all night.
James was in trouble with less than 4 seconds on the shot clock and still found a way to get a bounce pass out to Mario Chalmers in the left corner for a 3-pointer. After a stop on the ensuing Brooklyn trip, Allen hit from the same spot as Chalmers for an 85-77 lead.
"As the game wore on we started picking up the pace," Allen said. "We started to getting how we play basketball."
Teletovic kept the Nets afloat. He made his first four 3-pointers, needing less than six minutes to do so after checking in for the first time late in the opening quarter. He had 15 points on 5-for-7 shooting from beyond the arc by halftime alone, a boost that Brooklyn definitely needed.
And his shots came at big times. Of Teletovic's five 3s in the first half, three broke ties. His sixth 3 of the game, late in the third, tied the game at 61.
But in the end, Miami was too much.
"This series is far from over," Johnson said.
Miami was scoreless for the game's first 3:32, the longest Heat drought to open a home game since Feb. 26, 2005 — 443 contests ago. And that set the tone for some serious offensive struggles in the early going, with the Nets scoring only 21 points in the first quarter and still leading by six when the period was over.
James had only three shots in the game's first 21 minutes, then closed the half on a 4-for-4 flurry and Miami went into the break trailing 46-45.
MIAMI — Strange as it sounds, missing shots worked wonders for the Miami Heat.


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The President's new budget has been unveiled.
There are lots of provisions that deserve detailed attention, but I always look first at the overall trends. Most specifically, I want to see what's happening with the burden of government spending.
And you probably won't be surprised to see that Obama isn't imposing any fiscal restraint. He wants spending to increase more than twice as fast as needed to keep pace with inflation.
What makes these numbers so disappointing is that we learned last month that even a modest bit of spending discipline is all that's needed to balance the budget.
By the way, you probably won't be surprised to learn that the President also wants a $651 billion tax hike.
That's in addition to the big fiscal cliff tax hike from early last and the (thankfully smaller) tax increase in the Ryan-Murray budget that was approved late last year.
P.S. Since we're talking about government spending, I may as well add some more bad news.
I've shared some really outrageous examples of government waste, but here's a new example that has me foaming at the mouth. Government bureaucrats are flying in luxury and sticking taxpayers with big costs. Here are some of the odious details from the Washington Examiner.
What can $4,367 buy? For one NASA employee, it bought a business-class flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Vienna, Austria. Coach-class fare for the same flight was $39. The federal government spent millions of dollars on thousands of upgraded flights for employees in 2012 and 2013, paying many times more for business and first-class seats than the same flights would have cost in coach or the government-contracted rate. …Agencies report their premium travel expenses to the General Services Administration each year. These reports were obtained by the Washington Examiner through Freedom of Information Act requests. …The most common reasons across agencies for such "premium" flights in 2012 and 2013 were medical necessities and flights with more than 14 hours of travel time.
By the way, "medical necessities" is an easily exploited loophole. All too often, bureaucrats get notes from their doctors saying that they have bad backs (or something similarly dodgy) and that they require extra seating space.
Probably the same doctors who participate in the disability scam.
But I'm digressing. It's sometimes hard to focus when there are so many examples of foolish government policy.
Let's look at more examples of taxpayers getting reamed.
One such flight was a trip from Washington, D.C., to Brussels, Belgium, which cost $6,612 instead of $863. Similar mission-required upgrades included several flights to Kuwait for $6,911 instead of $1,471, a flight from D.C. to Tokyo for $7,234 instead of $1,081 and a trip from D.C. to Paris for $6,037 instead of $477. …NASA employees also racked up a long list of flights that cost 26, 72 and even 112 times the cost of coach fares, according to Examiner calculations. Several space agency employees flew from Oslo, Norway, to Tromso, Norway — a trip that should have cost $65. Instead, each flew business class for $4,668. Another NASA employee flew from Frankfurt, Germany, to Cologne, Germany, for $6,851 instead of $133, a flight that cost almost 52 times more than the coach fare. …One flight from D.C. to Hanoi, Vietnam, for an informational meeting cost $15,529 instead of $1,649, according to the agency's 2012 report.
Frankfurt to Cologne for $6851?!? Did the trip include caviar and a masseuse? A domestic flight in Norway for $4668? Was the plane made of gold?
I do enough international travel to know that these prices are absurd, even if you somehow think bureaucrats should get business class travel (and they shouldn't).
And as you might suspect, much of the travel was for wasteful boondoggles.
Department of the Interior employees, for example, flew to such exotic locations as Costa Rica, Denmark, Japan and South Africa in 2012. …The Department of Labor sent employees to places like Vietnam and the Philippines for "informational meetings," conferences and site visits.
The one sliver of good news is that taxpayers didn't get ripped off to the same extent last year as they did the previous year.
The agencies spent $5.7 million in 2012, almost double the $3 million they paid for premium travel in 2013.
The moral of the story is that lowering overall budgets – as happened in 2013 – is the only effective way of reducing waste.
P.P.S. Want to know why the tax reform plan introduced by Congressman Dave Camp was so uninspiring, as I noted last week?
The answer is that he preemptively acquiesced to the left's demands that class warfare should guide tax policy. Politico has the details.
Republicans had vowed for more than three years to slash the top individual income tax rate to 25 percent as part of a Tax Code overhaul. …last week Camp abandoned plans for a deep cut in the top marginal tax rate. He settled for 35 percent, which is just 4 percentage points lower than the current one. "It was a distribution issue," Camp said. Getting all the way down to 25 percent "would have reduced taxes for the top 1 percent" and "I said we would be distributionally neutral."
In other words, this is the tax code version of the Brezhnev Doctrine. Whenever the left is successful is raising the tax burden on the so-called rich (the top 20 percent already bears two-thirds of the burden), that then supposedly becomes a never-to-be-changed benchmark.
Fortunately, Reagan did not accept the left's distorted rules and we got the Economic Recovery Tax Act in 1981, which helped trigger the 1980s boom.
And even when Reagan agreed to "distributional neutrality," as happened as part of the 1986 Tax Reform Act, at least he got something big in exchange.
The Camp plan, by contrast, is thin gruel.
A big rate cut is what powered the last major tax overhaul, in 1986, which delivered tax cuts to every income group while slicing the top rate to 28 percent from a whopping 50 percent. …Lawmakers may look at the proposal and think: "I'm having the world coming down on me" and "all this just to get the rate down 4 points?"
That being said, the Camp plan has plenty of good features, including modest rate reductions and repeal of a few bad loopholes. But it's accompanied by some really bad provisions, such as increased double taxation and higher taxes on business investment.
P.P.P.S. Long-time readers may remember this amusing Reagan-Obama comparison.
For understandable reasons, that's what crossed my mind when seeing this example of Obama humor.
I should hasten to add, incidentally, that this is not to suggest I want Obama to do anything about the Ukrainian conflict (other than perhaps encourage decentralized power).
Unless one genuinely thinks that Putin has both the capacity and the desire for global imperialism, it's hard to see how America's national security is affected.
But I still appreciate good political humor. I like it when Obama is the target, and I like it even when it's directed at people like me.


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SUNDAY, May 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D supplements do little to help control asthma, a new study found, although they might help cut the level of medication some patients need.
"Previous studies suggested that if you have asthma and low levels of vitamin D in the blood, you have worse lung function, more asthma attacks and more emergency room visits than asthma patients with higher vitamin D levels," Dr. Mario Castro, a professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, explained in a university news release.
So, his team decided to conduct "the first randomized controlled trial to investigate whether taking vitamin D supplements can improve asthma control," he said.
The study included more than 400 adult asthma patients at nine major medical centers in the United States. All of them had mild to moderate asthma and what was considered deficient blood levels of vitamin D.
The patients were divided into two groups: One group took an initial dose of 100,000 international units (IUs) of vitamin D3, followed by daily doses of 4,000 IUs, while the second group took a placebo.
The two groups showed no differences in all major measures of asthma control, such as the number of asthma attacks, the need for emergency care or the number of treatment failures that resulted in having to take more medication, the study found. Patients taking vitamin D also did not report improved quality of life.
The researchers did find that patients taking vitamin D were more successful in reducing their daily dosages of inhaled steroid medications. By the end of the 28-week study, the average daily doses were 111 micrograms for those in the vitamin D group versus 126 micrograms for those in the placebo group.
"The difference was small -- 15 micrograms of steroid per day -- but statistically significant," Castro said. "Over the long term, even that small amount may have an important impact on reducing side effects of inhaled steroids. Although inhaled steroids work very well in controlling asthma, patients don't like them because they cause weight gain and increase the risk of diabetes and high blood pressure. Anything we can do to reduce the amount they need is important."
The study was published online May 18 in the Journal of the American Medical Association and is also being presented the same day at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society, in San Diego.
More information
The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has more about asthma.
This article: Copyright © 2014 HealthDay. All rights reserved.


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ZOOM: Results > Results 2011 > Austria
In Austria, where the campaign is running since 2003, there are over 29,000 children in about 250 schools collecting "Klimameilen" so far.
Many of them collect Footprints during 4 weeks!
Further information (only in German) at the website of Klimabündnis Österreich
These pictures are from a school in Lanzendorf (picutres 1-3)
as well as from Bad Leonfelden, Schiltern and Schwertberg
Participation at Climate Summit in Durban
Employees of two ministries participated in the handover at the climate conference in Durban:
Franz Breitwieser from the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs as well as his colleague Dr. Helmut Hojesky, Head of Immission Control and Climate Protection at the Lebensministerium participated the handover in Durban.
Mr Hojesky also made a short video statement, that will be available soon.


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Saturday, May 8, 2010
Mullet Bike, Or, the modern Penny Farthing
Technically not a bike, this scooter looks like a modern Penny-Farthing with it's big wheel in front and little wheel in back.
I also thought it was a bit like a mullet- business in front, party in the back!
The high quality of the components (full fenders, mirror, real caliper brakes,quick release wheels, nice brass bell) make it clear that this isn't a kid's toy, but a practical mobility device. It almost certainly cost as much as a bicycle (or more than most BSO's) and I'm curious about the reasoning that brings someone to this instead of a bicycle. A bad back?
Something I love about early industrial items is how decorative pattern is used in practical objects- to add gripping texture or just to add design interest. I appreciate that instead of just using diamond plate or something prosaic to give non-slip texture to the footbed, they used such a joyful figurative device.
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How come I never see stuff like this? Obviously I hang out in the wrong spots!ReplyDelete
steve, *i* never see stuff like this and i cycle past cycler's house several times a week! i don't know how she sniffs them out!ReplyDelete
isn't this the second utility scooter you've seen? Or is it the same?ReplyDelete
I really like it. I agree though that I'd rather pedal but it is pretty sweet to look at, basket and yellow color and all.
Agreed: I'm also puzzled as to why you would get this close to being a bicycle and then stop. Then again, I'm strongly in the camp of "why stand when you can sit?"... Curious, indeed!ReplyDelete
- Jim DuncanMay 11, 2010 at 10:13 PM
I have four scooters, aka footbikes or pushbikes; three of them like the Kickbike (brand) above and one from another maker in the Czech Republic. Scooters for adults are huge fun (think of the abandon of a nine year old) while providing an engaging upper and lower body cardio workout. While I love my bicycles and will be riding my Brompton early tomorrow morning, I have to have my fix on my Kickbike as I did today, kicking 13 miles in about 66 minutes. Kicking is a very fun companion to my cycling, engaging in a unique way.ReplyDelete
Kicking is huge in Europe but still relatively unknown here. You can read a recent article about this sport in Time Magazine at:http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1969746,00.html .
Thank you for your great blog!
- AnonymousMay 18, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Seen them myself and broke down and bought one. Hesitated at first but now wonder why I waited. They are great fun and give you a workout without the pounding I feel when I run. Highly recommend this scooter.ReplyDelete
I have seen quite few kick bikes in the various Amish/Pennsylvania Dutch communities scattered about.ReplyDelete
Where do I buy one of these in the UK please? Has any one heard of a dutch brand named KLSTKA or something similar sounding? Advise would be great! Thanks.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 27, 2014 at 12:35 AM
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UAB's Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center has an expansive vision for the arts in Birmingham — creating, curating and commissioning bold, innovative and meaningful arts experiences.
More than just a stage for presenting programs, the Alys Stephens Center is a community arts classroom, laboratory, public forum and cultural center for the state. This season the Alys Stephens Center's focus on presenting great artists is broadening to include original arts programming. The center also has created a new magazine that reflects this vision and includes all aspects of the Alys Stephens Center's events and endeavors, programs and partnerships.
"There is so much going on at the ASC that we have replaced the traditional season brochure with a new publication highlighting the new season and all of the exciting and innovative programming at the Center and at ArtPlay," says Shirley Salloway Kahn, Ph.D., UAB's vice president of university development.
The Center Magazine will be published twice yearly, containing stories and information about the coming season and other performances, works being created and commissioned, latest news on arts education in the community and the growth of the arts and cultural district at UAB.
For example, in the inaugural issue, the magazine features a first: the Alys Stephens Center's groundbreaking, first-ever commission and world premiere of a work by composer Yotam Haber, "A More Convenient Season," set for Sept. 2013, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement in 1963 and the events of that year.
"The commissioning, research and planning of the creation of this work is a huge undertaking for the Alys Stephens Center, and is a testament to the belief that the arts have the power to heal," says Theresa Harper Bruno, ASC corporate board chair. This premiere will take the Alys Stephens Center's name outside of Birmingham to Los Angeles, where the work will be presented at Walt Disney Hall's REDCAT, the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater.
This season, for the first time, the Alys Stephens Center will create and present, in collaboration with MASS Collective, a unique, original production, "Cirque Alys Aerial Music," an immersive, theatrical experience combining sculpture, music, unique instruments and aerial performers.
"This kind of fearless arts programming allows the Alys Stephens Center to respond to what is going on in the world and give the Birmingham community arts performances that are relevant," Bruno says. "To curate programming at the Alys Stephens Center means we create and oversee performances that are original, that are not represented anywhere in the world. These programs are not tested. They are original to the ASC and there is no dress rehearsal."
The Alys Stephens Center has a new season for 2012, filled with legendary, leading-edge artists selected to complement the center's vision. This year the Alys Stephens Center will split its annual season into two parts, and the first part will include summer and fall shows. In 2012 the Alys Stephens Center will present world-renowned artists and entertainers including Al Pacino, Jason Isbell, Ledisi and Eric Benét, Eric Essix, Wynonna, Red Baraat, "The Daily Show Live," MASS Collective, Emmylou Harris, Anthony Bourdain, Peabo Bryson and Martin Short. The second half of the season, for winter/spring 2013, will be announced in November.
Ticket packages are on sale now, and single tickets will go on sale June 4. Choose three or more shows and create the "It's Your Choice" package to save 15 percent on the total price. Selected performances will feature $20 student tickets. For tickets, a copy of The Center Magazine or for more information, call 205-975-2787 or visit www.AlysStephens.org.
In keeping with the Alys Stephens Center's vision for education in the arts, a new series featuring Young Concert Artists will grace the parlor of ArtPlay, the center's historic home for arts education on Birmingham's Southside. The Parlor Music Series at ArtPlay, sponsored by Patty McDonald, will present young classical artists with promising careers and enable patrons to experience the recital in a more intimate space. Violinist Paul Huang will open the series.
ArtPlay's class offerings have bloomed and with them new programs in the community. In addition to offering arts classes for all ages and summer arts camps for kids and teens, ArtPlay also offers community programs. ArtReach is one of ArtPlay's newest endeavors and brings free, high-quality arts programming into the community at YWCA Woodlawn.
ArtPlay launched ArtCare to develop health-improving and life-enhancing arts classes and programs specifically aimed to engage elder adults. School children benefit from ArtPlay also, with the Make It Happen Performing Ensemble and Meet the Artist school shows. New ArtPlay classes for the fall include music, drama, ballet, modern, jazz and hip hop dance, musical theater, visual arts, improv and stand-up comedy, bookbinding, fabric arts, storytelling, drawing, painting, private instruction and more. Visit www.ArtPlayASC.org for more details.
Looking ahead, patrons can expect more experimental performances in spring 2013, when the Alys Stephens Center presents "Light Dreams: Lux Somnus Festival," a celebration of the arts through digital projection, music interaction and engagement. Local artist Jean Jacques Gaudel and others will use the side wall of the Alys Stephens Center as a canvas for their digitally projected visions. Patrons will be able to marvel and engage in the interactive fun as well.


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Governance setting for cache refreshes from Azure Analysis Services
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Data visualization and consumption tools over Azure Analysis Services (Azure AS) sometimes store data caches to enhance report interactivity for users. The Power BI service, for example, caches dashboard tile data and report data for initial load for Live Connect reports. This post introduces the new governance setting called ClientCacheRefreshPolicy to disable automatic cache refreshes.


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How Saturnalia Helped Us Save $900
My girlfriend and I have been using the info on this forum to help troubleshoot problems with her '98 SL2 for some time. Recently, it's been going through a phase of needing some new parts, which is not all that surprising given the age of the car. When we took it back to a local shop after they replaced the tensioner pulley and belt a new problem arose - choking and stalling out. They wanted $1000 to fix it and said it was the fuel pump, which I was pretty sure it wasn't. That repair estimate was enough of a kick to get us back looking at this forum and resolving to do the work ourselves. I can go into the details at some other time, but the fix was a simple fuel filter replacement with an OEM part. It took a week to get, but who cares, as after spending a mere hour on my Sunday morning to replace it I had the car running tip-top again. The "check engine" light is now off, and the revs back up.
I wasn't always a fan of the Saturns, but the plastic body panels were a smart idea for a climate like up here in Minnesota as they don't rust, among other things. The car keeps plugging away and runs great with keeping up on the maintenance.
I thought the long time members would like to know that a site like this is very important to the "weekend mechanic" who doesn't have a grand to drop every time something goes wrong with the car.
Thanks for your help and keep up the good work.
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The Kansas City Star reports that workers at General Motors' Fairfax Assembly Plant at agreed to work past a previously set Friday afternoon strike deadline. "The UAW has agreed to give a 12-hour notice prior to any strike action," Ben Ippolito, the GM Fairfax plant spokesman told the paper. "GM remains committed to bargaining in good faith and reaching an agreement as soon as possible."


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"On a Mission" is the first and only animated clip belonging to this visual online album. Here, a skillfully sketched low-speed-encounter of two snails triggers some interesting events. A raw and playful clip by Fabienne Bartel and Véronique Gollut for a cracking track full of energy!
The images are reminiscent of impressionist paintings, the music defined through its minimalistic sound design and harmonic composition - With the fifth video clip called "Amber" of the album "Monkey Dope", the illeist collective presents a cinematographic cooperation with Oliver Neubert. A slow paced clip with beautiful images in perfect harmony with the most feathery composition of the illeist collective.
Direction / Camera / Editing: Oliver Neubert (www.abaku.net)
Actress: Laurence Zahno
Production scheduling: Bettina Bussey
Costume: Azusa Nishimura
Assistant Laurence: Roseline Zahno
Hair Styling: Alain Zahno
Production support, Berne: Christoph Hebing
Romance; not oil painting but street art video projection. From a symphonic poem to the illeist collectives dubby "Backspace Romance". This hommage to a romantic summer night action is once more the link between the illeists music and Pablo Weber's light and video installations. Miro and Pablo in a freewheeling performance. As an audience only a sweltry summer night and Silas on the camera.
Stephan Heiniger, Eric Schaer, Olivia Schütt, Michael Kläfiger, Simon Lüdi, Markus Feller, Heidi Kugel, Regina Daetwyler, Alain Guillebeau, Tom Bernhard, Pascale Achermann, Marcel Leemann
"Maybe the world's a dance and you just move along" - well this clip shows that when you dance hard enough in life at least you might find yourself rewarded in the end.
Thanks to Mima, Danijela, Fabienne
P.S. Yes - this table is real
A bizarre and morbidly beautiful video for the title track of the album "Monkey Dope". The clip is something like a trip high on Monkey Dope through nightly New York: Voyeuristic, oppressive and surprising at once.
Concept, camera, montage: Adrian Kelterborn
"Scenes" is a monotonously massive clash of flashing fragments. Faces are being divided by lights and lights being crushed by gloom. Oppressively beautiful and hypnotic at once.
"Scenes" is a Marcel Leemann Physical Dance Theater production
Director / camera / montage: Oliver Neubert (www.abaku.ch)
Light Design: Pablo Weber
Models: Azusa Nishimura, Ladina Neubert, Serafina Neubert
Location: Junge Bühne Bern, Christoph Hebing
Team dog: Teto
Going Down was shot in Israel and Palestine.
Thanks to Kristian Breitenbach and Daniel Ratthei who made this unbelievable clip!
Digital Coming is the first visual collaboration of the project "Monkey Dope". This clip has been created in collaboration with "Ribbig/Halsackda movement production" from Malmö (SE), it is their first Release of the upcoming production "Nya Folkdansen".
Video, Foto, Editing: Emma Ribbing
Music: illeist collective
Dance: Ribbing/Halsackda movement production
Thanks to MYCD - Malmö youth contemporary dance
This week the illeists offer a special song. With their bonus track "Ripples on a Pond" they present themselves in a rather reductionist manner - visually and acoustically speaking. The clip, yet again, was made by the illeists. Pablo Weber Fernandez - visual master of the collective - shows in an impressive way what modern visual art nowadays means.
Special download <Ripples on a Pond>:
Download as MP3 or download as WAV (lossless)
This week the illeist collective steps right onto the dance floor with its single "New Things". A fierce bass sound, a catchy chorus and a stubborn beat make this track an irresistible dance number. Even the clip, produced by dutch filmmaker Lex te Dorsthorst, literally sheds "new light" on the illeists...
Camera/Editing/Direction: Lex te Dorsthorst
Dance: Muziektheater De Plaats and Lorenzo Borella
Little illeist performers: Bram, Mick en Femke
Thanks to: All the dancers and all the other people who helped make this possible behind the scenes!
<New Things> is also available as an edited radio version:
Download as MP3 or download as WAV (lossless)
As the label Roca Records released our first album "Electrees" by means of standard internet channels, the mechanics of the world wide web began to work: in the same week as Electrees was released, the album appeared on online databases and in the archives of torrent providers. Internet radios started playing our songs, DJs included our tracks in their mixes and magazines published reviews on the album.
We consider this "digital spread" a true blessing. As producers of music that is not part of mainstream culture we are dependent on smaller communities to listen to our music, to evaluate it and (hopefully) recommend it to others. With our project Monkey Dope we take the present way of music consumption into account: instead of lamenting about the lack of control, we want our music to be unleashed and be digitally spread.
This is why we decided to make the best possible album we could in the best possible way we could think of. Instead of offering less (because people get their music for free anyway) we offer and invest more. With Monkey Dope we created something that is contemporary, unique and different. With Monkey Dope we proudly release our first free visual online album - 11 tracks and 11 clips.
Enjoy and spread the word!
René, Silas and Miro
2011 - illeist collective
When we came up with the concept of monkey dope, a lot of people thought that we could never make it. As a matter of fact, we never would have if it had not been for the incredible support we experienced from so many fantastic people. Everybody who contributed to monkey dope did so for free. For this we are truly grateful.
A huge thanks for everything to: Adrian Kelterborn, Alain Guillebeau, Alain Zahno, Azusa Nishimura, Bettina Bussey, Christoph Hebing, Daniel Ratthei, Danijela Lencel, David Carlsson (Gula Studion, Sweden), Dominic Stämpfli, Emma Ribbing, Eric Schaer, Espace culturel Biel, Fabian Bardelli, Fabienne Bartel, Fabienne Flückiger, Familie Bieri, Familie Flückiger, Familie Rutscho, Hanna Flückiger, Heidi Kugel, José Thomet, Khamlane Halsackda, Kristian Breitenbach, Laurence Zahno, Lex te Dorthorst, MYCD, Marcel Lappert, Marcel Leemann, Markus Feller, Michael Kläfiger, Oliver Dutton (Barking Record), Oliver Neubert (ABAKU), Olivia Schütt, Pablo Di Lione, Pablo Weber, Pascale Achermann, Peter Jaeger, Ramona Aegerter, Regina Daetwyler, Roseline Zahno, Samuel Kunz, Simon Lüdi, Stephan Heiniger (Voltafilm), Sybille Kunz, Theater Neumarkt, Tom Bernhard, Véronique Gollut
With the friendly assistance of:
Do you like our work and want us to keep going? You can support the illeist collective with a donation of your choice:
If you like the classic style, just buy our album on iTunes or on almost any other online music store (CDBaby, last.fm, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon MP3).
You may know this one... no minimum price!paypal.me/illeist
We also accept bitcoin! Send your coins to:
Just "like" us on Facebook: One simple click for you - one big "hooray" for us!
Help us by dealing monkey dope all over the internet! You can do this by sharing our video clips on any social network (check our YouTube channel for all videos) and of course by recommending www.monkey-dope.com.


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In honour of Father's Day, I'm reposting this piece from last year. All the best to those remembering their fathers today, living or dead.
The son of Russian Jews, my father was born to David Berkman and Vera Elstein in Regina Saskatchewan, 1924. I don't have any pictures of my grandfather; he and Vera divorced when my father was very young and she apparently cut him out of surviving photographs. But his work as a furrier survives in photographs of my father in tiny fur coats.
By 1934, they were living in Ottawa where my grandmother worked as a saleslady at the Madame Louise Hat Shop on Bank Street which was run by David, also the proprietor of Berk's Dress Shop. Vera also worked with fur, and was an accomplished dressmaker. Unlike my maternal grandmother, she wore wigs, nail polish and makeup, exotic clothing, and was something of a style maven.
My father attended Lisgar Collegiate where he was known as Bunny Berkman, a nickname my grandmother gave him.
He was an excellent trumpet player and led a student combo that included Mort Katz, who still gigs around Ottawa.
After graduating from Lisgar, he went to Queen's University as part of the class of Meds49 where he apparently had a very good time. The reverse of this photograph has a woman's name, phone number, and address on it.
He did post-graduate studies in Cardiology at Georgetown University under Dr. Proctor Harvey, and returned to Canada to begin working at the Ottawa General Hospital.
He married my mother in 1958. I was born in 1960, my sister Frances in 1961, and my brother John in 1964. My parents bought a cottage in Quebec, north of Ottawa, in 1967 and we spent many summers there. My father was the main family photographer and so there are not a lot of photos with him in them. Here's one of the five of us.
He was an introvert, but well-loved by his students, winning a teaching award at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. He was intrigued by technology, built a Heathkit television and audio components, learned to program on an early Apple computer, scoured record stores every Saturday for new jazz releases (sometimes taking one of us with him and often "losing" us), and continued to play the trumpet on his own and, from time to time, with his friends.
He died in 1986 of cancer of the duodenum, predeceased by his mother in 1980.


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As explained in the GNU Autoconf Manual, any package needs configuration at build-time (see Introduction in The GNU Autoconf Manual). If your package uses Guile (or uses a package that in turn uses Guile), you probably need to know what specific Guile features are available and details about them.
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Good question right? What's the simple answer? Maybe not. If you are a marketer thinking about social media marketing then there is a good chance, if you have not done anything yet, that its because you just don't have enough information yet.
On Monday in Tampa, I attended and spoke at a conference titled Social Fresh, at that conference, during Maggie Fox's keynote, she nonchalantly asked the audience how many of them were marketers. Surprisingly, more than 80% raised their hands.
Clearly, 2 things became evident: One, there is a need for more social media conferences down in the belly of the state of Florida(that in and of itself is worth another blog post) and two, marketers were indeed starved or looking for answers/solutions to the primary social media marketing puzzle/question. The How To. Implementation. Why haven't they done it yet?
In this post I want to address those issues so that you can get started with social media marketing.
According to Equation research, one of the primary barriers for social media marketing adoption for brands or agencies is that they just don't know enough about social media to know where to begin.
But why? Why is it taking this long for marketers, agencies, brands and businesses to learn about social media? For some of us, we have been talking about and writing about social media for almost 4 years. Is it fear of social media? Do we have so much on our plates that we don't have time to check social media out?
Is it because your falling back on the excuse that you can't measure social media? Please tell me that's not the reason. If so, then please have a look at Olivier Blanchard's deck on the basics of social media ROI. Once you have rolled through it, I think and hope your fears on the ROI issue can be put to rest.
Another valid reason that may be preventing you from adopting social media may be budgetary. That can certainly affect any and all social media marketing efforts, as well as marketing efforts in general. If you got no money, then you go no money. However, I do want to point out that the barriers for entry into social media are relatively low. In fact your only costs when first starting out will be or could be design and labor.
So know this, getting into "it" is easy. In fact Chris Kieff suggests just listening for the first 6 months before you do anything else. It's quick to set up and easy to do. I'm not adverse to that strategy, but think that maybe 2-3 months might be just as effective. But the point is, by listening for a bit, that gives you a feel for how things work in social networks and how brands, conversations, posts, links and search results all evolve because of social media.
Managing it takes a little bit more skill. My friend Jason Falls who writes a great blog on all things social media marketing related, has a post on managing social media marketing. Though it's from 2008, it's still relevant and valuable even today. There are some great tips contained in the post.
So you might say you don't have enough time. Hey just like everything else in life, it's all about time management and being efficient with your usage of time. Social media marketing is no different. I have often said that social media marketing can be an incredible time suck, but the way to work thru that, is to make sure you have a plan every day that applies to your social media marketing strategy and speaks to your social media tactics. Above all stick to it. This includes your personal social media interactions. You have to know how much you allow yourself each day to engage on your own social networks.
Another issue that prevents marketers from even starting and which might be completely out of their hands, is there could be legal constraints. I can tell you from first hand experience how difficult it can be sometimes when any copy or any site designs that you create have to then pass the litmus test of legal. It seemed that everything we did was always not with the customer in mind, but always under the auspices of, "I hope legal is cool with this…"
Beyond that, you may have corporate policies that may prevent your marketing department from engaging in social media, if so, it's up to you to try and get corporate to look at the bigger picture of social media marketing and its effectiveness. Help them create a social media policy both internally and externally that allows you to use social media in your marketing efforts! Work with them, because there could be a very high likelihood that they have no clue of social media and thus they will err on the side of caution and completely lock down your efforts and attempts at social media marketing.
Lastly, I will say this. Given that search results can return articles and blog posts that rank high on the how to's of social media and social media marketing, I think it's important to trust one's peers and their associated networks. What I'm saying is that if you have questions, go to Twitter and ask a trusted and valued resource. I rely on my network. Rely on yours and get started. it's not too late.


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Campylobacter bacteria are one of the main causes of diarrhea and foodborne illness ("food poisoning"). They can infect the gastrointestinal tract and cause diarrhea, fever, and cramps.
Good hand-washing and food safety habits will help prevent Campylobacter infections (or campylobacteriosis), which usually clear up on their own but sometimes are treated with antibiotics.
Campylobacter (kam-pih-loh-BAK-tur) bacteria live in the intestines of many wild and domestic animals. They can pass to humans when animal feces (poop) contaminate food, meats (especially chicken), water (streams or rivers near where animals graze), and unpasteurized (raw) milk.
Once inside the human digestive system, Campylobacter infect and attack the lining of the small and large intestines. The bacteria also can affect other parts of the body. In some cases — particularly in very young kids and those with chronic illnesses or a weak immune system — they can get into the bloodstream (this is called bacteremia).
Yes. Campylobacteriosis can spread from person to person when someone comes into contact with fecal matter (poop) from an infected person (especially a child in diapers). Household pets can carry and spread the bacteria to people.
More than 2 million people get a Campylobacter infection each year, with babies younger than 1 year old, teens, and young adults most commonly affected.
Symptoms usually start 1 to 7 days after someone ingests the bacteria. The main symptoms are:
The diarrhea is watery at first, but later may contain blood and mucus. Sometimes, the abdominal pain seems worse than the diarrhea. When this happens, the infection may be mistaken for appendicitis or a problem with the pancreas.
Diarrhea can lead to dehydration, so kids with an infection should be watched closely. Signs of dehydration include thirst, irritability, restlessness, dizziness or drowsiness, sunken eyes, a dry or sticky mouth, dry skin, peeing less than usual, and in infants a dry diaper for more than 4–6 hours.
In a few cases, campylobacteriosis can lead to reactive arthritis (a type of joint inflammation) or, rarely, Guillain-Barré syndrome (an uncommon autoimmune disorder).
Doctors may send a stool sample to the lab to be tested for Campylobacter bacteria. They might order other lab tests, especially if there's blood in the stool. If needed, a blood test can confirm bacteremia.
Most kids with Campylobacter infection will recover without needing medicine. Sometimes, doctors prescribe antibiotics, especially for very young children or when symptoms are severe or lasting. Kids should take the antibiotics on schedule for as long as the doctor directed to make sure the infection is gone. Do not use nonprescription medicines for diarrhea without a doctor's OK.
After seeing a doctor, most kids with Campylobacter infections can recover at home, especially if they aren't dehydrated. They should drink plenty of fluids for as long as the diarrhea lasts and be watched for signs of dehydration.
Kids with mild diarrhea and no dehydration should continue to eat normally and drink lots of fluids. Fruit juices and soft drinks can make diarrhea worse, though, and should be avoided. If your child is dehydrated, your doctor may recommend using an oral rehydration solution. Breastfed babies who get campylobacteriosis should continue to be breastfed throughout the illness.
Diarrhea usually stops within 2 to 5 days. Full recovery usually takes about 1 week. Sometimes, diarrhea can last longer or stop and then come back.
To avoid Campylobacter infection, use drinking water that has been tested and approved for purity (especially in developing countries) and buy only pasteurized milk and juices. While hiking and camping, don't drink water from streams or from sources that pass through land where animals graze.
Wash your hands well before you prepare foods and after touching raw meats, especially poultry. Kill any bacteria in meats and eggs by cooking them thoroughly and eating while still warm. Refrigerate leftovers promptly. Wash cutting boards, countertops, and utensils with soap and hot water after contact with raw meat. Clean produce — especially leafy greens — before serving.
When caring for a family member who has diarrhea, wash your hands well and often, especially before touching other people and before eating or preparing food. Clean and disinfect toilets after the person with diarrhea uses them. Also, if a pet dog or cat has diarrhea, wash your hands often and check with your veterinarian about treatment.
Call your doctor if your child:
With rest and home care, most kids with a Campylobacter infection quickly make a full recovery.
Reviewed by: Kate M. Cronan, MD
Date Reviewed: Apr 28, 2017


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足球博彩平台(www.hg108.vip):Banks take cardholders data security seriously: ABM, AIBIM
KUALA LUMPUR: The Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) and the Association of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM) reaffirmed that they take the security of cardholders' data seriously.
They said this in a joint statement in response to a recent iPay88 announcement that card data may have been potentially compromised in a cyber security incident.
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Both associations said banks have taken additional countermeasures to protect cardholders from potential risks arising from this incident. These measures include but are not limited to a heightening of real-time fraud monitoring to detect fraudulent and out-of-norm card usage behaviour.
"The banks have implemented robust multi-layer security measures such as dual-factor authentication to prevent unauthorised credit card and debit card transactions.,
"Banks would contact their cardholders directly through the banks' official channels should they detect unusual transactions which may require added verification. Cardholders may also reach out to their respective issuers via call centres or branches for assistance related to this matter," the statement said.
ABM and AIBIM member banks also reassured their cardholders that they may continue to use their bank cards as normal, but are reminded to closely monitor their bank statements and transaction alerts from their banks.
"In the event cardholders detect any unauthorised transactions, they should immediately contact their bank at the number printed on the back of the bank card for assistance.
"Cardholders are reminded that in light of more sophisticated cyber security threats, it is important to be vigilant at all times," they added. - Bernama


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First, about that bunny-suit business.
Twenty Easters ago, Pat Schroeder was touring China with fellow members of the U.S. House of Representatives' Armed Services Committee—with a bunny suit in her bag, packed at the behest of Jimmy Carter's ambassador, who was hosting an Easter egg hunt. Schroeder arrived in full rabbit regalia, the kids mobbed her, and a week later, she was mobbed again, this time by reporters who wanted to know why the congresswoman had hopped all over China dressed as a rabbit.
The bunny suit was donated to the Denver Children's Museum.
As to why Schroeder happened to own a bunny suit—well, you'll just have to read the book.
"I tried to set the record straight, but no one in the press would have it," Schroeder writes in 24 Years of House Work...and the Place Is Still a Mess. "Finally I gave up. I issued a statement that Congress would be a better place if more members wore rabbit suits instead of power suits."
And kept their zippers shut.
Although 24 Years, a breezy account of Schroeder's political life, hits stores later this month, that's not why the twelve-term congresswoman has books on the brain.
Special prosecutor Kenneth Starr recently served two Washington, D.C., bookstores with subpoenas demanding receipts for books bought by Monica Lewinsky. And that drives Schroeder nuts. "We're not going to have any privacy," she says. "What she reads isn't what she is."
What Schroeder writes isn't the whole story, either. But it's a quick refresher course in how far Congress had come before it got tangled in the current mess.
Last Thursday, Schroeder attended a memorial for Bella Abzug, one of the few women in Congress when Schroeder was elected in 1972. At the service, as in the House 26 years ago, Schroeder's reception was somewhat frosty; apparently people had seen advance copies of the book. "She never hesitated to roll over people," Schroeder writes of Abzug. "She didn't give a rat's ass who she offended for a righteous cause." The same could be said of Schroeder, of course. More telling was Schroeder's first encounter with Abzug. "Rearing a family while being in Congress was unheard of," Schroeder writes. "I'd never met Bella Abzug, the Democratic congresswoman from New York and America's premier feminist, so our first contact after my election was rather surprising. 'I hear you have little kids,' she said. 'You won't be able to do this job.'"
Abzug wasn't the first person to tell Schroeder that. Even members of the National Women's Political Caucus, which Schroeder helped to found, suggested she run for something like the school board rather than Congress. But Schroeder, whose First Congressional District candidacy was as startling to her as it was to everyone else, decided to take a "Dona Quixote" run for it and beat Arch Decker in the primary. (Decker later switched parties and challenged Schroeder as a Republican in 1978.)
Back then the seat was no Democratic sinecure, however. In fact, it was occupied by a Republican, Mike McKevitt, who, as Denver's district attorney in 1970, had shut down the movie I Am Curious Yellow and closed restaurants that served "hippies." But the government took Schroeder's candidacy seriously enough to have an FBI operative break into her house. Years later she learned her husband's barber was a paid FBI informer.
Schroeder won. That was the easy part, but she didn't know it. Then she entered Congress, a "guy gulag." There were no female pages. Congressmen sunbathed nude. It was only because Wilbur Mills (who would soon be caught frolicking in the Tidal Basin with stripper Fanne Foxe) wanted to appease his wife, a Schroeder fan, that she got a seat on the prestigious Armed Services Committee. Half a seat, it turned out: Chairman F. Edward Hebert was so peeved by the appointment of Schroeder and California's Ron Dellums —"a girl and a black," each worth only half of one "regular" member, Hebert said—that he made them share a chair. "Ron and I had two choices: to go ballistic or to hang in," Schroeder writes. "We decided to hang. So we sat 'cheek to cheek' on one chair, trying to retain some dignity."
The book swings past other highlights—and lowlights—of Schroeder's career. Tailhook. Introducing the term "Teflon" to describe the presidency of Ronald Reagan—who never met with the Congressional Women's Caucus (although he sent Nancy to one lunch). And her response early on when someone asked how she could be both a congresswoman and a mother: "I have a brain and a uterus, and they both work."
Schroeder has always been quick with a quip—which is one of the reasons why some people don't like her. Then there are other reasons, and other people. People like the Christian Coalition member who called her "a witch, a snake and a whore." Or Oliver North, who named her one of the country's 25 most dangerous people. "I would have done so much better politically," Schroeder writes, "if I had embraced the Second Amendment and forgotten about the First."
But Schroeder did well enough. In 1987, after fellow Coloradan Gary Hart dropped his second presidential bid—"I felt we'd all been let down by him," writes Schroeder, who chaired his campaign—she explored her own candidacy. A Time poll ranked her third: "Very exciting," Schroeder writes, "but third doesn't cut it." So in September 1987, Schroeder scheduled a speech in downtown Denver. When she started explaining why she wouldn't run, the crowd groaned. "My heart sank, and I began to cry," she writes. "I had underestimated how much I wanted to pursue the presidency. I went on with my speech, but it was my tears, not my words, that got the headlines."
Schroeder made headlines again two years ago, when she decided twelve terms were enough. She got out while the getting was good. "I would be in a straitjacket if I were there," she says of today's Congress.
Schroeder is now president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, which is why she's got books on the brain. Copyright issues. Intellectual-property issues. And legal issues—such as those raised by Lewinsky's reading lists.
"What are they going to do next?" asks Schroeder. "Go to Victoria's Secret to see if she wore underwear?"
Although Starr hasn't revealed what he's looking for, presumably he's not out to prove that Lewinsky has very pedestrian tastes (the treacly The Notebook is reportedly among her choices), or even an oral fixation (Nicholas Baker's Vox, nominally about phone sex but really about the power of an author's hip reputation). Last week a judge declined to quash the subpoenas, but also ruled that Starr can't see those records without first proving a "compelling need."
That's a win for Schroeder's group. For now.
Political pundits keep wondering where the "feminists" are on the Clinton scandals—but Schroeder's experience at the Abzug service shows exactly where. They're all over the map, just like everyone else. They don't speak with one voice. In fact, Schroeder doesn't speak much about this at all, despite hundreds of entreaties from reporters. When Schroeder last week tossed off one of those throwaway quips about whether Clinton's aides should have asked him if he was a sex addict, the media reported it "totally distorted and out of context," she says.
So today, when reporters and talk-show hosts call, she doesn't always answer. But then, she no longer has to answer to them, to us. Remember?
Still, after the Lewinsky saga went public in January, Schroeder added a hasty postscript: "Reporters, TV producers and friends from all over the country were asking the same question: 'What do you think?' The truth is, I didn't know what to think...And then I realized: I don't have the answer right now."
Pure Schroeder, for once without a Pat answer.


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And Gareth was fatter than Rinette, and even HE moved faster than her. Anyone who defends Rinette obviously didn't watch this run carefully. Imagine if she had gone first? Gareth wouldn't even have a chance to enter.
Well, Gareth only got tripped up in the Cave and Holes of Python because he had a hard time maneuvering through the rooms due to his chubbiness. Other than that, he actually moved pretty quickly. And he knew what he was doing for the most part. He only lost because the temple guard placement (the same tired "one room away" trick in Season 1), made it impossible for this team to win. Heh I remember when Renegade called Gareth a "fatass" while Rinette was the "slowpoke." Both were pretty accurate descriptions too. I wonder if there were any other chubby contestants on the show? There might have been, but I don't quite remember.
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From easy walking to a few steeper areas.
Near Putaruru you can walk to the famous Blue Spring, which supplies around 70 per cent of New Zealand's bottled water.
Follow the Te Waihou Walkway to the famous Blue Spring, one of the purest water sources in the world.
Travelling alongside the Waihou River, the track winds through wetlands, across rolling pastures and past small waterfalls to the turquoise water of the spring.
Flowing at a rate of 42 cubic metres per minute (9240 gallons per minute), The Blue Spring could fill a six-lane, 25-metre swimming pool in just over 12 minutes. It maintains a constant 11°C in every season.
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Alternative route
Leslie Road: Leaving from Leslie Road this shorter walk, takes just 15 min (one way).
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What the @#%$! is going on?
I grew up in the 80s. From what I remember, 80s music had no harsh cussing. Even 80s rap music was more fun and tame than today's rap music. Eighties rap music talked about things like how to "walk this way"; today's rap music talks about things like how to "kill this way."
Who is to blame? To be sure, society is becoming more accepting of raucous lyrics. Thank goodness we have an FCC to police verbal content on television and radio. In the past parents like me could count on the FCC to keep profanity off the airwaves. But what happens when the FCC becomes more permissive? Recently the FCC investigated the possibility of allowing harsh swearing on TV and radio. The FCC solicited feedback from the public on this more submissive approach. People across American voiced their concerns. It looks like the proposal to allow harsh swearing has, at least for now, been tabled.
We don't need a randomized controlled trial to tell us that the words people hear directly affect the words they speak, and that the words they speak directly affect how they think and act. People who continuously engage in raucous talk will, in all likelihood, become raucous individuals – edgy, wild, boisterous, disorderly, and unruly.
Proverbs reminds us that "as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." I guess it is no surprise that artists like Pink, Adam Levine, and Avril Lavigne are kind of edgy and iconoclastic, or, in all fairness to their musical genius, are trying to appear that way for the purpose of advancing their music careers. If harsh lyrics sell, give the people what they want, right?
I will tolerate an infrequent, well-placed minor cuss word from others, as long as it does not mention deity. Even though I choose not to use such words, I understand that not all people share my LDS standards. As a testosterone-driven LDS male who is in an ongoing struggle against the natural man, I also understand what it is like to exercise constraint when the urge to speak harsh words arises.
What concerns me most is the increase in gratuitous use of cuss words in popular media. There is no reason for frequent harsh swearing in movies and music. I don't think it sells more movies or songs. I have traveled to a lot of different places; ordinary people don't talk that way. It is time for musicians and Hollywood producers to stop pretending like they do.


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Have you heard of Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910)? She was was an influential American author, teacher, and religious leader, noted for her groundbreaking ideas about spirituality and health, which she named Christian Science. She articulated those ideas in her major work, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," first published in 1875. Four years later she founded the Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, which today has branch churches and societies around the world. In 1908 she launched The Christian Science Monitor, a leading international newspaper, the recipient, to date, of seven Pulitzer Prizes. (Disclosure: I am a staff editor for The Christian Science Monitor.)
The Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston now houses Eddy's remarkable archival collection, which ranges from her many writings and letters to her wardrobe and even the carriage she rode in daily. This is one of the largest existing collections by and about an American woman. The library aims to provide public access and context to original materials and educational experiences about Eddy's life, ideas, and achievements, including her Church, whose international headquarters are located in Boston.
The Mary Baker Eddy Library asked me to spend November testing some of the menu items found in their archive collection. I quickly agreed! I love historical recipes and what they teach us not only about the social and cultural issues of their day, but also what they reveal about our own modern experiences.
We kicked off the month this morning with a presentation and a conference call lead by library researcher Judy Huenneke, who gave an overview of 19th-century food traditions. For the morning program, we had a pot of Boston Baked Beans and Indian Cake on hand made by library researcher Taryn McNichol (thanks, Taryn!)
The way we grow, prepare, and cook food has changed drastically over the past century in the United States. By examining the menus of those who lived in Mary Baker Eddy's household and comparing them to how we prepare food today gives a small snapshot of the social, cultural, and industrial forces that pushed civilization forward.
Over the next month, I'll introduce you to a cook, Minnie Weygandt, who began working for Eddy in January 1899 and stayed through September 1907 while Eddy lived in her Pleasant View home in Concord, N.H. And I'll also share recipes through my blog that might have been used in the household to recreate some of these favorite dishes such as, New England boiled dinner, custard pie, mince pie, stuffed eggs, oyster stew, and bannock bread, to just name a few.
I'm looking forward to this culinary adventure and hope you are, too!


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There's nothing like a celebrity death to make some free money for those left behind, and Ubisoft was the lucky company with the videogame rights after Michael Jackson popped off this mortal coil.
Michael Jackson: The Experience released on home consoles back in 2010, but there's still plenty of mileage to be gotten out of this guaranteed money-maker. In fact, Ubisoft has wasted no time in shunting a port onto the PlayStation Vita just in time for its launch.
The only trouble is, as much as my instinct tells me to be incredibly cynical, I don't hate this game.
Michael Jackson: The Experience HD (PlayStation Vita)
Developer: Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft, Triumph International
Released: February 14, 2012
Michael Jackson: The Experience HD is all business. It doesn't waste time with story modes, unlockable songs, or any other barriers to entry. As soon as you start the game, you can jump right into a menu of iconic Michael Jackson songs and get playing. There's an experience system and unlockable aesthetic content, but otherwise, this is a game that gets right to the meat.
As one would expect, The Experience makes heavy use of the touchscreen, with players needing to perform timed directional swipes in order to complete a stage. Each command is represented by a bar featuring two arrows that slowly move together. Players must drag their finger across the screen in the direction of the arrow, lifting the finger when the arrows meet together. Although many of the arrows point in a single straight direction, some are curved or circular and will require similarly shaped finger swipes. When a small purple circle appears, the player simply needs to tap the screen rather than swipe.
The only other commands are used during "free" mode. At certain points during a song, the on-screen commands will disappear and players can perform them at will. They can also tilt the Vita to make Michael spin and use the touchpad to move him around the screen or perform special signature dance moves.
While other early Vita titles have fallen apart by trying to do too much, The Experience wisely keeps a simple interface. By just using the touchscreen with limited touchpad and gyroscope interaction, Ubisoft has provided a streamlined and intuitive control scheme that works very well in a portable context. It would have been very easy to toss in a lot more motion controls and other gimmicky features, but I think that would have been far more detrimental to the overall game.
My only real gripe is the fact that commands are rather small and easy to miss on the big OLED screen. Furthermore, there are some moments where two commands appear at once, requiring players to use two fingers. While it usually works, sometimes commands appear in different sections of the screens incredibly quickly, so it can be difficult to work out whether they need to be followed simultaneously or sequentially. Some extra layer of color coding might've been useful in cases like this.
As with all good rhythm games, players are scored and graded based on performance. By stringing together successful commands without missing anything, players can maintain combos that carry score multipliers. Extra points are also awarded by timing commands correctly, although oddly, you have to gain a few experience levels before unlocking rewards for perfect timing.
Controls are responsive, and there's a decent challenge for those looking to beat their high scores. While no song is insurmountable, even on Expert difficulty, it's at least quite tough to maintain a high combo count during trickier stages. Each song carries its own selection of specialized challenges that players can complete to unlock new costumes and special visual effects to give their game a little extra jazz. A simple experience system also rewards players with additional aesthetic content.
As noted at the top of the review, I enjoyed my time with this game despite my gut reaction to despise the thing and everything it stands for. It's a solid little music title that provides quick, undemanding action on the go and boasts a good enough mix of classic tunes to deliver all-important fan service. It's not a remarkable-looking game, but it's colorful and typically poppy. The only visual hiccup I found was with Michael Jackson himself, who doesn't quite look artificial enough to be taken seriously.
Although I had fun with it, the selection of songs can be run through pretty quickly, and if you're not interested in unlocking costumes or images of the King of Pop, there's not a lot of longevity. I'm not one to worry too much about game length, but the amount of content on offer isn't enough to justify the admission costs. This portable port of a two-year-old game is priced like a major, big-budget Vita production when it really should be a budget title. As enjoyable as The Experience can be, it's not enjoyable enough to purchase at a premium rate.
If you ever find Michael Jackson: The Experience at a fraction of the asking price, I'd definitely recommend picking it up. It's not an astounding game, but it's a decent distraction that can soak up an hour of two of your time. This is certainly not something you'll need at launch, however, so keep it on standby until you can secure a much better deal than Ubisoft is offering out of the gate.


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Polish rabbi of the sixteenth century; author of "Yesod Emunah," a treatise on the dogmas of Judaism, Cracow, 1582. He also wrote "Yesod ha-Teshubah," on repentance, extracts from other works, and chiefly from the "Yoreh Ḥaṭṭa'im" of Eleazar b. Judah of Worms, ib. 1582.
- Nepi-Ghirondi, Toledot Gedole Yisrael, p. 247;
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1139;
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Nov 26, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Colombo Municipal Council, the Town Hall building shines bright in orange for 16 days, urging the need to foster a safer environment for women and girls.
Every year, iconic buildings around the world are illuminated in orange during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, a global campaign that started from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) to 10 December (Human Rights Day).
Throughout the 16 days, Governments, UN agencies, civil society, and activists come together to raise awareness on this issue that knows no social, economic, or national boundaries.
More than a third of women worldwide have experienced either physical or sexual violence at some point in their lives.
"Despite any political situation, gender-based violence still happens, and it must be stopped. We will continue to advocate for zero violence against women and girls in Sri Lanka and around the world, to ensure no one is left behind", says Ms. Ritsu Nacken, Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sri Lanka.