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Parrot's Zik headphones are about the fanciest and most high-tech Bluetooth headphones you can buy these days and you'll have to pay a good chunk of change ($400) for the privilege of owning them.
In case you've never heard of Parrot, it's a French company that's been around a while. It's created some sleek Bluetooth speakers, but in the U.S., at least, the company is best known for its remote-controlled AR.Drone that it frequently shows off at tech trade shows.
Now Parrot has collaborated (not for the first time) with famous French designer Philippe Starck to create Zik, a set of headphones with a dual focus on technology and design. The headphones offer a wealth of features, including touch-sensitive controls on the right earpiece, active noise-cancellation, NFC capabilities, a removable and replaceable battery, and an app for iOS and Android smartphones that acts as a virtual control panel for the headphones.
The Ziks certainly look -- and feel -- like expensive headphones, with sculpted metal, swiveling armatures, and luxuriously padded earcups. I found them comfortable, though a tad on the heavy side (they weigh .72 lb.), particularly for mobile use, and they will make your ears steamy in warmer weather. They really do have an eye-catching design and a unique look. Works of art? I don't know if I'd go quite that far, but they're a nice departure from the Beats headphones that have become so popular.
The first thing you have to do after unboxing the headphones is insert the removable battery into its compartment in the left earpiece. That compartment was easier to access than I thought, for the cover to the earpiece adheres magnetically and you simply give a gentle tug and it comes off, exposing the battery compartment.
On the bottom of the right earpiece you'll find the power button, a Micro-USB port for charging the headphones with the included cable, and headphone jack that allows you to use the headphones as wired headphones (more on that in a minute). It's also worth mentioning that there's a jawbone conductor sensor in the padded earcup that detects when you're talking, if you're using the headphones as a headset, and directs the external microphone to focus on your voice. Parrot says the headphones have four microphones on board: two internal, two external. They combine to optimize noise cancellation and filter out background noise while you're talking. A built-in motion sensor also detects when you remove your headphones from your ears and automatically pauses your music when you take them off. Yes, it works.
The power button is the only button on the headset. As for volume, call answer/end, pause/play, and skip track forward/back, that's all done through touch gestures on the outside of the right earcup. You swipe up and down to control volume, and left and right to skip the track forward and back. On a couple of occasions I went to adjust the headphones on my head and, forgetting the earcup was touch-sensitive, accidentally advanced the track or paused my music. It takes a little getting used to at first, but it turns out to be remarkably convenient.
While the headphones get very high marks for design, they do have a couple of small shortcomings. The earcups have a matte finish that feels soft to the touch. That's nice, but the finish does pick up the oil from your hands and it shows scuff marks. I don't know what the headphones will look like after a year of use, but you'll probably have to be pretty careful with them in order to keep them looking pristine.
It would have helped had Parrot included a better carrying case. The included one is a thin, relatively cheap cloth pouch that just doesn't compare to the hard cases included with most headphones that cost more than $300 (Bose, for example, includes a nice carrying case with its noise-canceling headphones). That's too bad.
As I said, the Zik headphones are loaded with cutting-edge features, many of which I've already touched on. Some of those features are more flushed out while others are still works in progress. For instance, Parrot touts the Zik's NFC (Near Field Communications) capabilities, a feature found on only a few smartphones at this time (though it's coming soon to more smartphones). If you have the right model, one that runs the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, you can tap on the headset to pair it and double tap to unpair it. Alas, the only NFC-enabled smartphone I had was the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Zik's NFC feature didn't work with it.
The other big extra and a key part of the Zik package is the Parrot Audio Suite app. It's a free download for iOS and Android devices and, as I noted, it's really a control panel for the headphones and pretty vital to the Zik experience. From the app, you can turn the noise canceling on or off, tweak the EQ, check whether any firmware updates are available, and see how much battery life you have left.

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There are so many great things that have come from this season of our lives. Perhaps the highlight has been that lives have been changed. There is something about a hard illness that causes people to look hard into their lives. One example is my Father. He has been mad a God for many years. I wouldn't say he deny's Him but he finally made peace with God about a month ago.
My dad (pictured left) will grow in God's goodness in his own time and own pace. My dad has been hurt by church before and he has always said "you don't have to go to church to believe in God." He is right, 100% right. However, he has been struggling with anger towards God for a long time now, especially since Natalie (his granddaughter, my daughter) was diagnosed with Leukemia.
Well, the other day my friend and pastor Andy Lewis felt that God had told him to come over and chat with my dad. Both of us were able to spend some quality time with him out in his workshop. When it was time to leave Andy told my dad that the reason he came over was he felt God has been asking him to pray for one person these past few months. He said that God is reaching out to you and He is not done with you. Andy asked Dom (my dad) to carefully consider to be baptized. Well, he did but it took a whole 3 minutes of thought. His words were "I would like that a lot."
By the end of our conversation everything was set for a winter back yard baptism in the spa! Well I am happy to say that the ceremony was wonderful. And just look at the peace that is radiating from my dads eyes. I tell you, it was a sight to remember for the rest of my life.
It's been 37 years since he as left the church behind (or they left him, if you hear the real story). All of that is in the past and it's time to now pray that all of us can provide a safe place for my dad to be able to work thought those hurts. I also pray that his commitment to "follow Jesus all the days of his life" would become a living and breathing part of him. Praise God, He is good. He is the Faithful One!
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Federer came away a 6-0, 7-6 (8-6) winner over Michael Llodra. Federer won 78 percent of the points -- losing just two when receiving serve -- in winning the first set in 14 minutes.
The second set took nearly an hour, however, before Federer finished off the tiebreaker. Where Llodra was just 2-of-14 points serving in the first set, he won 71 percent serving in the second. Federer was even better, taking 75 percent for the match and not losing his serve.
Federer was included in a 6-0 sweep for seeded players Tuesday with only third-seeded Andy Murray, who beat Michael Berrer 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, needing a third set to advance.
No. 4-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga topped Marcos Baghdatis 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 while fifth-seeded Tomas Berdych and No. 7-seeded Janko Tipsarevic both won 6-2, 6-2. Berdych eliminated Benjamin Becker and Tipsarevic beat Igor Kunitsyn.
Eighth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro, in the day's final match, defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).
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Throughout the process they exceeded my expectations and made my cross country move much easier. They movers took exceptional care with my piano in both states. They moved my grand piano to a second floor condo up a curved staircase with no problem. The movers were very careful with both my piano and my home. I highly recommend them.
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Phil of course was right. Global warming? The tax code determines how cheap it is to buy carbon based fuels that warm the globe. And it determines whether the producers or somebody else has to pay for the cleanups, the environmental damage, dealing with the warming planet. And it determines what the carbon hawkers have to pay for threatening to obliterate our descendants and end human life on this planet. No tax – go ahead and choke the globe.
Antibiotic resistant disease? The tax code determines what cheap methods are OK to raise and sell animals and animal products. Jam animals together for "efficient" processing and they need antibiotics. The tax is on the land, not the antibiotics. Voila, it's cheap to feed antibiotics to animals and ship them to us with resistant diseases. Of course we'll pay the price with illness, doctors, and grieving for our dear ones – but, hey, the milk was cheap.
Landfills? Who pays for those? Do you get a break for composting, sorting, recycling or not buying so much? Nope – we all pay for garbage. But the tax could be shifted to producers and off our shoulders. Things would instantly get less wasteful.
Ever since the elder George said "Read my lips; no new taxes," taxes have become the third rail of politics – instant suicide for any politician even to bring it up. But health, wealth and survival are right there in the tax code. We need smart taxes, that shape us the way we ought to be. The freedom to corrupt our country and our world with garbage, poison and heat isn't legitimate freedom – that's one person's "freedom" to mess with another's life, or the lives of many. That's not freedom, not what our forefathers' fought for, not patriotic, sensible or constructive. We need smart taxes. Now. Taxes that will make our world a better place.
So last week I wished for peace, health and good government – figuring I was on mostly safe ground. So now I'm blowing it – wishing for new, I'd rather say better, taxes. TAXES for the New Year! That Gottlieb character must be crazy. Like a fox? Naahhh. Just nuts. Republicans won't allow it anyway.
Oh, devilishly inspired by Paul and Anne Ehrlich, how about a tax on more than two children per family – NO, don't throw tomatoes, they stain. I'm out o' here! Happy New Year everyone.
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KANSAS CITY -- For 6 1/2 innings, the Blue Jays had the script they wanted with an encouraging start from Dustin McGowan and some timely hitting that produced a three-run lead.
But the ending turned nightmarish as bullpen woes and suspect defense proved costly in a 10-7 loss to the Royals on Tuesday night.
Kansas City rallied from a 5-2 deficit with two runs in the seventh and six more in the eighth to steal the opener of a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium. Once McGowan left after allowing a leadoff double to Alex Gordon in the seventh, it was all downhill.
Blue Jays relievers Steve Delabar, Brett Cecil and Sergio Santos all had shaky outings as the Royals surged to the lead with aggressive hitting and baserunning. The big hero was Salvador Perez, who delivered a two-run homer in the seventh to bring the Royals within one before smashing a two-run, go-ahead double in the eighth.
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons was impressed by the resilience of the Royals against his bullpen.
"I want to say one thing about that team over there, because I was there when they were young," said Gibbons, a former Royals bench coach. "They play nine innings. Up or down, they compete and get after you. That's why they are going to wind up winning some day."
The beginning of the end for the Blue Jays came when Gordon launched a high fly to deep right-center against McGowan leading off the seventh. Neither center fielder Colby Rasmus nor right fielder Jose Bautista took charge and the ball dropped. McGowan left at that point after allowing just three hits.
McGowan pitched for the first time wearing his insulin pump, designed for increased stamina to combat his diabetes. The right-hander said he actually felt that he was getting stronger as the game wore on.
"It felt good," McGowan said. "I kept checking [the pump] every inning. I feel real encouraged because I got deep into the game, which is all I've been wanting to do."
There had been speculation that McGowan's rotation spot was on the line as he took the mound on Tuesday. Did McGowan feel he had performed well enough to earn another start?
"I hope so," he said. "I thought I threw the ball really well tonight, but I don't make those decisions."
The Blue Jays had taken a 3-2 lead in the fifth against Jason Vargas. An RBI triple by Melky Cabrera -- his franchise-record 40th hit for March/April -- was the key blow. Cabrera scored on a wild pitch to give Toronto the lead. The Blue Jays tacked on two in the seventh to knock out Vargas.
But the Royals used Perez's two-run homer off Delabar to shift the momentum in the seventh.
"I threw him a heater up in the zone and he did what he's supposed to do with a pitch that's up," Delabar said.
The Royals got a leadoff single from Eric Hosmer off Cecil in a lefty-on-lefty matchup to start the eighth. Billy Butler singled to left and Hosmer went to third when Cabrera was slow getting the ball back in. Cecil got Gordon on strikes and Gibbons went to his closer Santos against Perez.
"It was starting to go the other direction," Gibbons said. "We're bringing [Santos] in, looking for a strikeout."
Instead, Perez ripped his two-run double down the third-base line to give Kansas City the lead and ignite the six-run rally.
Perez is now 7-for-13 after emerging from a 1-for-29 slump. When the Blue Jays went to their closer in the eighth, Perez was able to trump Toronto's trump card.
"[Santos] threw me a first-pitch ball and he didn't want to get behind in the count, so he came in with the fastball," Perez said. "I was ready for the fastball."
By the time the eighth inning was over, the Blue Jays were down by five. That meant Edwin Encarnacion's two-run homer in the ninth was merely window dressing.
"We just got hit tonight," Gibbons said. "And we didn't help things out when we let guys take the extra base and miss cutoff men. You aren't going to win that way."


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Britain considers swapping paper money for plastic
LONDON >> Britain is pondering plastic pounds.
The Bank of England is considering replacing paper money with polymer bank notes which are billed as cleaner, stronger and more secure.
The bank said Tuesday it will hold a public consultation, bringing samples of plastic money to shopping centers so that members of the public can feel the difference.
Polymer bank notes — made from transparent plastic film coated with layers of ink — are used by countries such as Australia, Mexico and Canada.
Proponents say they are longer-lasting and harder to forge than paper notes. But critics say the bills are slippery, stick together and do not fold as easily as paper.
A British decision is due by December. If the plan is approved, plastic 5-pound notes could be in circulation by 2016.


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(Pocket-lint) - Such has been the dominance of the FIFA behemoth in recent years, there is probably a whole generation of gamers that doesn't even remember when PES ruled the land. Cruelly coinciding with FIFA's long-overdue finding of form, the decline of PES seemed irreversible, its great history sullied by a run of shambolic releases.
That rot was stopped last year, when we tentatively declared that PES was back. Konami has built on those green shoots of recovery, and this year's outing can once again look FIFA in the eye and take to the pitch on a level footing.
Complete Control
Whereas FIFA has always been streets ahead in terms of periphery, it is of course on the pitch that it matters, and PES 2013 plays an often thrilling game of association football, with an emphasis on instinctive control. You are no longer wrestling with the game, instead concentrating on the action in front of you, looking for player runs, and delivering that killer ball. It's possible to play a neat possession game, safe in the knowledge that your players aren't suddenly going to freak out and give the ball away. Alternatively you can simply hoof it up to the big man and hope for the best.
Much has been made of the player likenesses – and they are by and large recognisable – but far more important is the mirroring of their attributes, to the extent that you will recognise individual stars by their playing style. As such, Ya Ya Toure is a beast, bludgeoning his way through the opposition, cover star Ronaldo is a slippery character with an armoury of tricks, and Wayne Rooney is a pocket dynamo with an eye for goal - presumably modelled on vintage Rooney. As well as making teams appear more like their real life counterparts, knowing what particular players can do really does make a difference, and in the heat of battle you find yourself relying on your big names to get you through.
A Deeper Love
New controls have been introduced, including the dynamic first touch, enabling you to kill the ball with Cantona-esque precision, or use its momentum to find yourself some space. Dribbling has also been tweaked, with a slower more deliberate approach enabling you to utilise actual skill rather than simply hammering the sprint button. A whole raft of flicks and tricks has been introduced, and there is an extensive training section that feels a lot like homework. Suffice to say, we gave up almost immediately, but still went on to achieve Champions League glory with a rudimentary pass and move approach.
PES 2013 is as deep as you want it to be, with entire tactical levels beyond the ken of the average sofa-bound pundit. And if you want to go really hands-on, there is full manual passing and shooting available, a feature that we generally found to be a novel way of losing possession. That said, if you have the manual dexterity to point an arrow at the corner of the goal and strum the ball in, it's a deeply satisfying feeling.
At the top level, these little touches could make all the difference, and there is enough in the game to have you still learning throughout another bleak winter.
Transfer Deadline
Off the pitch, the DNA of the series is firmly embedded, from the cup competitions that have been around since the 1990s, to the life-sapping Master League, and the mysterious Bristol Mary Stadium. As for obligatory Japanese weirdness, we were informed apropos of nothing that we had earned a new nickname: The Bison. So thanks for that.
As for the licensing - or lack of - cut and paste any review from the past century. Welcome to the Premiership: Berkshire Blues (Reading), Soton (Southampton) and East London (West Ham). And we don't know when the cut-off date for transfers was, but Van Persie is still plying his trade at North London, Berbatov is skulking round Manchester United (actually licensed) and Ian Rush is about to make his big money move to Merseyside Red (not really).
FIFA has effectively bought football, and the lack of authenticity in PES will certainly irk the purist. That said, keener gamers with a USB stick and access to "the internet" might be able to seek out a site where enthusiasts have updated the team names to the real thing. We couldn't possibly say where, but we believe that there are ELEVEN of them and that they are definitely WINNING.
Brick Him Up
On the commentary front, John Champion and Jim Beglin have put in a minor shift in a soundproof room, wheeling out the obligatory sound bites and faux-witticisms. That said, they don't always appear to be on their game, and occasionally miss fairly key events such as thwacking the crossbar from distance. In general the atmosphere is pretty good though, with the muted graphical approach giving it something of a retro feel.
Ultimately, it's exciting to play, whether battling out a hard fought goalless draw or breathlessly winning a seven goal thriller. Treading the fine line between dour realism and fantasy football, PES 2013 is a hugely entertaining package.
With a more measured approach allied to a genuinely reactive control system, PES is the most playable it has been for years.
Off the pitch, there's still something of a homespun feel to proceedings, but once you cross that white line this is a serious title contender, and a game that is finally truly exciting to play. It almost makes you wonder why they didn't think of it earlier.


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Twins and triplets are more likely to be born early and need special care after birth than single babies.
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It's a good idea to discuss your birth options with your midwife or consultant early on in your pregnancy.
You'll normally be advised to give birth in a hospital, as there's a higher chance of complications with twins.
There are usually more health professionals at a multiple birth – for example, there may be 2 midwives, an obstetrician and 2 paediatricians (1 for each baby).
You'll already have met your obstetrician and midwives to discuss your baby's birth beforehand, so they will not all be strangers.
For more information on who's who, read about the antenatal team.
The process of labour is more or less the same as for 1 baby, but your maternity team will usually advise you to have your babies electronically monitored because of the higher risk of complications.
This means attaching belts with sensors (1 for each twin) to your bump. You'll still be able to move around into different positions.
Once your waters have broken, your midwife may ask your permission to attach a clip attached to a wire to the first baby's head to get a more accurate measure of their heartbeat.
You'll be offered a drip in case it's needed later – for example, to restart contractions after your first baby is born.
Triplets or more babies are almost always delivered by a planned caesarean section.
Can you have a natural birth with twins?
Lots of women think they have to have a caesarean section with twins. In fact, more than 40% of twin births are vaginal.
If you're planning a vaginal delivery, it's usually recommended that you have an epidural for pain relief, but you can discuss this with your midwife.
If there are any problems, it's easier for your antenatal team to deliver your babies quickly if you have already got an epidural in place.
Find out more about the signs and stages of labour
You're more likely to have a vaginal birth if the first twin is in a head-down position.
But there may be medical reasons why a vaginal birth is not recommended.
If you have had a caesarean section before, for example, it's not usually recommended that you have a vaginal birth with twins.
As with any vaginal birth, you may need an assisted birth. This is where forceps or vacuum delivery are used to help deliver your babies.
Once the first baby is born, your midwife or doctor can check the position of the second baby by feeling your tummy and doing a vaginal examination. They may also use an ultrasound scan.
If the second baby is in a good position, it should be born soon after the first, as your cervix is already fully dilated.
If your contractions stop after the first baby is born, the doctor or midwife may discuss giving you hormones via a drip to restart them.
Caesarean section and twins
In the UK, more than half of twins and almost all triplets are delivered by caesarean.
You may choose to have a planned caesarean, or your doctor may recommend a caesarean, if:
- the first baby is lying feet, knees or buttocks first (breech)
- 1 twin is lying sideways (transverse)
- you have a low-lying placenta
- your twins share a placenta
- you have had a difficult delivery with a single baby before
As with any pregnancy, if you plan a vaginal birth, you may still end up needing an emergency caesarean.
In very rare cases, some women deliver 1 twin vaginally and then need a caesarean section to deliver the second twin. This happens in less than 5% of twin births.
Finding out if your twins are identical
After the birth, your midwife will examine the placenta to check that it's all there and look at the membranes.
If your babies have a single placenta with 1 outer membrane (chorion) and 2 inner membranes (amnion), they must be identical (monozygotic).
Otherwise, the only way to tell if they're identical is through DNA testing. This is not available on the NHS.
For advice on how to find out if your twins are identical, you can phone the Multiple Births Foundation on 020 3313 3519 or email them at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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By Greg Clary and Barbara Starr
"I'm getting there," said Boston Marathon bombing victim J.P. Norden to Sgt. Luis Remache, a U.S. Marine and a double leg amputee.
"You'll get there, it's not that bad," Remache said.
It's not always common that a grizzled military veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan can relate with a civilian, but that's exactly what happened time and again on Wednesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center just outside Washington.
Norden came to the hospital for just this sort of interaction because his wounds are more common on the battlefield than on the streets of an American city.
He was standing with his brother, Paul, near the marathon's finish line on April 15 cheering on friends when two blasts rocked the crowd and the runners and changed his life.
Doctors said nails and parts of a pressure cooker used to make the bombs blew off the lower half of his right leg and severely damaged his left.
"When he came in we were afraid for his life. He was hypotensive, blood pressure was low and he was bleeding to death," said Dr. Michael Weaver of Brigham and Women's Hospital, who was the first doctor to treat him.
But with quick intervention from first responders and doctors (he was in the operating room within 36 minutes of being hit by the blast) Norden is recovering.
His brother also lost a leg in the blast and was going to go to Walter Reed as well but is recovering from surgery.
At the rehab facility in Boston, many of the amputees being treated are older, and sustained their injuries in car accidents or from diseases like diabetes.
The injuries are similar in scope but a blast injury from a bomb is something only a soldier knows.
At Walter Reed, Norden sees guys around his own age recovering from injuries similar to his.
"This is stuff that I wanted to hear that life goes on and everyday he can do everything and more than he's done before he had his accident. So, that's what I want to be doing," Norden said.
The road isn't always easy though, even for guys his own age.
Soldiers with one or multiple limbs missing slog through rehab with grit at Walter Reed. Chains clank as soldiers drag them around a track, hoping to build strength.
Ropes go taught from the ceiling, preventing one quadruple amputee from falling as he practices moving up steps.
Yells and grunts are heard as he uses all of his strength to pull himself up again but smiles of encouragement crack among the others.
They've seen him fall before. And they'll see him get up again.
Dozens of wounded soldiers participate in similar drills to get back upright in a scene at first upsetting but then something else altogether: inspiring.
"I just think that what we're seeing here is incredible. I wanted you to see this. I mean, look at these guys," another of the doctors, E.J. Caterson of Brigham and Women's, said to Norden as he surveyed the scene.
This wasn't just a trip for Norden's benefit, however.
As much as Norden was looking for advice and mentoring from soldiers, his doctors sought the same from their military counterparts.
"From our prospective, their experience can help inform all of the patient care we do for the blast- injured victims because they have the most experience in the world of this particular condition," said Caterson.
And it's not just comparing notes on physiology. The doctors agreed that soldiers at Walter Reed can be a source of inspiration.
"I think a lot of the blast victims feel alone and this is really showing them that they're part of a larger community that there are other people with these injuries who are doing very well and that they can do that too," said Weaver.
As for Norden, his doctors say while his recovery may be long, he is well on his way.
"The prognosis in the long term is excellent. You know, all of these patients that are blast injury victims have hurdles to overcome and JP and his brother are no exception. But I think some more time and work and rehab and surgery, he's going to do great," said Weaver.
It's one thing to hear that encouragement from doctors but another coming from someone going through the same thing.
Norden also met with Army Sgt. Ryan Long. He lost the same leg Norden did while serving in Afghanistan.
"It gets better," said Long. "It's only going to get better."
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Awesome! Being with people who have overcome such hardship and now demonstrating how life can go on and be great! What a great idea to give such encouragement to others who have suffered similar fates. JP looks lit up with encouragement and ready to be where those soldiers are now. I'm sure he will go back to his brother with that light of encouragement and share it with him and many others.


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The airline that allows you to pay on Facebook and Twitter
Passengers flying with Dutch airline KLM can now pay for their tickets via Facebook and Twitter.
It's the latest innovation out of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to tie social media sites into the consumer experience.
After making their request, customers will be sent a private message on Facebook or Twitter. Flyers can then select their preferred method of payment and complete the transaction. One of 130 dedicated social media service agents then send a confirmation of payment.
Agents field 35,000 queries on Facebook and Twitter from flyers around the world every week. And recently, the airline gained its 5 millionth Facebook fan making KLM the carrier with the most fans in the world, the airline claims.
Other popular social media brands include Qatar Airways, which boasts 3.6 million fans and Emirates, which has 2.5 million fans.
Meanwhile, KLM also recognized the opportunities presented by professional networking site LinkedIn, when they launched a Meet & Seat program allowing flyers to share their LinkedIn and Facebook profiles with fellow passengers.
Virgin America borrowed a page from KLM's playbook and launched a similar program in collaboration with geo-locating app Here on Biz this month.


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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.101 no.3 Pretoria mar. 2011
Failing emergency medical services
To the Editor: I refer to the scientific letter entitled 'Emergency centres lack defibrillator knowledge'.1
I am a recently retired UK accident and emergency consultant who is now attempting to plough back knowledge gained in the discipline of emergency medicine (EM) and trauma to peripheral hospitals in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) under the umbrella of Outreach. This includes ward rounds, clinics, shop-floor teaching, checking and demonstrating equipment (defibrillators, ventilators, monitors) pertinent to emergency departments (EDs), and most importantly demonstrating correct drug usage to doctors and nurses. In KZN many doctors are foreign qualified and poorly taught in emergency medicine.
In the Western Cape I have personally taught at 33 central, district and regional hospitals, where most departments are now well equipped and well laid out, with enthusiastic doctors and nurses. This is in sharp contrast to the 26 similar hospitals in KZN where I have taught (the exception is Ngwelezana Hospital, overseen by an accredited EM specialist). The EDs in most KZN peripheral hospitals were failed by the FIFA-accredited doctors, with reports submitted to head office indicating no improvement in equipment or drugs. Non-functioning ECGs, ventilators, monitors or defibrillators were found at 80% of these hospitals.
So how can we improve on this diabolical situation, knowing how poorly Outreach EM is taught in South Africa? This is a fact bemoaned by many of these doctors and nurses.
On completion of these hospital visits a proforma developed by the Western Cape is given to the hospital manager and submitted to head office highlighting deficiencies and making recommendations. At the same time we hand out EM protocols and ACLS, ATLS and PALS updates.
Thirty years ago Professor Coen van der Merwe, Mr Alan White and myself were instrumental in setting up the Dip PEC to address the problem of EM in peripheral areas. At the same time Trauma, the EM journal, was started. Little or no help is forthcoming from the very departments that are well established.
The fine line between life and death can often be defined by where an accident or medical event occurs. The more fortunate may be successfully treated at an ED with fully trained medical and nursing staff in a properly equipped unit. Otherwise, living medical problems may become dead certainties if we do not address these problems appropriately.
Michael Morris
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1. Louw P, Maritz D, Wallis L. Emergency centres lack defibrillator knowledge. S Afr Med J 2010;100:435-436. [ Links ]


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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal appeals court in Washington refused Tuesday to clear an obstacle to the construction of a new coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected a request from Sunflower Electric Power Corp., based in Hays, to overturn a federal judge's ruling that had put the $2.8 billion project on hold. Sunflower wants to build an 895-megawatt plant outside Holcomb.
U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan last year ordered the Rural Utilities Service, which is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to complete an environmental study before granting any approvals to Sunflower for the project. The federal agency must sign off on decisions about the plant because it provided past financial support to Sunflower and oversaw corporate reorganizations.
The appeals-court panel said it didn't have the jurisdiction under federal law to hear an appeal because Emmett's decision directing the RUS to do a study didn't amount to a final order. Sunflower spokeswoman Cindy Hertel said the company is still reviewing the decision.
But the San Francisco-based environmental law group Earthjustice hailed the decision. The group represented the Sierra Club, which sued the Rural Utilities Services in 2007 in hopes of slowing or blocking Sunflower's construction of new coal-fired generating capacity.
"As of today, the Sunflower coal plant cannot be built," Earthjustice attorney Amanda Goodin, said in a statement.
Kansas granted a permit to Sunflower to build the new plant in 2010, more than a year after the Republican-controlled Legislature ratified an agreement between then Democratic Gov. Mark Parkinson and Sunflower. The deal allowed the plant to go forward when lawmakers approved "green" legislation favored by Parkinson and his predecessor, Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
The Sierra Club also is challenging the state Department of Health and Environment's permit in a separate lawsuit now before the Kansas Supreme Court.
Sunflower supplies electricity for about 400,000 Kansans and its new plant would have enough capacity to meet the peak demands of 448,000 households, according to one state estimate.
Three-quarters of the new capacity would be reserved for a Sunflower partner, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc., of Westminster, Colo. That's long been a sore point for environmentalists, who view the plant as unnecessary for meeting Kansans' power needs, but supporters of the project have said exporting power will be as beneficial to the economy as exporting agricultural products.
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Feiern für's Klima or Partying for the climate!
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Fall 2011 Law Review Article Submission Guide
Nancy Levit (UMKC) & Allen Rostron (UMKC) have updated their incredibly useful document, which contains two charts for the Fall 2011 submission season covering 202 law reviews.
The first chart (pp. 1-64) contains information gathered from the journals' websites on:
- Methods for submitting an article (such as by e-mail, ExpressO, or regular mail)
- Any special formatting requirements
- How to request an expedited review
- How to withdraw an article after it has been accepted for publication elsewhere
The second chart (pp. 65-71) contains the ranking of the law reviews and their schools under six measures:
- U.S. News: Overall Rank
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- Washington & Lee Citation Ranking
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I am aware of a few. I am awaiting the arrival of Portuguese writer David Soares' Batalha (his previous works are very, very good). I know several Brazilian writers have recently had short fiction of theirs made available in the Kindle Store. But on the whole, I am not as aware as I would like of what is out there and considered to be very good.
If you happen to know of a recent award (even if it's pre-2011 releases) in a particular country and can list some of the shortlisted titles/winners, I would greatly appreciate it, as I might be able to start buying at least some of the recommended titles in the coming months and mentioning them here on this blog or on Twitter. All suggestions are welcome (well, the serious ones) and thanks!


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One button to rule them all.
Of all the mascots in the Nintendo family, none have accomplished so much with
so little as Kirby. He's got a giant mouth, but can't talk. He has stumps for
arms and holes for eyes. He can float but not fly, run but not roll. It's a wonder
the little gumball ever managed to land a contract in the first place.
But here he is again, elastic skin and all, in his first solo Gamecube outing.
Oddly enough, Kirby Air Ride forgoes Nintendo's typical formula
of tossing their mascot du jour into a 3D platformer, opting instead
for Plan B, the kart racer. This one, however, is different from the likes of
the supersonic racer F-Zero GX and the upcoming
Italian Gran Prix Mario
Kart: Double Dash in one key area.
button. Or should I say, "A" button.
Indeed, Kirby Air Ride features control as simple and elegant
as the pink sphere itself, relying on the control stick and exactly one button
for its steering, gassing, braking and gumballing. And while some might argue
that the classic Nintendo gameplay depth does make an appearance, it cannot
save the mute ball from rolling into the bargain bin of boredom.
Unlike other Nintendo games, there is no story whatsoever in Kirby
Air Ride. You're Kirby, you straddle various vehicles and you haul
blob down big tracks aiming for the checkered flag.
And aiming is mostly what you do, as Kirby Air Ride's one
button control layout makes it hard to do much else. The vehicles move on their
own – all you do it steer and use the A-button or triggers to powerslide. However,
this also functions as a brake, slowing you down to a stop if held down so that
you can charge up your craft for a minor boost. It's extremely counter-intuitive.
Kirby's patented air suck is back (guess which button you use?), this time
to gobble up other racers to temporarily gain their abilities. You might turn
into Link Kirby and wield a sword, or fireball Kirby and huck flames a short
distance, or spiky Kirby to go porcupine. In a thrilling design twist, you press
A to use the weapons. You can also activate a nearly useless spin move to bump
None of it works well. You don't control the speed at all. The better you know the craft and tracks and the better you master powersliding, the faster times you will post, but that's true for every kart racer under the sun. It's sort of astonishing playing a Gamecube game that completely forgets about the other three face buttons. I suppose you could say there's something supremely efficient about it, but I'd prefer if you said that it was archaic and limits the gameplay, since that's more accurate.
Kirby Air Ride also strays from convention in its modes.
The main mode is Air Ride, which pits you against three computer opponents across
a bunch of tracks. The level design is a mix of very large and creative tracks
that shoot you through beautiful, airy environments and insanely short ones
that seem built for babies. Fortunately, all but one are available from the
get-go; unfortunately, that means there's little incentive to play since you
don't really unlock any tracks.
do, however, unlock more vehicles, and this is where Kirby Air Ride
is at its best. There are a slew of different 'karts' and they all have significantly
different handling, speed and gliding values. Some are hovercrafts, while others
are more conventional bikes. It's actually a bit of fun experimenting with them
to find the most useful for each track, though it quickly becomes apparent that
the balanced karts are far, far better than the ones with outrageously loose
It won't take long before you move on to the other game modes. Top Ride is
an interesting top-down race mode similar in many ways to Championship
Sprint. You buzz around a track while picking up tons of little items to
help your cause. The tracks here shift a bit during each race, so you have to
keep an eye out for temporary shortcuts.
The problem is that this mode is treated as a mini-game diversion and isn't really built for long term play. After a few go-rounds on each track, you'll want to move on. It's a shame, too, because I think the game would have been much better had this been the main mode instead of Air Ride.
But move on you will, right into the confusing arms of the strange City Trial. This is broken up into two modes. First you zoom around a huge, wacky city whacking at your opponents and collecting powerups, which in turn give you boosts for the second half of City Trial – the random mini-game. Then you play the mini-game and boom, done.
At first it's discombobulating, but then you figure out that beating up your
opponents isn't very important. Instead, the essential skill used in City Trial
is the power of psychic
I'll explain. For some fundamentally evil reason, they refuse to tell you which mini-game you'll be playing once the 5 minutes of zooming around the city ends (sometimes they'll give you a clue along the way), which means you have no idea what powerups you should focus on finding. Should you grab speed boosts and hope the mini-game will be a drag race, or scoop up defense and offense powerups in case it's an arena battle? That's where the psychic powers come in! Maybe they'll include those as part of a rebate or something.
City Trial winds up becoming a trial in itself, a guessing game that takes all
the strategy out of what probably could have been a quirky, strategic mode.
If Kirby could talk, his first words would be "D'oh!, D'oh!"
They even drop the gumball with the game's 360 goals (120 per mode). When you finish a race or complete a mini-game, you might open up one square on a huge goal grid. You have no idea what a square is until you accomplish it, though, and some are really bizarre ('Do Not Injure Any Opponent's In City Trial!"). Plus, the unlockables are usually just sound test items or new Kirby colors.
All is not lost, though, as Kirby Air Ride scores some points
with its nice graphics. The load times are insanely quick, the effects are good
and the framerate is crisp. This is a fast, colorful game.
Kirby Air Ride is also the first Gamecube game to support
LAN play, which means you and three friends, four Gamecubes, four televisions
and four copies of Kirby's Air Ride can one-button the night
away. A watershed moment? Not unless you consider a feature that was available
on the PS2 at launch 'watershed'. The split-screen mode is much more likely
and works just fine.
But frankly, there isn't much reason to go to the trouble of teaching your
buddies how to play Kirby Air Ride, although that will take
all of five seconds as you point to the A-button and grunt. There's some decent
stuff here, but it's wasted on a game that can't decide if it wants to appeal
to three-year olds or thirty-year olds. The one button gameplay is frustrating
and silly, resulting is an uneven, uninspiring racer that doesn't do the gumball
justice. Perhaps he should shape himself into a pink triangle and look into
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September 19th, 2006, fell on a Tuesday. It was day 262 of 2006. The decade was the 2000s.
14 years, 2 months and 9 days have passed since September 19th, 2006.
Events that occurred on September 19th, 2006:
Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on September 19th, 2006:
What movie was on top of the box office?
The date is September 19th, 2006 and it's a Tuesday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Virgo. Schools have started back and autumn has arrived, so temperatures have started to cool and trees are beginning to shed their leaves.
The earthy smells of fall have started to fill the air. In America, the song Sexy Back by Justin Timberlake is on top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, I Don't Feel Like Dancing by Scissor Sisters is the number one hit song.
George W. Bush Jnr. is currently the President of the United States and the movie Gridiron Gang is at the top of the Box Office. In the United Kingdom, Tony Blair is the current Prime Minister. Practically every teenager and adult has a MySpace or a Bebo account.
It's 2006, so the music charts are being dominated by the likes of Daniel Powter, Sean Paul, Nelly Furtado, James Blunt, Gnarls Barkley, Shakira and Natasha Bedingfield. A rock music genre called "Emo" is extremely popular at the moment. The genre, which stands for "emotional hardcore", has created a subculture of "Emos" who dye their hair black and wear thick frame glasses. People are watching popular TV shows such as "24", "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide", "Boston Legal" and "Bones".
Meanwhile, gamers are playing titles such as "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter", "Final Fantasy XII", "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" and "Scarface: The World Is Yours". Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Ed, Edd n Eddy", "Teen Titans", "Go, Diego, Go!" and "The Hills". If you're a kid or a teenager, then you're probably playing with toys such as "PlayStation 2", "The PSP" and "Xbox 360".
Trending news stories and fads that were prevalent throughout this time period. These are news stories and events that would have been in the media on September 19th, 2006.
Between 2005 and 2008, MySpace was the most popular social network in the world.
During this period, video-sharing website YouTube was exploding in popularity. In December, 2005, the website was receiving 8 million views per day. By July of 2006, over 65,000 videos were being uploaded to YouTube every day.
Throughout 2006, foam clogs called Crocs surged in popularity; with sales tripling over the course of the year.
In countries such as the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Ireland, a social network called Bebo (Blog Early Blog Often) is beginning to overtake its rival MySpace. Bebo is famous for its quizzes, auto-playing video box, whiteboard, "Bebo Skins" and "Bebo Luv" features.
"The Departed" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2006.
Movies that hit the big screen in 2006 included the likes of The Da Vinci Code, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Casino Royale, Night at the Museum, Cars, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mission: Impossible III, Superman Returns, Happy Feet, The Departed, The Pursuit of Happyness, Apocalypto and Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
21-year-old English actress Keira Knightley is named as FHM's sexiest woman in 2006.
The Time Person of the Year 2006 is listed as "You". This is in recognition of how everyone has the ability to become a content creator on the Internet.
Popular music artists in 2006 included Fergie, Ludacris, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Sean Paul, James Blunt, Daniel Powter, Chamillionaire, Rihanna, Nelly Furtado, Cassie, Gnarls Barkley, The Pussycat Dolls, Snow Patrol, Beyoncé and Akon.
"Not Ready to Make Nice" by the Dixie Chicks would go on to win a Grammy for 2006's Record of the Year.
During this period of time, an Internet meme called "LOLcats" is beginning to take-off.
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Connecticut Innovations invests in CyVek Inc. in Wallingford
The state's quasi-public technology investment agency is putting more money into a Wallingford company that is developing a way to measure multiple substances undergoing chemical analysis in biological samples.
The $481,390 that Connecticut Innovations (CI) is putting into CyVek Inc. is the third investment the agency has made in the company since 2010. CI made two previous investments in CyVek: $802,500 in 2010 and $445,682 in 2012.
"CyVek is clearly in a growth mode - advancing its technology toward commercialization and building its workforce, which now numbers 18," Claire Leonardi, CI's chief executive officer and executive director said in a statement. "The company plans to bring on additional talent in the coming year to support not only research but also manufacturing, assembly and distribution of its initial products. This is exactly the type of progress and growth the Malloy administration encourages - and the type of business that will help strengthen Connecticut's bioscience sector."
The state investment is part of a $5.5 million funding round.
CyVek's technology is called the CyPlex System and it consists of a compact bench-top analyzer, disposable test cartridges and intuitive software.
Per Hellsund, CyVek's founder, president and chief executive officer, said the latest investments in the company "will enable us to complete development-related activities and put together the team and infrastructure required to commercialize."
"We have had extremely positive feedback from early customers
Call Luther Turmelle at 203-789-5706.


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The Essenes were pious Jewish ascetics who lived in communities in Palestine from the second century B.C. to the second century A.D., and may have been influential with key individuals such as John the Baptist. According to the historian Josephus (A.D. 27 - c. 100), the Essenes totaled about 4,000 late in the first century. Neither the Bible nor the Talmud mentions the Essenes, but in addition to Josephus, the historians Philo (20 B.C. - c. A.D. 40) and the elder Pliny (A.D. 23-79) confirm their existence.
The Essenes were celibates who adopted young children to maintain their numbers They believed in immortality and enforced a caste system in their rigorous community life.
They had nearly been forgotten when there was an extraordinary discovery in 1947 of ancient biblical texts preserved by the Essenes, known as the Dead Sea Scrolls.


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Fifty-one Tales, by Lord Dunsany, [1915], at sacred-texts.com
For a long time there was doubt with acrimony among the beasts as to whether the Hare or the Tortoise could run the swifter. Some said the Hare was the swifter of the two because he had such long ears, and others said the Tortoise was the swifter because anyone whose shell was so hard as that should be able to run hard too. And lo, the forces of estrangement and disorder perpetually postponed a decisive contest.
But when there was nearly war among the beasts, at last an arrangement was come to and it was decided that the Hare and the Tortoise should run a race of five hundred yards so that all should see who was right.
"Ridiculous nonsense!" said the Hare, and it was all his backers could do to get him to run.
"The contest is most welcome to me," said the Tortoise, "I shall not shirk it."
O, how his backers cheered.
Feeling ran high on the day of the race; the goose rushed at the fox and nearly pecked him. Both sides spoke loudly of the approaching victory up to the very moment of the race.
"I am absolutely confident of success," said the Tortoise. But the Hare said nothing, he looked bored and cross. Some of his supporters deserted him then and went to the other side, who were loudly cheering the Tortoise's inspiriting words. But many remained with the Hare. "We shall not be disappointed in him," they said. "A beast with such long ears is bound to win."
"Run hard," said the supporters of the Tortoise.
And "run hard" became a kind of catch-phrase which everybody repeated to one another. "Hard shell and hard living. That's what the country wants. Run hard," they said. And these words were never uttered but multitudes cheered from their hearts.
Then they were off, and suddenly there was a hush.
The Hare dashed off for about a hundred yards, then he looked round to see where his rival was.
"It is rather absurd," he said, "to race with a Tortoise." And he sat down and scratched himself. "Run hard! Run hard!" shouted some.
"Let him rest," shouted others. And "let him rest" became a catch-phrase too.
And after a while his rival drew near to him.
"There comes that damned Tortoise," said the Hare, and he got up and ran as hard as could be so that he should not let the Tortoise beat him.
"Those ears will win," said his friends. "Those ears will win; and establish upon an incontestable footing the truth of what we have said." And some of them turned to the backers of the Tortoise and said: "What about your beast now?"
"Run hard," they replied. "Run hard."
The Hare ran on for nearly three hundred yards, nearly in fact as far as the winning-post, when it suddenly struck him what a fool he looked running races with a Tortoise who was nowhere in sight, and he sat down again and scratched.
"Run hard. Run hard," said the crowd, and "Let him rest."
"Whatever is the use of it?" said the Hare, and this time he stopped for good. Some say he slept.
There was desperate excitement for an hour or two, and then the Tortoise won.
"Run hard. Run hard," shouted his backers. "Hard shell and hard living: that's what has done it." And then they asked the Tortoise what his achievement signified, and he went and asked the Turtle. And the Turtle said, "It is a glorious victory for the forces of swiftness." And then the Tortoise repeated it to his friends. And all the beasts said nothing else for years. And even to this day, "a glorious victory for the forces of swiftness" is a catch-phrase in the house of the snail.
And the reason that this version of the race is not widely known is that very few of those that witnessed it survived the great forest-fire that happened shortly after. It came up over the weald by night with a great wind. The Hare and the Tortoise and a very few of the beasts saw it far off from a high bare hill that was at the edge of the trees, and they hurriedly called a meeting to decide what messenger they should send to warn the beasts in the forest.
They sent the Tortoise.


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Grundfos Honoured with International Design Award
On March 18 in Hannover, Germany, the pump manufacturing Grundfos Group was awarded one of the world's most prestigious design awards - iF Design Silver Award 2004 - for its sustainable water supply system SQFlex.
In the category "industrial design" the competition was stiff with 430 other products in the running.
Grundfos was given the award first and foremost for its exemplary design quality, but the committee of judges also emphasised environmental friendliness, choice of materials, innovation and functionality.
Equipped with solar panel and windmill, Grundfos SQFlex is operated by sustainable energy and is thus applicable in areas without power supply. Advanced electronics enable the pump to shift between the various energy sources and operate optimally irrespective of the conditions under which it is installed.
Although Grundfos SQFlex contains high-tech solutions, it is extremely easy to install, use and maintain. This is very important if it is to prove useful in remote and difficultly accessible areas - maybe a several days' journey away from professional help.
Grundfos has also been awarded the Danish Design Award (Den Danske Designpris) and the Confederation of Danish Industries' Product Award (Dansk Industris Produktpris) for SQFlex.
Source: Grundfos


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Hotel Special Rates And Reservations
Experience San Diego, California hotel living on a grand scale at Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego. The best of San Diego is right outside our door. Wake to the sun sparkling off San Diego Bay, indulge in breakfast on the boardwalk at Sally's, then head out to Seaport Village or enjoy a coastal cruise, a walk through the Gaslamp Quarter, a day at San Diego Zoo, SeaWorld, or Balboa Park. Later, look forward to great night's sleep in our Respire Hypo Allergenic Rooms.
Special Rates Available
A special discounted rate of $210.00 S/D will be honored based on space availability. Government per diem rooms are available with proper ID; you will need to call reservations and ask for the SANS government rate. These rates include high speed Internet in your room and are only available through April 19, 2014. To make reservations:
**Government Per Diem rooms are SOLD OUT at the Grand Hyatt Manchester**
Government Per Diem guestrooms are available at the Embassy Suites Hotel San Diego Bay - Downtown, located directly across the street from the Manchester Grand Hyatt. Please make your reservation by calling 1 (800) EMBASSY and asking for the SANS block.
Top 5 reasons to stay at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego:
- All SANS attendees receive complimentary high-speed Internet when booking in the SANS block.
- No need to factor in daily cab fees, parking expense and the time associated with travel to alternate hotels.
- By staying at Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, you gain the opportunity to further network with your industry peers and remain in the center of the activity surrounding the conference.
- SANS schedules morning and evening events at Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego that you won't want to miss!
- Everything is in one convenient location!
Travel Arrangements
SANS has negotiated a $5.00 discount off daily self-parking or overnight parking at the hotel.
From San Diego International Airport: approximately 3 miles
- When exiting the terminals, follow the signs to Downtown San Diego and Interstate 5.
- Stay in the right lane and this will deposit you onto North Harbor Drive.
- Continue south on North Harbor Drive approximately 3 miles along the waterfront.
- Go one block past the Seaport Village entrance (Kettner Boulevard).
- Turn right at Market Place into the main entrance of the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego.
From Points North:
- Take I-5 South toward San Diego.
- Exit at Front Street (exit 17) toward the Civic Center.
- Continue straight to Front Street.
- Turn right onto W. Market Street and into the main entrance of the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego.
From Points South:
- Take I-5 North to Cesar E. Chavez Parkway (exit 14B).
- Turn left onto Cesar E. Chavez Parkway.
- Take a right onto East Harbor Drive.
- Then turn left onto Market Street and into the main entrance of the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego.


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I just created an account and I'm being asked to pick a server to connect to. Is this choice as binding as it would be in (say) League of Legends (airtight containers where you can't see anything of what's outside and you can't switch at a later time), or as free as it is on (say) Quake 3 (where you can join and leave servers at your heart's desire and it doesn't really matter)?
Also, why is there no online count for the 'ORIGINAL' server? Is it, in any way, special or something?


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Do you ever wonder why one person gets a promotion and another is overlooked. You might be surprised to know that while being labeled a hard worker and dedicated to your career are important attributes, they will not guarantee a promotion.
According to a survey from the Center for Talent Innovation, executive presence plays a significant role in your next promotion. Executive presence often is described as a blend of soft skills (often thought of as people skills), personal creditability and a professional appearance that communicates self–assurance.
Building an executive presence is not a science, and the skills involved can vary, but one thing is certain — you can control the image and perception you want to present by changing the way you interact with people. You can strengthen or start building your executive presence now by observing those in leadership roles, making note of their communication style and how they express their confidence as they lead change.
The study from the Center for Talent Innovation, reported that 25% of 268 senior executives polled confirmed the importance of executive presence when being considered for a promotion. The report is published in the November issue of Marie Claire and key findings support three areas that women and multicultural professionals often face when seeking to move to executive-level positions.
The three areas that appeared to have the most to do with your next promotion are:
- Gravitas: This is the ability to project confidence, a depth of personality and the grace you may exhibit when under pressure. While gravitas may not be the first word that comes to mind when describing executive presence, it does matter, since those considered for promotions need to have a the ability to communicate assurance to those around them.
- Communication: This involves the soft skills needed to relate well to others and the ability to adjust your communication style to match your audience. Communication includes your influencing skills and the capacity to clearly communicate and listen. Nonverbal communication skills also can can influence those around you and quickly communicate leadership.
- Appearance: This often is taken for granted in today's often-causal culture but it is important when moving your career up the ladder. An executive presence is well-groomed, polished and pulled together. Pay attention to the way your appearance may be affecting your opportunities for promotion.
While the study indicated gravitas was the core competency in executive presence, communication skills are important for everyone in the workplace and determines your ability to build and establish relationships. Communication is the ingredient that builds teams and moves vision forward.
What do you think are the key factors that influence a promotion?


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Oracle Sr. Director, Product Marketing in Reno, Nevada
Development and implementation of business plans, marketing strategy, and forecasts for a product/service or vertical market. Manages a staff of managers.
As a manager in product marketing, you will be responsible for leading the development of company marketing specifications for specific product(s) or product line(s). Manage marketing activities within the context of the overall corporate plan to meet company objectives. Monitor the development of business plans and business results of e-marketing. Manage lifecycles and product positioning in the market place. Identify customer needs, oversee market research, and monitor the market trends/competitive landscape. Implement and monitor advertising campaigns. Act as a technical advisor for specific product(s). Initiate and foster relationships with development, sales, and other groups to develop new products or enhance functionality of existing product(s) or product line(s). Ensure successful product releases based on corporate priorities.
Directs and ensures the implementation of operational policies through subordinate managers. Interacts internally and externally with executive management involving negotiation of difficult matters to influence policy. Functional expertise and broad company knowledge. In-depth knowledge of the computer industry, database and development technology and markets. Extensive marketing analysis experience. BA/BS degree. MBA preferred.
Oracle is an Affirmative Action-Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veterans status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Job: *Marketing
Organization: *Oracle
Title: Sr. Director, Product Marketing
Location: United States
Requisition ID: 20000Y6R
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Cookbooks: 'Williams-Sonoma Weeknight Gluten-Free'
There's no doubt that gluten-free has joined the list of trendy foodie hyphenates, like free-range, sustainably raised, and local and organic (the hyphens are invisible, but you know they're there). Only problem is, most of the ensuing glut of gluten-free cookbooks reads like punishment, filled with recipes for undelicious things and pale substitutes for the things you miss most. Until now.
Kristine Kidd, the former food editor for Bon Appetit magazine, has just penned "Williams-Sonoma Weeknight Gluten Free" (Weldon Owen, $29.95, 224 pages) -- and she has celiac disease. So it's hardly surprising that every page in this cookbook offers something tempting and delicious, with photos that will make you head straight to the kitchen. It's divided into meatless entrees (Thai-style tofu and butternut squash curry, for example, and a Provencal flatbread made with chickpea flour) and seafood, poultry, red meat and dessert dishes.
It may be billed as a gluten-free cookbook, but even people who eat wheat with wild abandon will be tempted by dinners such as Arctic char with kale and sweet potatoes, or grilled chicken with salsa verde and white beans. Some of the salsa verde is brushed on the chicken breasts before grilling; the rest is drizzled over the finished chicken, served with a mixture of rinsed, drained white beans and halved cherry tomatoes.
Salsa Verde
Serves 4
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/3 cup minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
3 green onions, thinly sliced
1-1/2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
1-1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
Combine the oil, parsley, green onions, lemon zest and juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Use immediately or cover and refrigerate up to 3 days.
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An Israeli man stabbed three Palestinians and one Bedouin in the southern Israeli city of Dimona Friday morning. Police have arrested the Jewish suspect, a 24 year old resident of the city.
In a press statement released this afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the Dimona attack and stated that "Israel is a country of law and order. Those who use violence and break the law – from whatever side – will be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law."
At approximately midday, an Israeli teenager was lightly wounded in a knife attack on Shaul Hanavi street in Jerusalem. The suspect was arrested on the scene.
Israel Police Foreign Press Spokesman, Micky Rosenfeld, described the event as a "confirmed terror attack."
Soon after the attack in Jerusalem, a Jewish Israeli policeman was stabbed by a Palestinian at the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, on the outskirts of Hebron.
The suspect, identified as Muhammad Fares Abdullah al-Jaabari, 19, was shot and killed by police on the scene.
Approximately one hour later, a Palestinian woman was shot after allegedly attempting to stab a security guard at the central bus station in Afula, northern Israel.
A video eleased of the incident shows the woman standing in the bus station surrounded by Israeli soldiers.
She is holding an object in her hand, but does not appear to pose a threat to the soldiers. She then falls to the ground after being shot at multiple times. Ma'an News Agency reports that the woman is seriously injured.
The four attacks are the latest in a recent spate of knife attacks across Israel and the West Bank. There has now been a total of 13 knife attacks carried out in the region in the past week.
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Victoria, British Columbia
During my first full day in Victoria, my old roommate, aka Trapezista, showed me around downtown Victoria. Before heading out to the wharf area, we saw a (relatively) short line before opening hour at Red Fish Blue Fish and decided to give it a try (and wait). Red Fish Blue Fish is an outdoor eatery in an up-cycled cargo container that has been featured on Eat St and its owner was also a competitor on the latest Top Chef Canada.
Red Fish Blue Fish.The wait still ended up being 50 minutes, and we were unfortunately followed by two very loud-speaking obnoxious people. It was slightly amusing at the beginning, as listening in to strangers' conversations can be, but quickly grew annoying. Snippets of conversations included gems such as "girls who date online are 90% princesses of everything" and "you could totally date a younger girl and it would not be creepy". Sometimes I really wonder about people…
View from the pier.
Onto the food… I had my heart set on ordering the BBQ Qualicum scallop tacones but was very disappointed to find out it was not available on that day. After pondering it for 50 minutes, I made up my mind to order the chipotle shrimp tacones. When we got to the ordering counter, I asked how the shrimp was cooked and was told it was served cold. This did not appeal to me so I ordered my third choice of tempura cod tacones ($5). I was very happy with my choice; you can never go wrong with ordering deep fried fish and I liked the combination of the slaw, pea shoots and chili adobo sauce.
Tempura Cod Tacones.
Trapezista ordered the BBQ salmon tacones ($5) as British Columbia is well known for salmon. She didn't love her choice of fish.
BBQ Salmon Tacones.
We decided to share a serving of sweet red-curry slathered chips ($6.00). The chips were very good and we wished we had ordered them on their own. I had imagined a spicy Thai red curry but the sauce was an overly sweet tomato sauce that caused our chips to become soggy. We were sorely disappointed by our chips choice.
Red Curry Chips.
I love that Red Fish Blue Fish prides itself on only serving local fish. It also set up a station so organic waste could be composted and plastic trays reused. It is very popular so expect a long wait, at least an hour on a beautiful sunny day!