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Mensa appoints two new International Communications Officers
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There are many intelligent reasons to join Mensa. Whether you actively attend Mensa meetings or simply relish the intellectual stimulation that membership promotes, you'll find the benefits of Mensa membership to be numerous indeed.
Think-two-three, think-two-three! Mensa provides intriguing ways to flex your mental muscles. You'll find intellectual resources in national magazines, in local newsletters, and at regional, national and international conventions.
Whatever your passion, there's almost certain to be a Special Interest Group (SIG) filled with other Mensans who share it! Mensa offers approximately 200 SIGs, in mind-boggling profusion from African Violets to zoology. Along the way you'll find microbiology, and systems analysis, but you'll also find Sherlock Holmes, chocolate and Star Trek. There are the expected: biochemistry, space science, economics -- and the unexpected: poker, roller-skating, scuba diving, UFOs and witchcraft. There are SIGs for breadmaking, winemaking, cartooning, silversmithing, and clowning. Heraldry, semantics and Egyptology co-exist with beekeeping, motorcycling and tap dancing. Sports SIGs cover the classics (baseball, basketball, and football) and the not-so-classic (skeet shooting, hang gliding, skydiving). And any Mensan who can't find a SIG to join can easily start one.
Mensa meetings are anything but dull! Local groups meet at least monthly. Often it's for dinner and drinks on a Friday night, or for get-togethers featuring a speaker or a lively, freewheeling discussion. All are with fellow members who share your intellectual interests. Some groups have special get-togethers or activities throughout the month. Others, especially the larger groups, have events nearly every day. Of course, participation in local group activities is always entirely at your option. There are also widely attended annual conventions offering workshops, seminars, and parties, plus numerous regional gatherings are held each year, offering social and intellectual excitement.
You will receive your national magazine with contributions by Mensans on a wide variety of subjects. Your magazine will feature the "Mensa World Journal," an interesting and thought-provoking section which contains views and information about Mensa around the world.
In some countries, in addition to the national magazine you may receive lively local newsletters informing members of local activities and events, as well as other items of interest and announcements of special interest.
"Isolated M" is a free friendly monthly electronic newsletter serving as a communication link among Mensans worldwide. It is distributed automatically to DIMs. Others can sign up at IsolatedM.com.
Publication information is also available for specific National Groups.
Yes, the Mensa Research Journal (MRJ) is offered to the general public. The scholarly research articles presented in each theme issue are selected from a wide array of research journals, both nationally and internationally. As an outreach of the Mensa Education & Research Foundation, the MRJ also seeks to educate the readers on theme topics. Editors are chosen from many professions to review current research articles on intelligence and the myriad of forces that impact intelligence negatively and positively. The selected group of articles brings the theme topic to you in a single, attractive presentation.
Published in the US, the MRJ is the same great value internationally due to a grant from Mensa International Limited (MIL). Published three times per year, MRJ is one of the lowest priced research journals on the market. Entries from the Awards for Excellence program are highlighted in one journal each year. Some recent themes are "Lead Weights on Intelligence," "Intelligence: A diamond in the rough?," and "Memory." The MRJ accepts book reviews on books related to intelligence and posts educational events on an events calendar. Each issue cover has a unique design relative to the theme that is created by the Art Design Editor.
You do not have to be a member of Mensa to subscribe--just someone interested in the latest information on the nature of giftedness, intelligence measures, loss of intelligence, increasing intelligence, or declining intelligence. To subscribe, please visit Mensa Research Journal.
In some countries Mensa sponsors a members-only credit card and insurance program. There is also a program that aids traveling Mensans.
Mensa members find opportunities to contribute to the betterment of society through volunteer activities within their communities. Many Mensa groups offer scholarships for gifted students. The Gifted Children Resource Program compiles and provides information for gifted children at the national and local levels.


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GUPnP Tools 0.2
This release features Network Light, a UPnP-enabled software-based light bulb
that provides Switch Power and Dimming services, as defined by UPnP forum as
'DimmableLight v1.0". It is mainly intended to be a simple example of a UPnP
device based on GUPnP, and a demonstration of simplistic yet powerful GUPnP
API. It can also be used to debug generic and DimmableLight control points.
Changes to Universal Control Point in this release:
- Use of gtk stock icons wherever appropriate.
- New cool icons from Lapo Calamandrei, licensed under GPL
- Use icon from the Device, if available, to represent it.
- Subscribe to services, by default.
- Ability to copy&paste details and events.
- Lots of code cleanup and refactoring and misc fixes.
GUPnP 0.6
- Added service signal autoconnection feature in the spirit of
glade_xml_signal_autoconnect(). [Zeeshan Ali]
- Fixed various bugs related to object destruction. Fixes #500, 503.
[Jorn Baayen]
- Accept 'yes' and 'no' boolean values. [Zeeshan Ali]
- More information in error messages. [Zeeshan Ali, Jorn Baayen]
- Mark GUPnPServiceIntrospectionCallback() 'error' argument as 'const'.
[Jorn Baayen]
- Fixed gupnp_device_info_get_model_number() to return the right value.
[Zeeshan Ali]
- Moved the uuid dependency to Requires.Private, and removed the
shared-mime-data build dependency. [Jorn Baayen]
- Various other minor fixes. [Zeeshan Ali, Jorn Baayen]
Special thanks to Stéphane Loeuillet for stress-testing the library and
discovering many bugs. (Which are all fixed in this release. :) )
- Pass the correct value to n_columns argument of gtk_list_store_new().
Fixes bug#501. [Zeeshan Ali]
- Move libsoup requirement to Requires.Private. [Jorn Baayen]
- Fix compiler warning. Fixes #421. [Priit Laes]
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CRS: Israel and the Palestinians: Prospects for a Two-State Solution, December 10, 2008
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Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service
Title: Israel and the Palestinians: Prospects for a Two-State Solution
CRS report number: R40092
Author(s): Jim Zanotti, Analyst in Middle Eastern Affairs
Date: December 10, 2008
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- This report reviews the prospects of a two-state solution in the context of possible signs of progress and doubts raised in U.S., Israeli, and Palestinian circles during the Annapolis process (including questions of urgency). After outlining possible alternatives to a two-state solution, the report analyzes the policy challenges facing either an urgent or a more deliberate U.S. approach to promoting a two-state solution-including implications for Congress-on matters such as foreign aid, security assistance, Israeli settlements, and the treatment of Hamas (a militant Palestinian group that is a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, or "FTO").
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Mines could provide geothermal energy
Mine shafts on the point of being closed down could be used to provide geothermal energy to local towns. This is the conclusion of two engineers from the University of Oviedo, whose research is being published this month in the journal Renewable Energy. The method they have developed makes it possible to estimate the amount of heat that a tunnel could potentially provide.
"One way of making use of low-intensity geothermal energy is to convert mine shafts into geothermal boilers, which could provide heating and hot water for people living nearby", Rafael Rodríguez, from the Oviedo Higher Technical School of Mining Engineering, tells SINC. This type of energy, which is hardly used in Spain, is obtained from the internal heat of the Earth.
The engineer and his colleague María Belarmina Díaz have developed a "semi-empirical" method (part mathematical and part experimental) to calculate the amount of heat that could be produced by a mine tunnel that is due to be abandoned, based on studies carried out while it is still in use.
"When the mine is still active one can access the tunnels easily in order to gather data about ventilation and the properties of the rocks, as well as to take samples and design better circuits, and even programme the closure of some sections in order to use them for geothermal energy production", says the engineer, who stresses that, although geothermal energy can be made use of once the mine is closed, "it is no longer possible by that stage to make any modifications, or to gather any useful data to evaluate and improve the system".
The study looks into geothermal exploitation of a two-kilometre-long mine shaft, in which the temperature of the rocks 500m below the surface is around 30º C. This is typical of many of the mining areas in Asturias, although it could also be applied to other parts of the world. Water could be forced in through tubes at 7º C and return at 12º C, a big enough heat gain to be of benefit to towns located above the mines.
Advantages of geothermal energy from mines
Rodríguez and Díaz highlight the benefits of building geothermal boilers in mine shafts in that, aside from their predictable energy production levels, they also function practically as an open tube system "but without any risk of heat contamination of aquifers".
Using geothermal energy also helps to reduce CO2 emissions, and is not dependent upon climatic conditions (unlike other renewable energies such as solar or wind power). Other advantages are that these facilities make use of a country's own resources, do not require new developments on large sites, do not pollute the immediate environment, and are believed to be profitable over the long term.
Geothermal energy can be used directly in family homes, housing developments, swimming pools, fish farms, industrial units and other buildings.
More information: Rafael Rodríguez, María B. Díaz. "Analysis of the utilization of mine galleries as geothermal heat exchangers by means a semi-empirical prediction method". Renewable Energy 34 (7): 1716, 2009.
Source: FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology
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First came mannequins representing pedestrians killed in vehicle crashes in Chicago, and on Thursday crossing-the-street flags flapped in the breeze as the next installment in a new safety campaign aimed at drivers called "It's Up to You.''
The small street-crossing flags were placed in plastic holders Thursday at crosswalks at 10 Chicago intersections near schools, senior citizen centers and hospitals. The locations were selected because none has traffic signals or stop signs, said officials at the Chicago Department of Transportation.
The idea is that pedestrians who want to make themselves more visible to vehicle drivers will take a flag from the bucket, wave it to catch drivers' attention and then cross the street and place the flag in another holder on the other side. CDOT officials were on hand Thursday to instruct pedestrians how to use the flags.
In late October near crosswalks downtown, the city placed 32 mannequins wearing T-shirts reading, "One of 32 pedestrians killed last year in Chicago.'' The mannequins were later moved to other locations to bring attention to the problem of more than 3,000 vehicle-pedestrian crashes in Chicago each year, officials said. Most of the mannequins are now in nine CTA rail stations and four are on the State Street median between Lake Street and Wacker Drive.
The mannequins, crossing flags, placards inside taxicabs urging passengers to report reckless cabdrivers and public safety messages placed on trash bins are part of the effort to change behaviors that lead to pedestrian crashes, said Chicago Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein.
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State law requires drivers to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. About 80 percent of vehicle-pedestrian accidents in the city occur at intersections and frequently involve people crossing the street with a walk signal, according to a city study released this summer. The No. 1 cause of the crashes was drivers failing to yield, the study said.
The crossing flags are at the following intersections: 71st and Spaulding, near Tarkington Elementary School; Central and Walton, near Brunson Elementary School; Belmont and Kilpatrick, near a senior housing building; 93rd and Oglesby, near Trinity Hospital; 63rd and Talman, near a senior center; 50th and Cottage Grove, near Hales Franciscan High School; Devon and Francisco, near the Croatian Cultural Center; 64th and Western, near Claremont Academy; 79th and Throop, near a senior housing building; and Elston, Grace and Bernard, near Murphy Elementary School.
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This story appears in the July 2003 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
What: High-end gift bags for
Who: Debra Scott and Jane Ubell-Meyer of Buzz Bags LLC
Where: New York City
When: Started in March 2002
The goody bag is a staple at trendy events--from art show openings to Broadway premiere parties--and the who's who in attendance always leave with loads of great products. And if Debra Scott and Jane Ubell-Meyer have anything to do with it, their luxurious Buzz Bags will become the bag to get.
A former editor of Hamptons magazine, Scott and former PR exec Ubell-Meyer, 47, decided there was money to be made in getting advertisers to pay for product placement in goody bags given to trendsetters at star-studded events. Though it's a challenge to get advertisers to pay for something that was once free (getting into goody bags), the partners sell their service as an advertising expense rather than a PR expense. Says Scott, 50, "It's a specific group we target--affluent people between the ages of 25 and 40."
They sell their service to advertisers by telling them how much exposure previous products have received when included in one of the goody bags. Sales exploded for one company in particular the week after its product was featured in a Buzz Bag.
Although they currently focus on celebrity events such as the Grammys, the partners got their start by targeting Hampton Jitney, the luxury coach line service that takes vacationers to the Hamptons. Eventually, Scott and Ubell-Meyer would like to get their bags to average consumers as well. With sales expected to surpass a quarter of a million dollars this year, the partners are well on their way.
Tea Time
What: Tea room for young
Who: Tom and Jeanine Trikilis of Olivia's Doll House Tea Room
Where: Newhall, California
When: Started in 1990
Every little girl likes to play dress-up. And Tom and Jeanine Trikilis of Newhall, California, have created a place where young girls can do just that: Olivia's Doll House Tea Room.
Named after one of their daughters, the teahouse was created because the Trikilises wanted their children and their children's friends to have a fun experience at birthdays and other get-togethers. "We went to party places that offered nothing," says Tom, 53. "We wanted something fabulous."
That something fabulous is now a fun, interactive experience for young girls who get to play with dress-up clothes and makeup, sip lemonade and nibble on specially prepared snacks. The teahouses are filled with music boxes, pictures that move and talk, and one-of-a-kind Victorian toys partygoers can play with. Though the general theme is Victorian, the toys span all eras and genres. The staff, in turn, is trained to pin dresses and do makeup to really complete the fairy tale. Says Tom, "It's just incredible, all the cards and letters we get weekly telling us 'Thank you for the best party we've ever had.'"
The response has been so overwhelming that Tom and Jeanine have opened four locations in Southern California, with plans to open more (to be sold as turnkey operations--not franchises--to other entrepreneurs). With sales into the six figures and party waiting lists averaging six months, it's quite a fairy tale indeed.
A Perfect Match
What: An intern placement
Who: Jason Engen of Corporate Interns Inc.
Where: St. Paul, Minnesota
When: Started in 1998
When Jason Engen was an undergraduate student at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, he and his friends knew the challenges students faced in finding worthwhile internships. So for one of his business classes, Engen wrote a business plan detailing a concept for an internship placement service--one that would interview and screen students and match them with local companies that needed interns. "We hit a nerve in terms of the marketplace and focused 100 percent of our efforts on students," says Engen, 27. "We started a week after we graduated, and it took off."
Still, it wasn't easy to peddle the service to local firms in the beginning. For one thing, it was a challenge to uncover how different companies structured their internship programs and how Engen and his partners could sell their service to these firms. "I don't think we were approaching companies the right way," says Engen. But as he began to spend more time learning about the companies' needs, he felt more confident in selling his service. "[It's] win-win," he explains. "The student gets the experience, and the company gets eager talent."
The real success came in carving out a niche--Corporate Interns Inc. specializes in placing interns only--so the company doesn't compete directly with large staffing firms. "Specialization is important," says Engen. "You have to stay focused on that niche." Especially when that specialization propels you to $2 million in yearly sales.
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What: A translation
Who: Elizabeth Elting and Phil Shawe of TransPerfect Translations Inc.
Where: New York City
When: Started in 1992
How much: $5,000
Right after receiving her MBA, Elizabeth Elting was ready to put it to use. With experience at a translation company, Elting saw a need for a one-stop translation service in the fragmented industry. After teaming up with fellow MBA student Phil Shawe, Elting started TransPerfect Translations with a $5,000 advance on her credit card. Shawe's college dorm room became TransPerfect Translations' office, and they bought a phone line, a fax machine and office supplies, and they rented a computer. Though the partners focused on marketing in the beginning, their material was minimal and inexpensive.
With no full-time employees for the first 18 months of business, Elting and Shawe handled all aspects of the company except for linguistics, for which they hired freelancers. Taking no real salary in the first year, the founders took only what was necessary to cover their rent, reaching sales of $250,000.
Now as one of the top five translation companies worldwide, TransPerfect Translations has evolved from Shawe's dorm room to 19 offices on three continents and now includes a network of 4,000 freelancers. The firm specializes in the finance, pharmaceutical and legal industries and is also the world's largest legal translation company.
With 2003 projected sales of $25 million, Elting, 37, and Shawe,
34, now have a small staff to help out with TransPerfect
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"What a bizarre concept," as one of BankSimple's potential customers put it, "People on a waiting list for a bank."
That quote came from a lengthy profile in The Carnegie Mellon Today of BankSimple cofounders Josh Reich and Shamir Karkal, currently revving up for a beta release of the highly-anticipated Web-based bank.
A waiting list for a bank may seem bizarre, but BankSimple has collected more than 20,000 email addresses for its beta release.
To refresh: the product is an exclusively online banking interface, with free ATM access, free online bill payment, no hidden fees, and real-time data for managing personal finances. BankSimple also wants to let customers make deposits by photographing checks with their smartphones.
The wait is understandable. BankSimple must be secure, functional and extremely usable. Ease of use is the essence of their pitch–"We make banking not suck"–and after crowing to The Observer about how bad leading banks' websites are, Reich had better hope his startup bank looks good (we have a feeling it will).
BankSimple may also be taking its time to avoid a bumpy launch like that of Square, another startup that tried to make complex personal financial transactions simpler. Square lets users take credit card payments using a device that plugs into a smartphones. It's simple and easy in theory and non-profits, advocacy groups and small merchants couldn't wait to get their Squares. But the devices were repeatedly delayed in getting to customers and founder Jack Dorsey (one of the founders of Twitter) was obligated to write an apology to supporters: "We've let our excitement get the best of us and have released parts of Square before they were fully baked."
BankSimple will look like a bank from the front end, but they've partnered with chartered banks with FDIC-insured deposits to manage the money and transactions. Their job is to create an incredible user interface and make the often-infuriating experience of dealing with a large bank into one that's simple and pleasant. That BankSimple just hired its first two customer service representatives shows the company is getting ready for beta prime time. (Side note: New customer service reps Kristin Smaby and Rachel Giuliani are also the first women to join the startup's team, previously nine men.)
BankSimple is printing test cards for its customers, who will use a single card for checking, savings and credit transactions. "We still don't have an exact date for our beta release but I can tell you we're eager to launch," Smaby said in an email.
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Let me preface this article by saying that I am not a professional videographer. The information I'm going to share has been obtained first hand while filming hunts over the past 6 years. Like many things in life, I believe there's no absolute "right" way to setup your gear for filming your hunt. Everyone seems to find the way that works best for them, and this is what works best for me.
Also, before I get any nasty emails please keep in mind for purposes of these photos I was about 18″ off the ground so I did not wear a safety harness. Anytime I'm hunting from an elevated position I always wear my Hunter Safety System and I strongly recommend that everyone else do the same.
Now with that said, let's talk about filming! When it comes to filming hunting adventures, there's two ways to go about it. Both of these methods require a significant amount of additional work than hunting alone, and each has it's ups and downs.
The first method is to be your own cameraman and film yourself. The plus side of this type of filming is that you don't need to find a buddy to follow you around with a camera, which can be difficult. The down side here is that not only is it a lot of work, but in many cases the quality can suffer a bit. But if you work hard enough at it, and maybe get a little lucky, a self-filmed hunt can actually turn out very well.
When filming your own hunts, the best overall quality is going to be obtained by using multiple cameras. This allows you to capture additional footage that you need to fill in some of the gaps of filming yourself while hunting. I personally prefer to use a small POV style camera mounted either to my bow or to the tree I'm hunting from, and a larger HD quality camera mounted to a camera arm.
For the POV camera, my choice is the Epic Cam. This is a small HD camcorder with a very wide "fish eye" type of lens that captures nearly 180 degrees of action. Most of the time I mount this camera to my bow, facing back towards me to capture my actions while on the hunt. From getting ready at the truck and walking to my stand to pulling up my bow, glassing for deer, all the way to the shot and reaction this camera can capture it all. And with a variety of attachments such as suction cups, tree mounts, hat mounts and more you can put it just about anywhere.
Mounting my Epic Cam facing backwards allows me to capture all of the emotions of the hunt
Here's a shot from my Epic Cam captured during the 2011 hunting season.
My POV arsenal includes two Epic action cameras, a tree mount, Gorillapod, several elbow mounts, a hat clip, external viewer and of course extra batteries.
The downfall of the POV camera is that it doesn't capture much action at long distances. A lot of people like to mount them forward-facing on their bow which does work, but unfortunately you lose quite a bit of detail of anything past 10 or 15 yards. If you are on a very limited budget or don't want to monkey around with cameras and camera arms than a small POV cam may be the best option for you.
Now, if you're still interested in filming your own hunts and want better quality it's time to look into a professional HD camcorder and camera arm. Today's modern HD camcorders can capture amazing footage and in many cases won't break the bank. One thing to consider when picking a camera to film yourself is size. Many professional HD cameras are pretty big and can be a pain to carry around in addition to your hunting gear. My personal recommendation for someone looking for a camera to film themself would be something like the Canon XA10, which is extremely clear, has plenty of options, and is very compact and light weight.
Once you get a camera you may want to pick up some accessories like microphones, lighting, lens filters and more. For purposes of this article I won't get too much into those items. Instead, I'll focus more on the camera arm. Of course if you hope to film your own hunt you'll need both hands free for your bow, which means you'll need an arm to hold your camera.
Again, size is key here. A small, compact arm that can be packed in and setup easily is the key. There are quite a few great options on the market from companies like Pine Ridge Archery, Lone Wolf, 3rd Arm, Muddy outdoors and more. In the pictures you see here I was using a 3rd Arm Bandit series, which was built specifically for smaller cameras. The base of the camera arm straps onto the tree and then the arm itself slides onto the base. This particular arm includes a very nice video head that works great for filming yourself.
My personal preference is to setup the camera on my right side, just about waist high. This allows me to hold my bow in my left hand and operate the camera with my right prior to the shot. By having the camera at waist height this allows me to easily maneuver it while sitting down, which seems to happen quite a bit while self-filming. However, if I do need to stand up the camera can still be easily moved either by hand, or by pushing it side to side with my leg. This comes in handy when trying to line up that perfect shot.
Having the camera mounted just above seat level allows me to easily film and make adjustments while seated in my stand.
By simply adjusting the LCD screen I can still see what's going on, and get the camera lined up before the shot.
For those who are interested in working with a cameraman, the same gear you use for self filming will work just fine. I know plenty of folks using the smaller cameras and arms to produce some really great footage. However, if you're interested in going big, here's how we do it.
The current camera of choice for myself and several other Bowhunt or Die team members is the Sony AX2000. We like this camera a lot because it's fairly easy to use, records direct to SD cards, has a 20x zoom, and is pretty darn good in low light. Sure, there's a lot of other features we could talk about but those are the main ones we're worried about. It is vital that you learn the functions of your camera before you hit the woods with it, so try and read the owner's manual and familiarize yourself with the various controls and settings. One wrong audio setting or white balance setting can all but ruin your footage.
There's a lot of stuff you should try and learn about your camera before heading into the field to make sure you get the best quality footage. Gain, white balance, shutter speed and audio levels can all make or break the quality of your footage.
Now when I'm filming for someone else, the biggest difference is that I put the camera arm on the left side of my stand instead of the right. This is because of the fact that our camera stands are typically placed above and to the right of the hunter. Having the camera arm between the hunter and camera man allows us to get good interviews and capture that "over the shoulder" action.
When filming a hunt for another hunter I prefer to set the camera arm on my left side in order to capture the "over the shoulder" action. Just be sure not to setup too close to the hunter, as the camera gear may interfere with the shot. (You don't what to know how I know that)
In order to support a bigger camera, you'll need a bigger camera arm. My current arm choice is the Muddy Hunter. This arm is plenty big to support the weight of the camera and mics, and possibly the cameraman taking a nap on it from time to time. It's a bear to lug in and out of the woods, but provides the rock solid footage that we're looking for. Todd Graf is using the 3rd Arm Adventure series, and I know he likes it a lot. Either way you go, both are great options.
One great device that comes in handy while filming hunts off a camera arm is a remote LANC controller. This little device straps onto the handle of your pan/tilt head and allows you to control the focus, zoom and record functions of your camera without actually touching the camera itself. In my opinion this it the best accessory you can purchase for filming hunts, both for yourself or someone else. I would buy this before I bought a microphone or anything else.
This little gadget is extremely helpful when it comes to filming hunts, either self filming or with a cameraman.
The last piece of advice I want to give is to FILM EVERYTHING. From the time you wake up until the time you go to sleep, film as much as possible. The more footage you have and the more camera angles you have the better your finished product will be. Remember, there's much more to your hunts than just sitting in a tree and shooting stuff. The excitement of getting ready to head out to your stand, a red sunrise on a frosty morning, and the chatter of nearby squirrels all add to the story that is our hunting season, so film as much of that as you can.
When it comes to filming hunts there's a lot of trial and error that goes on, and the best way to find out what works for you is to just try different things. I know I missed a lot of info like packing the gear in and out, camera angles and accessories but this Blog has gotten too long as-is. Hopefully later this fall I'll be able to give some additional advice on the gear that works best for me.
Good luck to those of you out there filming your hunts this fall! And make sure you keep up to date with our season at it happens by watching weekly episodes of Bowhunt or Die right here on Bowhunting.com.


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(CBS/WFOR) ORLANDO, Fla. - A woman identified only as "Witness 9" in the George Zimmerman case told investigators that he molested her when they were children, information released Monday by the State Attorney's Office reveals.
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According to CBS Miami, investigators from the Duval County State Attorney's Office in Sanford interviewed Witness 9, who contacted Sanford police after the Feb. 26 killing of Trayvon Martin.
Witness 9 told investigators that Zimmerman, who is about two years older than her, had sexually molested her from the age of six up until she was 16 years old, CBS Miami reports.Part of Witness 9's statement had been sealed and Zimmerman's attorney asked the court to keep it that way, saying the witness' accusations were incendiary, irrelevant and would hurt chances for a fair trial, CBS Miami reports.
Seminole County Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester disagreed, saying nothing in Florida's public record law allows for such information to be kept secret. By law, evidence the prosecution turns over to the defense -- called "discovery" -- is public record.
Zimmerman is not charged in the alleged molestation. He is on trial for second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Martin, which he claims was in self-defense under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law.


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Early in Syracuse-Virginia, Syracuse was called for a blocking foul on a play nearly identical to the controversial call that went against the Orange at the end of the Duke game. Syracuse was called for an offensive foul there, and Boeheim lost his mind (and the game). Today, again on the wrong end of the call, he just sneered at his misfortune (and the referee).
Later, Baye Moussa Keita was slow getting back on defense after he had the ball stripped under the basket and Syracuse gave up a transition alley-oop. It was the second of two easy baskets given up by the Cuse and Boeheim had enough. He quickly called timeout and asked Keita just what in the fuck he thought he was doing.
Two calls, two different reactions, but always the same Boeheim. Whether he's smiling or screaming, he's still being a dick.


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AVOIDING THE SUBJECT: Two hours after the deadline passed for New York Times editors to step up for the buyouts sought by management, executive editor Jill Abramson appeared at a panel convened by The New Republic to ponder "the unexpected future of media."
The elephant in the room was the speculation about layoffs at the Times to compensate for the downturn in advertising revenue. Then there was the loss of institutional knowledge and memory following the exodus of nine veteran editors, including assistant managing editors Jim Roberts and John Geddes, who took the buyouts.
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The New Republic editor and moderator for the panel Frank Foer did not ask about the possible layoffs, and Abramson did not bring it up. Afterward, she avoided questions from a reporter. Abramson's co-panelist was HBO chief executive officer Richard Pepler.
Abramson instead presented a strong defense of the Times' strategy to charge for its journalism online. "Digitally, what we've found is that if your content is a unique, high-quality mix of news, and it's intelligently presented and beautifully displayed in a way that honors the intelligence of our readers, we could ask our readers to pay," she said. "That was two years ago, and everyone said, 'You'll never get anyone to pay. The news has to be free.' We challenged that and proved a lot of people wrong."
In September, the Times said it had 566,000 paid digital subscribers, exceeding early expectations. Still, the advertising losses — down 9 percent in the third quarter — pushed the paper to seek buyouts, and if Abramson doesn't get 30 from non-Guild staffers, mainly, editors, she has said she'll seek layoffs. By Friday, there were 20 buyouts, according to Politico. The Times declined comment Friday.
Abramson said the Times is also working to diversify its offerings to readers. "There are a couple of things we're looking at expanding, like expanding coverage around certain individual people," she said, without elaborating, though it seemed like a reference to Times star blogger Nate Silver.
Pepler and Abramson might not seem like the most natural coupling, but the two media companies have a long-standing relationship. HBO has brought to the small screen adaptations of several books written by Times reporters, most recently, "Too Big To Fail" by Andrew Ross Sorkin, and is currently working on "The Wizard of Lies" by Diana B. Henriques.
The panel, sponsored by Pfizer, came as The New Republic, under new owner Chris Hughes, was preparing to debut the redesign of its print magazine and Web site, now under creative director Dirk Barnett, on Monday. For the issue, the magazine landed an interview with Barack Obama conducted by Hughes and Foer.


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Basically, why I choose to write on this topic this topic is because recently, I've seen that many people spending lots of money just to optimize their websites but here in this post, you will gain some knowledge on how to optimize a website and, of course, free of cost. So, On Page Optimization is a technical SEO term that refers to the techniques you should use to optimize your website to increase visibility on SERP. You may be asking, how I can optimize my website? What is On Page Optimization and what are On Page Optimization techniques and tips? . So, here I am discussing the Top 15 On Page SEO Optimization Technique.
Before starting this topic, let's talk briefly what what On Page Optimization actually is. On page optimization is nothing but implementation of strategies to optimize the position of website in search result with using of particular words and phrases know as keywords. Besides keywords, this includes use of proper heading, quality content, meta description, alt- tags to images, proper SEO tool, bold/italic terms, and many other On Page factors. So, all are discussed here and helps you to improve your position in search results. If you are not getting free traffic from search engines, now is the time for you to optimize your blog.
- 2 Top 15 On Page SEO Optimization Technique 2013:
- 3 1. Post/Page Title
- 4 2. Optimize Your Post URLs/ Permalink
- 5 3. Interlink Your Inner Page
- 6 4. Use Your Important Keywords/ Keyword Density
- 7 5. Meta Description
- 8 6. Meta Keywords
- 9 7. Use Header Tags like H2, H3
- 10 8. Optimize Your Images And Use Alt Tags
- 11 9. Keywords In Bold Or Italic And Sometimes Underlined
- 12 10. Canonicalize your URLs
- 13 11. Post Length
- 14 12. Update Your Blog Regularly
- 15 13. External Outbound Links
- 16 14. Keywords Research (LSI Keywords)
- 17 15. Content is King
To boost your blog to get a better a Google page rank.
Targeting long tail keywords,we get easily top ranking in Google and Bing search engines.
To make your website and posts SEO friendly.
You now know why we're doing this but how you do you learn to do this?
Top 15 On Page SEO Optimization Technique 2013:
1. Post/Page Title
Whenever some bot or human being visit your blog post, the first thing noticeable is your post title. Blog post/page Titles are one of the most important On-Page SEO factors of a website. Your blog post title should be unique, most attractive and also include the main keywords of that post/page. Try to make short and meaningful title. A Title less than 60 characters is recommended.
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2. Optimize Your Post URLs/ Permalink
Optimizing your post URLs or permalink is also one of the most important SEO factors because search engines often present result on the basis of the URL. Basically, I mean if your blog posts look like this, http://electrotechguide.com/?p=456, then it may be rather for search engines bot and also affect your website performance. I mean, your permalink should consist of only rich keywords not unnecessary stuffs like the example shown above or something like that. So, it's better to customize your blog URL instead of generating random permalink. In WordPress, you can easily change the permalink structure of your posts by visiting page "Settings" tab called "Permalinks". The most popular format is /%postname%.html and this is highly recommended. It's search engine friendly.
3. Interlink Your Inner Page
A very important point to note for On Page SEO practice is that every time you write an article, always try to interlink it with previous articles that you have written. This should be at least 2-5 articles and make sure they all are actually in relation with post. Interlinking to your own blog post always helps in increasing page views, improve your position in search search results and also help to reduce your website bounce rate. Through this your blog visitors navigate around your site and help them to find your all content. It's also your benefits and other. Also ensure you that your site gets properly crawled and allowing the search engines to find your all website pages.
Also see: 6 Effective method to reduce the Bounce Rate
4. Use Your Important Keywords/ Keyword Density
Keywords is probably the most important On Page SEO technique. If you writing a quality article and without using or repeating keywords in relation with blog niche or particular article, then it's just waste of time. One should not use too many keywords over and over again in an article, it is considered as negative SEO practice according to Matt Cutts. Keyword stuffing can also lead to penalization. Try to use an ideal keyword density up to 2-5% in an article. This is recommended by top bloggers for On Page SEO and also helps to increase your rank in SERP.
5. Meta Description
Every search engines bot always check the specific meta description of your article. This descriptions plays an important role in your website and you should include the relevant keywords of your content. This meta descriptions are used by search engines when visitors find yours website in searches. So, don't forget to include them otherwise Google bots randomly picks the keywords from starting paragraph. Please note that meta description length should not be exceed 160-170 character including spaces.
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6. Meta Keywords
When you write your blog post, to make it even more optimized you should consider good meta keywords which is also known as meta tags. These keywords must be relevant to your content and choose the keywords which are likely to be incoming searche queries or hot searches. Best limit is use just to 3-5 keywords. Though is is said Google no longer uses it that much for ranking, it's still advisable to use it anyway since other search engines may still employ it.
7. Use Header Tags like H2, H3
Always use major keywords and main lines in the heading tags such as H2, H3, H4.. It make your posts more attractive and also a good On Page Optimization technique. It may also highlight your post main heading, sub heading and also helps your visitors find your post more attractive and readable and of course engine bots take note of headings. My suggestion is use H1 tag only once as the main title and use most important keyword in it. Don't repeat H2, H3 tags again and again with same keyword, it may considered as negative SEO practice according to Matt Cutts.
8. Optimize Your Images And Use Alt Tags
Images are also another major source of driving free traffic to your blog. Well, lots and lots of people search for images on Google every minute and if you really want some free traffic, now is the time to optimize your images for better SEO. When you download image, it's like 43422.jpg, DCS7874, IMG6402 or dsdj76.jpg. By changing the name to something like iPhone-5-iOS-7.jpg or anything related to your post, it makes it more readable to bots and of course, human being. Also include alternate tag to make them more searchable. for eg.<img src="iphone-5-ios-7.jpg Alt=" Best-iOS-7-ever-made">.
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9. Keywords In Bold Or Italic And Sometimes Underlined
You can use bold, Italic and underlined styles to highlight important keywords and phrases in your blog post in order to attract attention of search engines. You can also use this to draw the attention of your readers.
10. Canonicalize your URLs
Basically, URL Canonicalization is the practice in which you optimize your blog URLs in order to prevent from duplication. Let me make this clear, there may be a problem if your blog can be accessed via WWW or without it. Search engines may treat the www version and the non-www version of your site as duplicate content. If not, you have nothing to worry about. If you are using WordPress, you can easily define it by going to General Setting Page. Just enter your Blog full name with or without WWW and save the settings. If you are using some other blogging software, then it is a big problem. How? Search Engines will treat these pages separately and mark them as duplicate pages which is not good for SEO.
11. Post Length
When you write an article, it is always suggested that you make the post SEO friendly and a minimum of 350 words. Of course, post length matters. Search Engines always love unique and quality post but also of proper length. Always try to make posts between 500-1000 words or more than that.
12. Update Your Blog Regularly
If you create a stunning website without lots of interesting categories and content but never update regularly, a day will eventually come when people will no longer visit your website. It is also a part of On Page SEO. So, it's very important that you update your blog regularly, not necessarily posting daily. I mean, your blog comments, relations with people, means you have to always be in touch with your blog.
13. External Outbound Links
We all know that linking is a key point to perform good on search engines but apart from internal links, it is great if you make links with external website by guest posting, commenting and many other methods. It also help your blog more visible in search engines and on other blogs. Linking with trusted sites help you to gain more credibility and improves your PageRank as well. Note: add rel="nofollow" to avoid bad links.
14. Keywords Research (LSI Keywords)
To post an article, first thing you should do is proper keyword research and then write. It has always been the best strategy to rank higher and include the Latent Semantic Indexing keywords (LSI) for some better results. This technique is also recommended by great SEO tools like SEOPressor. Now, you can use so many tools for key searching like Google Adwords tool, Google Trends etc.
15. Content is King
Not matter what you do, if your writing skills are unique, of pretty good quality, interesting to read and you post on your blog regularly, then a day will come when your blog will become known to everyone. Don't try to copy others, always come up with your own ideas and writing style because Google loves fresh and unique material. Create new things with old stuffs, I know it's difficult but not impossible. If you want results faster, then follow all above techniques.
That's it..
If you have more interesting ideas and techniques, please comment and form a discussion.


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Autopsy: Actor died from impact, fire in crash
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker was killed by injuries from both the impact and subsequent fire when the Porsche his friend was driving smashed into a light pole and tree, according to an autopsy released Wednesday.
The actor died from the "combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries," according to the autopsy released by the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
The 2005 Porsche Carrera GT was driven by Roger Rodas, who was dead from "multiple traumatic injuries" before the car exploded in flames, the autopsy said.
Results of toxicology testing will take another six to eight weeks.
Walker starred in all but one of the six "Fast & Furious" blockbuster films that glorified fast cars and dangerous driving.
Sheriff's investigators are still trying to determine what caused Rodas to careen out of control Saturday. They have said speed was a factor in the crash about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, Universal Pictures announced that it has shut down production for an unspecified time on "Fast & Furious 7."
The seventh installment of the street racings series started shooting in September and was on break for the Thanksgiving holiday.


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I've got 5.06V out of the dock connector which I'm using to power the pi. My question was more towards the voltage across TP1 and TP2 on the pi itself since I'm getting sticky keys (especially while trying to login) once I've booted up. I've read this is sometimes due to low voltage and was wondering if splicing my own cable (making it shorter and with less adapter connections) will help.theHetman wrote:I get pretty much bang on 5V at the dock connector (well at the end of a short piece of cable) even under load and slightly over 5V on the rear USB ports.
I'm not. I have one of these and have cut the 5v on a short extension cable coming out of the port with data. The power-only side goes to a micro usb adapter and then into the pi.itimpi wrote:Earlier on it was stated that a custom USB 'Y' cable that took the output of the LapDock micro USB port and sent the power wires to the micro USB and the data lines to the full size USB.veryevil wrote:You not backwards powering the PI from the USB peripheral ports are you?King wrote:What kind of voltages are you guys getting to the pi with this setup?
Right now I'm getting 4.74 from the lapdock battery. I used a couple extra adapters in my setup rather then splicing cables.


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But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses,
so that Christ's power may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
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But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses,
so that Christ's power may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
"And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and [really] believing, you will receive."
Matthew 21:22
"As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God."
Psalm 42:1
And Jesus said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 18:3
"The righteous will flourish like a palm tree…"
Psalm 92:12
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"He Who descended is the [very] same as He Who also has ascended high above all the heavens, that He [His presence] might fill all things (the whole universe, from the lowest to the highest)."
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"At this my heart pounds
and leaps from its place.
Listen! Listen to the roar of His voice,
to the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole heaven
and sends it to the ends of the earth.
After that comes the sound of His roar;
He thunders with His majestic voice.
When His voice resounds,
He holds nothing back.
God's voice thunders in marvelous ways;
He does great things beyond our understanding."
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"God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good."
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They will soar on wings like eagles;
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Reality Check: We Try Wendy's New Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger
Reviews of fast food burgers and a look at how the real life version compares to the advertised beauty shot.
In almost four years of being a professional cheeseburger reviewer (and even longer being a damn serious cheeseburger eater), I'd never seen as much advance hype for a fast-food burger rollout as I did for the new Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger from Wendy's. Now it's available all summer long...although if this thing makes the splash that the chain is counting on, you can probably expect to see it added to the permanent menu. And maybe more so than with any other limited-time offering in memory, how you feel about Wendy's Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger will likely boil down to how you feel about Wendy's, period.
After product testing in Cleveland, Miami, and Sacramento earlier this year, the new burger ($4.59 at my local shop) reportedly scored off the charts with tasters, "outperforming any other promotional hamburger in recent Wendy's history," according to the company's press release.
Mine had all the promised accoutrements: the signature squared-off Wendy's beef patty atop cheddar cheese, then topped with more cheddar (in sauce form), a spring mix of greens, applewood-smoked bacon, tomato, red onion, and honey mustard sauce, all crowned by the element that some in the fast-food biz are actually calling a "game-changer," the hand-cut pretzel bun. (That means expect to see copycat versions from other chains.) But as burgers-in-a-box go, this one had legitimate heft and bright, colorful toppings and looked awfully tasty. And this is coming from a guy who is admittedly not a Wendy's fan. (I know they always do well in the surveys, and there are Wendy's diehards already flexing their typing fingers and preparing to crucify me in the comments section below, but the pigtailed girl and I have just never warmed up to each other, at least not over her burgers.)
Given a choice, I'll pick almost any other fast food outlet over Wendy's, and when I don't have a choice, I'll usually order one of their chicken sandwiches over their burgers. As a paid cheeseburger reviewer, I should probably be able to put my finger on precisely why I don't traditionally care for Wendy's hamburgers, but I can't. I just know that I prefer Burger King and Hardee's and Jack in the Box and Culver's to Wendy's when it comes to beef.
That said, my Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger was good. Very, very good. It's easily my favorite Wendy's burger, as blatantly backhanded a compliment as that now sounds. My point is, if you totally dig Wendy's burgers, you'll totally flip for this. And even if Wendy's burgers don't do much for you as a rule, you'll probably like it pretty well.
The bun is obviously the star of the show, and deservedly so. It's substantial, dense, chewy, and internally airy all at the same time. According to the chain, the buns are made using "the same authentic process of traditional soft pretzels," and it's unmistakable from your first bite. The large-grain salt is all that's missing. But the coarse honey-mustard sauce does a wonderful job of playing up the pretzel theme and is a welcome addition that adds integral lubrication to this burger.
The red onion and spring mix (nine different greens!) are nice add-ons, too, elevating this to almost "fancy burger" status. Wendy's literature describes it as "pub-style," which I think goes a touch far, but still, this is a serious step up from a 99-cent Junior Bacon Cheeseburger.
At the end of the day, though, this is an ordinary Wendy's burger served on a special bun. That's what sets this apart. The bun. It's the bun that's in the name of the sandwich. It's the bun that they're praying brings you in to Wendy's. (When was the last time anybody in the fast-food industry put that kind of pressure on a bun? That black-bunned Star Wars thing from Quick in France?)
I hope the Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger lights it up for Wendy's. I hope they add it to the full-time menu, because I'd absolutely order it again. But I also not-so-secretly hope they branch out with those pretzel buns and create some new chicken sandwich choices. Because it may be Wendy's best burger...but it's still a Wendy's burger.
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Busted: Article claiming drug-related surrenders under Duterte is setting Guinness record is misleading!
An article from a website called Australia Network News has been posted and shared by netizens online and have gained over 700 reactions when re-posted by a Facebook page supporting President Rodrigo Duterte. Its headline boldly claimed that the "Duterteffect," as what supporters call any happening they attributed to be caused by Duterte, is setting a new Guinness record in terms of the number of voluntary surrenders of drug pushers and users.
Those who commented on the post said they like it and congratulated Duterte on this achievement. It seemed like they truly believe that the Philippines, under the new administration, has set a new Guinness World Record.
But if you click on the link to the article and read the content thoroughly, you might be confused not to read about any mention of a Guinness World Record when it was so proudly paraded in the headline.
The content of the Australia Network News Article was simply about Duterte's campaign on illegal drugs have attracted support from other militant groups, like the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the New People's Army (NPA), as reported by major news sites. It also touched on the concern of human rights groups and civil rights campaigners about possible human rights abuses in the killings.
If you Google Duterte and Guinness World Record, what you'll find though are news reports about Davao's preparations for their attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the Simultaneous Singing of the National Anthem on May 7. Duterte's supporters planned to pull it off at the Crocodile Park in Maa, Davao City. Buses were even used to bring people to the park for free, although the heavy traffic caused many attendees to walk to the venue on foot.
However, it turned out that only 125,000 people were able to reach the venue by 5pm to sing the Philippine national anthem. Officially, only 94,584 Davaoeños were able to take part in the attempt to beat Bangladesh' Guinness record of 254,000 participants singing their national anthem on March 26, 2014.
One thing you won't find throughout the article trying to connect the 'Duterteffect' with a new Guinness record is word about the world record itself. If the thousands of surrenders indeed made some sort of a record, it would have been a huge enough deal to be covered by major news sites all over the world. So far, there has been no official news about this record from the Guinness World Records officials themselves. Just like many articles shared online that Meme Buster has busted, this article is misleading!
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Busted: Sanofi Pasteur R&D revealed they used embalming chemicals in making Dengvaxia? It's a made-up story!
Sanofi Pasteur's lead researcher allegedly made a shocking revelation about how three chemicals used in making the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia are used for embalming,
Naturally, the netizens were shocked and angered by the 'revelation' in the articles published by Okd2.com and other sites have. They reacted the same way when the story was shared by Facebook pages "WBP We Blog Ph" and "Okd2."
But the Okd2 story "Sanofi Pasteur Releases Another Shocking Revelation About Dengvaxia" was actually classified as "Humor & Satire," which meant that it should not be taken seriously.
The website talked about how the lawmakers grilled Sanofi Pasteur Asia Pacific head Thomas Triomphe, after which the company's Research and Development director and lead researcher Bernard Dubois revealed to Agence France-Presse that Dengvaxia contains chemicals used for embalming, such as formaldehyde, ethanol, and glutaraldehyde.
Dubois was quoted saying the following:
"These solvents are necessary to make dengvaxia more stable and can be stored in long durations."
"Dead people who have taken dengvaxia vaccine when they were still alive may not need to get embalmed as the chemicals will only become stronger inside their body once they are dead. This may not happen otherwise for people who have strong immune system."
Dubois allegedly said that Sanofi observed how 68 of the 89 dead bodies of vaccinated children in Nigeria did not decompose after five days. He was said to have added that despite Dengvaxia's license, it still requires more research, especially where its side effects and stability are concerned.
Some netizens seemed to have bought the story.
But Sanofi Pasteur or any of their executives did not make any statement about Dengvaxia containing embalming chemicals or how Nigerian kids' corpses were studied for side effects after they were vaccinated. Okd2 meant the story to be "satirical" and those statements allegedly uttered by the pharmaceutical company's lead researcher were all made-up.
Nigeria was not even one of the countries that approved Dengvaxia. The vaccine was approved in 11 countries, including Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Brazil, Paraguay, Costa Rica, and Peru.
In the Senate hearing on Dengvaxia on December 13, Triomphe was made to apologize for the "confusion" created by Sanofi's advisory.
"I am sorry if this has created confusion, and this is why I would like to clarify… to make sure that people can understand that there is no need to panic," Triomphe said.
Sources: ( thehindu.com , gmanetwork.com , cnnphilippines.com )
Busted: Trillanes' wife DID NOT beat him for spending time with De Lima but netizens still bought this LIE!
Marcos Facebook fan page "Kilusang Bagong Lipunan" has shared yet another fake story claiming that Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was beaten by his wife for allegedly getting involved with Senator Leila De Lima.
In its caption, the fan page seemed to believe in the lie claimed by the story and wanted its followers to do the same too as it said: "Tatoo ba eto si Trilliones binanatan ng asawa niya dahil pinaghihinalaan may relation sila ni Delima. Aba ang saba may bagong papa ang maingay na aso ng yellow zombies."
And the fan page succeeded, based on the comments on the post and the fact that it has been shared over 1,200 times.
It is easy to tell just how fake this story is by just looking at its source, the fake news site thet1mes.com.
Trillanes was said to have been nursing injuries after the beating he received from his wife on February 19. At least the article got the name of the senator's wife right, Arlene Orejana. However, the rest of the story was made up, as it claimed that the wife accused Trillanes of "infidelity," leading her to assault him in their home in Caloocan City. The couple was then said to have gone to the Caloocan City Police Station claiming injuries, although the case was transferred to the Manila police station. The domestic scuffle was said to have been under investigation.
There are no reports about Trillanes being assaulted by his wife. It is all a product of the imagination of the people behind the hoax-making website thet1mes.com.
Meme Buster has debunked a lot of hoaxes from the said site, including stories about Queen Elizabeth II hinting that former US President Barack Obama is scared of Duterte, former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton criticizing De Lima, Russian President Vladimir Putin telling human rights group to 'keep off PH affair,' and more.
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Busted: Netizen debunks claim of Marcos gold reserves and how his supporters claimed it isn't ill-gotten wealth
Facebook page "Bring back the glory of our nation. Ferdinand Marcos JR for President" claimed that the Philippines is one of the richest countries in the world and shared an article sharing a "shocking fact" about the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos' gold reserves.
The link that was shared led us to a blog site, sangkayrealnews, which told what it claimed to be the real story about the Marcos gold – that it is not ill-gotten wealth. Marcos allegedly earned it because as a young lawyer.
Prince Julian Macleod Tallano, a member of the Filipino royal family, allegedly lent 640,000 metric tons of gold to Pope Pius XII in 1934. It was then returned to the Philippines after World War II and Marcos allegedly helped in the transaction, earning him a 30% commission worth 192,000 tons of gold, estimated to be $4 trillion in 2006. The gold was deposited to the newly founded Central Bank with a lease that would expire on December 31, 2005. The Tallano clan said to have entrusted their gold to a certain Fr. Jose Antonio Diaz, who hired Marcos.
Upon the gold's return to the Philippines from the Vatican, it was even said to have been received by then Congressman Manuel Acuna Roxas, Bishop Enrique Sobrepena, and Atty. Lorenzo Tañada.
To cut the story short, it claimed that after Diaz died in 1974, all 30% of the commission became the Marcos gold. But on top of that, the story also claimed that the Philippine government has failed to acknowledge the existence of the gold and have kept it a secret from the Filipino people.
We also found another story about the Marcos gold, this time, it was shared by another Marcos fan page, "Kilusang Bagong Lipunan."
The link contained a short YouTube video entitled "MUST WATCH: Shocking Fact About the Gold Reserves of Ferdinand Marcos Revealed!"
The video is merely a narration about how Marcos has tons of gold from the Tallano stash, how the Philippines would become one of the richest countries in the world if the gold currency is revived. A certain Karen Hudes was also mentioned and how former US President George W. Bush said that the Philippines is the richest country in the world, "with a clear smile on his face."
We looked for other videos about Hudes and Marcos gold and stumbled upon one that is almost an hour and a half long.
Based on the introduction made about her by a Nexus Magazine editor, Hudes claimed to have worked for the World Bank as a legal counsel from 1996 to 2007, but was fired from her job after she reported about the takeover in the national bank in the Philippines.
It should be noted that Nexus Magazine, an Australian based bi-monthly magazine that covers alternative news, something that the "mainstream media choose to ignore."
According to Hudes, the world has 1,750,000 metric tons.
Where is it now? This is what Hudes had to say during a glimpse of the first five minutes of the video:
"It's in a special trust account that was setup by Ferdinand Marcos. He was doing this as a young lawyer for Jose Rizal, who had been in the Vatican for many years. Jose Rizal was the son of Prince Tallano, who was a twin of Queen Victoria. The royals have kept the world's gold for themselves and then it was stolen from them by the banks. And what happened is Prince, uh, Jose Rizal didn't like what he saw at the Vatican and so he came back to the Philippines with the Vatican's gold. Vatican sent the gold to the Philippines for safekeeping and what Jose Rizal did was he locked that gold up in a trust account for 50 years. And the thing about a trust account for 50 years is if you say you own something and you haven't managed to get control of it, after 50 years, you've lost it under something called the statute of limitations. So that gold went into hiding for 50 years and those 50 years ended in 2005 but we didn't manage to get our gold out and the reason why is because the banks refused. The man who's the authorized signature authority, you'll see a little clip of him, that's Wolfgang Struck, he kept writing to the banks, saying I have the right to withdraw the money. I have the right to find out how much money it is now because it's been accruing interest and the banks wouldn't give him the time of day…"
And her lecture continues with over an hour.
However, if you know your history, you'd know how impossible it is for Ferdinand Marcos to serve as lawyer for Jose Rizal, who died on December 30, 1896, when Marcos wasn't even born yet. The late dictator was born on September 11, 1917.
Hudes also claimed that Rizal had the gold locked up for 50 years, a lease that was said to have expired in 2005. But how could Rizal have set up that lease when he died in 1896? If the expiry was set in 2005, then the lease should have been set up in 1955!
But netizen Bernard Ong has a response to all of these claims about the Marcos gold. He said there was no Maharlika, no Vatican loan, not enough ships and trucks for gold shipment, no Hitler gold for Yamashita, no Southeast Asian gold, no legitimate Marcos gold, not enough gold in the world, but yes, Marcos did steal from the Filipinos.
Sources: (youtube.com, bbc.com, facebook.com, nexusmagazine.com)
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Venerable Paul of Thebes
Saint Paul of Thebes was born in Egypt around 227 in the Thebaid of Egypt. Left orphaned, he suffered many things from a greedy relative over his inheritance. During the persecution against Christians under the emperor Decius (249-251), Saint Paul learned of his brother-in-law's insidious plan to deliver him into the hands of the persecutors, and so he fled the city and fled into the wilderness.
Settling into a mountain cave, Saint Paul dwelt there for ninety-one years, praying incessantly to God both day and night. He sustained himself on dates and bread, which a raven brought him, and he clothed himself with palm leaves.
Saint Anthony the Great (January 17), who also lived as an ascetic in the Thebaid desert, had a revelation from God concerning Saint Paul. Saint Anthony thought that there was no other desert dweller such as he. Then God said to him, "Anthony, there is a servant of God more excellent than you, and you should go and see him."
Saint Anthony went into the desert and came to Saint Paul's cave. Falling to the ground before the entrance to the cave, he asked to be admitted. The Elders introduced themselves, and then embraced one another. They conversed through the night, and Saint Anthony revealed how he had been led there by God. Saint Paul disclosed to Saint Anthony that for sixty years a bird had brought him half a loaf of bread each day. Now the Lord had sent a double portion in honor of Saint Anthony's visit. The next morning, Saint Paul spoke to Anthony of his approaching death, and instructed him to bury him. He also asked Saint Anthony to return to his monastery and bring back the cloak he had received from Saint Athanasius. He did not really need a garment, but wished to depart from his body while Saint Anthony was absent.
As he was returning with the cloak, Saint Anthony beheld the soul of Saint Paul surrounded by angels, prophets, and apostles, shining like the sun and ascending to God. He entered the cave and found Abba Paul on his knees with his arms outstretched. Saint Anthony mourned for him, and wrapped him in the cloak. He wondered how he would bury the body, for he had not remembered to bring a shovel. Two lions came running from the wilderness and dug a grave with their claws.
Saint Anthony buried the holy Elder, and took his garment of palm leaves, then he returned to his own monastery. Saint Anthony kept this garb as a precious inheritance, and wore it only twice a year, on Pascha and Pentecost.
Saint Paul of Thebes died in the year 341, when he was 113 years old. He did not establish a single monastery, but soon after his end there were many imitators of his life, and they filled the desert with monasteries. Saint Paul is honored as the first desert-dweller and hermit.
In the twelfth century Saint Paul's relics were transferred to Constantinople and placed in the Peribleptos monastery of the Mother of God, on orders of the emperor Manuel (1143-1180). Later, they were taken to Venice, and finally to Hungary, at Ofa. Part of his head is in Rome.
Saint Paul of Thebes, whose Life was written by Saint Jerome, is not to be confused with Saint Paul the Simple (October 4).


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Students from high-performing schools like Los Altos High School are often encouraged to pick up extracurricular activities. Participating in a robotics club or an after-school sport, teens learn to work with others while pursuing a passion. But for Zach Gospe, a self-identified "introvert," working with others is not a part of his extracurricular equation.
Just about every day, Gospe spends a few hours alone -- locked away in his room, or down in the basement of his parents' house in Los Altos -- hunched over his acoustic guitar, practicing and refining the original compositions that he hopes will one day land him a recording contract.
It's a goal that both Gospe, and his best friend and manager, Riley Soward, believe is within reach. The LAHS senior recently connected with producer and recording industry veteran Mark Mazzetti, who is helping the teen fine-tune his songs before cutting a professional quality EP in Los Angeles early next year.
There's just one catch. Gospe and Soward have to come up with $10,000 for the recording session.
And so, like so many independent musicians, the two 17-year-olds are turning to the crowdfunding site Kickstarter, where they'll have 38 days to reach their funding goal. If they hit the $10,000 mark, Gospe and Soward will travel to L.A. in February to record with Mazzetti and a group of studio musicians. After that, the two hope they'll be able to find a record label interested in signing Gospe, or at least one willing to distribute the album.
Early days
Gospe has been playing music as long as he can remember. At the age of 5 his parents plopped him down in front of a piano. Gospe's father, Mike, said that both he and his wife, Mary, were raised in musical households, and they believed that teaching their son to read and play music was important.
"Being able to read music, I think it helps you learn how to think," the elder Gospe said. "We look at music as an important base skill."
In addition to the cognitive benefits he might gain from learning to play music, his father said he also hoped it would help his son be more attuned to what it means to be human.
According to Gospe's father, it was clear that his son had a knack for music early on. Although the young Gospe didn't fall in love with his first instrument, piano -- he said that practicing with his teacher was more of a chore than anything else -- by the time he was 8, he had taken a liking to the drums.
By the time he was 10, he was playing in a jazz combo with his mother and father. The group, which had been organized through the Community School of Music and Arts, was supposed to be for adults. However, an official at the school deemed that he had the chops, and made an exception.
"We're a regular Partridge Family," Mike said, standing in the middle of his Los Altos living room, flanked by a drum set and a grand piano.
As a tween he picked up a bass guitar for a time, playing in a band with Soward -- The Flaming Ice Cubes -- but that didn't go very far.
Then he picked up the guitar. Looking back, Gospe said that the guitar immediately appealed to him because it was "freeing." He no longer had to play with others to create a full sounding song, he could bring the guitar down into the basement or up into his room. "Whenever I got inspired, it was easy to just pick up the guitar," he said. And it was with the instrument that he was able to reproduce the sounds of some of his favorite musicians.
Strumming along
It wasn't long after he began playing the guitar that Gospe started penning his own compositions. When he became comfortable enough with his abilities, he started to record himself playing in his parents' basement -- singing into the built-in camera of his family's iMac and uploading the videos to YouTube.
Though he has experimented with making full rock 'n' roll arrangements -- replete with bass, drums and piano -- Gospe said he prefers writing songs using just his acoustic guitar and his voice. "Before anything else, I'm a songwriter," he said. "That's how I identify myself."
Both Gospe and Soward describe Gospe's songwriting style by comparing him to his biggest influence -- John Mayer. It is a fitting parallel.
Recently the 17-year-old performed a few original compositions for the Voice Gospe's voice was smooth and a bit breathy as he crooned through titles "Can't Figure You Out" and "The Girl in the Yellow Dress." His soulful and bluesy melodies were complimented by intricate, finger-picked guitar lines and strum patterns that showcased his sense for rhythm and syncopation, as he alternated between strummed chords and plucked arpeggios -- sometimes slapping the strings with an open palm to create a stomping beat.
With a little help
Soward watched the impromptu set, smiling and nodding his head along to the tunes. Gospe's "best friend since the first day of kindergarten," Soward has been serving as his pal's manager since the two were sophomores.
Around that time, Soward said he began to see how seriously his friend was taking songwriting. "I was so excited, so I jumped in and started booking gigs for him." Since then, Soward has been helping manage Gospe's various social media outlets -- including his YouTube page and Facebook profile. He's booked Gospe shows -- including a showcase at Red Rock Coffee. "We're both very committed to this."
Gospe agreed. He said that Soward has been a great help -- especially recently. As it turns out, Gospe met Mazzetti thanks to Soward's "no-shame, go-for it attitude."
Both Soward and Gospe attended the West Coast Songwriter's conference at Foothill College in September. Soward was there to network and Gospe went to attend songwriting seminars. On the first day of the conference, Soward recognized Mazzetti, introduced himself as Gospe's manager and talked up his friend handing the producer his demo.
A week later, Mazzetti reached out to see if Gospe would be interested in working with him.
"As a person, I'm much more on the introverted side," Gospe said. "Having someone like Riley on my team is a very important way to contrast the introverted character of my music. Riley jumps into the middle of it."
A valuable experience
While Gospe has high hopes that he might make a living as a musician, he isn't banking on it. He plans to attend college and major in something other than music -- maybe English or physics. "Music is such a risk," he said.
Despite their son's level-headed approach, Mike Gospe said he and his wife feel it is important to support their son and give him a fighting chance to make his dream come true.
Around the time Gospe started recording his own tunes and his parents got to hear the quality of what their son was doing, "We started to think, 'Hmm, maybe there's something here that should be further encouraged and allowed to blossom,'" his father said.
Besides, he believes his son is getting more out of this experience than simply following his heart. He is learning how the music business works, he is building professional relationships and he is meeting new and interesting folks. "With any parent, you want your kids exposed to a variety of experiences," Mike Gospe said.
To find out more about Gospe, his music and his Kickstarter campaign go to his Facebook page.


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Former Congress leader Narhari Amin who recently crossed over to BJP has alleged that senior leaders of the faction-ridden Opposition party in Gujarat subverted ticket distribution process for elections, which prompted party cadres to defect.
"Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee president Arjun Modhvadiya, Opposition leader Shaktisinh Gohil and Congress' election campaign committee chairman Shankarsinh Vaghela are competing each other to become chief minister and flouted party norms in ticket allocation," Amin said.
When asked by reporters what prompted him to sever his ties with Congress, the former deputy chief minister said, "It is improper that senior leaders of Congress like me were kept in the dark in ticket allocation and I felt insulted and decided to join BJP".
Amin is in Rajkot to participate in election campaign on behalf of the ruling BJP.
When asked whether Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is also the president of Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA), has promised him any post in the organisation, Amin replied in negative, saying he joined BJP "without any expectation".
Seeking to punch holes in the Congress' claims, Amin said, "Congress' promises of giving laptops to students and free treatment to patients suffering from heart and kidney ailments, are impracticable and a poll gimmick".
Elections will be held in Gujarat in two phases on December 13 and 17.
Amin's entry into the BJP is expected to boost its prospects in the Saurashtra region where renegade saffron party leader and former Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel's newly launched Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) is putting a stiff challenge to Narendra Modi.