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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 146 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
We are a Turkish software company specialized on mobile and Internet applications and services. Our team is young, eager to learn and energetic. We work mostly with national and international GSM operators and use Linux systems. We have a very open culture in the company which is coherent to open source software mentality and philosophy. We accentuate team work in the company: building teams, taking together needed responsibility, helping each other, sharing ideas and knowledge are the characteristics of Kartaca way of working. As Kartaca we agree that happy employees provide good job. So we support our employee's self development and happiness.
we are founded in 2009 under Parkyeri (www.parkyeri.com no english web page another software company) .
Parkyeri was very well known company in IT sector in Turkey, the shareholders founded 2 companies under Parkyeri and Kartaca is one of them.
Kartaca has herited the experience from Parkyeri, but we differe from Parkyeri with our organization model, team work, and our focus on the market and new technologies. We are 25 persons in the company, we aim first to be well known in Turkey than to open to Global market in 2 years. Already we have a client from Albania... (GSM operator Eagle Mobile)
We want to be a leader company in mobile and web applications in Turkey cause we have the talent and experience for. Since Parkyeri we have finished more than 300 projects.
Our references are Turkcell (turkcell.com.tr) http://www.life.com.ua etc...
our applications are like these solutions infrastructures (english examples: http://www.life.com.ua/index.php?ar
we do e-commerce or internet web sites like e-bay, our cost is not cheap.. We are doing custom applications. We give importance to applications's architecture, usability, flexibiliy and security,
We are very intrested to new technologies and using them. This can be a programming language or a new tool or application.
We will wear these t-shirts ourselves and distribute them in local universities for marketing purposes.
We are looking for a t-shirt design (on black t-shirt/short sleeve and white t-shirt/short sleeve) representing Kartaca We aim to have a simple, nice and unique t-shirt design which will reflect our business area and our company's culture.
Few things to think about:
1. No mobile devices
2. Nothing too complicated - We always find the shortest, efficient and secure way for our customers need.
3. We will print all the sizes XS to XXL, we want to use one design plate for all sizes. The design is preferable if its something easily printable.
4. We want something humorous or entertaining.
5. The design must contain one black and one white t-shirt samples.
6. Front side and back side design are required.
7. Our logo must exist on the t-shirts.
8. İnclude the font file and font name (if its not found in windows and Linux environment )
Here is our website (to see our logo and our colors) :
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
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Suwannee County, FL - October 1, 2012
Chuck Matukaitis is a cattle farmer who is fighting to save his home from being swallowed up by the land it stands on.
More than 50 sinkholes opened up in his property in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Debby back in June. One of them is believed to be the largest sinkhole in Suwannee County. FEMA measured it to be more than 60 feet down in the week following the flood. That means it was so big a six story building could fit in there. Locally it's known as the "McAlpin Grand Canyon".
Matukaitis has spent nearly $9,000 filling in the sinkholes with dirt and building fencing to keep his cattle away from them. He is one of countless Debby victims who could not meet FEMA's threshold for disaster relief assistance.
"The geologists tell me it is actually going to keep growing even though the rain has stopped because there are so many voids," Matukaitis said.
Matukaitis says the sinkhole opened up into an underground canyon he did not know about before. And there is no way to know how far it will go. It is already stretching to the nearby road.
"In North Florida we kind of sit on a piece of swiss cheese is the way it was explained to me by the USDA," Matukaitis said.
With all the dirt it is only about 40 feet down now. And it sure is a treachurous climb. The walls crumble under your feet. The bottom of the pit is coated with mud that sinks like quick sand.
Matukaitis has given up on trying to fill it in. Now he is just working to round off the edges to hold it in place.
"It's just something you have got to deal with and we will deal with it. And we will go on. I'm not giving up," Matukaitis said.
Matukaitis says he needs a bull dozer to finish rounding off the edges of the sinkhole but he says it costs more than $1,000 to rent one and there is no way he can afford that now.

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To shun is to deliberately avoid or keep away from something or someone. In the Bible, the word shun is applied to evil. The Lord said that His servant Job was "blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil" (Job 1:8). Job himself confessed that "the fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding" (Job 28:28). The Bible advises us, "Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil" (Proverbs 3:7–8). "A wise man fears the Lord and shuns evil" (Proverbs 14:16). So, shunning evil is good.
But what about shunning people? Certain societies (such as in Bali) and religious groups (such as the Amish) practice shunning as a means of punishment against those who are considered traitorous, sinful, or apostate. Normally, the ostracized person has broken a taboo or in some way violated an established standard. The group issuing the sanction refuses to associate with the shunned person, sometimes even refusing to acknowledge his or her existence. Some cults use the threat of shunning as a tool of spiritual manipulation. Some (but not all) Mennonite groups shun an excommunicated member for life and consider him lost and without hope of salvation, regardless of his association with other churches. Does the Bible say anything about this type of shunning? Is there any justification for the practice of shunning a family member or church member?
While shunning often connotes legalistic tendencies, there is a proper place for breaking an association. The Bible teaches excommunication as a form of church discipline. In 1 Timothy 1:20, the apostle Paul said he had handed Hymenaeus and Alexander over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme. The two blasphemers had been excluded from the church. Out in the world, away from the church, they would be open to the full force of the god of that worldly system. In 2 Timothy 2:17–18, we discover what these men did to warrant expulsion from the church: they had denounced the physical resurrection and were dividing the church by teaching an early form of the heresy of Gnosticism. This was no misdemeanor or petty sin. Such drastic action as excommunication is always a last resort and is never taken lightly.
First Corinthians 5:1–5 also uses the expression "to hand over to Satan" concerning a man in unrepentant, flagrant sin. In verses 12–13, Paul indicates that such discipline is meant for church members, not for the outside world: "What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside. 'Expel the wicked man from among you.' " Verse 11 says that, in cases of blatant sin, believers must disassociate themselves from the erring brother or sister (see also 2 Thessalonians 3:14).
The goal of excommunication is restoration (Galatians 6:1). Being officially ostracised from the church, the sinner might be brought to repentance. If either Hymanaeus or Alexander later realized that he had sinned against God, he could repent and come back to the church for forgiveness and reinstatement. The same was true for the man in the Corinthian church—in fact, he later did return and was restored (2 Corinthians 2:6–11).
Jesus had this to say about church discipline: "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses even to listen to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector" (Matthew 18:15–17). Again, we see that excommunication is a last resort, after repeated warnings (cf. Titus 3:10). Jesus' command to treat an intractable offender as a "pagan" or a "tax collector" means simply to consider such a one as unsaved. How are we to treat the unsaved? With love and grace. They need to be evangelized. We are to love even our enemies (Matthew 5:44).
Some denominations use passages such as 1 Timothy 1:20 as justification for shunning any member of their group who has been expelled. After being cast out of the congregation, he is utterly ignored. This happens even to family members who have been expelled. Parents will no longer communicate with their children, with their own biological brother and sisters or even with their own spouse. This results in the breaking up of families. Such actions are not condoned by the Bible. To remove someone from the membership roll of a church is not the same as shunning him. Close fellowship may be broken, but we are not commanded to break all ties with those in sin. We never get to the place of "writing someone off" for good.
"Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins" (1 Peter 4:8). That is how the church should deal with those who are subject to church discipline. The purpose of the discipline is to prompt repentance and, ultimately, to reunite our fallen brother or sister with the church body.
Scripturally, excluding a person from the church is preceded by admonition and counsel; it is only employed in the case of bona fide heresy, obdurate divisiveness, or sexual sin; and it is a last resort. After excommunication, the relationship between the former member and the church naturally changes; however, the church still has the responsibility to pray for the one being disciplined and to extending forgiveness when repentance is evident. Shunning, as defined by a refusal to speak to someone or by a total severing of all ties, goes beyond what the Bible advocates.[1]
[1] Got Questions Ministries. (2010). Got Questions? Bible Questions Answered. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.


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"My name is Belle Knox, and I wear my Scarlet Letter with pride," a Duke University freshman wrote on XO Jane.
What is her "Scarlet Letter?" Knox is a porn actress. She's using her income to work her way through college.
Previously only known as "Lauren", she made her decision to write the letter and reveal her porn name after facing continued harassment at school and on the Internet. She said word had gotten out about her profession by another Duke student who had seen her videos online.
"… the bullies of the world — starting with that young Duke man who broke his promise to me — do not dictate my life," she wrote. "… My decision to do porn does not somehow mean that the world now "owns" or deserves access to every single thing about me and every choice I make."
In her letter, she said she tried to go to police with some of the more threatening comments, but she was met with doubt from investigators.
On Twitter, you'll find no short amount of people throwing their support behind Knox. If you do go looking for her on there, be mindful the content is not safe for work.
NPR reports Duke University tuition is around $60,000 a year. Below are the tuition costs of private schools in Texas, according to data from US News.


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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), organization composed mainly of American blacks, but with many white members, whose goal is the end of racial discrimination and segregation.
The association was formed as the direct result of the lynching (1908) of two blacks in Springfield, Ill. The incident produced a wide response by white Northerners to a call by Mary W. Ovington, a white woman, for a conference to discuss ways of achieving political and social equality for blacks. This conference led to the formation (1910) of the NAACP, headed by eight prominent Americans, seven white and one, William E. B. Du Bois, black. The selection of Du Bois was significant, for he was a black who had rejected the policy of gradualism advocated by Booker T. Washington and demanded immediate equality for blacks. From 1910 to 1934 Du Bois was the editor of the association's periodical The Crisis, which reported on race relations around the world. The new organization grew so rapidly that by 1915 it was able to organize a partially successful boycott of the motion picture The Birth of a Nation, which portrayed blacks of the Reconstruction era in a distorted light.
Most of the NAACP's early efforts were directed against lynching. In this area it could claim considerable success. In 1911 there were 71 lynchings in the United States, with a black person the victim 63 times; by the 1950s lynching had virtually disappeared. Since its beginning, and with increasing emphasis since World War II, the NAACP has advocated nonviolent protests against discrimination and has disapproved of extremist black groups such as SNCC and the Black Panthers in the 1960s and 70s and CORE and the Nation of Islam in the 1980s and 90s, many of which criticized the organization as passive. While complacent in the 1980s, it became more active in legislative redistricting, voter registration, and lobbying in the 1990s.
Well-known leaders of the NAACP include Moorfield Storey (1910–29), Walter White (1931–55), Roy Wilkins (1955–77), and Benjamin Hooks (1977–93). In the mid-1990s the group faced financial difficulties and a loss of confidence in its leadership, as the organization's executive director, Benjamin Chavis (see Muhammad, B. F.), and then its board chairman were dismissed in 1994 and 1995, respectively. Representative Kweisi Mfume of Maryland, head of the Congressional Black Caucus, was chosen to replace Chavis in 1996, with the new title of president and chief executive officer. Mfume retired as president in 2004 and was succeeded by Bruce S. Gordon, a former telecommunications executive, who served from 2005 to 2007, Benjamin Todd Jealous, who served from 2008 to 2013, and Cornell William Brooks, who served from 2014 to 2017.
With a membership of about 300,000, the association remains the most influential civil-rights organization in the United States. The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, an independent legal aid group, argues in court on behalf of the NAACP and other civil-rights groups. Along with the NAACP, it was instrumental in helping to bring about the Supreme Court's ruling (1954) against segregated public education in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. case.
See R. L. Jack, A History of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1943); L. Hughes, Fight for Freedom (1962); B. J. Ross, J. E. Spingarn and the Rise of the NAACP, 1911–1939 (1972); R. L. Zangrando, The NAACP Crusade against Lynching, 1909 to 1950 (1980).


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Kiva is very excited to share a new and innovative partnership with our community: StoveTeam International! If you're interested in health, job creation and the environment, we're sure that you'll understand our enthusiasm for these exciting and impactful loans.
StoveTeam International (STI) is a non-profit that seeks to address global health issues through the distribution of safe and affordable cookstoves. The organization itself was founded by Oregon native Nancy Hughes after she took a medical volunteer trip to Guatemala. During her journey, Nancy and the medical team observed and treated many severe burns caused by open fire cooking. The burns however were only part of the problem as women and children across the world also inhale massive amounts of pollutants from these open fires.
Every year, close to 3 billion people are exposed to open fires and leaky stoves, and nearly 2 million people die prematurely from illnesses linked to this type of indoor air pollution. Women are especially vulnerable as people exposed to heavy indoor smoke are three times more likely to suffer from chronic bronchitis than those using cleaner fuels.
StoveTeam International's primary product, the Ecocina cookstove, addresses these health and environmental concerns by reducing 70% of harmful pollutants and using 50% less wood than an open fire. Moreover, STI aims to benefit local communities with employment opportunities by helping to establish locally owned and operated stove factories.
Take Anibal, an entrepreneur who produces and sells Ecocina cookstoves in Copan Ruinas, Honduras. His stove factory employs six people and has sold more than 5,000 stoves in three years, and he's now seeking a loan to create a new distribution center in Ocotepeque, Honduras. We're happy to report that STI's business model for entrepreneurs like Anibal earned them the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Partnership for Clean Indoor Air Award for Developing Local Markets.
The organization's commitment to tackling health and environmental risks associated with open-fire cooking is one that we share at Kiva, and we are very proud to offer our lenders the opportunity to help local factory owners expand into surrounding communities, bringing these safer stoves to those who need them most.
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Child Abduction Alert: Jennifer Hudson's Family Pleads For Safe Return Of Jennifer's Nephew!
CBS reports "Singer Jennifer Hudson's family pleaded Saturday for the return of 7-Year-old Julian King, Hudson's nephew. The boy has been mising since Hudson's mother and brother discovered fatally shot Friday"
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High Sierra Institute at Baker Station is located in the center of some of the most fascinating geological features in California. From our base at the institute, we will be able to explore the record of volcanism in the High Sierra and the valleys to the east (including Mono Lake and the ghost town of Bodie), and the glaciation of the range from both sides of the Sierra Crest. We will have access to plutonic and metamorphic rocks of the highest part of the Sierra near Tioga Pass, and the fascinating rocks of the Western Sierra Metamorphic Belt near Sonora and Columbia. This is a great opportunity for local earth science teachers to learn some interesting geology in their home region. Membership is not required to participate, but you will have an opportunity to join NAGT if you wish, and to purchase field guides and resources published by the Far Western Section.
Trip 1: Walker Lane Belt Pull-apart Volcanism and the 11- 9 Ma Sierra Crest Graben at Sonora Pass: The one-day field trip will take place at Sonora Pass, in the newly-recognized 11- 9 Ma Sierra Crest Graben. Geologic highlights will include spectacular views of the Sierran crest, and in outcrop we will examine the Miocene graben fill. Basal deposits consist of giant landslide deposits, shed from Early Miocene arc volcanic sections on the graben shoulders. The landslide megablocks provide a smorgasbord of arc volcanic lithofacies, which we will identify in outcrop. The landslide megabreccia is overlain by by graben-ponded latite lava flows, which we will also study in outcrop. The trip will provide also overviews of the topographic evolution of the Sierra Nevada.
We will spend the day hiking (about 3 – 4 miles round trip), with an elevation gain and loss of about 1,000'. Please wear hiking boots, a sunhat, and a daypack with 2 – 3 quarts of water, lunch, sun screen, and a rain parka/wind breaker. Tour Leader: Cathy Busby
Trip 2: Geology of the Eastern Sierra Nevada between Sonora Pass and Mono Lake: A tour of some of the eastern Sierra Nevada, including Mono Lake, Black Point, Lundy Canyon, Bodie Ghost Town, Bridgeport Valley, the West Walker River, and Sonora Pass. Easy to moderate hikes only. Leader: Garry Hayes
Trip 3: Geology & Climatology of the Saddlebag Lake Region, Tioga Pass: A five mile hiking tour along the stunningly beautiful eastern crest of the Sierra Nevada just below Tioga Pass in the Twenty Lakes Basin of the Hoover Wilderness Area. Tour will explore the glacially-incised boundary zone between the Sierra Nevada Batholith and the Eastern Metamorphic Belt with a possible spur hike to Conness Glacier, weather and time-permitting. Moderate to strenuous hiking at elevations over 10,000' is required. Leaders: Ryan and Laura Hollister
Trip 5: A Tour of the Western Sierra Nevada from Baker Station to Knights Ferry: An exploration of the volcanic, glacial, and karst features of the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. Stops may include the Columns of the Giants, Natural Bridges, and inverted stream of Table Mountain. Easy to moderate hikes only. Leader: Noah Hughes
Trip 6: Geology of the Sword Lake Debris Flow: Some moderate to strenuous hiking required. Leader: Jeff Tolhurst, Ph.D., Columbia College
Going up or going down? Evidence for late Cenozoic uplift of the Sierra Nevada, California, connection to tectonic and processes, and alternative explanations of paleoaltimetry. John Wakabayashi, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno.
Walker Lane Belt Pull-apart Volcanism and the 11- 9 Ma Sierra Crest Graben at Sonora Pass Speaker: Cathy Busby Ph.D, UC Santa Barbara
Full details and registration forms are now posted at http://nagt-fws.org/conferences.html. Hope to see you there!


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Massachusetts securities regulator William Galvin on Thursday fined Citigroup Global Markets (CGMI) $30 million for misconduct by a research analyst.
In December, the Massachusetts Securities Division said, the analyst provided large U.S. hedge fund and institutional clients with confidential unpublished research information about Hon Hai, a major supplier of Apple iPhones.
Recipients of the confidential, nonpublic information were SAC Capital, T. Rowe Price, Citadel and GLG Partners.
In addition to the fine, the securities division censured CGMI and required it to perform a three-year review of its policies and procedures on disclosure of confidential nonpublic research information.
"It seems that the concept that investors are to be presented with a level playing field when it comes to the product of research analysts is a lesson that must be learned over and over again," said Galvin, in a statement. "But it's important that it should be taught as often as necessary."
CGMI has previously settled with the Massachusetts Securities Division for federal and state securities violations relating to research analysts in the 2003 Global Research Analyst Settlement and more recently in a 2012 division consent order in connection with Facebook's initial public offering, the securities division said.
In this case, the securities division found that Kevin Chang, a research analyst employed by a Taiwanese affiliate of CGMI, released unpublished research to the named hedge fund and institutional clients one day before publishing virtually identical information for the public.
"On Dec. 13, 2012, following the publication of a report cutting Hon Hai production numbers by the Macquarie Group, an Australian competitor to CGMI in covering Hon Hai, Kevin Chang was pressured by large hedge fund and institutional clients for his research on Hon Hai," the securities division said.
In response, Chang released the information to at least three units of SAC by forwarding an email that began: "Here is the new forecast."
Chang "also sent this same or similar email to the other hedge fund and institutional clients. The order also states that the information shared with these CGMI clients was Chang's own estimates and numbers on Hon Hai," the securities division states.
Chang published his Hon Hai research on Dec. 14 which included virtually identical numbers that he had provided to the hedge fund and institutional clients on Dec. 13.
Two days after Chang's research report, CGMI downgraded its recommendation on Apple stock from "Buy" to "Neutral." Originally, Kevin Chang's Hon Hai research report and the CGMI Apple research report were to be published together.
Due to Chang's release of his research views prior to publication, he had to publish his research report early, but not before his revised Apple iPhone production estimates were communicated to the four clients. The securities division alleges "that the Hon Hai research report, containing significant cuts in Apple iPhone production numbers, would have a detrimental impact on Apple," the order states.
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Praise Jesus! Charlie Weis has been excommunicated from the nation's largest Catholic football program.
Notre Dame fired Weis after a 6-6 season, according to the Chicago Tribune. Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick recommended the dismissal Sunday night to Notre Dame's president, Rev. John Jenkins.
"We have great expectations for our football program, and we have not been able to meet those expectations," Swarbrick said. "As an alumnus, Charlie understands those goals and expectations better than most, and he's as disappointed as anyone that we have not achieved the desired results."
Weis has 6 years left on a 10-year contract that, at an estimated $30 to $40 million, made him the highest paid college coach in the country.
But his 16-21 record over the last three seasons coupled with emotionally scarring losses against Navy and a host of sub-.500 teams hastened Weis' exit.
Swarbrick will begin looking for a new coach almost immediately.


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Happy International Thank You Day
Gracias. Danke. Grazie. Asante. Sukria. Thank you.
Sounds good no matter how you say it. Today is international Thank You day, probably the most polite day of the year and a good day to reflect on what you're most grateful for.
Today we're giving a big shout out to the […]


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Annuity basics
An annuity is a contract in which an insurance company agrees to make a series of payments in return for a premium (or premiums) that you have paid. Many consumers buy annuities to have a regular income after they retire. An annuity is an investment and shouldn't be used to reach a short-term financial goal.
How annuities work
- You pay either one premium or make payments for a set period of time in exchange for future income.
- Annuities should increase in value over time and income taxes are deferred until you withdraw dividends. People who withdraw money before age age 59½ can be subject to a 10 percent income tax penalty
- You can request to receive payments in a lump sum or in periodic fixed amounts.
- A popular payout option is "lifetime income with 10 years certain." This means the annuity pays a monthly income for the life of the annuitant or for 10 years, whichever is longer.
- Annuities also pay a death benefit.
- Fixed annuities: Your money - minus any applicable charges - earns interest at rates set by the insurer, as specified in the annuity contract.
- Variable annuities: The insurer invests your money - minus any applicable charges - in a separate account. The company invests your money in stocks, bonds or other investment funds you choose, based upon how much you're willing to risk. If the fund doesn't do well, you may lose some or all of your investment.
- Equity-indexed annuities: The insurer offers a guaranteed minimum return, plus it offers a variable rate based on the return of a specific index. During the accumulation period, the insurer credits you with a return based on interest earned plus or minus changes in the index, subject to participation rates, caps, charges and other restrictions. The most commonly used index is Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index (S&P 500).
Washington state law requires applicants to undergo a suitability analysis before the sale or replacement of any annuity. The analysis includes an evaluation of your financial position, income needs and the cost of liquidating any assets. This can help you determine which annuity is right for you.
As with other major purchases, it's a good idea to shop around and compare information for similar products from several companies. While you do your research, keep detailed records and get all quotes and key information in writing.
When you are ready to purchase an annuity, carefully review the contract with your agent or broker. Ask for an explanation of anything you don't understand. Be sure you are aware of all of the terms and conditions such as surrender charges and/or cancellation penalties.
Washington state has a 10-day "free look" period. Washington consumers have 10 days after purchasing an annuity to cancel for a full refund.
Protect yourself
Some insurance agents or brokers use inappropriate sales practices in an attempt to take advantage of uninformed consumers. Red flags include relentless sales pitches that pressure you into buying a product quickly or a deal that seems too good to be true.
The best way to protect yourself is to research the agent and company you're considering,
- Find out if your agent or broker is licensed to sell insurance in Washington.
- Agents and brokers who sell variable annuities also must be registered with the Department of Financial Institutions (www.dfi.wa.gov).
- Read more about annuities on our website.
- Our consumer advocates can give you a list of the information your agent or broker should provide before you make a decision about purchasing an annuity. Call us at 1-800-562-6900.
- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) offers free consumer guides about different types of annuities and has a webpage about annuities.


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News from the world of Maths
While the athletes are flexing their muscles, why not train your brain with these two Olympic puzzles?
Will Britain be able to turn the home advantage into the top spot on the medal table this Games? Predicting medal counts is a tricky business, but, never afraid of a challenge, we will reveal our own predictions for the top 20 countries here on Plus on Friday. In the meantime, why not come up with your own mathematical method for predicting the results? To help you along, here are two articles we produced for the 2008 Games in Beijing:
What can you do to out sprint Usain Bolt to the taxi rank? Was he unlucky to lose at the Jamaican trials or is Yohan Blake really faster? Get in training for a summer of sport with a talk from John D. Barrow at the Science Museum tomorrow, 25th July. The talk is part of an evening dedicated to science and sport, part of the Science Museum Lates series.
Only four days to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games! To get into the spirit, we cast our minds back to one of our favourite features of the 2008 Beijing Games: the beautiful aquatics venue, known as the water cube. Looking like it had been sliced from a giant bubble foam, the design was based on an unsolved maths problem. And although the bubbles look completely random, the underlying structure is highly regular and buildable.
Henri Poincaré died 100 years ago today. He is most famous for the conjecture (now theorem) which carries his name and which remained unproven for almost 100 years, until Grigori Perelman announced a proof in 2003. But the famous conjecture isn't all there was to Poincaré.
If it looks like the Higgs... and it smells like the Higgs... have we finally found it? Most physicists agree it's safe to say we've finally observed the elusive Higgs boson. And perhaps that is not all....
Greetings from the beautiful city of Krakow, where the 6th European Congress of Mathematics has opened today! Around 1,000 mathematicians, donning hats, fans and flip-flops to resist the incredibly hot weather, have come together here to chat, share and listen to lectures, and Plus will be reporting from the congress all week.
Word on the particle physics street (a very small street) is that tomorrow's announcement from CERN will be very exciting indeed. Find out what all the excitement is about: what the Higgs boson is, what it does and how to hunt for it.


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Cats were animals that lived in Arda.
[edit] History
Other than use as company, for which the Hobbits and Bree-folk used pets,[2][3] cats were used for the hunt[4] and for spying.[5] They were soft-footed,[4] keensighted[6] and agile.[7]
[edit] The Cats of Berúthiel
- Main article: Cats of Queen Berúthiel
In the late ninth and possibly early tenth century of the Third Age, Berúthiel, wife of Tarannon, King of Gondor, kept cats, nine black and one white. The marriage of Tarannon and Berúthiel was not a pleasant one: his love for the Sea drove her mad. She hated all making, all colours and elaborate adornment, and set her cats to spy on everyone, learning their secrets. Berúthiel conversed with the cats and read their mind and memory. She even set the white cat to spy on the others, to torment them. Berúthiel's reign of terror came to an end when Tarannon put her and her cats on a ship and set it adrift. It was last seen passing Umbar.[5]
All memory to them was erased (and the Book of the Kings), though legends of the cats and their ability to spy remain.[5][6]
[edit] Other cats
Though there are no other cats that play a large role in history, some are mentioned in Hobbit folklore (for example, the Hobbit poem Cat[8]). Bob, the ostler of the Prancing Pony, had a cat. After Frodo Baggins sang The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late (in which the ostler of an unnamed inn had a tipsy cat that played a five stringed fiddle), several patrons suggested that he had to do the same.[3] Similarly, a cat, or "four-legs", was part of an old riddle Bilbo asked Gollum.[2]
[edit] Etymology
In Gnomish, one of Tolkien's early conceptions of an Elven language, the word for "cat" is miog; miaug or miog is "tom cat"; and miaulin is "she cat".[9]
The Qenya word for a "kitten" is tis.[10]
[edit] Other versions of the Legendarium
Perhaps the most important cat in the legendarium was Tevildo, the Prince of Cats. Mentioned only in early writings, Tevildo was a demonic servant of Melko, who would eventually be replaced by Sauron[11]. He is the principal antagonist in The Tale of Tinuviel.[12]
[edit] Other fiction
Tinker is a cat appearing in Roverandom.[13]
[edit] Inspiration
Especially in the case of Berúthiel and Tevildo, cats in Middle-earth are portrayed in a negative light. It could be argued that Tolkien was not a cat-person. When a cat-breeder asked permission to use names from The Lord of the Rings for her cats, Tolkien replied to Allen & Unwin:
- "I fear that to me Siamese cats belong to the fauna of Mordor, but you need not tell the cat breeder that."
- ― J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 219[14]
[edit] Portrayal in Adaptations
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- Cats are found throughout Middle-earth, especially in Bree-land. There is a "cat lady" who has a house full of cats. Lore-masters can also have a non-combat cat pet.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Shelob's Lair"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Riddles in the Dark"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Journey to the Cross-Roads"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Istari", note 7
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "Cat"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 57
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenya Noun Structure", in Parma Eldalamberon XXI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Patrick H. Wynne and Arden R. Smith), p. 20
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "The Music of the Ainur", page 52
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "The Tale of Tinuviel"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Roverandom
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 219 (dated October 14, 1959)


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There are not many cities of Fall River's size that have their own bishop and cathedral. But Fall River is the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese that serves most of southeastern Massachusetts. As such, we have been blessed to have a strong spiritual leader in our community.
There are not many cities of Fall River's size that have their own bishop and cathedral. But Fall River is the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese that serves most of southeastern Massachusetts. As such, we have been blessed to have a strong spiritual leader in our community.
For more than a decade, the Diocese of Fall River's flock has been led by a shepherd who knows this city and region well. Since his appointment by Pope John Paul II in 2003, Bishop George W. Coleman has headed the diocese he previously served as a pastor, educator and vicar general.
Coleman has deep roots in the city and region, having been born in Fall River and raised in Somerset, as well as serving as a pastor in Fall River and on Cape Cod, and leading the Diocesan Department of Education.
Coleman took the reins of the diocese from a Catholic leader of extraordinary stature: Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, the current archbishop of Boston, who was even rumored to be a front-runner for pope last year. Coleman led the diocese in the wake of the clergy sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Roman Catholic Church and afflicted significant pain to parishioners both in the Diocese of Fall River and worldwide.
Coleman's low-key pastoral demeanor has served the diocese and our community through some very difficult times of transition, as several churches and schools closed due to declining attendance. Through it all, Coleman's "steady and gentle hand," as O'Malley put it, has guided the way, while also serving as a conscience for the community through a time of rapid social change and, some might say, cultural and moral decline.
On Tuesday, at a Mass of Thanksgiving in Coleman's honor, High Mass pageantry was on full display at St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, as the diocese celebrated the retirement of Coleman, 75, from this powerful and difficult position that, as O'Malley said, "can be a very lonely task."
O'Malley and Archbishop Daniel Cronin were joined in the sanctuary by three other bishops: Donald Pelletier, a retired La Salette bishop; Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda, bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Portugal; and Walter James Edyvean, a retired auxiliary bishop of Boston who attended seminary with Coleman and was ordained with him almost 50 years ago in Rome.
Joining the celebration were the hundreds of diocesan priests, religious sisters in full habits, uniformed Catholic school students, a Knights of Columbus honor guard in full regalia and dozens of other visitors, who came to the cathedral to celebrate Coleman's contributions to the diocese and wish him well in his retirement.
Over the course of Coleman's 11 years as bishop, the Roman Catholic Church has seen some significant changes in leadership and philosophy, with the death of Pope John Paul II, the election and nearly unprecedented resignation of the conservative Pope Benedict XVI and a rejuvenation and more liberal approach of the church under the strong pastoral leadership of Pope Francis.
For his part here at home, pastoral leadership has been Coleman's strong suit. "Bishop George epitomizes the deep pastoral sense of the Fall River priest," O'Malley said Tuesday.
"My heart is filled with gratitude and thanksgiving for God's goodness to me and to our church of Fall River," Coleman told those who gathered. We are likewise grateful for Coleman's pastoral contributions to the Roman Catholic Church, the Fall River Diocese and our community as whole.
We pray that the Diocese of Fall River continues its adaptation to the rapidly changing times under the Rev. Edgar Moreira da Cunha, 60, the first Brazilian-born priest to become a bishop in the United States, who has been tapped by Pope Francis to be installed as Fall River's new bishop on Sept. 24. May the new bishop breathe renewed energy, pastoral leadership and strong spiritual life into the Fall River Diocese, our city and region.


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In a guest column, ACE head Simon Perry argues that the UK is missing out on co-production prospects.
In proportion to its size, the UK now has significantly less funding available for the making of its own films than almost any other European country. You would expect, therefore, that its production sector would be seeking all and any means and mechanisms by which to raise money abroad. With presales of most independent films too tight to mention these days, the obvious solution is international co-production.
But the public funding practices and tax incentive rules in the UK seem designed to ensure that British producers are shut out of co-production prospects in every way possible. Non-membership of the pan-European fund Eurimages probably does most to make Britain the co-production partner-of-last-choice within Europe. But the reduction in the value of the tax credit imposed on official co-productions has a worldwide impact, and now comes the news that co-productions are henceforth precluded from funding under the EIS (Enterprise Investment Scheme).
Among amendments to the tax credit rules announced late last year, reduction of the eligibility threshold for expenditure from 25% of budget to 10% makes it theoretically easier for British producers to join foreign films as minority co-producers. But (unlike their European counterparts for whom minority co-productions bring good, regular business and prestige) their appetite for it is lacking. Funding of £1m earmarked by the BFI for this purpose – in an attempt to show readiness by the UK to reciprocate in the co-production game – proved hard to shift last year, going mainly to support an English-language adaptation of a Georges Simenon story with a UK director.
ACE, which I helped to found 20 years ago, is a network of more than 150 experienced European and non-European film producers who have been through an advanced training course, who remain in contact to exchange information, know-how and projects, and who use international co-production as the primary tool for the financing of their films.
Selection of UK producers for the ACE programme has declined steadily in recent years because the prevailing British mindset seems to equate 'international' with 'US' and nowhere else – that is, if it even looks abroad at all. In his latest column for Sight & Sound magazine, BFI Film Fund head Ben Roberts analysed the funding available to UK producers, exclusively listing local sources: the words 'Europe' and 'co-production' did not appear.
What strikes us at ACE as most curious is the apparent complacency of the British production sector. Most producers seem to accept that the films that define British cinema – films initiated here by British businesses that represent British culture and artistic expression – will be financed by a small handful of domestic backers, with two or more typically working in tandem. From a money standpoint alone, this means that opportunities for producers in the UK are a fraction of those available to their counterparts (and competitors) in France, Germany and Poland, let alone in small countries if the figures there are pro-rated to match the size of the UK: Denmark, Sweden, Belgium and even, despite savage cuts, Ireland.
No one can doubt the quality of the best British films currently coming down this narrow pipeline. The question rather is: how much other good work is not catered for, remains unrealised, or is produced with inadequate resources? Would a greater diversity of British talent and ideas reach a worldwide public if a wider range of tastes and structures were decisive?
According to the BFI, no strong voices are being raised within Pact or elsewhere in the sector in support of the potential of co-production, of removing the tax regime obstacles and rejoining Eurimages. Is this because the authoritative producers are doing okay with the status quo, the service producers don't want the tax credit unpicked, and the rest can lump it?
If so, is it really sustainable in a world where no country can function as an island, UKIP notwithstanding? The only film industry in Europe that might reasonably justify a mindset of self-sufficiency is the French, with its annual support mechanism worth more than £600m, all of it derived from the industry itself and not the government. But even the French now pursue co-production energetically as a necessary strategy for getting their own films made, and as a means of participating creatively and financially in films by the best talents from all over the globe. Can the UK, with its meagre coffers, afford to deny producers the benefits of co-production and risk missing out?
Simon Perry is president of Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (ACE).


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We're sure he told U.S. troop in Iraq "I'll be back" the last time he visited and he will.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on this Veterans Day that he will make a trip to Iraq early next week.
He made a previous visit as an actor when he traveled there on a USO tour in 2003 to promote "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," but this will be his first as governor.
Schwarzenegger's communications director said he couldn't give specifics on where and when the governor will go, due to security issues.
Matt David said Schwarzenegger has wanted to make the trip for a couple of years.
Schwarzenegger has a military background. He was a member of the Austrian army back in 1965. He admits to going temporarily AWOL during basic training so he could compete in a bodybuilding competition (which he won). The governor still owns an Austrian tank and last year had it shipped to California from an Ohio museum.
Usually when the governor leaves the state that means the lieutenant governor is in charge. But that seat is currently vacant, now that John Garamendi has been sworn in as a member of Congress. Not to worry, the line of succession will simply fall to Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg.


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By KATIE COLLINS, Brush News-Tribune Writer/Photographer
Cowboys, witches, butterfly princesses, ghosts, goblins, powerful superheroes and even the wolf man lurched amid the halls of Eben Ezer on a sinister Tuesday afternoon and brought with them a few tricks to show off as nearly 100 kindergarten students from Thomson Primary in Brush made the journey to Eben Ezer for an annual costume parade.
The costumed kiddos then congregated in the facilities Activities Room where they belted out Halloween and fall harvest tunes under the direction of Brush School District music, choir and band instructor Darlene Minor, much to the delight of residents and staff who bore witness to the spectral spectacle.
Residents at Eben Ezer made sure to have treats-o-plenty on hand for the students as they made their way through the many neighborhoods, brining the haunted holiday spirit along.
On Wednesday afternoon as minions throughout Brush decked themselves out in their Halloween best, Eben Ezer hosted a Halloween costume party for staff and residents, complete with prizes for best costume. With the sounds of songs such as "Werewolf in London" setting the atmosphere, costumed residents took to the dance floor.
First prize for best costume among a variety of staff who dressed up was Housekeeping manager turned wicked-witch Deb Ficco. Second prize went to Nursing Supervisor Krystal Schneekloth.


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Fresh-Fig Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe
Fresh-Fig Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Fresh-Fig Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Modified from Martha Stewart
- 1 loaf ciabatta bread, ends trimmed, sliced in half horizontally
1/4 cup store-bought fig jam
3/4 pound Fontina cheese, sliced
1/3 pound thinly sliced Black Forest ham
8 to 10 fresh figs, thinly sliced lengthwise
1 tablespoon oil
- Heat a griddle over medium heat.
- Spread cut sides of bread with fig jam. On the bottom half of the bread, layer 1/2 the cheese, then the ham, the figs and the remaining cheese. Enclose with the top half of the bread. Brush with oil.
- Place on griddle or in a nonstick skillet, and weight top of sandwich with a heavy skillet or a foil-lined brick. Cook until bottom is golden, about 4 minutes. Flip sandwich over, and repeat with opposite side. Cut crosswise into 6 to 8 pieces; serve immediately.
Serve 4.
- Category
- Main Dishes, Sandwiches
- Cuisine
- North American


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Deere Logs 17% 4Q Profit Bump, Reveals Bullish Outlook
Deere (NYSE:DE) beat the Street on Wednesday with a 17% jump in fiscal fourth-quarter profits despite slipping sales and also issued upbeat profit guidance for the full year.
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Shares of the world's largest maker of farm equipment rallied about 4% on the stronger-than-expected results and outlook.
Deere said it earned $806.8 million, or $2.11 a share, last quarter, compared with a profit of $687.6 million, or $1.75 a share, a year earlier. Analysts had been calling for a profit of $1.89 a share.
Revenue dipped 3% to $9.45 billion, blowing away the Street's view of $8.68 billion.
"Deere's performance is a testament to our ability to execute our business plans, which stress the rigorous management of costs and assets," Deere CEO Samuel Allen said in a statement, noting the company achieved record earnings for the last three years.
Looking ahead, Deere sees equipment sales falling about 3% in fiscal 2014 and 2% in the first quarter. Net income is expected to total $3.3 billion for the full year, which is well ahead of the Street's view of just $3.04 billion.
"We remain confident in the company's direction and its ability to serve a population growing in both size and prosperity in the years ahead," Allen said.
Shares of Moline, Ill.-based Deere climbed 3.82% to $85.97 in premarket trading on Wednesday, setting them up to wipe out much of their 4% decline so far this year.


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The importance of the office of the borough president has often been debated, especially among those who are politically right of center.
Some have argued that directing discretionary funding and cheerleading for the borough can be done by City Council members, but we look over at Brooklyn and see that Marty Markowitz has been an important part of Brooklyn's renaissance.
The job is important if done right.
Last week, State Senator Tony Avella took himself out of the race for the Democratic nomination for the post. Avella only recently won his senate seat, so it was interesting to see him jump into the race for borough president.
It is my guess that a lot of our Queens elected officials in Albany are somewhat tired of making that schlep. I would not assume that Avella got into the borough president's race for that alone, but from what I have heard from other reps, city government is far more enticing than state government, especially when it comes to making regular trips to Albany.
Avella and Peter Vallone, Jr. may have gone head-to-head in debates up to this point, but they share similar types of votes among Queens Democrats. They are both centrist Democrats in a city where that is not as common as it once was.
Vallone is a good choice for borough president for one reason in particular: Queens residents tend to like a bold voice. For the last 20 years, they had that voice in City Hall, so they could afford to lean a little more progressive when it came to Queens Boulevard.
That may change following this year's election, leaving Queens residents without a Giuliani or a Bloomberg-type of advocate. Vallone could be a smart vote for the crime-conscious middle-class, blue-collar voters in Queens.
Melinda Katz comes with a lot of bonafides for the job. She also has the support of the Queens Democratic Party, and both Vallone and Katz are popular in their respective districts.
Vallone is uniquely unafraid to take unpopular stances, and he has made crime reduction a big part of his career. There are a few, especially on the Democratic side, who feel that Vallone wants to be district attorney, but after spending the better part of this summer following Vallone's campaign and talking to people, I do not think that is true. He does want to be the borough president more than he wants anything else.
Queens residents are often homeowners, and they want their neighborhoods to be family-friendly. Vallone has spent a lot of time fighting against graffiti and crime. He has also been bold on issues that are not necessarily vote getters, such as animal rights, preserving landmarks, and naming (or not re-naming) bridges.
There is a line in an episode of The West Wing where the chief of staff, played by the late John Spencer, says of the president, "all I can promise you is that on any given day, there's no predicting what he is going to choose to care about."
It was a reference to the curious mind of the fictional president. That is what went through my mind when Vallone went through some trash to find the name of a person who incorrectly used a public trash receptacle.
I don't know what I expect from a borough president, but I am not tired of seeing what Vallone is going to care about from day to day. In a city that is likely to lean a little more to the left as Michael Bloomberg raises a glass of sugar-free champagne on his way out the door, it might be good to keep some of that toughness in Queens.
It is for this reason that I feel Peter Vallone, Jr. would be a good borough president and strong public servant in Queens for the next four years.


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Checking in on… the MAACPosted by Brian Goodman on February 16th, 2011
Ray Floriani of College Chalk Talk is the RTC correspondent for the MAAC and NEC.
A Look Back
Fairfield maintains a lead. The Stags have now won 20 games two consecutive years for the first time in school history. St. Peter's was a heartbreaking loss away from knocking off Fairfield on Sunday. Despite the setback, coach John Dunne (the choice of yours truly as MAAC Coach of the Year) feels his club is in a very positive mindset as the home stretch and conference tournament draws nearer.
Power Rankings
1. Fairfield (20-5, 13-2): Two victories on the road for the first-place Stags. Fairfield won at Manhattan (65-56) and at St. Peter's (70-69 in overtime). The game with St. Peter's was a battle of defenses, as Fairfield had a slight 92-91 OE edge. Defense was reflected in TO rates, as the Stags were guilty of 25% of their percentages ending in turnovers while they forced St. Peter's into a 26% rate.
Notable: Derek Needham captured Player of the Week honors averaging 20.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the Stags' two road wins over the weekend.
2. Rider (18-9, 10-5): A homestand wound up at .500. Rider dropped a close (67-65) nail-biter to Canisius before bouncing back (61-50) against Niagara. A few oddities in these two games: Against Canisius, the OE was 107 and TO rate 15%. In the win over Niagara, the Broncs' OE was 88 with a 28% TO rate. Defense was the answer, as Rider allowed a 110 OE against Canisius but only a 73 two days later.
Notable: Seniors Justin Robinson, Mike Ringgold and grad student Patrick Mandel have won 77 games over their Rider careers. Robinson has hit 44 of his last 46 free throw attempts. Freshman Danny Stewart is emerging of late, ready to carry the torch. He scored 17 points to accompany nine rebounds against Canisius.
3. Iona (16-10, 10-5): A sweep predicated on the simple formula of good offense plus good defense. The Gaels won over Siena (69-65) and at Marist (85-70). Their offensive efficiencies were 105 and 120, while they allowed 98 and 99 OE ratings. Taking care of the ball was paramount with 17% and 10% TO rates. On the other side, opposing offenses were disrupted into 27% and 25% rates.
Notable: Junior Scott Machado registered the 1,000th assist of his career against Manhattan. Mike Glover averaged 19 points for the Gaels and senior Alejo Rodriquez is coming on of late. Rodriquez averaged 9.3 points and rebounds for Iona during the week.
4. St. Peter's (15-11, 10-5) One of two with a victory (66-54) at Marist followed be a heartbreaker (70-69 in OT) to Fairfield at home. The turnovers reared their ugly heads once again – St. Peter's TO rate is 24% on the season and they were at 27% and 26% in the two respective games. The Peacocks shot a 61% eFG at Marist to boost the offense, but were only 41% against a better defensive team in Fairfield.
Notable: Jeron Belin scored 22 points in the loss to Fairfield. Ryan Bacon had 13 points, seven rebounds and two blocks in the win at Marist.
5. Loyola (13-12, 9-6) Two home games resulted in a split. The Greyhounds were upset by Niagara (59-57) before bouncing back for a win over Canisius (72-57). Loyola managed meager 89 offensive efficiency clip against Niagara. A 41% eFG percentage and 22% TO rate led the offense to stagnation. They got back on track, posting an outstanding 114 OE against Canisius.
Notable: Justin Drummond, a freshman guard, earned Rookie of the Week distinction. Drummond scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds in 22 minutes of action in the Greyhound victory over Canisius.
6. Canisius (13-12, 7-8). A road split for the Griffins. Canisius defeated Rider (67-65) before dropping a meeting at Loyola (72-57). At Rider, the Griffs put up an outstanding OE of 110. On the other hand, their OE at Loyola was 91, with the defense a 114. Chalk a good part of the blame to TO rate. At Rider the number was a very creditable 15%, at Loyola a ridiculously high 32%.
Notable: Senior forward Elton Frazier averaged 15 points, 6.5 rebounds and shot 63% from the floor. Frazier had 20 points in the loss at Loyola. Sophomore guard Gaby Belardo hit the game-winner at Rider. It was the third time he hit a game clinching shot this season.
7. Siena (10-15, 7-8) Saints went zero for two on the New York swing. They dropped close games at Iona (69-65) and Manhattan (84-81). A 27% TO rate was largely the undoing in New Rochelle. Against Manhattan, the Saints, a 101 defensive efficiency team, allowed a 108 mark. Pace was also a factor, as the 69-possession Saints got into a fast paced 78 possession outing against the Jaspers.
Notable: Sophomore Jonathan Breeden filled in for injured Rakeem Brookins at point guard. Breeden scored a career high 24 points against Iona and had 20 in the game against Manhattan.
8. Niagara (6-21, 3-12): Two road games and a split. They Won a close one (59-57) at Loyola before getting turned back (61-50) at Rider. Defense was solid with 89 and 88 efficiencies in the two outings. Offense? A good- enough-to-win 92 at Loyola followed by a less-than-adequate 72 against the Broncs. The latter game saw Niagara hit a 25% eFG mark (their season low) while committing a 26% TO rate. Purple Eagles have a borderline 20% TO rate on the year. Against Rider, it was too far on the negative side.
Notable: Niagara erased a 13-point second half deficit for their first MAAC road win of the season at Loyola. Scooter Gillette had ten points and a career-high eight rebounds.
9. Manhattan (5-21, 3-12): The Jaspers earned a home split, losing to Fairfield (65-56) before surprising Siena (84-81). The efficiency margin was a -15 against the Stags but improved to a +4 against Siena, thanks to a sterling 108 OE. Manhattan had a 57% eFG percentage against the Saints. It was sorely needed to offset a 24% TO rate.
Notable: George Beamon, the Jaspers' outstanding sophomore guard, hit a career high 35 points in the win over Siena. Beamon was 12-19 from the floor and 10-10 on the charity stripe. Beamon averaged 19.3 points, 4 rebounds and 3.3 assists for his last three games.
10. Marist (4-23, 3-12): The Red Foxes dropped home games to St. Peter's (66-54) and Iona (85-70). Efficiency margins were a respectively poor -19 and -21. They let up a 120 efficiency to Iona largely due to the Gaels 56% eFG mark. The Red Foxes struggled both games on the offensive end failing to reach a 100 offensive efficiency either time out.
Notable: Sophomore guard Sam Prescott exploded for 34 points in the loss to St. Peter's. It was the first time in four years a Marist player broke 30 points. The last was Will Whittington with 31 in an NIT victory at Oklahoma State on March 13, 2007. Prescott was 5 of 7 from three against St. Peter's.
A Look Ahead
Wednesday, February 16:
- Rider at Loyola
- St. Peter's at Siena
- Canisius at Niagara
- Iona at Manhattan
- Marist at Fairfield
Saturday, February 19: The MAAC joins several mid-majors in the annual BracketBusters event:
- Austin Peay at Fairfield
- Central Michigan at Niagara
- Manhattan at Stony Brook
- Canisius at Boston University
- Iona at Liberty
- Delaware at Rider
- St. Peter's at Loyola-Chicago
- Maine at Siena
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Director's Corner
3 May 2007
Barry Barish
Thanks, Gerry...welcome, Mike
It is my great pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr. Michael Harrison of Brookhaven National Laboratory as the new GDE Regional Director for the Americas, succeeding Professor Gerry Dugan of Cornell University as of 1 May 2007.
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of Brookhaven National Laboratory, new Regional Director for the Americas.
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of Cornell is stepping down as the Americas Regional Director
The very first appointments I made when I became GDE Director were the three Regional Directors: Brian Foster for Europe, Fumihiko Takasaki for Asia and Gerry Dugan for the Americas. Their primary responsibility is to coordinate the ILC R&D programmes within Europe, Asia and the Americas, to ensure that they are as consistent as possible with the GDE priorities. A year ago, one of our Regional Directors, Fumihiko Takasaki, was promoted to become Director of the Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies at KEK Laboratory, and Mitsuaki Nozaki replaced him as the GDE Asian Regional Director. This month, Gerry Dugan will start his phased retirement and step down as the Americas Regional Director.
In the Americas, Gerry deferred his planned phased retirement at Cornell to take on the job as Regional Director. At the time, we agreed he would only serve until we produced the ILC Reference Design Report, which we released in February. Gerry has been a key person in the GDE successfully meeting its first two major milestones -- developing a globally conceived "baseline configuration" in 2005, followed by the "reference design" in 2006. He and the other Regional Directors have insured that our processes are truly global, while respecting and supporting regional interests.
As regional coordinator for the Americas, Gerry Dugan has played many roles. He is a highly regarded accelerator physicist and played a strong intellectual role in the developing of our actual design for the ILC. As coordinator of the US R&D programme, Gerry has had to balance the priorities of the GDE with the regional interests as established by the Americas Regional Team (ART), as well as the interests of the large laboratories and the university community. Gerry has done a terrific job of carrying out this balancing act, while developing, coordinating and prioritising the Americas regional programme. In addition, Gerry has been an invaluable member of the GDE Executive Committee, our top level decision making and policy committee. Despite the fact that we value and rely so heavily on Gerry, and despite his huge impact on our work, he is determined to carry out his retirement plan. Of course, we must accept his decision. On behalf of the entire GDE, I congratulate Gerry on a job very well done and wish him all the best in his future endeavours. At the same time, I hope Gerry will continue to be involved in our effort in selective but significant ways.
The new Americas Regional Director will be Michael Harrison, who is also a prominent accelerator physicist. Mike served as Associate Project Director of the RHIC Project during its formative years and his major contributions to that successful project are well known. In fact, along with Satoshi Ozaki, Mike will be honoured this June at the biennial Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC07) where they will receive the IEEE NPSS Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award for "leadership in the successful design and construction of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider."
The GDE has changed a lot during our short lifetime, and we are presently reorganising to be better able to enter into the engineering design phase. Therefore, we are also evolving the role of the Regional Directors and hence defining Mike's job somewhat differently from Gerry's role. In particular, we expect Mike to assume a larger role in representing the GDE in Washington DC and to work to align the Americas' regional programme with the ILC R&D and EDR plans. In addition, Mike's fundamental responsibility to coordinate the Americas R&D programme will be done in close coordination with the Project Office we are currently setting up and the set of GDE work packages we will develop.
I enthusiastically welcome Mike Harrison to the GDE, and we all look forward to his joining our adventure.
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Grant-Lee Phillips
The Scala, King's Cross
27 April 2008
Indie fans of a certain 90s-era vintage may have fond memories of the US guitar trio Grant Lee Buffalo. One of the best multiple billing gigs I attended was at Western Springs in Auckland on 28 January 1995 - R.E.M. headlined, Crowded House were second billing, and opening the evening's performance were the most energetic band of the night, the young (then) Grant Lee Buffalo, with their razor-sharp rock chords and superb lead vocals from Grant-Lee Phillips himself. I quickly became a fan, and sought out their first two albums - the pretty, loping grace of Fuzzy (1993), which was once lauded by Michael Stipe as 'the best album of the year hands down', and the punchy indie pop noise of Mighty Joe Moon (1994). After GLB disbanded at the end of the 90s Phillips reappeared as a solo artist, releasing a series of albums including Mobilize (2001), a perfect collection of pop songs and ballads that received wide critical acclaim if not huge sales.
Last night's performance by Phillips at the Scala in King's Cross showed that he has lost none of his enthusiasm for music-making and none of his ability with the guitar or death-defying vocal ranges. He strode on wearing the shirt he's pictured in above, and with an unruly mop of hair that would do Richard Hawley proud. He proved a genial host to the crowd of 400 or 500, plucking song requests from the audience to expand the setlist, and was accompanied only by a sidekick on keyboards.
One highlight of the evening was his performance of Dixie Drugstore, a rambling New Orleans ghost story from the Fuzzy album with an electrifying falsetto chorus. Phillips quickly admitted he needed his lyrics book to perform it - 'there are a lot of words in that one!' - and joked, 'gather round now, chillun - grandpa's gonna sing you a song from the old songbook'. It proved to be a roistering boogie with a blinding honky-tonk piano solo, and at the end Phillips applauded his nimble keyboardist memory skills: 'that's only the second time he's heard that song!'. A high quality set of Grant Lee Buffalo songs from the 90s heyday also made an appearance, proving that Phillips has written some great material, and can still nail the stratospheric falsettos on the title track of Fuzzy, where Phillips sings the word 'fuzzy' as if infected with the spirit of rogue choral angels:
All and all the world is small enough for both of us
To meet upon the interstate waiting on a train
And just when those big arms lift up fall in love with no time to say it
I liked to
Now I'm fuzzy
I've lied too
Now I'm fuzzy
While people were shouting out song requests, I pondered the tracks I would ask for if I was the shoutin' kind (which I ain't). Aside from the ones he played, I have a real soft spot for the shiny pop multi-tracked harmonies and euphoric air-punching choruses of Spring Released from Mobilize ("Damn this floor is thumpin' spring released and / My little girlfriend's hanging light / I feel the blood rush pumpin' haulin'..."), and the jauntily perfect pop pastiche of The Whole Shebang from the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack (1998) - both deserved much broader fame.
We'll take the whole shebang
All or nothing, anything
Ecstasy's the birthright of our gang
We'll take the whole shebang
Free your heart of guilt and shame
Come and claim what's yours
The whole shebang
With his penchant for lyrical Americana and prowess with the acoustic guitar, it's a relief that indie fans were able to enjoy Grant Lee Buffalo as a middling-successful rock band, because if Phillips had been in thrall to the twang and become a hat act instead, his songwriting and performing talents would surely have seen him attaining a much higher profile the country genre. We can only be grateful that he was born in California rather than Tennessee!
(Earlier, the support act for the evening was Oxford singer-songwriter Richard Walters, who performed a selection of his delicate yet absorbing acoustic numbers to a positive response from the Scala audience. His blog profile says he imagines his cat singing like Stina Nordenstam, which is a good thing in my book).


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ENGS 167: Medical Imaging
A comprehensive introduction to all major aspects of standard medical imaging systems used today. Topics include radiation, dosimetry, x-ray imaging, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, MRI, ultrasound, and imaging applications in therapy. The fundamental mathematics underlying each imaging modality is reviewed and an engineering picture of the hardware needed to implement each system is examined. The course will incorporate a journal club review of research papers, term tests, and a term project to be completed on an imaging system.


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Southern California authorities said they've found the car of a 20th Century Fox executive who vanished 10 months ago and now believe he was murdered.
Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Dave Dolson said a Mercedes-Benz registered to Gavin Smith was found Feb. 21 at a Simi Valley storage facility. Dolson said that storage facility was linked to John Creech, a man who is in jail on an unrelated drug conviction.
Creech, 40, has been in custody since June 22 on an eight-year sentence for sales or transport of narcotics, Dolson said.
"He has been a person of interest for several months, and he's still that person of interest," Dolson said.
Smith, 57, was last seen May 1 in Ventura County's Oak Park neighborhood after leaving a friend's home at about 9:35 p.m. wearing a gray shirt and dark athletic shorts, Dolson said.
The case has been classified as a homicide even though Smith's body has not been located.
Dolson said the condition of Smith's Mercedes-Benz, along with witness statements, led them to believe Smith was no longer alive and had been killed.
Authorities believe Smith's black Mercedes-Benz was in the Porter Ranch area of the San Fernando Valley on or about May 8 or 9 and eventually moved to the Simi Valley storage facility by two people. That storage facility is linked to a person "who has a very close association" to Creech, Dolson said.
Dolson said investigators have served 25 to 30 search warrants in the case - primarily in the San Fernando Valley area - including on Creech's home and his Hummer.
The connection between Smith and Creech remains somewhat unclear.
Dolson said Smith had "some kind of relationship" with Creech's wife, Chandrika, after meeting her in rehab a couple years ago. Dolson declined to provide detail.
"When (Smith) goes missing of course we're going to talk to family and we're going to look at all of his relationships and his lifestyle and try to go from there," he said. "When you don't have anything to go on, that's where you start."
Several searches were also conducted early on in the investigation but those proved fruitless, Dolson said.
Smith was with Fox's movie distribution department for nearly 18 years and was a branch manager for several theaters.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle on Monday killed two Afghan defense ministry staffers and wounded at least nine others after he rammed into a bus carrying soldiers and civilian employees who were returning home from work.
Gen. Kadam Shah Sheem, Kabul military commander, said the bombing took place in eastern Kabul city and targeted a bus full of officers, soldiers and defense ministry staff that had just left a nearby military base. He said one of the dead was an officer and the other a civilian.
Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Zahir Azimi confirmed the casualty numbers but had no other details.
An eyewitness, shopkeeper Mohammad Shakor, said the attack took place on a bumpy dirt road near a grave yard. He said the bus had just unloaded four women passengers and was driving away when the explosion took place.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in text message to The Associated Press.
President Hamid Karzai who is on an official visit to India, condemned the attack in an announcement issued by his office.
He said the attack was carried out by "those enemies of the Afghan people who don't want us having a strong and developed Afghan Security Forces in our country."
The Taliban have escalated their attacks against Afghan security forces and government employees ahead of a second round of voting next month to elect a new president.
A second round was forced after elections last month failed to give any candidate the majority needed to replace outgoing President Hamid Karzai.
Insurgents are seeking to take advantage of the full withdrawal of foreign combat troops this year in an effort to overthrow the government and regain territory lost in nearly 14 years of war.


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Christian Unions have existed for over 80 years in universities around the UK and there's one in nearly every university in the Britain.
Living for Jesus and speaking for Jesus, Christian Unions are missional communities that exist to give every student in Britain an opportunity to find out about Jesus. Watch this video to find out about why Christian Unions are so great.


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The Happiest Places on Earth
Two Ithaca College couples find their utopias
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Places can captivate our dreams and inspire our lives. Places draw people from near and far. Millions of immigrants were drawn to America by tales of streets paved with gold. Ithaca College economist Elia Kacapyr found that a person's native country may determine how satisfied he or she is with...


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Christian Klein's Ducati 350 Café Racer might be a work of art, and it's certainly an example that you don't have to make an elaborate motorcycle to make something visually stunning. Using a Ducati 350 Scrambler motor, Klein has ported and polished the single-cylinder lump, and then fabricated a custom steel frame to make his creation. Klein was meticulous in his construction, taking several years to perfect his machine. The attention to detail has paid off though, and we especially like the custom made exhaust that wraps around the rear shock, and comes to a minimalist conclusion under the rider's handmade seat. Photos after the jump.
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Clash of Clans best plans (layouts) – (ТH 6, Town Hall level 6)
Update: Added few bases with Air Sweeper.
Town Hall upgrade till the 6th level will take 4 days and will cost 750,000 gold coins. After that there will be a visual change: Town Hall walls become adorned with the gold posts and rods.
On this level 4 new constructions and 2 traps become available: Gold Mine, Elixir Collector, Mortar, Wizard Tower as well as 2 Spring Traps and 25 Wall units. After upgrading the Spell Factory and Barracks you'll be able to create Healing Spells and Healers.
Choose the order for the plan sorting according to the Date, Views or Rating, don't forget to evaluate the bases. That will help the other users to make a choice.
After update of the game on December 10, 2015, a large number of 3 main resources (Gold, Elixir and Dark Elixir) are kept in the Town Hall. Now it makes no sense to put Town Hall outside the Wall (you will lose the resources stored in the Town Hall and will not get shield!). After this update, the main task of the players is at any cost to defend the Town Hall! Please choose Base layout for "Defense"!


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