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* Heinrich Hecht (Mühlenbauer), deutscher Mühlenbaumeister und Erfinder
 Heinrich Hecht (Politiker) (1866–1935), deutscher Politiker (DNVP)
 Heinrich Hecht (Physiker) (Karl Heinrich Hecht; 1880–1961), deutscher Physiker
 Heinrich Hecht (Fotograf) (* 1955), deutscher Fotograf

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MC Hammer (Mattel)
MC Hammer
Truth be told, MC Hammer was originally scheduled to be a bonus section of our April Fool's Day post which featured the 1991 THQ Vanilla Ice dolls, but unfortunately was never added. So, since it's a (2) legit (2 quit) toy, there's no sense in not posting it now.
Hammer, much like Vanilla Ice gets a bum rap these days, but truth be told, Mattel wouldn't have made the dolls if there wasn't a market for it back in 1991. After all, much like Vanilla Ice dolls, it's not like they didn't sell to many happy fans. Unfortunately, said fans just moved on to other things a lot faster than many people such as MC Hammer, Mattel, and all those backing him would have liked.
Two versions of MC Hammer were released; MC Hammer Concert Doll with Cassette (purple outfit), and MC Hammer Concert Doll with Stereo (gold outfit). The cassette featured two single, "Can't Touch This," and "Dancin' Machine," as well as eight personal messages from Hammer himself. The stereo was just an accessory for the second doll, but the box boasts that it, "Makes real rap sounds!"
Three sets of additional clothing were produced for the doll, all of which were released under the banner, "MC Hammer Original Fashions." None were given specific names, but are iconic from such music videos such as, "You Can't Touch This."
Despite continuing to release albums, MC Hammer appears to have seen his prime in the music world. A perfect example of how he's been shunned by the music community and fans would be the surprise appearance he made at the premiere of "The Cable Show" in 2013 where after performing 2 Legit 2 Quit received all but two seconds of unenthusiastic applause.
Join us next time when we keep the music alive with our look at Metallica!
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Google Home Hub to be renamed Google Nest Hub, according to source
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With rumours of a larger Google Home Hub swirling, it got us thinking. Why have one product called Nest Hub Max, and one called Home Hub? It wouldn't make a lot of sense.
Well, it seems that there's a rename across the board coming. The current Google Home Hub will be re-branded as Google Nest Hub, according to 9to5Google, and it will join the Google Nest Hub Max expected to be announced at Google IO 2019.
If you ask me, the name "Nest Hub" sounds a bit daft alongside the more established name of Google Home, but I guess Google is known for making a few weird decisions in its past.
Given the Nest name is more associated with home control, like thermostats, cameras and smoke alarms, I suppose there is some logic to the re-brand, but I do question the wisdom of ditching the established good will around the Home name.
So far as rumours go, there's not likely to be any actual functionality change around the rebrand for the Google Home Hub, just a name. Maybe they'll announce a new chat app or something to distract us.
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this is the story of mya scott. she was left on a street corner. how will her life turn out? will she ever find her family?
I am Mya Scott. My family left me here when I was a baby, on the corner of Strawberry Street and Apple Avenue. I have lived the worst life possible and nobody cares about me. I do not even know how to read or right. I do not need to. All I need to know is how to get people to feel sorry for me, an 16 year old girl sitting here and sleeping in a box. Everyone who comes by just stops to stare. I am lucky enough to find little scraps of food tonibble on knowing the birds will be mad.
Today I heard people talking about this person called Santa Claus. I have never heard of him any other time except now. He sounds wonderful, bringing little boys and girls presents. I shouldn't get my hopes up though because when I wake up tomorrow I will not have anything here but the clothes I own and the big box I sleep in. Nobody brings me anything that is new or even nice. Santa probably does not even know that I am here.
We are sorry for leaving you on the street corner 16 years ago. Enclosed is a ticket to Chicago, Illinois. That is where we live now and we would love for you to bring all of your belongings and come live with us. Also, you have twin little sisters who are currently eight and can share a room so you can have your own. Again, sorry for leaving you on the corner 16 years ago. We miss you Mya please come home.
That was the sweetest letter I have ever received. And now I know who my parents are, Micayla and Mike! Twin little sisters sound fun too. I just hope that they do not mind me while I am there because I would not want to disturb their family by coming because of a letter. What if they do not like me. Now I know what I am spending the $200 on! Stuff for my sisters and parents. I just want them to like how I do things and accept that I will not eat the food off the table; I eat leftovers.
Going in a cab to the airport took ten minutes. Since I live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I have to go through all the security things because I am not twelve anymore. The airplane only took two hours to get to Chicago, where I have never been before. When I got there, there were four people standing with a sign that said Mya. At least that is what I think it said since I cannot read.
They were the nicest people I have ever met and when we got back to their house I saw cake and ice cream. They all shouted "WELCOME HOME MYA!" It was spectacular and I could not believe that I was now standing in my new home eating stuff that was not leftovers. I walked into the next room to put all my bags down. It was my new room. All the pink and blue things you could imagine were in there.
When they saw me coming in with presents with tags that said: The Twins and Micayla and Mike they said that I did not have to give them anything. I insisted on giving them the presents so they opened them. Each of the twins got a purse with little earrings in one of the pockets. Mom got a nice locket with a picture of me in it and Dad got a new pink and blue tie with matching socks. They loved their gifts and all gave me hugs. The twins each had a present for me to. Masie (the oldest twin) got me a new sparkly t-shirt that said I Love My Little Sisters. Maybelle (the youngest twin) got me something that I have been wanting forever since I saw it in a store: A PUPPY!
When I saw the dog it was like a dream come true. I was a floppy-eared basset hound. It fur was the softest and the eyes were dark brown. The best thing about it was the ears. You could lift them up and make her look funny. Also, Maybelle had gotten me little bows on elastic strings to put on the ears. This was the best thing I have ever gotten. Maybe even having my own room.
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The theme is amazing! I love how Mya meets her family in the end, good job.
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Q: Basic Dock/Anchor Styling I have a WPF project in C# I am working on.  I have a TabPage that contains three controls on it: 2 textboxes and a datagridview.  I want to have all three fit onto the page based on the size of the parent (the tabpage it is located on).
One textbox should be along the right side (ending at the other textbox), and the last text box along the full bottom.
GRID | TEXTBOX1
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I have been experimenting with the Docking and Anchoring styles but I'm not sure how to use them properly with multiple elements on the page.
Currently I have the Textbox1 Dock.Right, Textbox2 Dock.Bottom.  I want the remaining DataGridView to fill whatever space is left.  However, using the Dock.Fill just fills the whole parent form and overlaps the textboxes.
Am I going about this properly?  I saw something on DockPanel's which had a "LastChildFill" property, but it didn't seem to apply to me (could be wrong?).  Thanks in advance!

A: Just use Grids.
e.g. one Grid with two rows, top row containing another Grid with two columns.
<Grid>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition /> <!-- Fill All -->
        <RowDefinition Height="Auto" /> <!-- Fit to content -->
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <Grid Grid.Row="0">
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition />
            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
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        <DataGrid Grid.Column="0" />
        <TextBox Grid.Column="1" />
    </Grid>
    <TextBox Grid.Row="1" />
</Grid>

A: You seem to be close. Use a DockPanel and set DockPanel.Dock on the controls as follows:
TextBox1: Right
TextBox2: Bottom
DataGridView: Fill

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Margot Knox
Clifton Pugh: Portrait of Margot Knox 1958
I met Margot Edwards during 1948 in Matcham Skipper's Studio behind the Russell Street police station, and it was only a short time afterwards that I became her lover and a constant visitor to her in a loft in Ivanhoe. Margot was only eighteen years old and one of the most beautiful girls I had ever seen. She had done an art course at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and showed outstanding ability as an impressionist painter. I felt concern for my three children, who were now living with Mernda and her mother in a large, rambling, old timber house on three acres of highland that looked into the Eltham valley, which had not yet surrendered any of its rural village quality. But my senses were dulled because I had been in a sexual relationship with Sonia Skipper for two years prior to this event, and they knew all about my infidelity - which had been reciprocated by Mernda. The family was held together by Nina Clayton, Mernda's mother - a true surrogate mother who allowed the actual parents time to get on with their separate lives.
Eltham was further advanced in matrimonial deviations than was the rest of Melbourne; in the same way, it led in most other branches of twentieth-century social behaviour. Middle-class stigmas did not stick among its artistic community, which had always accepted personal freedom and personal licence as synonymous - a condition which was not to become the general standard elsewhere for at least another decade.
Margot and I had more than one temporary domicile in Eltham, including an old cable tram on Gordon Ford's property, before we moved into the Fabbros' cottage set in their vegetable farm on about twenty hectares of land on the southwest of Eltham. The main house was a traditional Italian farmhouse occupied by Daddy and Mrs Fabbro and their two sons, Jack and Maurice. The family has been a great asset to our district for more than fifty years. Maurie, the younger son, is now the sole survivor - his mother dying only recently, aged well over ninety. Her loud, penetrating voice could be heard in the quiet of the 1950s as it echoed more than a mile up the hill on the other side of the creek when she called Jack or Maurice in for their meals. Mr Fabbro was a small, olive-skinned, friendly, hardworking man. Margot and I rented the original cottage they had occupied in the early 1930s, when they first settled in Eltham during the Depression.
Margot and I were foundation members of the new Eltham society that had emerged since the war. Ours was a small, unique group without parallel in the history of Australia. The Peace had brought the potential for this new kind of society, and Eltham was the only community in Melbourne that had not opted for suburban progress. Its free and independent spirits were attracted to the Artists' Colony free lifestyle. We made every effort to keep living as simple and rural as it had been for a century. Eltham's valley location, formed by the oval perimetre of hills, made it a single entity that could be understood at one glance. There had one been three factories along Diamond Creek, which was originally an abundant mountain stream that meandered through its lowest level. Before the days of insecticides and increased human habitation, the creek's pure water originally had been used for brewing beer, then for grinding flour, and finally for tanning leather. As late as 1950, there were few locks on the houses because the majority of them were still under construction. Neighbours came and went at all times, in perfect freedom. It would have been possible to dine at a different home every day for a month, and then begin a repeat performance. The chief topic of conversation was the building of the mud-brick house, many of which had been partly completed for more than a year. The women were often celebrated and original cooks, and the major drink consumed was claret, which was beginning to replace the eternal swilling of beer.
Margot was nearly nineteen years younger than I was, but she had a very able mind, and the eye and feeling of a true artist. When I first met her, she shared a flat with Prue Boilleo In East St Kilda, Prue was one of those very funny people who specialised in embarrassing her friends with her loud remarks in lifts and on public transport. Together, Prue and Margot were a rather formidable pair when they were in full flight in a public place. Their penetrating comments were as merciless as Barry Humphries's wherever sanctimony or hypocrisy reared its ugly head. When Margot and I first set up house, she still worked for Ellis 'Rocky' Stones, the original Australian landscaper, who turned her into an excellent slate-paver. Her young figure and beautiful face could stop the traffic at any job she was working on. We used to make periodic trips to Barkers Creek near Bendigo, where we would buy the slate directly for prices which even in those days were hard to believe. It was beautiful dove-grey paving material, which became a matter of great regret as we saw the supply dwindle. Slate was probably one of the last benefits of the goldfields, and one of the greatest gifts to the cause of environmental planning. Its heyday must have occurred before the turn of the century, when large rectangular squares of slate and bluestone paved all Melbourne's footpaths and redgum and jarrah blocks all the roadways. It was the vitality of natural materials and their creative use that supplemented the design concepts which, together with our quality of colour and light, made the environmental movement so human and satisfying.
Margot and I were very happy at this time, especially because I had become the acknowledged leader of the movement. It was still in its infancy, but it was turning Eltham into a class of its own when it came to creative building. There was only one cloud in this otherwise brilliant sky. The use of natural material is always more difficult than that of its manufactured counterpart which, without exception, would always arrive on site without any variation. Due to the unpredictability that occurs in natural stone and timber from load to load, I found it virtually impossible to allow enough percentage for unforeseen costs that might arise. The end result was that although we had built beautifully and left a trail of satisfied clients behind us, there was practically nothing left over for ourselves after we had paid wages. We regarded each job as an individual work that had something of us in it, so I just had to work harder and longer, carrying the bookwork in my head. Once again, enthusiasm and determination allowed us to produce the best at an extra cost of ten percent-plus. We watched as our growing imitators copied our ideas, performed inferior work at lower cost, and charged equivalent prices, so that they succeeded while we struggled. But the way of the innovator has always been hard, and individual building work is an exacting lifestyle.
Margot paving the terrace at 'La Ronde'
Margot became pregnant during 1953. The realisation that I would soon be the father of two families living in the same district was somewhat avant garde for those times, especially as I was a Christian and I also believed Margot was. This was before the sexual revolution, which would be in full swing ten years later. The prospect of the situation would prove less complicated than the actuality. Although I felt that Margot had every right to have children, a section of our community did not agree with this. It was to the credit of my recently found Christian friends, however, that they never in word, deed, or look gave any indication of disapproval.
When Margot's confinement was imminent, she went to stay with the Hattams in Canterbury. Hal Hattam was a skillful gynaecologist who also became a fine artist. ... Margot arranged to do slate-paving in the Hattams' garden, in exchange for her confinement. The whole social climate was suffused with a great spirit of doing and being. The residents had not yet become unduly rich and divided, and it was still difficult to decide who was becoming affluent and who was not.
Our first son, Hamish, was born in April, and we went to live in the farm cottage, where he quickly became the special object of Mrs Fabbro's concern and penetrating voice. I was working by the wood-fire stove one evening after dinner when a knock at the door announced the presence of two policemen. They had come to inform me that Mernda had been killed instantly by a hit-run motorist. As I recovered from my initial numbness and shock at the sorrow and the shortness of her life and its lack of fulfillment, I realised that a new era was opening up for me. After a suitable pause, I would, naturally, go on to marry Margot, and we would go to live with my other three children in my old house on the other side of the valley. When the wedding took place some three months later, a general sense of order and well-being had been restored. John and Mary Perceval were our witnesses at the Registry Office, and we returned to their house for a quiet reception which included Dick and Dorian, Gordon Ford, and our intimate old friends.
In 1954 Alistair and Margot moved into the family house with their son Hamish sharing it with the three children of his first marriage, Tony, Gabrielle and Eugenie. Mernda's mother 'Ninna' Clayton moved to a house she owned in Wattletree Road Hawthorn East. This arrangement was fraught with tension almost from the beginning. The elder children resented Margot replacing their mother and Margot found it difficult dealing with children who were not very much younger than her. This was solved by the children moving into a cottage at the rear of the property.
A couple of years later Alistair built a house for himself, Margot and Hamish on the front corner of the property which allowed them to rent the main house.
This house and office were the prototype for many of the houses he would build over the next few years. Numerous examples of these are found in Lisbeth Avenue, Donvale.
Their next two sons, Macgregor and Alistair, were born in this house. In 1963 a financial restructure and growing family saw the sale of all these properties and the building of stage one of the Knox house in Mt Pleasant Road, Eltham. Here the family continued to grow with another son, Alexander, and at last a daughter, Sophie.
Later additions were built to house first, Margot's mother, Peg, and later Alistair's mother, Margaret. Margot was the undisputed ruler of this domain and her throne room was the kitchen. Here the kettle was always on the boil as she made tea for the stream of of children, clients, friends and those seeking information on mud brick building.
This was a good time for the family. Alistair's reputation was constantly growing, money pressures eased somewhat, although he tended to donate generously to worthy Christian causes.
However, nothing lasts forever and in the late 1970s Margot left Alistair. The house was sold to a Christian couple with grand plans to enhance God's glory. Margot bought a property in Hawthorn and Alistair moved into the office at the front of the property.
Margot created a 'mosiac garden' in this house which became famous. She lived in here and tended her garden until her death from cancer on April 11, 2002.
In the early 1980s Alistair moved to Margot's Hawthorn residence and lived there until his death.
See Gwen Ford's tribute to Margot here


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Article Discussion: Teen's death brings new lesson in alcohol's risk
by admin on March 10th, 2009, 2:05 am #697321
Former Arapahoe High School honor student Jason Wren drank margaritas and then as many as a dozen beers and also whiskey before dying in a University of Kansas fraternity house, his father said Monday.
"One week of fraternity living killed him," Jay Wren said. "He overdrank. Kids have got to understand alcohol is the worst."
Wren, a 19-year-old college freshman, was found dead in KU's S...
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by Steve_C on March 10th, 2009, 2:05 am #697322
"Jason Wren did drink in high school, but it was always with nice kids, Jay Wren said."
If he drank with bad kids while in high school, maybe he'd still be alive. You gotta hand it to enabling parents. Good job, Dad.
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by uofastudent on March 10th, 2009, 2:28 am #697331
Good job Steve. Would love to see you say that to his father face to face. Maybe respect the grieving the parents are going through.
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by ericae on March 10th, 2009, 5:44 am #697410
I have to agree with Steve. I feel for this family, but reading what is father said about "Jason did drink in high school, but it was always with nice kids" is he saying the SAE's were bad kids? I was in the greek system in college, and realize the pressures of underage drinkings, but I it always go back to how your parents raised you. It appears that Jason had a drinking problem, it takes a lot to get thrown out of the dorms in college. Again, I feel for this family, but we have to take responsibiliies for our own actions.
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by hdfresh on March 10th, 2009, 6:00 am #697420
These kids that decide to drink underage got to understand there is a limit when they drink. Alot of the times you are drunk but think you can drink more resulting to alcohol poisoning or worse. To know when to stop can be hard especially for somebody like Jason who does not know his limit or pressured to drink more than his body can handle.
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by lrigsag1 on March 10th, 2009, 6:07 am #697428
If the boy was drinking in high school with a bunch of "nice kids" were the "nice kids" also under the legal drinking age? If so, who provided the kids with the alcohol? And what difference does it make if the kids are "nice" or not. Whomever it was should be arrested for doing it. If Mr. Wren knew his underage son was drinking and he knew where he was getting the liqour, he should have turned the person in who was providing it to these underage kids. I DO have sympathy for the family, but if the father knew his underage son was drinking, why didn't do anything about it?
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by The_KIMN_Chicken on March 10th, 2009, 6:22 am #697448
I wonder what restuarant he was drinking at? Fake ID's or a lax policy there or both.
by Pophorn on March 10th, 2009, 6:35 am #697471
KU's a party school. I used to drive a bus that was, one of many, that was chartered to take the "kids" out to remote barns for parties...bands, dancing, and drinking. They were all good kids. Most didn't over-do-it. There were always a few that did. They got roudy and often sick. We had to clean up after them. But still all good kids. I feel for the family, but they don't know what their kids do at school.
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by RockPack on March 10th, 2009, 6:39 am #697474
"Teen's death brings new lesson in alcohol's risk" - A, no, it doesn't. It's the same lesson....dduuhhhhhhh.
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by larfromhays on March 10th, 2009, 6:46 am #697487
Now, at least Snob Hill can finally get what it deserves--the rep as the real party school in Kansas. Filled with spoiled rich kids, KU has always had its higher share of hedonism, although not as much in public. Sure, the working class schools like K-State and Fort Hays have had problems with alcohol, too, but KU's 'tude has always been to look the other way at this stuff rather than meet it head on. Now, sadly, with a high profile frat death, they may get something done to fix the problem.
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by cruiser680 on March 10th, 2009, 6:51 am #697492
I'm very saddened for Wren's family, parents aren't wired to bury their children. I'm also not surprised. My family and I spent 14 of the longest months of our lives in lawrence- and my kids had their first experience with anti-Semitism, vandalism, stalking etc. College? Is that what you call 30,000 heads without a single thought between them? A yahoo with a diploma is, well, and educated yahoo.
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by mrthrifty on March 10th, 2009, 6:56 am #697505
sorry, but the dad reveals 2 things in the article: 1) he knew of his son's drinking before he ever went to KU and 2) his son bears no responsibility for his own death. hindsight is 20/20 but perhaps getting kicked out of the dorm was a warning signal - if that hadn't happened Jason would not have been at the frat house.
a completely senseless death - very tragic.
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Re: Article Discussion: Teen's death brings new lesson in alcoho
by jwrosco2731 on March 10th, 2009, 7:09 am #697525
Not a big suprise. NEWS FLASH kids drink. ohhhh wow what a revelation. Unfortunately in this case the kid over did it, his frat brothers didn't realize that there was a problem and he ended up passing. For all of you out there that say "if the father would have been more strick about drinking this wouldn't have happened" you are kidding yourself. In college it is usually the kids that weren't exposed to drinking in high school that end up over doing it because of the excitement of being on their own and free from their parents. This is just a case of irresponsibility on the kid that over drank and his friends. Sadly it happens but being overly strick on your kids is not going to solve the problem, and is some cases cause them to "over indulge" once they get a chance away from their parents. Personal Responsibility People!
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by denverandy on March 10th, 2009, 7:09 am #697527
What a tragedy, my heart goes out to the family and friends of this young man. There is obviously a lack of oversight and student services at KU that would permit a student thrown out of a dorm for alcohol abuse to move into a fraternity and not notify the parents or just send the student home for a while to get his life under control. 19 is very young to be making these decisions yourself.
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by bitwranglers on March 10th, 2009, 7:12 am #697530
It's all about individual responsibility, isn't it? How many times did the kid come home drunk and Dad says it's ok? Now that he's on his own, and it's always been ok, the kid gets carried away with his learned prowess with alcohol. But now Dad says it's not ok? Sorry for your loss Dad, but you don't have standing to criticize the frat.
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by Stowaway on March 10th, 2009, 7:13 am #697537
But for the grace of God go I. My prayers and sympathy to this family. You try to be the best parent you can be, but there comes a time when your kids start making decisions on their own and you cannot force them not to do it. It doesn't matter if you are a non-drinker as a parent, trying to lead by example. There are so many drinkers out there it's hard as a parent to make kids see how stupid and dangerous it is. Reporting the older kids who bought the liquor will only make your kid resent you. These parents must have done a lot right because Jason was an honor student and athlete. To achieve zero-tolerance you would have to lock your kid in a closet. When you try to force something on a teenager, usually you are met with even more rebellion. Kids believe they are invincible. Something like this will never happen to them. Unfortunately is does. Hopefully some will learn from this tragedy. It would be nice if the university administrations did more to restrict frat houses. Yes a kid will still party, but I think the pack mentality sets in in these fraternities. Mr. and Mrs. Wren, I will email this story to my son, a sophomore in college, hoping he will share it with his friends so that your son will not have died in vain. Let us all try to learn from this tragedy instead of judge.
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by Conform2NonConform on March 10th, 2009, 7:16 am #697544
Welcome to "higher" education. This is what happens when sheltered kids go to college right after high school. I really believe that some kids need a few years to grow up before attending college. Only then do they understand how important it is to buckle down and learn. Frats only add fuel to the "stupidity" fire.
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by CommonSense_IMHO on March 10th, 2009, 7:19 am #697548
Years ago, I never heard of "kids" drinking themselves to death. I don't understand this behavior of drinking to the point of "poisoning" yourself or passing out. Young people are going to drink regardless of what the "legal" age is. They need to understand when "enough is enough". Abstinence by itself doesn't work and trying to enforce a legal drinking age doesn't work either. What's the difference between a 19 vs 21 year old? Does something magical happen when someone turns 21?
A little more than a week before his death, Jay Wren said, his son informed him that he had been kicked out of one of the dorms at KU for drinking and other violations. But he said that Jason quickly found a home at the SAE house.
This was a red flag! This kid was not ready to go away to college. I think he forgot why he going to college. I don't care what his grade point average was in HS, he needed to do some "growing up"! The best place for this kid should have been the Service (Military). Also, he's not alone, I bet you most of the freshmen attending the Universities are not ready either.
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by mrbanks on March 10th, 2009, 7:30 am #697567
I am sorry for the loss. But the fact the apparently the parents help support this habit in high school has me to wonder why? why would you even KNOW about his drinking in high school and that the dad KNEW he drank with "nice kids" is very disturbing to me...
God Bless his soul...
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by gardengirl on March 10th, 2009, 7:31 am #697570
The_KIMN_Chicken wrote: I wonder what restuarant he was drinking at? Fake ID's or a lax policy there or both.
There are a few restaurants around Lawrence that never ask - I imagine they're the same ones that did such when I was there, just as there are in most college towns. Sad, but true.
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It's time to kick off our second Artist of the Month contest! On October we did the first one and it was a success! We received so many amazing kids' artwork and now we are ready to get some more. The winner gets a free personalized book made with his/her art and a place in our Hall of Fame.
This month's theme is Thanksgiving! If your child has created a cute turkey or a drawing of a happy family meal, take a quick photo and share it in our social media. The artwork can be a drawing, a painting, a sculpture, a craft, anything creative and made by your child. We'll pick a winner and share it with the world by the end of the month– and you'll get a free book!
Second, you need to post your child's art in the comment section of our posts on Facebook or Twitter OR post a picture and tag us @piccuzoo on Instagram.
Please limit your posts to three per child!
Piccuzoo books are customized for each child, with their art wrapped into a custom story – and you can add a free dedication to make it extra special. Winners will send us 10 photos of their favorite artwork, and our writers will get to work customizing the story of Yoyo, who is on an art-seeking adventure. Your child's art will be part of Yoyo's story, printed in full color, and will even be featured on the cover with a full illustrator credit!
It's a great gift, and a wonderful way to preserve your child's art, without the clutter and mess!


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Climate scientists may have been underestimating global warming, finds study
SOURCE: The Independent
SNIP: Preventing global warming from becoming "dangerous" may have just got significantly harder after new research suggested climate scientists have been using the wrong baseline temperature.
The amount of global warming is often measured relative to the late 19th century even though this is about 100 years after the start of the industrial revolution, when humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels.
Now an international team of scientists has suggested that the Earth's true "pre-industrial" temperature could be up to 0.2 degrees Celsius cooler.
One of the researchers, Professor Michael Mann, said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had been using a definition of pre-industrial "that is likely underestimating the warming that has already taken place".
"That means we have less carbon to burn than we previously thought, if we are to avert the most dangerous changes in climate," he said.


Happy Days is a 6 bedroom, 6 bathroom Gulf Front home that sleeps 22. This 3-level home has multiple decks, beautiful views and a private swimming pool. It has 3 living areas, a fully stocked kitchen on the 2nd floor, kitchenettes on the 1st and 3rd floors, and two sets of washers/dryers. This house has all the amenities of home. The 1st floor has 1 BR with one King and a twin trundle and sleeper sofa in the living room. The 2nd floor has two BRs, one with a King and the other with 2 twin beds. The 3rd floor has two king BRs, a bunk room with two full bunk-beds, and 2 sleeper sofas in the living room. Located approximately 11.4 miles west of Hwy. 59, and next to secluded Bon Secour nature refuge. Kiva Dunes, one of the top rated public golf courses in the U.S., is located in this area. Peninsula, and other beautiful public courses are also nearby. Rents Saturday to Saturday during Main Seasons unless calendar is already broken up or requested time is approved by homeowner.
This is the second time we\'ve stayed at Happy Days, the first time with two other couples and this time with our family. It\'s a great beach house--having bedrooms and sitting areas on three levels. We found everything we needed We\'d certainly book this property again.
Thank you so much for your review. We appreciate your comments.
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We had a such a wonderful relaxing week at the Happy Days home. There were some \"minor\" things we noticed wrong, but those minor issues didn\'t stop us from having a great time. The house is so spacious and the 2nd and 3rd floor decks were ideal for watching the waves come in.
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Welcome to the LIMSwiki 2017 archive for the Featured Article of the Week.
"Chemotion ELN: An open-source electronic lab notebook for chemists in academia"
"Open data: Accountability and transparency"
"Recommended versus certified repositories: Mind the gap"
"Usability evaluation of laboratory information systems"
"Data management: New tools, new organization, and new skills in a French research institute"
"Comprehending the health informatics spectrum: Grappling with system entropy and advancing quality clinical research"
"Energy informatics: Fundamentals and standardization"
Based on international standardization and power utility practices, this paper presents a preliminary and systematic study on the field of energy informatics and analyzes boundary expansion of information and energy systems, and the convergence of energy systems and ICT. A comprehensive introduction of the fundamentals and standardization of energy informatics is provided, and several key open issues are identified.
"Electronic laboratory notebooks in a public–private partnership"
"Laboratory information system – Where are we today?"
"Clinical note creation, binning, and artificial intelligence"
"Predicting biomedical metadata in CEDAR: A study of Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)"
A crucial and limiting factor in data reuse is the lack of accurate, structured, and complete descriptions of data, known as metadata. Towards improving the quantity and quality of metadata, we propose a novel metadata prediction framework to learn associations from existing metadata that can be used to predict metadata values. We evaluate our framework in the context of experimental metadata from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO). We applied four rule mining algorithms to the most common structured metadata elements (sample type, molecular type, platform, label type and organism) from over 1.3 million GEO records. We examined the quality of well supported rules from each algorithm and visualized the dependencies among metadata elements. Finally, we evaluated the performance of the algorithms in terms of accuracy, precision, recall, and F-measure. We found that PART is the best algorithm outperforming Apriori, Predictive Apriori, and Decision Table.
"Rapid development of entity-based data models for bioinformatics with persistence object-oriented design and structured interfaces"
"Bioinformatics education in pathology training: Current scope and future direction"
"FluxCTTX: A LIMS-based tool for management and analysis of cytotoxicity assays data"
Cytotoxicity assays have been used by researchers to screen for cytotoxicity in compound libraries. Researchers can either look for cytotoxic compounds or screen "hits" from initial high-throughput drug screens for unwanted cytotoxic effects before investing in their development as a pharmaceutical. These assays may be used as an alternative to animal experimentation and are becoming increasingly important in modern laboratories. However, the execution of these assays in large-scale and different laboratories requires, among other things, the management of protocols, reagents, and cell lines used, as well as the data produced, which can be a challenge. The management of all this information is greatly improved by the utilization of computational tools to save time and guarantee quality. However, a tool that performs this task designed specifically for cytotoxicity assays is not yet available.
"PathEdEx – Uncovering high-explanatory visual diagnostics heuristics using digital pathology and multiscale gaze data"
Visual heuristics of pathology diagnosis is a largely unexplored area where reported studies only provided a qualitative insight into the subject. Uncovering and quantifying pathology visual and non-visual diagnostic patterns have great potential to improve clinical outcomes and avoid diagnostic pitfalls.
Here, we present PathEdEx, an informatics computational framework that incorporates whole-slide digital pathology imaging with multiscale gaze-tracking technology to create web-based interactive pathology educational atlases and to datamine visual and non-visual diagnostic heuristics.
"Electronic lab notebooks: Can they replace paper?"
"Earth science data analytics: Definitions, techniques and skills"
"Bioinformatics: Indispensable, yet hidden in plain sight"
Bioinformatics has multitudinous identities, organizational alignments and disciplinary links. This variety allows bioinformaticians and bioinformatic work to contribute to much (if not most) of life science research in profound ways. The multitude of bioinformatic work also translates into a multitude of credit-distribution arrangements, apparently dismissing that work.
"Global data quality assessment and the situated nature of "best" research practices in biology"
"Neuroimaging, genetics, and clinical data sharing in Python using the CubicWeb framework"
"Analyzing the field of bioinformatics with the multi-faceted topic modeling technique"
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field at the intersection of molecular biology and computing technology. To characterize the field as a convergent domain, researchers have used bibliometrics, augmented with text-mining techniques for content analysis. In previous studies, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) was the most representative topic modeling technique for identifying topic structure of subject areas. However, as opposed to revealing the topic structure in relation to metadata such as authors, publication date, and journals, LDA only displays the simple topic structure.
"Intervene: A tool for intersection and visualization of multiple gene or genomic region sets"
A common task for scientists relies on comparing lists of genes or genomic regions derived from high-throughput sequencing experiments. While several tools exist to intersect and visualize sets of genes, similar tools dedicated to the visualization of genomic region sets are currently limited.
"Users' perspectives on a picture archiving and communication system (PACS): An in-depth study in a teaching hospital in Kuwait"
The picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is a well-known imaging informatics application in health care organizations, specifically designed for the radiology department. Health care providers have exhibited willingness toward evaluating PACS in hospitals to ascertain the critical success and failure of the technology, considering that evaluation is a basic requirement.
This study aimed to evaluate the success of a PACS in a regional teaching hospital of Kuwait, from users' perspectives, using information systems success criteria.
"Effective information extraction framework for heterogeneous clinical reports using online machine learning and controlled vocabularies"
Extracting structured data from narrated medical reports is challenged by the complexity of heterogeneous structures and vocabularies and often requires significant manual effort. Traditional machine-based approaches lack the capability to take user feedback for improving the extraction algorithm in real time.
Our goal was to provide a generic information extraction framework that can support diverse clinical reports and enables a dynamic interaction between a human and a machine that produces highly accurate results.
"Selecting a laboratory information management system for biorepositories in low- and middle-income countries: The H3Africa experience and lessons learned"
"Baobab Laboratory Information Management System: Development of an open-source laboratory information management system for biobanking"
"A multi-service data management platform for scientific oceanographic products"
"The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship"
"MASTR-MS: A web-based collaborative laboratory information management system (LIMS) for metabolomics"
An increasing number of research laboratories and core analytical facilities around the world are developing high throughput metabolomic analytical and data processing pipelines that are capable of handling hundreds to thousands of individual samples per year, often over multiple projects, collaborations and sample types. At present, there are no laboratory information management systems (LIMS) that are specifically tailored for metabolomics laboratories that are capable of tracking samples and associated metadata from the beginning to the end of an experiment, including data processing and archiving, and which are also suitable for use in large institutional core facilities or multi-laboratory consortia as well as single laboratory environments.
"The effect of a test ordering software intervention on the prescription of unnecessary laboratory tests - A randomized controlled trial"
The way electronic health record and laboratory test ordering system software is designed may influence physicians' prescription. A randomized controlled trial was performed to measure the impact of a diagnostic and laboratory tests ordering system software modification.
Participants were family physicians working and prescribing diagnostic and laboratory tests. The intervention group had modified software with basic shortcut menu changes, where some tests were withdrawn or added, and with the implementation of an evidence-based clinical decision support system based on United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations. This intervention group was compared with typically used software (control group).
"The state of open-source electronic health record projects: A software anthropology study" Electronic health records (EHR) are a key tool in managing and storing patients' information. Currently, there are over 50 open-source EHR systems available. Functionality and usability are important factors for determining the success of any system. These factors are often a direct reflection of the domain knowledge and developers' motivations. However, few published studies have focused on the characteristics of free and open-source software (F/OSS) EHR systems, and none to date have discussed the motivation, knowledge background, and demographic characteristics of the developers involved in open-source EHR projects.
"PCM-SABRE: A platform for benchmarking and comparing outcome prediction methods in precision cancer medicine"
Numerous publications attempt to predict cancer survival outcome from gene expression data using machine-learning methods. A direct comparison of these works is challenging for the following reasons: (1) inconsistent measures used to evaluate the performance of different models, and (2) incomplete specification of critical stages in the process of knowledge discovery. There is a need for a platform that would allow researchers to replicate previous works and to test the impact of changes in the knowledge discovery process on the accuracy of the induced models.
"Ten simple rules for cultivating open science and collaborative R&D"
How can we address the complexity and cost of applying science to societal challenges?
Open science and collaborative R&D may help. Open science has been described as "a research accelerator." Open science implies open access but goes beyond it: "Imagine a connected online web of scientific knowledge that integrates and connects data, computer code, chains of scientific reasoning, descriptions of open problems, and beyond ... tightly integrated with a scientific social web that directs scientists' attention where it is most valuable, releasing enormous collaborative potential."
"Ten simple rules for developing usable software in computational biology"
"The effect of the General Data Protection Regulation on medical research"
"Methods for specifying scientific data standards and modeling relationships with applications to neuroscience"
"Data and metadata brokering – Theory and practice from the BCube Project"
"A metadata-driven approach to data repository design"
"DGW: An exploratory data analysis tool for clustering and visualisation of epigenomic marks"
Functional genomic and epigenomic research relies fundamentally on sequencing-based methods like ChIP-seq for the detection of DNA-protein interactions. These techniques return large, high-dimensional data sets with visually complex structures, such as multi-modal peaks extended over large genomic regions. Current tools for visualisation and data exploration represent and leverage these complex features only to a limited extent.
"SCIFIO: An extensible framework to support scientific image formats"
No gold standard exists in the world of scientific image acquisition; a proliferation of instruments each with its own proprietary data format has made out-of-the-box sharing of that data nearly impossible. In the field of light microscopy, the Bio-Formats library was designed to translate such proprietary data formats to a common, open-source schema, enabling sharing and reproduction of scientific results. While Bio-Formats has proved successful for microscopy images, the greater scientific community was lacking a domain-independent framework for format translation.
"Use of application containers and workflows for genomic data analysis"
"Informatics metrics and measures for a smart public health systems approach: Information science perspective"
"Deployment of analytics into the healthcare safety net: Lessons learned"
As payment reforms shift healthcare reimbursement toward value-based payment programs, providers need the capability to work with data of greater complexity, scope and scale. This will in many instances necessitate a change in understanding of the value of data and the types of data needed for analysis to support operations and clinical practice. It will also require the deployment of different infrastructure and analytic tools. Community health centers (CHCs), which serve more than 25 million people and together form the nation's largest single source of primary care for medically underserved communities and populations, are expanding and will need to optimize their capacity to leverage data as new payer and organizational models emerge.
"The growing need for microservices in bioinformatics"
Within the information technology (IT) industry, best practices and standards are constantly evolving and being refined. In contrast, computer technology utilized within the healthcare industry often evolves at a glacial pace, with reduced opportunities for justified innovation. Although the use of timely technology refreshes within an enterprise's overall technology stack can be costly, thoughtful adoption of select technologies with a demonstrated return on investment can be very effective in increasing productivity and at the same time, reducing the burden of maintenance often associated with older and legacy systems.
"Challenges and opportunities of big data in health care: A systematic review"
"The impact of electronic health record (EHR) interoperability on immunization information system (IIS) data quality"
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"Bioinformatics workflow for clinical whole genome sequencing at Partners HealthCare Personalized Medicine"
"Pathology report data extraction from relational database using R, with extraction from reports on melanoma of skin as an example"
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Nobel Laureate Al Gore suggested to delegates to the UN climate change conference in Bali this week that they ought to emulate the play-making finesse of Bobby Hull or Wayne Gretzky - recalling Hull's famous line: "I don't pass the puck to where they are - I pass the puck to where they're going to be." Well, said Gore, "Over the next two years the United States is going to be somewhere it is not now. You must anticipate that."
It is an obviously hopeful thought and is relevant to any number of US policy envelopes - not least nuclear disarmament. But is it as realistic as it is desirable? Can we count on the Democrats to take America, and therefore all of us, at least a bit closer to that better disarmament place the world deserves?
Clinton advocates substantial reductions in the arsenals of all Nuclear Weapon States (NWS) and calls for an increase in nuclear warning time to reduce dangers of accidental or unauthorized launch.
Obama similarly calls for reductions. Speaking to DePaul University in Chicago, he rejected unilateral disarmament and pledged to "retain a strong nuclear deterrent," but promised to stay with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty "on the long road towards eliminating nuclear weapons."[iv] He calls for a reduced role for nuclear weapons and for a scaling back from "outdated postures" of the Cold War.
Clinton has been critical of the RRW and says there is a need for a "considered assessment of what we need these weapons for or what the impact of building them would be on our effort to stop the spread of nuclear weapons." She places high emphasis on the threat of nuclear terrorism, calling it "one of the greatest national security threats the United States faces today." She has made this one of her top priorities in the Senate with actions that include support for redirecting funds from missile defence to Cooperative Threat Reduction and the introduction of a Bill (the Nuclear Terrorism Prevention Act) that would commit the US to working internationally to "establish and implement a stringent standard for nuclear safety at all facilities worldwide that hold weapons or weapons-usable fissile material."
Obama's position on RRW is similar: "Before we consider developing new nuclear weapons we must consider what the role of these weapons should be." He says the RRW program undermines US leadership in de-emphasizing the role of nuclear weapons. To maintain deterrence, he says, the US doesn't need a new generation of warheads. He also emphasizes the need to secure all nuclear materials and bombs to prevent terrorist access to them. "As president, I will lead a global effort to secure all nuclear weapons and material at vulnerable sites within four years." The Lugar-Obama initiative is designed to "help the United States and our allies detect and stop the smuggling of weapons of mass destruction throughout the world."
The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is a priority for both candidates.
Clinton pledges to pursue bi-partisan support for the CTBT and regards its ratification as an early priority. She also promises to maintain the testing moratorium in the meantime and charges that the Bush Administration's policy on RRW and its refusal to ratify the CTBT have undermined US security. Obama also promises to make CTBT ratification a priority. In the meantime he says the US should pay its full share of the costs of the CTBT Organization, which is not now the case.
The long-time objective of ending production of nuclear materials for weapons purposes is currently stymied, as it has been for a decade, in the Geneva Conference on Disarmament. Both Clinton and Obama call for negotiations toward a verifiable ban (the latter being a significant switch from the Bush policy which says that verification would not be possible).
It is of course far from certain that the Democrats will recapture the White House at the end of 2008. Furthermore, the gap between campaign rhetoric and administration action is as wide in the US as anywhere. But, even so, there is still plenty of reason to believe that almost any one of the Democratic contenders would improve on the attitude and energy that the US now brings to the nuclear disarmament table.
[i] Council for a Livable World, 2008 Presidential Candidates' Responses to Seven Key National Security Questions, August 16, 2007 (http://www.clw.org/assets/pdfs/2008_presidential_candidates_questionnaire_responses.pdf).
[ii] Zachary Hosford, "News Analysis: The 2008 Presidential Primaries and Arms Control," Arms Control Today, December 2007 (http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2007_12/NewsAnalysis.asp).
[iii] By George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn."A World Free of Nuclear Weapons," Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, January 4, 2007; Page A15. Available at (http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item.php?item_id=2252&issue_id=54).
[iv] Jeff Zeleny, "Obama Highlights His War Opposition," The New York Times, October 2, 2007 (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/us/politics/02cnd-obama.html?adxnnl=1&ref=politics&adxnnlx=1197663073-rNS8Vbu34qn7a69asqr6JA).
[v] Robert W. Nelson, "If it Ain't Broke: The Already Reliable U.S. Nuclear Arsenal," Arms Control Today, April 2006 (http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2006_04/reliablefeature.asp).


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Q: C++ call virtual method in child class i have the following classes:
class A {
protected:
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public:
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}

class B: public A {
   ...
   void doSomething() {
       if(inner != NULL)
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   ...
}

When I use inner->doSomething() I get a segmentation fault.
What should I do in order to call inner->doSomething() in the B class?
thanks in advance.

A: Without an explicit initialization of the member inner, it's possible for it to be both not NULL and point to invalid memory.  Can you show us the code that explicitly initalizes inner?
An appropriate constructor for A would be the following
protected:
A() : inner(NULL) {
  ...
}

A: though if you assign the A* to be the same as the B initialised this pointer you'll get a stack overflow ... Any reason you need the inner?  Can't you just call A::DoSomething()?


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KNICKS 102, RAPTORS 94: N.Y.'s defense comes up big against Toronto
NEW YORK (AP) - They drew charging fouls, came up with steals at crucial moments and forced a key 24-second violation.
The New York Knicks got back to doing what they used to do best - making critical defensive stops - and avoided their first five-game home losing streak since 1986 by holding off the Toronto Raptors 102-94 Tuesday night.
"It's not that we haven't played defense in spurts. If you break it down by quarters we've had some good spurts, but for this game we were pretty consistent for 48 minutes," said Knicks coach Don Chaney, who improved to 3-6 since taking over for Jeff Van Gundy.
Allan Houston scored a season-high 34 points, including a three-point play with 3:05 left that ended Toronto's final rally.
New York, which was without Marcus Camby (sore toe), shot 6-for-8 from 3-point range and opened a 20-point lead in the first quarter, then held off the Raptors after they pulled within one point twice in the fourth.
"We had a nice cushion to play with, and that was the difference in the game," said Latrell Sprewell, who added 21 points and helped hold Vince Carter to two points in the first half and 15 overall - more than 11 below his average.
Travis Knight played a season-high 26 minutes and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Othella Harrington scored 16 points starting in place of Camby.
New York looked lax on defense while losing six of seven games, but the effort on this night was much more intense.
"Every time I drove to the basket there was a man there," Carter said. "They did play defense tremendously and with high intensity. We didn't match it."
The Knicks drew several charges - one of their defensive hallmarks the past few seasons - and came up with steals two times in the fourth when the Raptors pulled within two.
Toronto got within one point twice after that, but Harrington scored to restore a three-point lead, and Houston converted his three-point play the next time. The Raptors got no closer than four the rest of the way.
Morris Peterson scored 22 points to lead the Raptors, who had their three-game winning streak snapped. Alvin Williams added 18.
The Knicks could hardly miss in the first quarter, putting on a jump shooting exhibition. Sprewell hit three of New York's six 3-pointers in the quarter, and the Knicks took a 20-point lead, 28-8, when Sprewell unintentionally banked in a shot as Carter hit him on the arm.
EASTERN FINALS: Indiana's role players roll Knicks
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NBA: Ailing Knicks rally by Pacers
MONDAY Eastern Conference Finals New York 91, Indiana 89 TODAY Portland at L.A. Lakers, 6 p.m. * Even with center Patrick Ewing out, and Latrell Sprewell and Marcus Camby hobbled by injuries, New York evens the series 2-2. NEW YORK - So well were they ... [Read More...]
NBA PLAYOFFS: Pacers' balance topples Knicks
TUESDAY Eastern Conference Finals Indiana 102, New York 88 THURSDAY New York at Indiana 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY Western Conference Finals L.A. Lakers at Portland 6 p.m. Six players score in double figures for Indiana, which cruises after building early 18-point lead INDIANAPOLIS - Big ... [Read More...]
NBA PLAYOFFS: Lakers handle Blazers to begin title defense
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First-round glance SUNDAY New York 92,Toronto 85 (New York leads, 1-0) Phoenix 86, Sacramento 83 (Phoenix leads, 1-0) L.A. Lakers 106, Portland 93(L.A. Lakers lead, 1-0) Milwaukee 103,Orlando 90 (Milwaukee leads, 1-0) TODAY Charlotte at Miami, 4 p.m., TNT(Charlotte leads, 1-0) Minn. at S. Antonio, 6:30 ... [Read More...]
NBA PLAYOFFS: Raptors send Knicks to early summer vacation
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Usually, when you put on a diving suit, you're not prepared to visit a winery. Except if you're on Pelješac peninsula and visiting the Edivo winery, the first underwater winery in Croatia. They are the biggest summer attraction in Dubrovnik region and listed as one of the most unusual wineries in the world!
The sea really seems like a logical choice. Seawater offers perfect conditions for aging wines. At the depth of 20 meters under the sea temperatures are stable, there is minimum light and the silence that you can find at these depths is tranquilizing both to us and wines.
But aging wines underwater has its own challenges. The owners of the Edivo winery had to experiment for two years before finding the perfect way for preserving wines aged in direct contact with the salty Adriatic Sea. The pressure on these locations is much higher than in wine cellars on the land, so the normal cork cannot stand it. Therefore, underwater, Navis Mysterium wine corks are sealed and protected with a special layer that keeps the wine safe.
At the beginning, wine is made and aged for 3 months on the land, before being immersed in the sea. The grape variety is Plavac mali and only grapes from premium vineyards go to the underwater aging process. Here, at its underwater bed, these wines rest for next 18-24 months. All interested visitors are invited to dive in and take a look at the process with the Edivo staff members. Along the way to the positions, you'll be also able to dive around old ship wreck.
After spending 1-2 years at the sea bottom, every bottle or amphora is really unique. Covered in corals, sea shells and algae they alone stand like a piece of art. No two are the same, even when they are placed next to each other underwater. The sea gives its specific mark to each one of them, making them a part of Adriatic that you can take home with! That really sounds like a great souvenir for all us wine lovers!
The underwater line of wines is called Navis Mysterium, secrets of the sea. The Edivo Winery offers two types of bottles aged underwater, bottle and amphora. The Navis Mysterium amphora is made by placing 0,75 bottle of wine into clay amphora that is then, placed under the sea. Wines are put in special cages and locked, to be protected from the curious divers.
You can order Edivo wines safely from your couch at the Wine&more web shop, and we'll deliver them in the next 5 working days.


Mascots in Marketing: Is a mascot right for your business?
With the recent redesign of a certain iconic blue bird setting many people atwitter, we thought we'd take a look into just how effective company mascots can be, what it takes to make them a success and how to know if they are right for your business.
If your business is targeted at a younger audience, naturally a mascot is likely to be well-received. There's a reason children's cereal boxes are adorned with tigers, monkeys and a multitude of other cheery creatures – when it comes to kids, cute characters equals higher sales.
However, the use of mascots isn't confined to products aimed at the younger generation. Consider the success of Compare the Market's 'Aleksandr Orlov' advertising campaign: the animated Russian meerkat received an overwhelming response by the public – not only does the character have over 800,000 likes on Facebook and 50,000 followers on Twitter, but a range of merchandise in its own right and a dramatic boost in sales for the car insurance company behind it– all by imprinting the name on the minds of people across the UK.
The fashion for mascots in advertising is fairly perpetual. A well-crafted mascot can give your business a tangible and recognizable personality, increasing exposure, memorability and loyalty and – in the case of characters like the Duracell Bunny and Michelin Man – if they capture the hearts of the public, can become an iconic part of your company heritage. However, bear in mind that a character created solely for print purposes will be unlikely to achieve this. To add dimension and personality to your character and traction to your campaign, it'll need to be accompanied by a whole host of activity (including TV or video) – the whole carefully executed package makes it a success, not the character alone.
It's impossible to predict how popular a character could become, but understanding your target demographic is key. If your company offers more serious products or services, light-hearted gimmicks and graphics rarely have a place. However, if you're selling biscuits, cartridges, email marketing services or anything between and beyond, a mascot can add life and light-heartedness to your business. This can be especially useful if your products or services are more everyday, and if things happen to go wrong (like Twitter's famous 'Fail Whale') your client base may be more forgiving of a heartfelt apology with a face than an impersonal e-mail or error message.
Do you recognise it? Do you know where from? And most importantly… do you know which company it's representing?
If the answer to all three of these questions is yes, then it's doing its job perfectly. If not, consider what may be missing. Is the mascot tied closely enough to the business to make it effective as a sales device, rather than simply amusing the audience? We surveyed our team here in the office with the same questions. Everyone loved the energy flame character but only half knew the company name, and some even confused it with the name of their competitor!
When it comes to creating mascots or implementing any major new marketing activity for your business, its always advisable to get the professionals involved. Here at The Energy Cell, our experienced team understands exactly what it takes to create and implement a successful and comprehensive campaign – so if you have a project you'd like to discuss, just get in touch!


There's exhilaration every time a public relations firm enters into an agreement with a new engagement. And we've written about what agencies need from their client partners in order to be successful. In this post we're looking at what clients should expect from their PR firm to ensure a productive and long-lived relationship.
The chief parameters of the client-agency relationship are covered in the letter of agreement, and planning documents will further outline expectations. Both client and agency will agree on key performance indicators (KPIs) and measurement tools. But there's also a human side to relationship management. Ask yourself the questions below to see if your agency is focused on the less tangible aspects of the PR partnership.
Has the agency maintained staffing as promised?
Presumably your account is being serviced by the same competent, experienced team who pitched your business. If changes have occurred, the key players should have have stayed the same, ensuring consistent communication and work. Every agency experiences turnover at times, but frequent staff changes are a red flag. Any concerns should be taken to the top, so that the agency or group head can course-correct before the damage is fatal. Of course, the same applies if a client is seeking to change up team members; clear communication can be the key to a successful swap.
Does your firm respect your time?
Calling PR a fast-moving field is an understatement, and a key aspect of building a strong relationship is respecting client time. This includes a "cardinal rule" never to ask a client a question that the agency team should know the answer to (or at the very least, where to find it). Basically, your agency partner should never waste your time. We schedule weekly calls that are under thirty minutes with tight agendas, and, with rare exceptions, take place exactly when scheduled each week. You don't want a partner that is late to the call every week or constantly asks to switch days and times. Stuff happens, but one of the best ways to build and keep trust in a PR partnership is to be consistent and reliable, and that goes for both sides.
Does your agency partner meet and exceed expectations?
Sometimes this means spending extra time vetting an idea or presenting an abundance of research ahead of implementation. It's part of the basic "client bill of rights" to gain the most thorough understanding of a project's deliverables, budget, timing and anticipated outcomes before signing off. This is in addition to the obvious agency habits that should be ubiquitous: quick response to any email or call, attending to any weekend or evening work that will move a project forward or mitigate a crisis, and regularly creating and seizing PR opportunities that aren't in the plan. There are personal touches as well. If a client mentions that he's dying to try an exclusive new restaurant, or wants a fresh idea for a personal charity, a good agency team will try to make it happen.
How keen is your agency's attention to detail?
We may live in a world full of texting errors and sloppy online journalism, but that's no excuse for a professional PR team to slack off. In a world of social media magnification and news "trust" issues, it's up to the agency to maintain a high bar and pay meticulous attention to all correspondence and documentation. Some good, basic proofreading tips for both sides of the partnership include setting aside some work and rereading after a break; reading a piece aloud (guarantee you will find something to improve or correct!) or even printing out a hard copy – the difference in format can be valuable to helping you edit. But it all comes down to one thing — attention to detail.
Is your agency partner a competent steward of your funds?
Is your agency team mindful of travel expenses, bringing only the team members who matter most? Do they offer honest advice on new expenditures like a third-party spokesperson or even a newswire distribution cost? Any recommendation for additional spend should come with a strong rationale and clear calculation of anticipated outcomes.
Does your agency function as an extension of your staff?
An agency partner should "speak your language," striving to know your business so thoroughly that it adopts the brand voice in creating content, responding to reporter queries, or crafting a creative presentation for senior management. At a global meeting of our international agency partners, Coca- Cola's Scott Williamson articulated this well. "I want materials that could have been prepared in house," is how he put it.
And it may seem obvious, but the agency team should be true consumers of their clients' products and services. There's no substitute for hands-on experience.


First printing of 190 copies of which 25 are signed.
1972 Four colors 16-3/4" x 24"
1973 Four colors 16-3/4" x 24"
The theme is light and heavy. Here Emil Jannings' egg is balanced precariously on Marlene Deitrich's unforgiving anvil. What is going to happen to that egg? Whatever it is, it won't be good for Janning's lacerated spirit, while the innocent catalyst of his destruction will scarcely feel a thing. He brought it on himself, you might say, and there's no fool like an old fool. But if we were each of us punished in proportion to our mistakes, especially those of the heart, there'd be no room to spare in Purgatory. They'd have to cut loose the real bad actors to make space, and even then we'd be stacked like cordwood and spill into the less savory antechambers of Hell. So, when the sober citizen goes schoolboy-lovesick over a nightclub nightingale, runs off the rails and loses everything-reputation, worldly goods, self-esteem and all-consider that naughty Cupid could have done the same for you. And might yet.


Do you know? Can you see?
You do not need to look very far.
All there is to uncover.
To your heart be reliant.
You can change your vibration.
Part of my truth, is this rhyme!
More wondrous magic to explore.
Take time to let fear cleanse.
Now is all that is ever in front of thee.
Fear consumes or love soars.
So, how do you choose to be?
Open your heart for you, the world and me.
Take time daily to go outside and connect with nature. Doing this will help to lift your spirits and transmute any fear-based energy stored in your body. In turn, you will be helping to heal the planet which we inhabit.


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Estelle & Adrian Younge Invite You 'Home' With Them
By Ivory
Producer Adrian Younge has teamed up with Amazon Music to bring music lovers the latest installment of its Produced By series. Under this partnership, Younge will release a new song each week during the month of February, culminating in a four-track collection available solely on Amazon Music. This week's offering comes courtesy of singer Estelle on the super mellow "Home."
On the song, the Brit spits her best game in an effort to convince someone to go home with her. Sounding smooth and seductive, she paints an irresistible image of the comfort that awaits them in the confines of her home. Younge does his part to make it an offer that can't be refused thanks to his signature analog sound that warms the soul. "Adrian is by far one of the most amazing musical minds and a keeper of our culture. I'm excited to be a part of this project," Estelle states.
As previously mentioned, "Home" is just the latest to be released from Produced by Adrian Younge. The first single to come from the project was "February" featuring Terrace Martin and Georgia Anne Muldrow, which dropped last week. Remaining collaborators for the project include Gallant and Black Thought. According to Younge, having the project drop during Black History Month was far from coincidental.
"There was a time in America when Blacks weren't free to pursue their creative endeavors. Such cultural tension led to blacks creating the first American musical art form: Jazz. This music, the antithesis of western idealism, is what continues to inspire black music today," he explained via a statement. "My work embraces this perspective, but furthermore, it serves as a reminder of how music can lay the groundwork for self-expression and cultural awareness. Embrace Black History Month and take the time to realize how black music has shaped the cultural narrative of America."
"Home" is currently available for purchase or streaming via Amazon Music. Listen to a snippet of the track and check out the single's teaser trailer below. Be sure to keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for what is sure to be yet another dope release from Younge.
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The Akwa Ibom State governor, Udom Emmanuel, on Wednesday signed the 2019 budget of the state into law.
Mr Emmanuel recently won re-election for a second term.
The budget passed for implementation is N672 billion.
The signing ceremony at the Government House, Uyo, was witnessed by the leadership of the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly, led by the Deputy Speaker, Felicia Bassey, according to a government house press statement.
The Attorney General of the State and Commissioner for Justice, Uwemedimo Nwoko, and the Commissioner for Finance, Linus Nkan, were also present at the brief ceremony.
The budget, christened "Budget of Industrialisation for Poverty Alleviation" is intended to help actualise the industrialisation and job creation agenda of the administration, the finance commissioner, Mr Nkan, told reporters at Government House after the signing ceremony.
The Commissioner for Education, Victor Inoka, told reporters that the governor has granted approval for the state's college of education to become a degree-awarding institution.
Mr Inoka, a professor, said that the college was now affiliated to the University of Uyo.
In the draft presented to the state House of Assembly in November last year by Governor Emmanuel, roads, works and transport was allocated N157.31 billion, the biggest sum in the budget.
N53.6 billion was proposed for housing and urban renewal, while N13 billion was for agriculture.
About N15 billion was for education, and N10 billion for law and justice.
Akwa Ibom is one of Nigeria's richest states. Its budget is funded largely from oil derivation fund.


American Julia Mancuso had a half-second lead after the downhill portion of the women's super-combined competition in Sochi on Monday, but German skier Maria Hoefl-Riesch used a speedy slalom run to capture the gold. Hoefl-Riesch finished 0.40 of a second faster than silver medalist Nicole Hosp of Austria and 0.53 ahead of Mancuso, who earned the bronze.
It was Mancuso's fourth Olympic medal, two more than any other American female skier in history.
The U.S. women's hockey team drubbed Switzerland, 9-0, on Monday behind two goals from Amanda Kessel. The Americans tallied three goals in 55 seconds of the first period to turn the game into a laugher early; the U.S. led 5-0 after the first period.
The American team is now 2-0 in preliminary round play. U.S. rival Canada won 3-0 over Finland to improve to 2-0 as well.
A day before American Shaun White was scheduled to vie for his third straight gold medal in the halfpipe, officials canceled practice on the snowboarding structure. Many riders complained about the angle of the structure's walls and the granular snow on its surface.
Additionally, warmer-than-expected temperatures in Russia have made the situation worse. Officials ordered work crews to make changes. They still expect the competition to go off as scheduled.
American Erin Hamlin was in third place after two runs in the women's luge on Monday. If the U.S. Olympian can hold on to the spot, she can become the first woman in her nation's history to win an Olympic medal in the singles luge.
Germany's Natalie Geisenberger held a firm grasp on first place in the event, with teammate, and Vancouver Games' gold medalist, Tatjana Huefner in second. The final two runs were scheduled for Tuesday night.
The Netherlands swept the men's 500-meter speedskating medals to pull into a tie with Norway atop the overall medal count. Michel Mulder claimed gold with teammates Jan Smeekens and Ronald Mulder grabbing the silver and bronze respectively. The U.S. was locked in a three-way tie with Canada and Russia with five total medals.