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Big Fish Trailer in GLORIOUS Quicktime!
Naomi Watts to be in Jackson's "KING KONG"?
The Passion - "a work of art".
Bubba Ho-tep finally gets a theatrical release!


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K is going to Spain in January with cousin from hell. I think I'm envious.


Truckers wives play an important role in the trucking lifestyle. The wife of a trucker must be strong, compasionate and understanding to support her trucker husband.
Despina – I love, love, love Taxodium distichum! In fact, I want one for the lower stone wall in my Serpentine Garden. You can, if you wish, leave your Taxodium exactly where it is, and stake it to get a beautiful cascading effect.


41240 there is some evidence that a course of therapeutic radiation to the brain may be a factor in the development of the condition under consideration.
41344 the veteran has undergone a course of therapeutic radiation to the brain at some time.
41345 the veteran underwent a course of therapeutic radiation to the brain where the first exposure occurred at least five years before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.
the course of therapeutic radiation to the brain, where the first exposure occurred at least five years before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration, was undergone for treatment of an illness or injury which is identifiable.
41343 — the veteran has established the causal connection between a course of therapeutic radiation to the brain and operational service for the clinical onset of schizophrenia.
41347 — the identified illness or injury, for which the course of therapeutic radiation to the brain was undergone, is causally related to operational service.


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The AGM and Summer Social were held again at the QTH of our President, G3NUG, on Saturday 18 July 2009.
Members Present (51): 5B4AFB, 5B4AGX/G4PFF, EI5DI, G0ECJ, G0MRH, G0OPB, G1FON, G1VDP, G3BJ, G3GIQ, G3KHZ, G3KWK, G3LAS, G3LUW, G3LZQ, G3NHL, G3NUG, G3PLP, G3PQA, G3PSM, G3RFX, G3SVL, G3TXF, G3USR, G3WGV, G3WKL, G3WPH, G3XTT, G3ZAY, G3ZVW, G4AXX, G4DZW, G4EJW, G4FKA, G4HKS, G4IUF, G4JKS, G4KIU/E51SC, G4NQQ, G4OCO, G4PLY, G4TSH, G4VSS, G8MKO, GM3POI, M0DLL, M0EHL, M0GHQ, M0URX, M0ZAK, MD0CCE.
Apologies were received from the following members (77): 5B4AGN, 5B4AHJ, 5B4AHK, 9M6DXX, EI4GXB, EI6FR, EI7BA, EI9FBB, G0CGL, G0DWV, G0EJQ, G0KBL, G0LCS, G0MTN, G0NFK, G0ORH, G0PHY, G0PSE, G0TKT, G0TRD, G1DJI, G3GHS, G3IZD, G3JNB, G3KMA, G3KOZ, G3LAA, G3LME, G3LME, G3NKQ, G3OCA, G3PJT, G3RAU, G3RWF, G3RZP, G3SED, G3SJX, G3SNN, G3SWH, G3SXW, G3UEG, G3UGF, G3USE, G3VKW, G3YBY, G3ZSS, G4AHK, G4AZN, G4BYG, G4CGG, G4LDL, G4MKP, G4RKO, G5LP, G7NOT, G7VJR, GI4TSK, GM4ESD, GM4XQJ, GU0SUP, GW0ANA, GW4AYJ, K3NA, M0AUG, M0AXP, M0BJL, M0KCM, M0MRW, M1KTA, M3ENF, MM0BQI, MW0CRI, MW0IDX, N6HC, N6OX, SM5GMZ, W2RS.
The Minutes of the last AGM held on 19th July 2008 were received and approved as read by those present. There were no questions or corrections. There was one matter arising (elections at AGM's), which the Secretary dealt with in his report.
John, G3LAS presented his report. He commented on the record AGM attendance and was pleased to report another successful year for CDXC. Membership is up 7 per cent on this time last year and now stands at 742. What is remarkable about these numbers is that we have lost 62 members, but recruited 109. This, John reported has been largely down to the work of the President, Treasurer and Secretary, who he thanked for their efforts.
The annual dinner had been a sell-out this year, with a waiting list. The Committee will consider how this influences the planning for 2010. The informal afternoon session, introduced this year for the first time, was enthusiastically received.
John commented that we have again been represented at the major rallies and conventions. However, as it is often difficult for Committee Members to man the stand at all these events, there is no reason why the club stand should not be run by other members (thanks to G3XTT for doing it at Newbury). This would enable us to be seen at venues all over the country and the Committee will support you as far as possible with stand accessories, literature etc.
The Chairman's report continued with congratulations to G3RFX for the quality of the Digest, G4AXX for moderating the Website and G7VJR for the fresher look and content of our web pages. John drew members' attention to the Digest notice requesting a new webmaster.
John said our LF Challenge in March has taken on a new lease of life, with no less than 43 entrants. This is due to the work of our awards manager Jim, M0ZAK and Michael, G7VJR, whose ClubLog programme provided an on-line record of who was working what. He also reminded members of Gary, ZL2IFB's initiative of an HF Challenge in September this year.
The Chairman then thanked the entire Committee for its hard work during the year and Neville and Trish for hosting the AGM and Summer Social.
Chris, G3SVL reported that the Committee had met four times in the year with the March meeting needing to be rescheduled due to poor weather. He commented that the new 'In Committee', report had appeared in each Digest since the last AGM and hopefully provided some clarity to the work of the Committee.
Chris thanked the members for their feedback on the Annual Dinner, and for increasingly using e-mail for communications with him for that event and the AGM/SS.
Turning to membership matters, the Secretary showed the members present an example of the new Membership Pack which he was now sending out. This is smarter-looking in A5 format which is more efficient in paper usage and, most importantly, goes in a C5 envelope with a standard 2nd class postage stamp. Thus cost savings and a quality improvement have been achieved.
The availability of the four loan rigs, complete with carrying case, PSU, key and headset was described. A sample was on display near the raffle prizes and the Secretary reported that two were to go out on loan immediately.
Finally, Chris reported on the action he took at the last AGM to look into the voting arrangements for electing the new Committee at AGMs. He reported that the Constitution merely requires the existing Committee to resign at each AGM and be elected/re-elected. It has been our practice for many years first to deal with any proposed changes to the Committee and then to elect the new Committee en masse. The Committee recommended that we continue that approach.
Nigel, G3TXF, presented his report, which had been published in the July 2009 Digest. He commented on the healthy state of the finances and the ability this year to create a further general reserve.
Nigel went through each section of the accounts and the membership numbers and concluded with a summary of the DX-peditions we have supported in the past year.
The accounts were approved by the members present.
At this point, the entire Committee resigned, as required by the constitution. John, G3LAS remained in the chair, as he was not standing for re-election. All of the other members of the 2008/9 Committee offered themselves for re-election.
Chris, G3SVL was proposed for the vacant position of Chairman by G3NUG and seconded by G3LAS and this was duly approved by the members present.
Chris, G1VDP was proposed by G3SVL and seconded by G3TXF for the vacancy thus created for the position of Secretary and this was duly approved by the members present.
G3SVL took the chair for the remainder of the meeting.
John, G3LZQ agreed to continue to audit the accounts and was proposed by G3TXF, seconded by G1VDP and duly approved by those present.
The Chairman presented a bouquet of flowers to Trish Cheadle.
The President then made a special presentation of a plaque to John, G3LAS to commemorate his 8 years of Chairmanship of CDXC.


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What is an External Incident?
An External Incident is one walk-through along any pathway (covering any number of steps) of a Yonyx Interactive guide by a customer. Such customer may be an internal employee (e.g. for HR or IT customer self-service) or external customer of your organization. Each External Incident is captured in the graph database powering the backend of the Yonyx platform along with the timestamp and duration of time spent by the customer at each step of the traversal. External Incidents may be associated with Anonymous users if you have deployed Yonyx guides for anonymous access by your customers through your self-service portal. External Incidents may also be associated with a named customer if the Yonyx guides are deployed behind SSO (Single Sign-On) integration with your Intranet or customer-facing portal. Some External Incidents may result in creation of a trouble ticket in your helpdesk system (see CRM/Helpdesk integration) that contains information customer shared with you along with a transcript of the pathway traversed by the customer before creating such ticket.
How should I estimate the number of External Incidents I might need to budget for customer self-service?
In most knowledgebases, KB Hits indicate the number of times any article snippet appears in search results or an article is viewed. Since many articles may appear in search results, the number of Hits is not an accurate representation of how often an article was viewed.Furthermore, since customers scan for the right article among many that appear in search results, they end up viewing multiple articles to find one that may be relevant for them. Thus, even the number of times an article is actually viewed is far larger than the number of times it was viewed by a customer for whom it was relevant! However, when you create Yonyx Interactive Guides for customer self service, each guide is mapped to one customer call driver. E.g. an eCommerce site selling Android phones may create one guide for all customers who call about "Battery Issues" – or an Internet service provider (ISP) may create one guide for all customers who call for "Slow/Erratic Internet connection" – even though in each case, there may be tens of pathways for each call driver. Due to this compression in number of starting points, customers have an easier time choosing the right Yonyx Guide, so they don't engage with ones that are incorrect. All of these results in a substantially lower number of Incidents compared the number of KB hits you might see for corresponding articles.
How are Yonyx Guides integrated with my CRM/Helpdesk system?
Web-Service-to-Case Integration: In this case, the Yonyx Trouble Ticket Form is configured to communicate through a web-service that your CRM/Helpdesk supports.
Web-Form-to-Case Integration: If your CRM/Helpdesk system supports a Web-Form driven ticket creation, then Yonyx Trouble Ticket Form is configured to communicate directly with the Web-Form.
In either case, the ticket thus created in your CRM/Helpdesk system contains a link to the External Incident along with the information customer entered in the other fields of the Yonyx Trouble Ticket Form. Yonyx has successfully integrated with all major CRM/Helpdesk systems – such as Salesforce, Zendesk, BMC Remedy, Oracle RightNow, Oracle Seibel & several homegrown Helpdesk systems.
What is an Internal Incident?
An Internal Incident is one walk-through along any pathway (covering any number of steps) of a Yonyx Interactive guide by an Internal User. Each Internal Incident is captured in the graph database powering the backend of the Yonyx platform along with the timestamp and duration of time spent at each step of the traversal. Internal Incidents are associated with an Internal User (e.g. a customer support Agent, a telemarketing Agent, a sales counselor etc.) and provide invaluable insights into such User's interactions with customers for QA, documentation, product & content improvement purposes.
Internal Users (e.g. a customer support Agent, a telemarketing Agent, a sales counselor etc.) can walk through Yonyx Guides any number of times (thereby creating unlimited Internal Incidents) for a fixed monthly fee.
Yonyx Admin: When you Sign-Up for a 30-day Free-Trial, you will by default become the Yonyx Admin for your organization. You can later request us to change the Admin &/or add an additional Admin user.Yonyx Admin user can invite other users in the organization to register with Yonyx as an Internal User or setup rules during SSO (Single-Sign-On) Integration with Yonyx to designate users with certain email domains to be Internal Users. Yonyx Admin can grant Authoring privileges to any Internal User who by default have Yonyx Agent privileges.
Yonyx Author: is an Internal User who can create, edit, or delete Yonyx Interactive Guides. A Yonyx Author gets access to two unique authoring views (Map View & Slide View) that enable him/her to create the customer interaction flow in a visual manner.Once a guide has been deployed, Yonyx Author also gets access to cumulative traversal analytics that help drive future content enhancements along more popular pathways. Yonyx Authors can also send notifications to the team for communicating updates to existing guides or to send general operational updates.
Yonyx Agents: are repeat users of Yonyx Interactive Guides. They traverse through a guide while helping a customer via phone or live chat. They typically are your customer support agents, telemarketing agents, or sales counselors advising customers about the right products to buy etc.Yonyx Agents can also send feedback to Authors with suggestions for content changes to a guide that can benefit the entire organization (crowd-sourcing). All Internal Users have access to OneClick TranscriptTM. Yonyx Agents may be your employees, contractors or members of an outsourced organization. They have access to all Yonyx guides for your organization, whether published for internal or external use & can go through them any number of times (Internal Incidents) for a fixed monthly fee.
What is OneClick TranscriptTM & how does it improve Agent productivity?
At the end of every call, Agents are required to document a summary of the interaction. This after call work can take up to 30% of AHT (Average Handle Time) of a call. With Yonyx OneClick TranscriptTM when an Agent wraps up a call and indicates a successful completion, a live transcript of the path traversed by them through the Yonyx Interactive Guide becomes available to include in the call ticket being closed by the Agent. This reduces the after call work down to almost zero, resulting in a significant increase in Agent productivity, while capturing audit-able documentation in a structured manner.
How do I justify the cost of Yonyx platform to my management?
If deployed for Internal Use – Yonyx Interactive Guides help improve Agent productivity by more than 15%. At a loaded cost per Agent of say, $4,000/month – the productivity gain of $600/user/month more than justifies the per User fee. This is over and above the improvements in CSAT scores and consistency of support delivered by the organization.If deployed for Customer self service, Yonyx Interactive Guides help deflect a percentage of calls that otherwise would land in your call center. Each Incident handled by a live Agent can cost between $5 and $500 (depending on your industry & business). Incidents handled by Yonyx Interactive Guides cost a small fraction of this, while providing 24x7 assistance to customers for routine repetitive help.
I work for an outsourced call center. How would Yonyx be of use to my organization?
As an Outsourced call center, you need to be cost competitive in the marketplace & also be able to deliver higher CSAT ratings to your client. Please watch a short video overview for more details.Yonyx helps you achieve both of these objectives while also creating a powerful showcase for prospective customer wins. Prospective customers are more likely to believe your service level commitments when they see a powerful platform and processes being followed to deliver the service.
Who is Yonyx suited for?
An Organization with a product or service whose L1 support is repetitive in nature but customers want hand-holding & step by step assistance for troubleshooting or how-to help. Yonyx interactive guides help you reduce incoming calls from customers significantly, providing cost savings while improving customer satisfaction.
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Who from my Organization should start evaluating Yonyx?
Leaders: Open to new ways of solving problems.
Knowledgeable about your support operations.
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How should I estimate my budget needs for Yonyx Customer Self Service?
If yours is not a web-based business – you can start by estimating around 15% to 30% of the calls you receive could be handled by Customer Self Service. You may achieve a higher percentage than that depending on which high volume customer complaints have been addressed by the Yonyx Interactive Guides & how well you have published & marketed these guides to customers. Please click here to learn more details on how you can go about implementing Yonyx.
Thus, if you receive 10,000 calls per month – you can estimate around 1,500 to 3,000 Incidents per month.
What cost savings should I expect by using Yonyx Interactive Guides?
Simply multiply the number of Incidents handled by Yonyx Interactive Guides with your cost per Incident. Say for e.g. your cost per Incident is $25 & you estimate (as described above) Yonyx Interactive Guides will handle 2,000 Incidents per month – then your estimated savings will be around $25*2000 = $50,000 per month. Once you start using the platform, you will receive periodic reports that show how many Incidents each individual Yonyx Interactive Guide is handling over a given period.
My Knowledgebase already has thousands of articles. Do I still need Yonyx?
Choosing among tens of articles that match the criteria you are searching for is hard for customers. Often they will try to skim through one or two, but going through detailed articles (see example) that cover many scenarios is harder still as the customer has to read while skipping over sections that may not be relevant for him. Yonyx Guides are also used by Organizations to interactively guide customers to the right knowledgebase articles, wikis or product manual pages.
We're a startup. Would I benefit from Yonyx?
If you are launching a product & expect to provide customer support – the answer is Yes! The founding team often provides support to initial customers & they are the most expensive resources for the company. You can set the culture for efficiency & customer satisfaction right from day one.
Do customers really want self-service?
Multiple surveys have shown that over 70% of customers expect a company website to include some form of self-service solution. The main driver for self-service used to be efficiency. It has been shown that well crafted self service improves customer satisfaction (CSAT) and leads to increased sales. In fact, not having a compelling self-service solution is a competitive disadvantage!
How do I know if Yonyx will be applicable in my industry?
Yonyx is not industry specific. Yonyx is an interactive communication solution. If your customer support involves phone or email based remote assistance for your customer, Yonyx self-service will definitely be applicable.
How safe is my data with Yonyx?
Yonyx is deployed in a true cloud based elastic fashion at a world-class data center. In addition we have proprietary triple redundant data architecture – where in three copies of your data are created and updated as soon as you create or save any changes to a Yonyx. In addition we maintain daily incremental backups and weekly full backups of your data. Access to this data is further secured by SSL encryption and modification is controlled by role-based authentication.Access to your content may be further controlled by SSO (Single-Sign-On) using SAML2.0 protocol. SAML has emerged as an industry standard way for Enterprises to restrict access to their information in the Cloud to only authenticated users. Salesforce.com, Zendesk and thousands of other cloud companies are now supporting this protocol!
What happens if I exceed the Incidents included in my plan?
You will just receive an invoice for the additional Incidents.
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'Own The Stage' finale to take place in Nigeria
By In-house East Africa
Four contestants will on Sunday 7 February battle it out for $25 000 at the season finale of the Tecno Own The Stage competition - the search for Africa's first karaoke television sensation.
Tanzania's finalist Nandy. Photo: www.bongo5.com
Tecno Own The Stage is a karaoke-themed talent search competition that ran in Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania, and aired weekly on DStv's Africa Magic channel. Kenyans Pascal (Pascalino Lpesino Lenguro) and Sikin (Elizabeth), Tanzania's Nandy (Nande Charles Mfinanga) and Shaapera of Nigeria are the final four out of 15 contestants in the race for the grand prize.
The finale is taking place in Nigeria, where South African producer Relebogile Mabotja will direct the show as well as coach contestants in the build-up to the big event. Mabotja is one of the few female musical directors on the continent and being selected to musical direct Tecno Own The Stage is a testament to the excellent work she has produced and directed over the years.
The contestants themselves have big dreams if they win the grand prize. Pascal, an actor who lives in Nairobi, would like to open a studio if he wins the money and he hopes to one day sing on the world stage. Starting from the age of six, Pascal would often sing for his mum. His biggest musical influence is American singer John Legend. His Kenyan compatriot Sikin, a student of performing arts who used to play in the National Youth Orchestra, will use the money to buy musical instruments. Tanzania's representative Nandy hopes to build on the contest to support other up-and-coming artists while developing her own career. For Shaapera, a 29-year-old old teacher from Benué State in Nigeria, she intends to use the money to boost her music career. Shaapera is a singer and a rapper; she also plays the drums and conga in her church choir.
The first season of the karaoke singing competition drew 15 contestants - five each each from Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria. Paired with industry mentors, the singers faced the Tecno Own The Stage panel of judges - comprised of Nigerian diva Yemi Alade, Bien-Aime Baraza from Kenyan band Sauti Sol and Nigerian rapper M.I - every week in the hope of securing their spot in this Sunday's live finale.
To cast your vote, visit the competition website. More details in the video below.
Own the Stage
Bien-Aime
Shaapera
Sikin
Relebogile Mabotja
M.I
Dj Fonzi
MB Salone
Brymo
Nik DaFrik
Mark Haskins
Maia and the...
Sing Like a Pro...
Zamangwa
Chakela Lepele
Kunle
Kyekyeku and...
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Andersonville Celebrates The Holidays Big Time Tonight Reviewed by Edgeville Buzz on December 19, 2014 .
This is a terrific night to get out to Andersonville! For those of you who have not found your Holiday mojo yet or those of you who are seriously worried that it will not be a white Christmas, this is the evening that just might get you into the spirit. The night will consist of everything form Free photos with Santa at the Swedish American museum to one night only sales that will fill those gaps on your gift list. And there is so much more including some Holiday Glogg to accompany the festivities.
It is the second night of Late Night Andersonville, cleverly titled Late-er Night Andersonville. The Andersonville Chamber of Commerce puts on the event every year for two days before the Holidays. The first took place on December 5, the second takes place tonight from 6 p.m.- 10 p.m.
If the sales throughout the neighborhood does not interest you, the events will. Look for the Windy City Gay Chorus and Windy City Treble Quire caroling throughout the neighborhood. George's Ice Cream & Sweets will be working with Eco-Andersonville from 7:30 p.m. -10 p.m. to present a FREE Green Gift Wrapping Bash. They will provide all the materials you need to green your presents including great, unique gift wrap, shredders, crimpers, and more!
So many things to do in Andersonville tonight, but so little time… just four hours to be exact. See you there.
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Critical observations of print/broadcast/Web media plus public relations and advertising
SURVEY: POLICE-PROTESTERS CONFRONTATIONS GRAB MOST ATTENTION
The upcoming election, unusual weather and forest fires news stories have been competing for Americans' attention in recent weeks but the public is more likely to have heard "a lot" about ongoing confrontations between police and protesters, notes Grumpy Editor.
That's the finding of a Pew Research Center survey of almost 10,000 adults conducted Aug. 31 to Sept. 7.
About eight-in-10 adults (78%) say they have heard or read a lot about ongoing confrontations between law enforcement and protesters in cities around the country, finds Pew.
By comparison, smaller shares of adults say they have heard or read a lot about how increased mail-in voting could affect the 2020 presidential election (64%); President Donald Trump's criticism of the U.S. Postal Service and his administration's actions toward it (49%); attempts in Congress to pass another economic relief and stimulus bill (40%); and the Trump administration considering banning the social media app TikTok (40%).
The survey of 9,220 adults was conducted as part of the Center's American News Pathways project.
Overall, 41% of adults say recent protests related to racial inequality have received too much attention from news organizations, while 36% say they have received the right amount and 23% say they have received too little.
IN CASE YOUR FAVORITE NEWS OUTLETS MISSED THESE...
STUDENT LOCALES SHOW HIGHER VIRUS RATES. Among the 50 U.S. counties with the highest shares of students and overall population of at least 50,000, 20 have consistently reported higher virus rates than their states, finds an Associated Press analysis.
MOST YOUNG ADULTS FUZZY ON HOLOCAUST. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of young American adults are not aware that 6 million Jewish victims died during the Holocaust in World War II. That's the finding in a study commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also known as the Claims Conference.
IMPORTANCE OF FACE MASKS CITED. Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing, emphasizes the importance of wearing face masks, saying, "I will continue to appeal for all Americans, all individuals in our country, to embrace these face coverings. ... [I]f we did it for six, eight, 10, 12 weeks, we'd bring this pandemic under control."
MORE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS SEEN THIS YEAR. A Rasmussen Reports survey finds 45% of U.S. voters are more likely to contribute time or money to a political campaign this year vs. 34% two years ago.
FOX TRIMS STAFF. Fox News Media expects to cut less than 3% of its overall staff as the unit, the financial engine of parent Fox Corp., works to make its operations more efficient. Fox News' hair and makeup staffers are said to be the most affected. Fox guests will no longer receive make-up and hair services, which are being relegated to anchors and contributors.
SUBARU MODEL ATTRACTS TICKETS. A study from insurance comparison site Insurify, that looked over 2 million insurance applications, finds drivers of the Subaru WRX compact sports car are more likely to get a speeding ticket.
CULTURE AND TALENT M.E. NAMED. The Los Angeles Times appoints reporter Angel Jennings as the newspaper's first assistant managing editor for culture and talent. It's part of The Times' efforts to reform hiring practices, increase staff diversity and overhaul how it treats Black and Latino journalists and communities.
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POLICE AID SENIOR CITIZEN SEEKING TO WITHDRAW FUNDS FROM BofA
Picture this: Police answer a disturbance call at a bank --- and wind up helping an agitated customer. With no scuffle, no handcuffing and no shots fired, media ignore the event, thus missing a good story, notes Grumpy Editor.
Robert Josett, a Montebello (Calif.) Police Department officer responded to a public disturbance call at a Bank of America branch where he faced a 92-year-old man with a cane who was upset because tellers wouldn't give him his money.
With a BofA policy requiring a valid government-issued identification card be presented before a customer makes a withdrawal, the problem was that the senior citizen's ID card had expired and the bank was going by the book.
So officer Josett comforted the white-haired customer and suggested they take a ride, not to the police station, but to the nearest California Department of Motor Vehicles facility to get a fresh ID card.
At the DMV, staffers quickly renewed the bank customer's ID , then Josett drove him back to the bank where he received his requested funds --- just before bank closing time.
IN CASE YOUR FAVORITE NEWS OUTLETS MISSED THESE…
CONSUMER SENTIMENT AT 13-YEAR HIGH. Some media are quiet as U.S. consumer sentiment surges to a 13-year high. Americans' perceptions of the economy and their own finances rebound following several major hurricanes, shows a University of Michigan survey that also notes repeated record highs for the stock market and a 16-year low in unemployment.
N.Y. TIMES SEEKS TO CUT BIAS. The New York Times editorial staff gets new guidelines on appropriate use of social media, urging reporters to avoid making any public comments on social platforms that would suggest political view or bias. "Social media presents potential risks for The Times," notes the paper. "If our journalists are perceived as biased or if they engage in editorializing on social media, that can undercut the credibility of the entire newsroom."
FILMLAND PREACHES GUN CONTROL YET PROMOTES VIOLENCE. Hollywood is calling for more gun control, yet features much gun violence, including 100 uses of automatic weapons in four of its most profitable movies in theaters today, observes Media Research Center President Brent Bozell. "You just knew the Hollywood celebrity crowd would jump all over that issue in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre. Yet in just four of the biggest movies showing around the country at this very moment – Kingsman: Golden Circle, American Assassin, It, and Mother! – there are no less than 212 incidents of gun violence," points out Bozell.
STAFF GETTING TRIMMED. Disney/ABC-TV layoffs start, triggering insiders to say it is part of a broader restructuring of the broadcast business with rumors that bigger moves, including possible sale of ABC, are coming.
PRINT EDITIONS REDUCED. Time Inc. reveals it will cut print editions of Fortune to 12 from 16 a year while Money will be reduced to 10 from 11.
STUCK ON RUSSIA. CNN doesn't give up on the long-running Russia saga, with a Friday headline and discussion noting "Priebus interviewed by special counsel in Russia probe."
MOST NATIONAL MEDIA DON'T KNOW VEGAS. Print and TV stories relating to the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas often refer to the location as city of Las Vegas. Mandalay Bay hotel and casino, where the shooter was based, along with most of The Strip is in county territory. Downtown Las Vegas, a few miles north, is in the city of Las Vegas --- which, unlike the county, has a mayor who is delighted to serve as spokesperson for an event outside her domain.
GOODYEAR BLIMP HEADS WEST. A new Goodyear airship --- Wingfoot Two --- left Akron, Ohio, for its new permanent base in Los Angeles.
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Questions remain in wake of U.C. Berkeley rioting
Grumpy Editor noted a couple of interesting things in connection with last Wednesday's widely-covered rioting at U.C. Berkeley: With wall-to-wall protesters, some tossing explosives and others smashing windows and starting fires, only one (or three) arrests were made. And, strangely, apparently no media person sought quotes from U.C. President Janet Napolitano, the former secretary of Homeland Security under President Obama.
The violent protests that prompted the cancellation of Breitbart senior editor Milo Yiannopoulos's speech resulted in $100,000 in damage.
Police estimated 1,500 protesters were involved.
Most stories cited just one arrest. But KGO, San Francisco, put the number nabbed at three.
Media were silent on some questions:
Why weren't there more arrests?
Why weren't there more police on the scene?
Were many protesters non-students?
Rioting extended to downtown Berkeley where windows of bank offices were boarded up Thursday after being smashed the previous night.
On Thursday's CNN Tonight, U.C. Berkeley professor and former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich promoted a conspiracy theory, maintaining it was a group of right-wingers --- perhaps linked to Breitbart News --- who were responsible for the rioting.
The uprising resulted in President Donald Trump questioning federal funds to the campus while mentioning, "U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view."
U.C. Berkeley last year received $370 million in research money from the federal government, more than half its total research budget of $674 million.
Setting the media straight: Vice President Mike Pence was busy on the Sunday news circuit, making the rounds at ABC's "This Week," NBC's "Meet the Press," CBS' "Face the Nation" and "Fox News Sunday"... The Mercury News, San Jose, reported after a month of blizzards, the Sierra Nevada snowpack --- source of a third of California's drinking water --- is 177 percent of the historic average, most since Feb. 1, 1995, adding, "California Gov. Jerry Brown isn't likely to amend or rescind the state's emergency drought declaration until April"…NewsBusters observed New York Times CEO Mark Thompson on CNBC's Power Lunch argued that the newspaper doesn't display a liberal bias because "we aim to be objective and to tell people straightforwardly what's happening"…The New Yorker and Vanity Fair have pulled out from White House Correspondents' Dinner events slated for April 29… Now animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is concerned over 'Punxsutawney Phil," the groundhog that gets national coverage on Groundhog Day. On Thursday, "Phil" took the stage in Gobbler's Knob, Pa. and predicted six more weeks of winter. The time-honored tradition, however, could actually be harmful for Phil, PETA told Britain's DailyMail.com…Meredith Corp., publisher of Better Homes and Gardens, Parents and Shape, among others, laid off 40 staffers…The Wall Street Journal is closing its bureau in Budapest as part of its downsizing in Europe and Asia.
In a New York Times op-ed piece, actress Angelina Jolie wrote that discriminating against refugees for their religion or country of origin "invites the very instability we seek to protect ourselves against."
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Editors snub kids' lemonade sales with funds to police
Human interest stories these days are becoming hard to find in print, observes Grumpy Editor.
There was a time when such stories were scattered throughout newspapers. Human interest pieces focus on people, even animals, in an emotional way, leading to sympathy or motivation in readers.
Such was the case --- or actually two similar cases in different cities --- last week when young girls set up lemonade stands to raise money for police.
In Dallas, four girls, ages 8 to 12, set up a lemonade stand that raised an amazing $10,000 in two days in the wake of five policeman killed and seven injured by a lone gunman.
At the same time in a St. Louis suburb, 10 children organized a lemonade stand to raise funds for a police officer in critical but stable condition after being shot from behind by a man he stopped for speeding.
The youngsters hoped to raise about $20 but ended the day with $4,000 for the policeman's family. The activity attracted several police and fire officials who came to the stand to lend support.
Meanwhile, also not getting play (for obvious reasons) in media was a Rasmussen Reports survey that found "Americans strongly believe the media is emphasizing shootings by police officers involving black suspects over ones in which whites are shot and that media coverage is prompting attacks on police."
The survey tallied 62 percent of Americans felt media coverage of shootings by police officers inspires people to attack police while 22 percent disagree and another 16 percent are not sure.
Rasmussen added, "Only 34 percent of Americans believe there are more police shootings in America today."
Despite what some in media reported, Donald Trump did not use a teleprompter at Saturday's session introducing Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate. The event was widely covered by over-the-air and cable news networks --- except for NBC-TV which went for golf coverage of the 2016 Open Championship, teaming with the Golf Channel in providing 10 hours of live action.
Air pollution remains top news (since way back in 1945) in Los Angeles where the mayor appointed a panel that will study how to reduce emissions at the city's huge port facilities which the Los Angeles Times reminded "supports hundreds of thousands of jobs, but it also represents the largest source of air pollution in Southern California."
As some experts have mentioned over the past year: the electric grid in the U.S. could go dark at any time. The Wall Street Journal reinforced that in reporting security at electrical substations is so bad, almost anyone can break in unnoticed and create enough damage to take down huge portions of the grid.
Headline writers face sensitive times. Even an accurate headline triggered protests. The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, apologized after protestors complained about a headline --- Gunman Targeted Whites --- in the wake of the deadly police shooting in Dallas. Protestors soon gathered outside the newspaper's office in downtown Memphis to express displeasure, some holding signs that read "Black Lives Matter." Newspaper president George Cogswell, said the headline, "although not inaccurate, was very insensitive to the movement and we recognized that quickly."
Headline over a Los Angeles Times story, based on its own poll: As Clinton stumbles, Trump takes an apparent slim lead in new tracking poll. Apparent? The newspaper probably was shocked by its own findings that Trump led Clinton 43 percent to 40 percent.
Where the jobs are: Supporters of a Nevada ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana said the industry could support 3,300 direct jobs once it's in full swing in 2024
"It's stretching it a bit but, hey, we found another one," a breaking news editor probably said after pushing to get this headline on the web: Man shot by police in Rotorua, New Zealand.
The only shooting in Rotorua, a quiet area, usually is from its geysers, along with other attractions, including bubbling mud pools and natural hot springs.
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30 D.C. police in riot gear storm home, shake up family
No, it wasn't a TV movie. Looking for guns, 30 armed police in tactical gear raided a financial adviser's home in the Georgetown section of Washington, handcuffed him and his girlfriend after pointing guns to their heads, scared four children during a search of the residence for more than two hours, while other officers closed neighborhood streets during the process that turned up no weapons --- with all the action receiving scant media attention, noted Grumpy Editor.
In the forefront with coverage, however, is Washington Times staffer Emily Miller providing details in an Oct. 23 story.
It'll be interesting to see media coverage of homeowner Mark Witaschek's trial that starts next Monday. With no criminal record, he faces two years in prison for possession of unregistered ammunition, reports Miller, senior editor of opinion at The Times.
As Miller explains it: While no weapons were found in the house, police reported finding "one live round of 12-gauge shotgun ammunition," which was an inoperable shell that misfired during a hunt years earlier, kept as a souvenir by Witaschek, and "one expended round of .270 caliber ammunition" along with "one box of Knight bullets for reloading" which Miller --- author of the 2013 book, "Emily Gets Her Gun" --- notes "are actually not for reloading, but are used in antique-replica, single-shot, muzzle-loading rifles."
Miller, in her story, quotes Witaschek saying that soon after entering the premises, "police used a battering ram to bash down the bathroom door" where his 16-year-old son was pulled out of the shower, naked. "The police put all the children together in a room, while we were handcuffed upstairs. I could hear them crying, not knowing what was happening."
Witaschek says the search caused an estimated $10,000 in damage, documented by photos he took after the July, 2012 incident.
Read Miller's full story here.
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+ President Barack Obama's proposal to create a "unisex" look via a new boxy cap for both male and female Marines has triggered a storm in the ranks, with some charging that the headgear gives the tough Leathernecks a "girly" look. Looking like a cross between a French Foreign Legion cap and something worn by 1950s-era airline stewardesses (as they were called then), the price tag for the cap conversion will cost $8.2 million, according to an internal memo obtained by the New York Post.
+ Front-page headlines after one of the wildest endings of a World Series baseball game Saturday night in St. Louis with the score tied, two out in the bottom of the ninth inning, when an obstruction charge resulted in the Cardinals beating the Boston Red Sox 5 to 4:
Boston Herald --- FOR THE BIRDS!
Boston Globe --- Cardinals win in wild finish
St. Louis Post-Dispatch --- A LEG UP
+ Was she fired? BuzzFeed Politics notes the woman pictured on the Healthcare.gov home page is gone --- mysteriously vanished.
+ Look for heavy coverage by television networks on and around Nov. 22 with special reports and broadcasts marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
+ Radio news continues with the bad habit of not pinpointing the precise location in top-of-the-hour breaking news. Latest: ABC with a lead item Tuesday on a school shooting by a student, mentioning only that it was in Nevada --- omitting it occurred in Sparks, near Carson City. News editors forget that the Silver State, with 110,567 square miles, ranks seventh largest in size among the 50 states.
+ Condé Nast, publisher of 25 magazines, including The New Yorker, Glamour, Brides, Condé Nast Traveler and Golf Digest, is shelving its internship program.
+ Fifth annual edition of "Hot Careers for College Graduates," compiled by University of California San Diego Extension, places public relations specialists in ninth spot. Topping the list: Software developers-applications, followed by software developers - systems software. No magazine/newspaper/broadcasting jobs on the list.
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U.S. jumps into action after North Korea threatens; First Lady again on Vogue cover; Vegas shooter remains in L.A.
War talk spurs U.S. to bolster defenses, but...
After more North Korea missile testing over the weekend, a Feb. 12 nuclear test plus mounting saber-rattling and elevated tensions spurred by its young leader Kim Jong Eun, the Pentagon decided to strengthen U.S. defenses against a possible attack by the communist country by adding missile systems to protect the West Coast and Alaska, notes Grumpy Editor.
North Korea a few days earlier surprised the U.N., South Korea and U.S. by declaring the armistice that suspended Korean War hostilities 60 years ago was now invalid.
At the same time, it tossed in bolder rhetoric by threatening a nuclear strike on Washington.
With Washington's sudden growing concern on North Korea's long-range missile advances, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday said the U.S. will deploy 14 more ground-based missile interceptors.
These will be added to the current 30 long-range missile interceptors already in place in Alaska and California.
While news that the U.S. was moving ahead on additional defense measures grabbed headlines, overlooked by most broadcast and print media: the new interceptors won't be in position until 2017.
For example, in missile defense story coverage, The Washington Post didn't mention 2017 until the 10th paragraph. On the other hand, The Wall Street Journal noted the year at the start of the second paragraph.
Meanwhile, focusing on the other side of the world and reflecting U.S. military and intelligence assessments, President Barack Obama said it would take Iran a year or more to produce a nuclear weapon.
Vogue cover again spotlights First Lady
Shortly after the election, buzz around New York and Washington was that First Lady Michelle Obama was behind a push to award top Obama campaign fundraiser and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour with a European ambassadorship, perhaps to Great Britain (Wintour was born in the U.K.) or France.
But the diplomatic post assignment idea faded.
However, Vogue's April issue features Michelle Obama on the cover, in a "cobalt blue dress, with the line: How the First Lady and the President Are Inspiring America.
It marks the second Vogue cover appearance for the First Lady. She last appeared wearing a pink dress on the magazine's March 2009 cover.
Wintour got a boost last week, though.
Condé Nast announced the Vogue editor in chief is taking on the newly-created additional position of artistic director of Condé Nast, a division of Advance Publications.
Las Vegas Strip shooter remains in L.A.
Remember that widely-covered shooting spree on the Las Vegas Strip back on Feb. 21 that resulted in three people killed and five injured?
Through sharp police work, suspect Ammar Harris, 26, was nabbed in Los Angeles one week later.
Today, he's still there.
The delay, in part, was because the defense attorney (despite fingerprints and widely-circulated photos) requested an "iddentification hearing" calling on prosecutors to prove the person arrested in the case "is who they say it is." That Los Angeles Superior Court action occurred March 14.
Judge Shelly Torrealba formally identified the Las Vegas Strip shooting suspect on March 14.
Did that move things along for Las Vegas authorities to take over?
Harris refused to waive extradition and his public defender asked authorities to produce a governor's warrant.
With that, the judge scheduled an April 12 hearing.
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New Pope Francis didn't waste any time meeting the press. On Saturday, at the media center flanking Rome's St. Peter's Basilica at what some called "The Pope Francis Show," he met and chatted with some of the 5,000 reporters from 81 countries --- then gave them a blessing… One America News Network, a 24-hour conservative-leaning cable news operation that partners San Diego's WealthTV with the Washington Times, is slated to start on July 1…Also with a July launch, Al Jazeera America, following its purchase of Current TV, reports more than 18,000 candidates applied for an initial 170 job openings…Britain's Daily Mail presence is growing. It's online audience in the United States swells to become larger than in the United Kingdom…Moving right along: U.S. intelligence officials warn of the rising threat of cyberattacks to national and economic security. It follows President Barack Obama's concern in January's State of the Union address, noting the "rapidly growing threat from cyberattacks"...Wrong site for an exciting typo. An ad on copyediting.com Friday: "Want an Exiting Career?" headlined a pitch for training as a trucker...Sale of Maxim, a male-oriented magazine, is being explored by Alpha Media.
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Quiet Fed pay raise; overused fiscal cliff; 'new' Tribune
Despite a heavy flow of news stories on fiscal crisis and spending cuts at year-end 2012, somehow overlooked by major media was President Barack Obama's executive order granting federal workers a pay raise, notes Grumpy Editor.
The Weekly Standard's Daniel Halper got wind of it and covered the development on Dec. 28.
That was on a Friday afternoon, a time when most key media are snoozing.
The raise becomes effective March 27.
As an example of the pay increase: Vice President Joe Biden will make $231,000 a year, up from $225,521.
See how other federal workers fare here:
Halper points out that a senior Republican congressional aide who reviewed the executive order and consulted with the Congressional Budget Office says the pay raise for federal workers will cost $11 billion over 10 years.
"Fiscal cliff" much overused by media in 2012
Fiscal cliff, meanwhile, was one of the most overused phrases by print and broadcast media in 2012.
Yet, the phrase is now new.
Some writers credit Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke with the words when he warned the House Committee on Financial Services last Feb. 29 of the coming "fiscal cliff" that would take effect with upcoming spending cuts and tax increases.
Annalyn Kurtz, a reporter at CNNMoney, finds the earliest reference to the term was in a 1957 New York Times article on home ownership.
Kurtz also notes Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.) used fiscal cliff in 2008 in describing Obama's spending program while Reuters used the phrase in several articles two weeks prior to Bernanke uttering the words in February.
Future owner candidates eye Tribune Co. assets
Now that Chicago-based Tribune Co. enters 2013 emerging from bankruptcy, talk centers on new owner candidates.
Tribune Co. properties include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Baltimore Sun, Daily Press (Newport News, Va.), The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) plus 23 television stations.
Coming out of bankruptcy, senior creditors Oaktree Capital Management, Angelo, Gordon & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. now control the Tribune Co.'s portfolio of publishing and broadcasting assets, which are expected to be sold.
Among names mentioned as possible future owners:
Aaron Kushner, owner of the Orange County Register.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (for the Los Angeles Times).
Doug Manchester, San Diego real estate developer who bought the Union Tribune (now U-T San Diego) newspaper in 2011.
Austin Beutner, former venture capitalist and former deputy mayor of Los Angeles (for the Los Angeles Times).
Ten minutes into the 2013 Tournament of Roses parade yesterday, it was cutaway time in coverage for ABC and NBC networks which decided to air commercials just as the 100-plus-member precision-marching Marine Corps band passed the reviewing stand. But the HGTV network, without commercial interruptions throughout, showed all…The Pasadena parade included the first Defense Department float. It depicted the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. while an added attraction was an Air Force B2 bomber timed to fly over the reviewing stand at 1,000 feet as the Korean War float passed…The Food and Drug Administration moved toward approving genetically-modified salmon for human consumption…Chicago's Sun-Times Media Group said it will consolidate its suburban newspaper chain…Most discussed story on news/talk radio in 2012 was the presidential election, topping chatter on the fiscal cliff, according to Talkers magazine…A dopey move by District of Columbia police was starting an investigation of David Gregory, Meet the Press host, after he held up to NBC cameras a high-capacity magazine during a gun control discussion. Police said possession of a high-capacity magazine was not permissible. One wonders if police would get as excited if a Washington Post photographer, for example, used a similar magazine to illustrate a story on guns.
Note: Going into 2013, Grumpy Editor with daily postings since September 2006, will now appear in expanded format weekly.
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Media focus on fluttering bills from bank robbers' SUV
In connection with the typical headline --- Bank robbers toss cash during chase through L.A. --- excited print and broadcast media yesterday had it, well, half right, finds Grumpy Editor.
First, the chase started after three armed men held up a Bank of America branch in Santa Clarita, in what is called Canyon Country at the far north end of Los Angeles County.
That was 40 miles from downtown Los Angeles, a distance on par with Norwalk, Conn. to New York City.
The chase, with sheriff's cars in pursuit, winded through Sylmar, San Gabriel Valley, Pasadena and then onward to Los Angeles city streets.
With a police helicopter (along with TV news choppers) overhead and deputy vehicles pursuing on ground, two men fled on foot from the getaway SUV in Sylmar.
One was captured, the other remained at large.
(Media neglected to ask how one suspect managed to escape from a flock of air and ground-pursuing officers.)
In central Los Angeles, perhaps inspired by an old movie, money was tossed from the getaway vehicle.
That didn't slow pursuing sheriff's deputies.
However, inspired by live TV coverage, people along the route in Los Angeles sprang into action to collect fluttering bills from streets.
The getaway vehicle finally came to a halt after a 90-minute chase. Police removed two suspects at gunpoint in south Los Angeles.
Police asked people to turn in the "hot" roadside money.
LAPD spokesman Sgt. Rudy Lopez, according to a Los Angeles Times report, said there was plenty of video footage of the chase that will help authorities to identify those people who grabbed the tossed money.
"If they're identified," he warned, "they will be prosecuted for receiving stolen property," adding that conviction on such a charge, a felony, is punishable by more than a year in prison.
Now, "raining bills" and the aftereffects would be a solid basis for another movie.
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Reno newspaper photog roughed up by deputies at fire
Reno Gazette-Journal's photo director Tim Dunn, a 21-year veteran on the Nevada newspaper, was on assignment covering a fire with two cameras last week when he was issued a citation for obstructing and resisting while performing his duties, observes Grumpy Editor.
Dunn filed a formal complaint citing use of excessive force by sheriff's deputies. He said he was detained for more than a half hour after being handcuffed.
Attired in yellow protective gear, including jacket, goggles and helmet --- which fire authorities say a journalist should wear for safety when covering fires --- Washoe County sheriff's deputies, after an investigation, on Wednesday said he was cited because he entered an active fire scene without authorization and resisted deputies' commands as they tried to confirm his media affiliation.
Furthermore, a sheriff's captain accused Dunn of impersonating a firefighter because of the yellow protective gear he was wearing. (One seldom sees a "firefighter" with two cameras at a fire scene.)
Dunn, in his complaint, said he identified himself as a journalist with Reno's daily newspaper.
The 60-year-old photographer entered an "active fire scene" --- a brush fire that destroyed two homes --- because he was there for his newspaper. And it's hard to believe that a veteran photog, with more than two decades at the Gazette-Journal, was completely unknown to firemen and deputies on scene.
One of the deputies in the incident, in defending their action, said Dunn's "continued refusal to follow instructions and continued efforts to resist us forced us to guide him to the ground." The photog said a boot came down on his back and a deputy pushed his face into the gravel.
See a photo of Dunn's large scrape on his right cheek and on his right hand after being "guided to the ground" here.
Despite all this, June 23 and June 27 stories in the Gazette-Journal, made no mention of the publisher or editor backing up their veteran photo director.
A court date in Sparks (Nev.) Justice Court is slated for Aug. 1.
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California's July 1 foie gras ban: more work for police?
Some editorial page writers in California should be busy over the next few days, prior to the banning of foie gras in state restaurants starting July 1, pointing out how police departments face another decision: whether to haul in chefs who keep the delicacy on menus, notes Grumpy Editor.
Starting Sunday in the Golden State, producing or selling the engorged livers of forced-fed ducks and geese will be prohibited by law. The law was passed in 2004 with a grace period that ends this week.
Restaurants that defy the ban will be subject to stiff $1,000 citations.
Pushing for the legislation were animal rights advocates who cited cruelty in fattening fowl by overfeeding them to produce fatty liver.
Talk among chefs, in skirting the ban, is to bring in the foie gras from outside California, such as Nevada, and serving it as a free side dish --- but charging for toast that goes with it.
But that could lead to some major action.
"We're going to come down like a hammer on any chef or restaurant that wants to continue serving this very cruel product," Bryan Pease, co-founder of the Animal Protection and Rescue League in San Diego, said in an interview with Bloomberg writer Alison Vekshin.
"If we find somebody still serving that product, the gloves are going to come off and we'll use every legal means available to shut that place down, including lawsuits, protests and boycotts," Pease added. "There's just no reason to allow restaurants to do business in California that flout the law and torture animals for a table treat."
However, major police departments in California --- already busy enforcing assorted crimes --- appeared reluctant to issue citations or handcuff law-breaking chefs.
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Review Patek Philippe Advanced Research Aquanaut travel time reference. 5650G
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Earlier this year, Patek Philippe released a limited edition Aquanaut Travel Time Ref. 5650G, with the latest technology developed by its advanced research plan. With its extraordinary aesthetics and impressive technological progress, it quickly became one of the most watched watches at Baselworld. Today, we will personally experience this incredible timepiece to further understand what Patek Philippe calls "two important innovations in the field of watch design" and understand the practicality of this watch in daily wear and use.
Patek Philippe Advanced Research
For many people, Patek Philippe is a well-known but conservative watch brand that focuses on traditional design and historical complexity. Despite the truth in the description, the Geneva-based watchmaker is highly innovative, constantly seeking to develop new technologies and improve existing ones. In its long history of 178 years, Maison has developed many complex functions, displays and technical solutions, including the patented Gyromax balance in 1949/1951, which can adjust the balance without changing the length of the automatic winding device. inertia. The hairspring, and of course the invention of the 1996 calendar. It is this pioneering spirit that prompted the establishment of the Patek Philippe Advanced Research Project in the early 2000s.
The turn of the century was a very fruitful period for the watchmaking industry. It adopted new technologies, especially the research and development of new materials. A material that has caused widespread controversy has now been widely used and accepted. Patek Philippe noticed the increasing importance of this material and its related manufacturing processes (such as LIGA and DRIE technology), so it quickly took action. The company always puts independence in the first place, so it chooses to focus on working closely with independent development institutions, such as the CSEM research laboratory and the Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), which operates the world's leading micromachines and electronics graduate School. In Neuchatel. Patek Philippe researchers also often collaborate with colleagues from other highly regarded manufacturers, but the main focus is on creating proprietary innovations.
The purpose of the manufacturer to establish this project is to initiate an avant-garde innovation plan to enrich traditional development activities with research in the fields of "new materials", "new manufacturing technologies" and "new concept foundations". The first major development was Silinvar®, a patented material based on monocrystalline silicon, jointly developed by Patek Philippe, Rolex and Swatch Group, and Neuchâtel's CSEM, and launched in 2005. In addition to being almost unaffected by temperature, this new material has a temperature range of -10°C to +60°C. It is very lightweight (only 1/3 of the mass of steel, and twice the hardness), and no lubrication is required. , Corrosion resistance and anti-magnetic.
In the same year, the first escape wheel made of Silinvar® came out, installed in the limited edition Ref. 5250 calendar Patek Philippe Advanced Research. Aesthetically, this watch looks very classic, but Ref. Sapphire display back cover. The 5250 displays a magnifying glass on the escape wheel, and uses a special bridge structure to make this innovative escape wheel unobstructed.
Since then, advanced research projects have carried out several notable innovations, including the Spiromax® balance spring made by Silinvar® (2006), the Pulsomax® escapement system made by Silinvar® (2008) and the Oscillomax® escapement system ( Pulsomax® escapement system with GyromaxSi® balance spring and Spiromax® balance spring (2011). Like the initial unveiling of the Silinvar® escape wheel, every time a new technology is introduced, the manufacturer will launch a special limited edition timepiece, which is This watch is the first to be given the latest solution. Patek Philippe Advanced Research Company. Each model of the dial has a unique classic design aesthetic-consistent with the design we adopted from Patek Philippe-and is used to showcase the movement The latest innovative sapphire exhibition back cover.
Aquanaut travel time reference. The 5650 continues the proud tradition of the Patek Philippe senior research team to showcase the latest technology in limited edition timepieces, despite some significant differences. First of all, this is the first advanced research model that is not fully introduced. This is also the first calendar without an annual or perpetual calendar. Finally, it is more obvious that a technological innovation displayed is boldly displayed on the dial side, making the appearance of this watch more futuristic than what we see from Patek Philippe. Before we start focusing on aesthetics-we will talk about it later-let's talk more about these two innovations.
More than ten years have passed since Patek Philippe launched the Spiromax® hairspring, and since then, the company has been working hard to make it better. After several years of research and development, the manufacturer introduced a new spring and saw that the original external boss is now paired with the internal boss. The outer boss, also known as the Patek Philippe end curve, improves the isochronism of the balance wheel in all positions by ensuring that the balance spring expands and contracts fully concentrically. On the contrary, the internal boss can offset the change in the position of the center of gravity to ensure the highest speed accuracy in the vertical direction. This means that regardless of its direction, the Discount aaa watches will not run faster or slower.
Due to the development of these new technologies, Patek Philippe announced that the watch equipped with this new balance spring can adjust the average speed of -1 to +2 seconds every 24 hours. The Patek Philippe seal imposes very strict requirements on all manufacturers' mechanical watches. The average movement rate for diameters greater than 20 mm must be between -3 and +2 seconds per day. For Patek Philippe tourbillon timepieces, the tolerance is 3 seconds per 24 hours, which means that the balance spring equipped with the new Spiromax® balance spring can match the speed accuracy of the Patek Philippe movement to the tourbillon. The purpose is to gradually integrate the balance spring with this geometric shape into the current production plan, which shows that the role of advanced research projects is to benefit the entire Patek Philippe production, and of course, ultimately benefit the owner of the watch.
The second innovation displayed on the dial side of the watch is a time zone correction system that uses a single flexible steel sheet to adjust the GMT indicator back and forth. The main part of the mechanism consists of four intersecting leaf springs-two for each corrector button (one for the setting rod and one for the beak to advance the gear rim), each with a defined pressure point . Each individual leaf spring is very thin and separated from each other by a distance of only 150 microns. The development of the entire system also uses traditional watch steel manufacturing, so complex computer simulation and more than 500 hours of computer modeling are required. Then, cutting-edge computer programmable machines are used to make parts, which explains why it was not feasible to use simple steel to make such technological advances.
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Гре́гори Фи́ллип (Грег) Гра́нберг (, род. 11 июля 1966, Лос-Анджелес) — американский актёр, продюсер, сценарист и музыкант, наиболее известный благодаря ролям в телесериалах «Фелисити» (1998—2002), «Шпионка» (2001—2006) и «Герои» (2006—2010).

Ранние годы
Грег Гранберг родился в Лос-Анджелесе, Калифорния, в семье Джерри и Сэнди Гринбергов. У него есть брат Брэдли и сестра Тиффани.

Карьера
До того как стать актёром, Гранберг вместе со своими друзьями он основал службу доставки замороженных йогуртов «Yogurt Runners», а затем некоторое время работал ассистентом продюсера Джоэла Сильвера и занимался коммерцией.

Актёрская карьера
В 1991 году Грегу Гранбергу досталась небольшая роль в сериале «Шёлковые сети». В 1998 году Джей Джей Абрамс предложил Грегу Гранбергу постоянную роль в сериале «Фелисити». Четыре сезона он играл Шона Блумберга. В 2001 году он получил роль агента ЦРУ Эрика Вайса в другом проекте Джей Джей Абрамса «Шпионка».

С 2002 по 2004 год он снимался в эпизодах таких сериалов, как «Мёртвая зона», «Доктор Хаус», «Что насчёт Брайана» и «Детектив Монк». В 2006 году Грег Гранберг получил главную роль в комедии положений The Jake Effect, которая вскоре была закрыта каналом NBC.

С 2006 по 2010 год Грег Гранберг играл роль полицейского-телепата Мэтта Паркмана в сериале «Герои».

Музыкальная карьера

Band From TV — музыкальная группа, основанная Грегом Гранбергом и состоящая из актёров американских телесериалов. Творчество этой группы направлено исключительно на благотворительность.

Личная жизнь
С 19 декабря 1992 года Гранберг состоит в браке с Элизабет Гранберг. У пары есть три сына: Джейк Гранберг, Сэм Гранберг и Бен Гранберг.

Избранная фильмография

Награды и номинации
 2007, 2008 Премия Сатурн — лучший телеактёр второго плана (за телесериал «Герои»)

Примечания

Ссылки
 Официальный сайт

Выпускники Университетской старшей школы в Лос-Анджелесе
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behavioral problems (1)
P. A. O'Connor
Preschool Behavior Problems and Subsequent Risk of Injury
L. L. Davidson, S. J. Hughes, P. A. O'Connor
The hospital records of 951 children from a previously established birth cohort for which behavioral and extensive background information was available were checked for 3 years following the fifth birthday of the youngest child. The aim was to determine whether children with certain specific behavior disorders had a higher rate of injury than those without. Although the predicted relationships between overactive behavior, decreased concentration, and injury rate were not found, the hypothesis of an increased risk of injury for boys and for children with discipline problems was confirmed. Also, the association between male sex and injury remained after controlling for the behavior variables related to injury. In general, some support was found for the suggestion of increased risk of injury among children who have specific behavior problems, although, contrary to widespread belief, this relationship accounts for only a small percentage of the injuries found in the cohort. Moreover, the relationship is modified by maternal characteristics and by the sex of the child. Unexpectedly, encopresis and marked fears were found to be risk factors for injury, although these effects were relatively small.
Clouds, Skin Color, and Rickets
The article by Bachrach et al,1 on vitamin D deficiency rickets (Pediatrics 64:871, 1979) presents interesting data expanding the number of reported recent cases of vitamin D deficiency rickets in breast-fed infants. Of particular interest are the large number of cases of varying degrees of severity in a community where concerned parents are committed to natural methods of feeding. These cases are similar to two children I reported in 1977.2 These were two cases of vitamin D deficiency rickets in breast-fed infants who were not receiving vitamin D supplementation as had been advised.
Zen Macrobiotic Dietary Problems in Infancy
John R. K. Robson, J. E. Konlande, F. A. Larkin, P. A. O'Connor, Hsi-Yen Liu
Two infants fed Kokoh, a Zen macrobiotic food mixture comprising cereal grains, legumes, and oil seeds, for a period of several months weighed 4.96 kg and 5.81 kg at 7 and 13 months of age, respectively. Kokoh formulas were evaluated by computation using food composition tables and chemical analysis. The computed energy value of Kokoh was within 3% of that measured by calorimetry. The daily intake of energy by the infants from Kokoh and other supplementary foods was about 400 Calories. This represents only 40% of the Recommended Dietary Allowances (R.D.A.) for the United States. The estimated protein intake was 11 gm for one child, and 13 gm for the other. The quality of the Kokoh protein as determined by computation was adequate for growth, but the analytical data suggested that the amino acid pattern was poor. The unsatisfactory nature of the formulas given to the infants was due to excessive dilution. There is a need for more definitive data on the feasibility of feeding infants Kokoh and similar foods, at a concentration that will meet energy needs. Further information is required on the amino acid content of plant foods used for infant feeding. Until more is known about feeding infants on plant food proteins, infants and children fed Kokoh should be kept under strict surveillance.


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Since the early 1900s, scientists have pondered an age old question: what are memories made of? In the 1920s, Karl Lashley embarked on his famous journey to find "the engram" – the place in the brain where memories are stored. In 1949, Donald Hebb proposed his famous postulate of how memories could be formed, insisting that brain "cells that fire together, wire together" as part of a "cell assembly." Since those early days of neuroscience, scientists have worked extensively to characterize brain mechanisms that could support memory formation.
The first support for Hebb's idea was the demonstration of long-term potentiation (LTP), an increase in strength between connected groups of brain cells after artificial high-frequency stimulation. While this was an important demonstration that scientists would work to explain for the next several decades, they have not always agreed on whether LTP is a memory mechanism. Carol Barnes, Ph.D., Regents' Professor of Psychology & Neurology at Arizona State University, posed the famous question – what would constitute proof? After decades of research, we finally have the answer.
The study was led by Nobel laureate Roger Y. Tsien, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology at the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine and Roberto Malinow, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience at the University of California at San Diego and National Academy of Sciences member. The study was published online in the June 2014 issue of Nature.
To investigate, the researchers trained rats to fear a tone by pairing it with a foot shock, which resulted in freezing behavior indicative of fear learning. Subsequently, the researchers replaced the tone with a pulse of blue light that could be used to stimulate specific inputs to the lateral amygdala, part of the brain's fear learning center.
In these rats, the lateral amygdala had previously been injected with a virus containing a gene capable of producing light-sensitive channels that could respond to light stimulation, an approach known as optogenetics. In this paradigm, pairing the pulse of light (aimed at the rats' lateral amygdalae) with a foot shock produced robust fear learning, as indicated by freezing behavior.
Interestingly, cells of the lateral amygdala showed LTP, indicating that the light-driven stimulation of the amygdala was capable of inducing in LTP in rats that learned to fear. Interestingly, this light-driven fear memory could be inactivated by light stimulation capable of inducing long-term depression (a pattern opposite of LTP) in the amygdala. In this case, freezing behavior was not observed, indicating that LTP is an essential component of inducing fear memory in the amygdala. Importantly, light stimulation that re-induced LTP in the lateral amygdala was capable of reinstating the fear memory. These observations indicate that LTP of the lateral amygdala is necessary for fear learning.
While many previous studies have demonstrated parallels between LTP, LTD, and memory, this is the first study to directly manipulate specific populations of brain cells to demonstrate the relationship between LTP and behavioral memory.
"This is the best evidence so far, period," said Eric R. Kandel, M.D., Nobel laureate and Professor of Brain Science at Columbia University. Indeed, "no previous studies showed definitively that LTP is a basis for and required for memory," said Robert Malenka, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine and National Academy of Sciences member.
Dr. Malinow is clearly happy that the experiments worked. "It's a bit of a relief and we can celebrate a little too," he said.
Ciocchi S, Herry C, Grenier F, Wolff SB, Letzkus JJ, Vlachos I, Ehrlich I, Sprengel R, Deisseroth K, Stadler MB, Müller C, Lüthi A. (2010). Encoding of conditioned fear in central amygdala inhibitory circuits. Nature 468(7321): 277-282. PMID: 21068837.
Hebb DO. (1949). The organization of behavior. John Wiley & Sons.
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Dario Dieguez, Jr., Ph.D., spent over a decade conducting neuroscience research relevant to cognitive brain aging. He worked as a Science Writer in the Office of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Elias Zerhouni, M.D. and at NIH's Center for Scientific Review. He taught Cellular Biology and Neurochemistry at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Cognitive Psychology at Boston University. For several years, he worked as a consultant for Pearson, Inc. and as a freelance science writer, with several clients in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Germany. As a Research Program Manager at the Lupus Foundation of America, he oversaw the awarding of millions of dollars for research and was integral to the launching of Lupus Science and Medicine, an open access journal. Currently, he works as a Health Scientist Administrator at the Society for Women's Health Research and is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Bioethics at The Washington Center.


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Three players that helped the Red Sox win World Series victories in 2004, and 2007, will be among the five newest inductees into the Hall of Fame.
Derek Lowe, Kevin Youkilis, and Mike Lowell highlight the group of five that will be inducted at some point in 2018.
Lowe arrived along with teammate Jason Varitek to the Red Sox in a July 1997 trade that sent Heathcliff Slocumb out of town. The trade made by former GM, Dan Duquette, is considered one of the best trades in Red Sox history.
Lowe appeared in 384 games (111 starts) for the Red Sox from 1997-2004. During his tenure, he made the All-Star team as both a reliever in 2000 and as a starting pitcher in 2002.
In 2004, he became the only pitcher in baseball history to earn a series-clinching win in the ALDS, ALCS, and World Series in a single postseason.
Youkilis earned two World Series rings in Boston – 2004 and 2007. During his 7.5 years with the team, he quickly became a fan favorite with his Blue Collar play, unique batting stance, and "YOOOOOOOUK" chant.
The Red Sox fan favorite was a three-time American League All-Star as a first baseman. Youkilis set a club record for consecutive games without an error. He also finished 3rd and 6th in two MVP races, as well as winning the 2007 Gold Glove at first.
Lowell arrived as part of the Josh Beckett trade in 2005 and took a little bit of time to adjust to being in Boston.
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Below is month two of our list of significant dates in CWRU's history. We make no claims that the list is comprehensive and invite suggestions of other dates to include.
(1832) Elizur J. Wright, Jr., a faculty member at Western Reserve College, wrote the first in a series of letters to a Hudson, Ohio newspaper advocating the immediate emancipation of American slaves.
(1992) CWRU Trustee Executive Committee approved naming the new biomedical research building for former Ohio governor, Richard F. Celeste.
(1992) CWRU Trustee Executive Committee approved purchase of Aquatech, now known as the Cedar Avenue Service Building.
(1974) CWRU Trustee Executive Committee approved establishment of the Department of Famliy Medicine.
(1983) It was reported to the Trustees Executive Committee that CWRU's endowment portfolio passed the $200 million mark.
(1967) A $500 gift from the Adelbert Student Council established the William Powell Jones endowment fund to purchase books for the University Library.
(1988) CWRU Trustee Executive Committee voted to restore the practice of regularly awarding honorary degrees.
(1970) CWRU Trustee Executive Committee approved an affiliation agreement between the Medical School and St. Luke's and Mt. Sinai hospitals.
(1973) When the books closed on FY1973 it became the first year since Federation in 1967 without a deficit. A surplus of $32,000 was reported.
(1922) Groundbreaking ceremories were held for the new School of Medicine building in University Circle, later named the Harland Goff Wood Building.
(1985) Bank-In-a-Box, containing two automated teller machines, opened for business outside Thwing Center.
(1994) The electrochemical sciences program was named the Ernest B. Yeager Center for Electrochemical Sciences.
(1986) CWRU Trustee Executive Committee approved establishment of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics degree programs.
(1975) Among completed summer campus facilities projects reported to Trustees: 1,900 peepholes installed in dormitory doors.
(1996) It was reported to the Trustees that the total CWRU endowment passed the $1 billion mark.
(1980) The second Hudson Relay Rock, a gift of Dr. Leonard Skeggs, was installed. Winning teams were honored by recording their class years on the rocks.
(1985) Jennings Computing Center announced a new service: a KERMIT software lending library. KERMIT was a collection of programs for personal computers and mainframes that allowed high-speed, error-free file transfers.
(1837) The Western Reserve College Alumni Association was established.
(1993) CWRU's academic year began with an enrollment of 9,276. Undergraduate tuition was $15,200. 66% of freshmen were men and 34% were women.
(1993) The School of Medicine provided each first year medical student with an Apple PowerBook.
(1836) Missionary Hiram Allen Babcock was granted an honorary Master of Arts degree, the first honorary degree awarded by Western Reserve University.
(1975) A flash flood dumped over 4 feet of water in the basement of Sears library and over 6 feet into Wickenden, causing nearly $1 million in damage.
(1979) New students arrived on campus in the midst of an RTA strike. The University transported them to campus in shuttle buses from the airport.
(1830) Four years after its founding, Western Reserve College held commencement exercises for its first graduating class of four students.
(1831) Charles Preston, an 1830 graduate of Western Reserve College, was the first alumnus hired to teach at Western Reserve College.
(1989) Freshman James Gerber "became the first person at the University to be connected to CWRUnet."
(1830) The Trustees elected Charles Backus Storrs the first President of Western Reserve College.
(1834) George E. Pierce was inaugurated as Western Reserve College's second president.
(1985) CWRU's academic year began with an enrollment of 8,261. Undergraduate tuition was $8300. 73% of freshmen were men and 27% were women.
(1986) The 9-1/2 inch telescope, formerly housed in the Warner & Swasey Observatory on Taylor Road, was placed on top of the Smith Building as part of a new student observatory.
(1828) Western Reserve College, which did not have a graduating class for two more years, held a public commencement celebrating its two years of existence.
(1834) Four students each received the Master of Arts degree, the first awarded at Western Reserve College.
(1979) First Doctor of Nursing (N.D.) students began classes at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.
(1890) The Trustees elected Charles Franklin Thwing the sixth president of Western Reserve University. Thwing was the longest-serving president at either Case Institute of Technology or Western Reserve University.
In Recollections the University Archives explores the people, traditions, programs, and milestones that have shaped Case Western Reserve University.