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2 Iraqi Sunni protesters wounded by gunfire
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2006 file photo, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq, speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq. Bodyguards for a senior Iraqi Sunni politician wounded two people while shooting to disperse angry anti-government protesters in Iraq's west, a provincial official said. It is the first significant incident of violence reported during more than a week of protests by Sunnis angry over their perceived second-class treatment by the country's Shiite-led government. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2006 file photo, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq, speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq. Bodyguards for a senior Iraqi Sunni politician wounded two people while shooting to disperse angry anti-government protesters in Iraq's west, a provincial official said. It is the first significant incident of violence reported during more than a week of protests by Sunnis angry over their perceived second-class treatment by the country's Shiite-led government. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2010, file photo, Iraq?s Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq, right, speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq. Bodyguards for a senior Iraqi Sunni politician wounded two people while shooting to disperse angry anti-government protesters in Iraq's west, a provincial official said. It is the first significant incident of violence reported during more than a week of protests by Sunnis angry over their perceived second-class treatment by the country's Shiite-led government. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
BAGHDAD (AP) ? Gunshots wounded at least two people Sunday at demonstrations in western Iraq when bodyguards protecting a senior Sunni politician opened fire to disperse protesters, a local official said, marking the first casualties in a week of rallies.
Some of the demonstrators were demanding that the politician quit the Shiite-dominated government.
Iraqi Sunnis angry over their perceived second-class treatment by the government have been protesting for more than a week in the vast western Anbar province. Up to now there has been no violence.
The demonstrations reflect increasing sectarian tensions in Iraq, which is struggling to maintain stability nearly a decade after the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated regime, and a year after the last U.S. troops withdrew.
The violence erupted near the city of Ramadi during a visit by Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq, according to Anbar provincial council member Talib Hamadi al-Dulaimi.
It was unclear who fired the shots that caused the injuries, and if those hurt were targeted intentionally. It is often difficult to assign blame for gunfire injuries in Iraq, where weapons ownership is common and security forces often shoot into the air to break up scuffles.
Al-Mutlaq is one of the government's most senior Sunni politicians and has been a frequent critic of the Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. He last year branded al-Maliki a dictator in a TV interview. Then he reconciled with the prime minister and remained in the power-sharing administration.
Although his visit was not announced in advance, he would have expected to find a sympathetic crowd in Anbar.
Shots were fired in the air after demonstrators insisted that al-Mutlaq show support for their protest by resigning from the government, al-Dulaimi said.
In local TV footage of the incident, protesters threw rocks and bottles at the entourage as it left the area, and automatic gunfire could be heard. One of the protesters shouted "Kick him out!" Another yelled, "They took the coward away in a taxi."
Al-Mutlaq's office had no immediate comment.
Anbar provincial councilman Sheik Efan Saadoun said protesters in Anbar are growing dissatisfied with elected politicians, both at the provincial level and in Baghdad.
"They consider them to be conspirators because they have not seen anything from them in terms of improved public services and living standards," he said. "They are fed up with us and the whole the political process, but they don't know how difficult it is for us to get anything for them from a government that doesn't work properly."
On Friday, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets near Ramadi and other Sunni-dominated cities in the largest rallies in a week of demonstrations. The protests followed the arrest earlier this month of 10 bodyguards assigned to the Sunni finance minister, Rafia al-Issawi.
Although the arrests triggered the demonstrations, the protesters' demands tap into deeper Sunni grievances of perceived discrimination by the Shiite-led government.
Anbar province was once the heart of the deadly Sunni insurgency that emerged after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
Al-Qaida is believed to be rebuilding in pockets of Anbar, and militants linked to it are thought to be helping Sunni rebels in Syria.
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Associated Press writers Adam Schreck and Sinan Salaheddin contributed reporting.
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Ex-NBA player found dead
Updated?Dec 29, 2012 9:33 PM ET
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Former NBA player Jerome Whitehead was found dead in a San Diego suburb last week, according to California authorities. Whitehead was 56.
Whitehead played for six NBA teams during his 11-year career. The 6-foot-10 forward/center was taken 41st overall by the San Diego Clippers in the 1978 draft.
Whitehead was the starting center on Marquette?s 1977 NCAA title team.
An autopsy revealed that Whitehead died as a result of gastrointestinal hemorrhage caused by alcohol abuse.
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Thomas Doty Hoax: Mother Of Man Who Died From Cancer Says ...
Mother of cancer victim on a 'mission' to find scammer
A Washington mom who says her dying son was the victim of a heartless hoax plans to go after the woman who pledged $250,000 to cover his medical bills but never came through.
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Cancer sufferer Sharon Heazle and new husband Mark, from Norwich, splashed out ?20,000 on a dream wedding after doctors said she may only have months to live.
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Wait for me! Gwen Stefani's son Zuma makes his rocker mother give chase as he tries out his new scooter in Primrose Hill
It may of been a Christmas present and from the look on Gwen Stefani's son's face, a scooter was obviously a great choice.
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Sally Roberts spends first Christmas away from her son Neon due to family rift over her opposition to his cancer...
Sally Roberts did not spend Christmas day with her son Neon, 7, for the first time as her unsuccessful legal bid has caused conflict with estranged husband Ben.
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Indian gang rape victim who died in hospital 'was due to marry man she was with when she was attacked'
Neighbours said the 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist had been preparing to marry her partner, who was also attacked on the New Delhi bus, in February.
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Man allegedly tries to set mother, others on fire
A 43-year-old man in Gloucester Township doused himself, his mother and another occupant of their home with lighter fluid, allowed the house to fill with natural gas, and then threatened to use a lighter and matches to set fire to them all, police said.
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Mother of 2, grandmother die in crash; man charged
A North Carolina man whom authorities say caused an alcohol-related wreck that killed a mother of two and her mother outside Charlotte has now been charged with involuntary manslaughter and felony death by vehicle.
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Mother of 2, Grandmother Die in Crash; Man Charged
Police: NC man charged with manslaughter, DWI in crash that kills mother of 2, grandmother
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Mother of 2, grandmother die in crash; man charged
A North Carolina man whom authorities say caused an alcohol-related wreck that killed a mother of two and the children's grandmother outside Charlotte has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and felony death by vehicle, police said Saturday.
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Gloucester Township man tried to set elderly mother, home on fire: police
The 43-year-old man, who police found intoxicated in front of the home, is accused of dousing himself, his mother and another adult male with lighter fluid, as well as filling the home with natural gas.
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Hugo Chavez Cancer Surgery: Venezuelan President Suffers 'New Complications' Following Procedure In Cuba, Vice President Says
CARACAS, Venezuela ? Hugo Chavez has suffered "new complications" following his cancer surgery in Cuba, his vice president said Sunday, describing the Venezuelan leader's condition as delicate.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro spoke with a solemn expression in a televised address from Havana, saying he had spoken with Chavez and that the president sent greetings to his homeland. Maduro did not give details about the complications, which he said came amid a respiratory infection.
"Several minutes ago we were with President Chavez. We greeted each other and he himself referred to these complications," Maduro said, reading from a prepared statement. Maduro was seated alongside Chavez's eldest daughter, Rosa, and son-in-law Jorge Arreaza, as well as Attorney General Cilia Flores.
The vice president's comments suggest an increasingly difficult fight for the ailing president. The Venezuelan leader has not been seen or heard from since undergoing his fourth cancer-related surgery Dec. 11, and government officials have said he might not return in time for his scheduled Jan. 10 inauguration for a new six-year term.
"The president gave us precise instructions so that, after finishing the visit, we would tell the (Venezuelan) people about his current health condition," Maduro said. "President Chavez's state of health continues to be delicate, with complications that are being attended to, in a process not without risks."
Maduro held up a copy of a newspaper confirming that his message was recorded on Sunday.
"Thanks to his physical and spiritual strength, Comandante Chavez is facing this difficult situation," Maduro said.
Maduro said he had met various times with Chavez's medical team and relatives. He said he would remain in Havana "for the coming hours" but didn't specify how long.
Maduro, who arrived in Havana on Saturday for a sudden and unexpected trip, is the highest ranking Venezuelan official to visit Chavez since the surgery.
Before Chavez left for Cuba, he acknowledged risks in the operation and designated Maduro as his successor, telling supporters they should vote for the vice president if a new presidential election was necessary.
Chavez said his cancer had come back despite previous surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation treatment. He has been fighting an undisclosed type of pelvic cancer since June 2011.
Medical experts say that it's common for patients who have undergone major surgeries to suffer respiratory infections and that how a patient fares can vary widely from a quick recovery in a couple of days to a fight for life on a respirator.
Maduro's latest update differed markedly from last Monday, when he had said he received a phone call from the president and that Chavez was up and walking.
The vice president spoke on Sunday below a picture of 19th century independence hero Simon Bolivar, the inspiration of Chavez's leftist Bolivarian Revolution movement.
Maduro expressed faith that Chavez's "immense will to live and the care of the best medical specialists will help our president successfully fight this new battle." He concluded his message saying: "Long live Chavez."
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Video: Obama on Sandy Hook: ?Worse day of my presidency?
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Budget struggle raising anxiety for health care | NBC17.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. --
Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other professionals who serve the 100 million Americans covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
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Rarely has the government sent so many conflicting signals in so short a time about the bottom line for the health care industry.
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Cuts are coming, says Washington, and some could be really big. Yet more government spending is also being promised as President Barack Obama's health care overhaul advances and millions of uninsured people move closer to getting government-subsidized coverage.
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Thornton Kirby, president of the South Carolina Hospital Association, says it's like someone being told they are getting a raise, but their taxes and gas bill are also going up. There's no way to tell how deep a hole you might be in.
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Facebook Fake Likes And Accounts - Business Insider
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Earlier this year, in its Q2 2012 earnings report, Facebook disclosed that 4.8 percent of its accounts were either "duplicate" accounts (meaning that one person was operating more than one profile) or being used for nefarious purposes that violate Facebook's rules.In Q3, however, Facebook didn't give an update on its efforts to drive down the rate of fake accounts ? and the fake "Likes" that they seem to generate.
Facebook's war against fakes is a work in progress, it seems. The company is due to report new numbers after Dec. 31.
The fake like/fake account issue has been a years long headache at Facebook. Even though the actual rate of questionable activity on Facebook is a small percentage of its entire traffic, it harms the social network's reputation.
Facebook has been sued over invalid clicks in the past. There are persistent reports of fake likes coming from the accounts of deceased friends. The system has had flaws in it in the past that have inflated the number of likes on a page. And in October, Facebook began a purge of fake accounts and the likes they generated.
So we asked Facebook's vp/global marketing solutions Carolyn Everson what Facebook is doing to kill fake accounts. It turns out that Facebook is hunting down accounts and users on an individual basis, rather than en masse via some sort of algorithm. And they're targeting the obvious villains first.
Here's what she told us.
BI: What is the situation with the fake users and duplicate accounts rate? I know you were working on that certainly in the first part of the year, but you didn't update it in Q3. Is that under control now?
CE: It is very much under control now. It's something we monitor vigilantly. We have user operations teams based in India, in Dublin, in California and Austin that are constantly monitoring. We want to ensure that one of the core tenets of Facebook is that you have your unique identity on Facebook.
BI: Where are these people coming from? I don't understand what the point of it is.
CE: There were certain pockets of the world where this was more prevalent in some of the emerging markets, which by the way, is not dissimilar to what happened with search when search first launched. There were a lot of fake clicks happening. It is something the industry at large deals with. This isn't a FB-specific issue. If anything, we have an advantage because we are a true identity platform so we can quickly figure out if anyone is their true self on Facebook.
BI: Does that mean, though, that you will be deleting, for instance, the Facebook page that might apparently be run by my dog?
CE: We have not specifically gone to target people that have started pages for their dogs. What we are looking for is people who have widespread fake user ID accounts to make sure we take them out of the system. We call them bad actors and that's how we identify them.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-fake-likes-and-accounts-2012-12
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Elephant lawsuit: ASPCA to pay circus $9.3 million
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey elephants walk early July 10 to the Staples Center in Los Angeles before performances there.
By Jonathan Allen, Reuters
NEW YORK - A major animal welfare group has agreed to pay $9.3 million to the owners of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to settle a lawsuit brought in response to now-dismissed legal claims of mistreated elephants.
The settlement, announced by the parties on Friday, removes the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, from litigation by Ringling Bros. against the Humane Society, the Animal Welfare Institute and a former elephant handler for the circus.
The ASPCA and others originally filed suit in 2000 against Feld Entertainment, producer of the circus, accusing the Virginia-based company of mistreating the Asian elephants that perform in its shows.
The case, which cited the Endangered Species Act, was initially dismissed.
But an appellate court allowed the former elephant handler, Tom Rider, to pursue an individual claim that he was emotionally injured by the company's treatment of its elephants. Rider was responsible for watching over and feeding the elephants while working for the circus as a "barn man" between 1997 and 1999.
Following a trial in 2009, a District of Columbia district court judge ruled in favor of Feld Entertainment, finding that Rider had overstated his love of elephants and was not a sufficiently credible plaintiff for the case to proceed.
The judge declared Rider to be essentially a "paid plaintiff," finding that his only source of income during the previous eight years had been the animal-welfare groups involved in the case and media companies producing reports about it.
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Feld Entertainment, in turn, sued the various animal welfare groups and Rider, accusing them of abuse of process, malicious prosecution and violation of federal racketeering laws through unfounded litigation.
ASPCA President Ed Sayres said his group decided it was in its best interest to settle the dispute and that the agreement was not an admission of wrongdoing.
"We are glad to put this matter behind us so we can focus most effectively on our life-saving work, preventing cruelty and improving the welfare of animals," he said in a statement, noting that the courts never ruled on "the merits of the elephant abuse allegations."
Kenneth Feld, chairman of Feld Entertainment, which says its shows are seen by 30 million people a year, called the original litigation an attempt to destroy a family-owned business.
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"Animal activists have been attacking our family, our company, and our employees for decades because they oppose animals in circuses," he said in a statement. "This settlement is a vindication ... for the dedicated men and women who spend their lives working and caring for all the animals with Ringling Bros."
The circus currently has 45 elephants, most of which were born in captivity, and has met or exceeded legal requirements regarding the animals' welfare, company spokesman Steve Payne said.
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Easy resolutions to boost your family life - Lifestyle, Frontpage ...
TRADITIONALLY many of us look at January 1 as the opportunity for a fresh new beginning. We use it to quit smoking, start diets or join the gym. We see it as a tangible new start where we can set about improving ourselves with goals and ambitions for a new year that stretches ahead, filled with promise.
Resolutions are generally all about self-improvement, but for 2013, why not consider making a resolution that will improve your whole family's lives, and not just your own? From cooking to hugging to swimming, take inspiration from these 10 suggestions below.
Learn something new
Few of us are blessed with perfect students, and, for many, homework proves a real challenge. What better way to show your support then by going back to school yourself? Sign up for a class in 2013, whether it's a new language or skill like photography, playing an instrument or sewing. Let your children see that learning can be fun, and that it doesn't need to be done under duress. Better still, empower them by asking for their help when you are practising your lessons.
Go swimming together
Most parents recognise the importance of taking their children to swimming lessons. It's an essential life skill that may go on to save your child's life someday. While most children love water some dislike the hassle of swimming lessons and it can be a challenge to get them into the pool each week.
So, for 2013, vow to go swimming together as a family every so often. Rather than just drop them off at lessons, get into your swimsuit, jump in with them, dive, play, race and splash -- basically, be a kid for an hour with your kids.
Hug more
Hugs are good for us. They release a hormone called oxytocin which makes us feel more relaxed and content. In our house, we have a tradition called a Family Hug, where both of us scoop up the three kids and sing "Family hug, family hug, family hug" to the tune of "Here we go, here we go, here we go!" The kids love this 60-second bonding ritual and often request a Family Hug out of the blue. I recommend starting a hugging ritual that leaves everyone feeling warm and fuzzy afterwards.
Teach the kids to cook
Childhood obesity is a real problem and we, as parents, are the ones with the power to turn these frightening statistics around. You don't need to be Nigella or Rachel Allen to give your kids great tasting food. Whether you're a decent cook or hopeless case you should click on www.breakingeggs.com in 2013. This brilliant online cookery show is for parents and children and shows Connemara chef Cliodhna Prendergast cooking real food at home with her three young children.
Exercise more
There's more to being healthy than eating well, and exercise is key. Children follow example, so if they see mum or dad slumped in front of the TV seven nights a week then that normalises laziness. On the other hand, if they know dad goes for a run on a Saturday morning or Mum does Zumba during the week then they grow up accepting that exercise is a fun and normal hobby. Let them try karate or gymnastics or skateboarding until they find something they love. But be the first to lead by example. Make 2013 the year you commit to regular exercise and invest in your health.
Explore your county
Invest in your family's wellbeing by spending more quality time together in the New Year. Family time doesn't have to cost money, and shouldn't simply be a trip to the cinema where you all sit in the dark without talking. Take a leaf out of older generations' books and make day trips your modus operandi for 2013. From a DART trip around Dublin Bay to a trek in the mountains, a windswept walk on a favourite beach or visit to a museum or art gallery, try to enjoy a new experience every few weeks. The weather may be too cold to contemplate picnics, but as soon as spring kicks in break out the packed lunches and make your family trips even more memorable.
Get to know
your cousins
Never underestimate the value of your extended family. Emigration has, once again, torn families apart, so if you're lucky enough to have siblings living in Ireland then make 2013 the year you spend more time together. Your children will learn a lot about family and relationships by the way you interact with your parents, brothers and sisters. Sow the seeds of love now and let them see that a brother or sister is a gift for life. Give your children the opportunity to know their cousins and encourage them to build special friendships with their extended family.
Play board games
When the obsession with the new Wii, PlayStation and Nintendo has worn off, why not introduce a new family night? Once a fortnight switch off the TV, consoles, mobiles and laptops and sit down together with the family's favourite board games for some good, old-fashioned entertainment. From traditional card games to Connect 4, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Cranium and Pop to the Shops (for the little ones), board games can provide hours of fun and laughter. If the tech-heads object to this, then it's up to you to show them how much fun can be had.
One-on-one time
Resolve to indulge each of your kids with a little one-on-one time. Pick a fun activity you know each child will love and make the day all about them. Whether it's shopping, going to a match, cycling or a trip to the zoo, let them become the centre of mum or dad's world for the day. Be sure all siblings get taken on an outing of equal appeal and try to do this a few times a year.
If in doubt, bake a cake!
Kids of all ages love cakes. Most adults do, too. If you've broken every other resolution on this list, set aside an hour and bake a cake together. (Baking is surprisingly simple, but if it terrifies you then buy a pack of foolproof cake mix) Sharing warm cake from the oven (in moderation, of course) will guarantee you Parent of the Year status for another year.
A perfect resolution.
- Jillian Bolger
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Fire Breaks Out At Philadelphia Retirement Home ? CBS Philly
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) ? Residents of a retirement community in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia had to evacuate Saturday after a fire broke out in the home?s basement, according to authorities.
The fire started around 5 p.m. at Hayes Manor Retirement Residence located on the 2200 block of Belmont Avenue.
Firefighters placed the blaze under control within a half hour.
Residents are being sheltered in another part of the building that wasn?t affected by the fire.
There?s no word yet if anybody was injured.
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
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Dorcas Lane to surprise big names in London Road Chase Stayers at Romford
Dorcas Lane needs to track cleverly in the early stages to stamp her high-profile opponents in London Road Chase Stayers, taking place at Romford on Friday, December 28th. The black bitch is the sole participant with a fresh strike under her belt.
The J. Reynolds-trained returned to the open level in mid December, when finishing second to Head Iton Tom. Despite plenty of mess, the maverick bitch maintained the standards to ensure the runner-up place. She built on that, and sealed an amazing victory last time around.
Things looked very tricky in the beginning, as she got bumped at the first bend. By making smooth progress, the daughter of College Causeway, out of Droopys Geneva, established her supremacy at the sixth bend. By virtue of an outstanding finish, she claimed the victory by three lengths.
No one from the opposition is in good form at the moment. So, it is an ideal situation for Dorcas Lane to add another win to her tally. Among the rivals are: Rockview Sail, Bubbly Ebony, Millwards Daisy, Rebellious Mary, and Droopys Darwin. The 575 metres contest will be kicked off at 21:56 GMT. The winner will get a prize of 175 pounds.
Bubbly Ebony is more than capable of leaving previous form behind. The black dog, who was fourth in his last two encounters, is enjoying a favourable draw. Therefore, we expect him to bounce back and play a significant role.
Rockview Sail showed great improvement last time, when taking the runner-up place. The good result came after two embarrassing losses respectively at Nottingham and Romford. The blue dog is likely to show more this time.
Rebellious Mary must assert early, or her chance will evaporate. The black dog was third on her previous two outings. Droopys Darwin lacks a recent look round, and needs to show massive improvement to be competitive in this meeting.
The punters must not be fooled by Millwards Daisy?s recent figures. The white and black bitch is going through a lean patch at the moment. So, she needs a special effort to be successful. Good luck to all the hounds.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the writer's own and do not reflect Bettor.com?s editorial policy.
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Understand the Acoustic Reflex Hearing Test - augydekop's posterous
A hearing test can provide a great deal of information to your doctor about the overall condition of your ear. Though many people don?t realize it, the ears are prone to damage over time. Even if you?ve never worked in a noisy environment or been exposed to loud sounds on a regular basis, it is quite common to develop some limitations of the ability to hear just from aging. Yet, there is help available. It is a good idea for individuals to have a thorough screening of their ability to hear by the time they are 60 years old, and often before that. It provides important information to you about the overall condition of your inner ear.
The Acoustic Reflex Testing
One of the types of screenings your doctor will recommend is an acoustic reflex hearing test. This type of screening is an important step in determining what type of loss you may have. Generally, this method is able to pinpoint the area of the problem. Every person?s reflex to acoustic sounds is different, but everyone has one. When the tiny muscle that is located in the area of the middle ear contracts, or flexes, it is an indication that the ear is picking up a loud sound. Your doctor needs to know what loudness level is necessary for your acoustic reflex to occur.
Why Is This Important?
There are many reasons to conduct such a test. However, it is often done as a way to simply understand what you can hear and what you cannot. For example, in a healthy ear, the flex of this muscle will happen at a much sooner timeframe than it will for someone who has significant damage to the eardrum. As a result, you may not react to some types of loud sounds until the sound is much louder than what is considered a healthy level. That pinpoints the damage in the eardrum for the doctor.
What Happens Next?
After having this hearing test, your doctor will be able to tell you if it is possible to see improvement in your ability to hear by using an assisted hearing device. Many people will benefit from these devices that fit inside the ear canal. The device works to make sounds louder for you so that you can hear them better.
Take into consideration what symptoms you have today. If you think that you may have any type of loss in the ability to hear, discuss the condition with your doctor. Have a hearing test like this one to pinpoint any circumstances in which you could be at risk for developing a complication.
Know what to expect when you go in for a Santa Barbara, CA, hearing test? The acoustic reflex test is just one of the types of screening you will receive when you visit your doctor. Find out more by visiting: http://www.miracle-ear-santabarbara.com.
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Egypt opposition says Islamists trying to stifle dissent
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's opposition accused President Mohamed Mursi's Islamist allies of trying to muzzle dissent on Friday after prosecutors decided to investigate whether prominent government critics were guilty of sedition.
The probe, which comes a month after Mursi replaced the chief prosecutor, further sours the political climate as the leader and his opponents face off over a new constitution that became law on Wednesday.
Critics of the new charter say it uses vague language, fails to enshrine the rights of women and minorities and does little to champion the rights of Egyptians who rose up last year to overthrow army-backed strongman Hosni Mubarak.
Supporters say it protects personal rights that were often trampled upon during the Mubarak era and a subsequent spell of army rule.
The constitution text won about 64 percent approval in a two-stage referendum but Mursi's opponents vowed to continue protests and rejected his calls for a national dialogue.
Prosecutors ordered the inquiry into three of the president's most prominent opponents on Thursday - former Arab League chief Amr Moussa, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei and leftist Hamdeen Sabahy.
Moussa and Sabahy both challenged Mursi for the presidency in a June election which followed the 2011 uprising.
The prosecutor's office said the three had been accused of inciting supporters to rise up and overthrow Mursi, the country's first fairly elected leader.
Mursi's critics saw an attempt to intimidate them into silence and vowed to continue challenging his rule.
"I believe this is orchestrated by the Brotherhood leadership," Hussein Abdel Ghani, a spokesman for the country's main opposition umbrella group, told Reuters. "The Mubarak regime used to order the same tactics."
"But we are going to use our full rights, our civil tactics, to demonstrate our opposition to this regime," he said.
The charged atmosphere makes it harder for Mursi to bolster his authority and muster a consensus for unpopular austerity measures vital to preventing a weak economy from collapsing.
AN END TO TURMOIL
Mursi is hoping that the quick adoption of the constitution and holding elections to a permanent new parliament soon will help end the long period of turmoil since Mubarak's overthrow in February 2011 that has wrecked the economy.
But the Egyptian pound tumbled to its weakest in almost eight years this week after the constitution was approved. People unnerved by the continued political tension rushed to hoard dollars and gold.
The government ordered new restrictions on foreign currency apparently designed to prevent capital flight. Leaving or entering with more than $10,000 cash is now banned.
Mursi was propelled into office thanks to the rallying power of his Muslim Brotherhood, the country's main opposition group under Mubarak that was banned from formal politics for decades.
Ahmed Sobeih, a spokesman for the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, dismissed Abdel Ghani's accusation of an organised legal campaign against Mursi's opponents.
"We must get away from the language of mutual accusations," he said, adding that "dozens" of similar complaints had been filed against Brotherhood leaders.
Mursi appointed Chief Public Prosecutor Talaat Ibrahim when he assumed sweeping new powers on November 22. Ibrahim's predecessor, Abdel Maguid Mahmoud, had served for many years under Mubarak.
Judicial sources said the inquiry against Moussa, ElBaradei and Sabahy followed a complaint from lawyers sympathetic to Mursi.
The trio are part of the National Salvation Front, an alliance of political groups that has spearheaded street protests against the government.
"The mere referral of these complaints to an investigative judge and the accompanying public announcement is already cause enough for serious concern," said Heba Morayef, Egypt director at New York-based Human Rights Watch.
A spokesman for Moussa said the accusations against him were groundless.
"What we read in the papers are several allegations that we have denied over and over in the past few months," said Ahmed Kamel, a spokesman for Moussa's Congress Party. "They are completely unfounded and have no relation to reality."
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Many people tend not to refer to themselves as minimalists. We simply buy, use, and collect too many things to think otherwise. Yet with all our gadgets, trinkets, and supplies, we usually find the most value in minimalist tools and methods that help increase our productivity.
Despite the appeal of multi-featured products and multitasking, I?ve found that having fewer tasks and options to focus on at a time makes getting things done a whole lot faster and easier. Here we?ll talk about three incredible tools you can use to simplify your business life, home life, and possible even your social life.
They are simple tools that focus your attention on very little at a time, and yet make sure that you excel at the little you set out to do. You?ll be able to accomplish what you need to do first, finally making time to do what you enjoy as well.
Evernote
Evernote has grown significantly since it was launched back in 2008. Reaching more than 11 million users last year, it has easily become one of the most popular productivity tools of our time.
Evernote is an organization tool for iPhones, iPads, and other mobile devices. The application can also run on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and various Internet browsers. On your computer Evernote can copy selected windows on the screen, including web pages if your browser supports it. You can then mark these copies with titles and organize them into notebook, archiving them in a number of ways.
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Evernote can be a valuable productivity tool if used correctly and consistently. Give it a try for a week and see how it works. There?s no downside and its basic service is completely free.
Pomodoro Technique
Developed back in the late 1980s, the Pomodoro technique is an incredible time management system that involves working in short focused waves. The basic idea is to use a timer and work on a single task for 25 minutes without any interruption, and then take a short break for 5 minutes. This takes a lot of pressure off a particular task while discouraging unnecessary multitasking.
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New York, NY, December 27, 2012 ?(PR.com)? The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Paul Rainbow CPA, CISA, CIA, CISSP, Manager ? Information Technology, Moss Adams LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress? webcast entitled: ?Third Party Relationships: Risk Management and Contract Compliance.? This event is scheduled for April 11, 2013 from 12:00pm ? 2:00pm (ET).
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Paul Rainbow is a Manager for the IT Audit group at Moss Adams. He has 12 years of local and national experience in information systems and data networks. Paul has experience as an IT Audit Manager that includes auditing and compliance of network security, network infrastructure, information security, and incident response. He specializes in vendor management, general computing controls, disaster recovery planning, information and network security, infrastructure analysis, business application security, e-commerce, and electronic banking. Paul is experienced in performing security assessments, including vulnerability and penetrations tests and has received several technical certifications from the SANS institute.
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Moss Adams LLP (www.mossadams.com) provides accounting, tax, and consulting services to public and private middle-market enterprises in many different industries. Founded in 1913 and headquartered in Seattle, Moss Adams has 22 locations in Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Kansas.
Assurance services include audits, accounting, internal controls, business risk management, royalty compliance, and employee benefit plans. Tax services include federal, state, and local tax planning and compliance; international tax planning and compliance; cost segregation; and research and development tax credits. They also provide consulting and advisory services for mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, valuations, business owner succession, business planning, litigation and forensic accounting, information technology integration and reviews, and compensation.
Moss Adams is one of the 15 largest accounting and consulting firms in the United States. Moss Adams LLP staffs over 1,800, which includes approximately 230 partners. Moss Adams is also a founding member of Praxity, AISBL, a global alliance of independent accounting firms providing clients with local expertise in the major markets of North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
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In an effort to survive in a globally competitive environment, many companies are now increasingly utilizing third-party business relationships. While third-party business relationships are perceived to be a way for revenue optimization and cost reduction, in the real world this may not be so. Vendors? failures to perform as contractually required, as well as corruption and illegal activities by vendors, are not only often costly for companies but also make them more susceptible to regulatory sanctions. It is critical that businesses constantly police their third-party contractual relationships and always have a complete understanding of the risks present in their third-party vendor relationships.
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- Regulatory Concerns for Third-Party Relationships (FCPA, UK Bribery Act, OFAC, CISADA etc.)
- Risk Audit and Assessment of Vendors
- Important Factors to Consider in Contract Negotiation
- Development of Effective Monitoring Systems and Training Programs for Third-Party Contract Compliance
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Gulmarg A Hot Identify For Awesome Winter Weather Sports
For winter game fans, a journey to Gulmarg Kashmir in the center of winter can be an thrilling experience. The ski hills and snow skiing features attracts several lovers here. But Gulmarg has a lot to offer even its summer time guests. The wonder opinions, mdw and plant packed landscapes are a cure for the sight.
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You can access Gulmarg either through Srinagar (52 kilometers) or Jammu (300 kilometers). If you are on a funds, Jammu is the better bet as it has a train place. Srinagar is the nearest terminal to Gulmarg. The Srinagar-Gulmarg range can be protected by cab and takes around two hours.
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Gulmarg is well prepared for guests throughout the year. There are nearly 40 resorts in the small city and they range across the wide range from high-class to primary.
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Hotel Welcome
The resort is situated on the town's main street, known as the Blvd. The place has a wide range of bed rooms such as luxurious, professional and presidential. Each of the bed rooms comes prepared with a tv and heating and cooling features. The place also has a multi-cuisine cafe.
Hotel Zam Zam
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Gulmarg Inn
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Fees undermine fliers' ability to compare fares
WASHINGTON (AP) ? For many passengers, air travel is only about finding the cheapest fare.
But as airlines offer a proliferating list of add-on services, from early boarding to premium seating and baggage fees, the ability to comparison-shop for the lowest total fare is eroding.
Global distribution systems that supply flight and fare data to travel agents and online ticketing services like Orbitz and Expedia, accounting for half of all U.S. airline tickets, complain that airlines won't provide fee information in a way that lets them make it handy for consumers trying to find the best deal.
"What other industry can you think of where a person buying a product doesn't know how much it's going to cost even after he's done at the checkout counter?" said Simon Gros, chairman of the Travel Technology Association, which represents the global distribution services and online travel industries.
The harder airlines make it for consumers to compare, "the greater opportunity you have to get to higher prices," said Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition, whose members include corporate travel managers.
Now the Obama administration is wading into the issue. The Department of Transportation is considering whether to require airlines to provide fee information to everyone with whom they have agreements to sell their tickets. A decision originally scheduled for next month has been postponed to May, as regulators struggle with a deluge of information from airlines opposed to regulating fee information, and from the travel industry and consumer groups that support such a requirement.
Meanwhile, Spirit Airlines, Allegiant Air and Southwest Airlines ? with backing from industry trade associations ? are asking the Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court ruling forcing them to include taxes in their advertised fares. The appeals court upheld a Transportation Department rule that went in effect nearly a year ago that ended airlines' leeway to advertise a base airfare and show the taxes separately, often in smaller print. Airlines say the regulations violate their free-speech rights.
At the heart of the debate is a desire by airlines to move to a new marketing model in which customers don't buy tickets based on price alone. Instead, following the well-worn path of other consumer companies, airlines want to mine personal data about customers in order to sell them tailored services. You like to sit on the aisle and to ski, so how would you like to fly to Aspen with an aisle seat and a movie, no extra baggage charge for your skis, and have a hotel room and a pair of lift tickets waiting for you, all for one price? You're a frequent business traveler. How about priority boarding, extra legroom, Internet access and a rental car when you arrive?
"Technology is changing rapidly. We are going to be part of the change," said Sharon Pinkerton, vice president of Airlines for America, which represents most U.S. carriers. "We want to be able to offer our customers a product that's useful to them, that's customized to meet their needs, and we don't think (the Transportation Department) needs to step in."
If airlines have their way, passengers looking for ticket prices may have to reveal a lot more information about themselves, such as their age, marital status, gender, nationality, travel history and whether they're flying for business or leisure. The International Air Transport Association, whose 240 member airlines cover 84 percent of global airline traffic, adopted standards at a meeting earlier this month in Geneva for such information gathering by airlines as well as by travel agents and ticketing services that would relay the data to airlines and receive customized fares in return.
"Airlines want, and expect, their (ticket) distribution partners to offer passengers helpful contextual information to make well-informed purchase decisions, reducing the number of reservations made based primarily or exclusively on price," said a study commissioned by the association.
Consumer advocates question how airlines would safeguard the personal information they gather, and they worry that comparison shopping for the cheapest air fares will no longer be feasible.
"It's like going to a supermarket where before you get the price, they ask you to swipe your driver's license that shows them you live in a rich zip code, you drive a BMW, et cetera," Mitchell said. "All this personal information on you is going out to all these carriers with no controls over what they do with it, who sees it and so on."
The airline association said consumers who choose not to supply personal information would still be able to see fares and purchase tickets, though consumer advocates said those fares would probably be at the "rack rate" ? the travel industry's term for full price, before any discounts.
It's up to individual airlines whether they price fares differently for travelers who don't provide personal information, said Perry Flint, a spokesman for the international airline association.
The stakes, of course, are enormous. Since 2000, U.S. airlines have lost money for more years than they've made profits. Fee revenue has made a big difference in their bottom lines. Globally, airlines raked in an estimated $36 billion this year in ancillary revenue, which includes baggage fees and other a la carte services as well as sales of frequent flyer points and commissions on hotel bookings, according to a study by Amadeus, a global distribution service, and the IdeaWorksCompany, a U.S. firm that helps airlines raise ancillary revenue. U.S. airlines reported collecting nearly $3.4 billion in baggage fees alone in 2011.
One expense airlines would like to eliminate is the $7 billion a year they pay global distribution systems to supply flight and fare information to travel agents and online booking agents like Expedia. Airlines want to deal more directly with online ticket sellers and travel agents, who dominate the lucrative business travel market. Justice Department officials have acknowledged an investigation is underway into possible anti-trust violations by distribution companies.
Airlines also have been cracking down on websites that help travelers manage their frequent flier accounts. The sites use travelers' frequent flier passwords to obtain balances and mileage expiration dates, and then display the information in a way that makes it easier for travelers to figure out when it makes more sense to buy a ticket or to use miles.
"What the airlines are trying to do right now is reinvent the wheel so they can hold all their information close to their chest," said Charles Leocha, founder of the Consumer Travel Alliance. "As we move forward in a world of IT, the ownership of passenger data is like gold to these people."
By withholding information like fee prices, he said, "we are forced to go see them, and then we are spoon-fed what they want to feed us."
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Rumor: Apple Building Bluetooth Smart Watch
According to Chinese gadget news site Tech.163, Apple may be in the process of developing its own smart watch that connects to your Apple devices via Bluetooth. Based on the report, Intel will be working with Apple to create the smart watch, with a 1.5-inch PMOLED display made by RiTDisplay with ITO-coated glass. Apple has long had a small hold on the watch market thanks to its iPod nano, which is easily attached to a wrist band turning it into a full-functioning watch.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/QFRt8VspQrA/
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One Direction Prank: Teen's Family Puts On Boy Band Masks During Christmas Lunch
When Beth, a teenager from the U.K., stepped away from the table during her family Christmas lunch to use the bathroom, this is the image she returned to:
Beth -- a huge One Direction fan who prefers to stay anonymous -- shared the adorable backstory with us via email:
The saga started late on Christmas Eve when I was called down from bed by my parents. When I walked into the room there was a lifesize cutout of Niall Horan. You can imagine how I reacted to seeing him in my living room!!!My parents thought that my reaction was so funny that the following day (during Christmas lunch) I went upstairs to go to the restroom for a couple of minutes. When I came down you can only imagine what I saw... the whole of 1D in my dining room. This time they were moving!!!
For a split second I had sensory overload and actually thought they were in front of me, including Niall standing in the background!!!! Yet again, I reacted to the scene in the dining room and, yet again, not only were my parents laughing at me, but so were my grandparents!!
Reality then kicked and it was at this point that I thought it would be a good idea to tweet the picture as I still could not believe my eyes.
I cannot believe the amount attention this photograph has generated and I'm very pleased that Directioners from all over the world have enjoyed the moment with me.
For more hilarious One Direction pranks, check out this video of the boys pretending to be wax figures at Madame Tussaud's and this video of Louis and Zayn pranking Liam, Harry and Niall on Nickelodeon.
What do you think this family's silly prank? Sound off in the comments below or tweet your reactions @huffpostteen!
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foamposites2013: Link Popularity Algorithms - Know What is Behind ...
Links rule the Internet lebron 9 shoes . Links bring traffic, links bring popularity, links bring high ranking, and most importantly -- links bring money.
Everyday webmasters, promoters and marketers send out tons of emails asking for links, hundreds of companies and thousands of individuals make their living by link building cheap foamposites. But what is behind all this hype Why in the last five years links became such important factor for the success of an online business Everyone knows or at least has heard of PageRank -- the most widely used Link Popularity Algorithm.
PageRank has proven itself as a powerful measure to identify important resources in the Web and since 1998 it is the backbone of the most successful search engine -- Google cheap foamposites.com.
Instead of traditional information retrieval technique, page content analysis, which was used by the majority of search engines in the late 1990s, PageRank takes the advantage of the interlinked nature of the Web lebron shoes for sale. It was discovered that hypertext link could serve the same purpose as citations in the academic world.
The more people cite your document the more important it becomes. The same is true for web pages. The effectiveness of the new approach turned out to be beyond expectations, and shortly afterwards Google has transformed itself from a modest university research project into the biggest search engine and a multi-billion corporation. The advent of links as a ranking factor has killed the traditional SEO. Page content optimization importance has sunk tremendously while new strategies of website promotion have been brought into the limelight. Link exchange, reciprocal links, link directories, link farms, three-way linking -- all these approaches came into use to answer the search engines shifting to the link ranking algorithms. Sometimes people use these techniques without a clear understanding of what is behind them. Sites get penalized; people waste their time and money -- all because of insufficient knowledge. What is a link popularity algorithm What algorithms are in use Which factors are important and what are their weights It is impossible to create an effective link building strategy without knowing the answers to these questions. To understand the logic of link analysis algorithms, you have to make yourself familiar with the topic. A great number of research papers on information retrieval are available in the Internet but it would take too much of your time to find and identify which of them are important and relevant.
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Getting into Shapes: From Hyperbolic Geometry to Cube Complexes
A proof announced in March resolved the last of 23 questions about 3D shapes posed in 1982 by mathematician William Thurston, marking the end of an era in the study of "three-manifolds"
From Simons Science News (find original story here).
Thirty years ago, the mathematician William Thurston articulated a grand vision: a taxonomy of all possible finite three-dimensional shapes.
Thurston, a Fields medalist who spent much of his career at Princeton and Cornell, had an uncanny ability to imagine the unimaginable: not just the shapes that live inside our ordinary three-dimensional space, but also the far vaster menagerie of shapes that involve such complicated twists and turns that they can only fit into higher-dimensional spaces. Where other mathematicians saw inchoate masses, Thurston saw structure: symmetries, surfaces, relationships between different shapes.
?Many people have an impression, based on years of schooling, that mathematics is an austere and formal subject concerned with complicated and ultimately confusing rules,? he wrote in 2009. ?Good mathematics is quite opposite to this. Mathematics is an art of human understanding. ? Mathematics sings when we feel it in our whole brain.?
At the core of Thurston?s vision was a marriage between two seemingly disparate ways of studying three-dimensional shapes: geometry, the familiar realm of angles, lengths, areas and volumes, and topology, which studies all the properties of a shape that don?t depend on precise geometric measurements ? the properties that remain unchanged if the shape gets stretched and distorted like Silly Putty.
To a topologist, the surface of a frying pan is equivalent to that of a table, a pencil or a soccer ball; the surface of a coffee mug is equivalent to a doughnut surface, or torus. From a topologist?s point of view, the multiplicity of two-dimensional shapes ? that is, surfaces ? essentially boils down to a simple list of categories: sphere-like surfaces, toroidal surfaces, and surfaces like the torus but with more than one hole. (Most of us think of spheres and tori as three-dimensional, but because mathematicians think of them as hollow surfaces, they consider them two-dimensional objects, measured in terms of surface area, not volume.)
Thurston?s key insight was that it is in the union of geometry and topology that three-dimensional shapes, or ?three-manifolds,? can be understood. Just as the topological category of ?two-manifolds? containing the surfaces of a frying pan and a pencil also contains a perfect sphere, Thurston conjectured that many categories of three-manifolds contain one exemplar, a three-manifold whose geometry is so perfect, so uniform, so beautiful that, as Walter Neumann of Columbia University is fond of saying, it ?rings like a bell.? What?s more, Thurston conjectured, shapes that don?t have such an exemplar can be carved up into chunks that do.
In a 1982 paper, Thurston set forth this ?geometrization conjecture? as part of a group of 23 questions about three-manifolds that offered mathematicians a road map toward a thorough understanding of three-dimensional shapes. (His list had 24 questions, but one of them, still unresolved, is more of an intriguing side alley than a main thoroughfare.)
?Thurston had this enormous talent for asking the right questions,? said Vladimir Markovic, a mathematician at the California Institute of Technology. ?Anyone can ask questions, but it?s rare for a question to lead to insight and beauty, the way Thurston?s questions always seemed to do.?
These questions inspired a new generation of mathematicians, dozens of whom chose to pursue their graduate studies under Thurston?s guidance. Thurston?s mathematical ?children? manifest his style, wrote Richard Brown of Johns Hopkins University. ?They seem to see mathematics the way a child views a carnival: full of wonder and joy, fascinated with each new discovery, and simply happy to be a part of the whole scene.?
In the decades after Thurston?s seminal paper appeared, mathematicians followed his road map, motivated less by possible applications than by a realization that three-manifolds occupy a sweet spot in the study of shapes. Two-dimensional shapes are a bit humdrum, easy to visualize and categorize. Four-, five- and higher-dimensional shapes are essentially untamable: the range of possibilities is so enormous that mathematicians have limited their ambitions to understanding specialized subclasses of them. For three-dimensional shapes, by contrast, the structures are mysterious and mind-boggling, but ultimately knowable.
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