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I am receiving this error when trying to do the AuthorsWebService
walkthrough that installed with VS.NET Enterprise. I loaded the framework,
installed VS.NET. Fired it up and tried the sample walkthrough. When making
the reference from the win form project to the web service, it just hangs
for awhile and comes back with this error in the Add Web Reference page.
Server Application Unavailable
The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is
currently unavailable. Please hit the "Refresh" button in your web browser
to retry your request.
Administrator Note: An error message detailing the cause of this specific
request failure can be found in the system event log of the web server.
Please review this log entry to discover what caused this error to occur.
the entry in the Application Log is this.
aspnet_wp.exe (PID: 468) was recycled because it was suspected to be in a
deadlocked state. It did not send any responses for pending requests in the
last 180 seconds.
Can anyone point me to an msdn page or tell me how to fix this.
As a side note, i can't bounce the iis admin service after this happens. It
can't stop or start WWW Publishing Service


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Stevens Institute of Technology Dean Hosts Chinese Alumni at Beijing Reception
Hoboken, N.J. – Chinese alumni of Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University® – a premier, private research university situated in Hoboken, N.J. overlooking the New York City skyline – were invited to a very special event on June 27, 2013 in Beijing, China, when Dr. Gregory Prastacos, Dean of the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens, hosted a reception and dinner for Stevens alumni at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
The event enabled Chinese alumni to meet other alumni in their area and also marked the introduction of a Stevens Alumni Chapter in Beijing, designed to strengthen ties between Chinese alumni and the university and foster a mutual spirit of attachment.
"During my term at Stevens I have had the opportunity to meet countless brilliant and successful alumni," said Prastacos, who also met with Chinese Stevens alumni in March during a separate visit to Beijing. "I have come to realize that the best ambassador of the school, the best example of the leadership we nurture and the best example of the excellence and quality of the education we provide is a Howe School graduate, no matter where they are based."
At the event, Prastacos updated Stevens alumni about recent developments at Stevens, including the university's new and ambitious strategic plan; its rise in national rankings for top universities, student return on investment for their education, and career services; and its plans for future growth in size and selectivity. In addition, he announced the Howe School's new 48-credit Flex MBA program, a unique and highly-relevant program for working professionals designed to prepare transformational business leaders to leverage technology to solve complex business problems and improve core business performance.
"Taught by Stevens' world-class faculty members, including industry leaders at Fortune 500 companies, the Flex MBA incorporates the university's core technology-centric approach, helping students understand the role technology plays enabling effective business solutions," said Prastacos. "With flexible scheduling, online learning opportunities and small class sizes, the program enables graduates to quickly gain the business knowledge needed to move their careers forward."
Founded in 1870, technological innovation is the hallmark and legacy of Stevens' acclaimed undergraduate and graduate education programs and interdisciplinary research initiatives, which advance the frontiers of science and leverage technology to confront global challenges in critical industries such as healthcare, energy, finance, defense and STEM education. The Howe School, one of four schools within the university, prepares leaders in industry, government and academia with the broad knowledge across business and technology needed to succeed in today's global, technology-driven economy. Students come from across the globe at all stages of their careers to enter Howe School programs focused on the technical, analytical and management skills necessary for careers in high-demand fields, including quantitative finance, business intelligence and analytics, technology management and information systems, as well as for the MBA program.
Given its outstanding academic reputation and ideal location across the Hudson River from New York City, Stevens is a popular choice for graduate education for Chinese students and the university's Chinese alumni base is extremely strong. Stevens is also engaged in a number of international educational partnerships and collaborations, including with prestigious Chinese universities such as the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) and Beijing Institute of Technology.
The June 27 event was facilitated by one of Stevens' most prominent Chinese alumni, Ta-Tung "Tony" Wang MMS '73, a native of Sichuan, China. Wang is the former president of Franchise Investment Corporation of Asia, a subsidiary of American International Group (AIG) and a path-breaking franchiser of American restaurants in China. He previously served as Vice President of Southeast Asia and China for KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken.
In April 2013, Wang traveled all the way from Taiwan to accept the International Achievement Award at the inaugural Stevens Awards Gala, which honors alumni and non-alumni who have demonstrated remarkable professional achievement, exhibited remarkable character, or displayed exceptional support of the university.
"In my whole life, the best investment was going to Stevens," he said in his acceptance speech.
"Beijing has become a great example of the impact of Stevens alumni abroad," said Michael Smullen, Associate Executive Director of the Stevens Alumni Association. "It's great to see alumni of all degrees and class years come together to celebrate Stevens' success, and both Tony Wang and Dean Prastacos' leadership have provided a fantastic engagement opportunity for our alumni in that area. We are looking forward to more successful events in the future."
Please visit www.stevens.edu and www.stevens.edu/alumni for more information.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University®, is a premier, private research university situated in Hoboken, N.J. overlooking the Manhattan skyline. Founded in 1870, technological innovation has been the hallmark and legacy of Stevens' education and research programs for more than 140 years. Within the university's three schools and one college, more than 6,100 undergraduate and graduate students collaborate with more than 350 faculty members in an interdisciplinary, student-centric, entrepreneurial environment to advance the frontiers of science and leverage technology to confront global challenges. Stevens is home to three national research centers of excellence, as well as joint research programs focused on critical industries such as healthcare, energy, finance, defense, STEM education and coastal sustainability. The university is the fastest-rising college in the U.S. News & World Report ranking of the best national universities, and it is consistently ranked among the nation's elite for return on investment for students, career services programs, and mid-career salaries of alumni. Stevens is in the midst of a 10-year strategic plan, The Future. Ours to Create., designed to further extend the Stevens legacy to create a forward-looking and far-reaching institution with global impact.

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Philippine presidential hopefuls began campaigning this week in a race to succeed President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who steps down in June after nine years in office marred by partisan battles over corruption, stalled political reforms, and vote-rigging in 2004 elections.
The May 10 poll will be the first counted by a new automated ballot-counting system designed to reduce fraud. More than 50 million Filipinos are eligible to elect a president, vice-president, hundreds of lawmakers in both houses of Congress, and thousands of local officials and lawmakers.
As political parties are weak in the Philippines, wealthy political dynasties dominate ballots, particularly in local races. Celebrities also feature prominently: Champion boxer Manny Pacquiao is standing for Congress, and former president Joseph Estrada, a movie star, is running again for the top job.
Ms. Arroyo, a former economist, claims credit for several years of steady economic growth and only a mild dip in 2009. But her ratings have remained stubbornly low and are seen as a drag on candidates from her administration. In a surprise move, Arroyo is running for Congress in her home district, potentially putting her in a powerful position if a long-mooted switch to a parliamentary system of government is adopted.
Who are the frontrunners to win the presidency?
Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, son of former president Corazon Aquino, is the man to beat. He declared his candidacy last September, one month after the death of his mother, whose emotional funeral became a rallying cry for disgruntled Filipinos. Early opinion polls gave him a commanding lead over Senator Manuel "Manny" Villar, a billionaire businessman who is also considered a strong candidate.
But the latest independent poll taken in January put the two candidates virtually even. The Pulse Asia polling firm said Mr. Aquino led with 37 percent, with Mr. Villar at 35 percent. One reason is a blitz of TV advertising by Villar, who is financing his own campaign in the run-up to Tuesday, when $11 million per candidate spending limits kicked in.
Lagging behind in the poll were Mr. Estrada, who was ousted in 2001 by protests over corruption, and Gilberto Teodoro, former defense minister under Arroyo. Other hopefuls include an evangelical priest, a senator who runs the Philippines Red Cross, and a prominent environmentalist. The field is likely to narrow by April to two or three candidates.
What are the main issues in the race?
Philippine elections rarely turn on policy platforms, though candidates will try to tap into popular frustration over poverty, corruption, and inflation. Presidential hopefuls have so far steered clear of specific policies. Aquino pledged Monday at a public forum not to raise taxes. More generally, he has staked his candidacy on his family's record for honesty and probity and a willingness to tackle graft.
One issue that may generate some heat, at least in the capital, Manila, is constitutional change. Arroyo toyed with the idea of converting an often-gridlocked presidential system of government into a British-style parliament. Villar has said charter change would not be a priority under his presidency.
Candidates will probably score points by deriding Arroyo's record and seek to weaken Mr. Teodoro, who is seen as Arroyo's preferred candidate. Analysts say Arroyo may quietly throw her support and the powerful state apparatus behind another candidate if Teodoro fails to make headway in the polls.
What are the implications for the peace process in Mindanao?
Arroyo restarted peace talks last year with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the largest insurgent group in Mindanao. Most candidates appear to support these talks, though none have gone into specifics about how far they are prepared to grant autonomy to MILF-dominated areas, a key demand.
The clearest stance put forward is that of Estrada, says Amina Rasul, director of the Philippine Council for Islam and Democracy in Manila. But his solution is "a return to all-out war in Mindanao," she says. Other candidates are less bellicose but haven't staked out strong positions.
What is the chance of a smooth campaign and voting?
Philippine elections often turn violent. In 2004, the official toll of election-related killings was 148. More than 60 have died in the current campaign. That figure includes 57 killed in a single incident, a massacre carried out last November against a political family in Mindanao, allegedly by a rival clan with close ties to Arroyo. On Monday, a candidate for a city council in Mindanao who was gunned down near his home.
Election officials have imposed a strict ban on carrying firearms and set up checkpoints manned by police officers. Similar bans were flouted in past campaigns, but the latest scheme appears to be stricter.
A bigger concern is the vote count. Election officials have contracted a private company to install an automated counting system that critics say is behind schedule and riddled with errors. Business leaders in Manila have warned that a system failure could throw the election into chaos. "I don't think the Philippines can pull off an automated election," says Scott Harrison, executive director of PSA Asia, a security consultancy in Manila.
In the event of a disputed vote count, the Supreme Court would be expected to make a ruling. Chief Justice Reynato Puno is due to retire on May 17. But opponents have said Arroyo's proposal to name a successor violates a constitutional ban on presidential appointments during their last 60 days in office.
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For decades, the microelectronics industry has relied on optical lithography to pattern the increasingly minute features of electronic devices. Demand for smaller features is constantly increasing, because feature size helps determine processor speed and storage density in a wide variety of devices. However, optical lithography methods are rapidly approaching their fundamental limits, and further gains may not be possible without radically rethinking semiconductor processing. In this week's Science, two separate but similar papers on patterning self assembly of block copolymers describe great strides toward achieving the next generation of nanopatterning by demonstrating the production of feature sizes below 20 nanometers.
Block copolymers are organic long chain molecules where two or more chains of differing chemistries are linked by a covalent bond. It has been known for decades that these materials naturally assemble into highly ordered, two- and three-dimensional structures, and that these structures can be finely controlled by adjusting the chemistries and length of each block. For example, block copolymers of polystyrene and polydimethylsilane will assemble into layered (lamellar), columnar, or spherical structures, with control over the spacing and size of each feature based simply on the relative length of each chain.
A short chain block copolymer from NIST
Self assembly is controlled by the difference in interaction energies between the chains that make up the block copolymer. In most cases, a polymer would like to be surrounded by polymers of identical chemistry, so if you mix two polymers with very different chemistries, they will often segregate into two separate regions. However, by adding a covalent bond between two highly dissimilar polymer chains, you force them to remain in contact. While they will segregate, large scale separation is impossible. At this point, the chains arrange themselves in such a way that the interfacial area between the two blocks is minimized, giving rise to the morphologies mentioned above. It has been shown that highly ordered arrays with feature sizes below 20 nanometers are possible.
For semiconductor manufacture, thin film, two-dimensional arrays with columnar morphology are the most attractive. To make a "mask," the block copolymer is dissolved in solution, spun coated onto a flat substrate, and annealed at around 200oC to allow self-assembly. One of the two polymers is then selectively etched away, leaving a patterned material with nanoscale feature sizes. These features can then be transferred to functional materials (semiconductors, ferroelectrics, etc.) by a variety of methods that have been demonstrated on laboratory scales.
The primary problem with these materials has been that the highly ordered regions are only 200 nm wide; large scale (micrometers to millimeters) patterns are highly defective and completely unacceptable for use in semiconductor fabrication. To solve this problem, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have dramatically improved a technique called graphoepitaxy.
Examples of copolymer morphologies from University of Wisconsin
In graphoepitaxy, the substrate is patterned with a two-dimensional array of posts 16 nm in diameter. These mimic the expected periodicity of the assembled block copolymer, but have spacings two-to-five times that expected of the copolymer. By functionalizing each post so that it attracts one of the copolymer blocks, the researchers were able to achieve defect-free structures on the micron scale with feature sizes as low as 15 nm. They were also able to show that the crystal structure of the resulting arrays could be controlled with the pattern of the posts, adding an additional layer of control over the final material. As if this were not enough, the researchers also developed a model that described this control mechanism, which should lead to rapid development of other polymer systems.
Also in this issue of Science, researchers from Hitachi show that a chemical prepatterning technique can produce feature spacings two times smaller than the initial pattern. The researchers placed a thin layer of polystyrene onto a flat substrate, which was then patterned with an array of 20-50 nanometer holes by electron beam lithography. A block copolymer of polystyrene-block-polymethylmethacrylate was then spun onto the template and allowed to self-assemble.
By varying the size and spacing of the pattern, the authors demonstrated that the copolymer could form with a feature spacing at least twice as small as the template spacing. This circumvents the inherent size limitations of lithography-based templating methods. It should be noted that these authors successfully demonstrated pattern transfer from the copolymer "mask" to other substrates.
Both of these papers result in highly impressive feature sizes, and these self-assembly techniques are promising methods for guiding the next generation of micronanoelectronic fabrication. However, actual implementation is at least five-to-ten years out, because there are other substantial physical hurdles in the path of miniaturization that have nothing to do with manufacturing (tunneling and superparamagnetism come to mind), and these methods would require large scale changes to the semiconductor industry's current infrastructure.
Science 2008, DOI:10.1126/science.1159352
Science 2008, DOI:10.1126/science.1157626


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Personally, I don't want to pay $21.99 to get crabs. Even if the lady in the picture is the one giving them to me. That special shampoo is expensive.
But I do like the camera angle, which appears to have been used so you can personally verify whether or not she does, indeed, have crabs.


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do (someone) down
1. To humiliate, denigrate, or belittle someone. John is always doing people down as a way of making up for his own poor self esteem.
2. To cheat, swindle, or deceive someone. Primarily heard in UK. The huckster made a living from buying men a few too many rounds of ale, and then doing them down for whatever money they had on them. That jerk did me down, selling me a car that doesn't even work!
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The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) says it will further investigate allegations of drug use and bullying during the London Olympic campaign after the 4x100m swimming team admitted to using Stilnox.
James Magnussen and his relay team-mates have admitted to behaving inappropriately at a pre-Olympic bonding session last year.
Magnussen, Eamon Sullivan, James Roberts, Matt Targett, Tommaso D'Orsogna and Cameron McEvoy fronted a media conference in Sydney this afternoon.
In a statement they outlined their use of Stilnox during a bonding session while in camp in Manchester prior to the London Games, where the 4x100 metres freestyle relay squad finished fourth.
Stilnox was banned by the Australian Olympic Commitee about three weeks before the London Games, but it is not considered a performance enhancer.
The AOC now says it will consider withdrawing funding from five of the swimmers - Magnussen, Sullivan, Targett, D'Orsogna, and McEvoy.
Roberts is the only member of the team who says he did not use Stilnox.
The drug was prescribed to both Sullivan and Targett prior to their arrival in the Manchester camp and before the ban. They say their scripts were filled in Australia.
All six members of the freestyle relay squad will face a newly formed integrity panel put together by Swimming Australia (SA).
The relay squad admitted to taking part in a bonding session that involved using Stilnox after attending a movie and dinner.
In a statement the team said it was seen as a way of continuing a "recent tradition on the men's team".
The swimmers also admitted to making prank calls to other team members, while also knocking on room doors.
They claim they were in bed by 10:30pm and admit their behaviour was "childish and stupid".
'Ridiculous choice'
Magnussen, who finished second after entering the Games as the overwhelming favourite to win the 100m freestyle gold, says he deeply regrets his role in the bonding session.
"I think one of the reasons that I agreed to go along with this night was I was feeling under so much pressure and it had been building for the best part of a year," he said.
"The chance to sort of bond with these guys and be normal for one night were my intentions of the night.
"Obviously in hindsight a ridiculous choice and a ridiculous method to do that by and for that I have a lot of regrets.
"But I don't feel it affected my performance."
Eamon Sullivan denies that he and Matt Targett were confronted by Leisel Jones because they were bullying a young swimmer at the time by calling him fat and slapping him around the head.
"Not at all. That's a completely false statement," Sullivan said.
He says the Stilnox use was purely a matter of bonding, which continued on a tradition within the Australian team.
"Hindsight is a wonderful thing," he said.
"Of course I regret our decisions and my decision. And as a senior member of the team I should've stood up and shown more leadership at the time. For that I'm truly sorry.
"If I thought for one moment that these actions and our communal decision to take Stilnox would affect our performance in no way I would've done it.
"Stilnox is out of your system in seven hours. It's something I have used for years for racing.
"Being able to get to sleep instead of staying awake at four in the morning and getting up at six for racing."
'Vital step'
The admission from the team follows this week's release of two independent reviews that alleged swimmers abused prescription drugs and alcohol prior to the Olympics.
The reviews reported a litany of failings by the sport's leadership and revealed a "toxic culture" within the Olympic team which contributed to a disappointing performance.
SA chief executive Barclay Nettlefold says his organisation has spoken with a female member of the squad, who was woken by the relay squad.
"Swimming Australia has been in contact this day with the person who was interrupted by the bonding session and she has informed us she did not feel threatened by such actions but was disappointed she was woken up," he said.
"She also expressed disappointment in the way she was represented in a paper article today."
Nettlefold also said he is standing behind under-fire coach Leigh Nugent, after reports emerged he turned a blind eye to the bad behaviour.
"I've come out openly and stated that Leigh Nugent is the head coach of Swimming Australia. And I continue to say that to this day," he said.
Nettlefold says he hopes the episode will be bring forward a fresh chapter for the sport in Australia.
"On behalf of Swimming Australia I would like to commend the boys on coming forward to us and explaining their story openly," he said.
"We see this as a vital step in the new culture we want to achieve for our great sport."


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Editor's note: Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Arsenal of Democracy" and editor of a book assessing former President George W. Bush's administration, to be published this fall by Princeton University Press.
Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- In a very clever television advertisement, Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell looks directly at the camera and says to voters: "I'm not a witch. ... I'm you." In another ad, O'Donnell says that unlike her Democratic opponent Chris Coons, "I didn't go to Yale. I didn't inherit millions like my opponent. I'm you."
This statement, in a nutshell, is the message of the Tea Party movement. O'Donnell promises that she will not follow the practices of Washington incumbents who believe that trading favors and making backroom deals are legitimate ways to stay in office.
O'Donnell is not alone in advancing this message.
In West Virginia, Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin is facing an unexpectedly difficult race against Republican John Raese to fill the seat of the late Sen. Robert Byrd.
According to Politico, the casting call for an advertisement that was recently broadcast by the National Republican Senatorial Committee in West Virginia stated that they were searching for the " 'Hicky' Blue Collar look. ... These characters are from West Virginia so think coal miners/trucker looks."
Many conservative candidates this year have been tapping into the tradition of conservative populism, a tradition that has animated right-wing politics since the 1970s.
In their effort to challenge the legacy of the New Deal and the Great Society programs and to overcome the image of country club conservatism, many in the GOP have argued their party best represents average Americans. They have focused on social and cultural issues and anti-establishment rhetoric to claim this mantle. In 2008, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a potential presidential candidate in 2012, talked about "Sam's Club Republicans."
The problem they have to overcome is there is a major disconnect between their message and the record of the Republican Party in which they are running. When Ronald Reagan became president in 1981, he advanced the agenda of supply side economics and economic deregulation. His policies have defined the Republicans ever since.
According to Reagan, economic policies that benefited the wealthiest Americans would have a trickle-down effect that eventually helped lower-income brackets.
Regressive tax cuts that benefit wealthier Americans but generate deficits were also fine since, in the long run, more revenue would flow into the Treasury from rising wages. The voices of conservatives who were skeptical of the theory of supply-side economics rapidly faded away. That includes George H.W. Bush, who in 1980 called Reagan's proposals "voodoo economics."
In his book "Unequal Democracy," political scientist Larry Bartels has documented the effect of these policies. During the conservative era of American politics, the so-called Age of Reagan, the distribution of income and wages has become more unequal in the United States than in comparable countries.
"Under Democratic presidents," Bartels writes, "poor families did slightly better than richer families (at least in proportional terms), producing a modest net decrease in income inequality; under Republican presidents, rich families did vastly better than poorer families, producing a considerable net increase in income inequality."
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While there are a number of factors behind these changes, public policy mattered very much. According to Bartels' persuasive account, rising inequality was not just a result of natural market forces such as globalization, but also a product of partisan choices about the direction of economic and fiscal policy.
Americans, he shows, in all income brackets have enjoyed more economic success when Democrats inhabit the White House. Meanwhile, the economic policies of Republican presidents, such as regressive tax cuts, have disproportionately benefited the wealthy.
In another book, political scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson have reached a similar conclusion. They have shown how the mobilization of business in Washington during the 1970s profoundly effected inequality.
Allying with the Republican Party, the business community pushed for the deregulation of numerous industries, tax cuts for the upper-income classes and policies that weakened organized labor. The result, according to Hacker and Pierson, were policies that left working- and middle-class Americans at the mercy of powerful market forces. Playing defense, many Democrats, including President Clinton, followed this agenda as well.
Although President Obama has continued part of the centrist approach of Clinton on many economic issues, he has also pursued economic policies that have focused on working- and middle-class Americans. His economic stimulus program revolved around government spending for projects that would bring jobs to the unemployed and prevent other jobs from disappearing. His health care reform will expand coverage to more than 30 million Americans who have been left outside the market.
He has pushed for an extension of the Bush tax cuts to all but the highest-income Americans. To be sure, he has been far from successful. The high unemployment rate is evidence that the success of Obama's policies have been limited, and the administration made compromises that avoided more stringent constraints on powerful interests.
Given the history, O'Donnell's ad, as good as it is as a piece of political theater, has its problems.
Her website suggests that O'Donnell, like most Tea Party candidates, will not depart that greatly from the GOP's economic policies of tax reductions, deregulation and the curtailment of government spending.
It might very well be that O'Donnell is one of us, but her party's economic policies have tended to benefit a very narrow and well-off portion of the population.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Julian Zelizer.


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The Blue School in Wells has an outstanding reputation of excellence and wanted a website to showcase that.
The brief was to build a site that was professional looking rather than childish and which would work well on mobile devices as well as desktops. We built a responsive site with some added, bespoke features including a school calendar that can be broken down to view different types of events.
In addition to the website, we built a mobile app that is used by most of the students and their parents at the school. Urgent news can be sent out to everyone via push messaging and letters home and trip information is also shown on the app. Information is broken down to the 7 year groups so relevant information for one year group does not go out to everyone else that has no need to see it.
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text: Peter Schiff is a well-known commentator appearing regularly on CNBC, TechTicker and FoxNews. He is often referred to as "Doctor Doom" because of his bearish outlook on the economy and the U.S. Dollar in particular. Peter was one of the first from within the professional investment field to call the housing market a bubble. Peter has written a book called "Crash Proof" and a follow-on called "The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets". He is the President of EuroPacific Capital, which is a brokerage specializing in finding dividend-yielding, value-based foreign stocks.


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Praise for
Anna Finch and the Hired Gun
"Kathleen Y'Barbo has written a high-spirited novel about the kind of woman we'd all like to be: spunky, creative, witty–and a good shot."
— DiAnn Mills, author of A Woman Called Sage and Sworn to Protect
"I love Kathleen Y'Barbo's deft hand combining romance, comedy, and suspense. Her books are pure fun to read. Anna Finch and the Hired Gun was my favorite so far. I was hooked from the first word."
— Mary Connealy, author of Doctor in Petticoats
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Kathleen Y'Barbo
"A fun read. Delightful, engaging, charming, and yes, funny. Humor in the characters, and humor in the events, as she dreams of and heads on an adventure in the west. I thoroughly enjoyed this romp of a read."
— Lauraine Snelling, author of the Red River series, Daughters of Blessing series and One Perfect Day
"With excitement, romance, and humor, Kathleen Y'Bargo spins a tale that captures your mind. The author's enthusiasm for writing spills out of every scene, creating, as it should, enthusiastic readers."
— Stephen Bly, award-winning western author of more than one hundred books, including One Step Over the Border, Paperback Writer and Wish I'd Know You Tears Ago


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Pollinator gardens the focus of Ag Progress Days Yard and Garden area
Pollinator gardens the focus of Ag Progress Days Yard and Garden area
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The benefits of creating pollinator-friendly landscapes will be the focus of the Yard and Garden area at Penn State's Ag Progress Days, Aug. 13-15 at Rock Springs.
The demonstration plots there are now four years old, and their many flowers and plantings are attracting and nourishing huge numbers of native bees, butterflies and other pollinators for which they are intended, according to Molly Sturniolo, coordinator of Penn State Extension's Master Gardeners program in Centre County.
As the nation's populations of pollinators continued to plummet, Penn State Master Gardeners from across the state teamed with horticulture faculty members to create and nurture the gardens at the end of 11th Street at the show site to demonstrate that supplying pollinators with food and habitat can be beautiful.
Sturniolo noted that Ag Progress Days visitors are drawn to the colorful floral displays and comment on the abundance of butterflies.
"The demonstration plots are established well enough to serve as living proof that the average gardener can do something to attract and help pollinators," she said. "Planting these flowers and other host plants is well within their ability."
Experts say that pollinators promote the survival of 90 percent of the world's flowering species and are responsible for one out of every three bites of food consumers eat. However, wild honeybee populations have declined 25 percent since 1990, and more than 50 pollinator species are either threatened or endangered.
To help support and propagate these beneficial insects, Penn State Master Gardeners offer the Pollinator Friendly Garden Certification program, which teaches homeowners and gardeners to certify their landscapes as pollinator-friendly.
The certification includes such skills as planting a year-round native garden of diverse and abundant plants, maintaining a parcel of wild and undisturbed vegetation, installing bee nests and minimizing pesticide use.
Visitors who sign up to complete the four-step certification process (which carries a $10 fee) will be eligible to purchase a pollinator-friendly sign for their property.
Honeybee demonstrations also will be conducted. Located adjacent to the new raised garden beds will be an observation beehive. Experts from the Pennsylvania State Beekeeper's Association and Penn State Extension will be on hand to provide guidance and answer questions.
Information will be available on Extension's new and innovative online course, Beekeeping 101.
Master Gardeners also will be on hand in the Yard and Garden Tent to answer any questions about horticulture and gardening in general.
The Yard and Garden Tent also will feature potato crops, offering multiple potato varieties growing in the soil and freshly dug tubers. Visitors can see some of the potato varieties grown in Pennsylvania as well as some new varieties. Freshly harvested potato samples will be on display.
The following demonstrations are scheduled at the Yard and Garden Area:
Aug. 13
-- 1 p.m.: Flower-Arranging Demonstration
-- 2 p.m.: Pollinator Gardening Presentation
Aug. 14
-- 11 a.m.: Flower-Arranging Demonstration
-- 2 p.m.: Flower-Arranging Demonstration
-- 6 p.m.: Pollinator Gardening Presentation
Aug. 15
-- 11 a.m.: Flower Arranging Demonstration
-- 2 p.m.: Flower-Arranging Demonstration
Sponsored by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, Ag Progress Days is held at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs, nine miles southwest of State College on Route 45. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 13; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 14; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 15. Admission and parking are free. Free shuttle bus service between the Ag Progress Days site and downtown State College will be available.
For more information, visit the Ag Progress Days website. Twitter users can find and share information about the event by using the hashtag #agprogress, and Facebook users can find the event here..


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Listen to experts report on current publications, posters, and sessions from a recent rheumatology conference. Faculty discuss the latest on Systemic sclerosis ILD and Progressive fibrosing ILD and discuss the implication of this information on current clinical practices for clinicians.
Supported by an educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Updates on Current Treatment Options for RA-ILD
Launched: June 12, 2020
New Treatment Options for SSc-ILD
Launched: June 12, 2020
Therapies on the Horizon for RA-ILD
Launched: June 12, 2020
New Directions in the Diagnosis of RA-ILD
Launched: June 12, 2020
Monitoring for Changes in Disease Course and Comorbidities in SSc-ILD
Launched: June 12, 2020
Winter 2019 Pulmonary Updates
All eyes are on this season's new developments in ILD management and diagnosis.
Supported by an educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
The IPF Cell Atlas
Launched: November 22, 2019
Senescence, Senolytics, and IPF
Launched: November 13, 2019
The PRECISIONS Study
Launched: November 13, 2019
Genomics and Transcriptomics in PF
Launched: November 13, 2019
Recent Findings from PF Registries
Launched: November 13, 2019
Recent Developments in IPF Diagnosis
Launched: November 13, 2019
Evaluating Pulmonary Rehab Added on to Antifibrotic Therapy
Launched: November 13, 2019
New Developments in Clinical Trials of Pulmonary Fibrosis
Launched: November 13, 2019
Antifibrotic Therapy in Patients w/Autoimmune-Associated ILD
Launched: November 13, 2019
Evaluating Gene Expression of Alveolar Macrophages and SAECs
Launched: November 13, 2019
Expanding the Use of Antifibrotic Therapy in Patients with PF
Launched: November 22, 2019
Considerations for the Management of Autoimmune-Related ILD and Chronic Hypersensitivity-Related ILD
Launched: November 22, 2019
Key Takeaways from Recent Pulmonary Conferences
Launched: November 13, 2019
Fall 2019 Pulmonary Updates: Live from New Orleans!
Independent Conference Coverage from the CHEST 2019 Annual Meeting*
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Current Perspective on Antifibrotic Therapy for Patients with IPF
Launched: October 25, 2019
Nintedanib in Progressive Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Diseases (The INBUILD Trial)
Launched: October 25, 2019
Goals of Care Across the Disease Continuum in IPF
Launched: October 25, 2019
Emerging Diagnostic Approaches to Patients with ILD
Launched: October 25, 2019
Pirfenidone in Patients with Unclassifiable Interstitial Lung Disease
Launched: October 25, 2019
Considerations for Geriatric ILD Patients
Launched: October 25, 2019
Nintedanib for Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Related Interstitial Lung Disease
Launched: October 25, 2019
Inhaled NO in Patients at Risk for Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Pulmonary Fibrosis
Launched: October 25, 2019
Clinical Pearls from New Orleans 2019
Launched: October 24, 2019
*This coverage is not sanctioned by the conference organizers and is not an official part of the conference proceedings of the 2019 CHEST Annual Meeting.
Spring 2019 Pulmonary Updates
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The SENSCIS Trial: Exciting News for Scleroderma-Associated ILD
Launched: May 24, 2019
New Research on Therapies for Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis
Launched: May 24, 2019
Spring 2019 — What are the Most Exciting Things Happening in Pulmonary Disease?
Launched: May 24, 2019
New Tools to Improve the Diagnosis of IPF vs Other ILDs
Launched: May 24, 2019
Biomarkers in IPF and Other ILDs
Launched: May 24, 2019
Connective Tissue Disease-Related ILD is Now in the Limelight
Launched: May 24, 2019
Patient-Centered Outcomes for Patients with IPF: Activity Monitoring
Launched: May 24, 2019
The Impact of Anticoagulation Use on IPF Patient Outcomes: A Warning About Warfarin
Launched: May 24, 2019
Which Patients with IPF Should be on Antifibrotics? The Value of Shared Decision Making
Launched: May 24, 2019
Dyspnea Assessment in Patients with IPF
Launched: May 24, 2019
Advanced Care Planning and Palliative Care Models for Patients with IPF
Launched: July 18, 2019
Conference Coverage: Live from Nashville
Here are some important highlights from the meeting.
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New Research on Mechanisms in the Development of PF
— Dr. Sonye K. Danoff
Exploring New Therapeutic Avenues for Managing PF
— Dr. Sonye K. Danoff
New Approaches to the Diagnosis of IPF
— Dr. Timothy P. Whelan
Updates on Registry Enrollment and Growth of the Care Center Network
— Dr. Timothy P. Whelan
Exploring the Basic Mechanisms that Contribute to Development of Lung Fibrosis
— Drs. Danoff and Whelan
Gene Abnormalities and ILD
— Drs. Danoff and Whelan
Environmental Influences on the Development of Pulmonary Fibrosis
— Drs. Danoff and Whelan
Genetics and Personalized Medicine for Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis
— Drs. Danoff and Whelan
Conference Coverage: Live from San Antonio
Independent Conference Coverage from the CHEST 2018 Annual Meeting*
Supported by educational grants from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Actelion.
Take Home Messages from the 2018 CHEST Annual Meeting
Evolution of Antifibrotic Therapy in IPF
Overview of the Latest Clinical Trials in IPF
Updates in the Diagnosis of ILD and the Role of Cryobiopsy
Management of IPF Patients in 2018
Comparing the 2017 Fleischner Society Guidelines and the 2018 ATS Guidelines for Diagnosing IPF
What We're Learning from the IPF-PRO Registry
The Importance of Early Integration of Palliative Care
Updates in Inoperable CTEPH
*This coverage is not sanctioned by the conference organizers and is not an official part of the conference proceedings of the 2018 CHEST Annual Meeting.
Conference Coverage: Live from Toronto
Here are some important highlights from the meeting.
Supported by educational grants from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Actelion.
Transbronchial Cryobiopsy for the Diagnosis of ILD
— Dr. Paul W. Noble
Fleischner Society Update in Classification of IPF
— Dr. David A. Lynch
ICD-10 Codes and Nomenclature for Classification of PAH
— Dr. Ronald J. Oudiz
NTM and Treatment Strategies for Patients with Cavitary Disease
— Dr. Sandra G. Adams
Real World Experience in Patients with COPD
— Dr. Sandra G. Adams
Palliative Care for Patients with IPF
— Dr. Meena Kalluri
New Developments in the Diagnosis and Management of IPF
— Dr. Anoop M. Nambiar
Registry Data Provide Important Severity Indicators for PH
— Dr. Ronald J. Oudiz
The Latest in IPF: Implications for Clinical Practice
— Drs. Lisa H. Lancaster & Maria L. Padilla
Perspectives on Side Effect Management
— Drs. Lisa H. Lancaster & Maria L. Padilla
IPF Management Considerations
— Drs. Lisa H. Lancaster & Maria L. Padilla
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Dr. Lynch discussed the new Fleischner Society diagnostic criteria for IPF. What are the new diagnostic categories of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), based on CT patterns?
The following table includes the distribution and features associated with the 4 different diagnostic categories of UIP based on CT patterns from the new Fleischner Society guidelines.
Lynch DA, et al. Diagnostic criteria for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a Fleischner Society White Paper. Lancet Respir Med. 2018;6:138-153. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29154106
Dr. Nambiar said that combination studies with pirfenidone and nintedanib have shown that treatment with the antifibrotic agents combined is well tolerated. What were the most common adverse events, and is there any information yet on the efficacy of combination treatment?
Vancheri et al have recently published results from an open-label trial of nintedanib with add-on pirfenidone in patients with IPF (the INJOURNEY Trial). In this study, patients with IPF and FVC ≥50% predicted at screening who completed a 4–5 week run-in with nintedanib 150 mg bid without dose reduction or treatment interruption were randomized to nintedanib 150 mg bid with add-on pirfenidone (titrated to 801 mg tid) (n = 53), or nintedanib 150 mg bid alone (n = 52), open-label for 12 weeks. The primary endpoint was the percentage of patients with on-treatment gastrointestinal adverse events from baseline to week 12. Analyses were descriptive and exploratory. GI AEs were reported for 69.8% of patients treated with nintedanib with add-on pirfenidone and in 52.9% of patients treated with nintedanib alone. Diarrhea, nausea and vomiting were the most frequent AEs, occurring in 37.7%, 41.5% and 28.3% respectively, with combination treatment, compared with 31.4%, 11.8%, and 11.8% with nintedanib treatment alone. At 12 weeks, the mean absolute change from baseline in FVC was -13.3±17.4 mL in the nintedanib + pirfenidone group compared with -40.9 ± 31.4 mL for nintedanib treatment alone.
Vancheri C, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep 10. [Epub ahead of print] Nintedanib with Add-on Pirfenidone in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Results of the INJOURNEY Trial. Available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28889759. Accessed November 30, 2017.
An open-label, single arm, 24 week safety and tolerability study of pirfenidone in combination with nintedanib has also been conducted in patients with IPF (NCT02598193), however the results of this study have not been published to date.


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Like I mentioned to you guys before, I only said "Yes!" to all the Oscars related activities in Los Angeles. So, when I got the invitation to the Toscars, I was very interested. Then I did some research and found that this night's promise was to make the audience realize that there's always comedy behind dramatic movies, and we get to enjoy it on the big screen just like the Oscars.
When: February 19th 2013
Where: The Egyptian Theatre
The Toscars are announced right after the Oscars nominations are public. Participants have only three weeks and a budget of $250 to make a short parody of the nominated films, which are played live in Hollywood and judged live by the celebrity judges. It is a chance for the entertainment industry to have a good giggle after hard working years in front or behind the spotlight. The nominations include 'Best Whactor', 'Best Whactress', 'Best Film' and more.This ceremony is a black tie affair, just like the Oscars!
Official judges: Janina Gavankar (True Blood), Rex Lee (Suburgatory), Oscar Nominated Actor Eric Roberts, acclaimed directors Alek Keshishian (Truth or Dare, W/E and Love and Other Disasters), Walt Becker (Van Wilder and Wilde Hogs) and Hosted by Brian Dunkleman (American Idol).
Keaton Simmons performed a 'one man with his guitar show' to make the audience fall in love with his tunes and original songs. His voice was so good, it sounded if he had a backup chorus with him on stage. It was so great!
Many celebrity guests were in attendance: Doris Roberts (Everybody Loves Raymond), Joanne Whalley, Josh Sussman (Glee),Stephen Kramer Glickman (Glee), Iqbal Theba (Glee), Lauren Potter (Glee), Tristan Macmanus (Dancing with The Stars), Tony Denison (Closer), Brea Bee (Silver Linings Playbook), Stephanie Erb (True Blood), Jill Michele Melean (Mad TV), Erin Cahil (ABC's Red Widow), Alice Amter (The Big Bang Theory), Shaun Parkes(The River and Davinchi's Demons). Crystal Reed (MTV's Teen Wolf), Kelly Hu (CW's Arrow), Jeanine Mason(So You Think You Can Dance), Tia Carrere (Dancing With The Stars), James Scott (Days of Our Lives),Martin Samuel (Academy Award Nominee), Craig Robert Young (NAVY NCIS), Kevin Buxbaum (Life of Pi Producer), Melanie Marr (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills), Jim Tavare (Comedian), Mark Rhino Smith(Argo), Tehmina Sunny (Argo).
So, this is the real Oscars night for the participants; they get to work hard, create, build locations and many more tasks overcoming lots of challenges due to their super limited budget of $250 with only 3 weeks of shooting. Each movie was 5 mins in duration.
FYI, celebrity guests at the Toscars included former James Bond George Lazenby and East Enders' Sid Owen.
Leilani Dowding sparkled on stage as Miss Toscar.
Congrats To All Participants & Toscar Winners!
Marina Paganucci - Best Toscar Film - Miserable Lesbians
Leah Allers - Best Whactress - Miserable Lesbians
John Alexander - Best Whactor - Breasts of the southern wild
Sandro Monetti - Best Scribbler and best Director - Miserable Lesbians
Natasha Sill - Best Supporting Whactress - Miserable Lesbians
Michael Enright - Best Supporting Whactor - Miserable Lesbians
Best Tunes - Guy Ross and Tamara Douglas-Morris - Skyfell (and I can't get up)
Leah Allers - Best Threads - Miserable Lesbians
People's pick - Miserable Lesbians
Ps; Everyone should have a good laugh every day. Que Vivan los Toscars!
Learn more at the Toscars Website
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"Frankenstorm," the worst storm in American history, is currently beating down upon my home state of New Jersey. As I write this, there is rain and wind, but nothing in the least bit remarkable — at least not as far as weather goes in my neck of the woods of the Garden State.
Still, I continue to be told by media personalities and Facebook friends that this storm promises to visit havoc upon the northeastern United States the likes of which it has never before experienced. To hear people talk — including and especially those who talk about these matters for a living — one could be forgiven for thinking that it is nothing less than Armageddon that is coming our way.
I offer some thoughts.
(1) Virtually everything that we have been hearing about Hurricane Sandy for the better part of a week has been hyperbole — pure and simple. To be sure, the meteorologists were correct in identifying this storm for the historically unusual phenomenon that it promises to be. But that everything else that they have been saying ever since has been a textbook case of sensationalism becomes obvious once we consider the bare fact that nothing else beyond the weather forecast needed to be said.
Round-the-clock predictions regarding power outages lasting seven to ten days and other similarly grisly prognostications do nothing but promote hysteria.
Some will object that incessant coverage of Sandy is necessary in order to save human life. To this, we need only note that animals don't need to be told to protect themselves against threats. Anyone with an IQ above two knows, or should know, that if there is just a decent chance that a hurricane is heading in his direction, then he needs to do his best to guard against it. By bombarding them with inexhaustible coverage of a life-threatening event, no network does its viewers any favors if those viewers are in harm's way.
Such coverage generates panic, and panic reduces the capacity for sober judgment. This is one respect in which excessive media coverage of Sandy and the like potentially imperils viewers.
It is bad enough when one person panics. But it is infinitely worse when a whole bunch of people do so. The creation of mass panic is the second sense in which the media may actually do more harm than good in spending all of their time talking about "Frankenstorm" and the like.
The third respect in which the media may imperil those who it ostensibly wants to assist is in consuming all of viewers' attention with their sensationalistic coverage of disasters! Those who are threatened by Sandy or whatever else need to spend less time watching television and more time actually preparing to meet the threat!
(2) Modern Westerners, at least since the time of the Enlightenment (and probably earlier), are politically peculiar creatures. With the rise of the centralized modern state, the politics of Western peoples have assumed a distinctive form.
Politics, as we have always known it, is an engagement in crisis-management.
Government, in our political universe, exists in order to supply "solutions" to "problems."
What this means is that, intoxicated by the sea of power that lies at the disposal of modern governments — a measure of power that would have been unimaginable to rulers of earlier eras — we inescapably find ourselves forever oscillating between two extremes, each of which is inseparable from the other. On the one hand, we suppose that there is no problem, however dismal, that our government can't put out to pasture. That is, whether comprehensively or in detail, we are hopelessly utopian. On the other hand, we just as readily suppose that disasters of one sort or the other are never more than millimeters away from devouring our way of life.
To put it simply, we never fail to ignore the old adage that if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Yet we also ignore another piece of wisdom: If something sounds too bad to be true, it usually is.
These two propensities are inextricably linked to one another: We need to reduce life to an endless series of crises if we are to sustain our belief in government, for government exists to relieve us of these troubles.
There can be no savior if there aren't monsters from which we need saving.
Now, Hurricane Sandy, or, more precisely, the coverage of Hurricane Sandy, fits seamlessly into this understanding of politics and government. The biggest storm of all time can be met only by the biggest government of all time — or at least an activist government well disposed to protecting citizens from themselves.
(3) Consideration (2) explains why we seem to simultaneously dread and relish in events like Sandy. The media, politicians, and, yes, the rest of us, effortlessly accommodate Sandy, for crisis is the stuff of which modern Western life is made, and Sandy — or at least Sandy as it is being depicted — is a crisis par excellence.
(4) Yet in addition to the psychic satisfactions that all modern Westerners receive from reckoning with epic disasters, politicians and media personalities reap other kinds of benefits.
Media figures, obviously, reap ratings, lots of ratings. This translates into ever bigger bucks. It also means something of a legacy for those commentators and meteorologists who can claim to have covered, or who are remembered for having covered, "the largest storm of our time."
The rewards to which politicians can look forward, however, are — what else? — political. As President Obama's former White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emmanuel, once said: "You never want to let a good crisis go to waste." A crisis, Emmanuel explained, permits politicians opportunities to do things — i.e. grow government — that they wouldn't have had otherwise.
Crises exist to be exploited, and the greater the crisis, the greater the opportunities for political exploitation. This is why politicians have an invested interest in seeing to it that every troubling situation be spun so as to sound like the end times: The greater the disaster the greater the need for a Messiah — the greater the need for ever larger government.
None of this, of course, is to deny that Sandy will have done its share of damage. And none of it is meant to deny that those whose lives were impacted by it are deserving of our prayers and support. But all natural disasters, from thunder and lightning storms to snow storms and blizzards, are damaging.
The forgoing points stand.


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So just to prove that I'm a masochist and that the Dodger Editor is not dead (even though I don't think that anyone has been using it) I thought I'd post a quick update. No the editor is not dead and no neither am I.
I'm still writing for Python Magazine and working on the editor in some of the free time that I get. I just added a selection cursor mode to the editor which makes it easier for me to use. You can see it in the second row of the pallet in the following screen shot.
If you want access to the newest code you can grab it from the mercurial repository: http://freehg.org/u/selsine/dodger/
If anyone is at all interested in this project, whether it's using or helping to develop, or just some suggestions please let me know. I'm always open to opinions. If I get the time I'd like to work on a short post showing you how you can use the Dodger Editor to create the level files for a game, when that will be I don't know but hopefully soon.


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Using techniques originating in a certain
approach to Clifford bundles known as "geometric algebra", I discuss
a geometric reformulation of constrained generalized Killing spinor equations
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Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Answers to "Dubia" from the Vatican! About the Traditional Mass and overly restrictive bishops.
If you are a priest who has been hassled by your bishop about saying the traditional Mass with the 1962 Missale Romanum, pay attention. Help has arrived. Recently a priest of my acquaintance sent two questions to my old haunts the … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, Si vis pacem para bellum!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM Tagged can. 249, coetus, coetus fidelium, dubia, idoneus, PCED, Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei", SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae 18 Comments
Card. Müller on the ordination of Deaconettes: "not necessary and not possible"
As you may remember, some months ago Pope Francis saw to the creation of a group to study the question of female deacons (aka deaconesses, aka deaconettes). Last November, when the group met for the first time, I wrote: "Their … Continue reading
Posted in Deaconettes, Just Too Cool, SESSIUNCULA Tagged deaconesses, deaconettes, Gerhard Ludwig Müller, ordination of women 17 Comments
Michael Novak – R.I.P.
I learned this from Acton Institute's PowerBlog: Theologian, public intellectual, and close friend of the Acton Institute, Michael J. Novak Jr., passed away last night on February 16, 2017. Acton Institute President Rev. Robert A. Sirico reflects on the passing … Continue reading
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Theologian opponent of 'Humanae vitae' reveals himself as an "active homosexual
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Posted in Sin That Cries To Heaven Tagged Gregory Baum, homosexual, Humanae vitae 25 Comments
17 Feb 1600: Giordano Bruno burned at the stake
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Posted in Events, Lighter fare Tagged Giordano Bruno, William Shakespeare 9 Comments
During the night I happened to get up for a while and, as one does, I checked my email. One message was entitled: "80 M!" "That's odd", quoth I, "I'm not active these days on the 80 meter band." (That's … Continue reading
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Follow our cheats, tips, guides and jump to the next gaming level! Welcome to our unofficial video guide walkthrough for the game specially designed for Android devices where you will find super relevant information to brag to your friends including:• Game reviews and gameplay • Tricks, tips, secrets, hidden objects, and more• Walkthrough• Official sources like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube as well as other unofficial online gaming leagues when availableThis is not a game, but only a guide to play the game and it needs an internet connection to work.If allowed, this app will install an additional app to your home screen that links to more games and apps, including android tricks coming from a mobile site. if you do not want these awesome features, you can delete it or ignore it, but if you use it, we get help by promoting the app making a few cents, thus motivating us to develop more great free apps for you.This guide is not authorized or created by the authors or legal representatives of the video game for which this guide was made for. This application complies with US Copyright law guidelines of "fair use". If you feel there is a direct copyright or trademark violation that doesn't follow within the "fair use" guidelines please contact us to discuss.


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Christina Aguilera is postponing her North American summer tour until 2011, she announced Monday.
"Christina Aguilera's summer tour has been moved to 2011 due to prior commitments that the singer had made to her film, 'Burlesque' and to the promotion of her new album, 'Bionic,'" a statement from Live Nation noted. "The singer felt she needed more time to rehearse the show and with less than a month between the album release and tour date this wasn't possible. New dates will be announced later this year."
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A rep for the singer also confirmed the news, adding that the move was made "so we can promote the album and the film." "Bionic" hits stores on June 8, while "Burlesque" is slated to open in theaters in November.
The tour, with special guest Leona Lewis, was scheduled to begin in Uncansville, Conn., in mid-July and end on Aug. 19, 2010 in Irvine, Calif., at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. The new tour dates have not yet been announced.
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Christina is slated to perform "Not Myself Tonight," the single off of her new album, however, on the finale of "American Idol" on Wednesday, as well as the MTV Movie Awards on June 6.
"Not Myself Tonight" was released in March 2010 and has since peaked at number 23 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
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The Map of Lost Memories (Hardcover)
Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel by an American Author
"Captivating . . . has qualities any reader would wish for: adventure, romance, history and a vividly described exotic setting."—The Washington Post
In 1925 the international treasure-hunting scene is a man's world, and no one understands this better than Irene Blum, who is passed over for a coveted museum curatorship because she is a woman. Seeking to restore her reputation, she sets off from Seattle in search of a temple believed to house the lost history of Cambodia's ancient Khmer civilization. But her quest to make the greatest archaeological discovery of the century soon becomes a quest for her family's secrets. Embracing the colorful and corrupt world of colonial Asia in the early 1900s, The Map of Lost Memories takes readers into a forgotten era where nothing is as it seems. As Irene travels through Shanghai's lawless back streets and Saigon's opium-filled lanes, she joins forces with a Communist temple robber and an intriguing nightclub owner with a complicated past. What they bring to light deep within the humidity-soaked Cambodian jungle does more than change history. It ultimately solves the mysteries of their own lives.
Praise for The Map of Lost Memories
"In The Map of Lost Memories, Kim Fay draws us into a universe as exotic, intense, and historically detailed as the ancient artifacts her unforgettable heroine seeks. It's a deliciously unexpected journey: Indiana Jones meets Somerset Maugham meets Marguerite Duras."—Jennifer Cody Epstein, author of The Painter from Shanghai
"A thrilling mix of adventure and personal discovery . . . [Kim] Fay crafts an intricate page-turner that will keep readers breathless and guessing."—Publishers Weekly
"A ripping good tale . . . mysterious Asian locations . . . a driven young American heroine . . . an era no longer remembered but faded to romantic imagination . . . The Map of Lost Memories pulls the components together in a story that intrigues and rewards."—Lincoln Journal Star
"Fay's extraordinary novel has everything great historical-adventure fiction should—a strikingly original setting, exhilarating plot twists, and a near-impossible quest."—Booklist (starred review)
About the Author
Born in Seattle and raised throughout the Pacific Northwest, Kim Fay lived in Vietnam for four years and still travels to Southeast Asia frequently. A former bookseller, she is the author of "Communion: A Culinary Journey Through Vietnam, " winner of the World Gourmand Cookbook Awards' Best Asian Cuisine Book in the United States. She is also the creator/editor of a series of guidebooks on Southeast Asia. Fay now lives in Los Angeles. This is her first novel.
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Praise for The Map of Lost Memories
"Fay's exciting and exotic historical adventure set in the 1920s Far East draws easy comparison to Ann Patchett's State of Wonder. The plot is original, and the characters are smart."—Library Journal
"[The Map of Lost Memories] has qualities any reader would wish for: adventure, romance, history and a vividly described exotic setting … There is something captivating about this novel. Call it authorial confidence, a sense of place, a splendid technicolor … The Map of Lost Memories has one beautifully met purpose: It brings Cambodia alive." —The Washington Post
"Fay's extraordinary first novel has everything great historical adventure fiction should—strikingly original setting, exhilarating plot twists, and a near-impossible quest . . . Every word of this evocative literary expedition feels deliberately chosen, each phrase full of meaning." —Booklist, (starred review)
"Thrilling and ambitious, this is a book to get lost in, a book that homes in on the human drama of the quest and never lets go. A rich debut." —BookPage
"[The Map of Lost Memories] is a thrilling mix of adventure and personal discovery set in Southeast Asia in the 1920s . . . Fay crafts an intricate page-turner that will keep readers breathless and guessing." —Publishers Weekly
"Fay's debut is intriguing, beautifully written, colorful and multilayered like a lovely tapestry."—Romantic Times
"In The Map of Lost Memories, Kim Fay draws us into a universe as exotic, intense, and historically detailed as the ancient artifacts her unforgettable heroine seeks. It's a deliciously unexpected journey: Indiana Jones meets Somerset Maugham meets Marguerite Duras; all culminating in a glorious traipse through a forgotten Asian world. This novel will stay with me for a long, long time."—Jennifer Cody Epstein, author of The Painter from Shanghai
"Kim Fay's engaging debut novel, The Map of Lost Memories, not only weaves together a smart, compelling story of a quest for scrolls believed to contain the lost history of Cambodia's ancient Khmer Empire, but also gives us a glimpse into 1920's China and Indochina during the time of transition from colonialism to the beginnings of communism. With deftness and clarity, Fay brings her world to life and gives us a captivating read."—Gail Tsukiyama, author of A Hundred Flowers
"In The Map of Lost Memories, Fay updates the archaeological adventure tale with an ambitious heroine and a cast of morally ambiguous characters in a race to discover an ancient temple in the jungles of colonial Cambodia. Fay's assured, absorbing prose will compel readers with its lush detail, multiple plot twists and keen insight into this politically combustible period of history."—Aimee Phan, author of The Reeducation of Cherry Truong
"Kim Fay breathes new and original life into the Westerner-in-Asia novel with The Map of Lost Memories, going beyond the intrigues of 1925 Shanghai to the remote reaches of the Cambodian jungle. An enchanting, absorbing first novel, all the more remarkable for its effortless portrayal of a bygone world, now nearly forgotten."—Nicole Mones, author of Lost in Translation
"The Map of Lost Memories is the best book I have read this year. Exotic, thrilling, and brimming with fascinating historical detail, it had me hooked from page one and sent me to a world I knew existed but never really understood, never really felt, until now. Kim Fay is a wonderful storyteller who truly masters the art of crafting a riveting story with heart and elegance. The result is utterly mesmerizing."—Anne Fortier, author of Juliet
"Kim Fay writes with such mesmerizing authority that it's hard to believe that The Map of Lost Memories is her first novel. Rarely do we find a book that combines gripping adventure with exquisitely crafted prose, but Fay's novel does just that, bringing together the beauty and complexity of Marguerite Duras's The Lover with the thrilling breathlessness of Indiana Jones. The result is breathtaking."—Dana Sachs, author of If You Lived Here


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Children's House
In the Children's House, Biberkor pupils learn according to the principles of Montessori education, with teachers and parents working together with full mutual respect.
Projects, day-trips and music lessons are on offer as well as further training for parents and the opportunity to collaborate with other groups.
Up to 45 children from the age of 3 spend their days in two groups in the children's house and its idyllic surroundings. They are cared for by seven specialists, two educational assistants and one full-time intern.
The high ratio of carers to children allows us to indulge in following the highly qualitative requirements of the Montessori educational principles as well as being able to care for special needs children. On special occasions such as day trips, parties and projects, parents also support the team.
The Children's House was founded in 2002 and completed the overall concept of the Montessori Biberkor organization. The children's house is also open to children with significant learning difficulties. In the district of Upper Bavaria, Biberkor is recognized for the inclusion of up to 6 special needs children. Due to high demand a second study group was set up. After we have completed construction of the new school, we are planning a new children's home, which we anticipate will also be open to children under 3 years of age.
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You are hereCBS Los Angeles: City Attorney Tells San Bernardino Residents To 'Lock Their Doors,' 'Load Their Guns' Because Of Police Downsizing
CBS Los Angeles: City Attorney Tells San Bernardino Residents To 'Lock Their Doors,' 'Load Their Guns' Because Of Police Downsizing
November 30, 2012- SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA.com) — The city attorney of San Bernardino is under scrutiny for telling residents to "lock their doors and load their guns" during a city council meeting.
The official explained that because the city is bankrupt and slashing public safety budgets people will need to start protecting themselves.
City Attorney Jim Penman said he doesn't regret what he said.
"You should say what you mean and mean what you say," Penman said.
The city attorney said approximately 150 residents came to a council meeting to voice their concerns about recent crimes in the area, including the murder of an elderly woman last week.
"You could tell the swell of frustration was coming over a lot of folks. They did not feel like they could get an officer out as quickly to some of the quality-of-life issues that they were dealing with as they would have preferred," said councilwoman Wendy McCommack, who organized the meeting and was present that night.
"Well, if I remember right, I told them to 'lock their doors and load their guns,'" Penman said.
Penman said the city is dealing with bankruptcy, which has forced officials to cut its police force by about 80 officers. Consequently, there's been growing criticism about the police department's response time.
"Let's be honest, we don't have enough police officers. We have too many criminals living in this city. We have had 45 murders this year…that's far too high for a city of this size," Penman said.


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The victim of an alleged hate crime in Nebraska has decided to make her name and face public for the first time since her attack, she says, to squash those skeptical that it ever happened.
"I'm not hiding from this anymore," Charlie Rogers of Lincoln, Neb., told KETV in Omaha.
Rogers told police three masked men broke into her home early Sunday, bound her wrists and ankles with zip ties, beat her and carved anti-gay slurs into her arms and abdomen.
The men also allegedly spray-painted a derogatory term for lesbians inside the home and tried to set it on fire, in what police in Lincoln, Neb., are investigating as a hate crime. Rogers told police she was targeted because she's gay.
Lincoln police so far have no suspects, Officer Katie Flood told NBC News, leading some to question whether Rogers made it all up. Rogers says the doubters are making her a victim all over again.
"Being a victim in situation like this or a survivor and then having your integrity questioned, I guess, it feels very victimizing again," Rogers said. "It makes an already difficult situation more difficult because my world has been changed forever by these events."
Rogers said she hasn't spoken publicly about her attack because she doesn't want to affect the police investigation, but she says she wants her own voice to be heard.
"I understand that people sort of have a hard time wrapping their heads around the things that have happened, as do I," Rogers said. "But I'm a person with feelings, with concerns. For people to think that this doesn't happen here, it does. It did."
"We are investigating all aspects of the case, including the possibility that it is a false report," Flood said. "This type of evaluation is not uncommon and is necessary in completing an investigation. This is a complex case that takes time. At this time, investigators are aggressively pursuing all leads in the case."
Rogers was a standout basketball player at the University of Nebraska, and she says she's an avid volunteer and a small-business owner.
Vigils in multiple Nebraska cities were organized in the days following her attack and more are planned, though Rogers says she won't be attending them because she's still in hiding.
"I could never thank them in a way that I feel adequately expresses how much it has meant to me that people are standing with me and people are standing for me," Rogers said. " There is fear, but there is resilience. There is forward."
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Welcome to the Detroit Model Railroad Club website!
Due to the corona virus restrictions in Michigan, the Open Houses set for this weekend, Saturday 3/28 and Sunday 3/29, have been cancelled.
Today the Michigan Governor announced a, "Stay in place" order until April 13th. After consulting with our Club president, Dave Thornton, he is closing the Club until April 14th.
The club was on the channel 12 news in this interview.
About the Club
The club was established in 1935 and is currently located in the old theater in historic downtown Holly, Michigan. The club's O scale layout depicts the fictitious Detroit Union Railroad, a freelance double-track line running from Detroit to Dorrance, Michigan, with continuing single track and branchline service to Keatington, Millersburg, and beyond. Narrow-gage tracks interchange at Millersburg and serve customers up in the mountain region.
Tuesday is work day at the club. Members typically start as early as 10AM. We work on the layout, we stroll to one of several great places in Holly for lunch, then we continue until suppertime when we take another break. After supper, other members have arrived, and some can still be found there early Wednesday morning. April to October is our heavy work season when the club can be full of sawdust and wet plaster. Our open house season now extends thru the summer (one weekend in June, July and Aug), so work continues, but with a focus on keeping the railroad operations-ready. Visitors and new members are always welcome on Tuesdays. Group Tours are also welcome, just contact us to set up a date or come to our open house dates.
GARAGE SALE: Donation items (all scales HO, LIONEL, G scale and some scenery items) are sold at the club at reasonable prices. You can view them on Open House dates, and our Tuesday work sessions.