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This post was updated at 3:50 p.m. Monday to reflect additional comments from Kevin Kelley, spokesman for U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.
The arguments for and against gay marriage now once again light up the national stage, as the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday to hear oral arguments on a pair of cases that could impact same-sex couples moving forward.
Maine is no stranger to the debate over same-sex marriage, having endured two statewide campaigns on the issue in recent years, one in 2009 and another in 2012. And as just like the statewide debate, there are parallel arguments that will factor into the court's decision – the legal ones and the emotional ones.
But even as public opinion shifts rapidly in favor of legal gay marriage, it still has the potential to be a tricky issue for politicians – even in Maine, where people voted their approval by a 53 percent to 47 percent margin in 2012.
Three of the four members of Maine's federal delegation signed onto a legal brief in support of overturning the Defense of Marriage Act, the law that prohibits same-sex spouses from receiving federal benefits, among other things.
"None of the arguments advanced in its defense is sufficient," said the legal memo, signed by more than 200 sitting members of Congress, including U.S. Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, and U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud, both Democrats.
"I support the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act; all married couples should have access to all relevant federal benefits regardless of where they live," said King in a statement.
Pingree, a longtime supporter of same-sex marriage, said the campaigns in Maine show how quickly the ground is shifting on the issue and sees an air of "inevitability" on both the legal and public opinion front. When asked why some Democrats still have trouble embracing gay marriage, she said she had "no idea."
"To me, I don't know how in good conscience people could make any argument that it's okay to be unfair to certain groups of people," she said in a recent phone interview. "I think it's an absurd opinion, I think it was absurd that Congress passed it in the first place, even though it was Bill Clinton."
Michaud, who represents Maine's most rural district and one that mostly voted against legalizing gay marriage in 2012. The possible gubernatorial candidate said he'll be following the Supreme Court cases closely and pledged his support for gay marriage.
"I don't believe people should be denied the right to marry," he said in a statement. "However, I've been particularly sensitive to how same-sex marriage initiatives like the one recently passed in Maine would impact religious institutions."
Michaud, a Catholic, said the Maine law contained sufficient protections for religious groups and he's "hopeful the high court can do the same."
As a conservative Democrat, the gay marriage issue is potentially a difficult issue for Michaud to navigate and one that has the potential to cut both ways for him. Favoring gay marriage in a district that mostly voted against it could leave him vulnerable in a re-election bid (though he comfortably won against a formidable opponent in 2012). But opposition to it would have caused him huge problems if he chose to run for governor, as he would be fighting for votes with Eliot Cutler, a left-of-center independent candidate widely expected to throw his hat in the ring.
And while U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, Maine's lone Republican representative in Congress, did not sign onto the brief, she has been supportive of gay rights on issues other than legal marriage. After procedural maneuvers left a repeal of the military policy 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' on the cutting room floor, Collins led the fight during a lame duck session to get a stand alone repeal passed. She's worked with Democrats to draft a bill that would allow bi-national same-sex couples apply for legal residency in the United States and been supportive of extending federal benefits to domestic partners of federal employees.
DOMA was signed before Collins, who like Michaud is a Catholic, began serving in Congress, said Kevin Kelley, her spokesman. He also said Collins has twice voted against constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage.
Collins, like Michaud, is striving to thread the needle on the specific issue of marriage. She's up for re-election in 2014 and while the campaign should be a cakewalk for one of the most popular senator's in the country, she's not looking to give opponents any ammo against her.
"Sen. Collins believes this matter is best left up to the states, which have traditionally handled family law, and increasingly, the voters of states are choosing to legalize same-sex marriages as Maine did last fall," Kelley said.

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|Diagnostic Performance of Screening Tests for Cushing s Syndrome
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|The Diagnostic Performance of Screening Tests for the Diagnosis of Cushing's Syndrome
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|This study will test the accuracy of screening tests for Cushing s syndrome in overweight people with signs of the disorder. Cushing s syndrome is a rare disorder caused by excess production of the hormone cortisol. Patients may have various problems, such as weight gain, high blood pressure, diabetes, infections, mood problems, trouble concentrating, and increased blood clotting. These symptoms are seen in many other disorders as well, complicating the diagnosis. The reliability of tests currently used to diagnose Cushing s syndrome is not known. To test their accuracy, subjects in this study who test positive for Cushing s syndrome will be evaluated at NIH for 2 years to either confirm or refute the laboratory results. Patients between 18 and 75 years of age who are being treated at the George Washington University Weight Management Program (GWUWMP) may participate in this study. Candidates will be screened with a medical history, physical examination, measurement of body fat, blood tests, and oral glucose tolerance test. They will also complete a symptoms checklist and quality of life questionnaire. Participants will be tested for Cushing s syndrome with a saliva collection, 24-hour urine collection, and dexamethasone suppression test (DST). For the DST they will take 1 mg of dexamethasone at night and report to GWUWMP the next morning for a blood draw. All specimens blood, saliva, and urine will be tested for cortisol levels. People whose test results are abnormal will be seen at the NIH outpatient clinic for a medical history, physical examination, and blood tests; bedtime saliva collection; two 24-hour urine collections; and a 2-day 2-mg DST, followed by administration of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH). CRH is a naturally occurring hormone that causes cortisol levels to rise. Pre-treatment with dexamethasone prevents CRH from causing an increase in cortisol in healthy people, but not in patients with Cushing s syndrome. For the 2-day DST, the subject takes 0.5 mg dexamethasone every 6 hours for eight doses. Two hours after the last dose, CRH is injected through a catheter (thin plastic tube) inserted into an arm vein. Blood is drawn just before giving CRH to measure dexamethasone and cortisol levels and after giving CRH to measure cortisol levels. People whose test results are normal will not be seen further at NIH. Those with high cortisol levels will have repeat urine and saliva tests every 2 to 8 weeks for up to 24 months, and a 1-mg DST every 3 months during routine clinic visits at GWUWMP. People whose increased cortisol is found to be due to another condition besides Cushing s syndrome will be referred for evaluation and possible treatment. Those diagnosed with Cushing s syndrome will have standard tests to identify the tumor causing the disorder, followed by standard medical and surgical treatment.
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|Cushing's syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by a variety of clinical signs and symptoms that reflect chronic exposure to hypercortisolism such as obesity, hypertension, glucose intolerance, infections, psychiatric disturbance, impaired cognition and hypercoagulability. Thus, it is important to screen for this treatable disorder so as to prevent its associated morbidity and mortality. Because many of the signs of Cushing's syndrome are common in the general population, information about the cost-effectiveness and diagnostic efficiency of various screening tests would be useful. This study will evaluate the diagnostic performance of various screening tests for Cushing's syndrome in overweight patients recruited from a weight loss center who have additional signs of the disorder. Patients with abnormal tests will be seen as outpatients at the NIH for further evaluation for up to two years to confirm or refute the possibility that they have Cushing's syndrome. Patients with the disorder will be treated.
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|- INCLUSION CRITERIA: Patients presenting for weight loss treatment at the GWUWMP Patients must have at least two of the signs and symptoms in Table 1 of the protocol, in addition to weight gain. If abdominal pain, backache and/or headache are present, only one of these symptoms can be used in any given patient, so that another feature must be present. Willing and able to be seen for up to 24 months Age 18-75 EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Weight more than 350 pounds, the maximum weight for radiologist examination tables necessary for the evaluation of Cushing's Syndrome Renal failure, creatinine greater than 2.6, because of possible effects on dexamethasone metabolism Pregnancy, because it alters interpretation of adrenal function tests Current use of oral, inhaled or intranasal glucocorticoids or use within 30 days of study Other significant medical disorders that may complicate participation or interpretation of the results. For example, a patient with a collagen vascular disorder who has taken intermittent high dose glucocorticoids, and might need to do this again, might not be offered participation. Use of black licorice or chewing tobacco within two weeks of the study or anticipated use during the study Use of phenytoin, barbiturate, loperamide or opiates within two weeks of the study or anticipated chronic use during the study.
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|Principal Investigator: Lynnette K Nieman, M.D., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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T.C.B.S. is an acronym for Tea Club, Barrovian Society. J.R.R. Tolkien and his friends at King Edward's School in Birmingham met regularly at the Barrow Stores, which is where T.C.B.S. got their name. The core members were considered to be the "big four" of Tolkien, Geoffrey Bache Smith, Christopher Wiseman, and Robert Gilson.
The friends continued to stay in contact with each other's literary work until 1916. Sidney Barrowclough and the Payton brothers, Ralph and Wilfrid, were younger than Tolkien and continued it for some time after they left.
Almost all of them died in World War I. Of Tolkien's close personal friends, only Christopher Wiseman survived the war, a fact which greatly affected him.[1]
- Thomas "Tea Cake" Barnsley
- Sidney Barrowclough
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- Ralph "the Baby" Payton
- Wilfrid "Whiffy" Payton
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- J.R.R. Tolkien
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UC Santa Barbara is set to host the Bite/Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Tournament at La Purisima Golf Course in Lompoc, Calif., on Monday and Tuesday, April 5-6. The tournament will be 54 holes, 36 on the first day and 18 on day two.
The Bite/Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Tournament is returning to La Purisima Golf Course for the first time in two years and Gaucho head coach Steve Lass is excited about it.
"La Purisima is a great course," he noted. "Not only is it a beautiful setting, but it is extremely challenging. I am very excited about holding the tournament there and I think it is a great opportunity."
In addition to UCSB, the tournament field will include Big West Conference rivals UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge, Pacific and Utah State. The remainder of the 18-team field includes a Pac Ten school (Washington State), four programs from the Western Athletic Conference (Hawaii, Nevada, San Jose State and New Mexico State), two from the Mountain West Conference (Utah and Wyoming), three from the West Coast Conference (St. Mary's, Santa Clara and San Diego) and one NCAA Division II power (UC Davis).
The 18-team field will play a practice round on Sunday, April 4. The 36 holes on Monday, April 5 will have an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start. The final 18 holes on Tuesday, April 6 will also have an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start. La Purisima Golf Course is a 7,105 yard, par 72 course. It played host to the 1997 PGA Tour School Finals.
In 2003, the Bite/Pacific Coast Intercollegiate was played at Sandpiper Golf Course in Santa Barbara. The 2003 team title was won by Fresno State and the individual champion was Bulldog All-American Nick Watney. Fresno State shot an 841 to edge UC Irvine by two shots while Watney shot a 17-under par 199 to win by nine shots. Past individual champions have included Craig Stadler (1973), Scott Simpson (1977) and Duffy Waldorf (1985).


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Irrawaddy River, Burmese Ayeyarwady, principal river of Myanmar (formerly Burma), running through the centre of the country. Myanmar's most important commercial waterway, it is about 1,350 miles (2,170 km) long. Its name is believed to derive from the Sanskrit term airāvatī, meaning "elephant river." The river flows wholly within the territory of Myanmar. Its total drainage area is about 158,700 square miles (411,000 square km). Its valley forms the historical, cultural, and economic heartland of Myanmar.
Physical features
The Irrawaddy is formed by the confluence of the Nmai and Mali rivers. Both branches rise in the glaciers of the high and remote mountains in northern Myanmar in the vicinity of 28° N. The eastern branch, the Nmai, rises in the Languela glacier on the border with Tibet (China) and has the greater volume of water but is virtually unnavigable because of its strong current. The Mali, the western branch, has a gentler gradient and, although interrupted by rapids, has some navigable sections.
About 30 miles (50 km) south of the confluence is Myitkyinā, the northernmost limit of seasonal navigation by the Irrawaddy steamers. Bhamo, about 150 miles (240 km) south of the confluence, is the northern limit for year-round navigation. Between the confluence and Bhamo, the width of the river during the low-water season varies between one-fourth of a mile (400 metres) and half a mile (800 metres). The depth of the main channel averages about 30 feet (9 metres).
Between Myitkyinā and Mandalay, the Irrawaddy flows through three well-marked defiles (narrow passages or gorges). About 40 miles (65 km) downstream from Myitkyinā is the first defile. Below Bhamo the river makes a sharp westward swing, leaving the Bhamo alluvial basin to cut through the limestone rocks of the second defile. This defile is about 300 feet (90 metres) wide at its narrowest and is flanked by vertical cliffs about 200 to 300 feet (60 to 90 metres) high. About 60 miles (100 km) north of Mandalay, at Mogok, the river enters the third defile. Between Katha and Mandalay, the course of the river is remarkably straight, flowing almost due south, except near Kabwet, where a sheet of lava has caused the river to bend sharply westward. Leaving the third defile at Kyaukmyaung, the river follows a broad, open course through the central dry zone—the ancient cultural heartland—where large areas consist of alluvial flats. From Mandalay (formerly the capital of the kingdom of Myanmar) the river makes an abrupt westward turn before curving southwest to unite with the Chindwin River, after which it continues in a southwesterly direction. It is probable that the upper Irrawaddy originally flowed south from Mandalay, discharging its water through the present Sittang River to the Gulf of Martaban, and that its present westward course is geologically recent. Below its confluence with the Chindwin, the Irrawaddy continues to meander through the densely populated dry zone to the vicinity of Yenangyaung, below which it flows generally southward. In its lower course, between Minbu and Prome, it flows through a narrow valley between forest-covered mountain ranges—the ridge of the Arakan (Rakhine) Mountains to the west and that of the Pegu Mountains to the east.
The delta of the Irrawaddy begins about 58 miles (93 km) above Hinthada (Henzada) and about 180 miles (290 km) from its curved base, which faces the Andaman Sea. The sides of the delta are formed by the southern extremities of the Pegu Mountains on the east and the Arakan Mountains on the west. The westernmost distributary of the delta is the Bassein (Pathein) River, while the easternmost stream is the Yangon River, on the left bank of which stands Myanmar's largest city, Yangon (Rangoon). Because the Yangon River is only a minor channel, the flow of water is insufficient to prevent Yangon Harbour from silting up, and dredging is necessary. The relief of the delta's landscape is low but not flat. The soils consist of fine silt, which is replenished continuously by fertile alluvium carried downstream by the river. As a result of heavy rainfall and the motion and sediment load of the river, the delta surface extends into the Andaman Sea at a rate of about 165 feet (50 metres) per year.
The lower Irrawaddy River basin has a humid tropical climate, while the upper river basin has a warm humid subtropical climate. Both climatic zones are dominated by the South Asia summer monsoon, which brings the heaviest rains between May and October. At Yangon, in the lower basin, temperatures range from a January mean of 77 °F (25 °C) to an April mean of 86 °F (30 °C); temperatures fall slightly during the summer rainy season. At Myitkyinā, in the upper basin, January temperatures average 64 °F (18 °C), and monthly average temperatures peak at 82 °F (28 °C) in June. Temperatures decrease with altitude up the basin to the glaciated regions where mean annual temperatures are below 68 °F (20 °C). Precipitation varies across the basin from 60 to 100 inches (1,500 to 2,500 mm) per year and falls mainly from May to October.
The volume of the Irrawaddy and its tributaries fluctuates greatly through the year, chiefly because of the character of the monsoon rains, which occur between May and October, but also because of the rapid melting of snow and glaciers during the summer, which adds still further to the volume. The average discharge of the river near the head of the delta varies between a low of 82,000 and a high of 1,152,000 cubic feet (2,300 and 32,600 cubic metres) per second; the annual average discharge is 460,000 cubic feet (13,000 cubic metres) per second. The range between high and low water is also great. Annual variations between low-water level and flood level of 31.7 feet (9.66 metres) and 37.3 feet (11.37 metres) have been recorded at Mandalay and Prome, respectively. The lowest water level occurs in February, and the highest in August. In general, from December to March the river varies between the lowest level and 5 feet (1.5 metres) above it, while from mid-June to mid-October the river is 20 to 30 feet (6 to 9 metres) above the lowest level. The river ports therefore find it necessary to have separate high- and low-water landing points.
The peoples living on the river's banks are culturally diverse. On the upper reaches, the Kachin, who practice shifting agriculture, predominate. In the middle and lower basins, the Burmese are the dominant group, cultivating wheat, cotton, and oilseeds in the central dry zone and rice and jute to the south and in the delta region, where rainfall is more plentiful. Also to the south, and particularly in the delta proper, a considerable minority of Karen and some Indians are to be found among the Burmese majority. In addition, a small number of both rural and urban Chinese are scattered throughout the river's drainage basin.
The main river ports on the Irrawaddy are, from north to south, Myitkyinā, Bhamo, Katha, Mandalay, Myingyan, Chauk, Yenangyaung, Minbu, Magwe, Thayetmyo, Prome, Hinthada, and Yandoon. Of these, Mandalay, Chauk, Prome, and Hinthada have good landing facilities. The remaining ports have landing facilities for only one or two barges or lighters, with the vessels mooring alongside the riverbank in most places. Despite Mandalay's position as the chief rail and highway focus in northern Myanmar, a considerable amount of passenger and goods traffic moves by river. The Chindwin valley has no railroad and relies heavily on river transport. Chauk, downstream from the confluence in the oil-field district, is a petroleum port. Like Mandalay to the north and Prome, about 140 miles (225 km) to the south, it is linked to Yangon by road and rail. Hinthada, near the apex of the delta, is the rail junction for lines leading to Kyangin and Bassein (Pathein). A ferry operates between Hinthada on the west bank and the railway station at Tharrawaw on the east bank.
Commercial transportation on the Irrawaddy is maintained for about 800 miles (1,300 km): from Hinthada to Bhamo (670 miles [1,080 km]) throughout the year but from Bhamo to Myitkyinā (125 miles [200 km]) for only seven months. More than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) of navigable waterways exist in the Irrawaddy delta. On the Chindwin River, transportation is carried on by steam or diesel vessels throughout the year up to Homalin—about 400 miles (640 km) from its confluence with the Irrawaddy. Seasonal navigation is carried on into Tamanthi, which is 57 river miles (92 km) above Homalin.
Because the Irrawaddy delta is one of the world's major rice-growing areas, rice is a major item of commerce on the river. Also transported are other foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton, and local commodities. Teak logs—of which Myanmar is the world's major exporter—are floated downstream as large rafts. In the delta region, the rice is carried in small boats to local markets, whence it is shipped to Yangon for export.
The main crossing of the Irrawaddy is the Ava Bridge, which spans the river near Mandalay. Another important bridge crosses the river at Hinthada and connects the western delta with Yangon.
Although the Irrawaddy has been little used for irrigation in the central dry zone, its tributary, the Mu River, has been used for this purpose since the 9th century. The Mu Valley Irrigation Project is among the largest in the country. It permits the dry-season cropping of corn (maize), peanuts (groundnuts), sesame, wheat, cotton, millet, and other dry crops. About one-sixth of the total rice grown in Myanmar comes from the irrigated areas of Mandalay, Sagaing, and Magwe divisions. The river itself also serves to irrigate the delta during the dry season.
As the principal axis of the old Myanmar kingdom, the Irrawaddy River has shaped the country's history, settlement patterns, and economic development. As early as the 6th century, the ancestors of the Burmese arrived from the China-Tibet border area. Using the Irrawaddy as a means of transport, they gradually spread onto the Kyaukse plain and became the major power in the rice-growing region of the north. The Burmese fortified the town of Pagan and eventually gained control over the Irrawaddy and Sittang river valleys and the trade routes between India and China. During the 12th century the town supported a flourishing civilization through rice cultivation and a well-developed network of irrigation canals.
In the 13th century, both the Shan and the Mongols defeated Myanmar armies, and the area dissolved into a number of states, though Burmese kingdoms intermittently reunified the Irrawaddy basin. Beginning in the 16th century, European interests set up trading companies in ports along the coast of Myanmar. By 1886 the British had gained control of Burma (Myanmar) and along with it shipping rights on the Irrawaddy, which also had been sought by the French in an effort to gain a direct route to China.
The British interest was primarily economic, and the opening up of the Irrawaddy delta and the rise of the port of Rangoon (now Yangon) eventually paid off in terms of rice exports. As part of this economic and administrative drive, the British formed the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company in 1865 to convey troops, mail, and stores to riverine stations of British Burma. Starting with four steamers, the company had more than 600 vessels in service by 1940. In 1948 the company was renamed the Inland Water Transport Company. Since then, the service network has declined by half, equipment has become antiquated, and scheduling irregular.Surinder M. Bhardwaj Thomas R. Leinbach Lewis Owen
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Myanmar: Drainage and soils…surface is drained by the Irrawaddy and its tributaries. Flowing entirely through Myanmar, it is navigable for nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 km). At the apex of its delta, the Irrawaddy breaks up into a vast network of streams and empties into the Andaman Sea through multiple mouths. Its great tributary,…
Myanmar: TransportationThe Irrawaddy River is the backbone of Myanmar's transportation system. The Irrawaddy is navigable year-round up to Bhamo and to Myitkyina during the dry season, when there are no rapids. The Chindwin is navigable for some 500 miles (800 km) from its confluence with the Irrawaddy…
Southeast Asia: DrainageThe Irrawaddy River flows through western Myanmar, draining the eastern slope of the country's western mountain chain and the western slope of the Shan Plateau. Although the river itself is shorter than either the Salween or the Mekong rivers, its lowland areas are more extensive. Most…
Pagan…western flank resting on the Irrawaddy River. It was the focus of a network of highroads by means of which its rulers could command a large region of fertile plains and could dominate other major Myanmar dynastic cities, such as Pegu. From the port of Thiripyissaya, further down the river,…
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SourceLabs, which had Microsoft connections despite its open source bent, continues to operate as a standalone business, EMC said. However, SourceLabs CEO Byron Sebastian and its chief architect Will Pugh will apparently be joining EMC. What remains will still have SWiK.net, the open source project dedicated to documenting open source software, although a published report had the company trying to sell that too lately.
Blogs that don't bother checking have EMC buying all of SourceLabs (close but no cigar) and sticking it in its newfangled Decho operation where Mozy, its cloud backup service, now lives, making them wrong on both counts.
EMC described the purchase as "very small."
SourceLabs got $10.5 million from Madrona Venture Group, Ignition Partners and Index Venture in two rounds in 2004 and 2006.
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See last years' character assassination here
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Jacked! part 2
See last years' character assassination here
16 comments:
- Quentin Lebegue said...
This must have been so cool ! Great caricatures !
- 9:14 pm
- Iestyn Roberts said...
Fantastic caricatures Matt. As a fellow Welshman, who went to Parc Menai - I'd just like to say 'hi!'. Are you a Welsh speaker too Matt? - Iestyn
- 10:11 pm
- Avner Geller said...
These are hilarious, and spot on!!
awesome work!
- 10:13 pm
- Matt J said...
Quentin-it was a highly entertaining evening of artistic insultry
Iestyn-hywl fawr! Love your photos of North Wales
Avner- Appreciated, thanks!
- 11:00 pm
- Jim Mortensen said...
Haha. Awesome. The second-to-last one is classic ****-face.
"-the names have been changed to protect the innocent!" ...
But apparently not the filenames. ;)
- 1:18 am
- JP said...
Rej: spotted.
- 8:52 pm
- sebastian said...
amazing caricatures, Matt!
- 2:59 am
- Matt J said...
Jim- you cracked it!
JP-that god-like profile is unmistakable eh?
Sebastian- thanks!
- 10:49 pm
- Nate Villanueva said...
Yes! We filipinos are all quite handsome. ;)
- 8:03 pm
- Matt J said...
hah! Should it be Philipino with an F? I checked online but I guess the 'real' way of spelling is your way?
- 8:13 pm
- Leo Matsuda said...
haha! You nailed Ted... and I believe that the vampire is Pete? Awesome caricatures!!!
- 7:51 pm
- Matt J said...
Thanks Leo- yes you spotted Pete Sohn as teh vampire!
- 10:23 pm
- Souvanna SOULISACK said...
So cool caricatures! Lovely picture, seems he loves his carricature! xD
- 10:21 pm
- Megan said...
is really funny! XOXOXO
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- 6:29 pm
- Garrett Hanna said...
Annual mean caricature night!? Sounds like a dream come true. I need to get one of those happening where I work. You're awesome!
- 9:34 pm
- jannet maria said...
Lovely caricatures and Awesome Work! Nice post, Thanks for sharing such a fantastic blog.
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I really loved baked tofu - it's delicious, easy, packed with protein, and full of flavor. I love making a big batch so that I have it to nibble on when I want a healthy and filling snack from the fridge. For me, cold baked tofu from the fridge is every bit as good as hot baked tofu fresh from the oven. Like cold pizza!
Sometimes, you just gotta get your mojo going! One of my all-time favorite baked tofu recipes is the Zesty Orange Mojo Tofu from Viva Vegan, by Terry Hope Romero. It doesn't require marinating in advance, which makes it even easier. Better yet, while the tofus bake on one side, you have time to mix together the marinade. Then you flip the tofus, pour on the marinade, and bake a bit longer.
It takes about an hour total, but most of that time is just the tofus doing their magic in the oven while you are off reading a book or snuggling your cat. As promised, this tofu recipe is quite zesty indeed - it's packed full with flavor - so I just served it with a giant mound of broccoli and some super delicious green beans from the farmers market.


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Using PayPal for OJS and OCS Payments
Using PayPal for OJS and OCS Payments
The latest versions of OJS and OCS support the use of the PayPal online payment system (http://www.paypal.com) for secure online financial transactions. In OJS, this can be used to collect subscription fees, pay-per-view fees, membership fees, author submission fees, fast-track peer review fees, and donations. In OCS, this can also be used to collect registration fees.
This document will outline the basic steps in getting this up and running. You should, however, review the PayPal documentation to ensure that you have setup your PayPal profile to meet your specific requirements.
A Paypal Sandbox Account
(This section was recently inserted by an end user struggling with these instructions. For the original and more polished instructions, go on to the next section.)
First, experiment not with a real paypal account, but with the paypal sandbox account feature. Switch to the real paypal website only after the sandbox pretend-paypal account interactions with your journal is working well. This section describes the sandbox-related setup process.
Before we start, some conceptual clarification. Although the sandbox website is a great feature, paypal's names are a bit confusing. Paypal has two types of accounts that live on the sandbox website. You should distinguish between the developer account, and pretend-paypal accounts. You first create one and only one developer account. This developer account in turn allows you to create pretend-paypal accounts with monopoly money. When logging into the sandbox website, you may log on either into your real developer account, or into one of the many pretend-paypal accounts that you have created.
To get started, go to https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_onboarding-list&getStarted=true .
Sign up for the business account.
Create a New Account. This account has nothing to do with your real paypal account. It is also not even the test account that you will be using to test Paypal with your site. Instead, it is the paypal developer account that will allow you in turn to create pretend-paypal accounts. It is these pretend-paypal accounts that you will use to test paypal interaction with your journal..
In the sandbox signup, you should give your real information. It is a real account, used to develop the paypal interaction. Describe your business, presumably your journal. On the next page, give your real Business Owner Contact Information.
After you log into this brand-new sandbox account, you can begin to create test accounts. You should probably create one seller pretend-paypal account for your journal, and a few pretend-paypal accounts for different buyers (journal subscribers, donors, etc). You can also give these accounts bank balances, login accounts, etc
After you have created each pretend-paypal account, you can easily log in to any one of these pretend-paypal accounts via a nice menu choice from your sandbox developer accounts, which makes this easy. After you are logged into your pretend-paypal account, you can do everything a real paypal user can do. For example, you can verify your pretend-paypal account. (If the site asks for verification (which the real paypal does by depositing two small transactions into your account), you can provide any dollar amount you wish.)
For your pretend-paypal seller (i.e., your journal account), you want to turn on Instant Payment Notification (IPN). On the profile page, under Seller Preferences, you will find the IPN entry. the notification URL that you need to answer the question is https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr. [The IPN URL under 'Fee Payment Methods' is not hard-coded to the default PayPal URL to enable testing with the PayPal sandbox before enabling the production PayPal URL. In effect, this is the URL that OJS will use to communicate with PayPal to both setup the transaction and to verify its completion once PayPal payment is complete. Part of the process of setting up a transaction is to include a return URL to OJS for PayPal (this is how PayPal knows where to return).]
at this point, you should be all set to simulate the paypal side of your interactions. now skip to "Configuring OJS/OCS below."
Your Real PayPal Account
Set up a PayPal Website Payments Standard account: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_onboarding-list&getStarted=true
Hit the Go button. If you already have a PayPal account, login now. If not, select your country:
Fill in the resulting form:
Fill in the forms and save. Next, create your business account:
Confirm your registration using your email account:
Once you`ve confirmed your account, go to your Account Overview:
Using the Unverified link, go ahead and verify your account.
Next, from your Account Overview, choose the Edit Profile link:
On the Profile page, choose Instant Payment Notification Preferences:
Use the Edit button to turn on Instant Payment Notification (IPN):
Check the box and add the URL below (you will also find this URL when you setup your payment methods in OJS or OCS):
Configuring OJS
Now that you have setup your PayPal account, you will need to activate your payment methods in OJS. To do so, login as the Journal Manager, and select Payments. Under General Options, choose your currency:
Next, select the kind of payments you wish to charge on your site. These could include author submission fees, fast-track peer review fees, article publication fees, subscription fees, pay-per-view fees, membership fees, or, as in the example below, donations:
This will create a DONATION link in the sidebar if you have installed the PHP libcurl library, and if you have not changed the default in your OJS Home > User > Journal Management > Journal Setup [then choose "5. The Look" and check that 5.6 has the 'Donation Block' still in the right sidebar]:
When readers select the DONATION link, they will be taken to the PayPal Fee Payment page:
After clicking Continue, the reader will be taken directly to PayPal, where they can select their donation amount (e.g., $10.00) and pay using a credit card or with their own PayPal account:
If they choose to use a credit card, they will need to fill in the resulting form:
Once the payment is complete, they will return to the journal or conference. The payment will appear in your PayPal Account Overview:
If you have any questions about using OJS or OCS with PayPal, please let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com
Configuring OCS
Now that you have setup your PayPal account, you will need to activate your payment methods in OCS. To do so, login as the Conference Manager, and select Payments. Under General Options, choose your currency:
Viewing Payments As Journal Manager
In terms of completed payments, you should be able to access these via the 'Records' tab from the Fee Payment Options screen as a JM. Likewise, you'll find options for submission and peer review payments under the main 'Options' page. With these enabled, you'll be able to see if/when they were paid for each submisssion.


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clear 4g wireless: epic fail
All I wanted to do was order some damn tickets for an upcoming The Dutchess and The Duke show. Now my drunk ass is up writing a rant about the shitty internet disservice provided by Clear (formerly known as Clearwire, and before that, Xohm). Hint: there is a reason for the name changes. And that reason is: that which we call Clear by any other name would smell just as fecal.
Cliff's Notes:
Do not get Clear internet. Clear sucks and is without a doubt the worst motherfucking ISP ever. Seriously, Clear is awful. Do not get Clear.
we can put a man on the moon, but reliable internet is beyond us
Who do I have to sleep with in this country to get some decent goddamn internet service? As previously discussed I hate Comcast. In contrast, Sprint was pretty cool, but 3G was just too slow to stream teh pr0nz. So when Clear came out with 4G, promising speeds up to 6MB/s, I was first in line to sign up. Turns out, Clear sucks more dick than Priya Rai.
6 MB/s, my ass, try 1 MB/s
At first, Clear was totally awesome. They advertised 6MB/s and I was getting 2 - 3MB/s at home in downtown Atlanta about 10 yards from the cell tower. That is about what I was expecting, since wireless always works about half as good as advertised*. At my friend's place in Inman Park, I got over 6MB/s on several occasions.
Then Clear started sucking. Now I am lucky to get 1 MB/s, if the service even condescends to actually work. For comparison purposes, that would be approximately as fast as my fucking 3G Iphone (more on this later). Fuck Clear.
oh, so you don't like 1 MB/s? then try 0 MB/s, bitch
While disappointing, the slow speeds were tolerable. However, in the past month, Clear has been going down completely for hours at a time. Amazingly, when service goes down, Clear's technical support never seems to be open. I suppose this beats Comcast, because at least I do not have to spend three hours on hold to be told the outage is my fault and I need to power cycle the modem**.
a backup plan
After getting fucked in the ass multiple times by Clear's crappy internet, I came up with a backup plan for when the intert00bz go down. Luckily, I previously spent too much money on an Iphone. Conveniently, Steve Jobs, the One True God™, saw fit to enable tethering in the Iphone's 3.x OS. Of course the shitheads at AT&T are not on board with that, but with my mad Google skills, I got it working and am writing this now while Clear is down. Pretty fucking sad when America's shittiest cell phone provider works better than Clear Wimax.
clear sucks and is not recommended
Just to be clear, Clear is NOT recommended. Clear is a complete and utter rip off. Also, for the record, Sprint and Comcast own large stakes in Clear. So do not think Sprint's 4G service will work any better than Clear - Sprint is using the exact same hardware and towers and simply charging more. Sort of like a Lexus ES350 is just a glorified Camry.
Other people on the intert00bz who also think Clear sucks:
* Unless the provider is AT&T - then it works 25 percent as good as advertised, if at all.


text: Not only was Brad Elterman always present at the right time and the right place, but he also has a story to tell about every moment he captured with his camera. From nearly getting beaten up by Robert Plant's roadies for getting a shot of the singer in his briefs playing soccer, to the moment Joan Jett flicked him off and thus allowed him to get one of the most quintessential late 1970's images of rock n' roll. He's still shooting like crazy and if you follow him on Tumblr, where he's quite the sensation, you can check out all of his great photos of yesterday as well as today. Brad Elterman's photographs will also be on display at Kana Manglapus Gallery in Venice Beach from June 28th – September 10th.


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Luxury SUV Deals: April 2013
It can be difficult to narrow down your search for the right luxury SUV with so many different models available. But whether you're looking to lease, finance or buy, getting a good price is easy thanks to our list of today's top luxury SUV deals. Each of these offers is available this month, giving shoppers the inside scoop on the best deals for some of today's top luxury SUVs.
Acura MDX
The 2013 Acura MDX is a midsize luxury SUV with standard 3-row seating. Two lease deals are available this month on the MDX. The first is a 36-month deal with payments starting from $439 per month. Unfortunately, taking advantage of that offer requires putting down nearly $2,500. For shoppers who would rather not put anything down, Acura also has a zero-down lease offer on the MDX in April -- a rarity in the luxury SUV world. That incentive, also available for 36 months, includes monthly payments that start at $500. For shoppers looking to finance their next SUV, Acura is unfortunately not offering any low-interest deals on the MDX in April.
Buick Enclave
The 2013 Buick Enclave is a 3-row SUV that received a face-lift for the latest model year, which added new styling inside and out. Three Enclave offers are available this month. For cash buyers, Buick is offering up to $1,500 back. Qualified shoppers looking to finance can also get a deal on the Enclave, as Buick is touting interest rates as low as 1.9 percent for up to 60 months. But the best offer remains Buick's Experience Buick lease deal. This month, the Enclave is available with a tempting 24-month lease with monthly payments starting at $349. While that offer requires $2,819 down, it also includes two years of free maintenance, two free years of OnStar and two free years of SiriusXM satellite radio.
Lexus RX
The 2013 Lexus RX is a midsize crossover with 2-row seating and an available hybrid model. Two good lease deals are offered in April. The best incentive is for shoppers who don't need all-wheel drive. A 2-wheel drive 2013 Lexus RX 350 can be leased for 36 months with payments starting at just $389 per month. While that's a very reasonable figure for a luxury car, shoppers who take advantage have to put down more than $4,400 at lease signing. They also have to limit their driving to only 10,000 miles per year. Adding all-wheel drive retains the down payment and mileage limit while it boosts the SUV's monthly rate to $429.
Mercedes M-Class
The 2013 Mercedes M-Class is a newly redesigned midsize crossover with 3-row seating. Two lease deals are offered in April. The best is on the newly available 2-wheel drive ML350. While many shoppers will need the security of all-wheel drive, those who don't can get the ML350 for only $599 per month. While that offer requires $4,893 down, it's available for an alluring 30 months. Shoppers who need all-wheel drive will be happy to learn that the feature only adds $20 to the monthly payment. And while all-wheel drive boosts the down payment to around $5,300, the ML350 4Matic is available with the same attractive 30-month term as the rear-drive ML350.
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Volvo XC90
The 2013 Volvo XC90 is a 3-row crossover with available all-wheel drive. In April, it boasts several special offers. The best is a finance deal that offers zero-percent interest to qualified shoppers for up to 48 months. For drivers who would prefer to lease an XC90, Volvo is offering the crossover in April with a 36-month lease term and payments starting at $439 per month. The only catch is that getting that deal requires $3,114 down, since Volvo's zero-down sign and drive event is now over.
What it means to you: If you're looking for a luxury SUV this month, our list of luxury SUV deals is a good place to start your search.


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To celebrate its 110th anniversary, the magazine Popular Mechanics has published a fascinating list of 110 predictions for the next 110 years, divided up by the decades in which they will occur. For instance, within the next 10 years, PM believes that translation technology will become so sophisticated and cheap that smart phones will turn into universal translators so "people will be fluent in every language." The whole list is worth a read, but here are some of our favorites that could have a real impact on women's lives:
Nanoparticles will make chemotherapy far more effective. By delivering tiny doses of cisplatin and docetaxel right to cancerous cells, the mini messengers will significantly reduce the pain and side effects of today's treatments.
In recent years, guidelines on breast cancer treatment have changed so that fewer women have courses of chemotherapy after surgery, in part because the side effects are so traumatic, and because of findings that suggest chemotherapy is helpful to only 15 percent of patients who receive it as a follow-up. But if chemotherapy could be more targeted and less toxic, it could help make breast cancer treatment a less intimidating prospect. PM predicts this could be reality by 2022.
Your genome will be sequenced before you are born. Researchers led by Jay Shendure of the University of Washington recently reconstructed the genome of a fetus using saliva from the father and a blood sample from the mother (which yielded free-floating DNA from the child). Blood from the umbilical cord later confirmed that the sequencing was 98 percent accurate. Once the price declines, this procedure will allow us to do noninvasive prenatal testing.
Right now, adults can send in saliva samples and have their own DNA sequenced by genetic testing services like 23 And Me. But the new tests will allow parents to know the actual DNA profile of the fetus they just created. This is not without its downsides: As Harriet A. Washington wrote in Slate earlier this fall, the availability of such testing could also move up unnerving conversations about whether to terminate a pregnancy, or how to care for a potentially disabled child, even as they don't provide absolute certainty about the outcome of a pregnancy. PM forecasts that these tests will be normal procedure in the next ten years.
Your clothes will clean themselves too. Engineers in China have developed a titanium dioxide coating that helps cotton shed stains and eliminate odor-producing bacteria. To revive your lucky shirt after a night of poker, you need only step into the sun.
Now if only this technology could be extended to the kitchen sink as well as the laundry room. The housework gap between women and men continues to close, but it hasn't been eliminated yet—the Bureau of Labor Statistics found earlier this year that American women do 2.6 hours of housework per day while men do 2.1 hours. If technology could cut down on the minutes we need to spend on household tasks period, it might be easier to split them equitably, and for partners to spend more time on each other, or on other pursuits. The self-cleaning clothes part, at least, could be a reality by 2022.
Nurse Jackie will be a robot. By 2045, when seniors (60-plus) outnumber the planet's youth (15 and under) for the first time in history, hospitals will use robots to solve chronic staffing issues. Expect to find the new Nightingales lifting patients and pushing food carts. Engineers at Purdue University are thinking even bolder—designing mechanical scrub nurses that respond to hand gestures during surgery.
Though the number of men in nursing professions is increasing, it remains a field dominated by women, as is also the case with home health aides. Just as mechanization (as well as outsourcing) hurt male employment in manufacturing, the rise of robotic nurses could push down employment in a sector where women have long been dominant. It's always fun to think that the future will open up new and exciting employment fields. But it'll make other kinds of jobs obsolete, and women should learn from the decimation of some male-dominated fields as we make our career plans for the future. PM thinks Nurse Jackie will be delivering your post-op meal by 2062.


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The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has determined that the death of the female discovered at Cedar Lane earlier this week was due to natural causes. There has yet to be a ruling on the death of the male that was also found at the residence, as officials are conducting further forensic studies.
The police are still investigating the incident.
Police were called to 27 Cedar Lane at 2:57 p.m. on Wednesday, for a welfare check, after newspapers began accumulating outside of the home. Finding the home secure, the officers called for the fire department to help gain access to the home.
Once inside, the officers found two bodies, one male and one female. The bodies were transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for further examination.
Police officials have yet to identify the deceased.
"They're not ruling anything out right now," said Police Spokesman Sgt. Jeff Dobratz. "They're waiting on word from the Chief Medical Examiner."
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CUPERTINO, Calif., April 25 (UPI) -- Apple says a multimedia timeline posted to the music section of iTunes is a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the digital music store.
Although the formal iTunes "birthday" isn't until Sunday, "A Decade of iTunes" timeline is online now in the music section of the store, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
The multimedia timeline features notable iPod releases, the top-selling songs and albums from each year of the iTunes' existence, and other bits of information, such as noting Feb. 23, 2006 as the date when iTunes sold its 1 billionth song.
The timeline also highlights the addition of The Beatles collection in November 2010, the release of a Special Edition U2 iPod in black and red in October 2004 and the launch of the App Store with 500 apps during summer 2008.
The iTunes Store was introduced 2003 because Apple felt consumers were looking for an easy and legal way to download songs from the Internet, Eddy Cue, the executive in charge of overseeing iTunes, said.
"Apple was floored, as were the labels, when customers bought over 1 million songs during the first week," he said. "And now, 10 years later, we continue to be amazed by how much customers love the iTunes Store with more than 25 billion songs sold."


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I get weekly email medical questions from writers about diseases that affect their characters.
Often, I find myself replying with a slew of questions for the writer. With anything as complicated as a choosing a diagnosis to suit a character and plot, it takes sleuthing to figure out what's going to be a good fit.
Here are some of the questions I often shoot back to writers after I get an email.
1. Age. In order to pick out a good diagnosis, many diseases are age-specific. It wouldn't make sense to have a young, healthy 16 year-old have a stroke out of the blue, for instance.
2. Baseline status. Are they healthy? If I have a character who's already saddled down with high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and is addicted to smoking and alcohol, it's very easy for me to figure out what diseases they'll fall prey to. A perfectly healthy person who suddenly got a life-threatening condition? That narrows down the diseases significantly.
3. Impairment. How "out of it" or impaired do you want your character to be, leading up to the dramatic diagnosis, or after? Do you want someone suffering from memory loss? Because that will be a major issue in a first-person POV, won't it? Not impossible, but it brings up serious plot issues. What if they're bed-bound from a serious motor vehicle accident? It might get tedious to have every single scene around a hospital bed for many chapters in a row.
4. Timeline. How do you want the timing of the disease or problem to play out? I get a lot of questions along the lines of "I need them to die within 6 months of finding out they're sick." FYI--the shorter life span they have, the more limited diagnoses I have to use.
5. Physical symptoms. Related to impairment, above. Are they going to be visibly affected by the problem? Are we talking bulky tumors sticking out out their neck, or wasting away to a skeleton? Is the author okay with the character being exhausted all the time, or having rashes and stuff?
6. Playing the Odds and Believability. If you want me to pick a particular disease, I'll tell you if it's just not believable. If a disease only targets only women, I'm not going to suggest it for a male character. There are exceptions, of course (for example, men get breast cancer. They do.) But you'll have to make it work with your story.
7. Think out of the box. We tend to gravitate towards cancer as a dramatic, life-threatening diagnosis to throw at our characters. But heart disease, emphysema, diabetes, rheumatologic diseases (like lupus), neurologic diseases (like multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease) and many, many others are also killers in their own, very particular ways. Our poor, overworked, fictional oncologists! There are a lot of illnesses out there that can kill and disable. But I can help find some of these diseases with you.
8. Is the character willing to be treated? The natural history of how a disease plays out is hugely affected by whether the patient will do all the treatments necessary. So a disease that's usually well-controlled and won't kill in the short-term (like type 1, insulin-dependent diabetes) can kill if the person refuses to take insulin. That's a twist that many don't consider.
So just a warning. If you ask me a question, likely I'll multiply it five-fold when I email you back!


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Ciara + Nicki Minaj Get Their Sexy On in 'I'm Out' Video
Ciara and Nicki Minaj are white hot in their video for 'I'm Out.'
The ladies teamed up on the kissoff anthem, and the video is pretty much what you'd expect from the super sexy duo. There's a lot of grinding, a lot of choreography and not a lot of clothing. To be fair, if you were built like Ciara or Nicki, we think you'd be apt to show it off too!
'I'm Out' is the second single, following 'Body Party,' from Ciara's self-titled record, set to drop July 9.


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Katy Perry to Receive Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Katy Perry has been a star for less than ten years, but she's going to get an actual "star" immortalizing her success.
Katy is one of the celebrities announced Thursday as a future recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Other musicians set for the honor include the late rapper Tupac Shakur, '80s MTV star and General Hospital actor Rick Springfield and Ray Parker Jr., best known as the guy who sang the Ghostbusters movie theme.
It's not known exactly when these celebrities will receive their stars. They have five years to arrange a ceremony, which they must attend personally -- unless, of course, they are no longer with us -- or the honor is forfeited.
Other future inductees announced on Thursday who aren't musicians include Orlando Bloom, Claire Danes, the late Phil Hartman, Sally Field, Jessica Lange, Dabney Coleman and Liam Neeson.


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