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I friend of mine ask me to update his iPod, and i was searching google for the latest firmware and found at iphone-freaks a post for all iphone firmwares. They redirects you to a xml that was discovered by the communications between the PC and Apple servers.
In this xml file, searched for 2.1 firmware an i found a iPod2,1_2.1.1_5F138_Restore.ipsw. Could it work, someone already test it?

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With the help of Google Images, I might have found what I need, but I'm not certain it will work.
Here is the link http://www.wright-products.com/produ...cents_Designer
The Georgian deadbolt and latch, which are the two at top of the page, are what we have on the door right now. The mortised lockset, which is shown at the bottom, is similar if not the same that my front storm door has and it takes a regular size house key. Does anyone know if something like that Serenade style, middle of page, would replace the Georgian style, but with a full size key?
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Snap on 2&4 Weekend w/ Charles "Wigg" Walker
Nashville Jazz Workshop - Nashville, TN
For our first February Snap on 2&4, NJW is proud to present two nights of world class music with renowned soul singer Charles "Wigg" Walker! The local legend will be backed by the incredible organ trio of Charles Treadway on the Hammond B3, guitarist Pat Bergeson, and drummer Pete Abbott. Mark your calendars now for Friday, Feb. 8 and Saturday, Feb. 9!
Charles Walker is one of the few remaining original soul singers from back in the day when "old school" was brand new. He is a consummate entertainer with a resumé far too extensive to list. A Nashville native, Charles cut his first record here in 1959 for Ted Jarrett's legendary Champion labels. In 1960 he moved to New York City, where he worked regularly in both the recording studios and nightclubs. In 1962, he was recording with Chess Records and soon signed as lead singer with the J.C. Davis Band, with whom he toured the country opening for many of the all-time greats of the era, including James Brown, Etta James, Wilson Pickett, and Otis Redding, just to name a few.
Charles formed his own group, Little Charles and the Sidewinders in 1964. They became one of the most in-demand soul bands in New York City, performing regularly at the legendary Apollo Theater and Small's Paradise, as well as venturing out to Las Vegas and Atlantic City. The band worked together throughout the 60's and reformed again in 1973. In 1979, Charles was signed with Motown records as a staff writer. Having moved back to Nashville in the early 90's following many more years of touring and recording, Charles is widely recognized as the vocalist fronting the popular retro funk band, the Dynamites. For much more on his incredible career, check his Myspace page.
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I always looked to about thirty as the barrier of any real or fierce delight in the passions, and determined to work them out in the younger ore and better veins of the mine --and I flatter myself (perhaps) that I have pretty well done so --and now the dross is coming.
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Collimation (Alignment) of the Optical System
The optical collimation of any astronomical telescope used for serious purposes
is important, but in the case of the Schmidt-Cassegrain design of the 8"
LX10, such collimation is absolutely essential for good performance. Take
special care to read and understand this section well so that your LX10
will give you the best optical performance.
As part of final optical testing, every Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain is precisely
collimated at the Meade factory before shipment; however, vibrations in
shipping can cause the optical system to become misaligned. Re-aligning
the optics is, however, a straightforward process.
To check the collimation of your LX10, center a bright star that is overhead
with the supplied 25mm eyepiece. Allow the telescope to adjust to the temperature
of your observation site before proceeding; temperature differences between
the optics and the outside air can cause distortion in the images.
With the star or hot spot centered, de-focus the image. You will notice
that the out of focus star image looks like a ring of light surrounding
a dark central spot; the dark central spot is in fact the shadow of the
secondary mirror. Turn the focus knob until the ring of light fills about
10% of the eyepiece field-diameter. If the dark central spot is offset in
(i.e., not concentric with) the ring of light, your telescope's optical
system is misaligned and requires collimation.
Follow these steps for collimation of the optical system:
Caution: Do not force the three collimation screws past their normal travel
and do not loosen them more than two full turns in a counterclockwise direction
or the secondary mirror may come loose from its support. You will find that
the adjustments are very sensitive, usually requiring only one-half turn
or less to produce the desired result.
If a flashlight or other high-intensity light source is pointed down the
main telescope tube, you may at first be shocked at the appearance of the
optics. To the uninitiated, the view (depending upon your line of sight
and the angle of the light) may reveal what appears to be scratches, dark
or bright spots, or just generally uneven coatings, giving the appearance
of poor quality optics.
These effects are only seen when a high intensity light is transmitted through
lenses or reflected off the mirrors, and can be seen on any high
quality optical system, including giant research telescopes.
The optical quality of a telescope cannot be judged by the "flashlight"
test; the true test of optical quality can only be conducted through careful
star testing.
After a period of time, the R.A. lock (3, Fig.
8) may not tighten sufficiently due to internal wear of the clutch mechanism.
In such an event remove the R.A. lock lever using one of the supplied hex
wrenches. Then, using a standard pair of pliers, tighten the shaft protruding
outward from the drive base until you cannot easily rotate the fork arm
in R.A., taking care not to scratch the finish of the telescope mounting.
Replace the R.A. lock lever so that its handle points straight out from
the crossbar connecting the fork arm.
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Adjusting the Declination Lock
Continual use of the Declination lock (1, Fig.
9) may cause this lock to loosen. To retighten the lock, first turn
the manual Declination slow-motion knob (2, Fig. 8) so that the Declination
tangent arm (located inside the left-hand fork mount arm) is about in the
middle of its travel. Put the Declination lock lever in the "unlocked"
position (toward the eyepiece), and insert a 1/8" hex wrench into the
notched-out section of the left-hand fork arm. Tighten the hex-head nut
located just inside the notch.
Caution: In most instances only one turn of this hex-head nut is required
to fully retighten the Declination lock.
A common complaint of many first-time telescope owners is that they cannot
see the telescope "move" when the motor drive is engaged. If fact,
when the batteries are installed, the power is on and the R.A. lock engaged,
the telescope is moving. However, the movement is at the same speed as the
hour hand of a 24-hour clock; as such, the movement is difficult to discern
To check the movement of your telescope, look at an astronomical object
through the telescope's eyepiece with the telescope polar aligned and with
the motor drive on. If the object remains stationary in the field of view,
your telescope is operating properly. If not, check to ensure that you have
engaged the R.A. lock and that the power switch on the control panel is
on. If the telescope is still not tracking, replace the batteries.
When not in use, store your LX10 in a cool, dry place. Do not expose the
instrument to excessive heat or moisture. In addition when the LX10 is to
be stored for more than one month, remove the 4 AA-size batteries from the
power panel; battery leakage may damage the telescope's electronic system.
When transporting the telescope, take care not to bump or drop the instrument;
this type of abuse can cause the optical system to misalign or cause damage
to the electronic components.
If you have a question concerning your Meade 8" LX10 telescope, call
Meade Instruments Customer Service Department at 949-451-1450, or contact us
by fax at 949-451-1460. Customer Service hours are 8:30AM - 4:00PM, Pacific Standard
Time, Monday through Friday.
In the unlikely event that your LX10 telescope requires factory servicing
or repairs, write or call the Meade Customer Service Dept. first, before
returning your telescope to the factory, giving full particulars as to the
nature of the problem, as well as your name, address, and daytime telephone
number. The great majority of LX10 servicing issues can be resolved by telephone,
avoiding return of the telescope to the factory.
Related Topics:
Authorized Dealers
Meade 7", 8", and 10" LX-Series Catadioptric Telescopes
Accessories for Meade LX-Series Catadioptric Telescopes
Index of Instruction Manuals
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the show was grand. i went down by myself and just sat ---taking it in --in the silence.
my sister Trish's photos truly moved me. She's a talented woman and I respect her and all the artists that contributed to that show.
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Longview Area School and Business Food Drives
LCM sponsors a friendly competition among area schools and businesses who participate in special food drives during Feinstein months of March and April. A traveling trophy is awarded the area school campus that collects the most food items. Business participants are recognized for their participation. Longview is blessed with an amazing compassionate community, especially when they are reminded of this opportunity. To participate in either of these events, please contact Lisa Simmons at
Second Place: First Presbyterian Church
Third Place: Winterfield Methodist Church
Approximately 24 local churches, businesses, schoos and organizations participated in "Souper" Bowl Sunday Food Drive for LCM, brining in 13,945 food items and dollars. (Each dollar is calculated as one can.) Proceeds from the food drive each year are donated to the LCM Food Box, Longview's largest food pantry. LCM's Food Box gives out approximately 600 food boxes every week to needy families. This averages out to about 10,000 food items per week! It is a great gift to receive the donations through churches and organizations; however, this food will last an average of two weeks at the most. Please consider continued support orf LCM's Food Box through regular donations.
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Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Leads with 13 Nods
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences is proud to honor the year's finest achievements in video games with nominations for the 17th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards (#DICEAwards), the video game industry's premier peer-based awards show. The Academy's 22,000+ members, comprised of the interactive publishing and development communities, recognize excellence in 24 different interactive game categories in one of the highest forms of recognition in the industry. Included in the Academy's voting body is the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) - members are invited to vote on the craft categories.
Leading the nominations is The Last of Us with 13 nods, including Game of the Year. The other nominees up for the Academy's highest honor are; Assassin's Creed: IV Black Flag, Bioshock Infinite, Grand Theft Auto V and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. Several more titles received multiple nominations including Grand Theft Auto V with seven, Bioshock Infinite with six, and Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag and Tearaway tying with five each.
The D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, Feb. 6 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas at the end of the 2014 D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit (#DICE2014); it will live stream in its entirety at 7:30pm PT/10:30pm ET. Also being honored this year as the Pioneer Award recipient is legendary video game designer Eugene Jarvis, whose games Defender and Robotron: 2084 have made lasting impact through the golden age of the arcade and beyond.
"The games from 2013 are a mix of memorable, small footprint independent games and true blockbusters from the past console generation as they wind down in high style with notable games like Grand Theft Auto V, The Last of Us and Bioshock: Infinite," said Martin Rae, president, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. "Each year our voters grapple with a surplus of impactful games, and 2013 was no different with its selection of stunning visuals, innovative gameplay and challenging narratives. It is an honor for the Academy to celebrate such a talented group of creators and their respective work at the D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony!"
New this year is the Online Game of the Year award. This category is unique among the D.I.C.E. Awards in that it celebrates titles outside of the current calendar year alongside this year's releases, in order to celebrate the constantly evolving experiences persistent online titles provide.
"As the gaming industry continues to evolve, it's important that we update our honors to reflect the finest achievements among modern developers and publishers," said Rae. "With the continued growth of online games and the idea of games as a service, we created the Online Game of the Year category to recognize not only the best in online games from 2013, but also online games from previous years that continue to evolve over time."
The following is a partial list of nominees; the complete list of Awards categories, finalists, and game maker credits is available at: http://www.interactive.org/images/pdfs/17th-Annual-DICE-Finalists.pdf
Game of the Year
Assassin's Creed: IV Black Flag
Bioshock Infinite
Grand Theft Auto V
The Last of Us
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons
Grand Theft Auto V
Papers, Please
The Last of Us
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
Grand Theft Auto V
Papers, Please
The Last of Us
The Stanley Parable
Adventure Game of the Year
Assassin's Creed: IV Black Flag
The Last of Us
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Tomb Raider
Action Game of the Year
Battlefield 4
Bioshock Infinite
Dead Rising 3
DmC: Devil May Cry
Downloadable Game of the Year
Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Gone Home
Papers, Please
The Stanley Parable
Online Game of the Year
Battlefield 4
Borderlands 2
Diablo III
The Last of Us
World of Tanks
Titles were played and evaluated by members of the Academy's Peer Panels to determine final nominees. These panels, one for each award category, are comprised of the game industry's most experienced and talented men and women who are experts in their chosen fields. The Academy's 22,000+ members then vote to determine the winners as part of a secure voting process in which the winners are not revealed until the evening of the show.
To attend the 17th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards or the 2014 D.I.C.E. Summit, please visit www.dicesummit.org to purchase tickets.
About the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences:
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) was founded in 1996 as a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote, advance and recognize the outstanding achievements in the interactive entertainment industry worldwide. The Academy conducts its annual awards show, the D.I.C.E. Awards, to celebrate and honor creative accomplishments in the field. To further enhance awareness of the Academy's vision, the organization created the D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit in 2002, a once yearly conference dedicated to exploring approaches to the creative process and artistic expression as they uniquely apply to the development of interactive entertainment. In 2013 the Academy launched D.I.C.E. Europe in London to cater to the European games market. The Academy has more than 20,000 members, including Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Wargaming, Bethesda Game Studios, Ubisoft, Valve Software, Double Fine, Gearbox Software, Nexon and Insomniac Games, among others. More information can be found at www.interactive.org and www.dicesummit.org. Follow the Academy on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Google+, #DICE2014 and #DICEAwards.
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Study Finds Diabetes Increase Among College-Age PeoplePosted: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota graduate student Elizabeth Bertrand worries about diabetes not only because it runs in her family, but also because her diet gets worse when she is stressed.
The study, conducted by researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, shows Type 2 diabetes is more aggressive in people ages 18 to 44.
Type 2 is often brought on by obesity and family history, and is sometimes controllable by monitoring weight, exercise and diet. Doctors do not know what causes Type 1 diabetes, which is when the pancreas suddenly stops producing insulin.
The study looked at the medical records of 7,844 people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and compared them to people who did not have diabetes.
The study found that people ages 18 to 44 with Type 2 diabetes are 14 times more likely to have a heart attack and 30 times more likely to have a stroke than those their age without diabetes.
A 2001 mail-in survey of 3,000 UM students by the school's student health center showed that 0.5 percent of students on campus had, at some point in their lives, been diagnosed with some type of diabetes.
However, many people do not know they have diabetes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a 2002 estimate shows 18.2 million people in the United States have diabetes, and 5.2 million of those people do not know they have it.
"In recent years, we are seeing younger and younger people get diagnosed," says Diane Tuncer, communications director for the American Diabetes Association. "We definitely need to be concerned."
Mary Story, a UM School of Public Health epidemiology professor, says people with diabetes are at risk for heart disease, cardiovascular disease, blindness and, in some cases, amputation of limbs because of infections.
However, she says many people -- even those diagnosed with diabetes -- do not worry about the disease's risks because it can take up to 20 years for problems to develop.
Junior Kelle Doperalski does not worry about diabetes. She says it is not something she thinks about because she does not feel she is unhealthy and it does not run in her family.
Ellen Rock, a university pediatrician and adolescent medicine fellow and employee at the STAR Center for Family System Health, says children as young as 5 or 6 years old have been diagnosed with diabetes. If the trend continues, future generations will feel the effects of diabetes at younger ages.
Tuncer says college students are at risk because alcohol use, weight gain and physical inactivity all contribute to obesity and diabetes.
Senior Rose Samuel says even though she does not think about diabetes, she thinks about her health and tries to stay active and maintain a healthy diet.
Teresa Hillier, an endocrinologist and investigator at the Kaiser's health research center in Portland, Ore., says such means of prevention are important.
Hillier says college is the perfect time for students to become more health-conscious because they are out on their own for the first time and can instill healthiness in their lifestyles.
She says even moderate exercise can help people lose weight and reduce the risk of diabetes.
According to the Diabetes Prevention Program Web site, people can reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes by 58 percent by walking for 30 minutes per day, five to seven days per week.
"Find something you like to do actively and make it part of your life," Tuncer says.
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As industrial agriculture spreads around the world, many small-scale farmers are losing their land. Nowhere is the situation more desperate than in India, where every 30 minutes one farmer, deep in debt and unable to provide for his family, commits suicide. It's an epidemic, which has claimed over a quarter million lives. BITTER SEEDS raises critical questions about the human cost of genetically modified agriculture and the future of how we grow things.
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Micha Peled was born and raised in Israel and is one of the few people ever to immigrate to the US by hitchhiking. His checkered career includes stints as an importer of hammocks and sheepskin jackets, a prison guard, a freelance journalist, a director of the Nuclear Freeze Campaign and the Executive Director of Media Alliance. Peled's first documentary, Will My Mother Go Back to Berlin? examined the relations between Jews and Germans 50 years after the Holocaust through his personal family story. His next film, Inside God's Bunker, followed a group of extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank. You, Me, Jerusalem was the first Israeli-Palestinian co-directed film, which Peled also produced. It followed an ambulance team comprised of both Israelis and Arabs, which responded to emergencies in both sides of the capital. An ITVS-funded film Store Wars: When Wal-Mart comes to Town, follows one southern town's struggle to decide whether to allow Wal-Mart to build a megastore there. The film won a number of awards, including Best Documentary at the San Francisco International Film Festival and the CINE Golden Eagle.
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Hang out with a live Bat at our Halloween event this Monday!
This just in! You can now get up close and personal with live bats at this Monday's social mixer and screening, courtesy of our friends at NorCal Bats.
Event highlights include:
~ Live bat encounters in the lobby with NorCal Bats
~ Edible bug tasting of spicy superworms, courtesy of Don Bugito
~ Bat costume contest with great prizes
~ Q&A with local bat experts Cat Taylor of East Bay Regional Park District and Corky Quirk of NorCal Bats
~ SF Premiere screening of Laura Brooks' new documentary Bat City, USA about bat conservation efforts in Austin, TX
~ Mixing and mingling with like-minded bats
Monday, October 28
6:00pm Social mixer with live bat encounters
7:00pm Screening + Discussion
Ninth Street Independent Film Center
145 9th Street (at Minna)
San Francisco, CA 94103
Close to Civic Center BART and Market St. MUNI.
Advance Tickets
General $12 ($15 at door)
Student/Senior $11 ($14 at door)
Bat City, USA is Laura Brooks' compelling new documentary about how a city overcame its fear of one of the world's most misunderstood creatures and now heartily embraces them, largely thanks to the efforts of one man.
A giant colony of Mexican Free-tailed bats moved into an Austin, Texas bridge in the 1980′s after a reconstruction project created an ideal roosting habitat. The "bat invasion" launched a media hoopla and alarm among residents worried about bat attacks and rabies. When the city threatened to exterminate the bats, a zealous conservationist named Merlin Tuttle stepped in and fought to save them. Tuttle, a bat researcher at a Milwaukee museum, moved to Austin, which he called the epicenter of "worldwide bad bat publicity", and founded Bat Conservation International to promote a positive image of bats.
To overcome local opposition, he worked tirelessly to change public perception of the bats—from scary disease carriers to desirable creatures who help keep moths and mosquitoes in check, among other environmental benefits. As a pioneering bat photographer whose images were published in National Geographic, Tuttle used his striking photos as one important weapon in his battle for the bats.
Thanks to Tuttle's efforts, Austin now loves its bats. Thousands of tourists annually are drawn to the downtown setting for a fascinating, close-up glimpse of the world's largest urban bat colony – nearly one million bats.
"Laura Brooks has created a compelling, richly informative film – every bit as rare and wondrous as the flying mammals that fill its frames."
– Doug Kreutz, Environmental Reporter, Tucson, AZ
"Bat City, USA is the story of a gifted and passionate scientist who overcame ridicule and rejection to single-handedly save a city's huge bat colony. In doing so, he transformed the city's perception of the bat from a menace to a beloved icon."
– John Kerr, Writer, Austin, TX
Bat City, USA, Laura Brooks, USA, 2012, 57 mins
After the screening, participate in a discussion and audience Q&A with local bat experts, including Cat Taylor, Naturalist, East Bay Regional Park District and Corky Quirk of NorCal Bats.
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A plate of roasted crickets, pan-fried bee larvae of caramelized meal worms would be tough to swallow for most, but not for a few Bay Area residents who are encouraging people to open their minds and mouths to edible insects. Learn why they think edible insects are a smarter alternative to more traditional kinds of meat.
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We're giving SF Green Film Festival fans FREE day-passes to the Green Festival this weekend!
To redeem, check in at the WILL CALL at the Attendee Box Office and give our name: SF Green Film Festival – booth #1047. Each guest will receive a complimentary Saturday or Sunday guest pass.
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The Green Festival is the nation's premier sustainability event, where you will see the best in green. Enjoy more than 125 renowned authors, leaders and educators; great how-to workshops; cutting-edge films; fun activities for kids; organic beer and wine; delicious vegetarian cuisine and diverse live music. See the most recent developments in renewable energy and green technology; and learn how to invest in your community, green your home and avoid products made without consideration of the earth or its people. Shop in our unique marketplace of more than 300 eco-friendly businesses-everything from all-natural body care products and organic cotton clothing to Fair Trade gifts and beautiful kitchen tiles made from renewable resources.
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Kermit was wrong! It is easy being green, and you know it. Show us your day-to-day ventures of green living in the Bay Area using Instagram, whether it be your bike ride to work, your locally grown lunch, your eco-fashion, or simply the trash you picked up off the beach.
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Entries are now being accepted for the 4th San Francisco Green Film Festival, May 29 – June 4, 2014.
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Entries are now being accepted for the 4th San Francisco Green Film Festival, May 29 – June 4, 2014.
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Entries are now being accepted for the 4th San Francisco Green Film Festival, May 29 – June 4, 2014.
The festival is open to new or established filmmakers from anywhere in the world. There are no restrictions on length or genre. To qualify, productions must feature an aspect of sustainability or of the relationship between people and the planet.
SFGFF is co-presenting More Than Honey at this year's Berlin & Beyond Film Festival.
Winner of the Best Feature Award at the 2013 SFGFF, you can see this visually dazzling film once again on the big screen at the Goethe-Institut on January 20.
In the past five years, billions of honeybees have simply vanished for reasons that are still obscure. Seeking answers, More Than Honey embarks on a captivating and disturbing journey around the world. This touching documentary by Academy Award nominated director Markus Imhoof guarantees that will never let you look at bees the same way again.
The 18th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival takes place January 15-21 in San Francisco, including screenings at the Castro Theater.
Once again, SFGFF is a proud partner of Breathe California's Clear the Air Film Fest! Student entries are being accepted until February 14. Winning films will be eligible to win up to $1,000 and will be shown in our Future Filmmakers program at the Roxie on May 31.
The Clear the Air Film Fest showcases short films that address air quality, the environment or tobacco use. High school students, college students, or youth-focused community organizations can enter the competition at www.cleartheairfilmfest.org.
The 2nd Food+Farm Film Fest takes place April 3-6, 2014, at the Roxie in San Francisco, in partnership with Bi-Rite Market. Festival proceeds support 18 Reasons, a San Francisco-based non-profit that offers hands-on food experiences to all Bay Area residents.
Come and see inspiring new films that celebrate food and farming while challenging us to deeply explore our food system. SFGFF's top picks include (2013 SFGFF Winner) MORE THAN HONEY, LE QUATRRO VOLTE, MUSSELS IN LOVE, and BROOKLYN FARMER. But all programs promise to be tasty and delicious – we'll see you there!
Info and tix: www.foodandfarmfilms.com
On Wednesday, April 16, 2014, BART will hold its fourth annual Blue Sky Festival to celebrate Earth Day. The lunchtime event will be held at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco and is our way of celebrating the eco-friendly and innovative attitude of the Bay Area community while thanking BART customers for riding BART.
More than 50 commercial companies, nonprofit organizations and public agencies that provide green products and services will take part. And, as a special feature, a mock-up of BART's new Fleet of the Future car will be on display! The prototype car will be open for you to tour and offer your comments about the design and amenities. Don't miss this chance to see the new car before it is put into service in 2017 at the start of the fleet replacement program.
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Join Musicians and Performers, Educators and Mentors, Artists and Artisans, Crafts People, Civic and Community Leaders, Ceremonialists, Workshop Leaders, Youth Activists and Social Justice Non-Profit Organizations, in this powerful full-on day of green sustainability solutions. This year's festival focuses on activating the public to energetically pursue effective green solutions and integrate these sustainable practices into everyday life. Designed to empower the people of the Bay Area Community, and beyond, to start individually and collectively addressing the local and planetary environmental challenges we all face.
JOIN Thousands IN A 'CALL TO ACTION' !!!: Our Climate Action Rally leaves from Justin Herman Plaza and joins the Earth Day Festival at 1 PM . Let your voice be heard on April 19th 2014 at U.N. Plaza.
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Even the most optimistic dreamers never make a book on anything good coming out of the Nevada Legislature.
During fat years, a few crumbs fall off the table to tantalize the deprived
During lean years, those groveling on the floor are left to chew on the carpet.
When it's time to cut, Nevada makes the least among us suffer the most. The physically and mentally disabled are always the first hit and last helped.
The state mental health system has never recovered from the depredations of 1991.
Years ago, Sen. Joe Neal, D-N. Las Vegas (1972-2004), told me that former Gov. Mike O'Callaghan, (D, 1971-79) "lived to see his two greatest achievements undone by his successors."
Those accomplishments improved the lot of the mentally ill and the injured worker. Their deprivation continues.
Where has the National Rifle Association been? Since they apparently know that psychiatric care is the one effective preventative to gun violence, why haven't they been lobbying for better mental health care and funding?
Will we see the awesome NRA in Carson City next month making common cause with the politically weak social service lobbies?
Politicians only react to pressure.
My virgin voyage in clinging to the ledge came 40 years ago. A couple of old lobbyists who had elected, corrupted and betrayed a lot of politicians gave me some timeless advice.
1. Keep your own counsel — the modern version of "loose lips sink ships." Now with most every lobbyist and lawmaker able to tweet from the john, backstabbing rumors spread at the speed of light.
2. Never underestimate the power of being able to use people's names. This was uttered in the context of a powerful lawmaker who was also a news director and filed daily reports from his office. He had consummate clout. (Clout is the principal reason to support the return of a Reno-Sparks community TV station. See Barbwire.TV/)
3. When lining up votes, get legislators (and lobbyists) to say "you have my commitment" or statements to that effect.
Don't just say thanks after hearing weasel words like "I'll consider it" or "I really like that." Push. Politics does not reward the shy.
"Commit" means they have given their word. Those who break commitments soon rue the day as their pet projects curiously die hard deaths.
So does 2013 offer any hope for education or the least among us?
Most probably not.
But I predict here's what you will see: Surprising and deadly serious challenges to both term limits and longtime union-busting laws, among many others. And not necessarily from lawmakers.
Stay tuned to the Barbwire for more.
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As indicated yesterday, we are featuring a fantasy update section that focuses on the best players available for your upcoming draft. This includes baseball, football and basketball. Of course, we are getting ready for the start of fantasy baseball and with that, I'd like to introduce the top 10 pitchers, according to Fantasy Fanatics:
1. Johan Santana – New York Mets
2. Jake Peavy – San Diego Padres
3. Erik Bedard – Seattle Mariners
4. Brandon Webb – Arizona Diamondbacks
5. Danny Haren – Arizona Diamondbacks
6. Josh Beckett – Boston Red Sox
7. Justin Verlander – Detroit Tigers
8. CC Sabathia – Cleveland Indians
9. Scott Kazmir – Tampa Bay Rays
10. Felix Hernandez – Seattle Mariners
The Fantasy Fanatics top pitchers list continues with 11-15 and 16-20, giving would-be fantasy baseball fiends a great outlet for knowing who to draft. If you'd like some justification for their selections, you can read more about them here (1-5) and here (6-10).


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A new women's professional soccer league will begin play next year. But this time, in the hope of avoiding the financial mistakes that doomed two previous attempts, the league will receive significant backing from the soccer federations of the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
The federations will fund the salaries of national team members playing in the eight-team league. The U.S. has agreed to fund up to 24 players – three per team. That's eight more than Canada, while the Mexican federation has committed to pay the salaries of 12 players.
"We are trying to find an economical model that is sustainable," said U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati, whose office will also finance the administrative costs of the league. "If we see the federations as the government, we are subsidizing the private sector here to try to make this sustainable and the investments by the private sector smaller."
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The Portland team will be owned by the Portland Timbers Major League Soccer (MLS) club but it will be the only MLS-based team in the new league, which has yet to be named.
Women's Professional Soccer, the most recent top-tier women's league in the U.S., folded in January after three seasons, and a previous attempt, the Women's United Soccer Assn., played three seasons before disbanding in 2003.
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Long-term Prevention of Recurrent Gastric or Duodenal Ulcers Caused by Low-dose Aspirin With Rabeprazole (E3810) Treatment (Planetarium Study)
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
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First received: July 18, 2011
Last updated: February 13, 2014
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The primary objective of this study to examine the long-term safety of E3810 5 mg or 10 mg tablets administered once daily in patients who were confirmed to have no recurrence of gastric or duodenal ulcer by endoscopic examination at the end of 24 weeks of treatment in Trial 308.
Gastric Ulcers Duodenal Ulcers Caused by Low-dose Aspirin
Drug: E3810
Phase 2
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Long-term Prevention of Recurrent Gastric or Duodenal Ulcers Caused by Low-dose Aspirin With Rabeprazole (E3810) Treatment. - A Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel-group, Open-label Trial-
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Drug Information available for: Aspirin Rabeprazole Rabeprazole sodiumU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Eisai Inc.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Long-term safety: The incidence rates of adverse events will be calculated for each treatment group [ Time Frame: 28-52 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]For the E3810 continuing long-term administration groups (more than 52 weeks [including period of Trial 308]) or the E3810 new long-term administration groups (28-52 weeks), the incidence rates of adverse events will be calculated for each treatment group.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Cumulative recurrent rates of gastric or duodenal ulcers [ Time Frame: 28-52 weeks and more than 52 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Mucosal injuries with a white coat measuring 3 mm in diameter will be diagnosed as ulcers. When ulcer is confirmed by endoscopic examination during the trial, it will be regarded as recurrence of ulcer and the trial will be discontinued for the patient involved. Cumulative recurrent rates will be estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method.
|Study Start Date:
|December 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|February 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: E3810 5 mg
Drug: E3810
E3810 5 mg/day group: Orally administered E3810 5 mg tablets and 10 mg placebo tablets once daily after breakfast.
|Experimental: E3810 10 mg
Drug: E3810
E3810 10 mg/day group: Orally administered E3810 5 mg placebo tablets and 10 mg tablets once daily after breakfast.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
- Confirmed to have no recurrence of gastric or duodenal ulcer by endoscopy at the end of 24 weeks of treatment in Trial 308
- Need to continue receiving low-dose aspirin (81 mg/day or 100 mg/day) during this trial.
Exclusion Criteria
-Confirmed to have a recurrence of gastric or duodenal ulcer at the end of 24 weeks of treatment in Trial 308 (at the start of this trial) and thus are withdrawn from the trial.
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proton pump inhibitor
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Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
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A force from the right side, Lauren (Moulton) Marshall ranks as one of the top hitters on the volleyball court in Valparaiso University history, and on Saturday, February 4, she will be inducted into the Valparaiso University Athletics Hall of Fame.
The 2004 Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year, she helped lead the Brown and Gold to three Mid-Con titles as well as three NCAA Tournament appearances.
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What could make a teenage girl donate her baby-sitting money to a conference on a congenital developmental disorder instead of spending it at her local mall? Or pull a busy investment banker from New York City to Saint Paul, Minn., to take his first weekend off in six months to volunteer 16-hour days at the 2001 World Conference on Prader-Willi Syndrome's youth program?
The answer: knowing people like 32-year-old Larry Gardner, who has Prader-Willi Syndrome, a congenital disorder whose characteristics include mental retardation, insatiable appetite and uncontrolled obesity even on a "normal" diet, obsessive behaviors and explosive temperaments, and several physical anomalies. The teenager is the oldest child of the vice president of one of the sponsoring organizations, the banker one of Larry's cousins.
"One of our former neighbors sent a nice letter with a check from themselves and each of their children to help support the conference," says Larry's mom, Joan Gardner, one of the volunteer conference organizers. "They had never met anyone with PWS before they met Larry. They said knowing him had been a special experience for their family, and they wanted to contribute."
The conference, which was held June 27 to July 1 at the Radisson Riverfront Hotel in Saint Paul, was the first time the International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organization and the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of the United States of America had joined to provide five interrelated symposia: the youth and adult activities program (YAAP) for babies, children, and adults with PWS; a scientific conference for physicians and researchers who work with the syndrome; a professional care providers program; an IPWSO parent delegate and USA chapter presidents meeting; and a general conference for parents and professionals. The ARC (a national association for people with mental retardation) also provided a program for siblings of people with PWS.
"When you get that many people with PWS together for three days, there are bound to be some meltdowns. It's a difficult population to program for."
— Joan Gardner
While the scientific conference brought researchers and scientists together to share results on topics such as growth hormone therapy, and 1,170 attendees from India to Zimbabwe shared coping strategies in the general conference, it was the YAAP program that brought both the biggest challenges — and the biggest rewards.
Lesson #1: Be Prepared
While the U.S. organization was used to running the YAAP program, IPWSO had never done it on this scale before. Just to keep it interesting, everything from registration to housing to scientific content was handled by 400 or so volunteers.
"We had close to 300 people attending the YAAP program, and when you get that many people with PWS together for three days, there are bound to be some meltdowns. It's a difficult population to program for," says Gardner. To keep things under control, she had 70 volunteers, each of whom were in charge of a group of five kids. For every five groups of five, she also had a group leader trained in PWS and another trained in restraints to act as a behavior assistant.
To cover medical emergencies, Gardner went to the local hospitals and passed out information on the syndrome to the lead emergency room physicians and let them know when the peak days for the conference would be. She also had nurses on site, and two physician-parents on call during the program in case the nurses got in over their heads. Fortunately, very few incidents required medical care, and those weren't acute.
"You have to be prepared," she says. "This population has an abnormally high pain tolerance, and you don't always know when they're in trouble. Also, because their veins tend to be very small, it can be very difficult to get an IV going. The local physicians need to be made aware of the kinds of special issues people with PWS can have."
Food, Glorious Food
"For people with Prader-Willi, food is always an issue," Gardner says, adding that they have an incredible craving for food and never feel satiated. The fight against obesity and food-related health issues is a constant struggle. "You can't just let them go to the bathroom unaccompanied, because they'll head straight to the kitchen and help themselves to whatever they can find." One attendee went down to the hallway snack bar and insisted that he didn't have Prader-Willi, she says. "The poor girl behind the counter didn't know what to do." Gardner's husband rounded him up and brought him back to the program.
Gardner's son's godfather, who organizes his Realtor trade association's annual conferences, offered to be the hotel liaison for this meeting. He flew up to Minnesota from his home in Tennessee several times beforehand, and worked 18- to 20-hour days keeping things running smoothly with the hotel.
"I never felt like I was ahead of the curve — never."
— Joan Gardner
His work paid off: The hotel staff was wonderful in helping to cope with the particular difficulties associated with the syndrome, Gardner says. "They put butcher block paper over the glass counters and the case holding beverages so they couldn't be seen. The gift shop also took out all the candy, because people with PWS are at a developmental level where the atavistic need for food may drive them to try to steal it." Gardner also went to area convenience stores and explained the syndrome to the stores' managers, adding that they should call the hotel if a patient wandered in, and someone would come and get the patient.
While her Israeli delegates said that the fish and vegetarian meals would be fine to meet their dietary needs, she did have one U.S.-based family that insisted on kosher meals.
"We really tried to bend over backwards to accommodate everybody, but this family was a real challenge," she says. Since it was being provided by the conference organizers and served at the hotel, the food had to come from a commercial provider because of health department regulations. Of course, the commercial kitchen happened to be on the other side of town. A volunteer came to the rescue and did the meal shuttling.
"The other problem was that the kosher meals were enormous, so the four-year-old who has PWS was eating out of this huge pan full of food, while the other children were getting 300 calories." In retrospect, she says, she should have deducted the cost of the meals for this family with special dietary needs from their conference fee and let them handle it on their own.
…And Sometimes, the Bear Gets You
"I never felt like I was ahead of the curve — never," says Gardner. There were omens at the very beginning of the conference, such as when the organizer of the previous conference at the hotel refused to leave the Presidential Suite, which Gardner had reserved for use as an office on Monday. Gardner's goddaughter ended up moving in with her parents, and they used her room as an office until they finally got into the suite at 5 p.m. on Wednesday — right before Gardner had to host a presidents' dinner.
"The hotel, bless their hearts, welcomed us into our office with dozens of bottles of pop, cheese trays, baskets of crackers, all kinds of food," she says. "I walked in with two minutes to change my clothes before going to the dinner, and I found this table full of food." So she called her sister down the hall, and they threw it all into a duffel bag and schlepped it down to her room just as the kids who have PWS were arriving for their party.
She also thought they had the translation covered, but, though the rules strictly prohibited last-minute registrations for the YAAP program, "If you're faced with a child from Europe who isn't registered, you take him." They pulled off finding translators for a Swiss-German child, but then they had to find two more translators for Japanese children who, because one was 17 and the other 4, were in separate programs. She said the Mormon Church was wonderful. "The chair of the PWSA (USA) program next year, which will be held in Utah, called Mormon Church communities in Minnesota, and they managed to find Japanese translators for those kids," she says with a sigh of relief. Many siblings also filled in as translators.
All presentations for the scientific and general conference were made in English, and non-English-speaking adults not in the YAAP program had to pay for their own translation. But then there was the lady from Paraguay who, while she pre-registered at the hotel, hadn't registered for the program. "The hotel lent us one of their Spanish-speaking employees to help out, and some of the other delegates from South America helped to nurture her through it," says Gardner.
Keeping Cool
Another potentially huge problem surfaced with the realization that few of the hotel's guest rooms had in-room refrigerators. Many of the young children with PWS are on growth hormones, which need to be refrigerated. "This one was time-consuming," says Gardner. One of the meeting's supporters, Peapack, N.J.-based Pharmacia Corp., sent ice packs, which the hotel kept in its freezer until they were needed. The company also provided coolers at their exhibit area. Gardner and friends went out and bought more coolers, put the ice packs in them, and made them available at the conference registration desk and at the hotel registration area.
The YAAP program itself went off relatively smoothly. There was a full-day session with carnivals and entertainers at the hotel, and another full-day trip to the nearby Science Museum of Minnesota. A special Saturday night gala banquet and Sunday morning crafts and bingo rounded it out.
But the closing ceremony was the best. "We had a band and a person dressed up as Snoopy come in from the Mall of America's Camp Snoopy to lead a parade of the kids," says Gardner. "It was fabulous when they played 'When the Saints Come Marching In' with Snoopy leading the way and all 200-something of the kids marching along behind them. IPWSO president Giorgio Fornasier said at the end it was really incredible how it all worked out.
"It was tough, but it was enormously rewarding," says Gardner. "While I didn't know everything we were going to come up against, I knew it was all going to be worthwhile at the opening ceremony, when we showed a video one of the parents had put together of kids and adults with PWS all over the world. Everyone was in tears."
Tips from the Front Lines
Some tips from Joan Gardner, who helped to organize the 2001 Prader-Willi Syndrome World Conference:
Make sure parents don't overwhelm the scientific sessions. "International scientists in this area get this type of opportunity only every three years at best, and we didn't want the parents to disrupt things by asking, 'What about little Johnny?'" she says. By posting signs outside session doors and handing out a sheet with the rules as parent-observers walked in, she made it clear that they were not to participate.
Fill parents in on the scientific sessions at separate sessions presented in lay terms. "We had separate 'ask the experts' sessions with key scientists from each field so parents and people with the syndrome could ask questions."
Check ahead of time to make sure the hotel can handle special dietary needs.
Set up an on-site system to take care of emergency medical needs, and one to take people to the hospital, if necessary.
Inform local emergency room physicians about the special needs and disabilities of your group.
Check to see if you have any local contacts with the media if you want to get coverage. "We have a friend who has a morning radio talk show in Minneapolis," says Gardner. "We told her all about the conference, and she began making calls." The conference got great publicity on the local TV stations and newspapers. "It really heightened awareness of PWS in Minnesota," she says. "We found some families we didn't know about before, and others we had lost track of got back in touch after hearing about the conference."
Educate the hotel staff about the special needs of your patient population, and work with them to resolve any issues.
Ask at the precon meeting about accommodating the special needs of your attendees, whether it's special boxed low-fat breakfasts or in-room refrigerators.
Get at least a part-time professional conference organizer to help with the patient program. "Even though it would have meant taking the time to train them on the attendees' quirks, it would have saved us time in the long run," Gardner says.