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Mark Herzlich, Boston College All American linebacker and now New York Giants rookie, believes that positive thinking played an important part in his successful battle "to beat bone cancer" and return to football. World-renowned cyclist and cancer advocate Lance Armstrong credits not only topnotch medical care but also positive thinking in his overcoming testicular cancer. Armstrong stated on CBS Sunday Morning, "You can't deny the fact that a person with a positive and optimistic attitude does a lot better." Like the vast majority of individuals polled on whether or not the positive thinking can influence cancer outcomes, I believed/wanted to believe that positive thinking would be correlated with better survival data. But the weight of evidence does not support the thesis that optimistic attitude trumps the Big C, or even influences oncology outcomes.
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Americans' girth is growing at an alarming rate. Many are too sedentary, too stressed, suffering from insomnia, making bad food choices. The drumbeat of "We need a culture of health versus a sickness culture" is a refrain that we now often hear and that I have espoused. Yet we advance this form of health and wellness promotion in the same way that we attempt to drive, sell, and be authoritative — in an almost combative fashion that is the zeitgeist of 21st century America.
"You Can't Outrun Your Past"........ The title of a slide in a grand rounds presentation by Dr. David Kountz, senior VP for medical and academic affairs at Jersey Shore Medical Center and professor of medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The subtext is that the impact of being black in our society confers incremental risk across a range of cardiovascular and cardiometabolic conditions irrespective of socioeconomic status. A 1997 journal article by Thomas, et al.
A recent conversation reminded me of the forgotten population in health care — the non-utilizers. I was speaking with a physician leader in Lancaster, Pa., about his program that emulates the good work of Dr. Jeff Brenner and his team in Camden, N.J., that has targeted the 1 percent of patients responsible for 30 percent of the cost. In similar fashion, the program in Lancaster targets 10 percent of the population that account for 50 percent of the cost. Dr.
Three times during the past month a friend has asked for advice regarding his/her personal health care or that of a family member out of frustration and concern stemming from not receiving clear communication/information about the health problem(s). This scenario is all too common.
As we move Managed Care into the blogosphere, my curiosity was arosed about the number of active English language blogs. As with many internet related statistics, I found a wide range of estimates from 152 million (BlogPulse, February 2011) to 450 million — Hat Trick Associates. I unsuccessfully spent a bit of time searching for the number of healthcare specific blogs.
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quote: "We tried with Windows 8 to re-imagine how you work with a PC," Sinofsky said on stage during an interview with D9 host Walt Mossberg.He says it will work on laptops, desktops, and tablets, and that everything that worked with Windows 7 will work with the next-generation OS as well. When using existing desktop applications, the interface goes to a very Windows 7-like desktop.
quote: Windows 8 is the next version of Microsoft Windows, a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs, servers, and media center PCs.
quote: Ugh. Reinventing the wheel for reinventing the wheel's sake always turns into a disaster.
quote: They're putting a square peg in a round hole.
quote: Schmidt said he believes Microsoft is "not driving the consumer revolution." He doesn't count Microsoft's Xbox business because it's "not a platform at the computational level."
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LEWISTOWN - Helen M. Welch, 92, of Lewistown, died at 7:08 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at Golden LivingCenter - William Penn.
Born on Sept. 2, 1920, in Lewistown, she was a daughter of the late Harry Fern and Bessie I. (Ulsh) Miller.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edward A. Welch, on Nov. 7, 2003.
She is survived by a good friend and caretaker, David Habbershon.
Helen was a 1938 graduate of Lewistown High School.
She worked as a safe deposit box attendant, retiring from Mellon Bank after 55 years.
Helen was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and was a social member of Trinity United Church of Christ.
Her activities included: past mother advisor to Order of Rainbow for Girls, past worthy Matron of Lewistown Chapter No. 283, Order of the Eastern Star, P.W.S. Galilee Shrine, White Shrine of Jerusalem and Auxiliary to Lewistown Commander No. 26 Knights of the Templar.
A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2013, in St. Marks Cemetery with the Revs. Gary Roth and Narda Druckenmiller officiating.
Interment will take place in St. Marks Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church, 120 N. Main St., Lewistown, PA 17044 or Trinity United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St., Lewistown, PA 17044.
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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 – Creating simple List Page in Enterprise Portal
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An East Aurora man was sentenced Thursday to 2½ years in federal prison for money laundering.
John Sorrentino, 46, used fraudulent loan applications to entice five banks in Western New York and Arizona to lend him large sums of money. Prosecutors said Sorrentino filtered the proceeds from those fraudulent loans into a down payment for the purchase of a home in East Aurora. In applying for a mortgage for the property, he provided false information regarding his salary, employer, and address.
Sorrentino also used a fraudulent loan application to obtain a mortgage and a home equity line of credit on a property in Arizona, prosecutors said. They said the federal government will take ownership of Sorrentino's East Aurora home, the computers he used to facilitate his unlawful activity and a truck he purchased with illegally obtained funds.
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Beyoncé, Rihanna & More Speak on the Dangers of Being Black in AmericaThe artists star in a powerful "23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You're Black in America" video.
Missy Elliott Drops Video for 'WTF (Where They From)'The track is classic Missy Elliott and features her signature fast rapping over a rapid jungle beat.
Listen to Pharrell's Remix of a Tribe Called Quest's 'Bonita Applebum'Williams got to put his spin on the 1990 classic "Bonita Applebum," for the first of three previously unreleased remixes.
Watch Pharrell Endorse Hillary Clinton: "It's Time For A Woman"From 'The Voice' judge who knows how to pick 'em.
Busta Rhymes & Pharrell Drop Surprise Track 'Master Race'There's no denying Busta Rhymes and Pharrell Williams have chemistry in the studio.
Pharrell Announces New N.E.R.D MusicNo date yet, but an encouraging sign.
Pharrell Premieres Unreleased N.E.R.D. Track, Talks Stage Fright With Tyler, The CreatorPharell Williams recently hosted a Beats 1 radio show where he played a previously unreleased N.E.R.D track titled "Locked Away."
Be in Pharrell's Next Music Video, We'll Tell You HowPharrell is crowd sourcing his next music via Instagram.
Adele Teams with Pharrell on Her New Album"She's kinda like, 'OK, guys, I'm gonna open my diary for 20 minutes.' "
GQ's Most Stylish Men Alive List Is Here & None of Them Will Surprise YouIt's literally the same guys who are on every best dressed list, because there are only so many well dressed men in the world.
Kim Kardashian's Dress Caught Fire at the CFDAs But Pharrell Came to the RescueAfter Kim literally set herself on fire, Kanye West did his best to attempt to set the room on fire figuratively.
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Texans' bill for protecting Perry on campaign trail: $800,000 … and rising?
As Rick Perry and his wife traveled the U.S. during his presidential bid, the Texas Department of Public Safety spent about $800,000 on their security, the San Antonio Express-News is reporting.
That amount covers mostly out-of-state travel expenses from last September through part of November, according to a DPS report. Perry, of course, kept campaigning until his exit last week, as illustrated by the photo (at right) of him with security in Iowa.
Earlier this week, a Perry aide was quoted as saying "not a dime of the governor's political travel was borne by Texas taxpayers." But, the Express-News pointed out, his security is paid mostly with funds originating with the state gasoline tax and vehicle registration fees.
Perry aides told the paper that DPS has similarly protected past governors, but one expert said the costs run counter to his stumping for smaller government.
The security story follows a Texas Tribune report in December on how Perry "retired" earlier in 2011 so he could begin collecting pension benefits, while continuing to draw his $150,000 governor's salary. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention our Dallas Morning News investigations about Perry's friends and family benefiting from one of his pet projects, the emerging technology fund.
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Novel-Shadow of Weng Chiang
This 1996 novel featured Romana 1, K9, and the Fourth Doctor looking for the key to time and getting sidetracked by a sequel to TALONS OF WENG CHAING and in many ways it's better. It's very different, full of daytime sequences, airports, car chases, and a lot of action. The setting is more exotic and full of danger and murder and the Doc, Romana and K9 act like they should. K9 seems to have a lot of fun this time out and there are even one or two surprise links to Talons that I didn't see coming. All in all a fun novel that I can highly recommend. The ending climax is so full of action and tension...and Mr. Syn is more evil than ever!


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For traditional recipes from the Mysore region and food from all over, with ramblings about life and kids thrown in the mix.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Kid Update and Revisiting Some Oldies
Here she is, at her current favorite place- the "grocery store" at a kid entertainment center.
She's that not into dolls. Recently, we went to a doll store and she refused to get one for herself despite our perstering her to choose one! She prefers to play with computer and electronic stuff. She even likes cars better than dolls. Here she is on a "tactor". More her type! :)
I have been revisiting my older recipes to update the posts with better pictures. I'd really enjoyed the apple gojju that my mom made a long time ago but had not prepared it again. I had a big bag of apples that I knew we've never finish unless I cooked something with it. So apple gojju it was. Bonus of course, was the opportunity to update the old post with a new picture!
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Another post that's been revitalized with a new picture is Togari Nucchina Unde, which are steamed savory toor dal dumplings, served with a yogurt based gravy.
45 comments:
- Asha said...
LOL! She sounds like how Trisha was and is! I had bought her a doll when she was toddler too and she hated it, had to give it to charity in the end. Some girls are like that, let her enjoy whatever she wants, may be Tonka truck for her 3rd birthday? :D
She looks grown. Apple Gojju looks great, I almost thought it's a apple pie filling! :)
- March 23, 2009 at 2:44:00 PM EDT
- indosungod said...
All power to little M. Just take in as much of the talk as possible, after a while they just don't want to talk. DD2 gets more pleasure ripping of the clothes and heads of dolls and leaving them around. Some of them look really bad with their clothes off.
The apple goju looks so tasty.
- March 23, 2009 at 2:49:00 PM EDT
- Cham said...
Does she like Vehicles? My son is craze about vehicles....
She is cute Vani! Applle Gojju and the snack is very new recipes they looks yummilicous :)
- March 23, 2009 at 2:50:00 PM EDT
- Priya Sriram said...
Ha ha! She is so intensely buying groceries! If she cooks, I'd love to stop by... :D
Apple gojju? Sounds new and interesting, would love to try! :)
- March 23, 2009 at 2:56:00 PM EDT
- Deepa Hari said...
Your daughter is very cute Vani...nice pics.
Yummy gojju...Never tried apple gojju...recipe sounds great...good one.
- March 23, 2009 at 3:14:00 PM EDT
- Ashwini said...
She is so cute..Ya, I know they talk non stop and never stops. My daughter always asks "Why" for any answer you give. It just becomes a question again. The photo on my profile is my daughter. She is 3.5 years..
Apple gojju looks so yumm..Will try ..
- March 23, 2009 at 3:18:00 PM EDT
- Happy cook said...
Wow she is a realy beautie.
Kids grow up so fast.
Don't they.
- March 23, 2009 at 3:55:00 PM EDT
- A_and_N said...
Wow, she must be quite a handful :) Very cute!
- March 23, 2009 at 4:57:00 PM EDT
- Pavithra Kodical said...
Your daughter looks very cute :) Apple gojju and nucchina unde looks delicious.
- March 23, 2009 at 7:11:00 PM EDT
- Paru ... said...
Your sweetiepie looks very cheerful & cute:). Thats some mouthwatering Apple gojju Vani..Yumm
(BTW nice to know we get sprouts in Indian groceries these days. I have found any so far:(, I would be thrilled if I could get my hands on them)
- March 23, 2009 at 10:09:00 PM EDT
- Pooja said...
Your daughter is looking so cute vani..Love your apple gojju..
- March 23, 2009 at 11:14:00 PM EDT
- Varunavi said...
So cute vani,some kids are like that.My duaghter who is 20months old doesnt like toys at all,the only thing she does with toys is break them and tries to fix it.And always wants to climb on the dining tables and TV stand,stove top etc.........she just hates toys
- March 24, 2009 at 12:08:00 AM EDT
- Ann said...
Lovely and cute...she looks more activity oriented..thats great too vani...
yummy clicks
- March 24, 2009 at 12:19:00 AM EDT
- Sharmila said...
Your cutie pie is cho chweeeeet!:-)
What dolls .. she belongs to the 'electronic generation' ... so get her a laptop ... u know those pink kinds ... even if it sings out eieio :-)
Reposting with good snaps sounds a great idea .. I started blogging during the monsoons and have some snaps I would rather not have on my blog. :-)
- March 24, 2009 at 1:29:00 AM EDT
- Uma said...
your daughter is so cute Vani! Nice idea to revisit the old posts.
- March 24, 2009 at 2:03:00 AM EDT
- LG said...
She refused to buy a toy? My my..such a nice daughter you have dear. My son never stops buying! :D
Apple gojju looks delicious and so does nuchina unde :)
- March 24, 2009 at 2:08:00 AM EDT
- Jayashree said...
She's grown so much, Vani.....looks really cute. T is at that stage too - everything she says is prefixed with Why, When or What???
- March 24, 2009 at 8:00:00 AM EDT
- Sandeepa said...
Awww isn't she a cutie :) Kala tikka for her
- March 24, 2009 at 9:00:00 AM EDT
- Varsha Vipins said...
I 'lily' 'lily' loved ur chweety pie..:)..Mmuahhh for her..:)
The pics are fab..I always awe at the lighting of your pics Vani..Is it real sunlight or do u use any lighting system?They are just fab..!!!:)
- March 24, 2009 at 1:46:00 PM EDT
- Madhu said...
I guess all girls are similar, mine who is 4 talks non-stop too.. She looks so cute playing at grocery store..
Gojju with apples, very new but looking so yummy. This recipe is such a saver, i always have unused apples sitting around.
- March 24, 2009 at 4:01:00 PM EDT
- Rajesh &Shankari said...
you had to plead for her to buy a toy..just hold these memories- once she is a teen, she will be into clothes and you will not hear the end of it :)
- March 24, 2009 at 7:34:00 PM EDT
- Shri said...
Lovely pictures!!Your kid looks so cute and sweet.
- March 25, 2009 at 12:11:00 AM EDT
- Shama Nagarajan said...
she is cute...lovely recipes and nice blog
- March 25, 2009 at 6:01:00 AM EDT
- trupti s. said...
Oh my....she gets lovelier each day! I am so glad she enjoys computers...nothing wrong with that!
those toor daal undes have my attention, I'd love to try them! and the apple gojju is new! I've had mango and pineapple ones before, never apple!
the spice who loved me
- March 25, 2009 at 6:14:00 AM EDT
- Meenal Mehta said...
your daughter is precious. Her questions remind me of my niece who did the same thing at her age.
lovely new pics :)
- March 25, 2009 at 7:01:00 AM EDT
- DEESHA said...
she look like an angel Vani, how fast kids grow up right? Loved apple gojju .. might try it esp after I loved Apple dal .. My ajji makes awesome nuchina unde ..
- March 25, 2009 at 8:39:00 AM EDT
- spicencook said...
Apple Gojju.......??? Interesting.... should definitely try sometime soon.... :)
Btw, Nice Click....!!!
- March 25, 2009 at 8:41:00 AM EDT
- Priti said...
Your gal is so cute like little Angel....God bless her...isn't it gud that she not into dolls ;)....Apple Gojju looks so gud...just yum
- March 25, 2009 at 12:01:00 PM EDT
- Vani said...
Asha- yeah, Tonka truck it'd be for the third b'day! :)
ISG - one of my friend's kids is like that too- all her dolls are devoid of clothing coz the kid rips them off. They sure look bad, don't they? :)
Cham - yeah, she does like vehicles. She identifies some cars by their logos too :)
Priya - she's very serious about her groceries! :)
Deepa - thanks :)
Ashwini - so I have lot more questions to look forward to, huhh? :)
HC, A&N, Pavithra- thanks, girls :)
Paru- thanks :) the sprouts (at least in the two stores I go to) are usually with the dosa batter and yodurt section. I hope you get them in your area!
- March 25, 2009 at 2:52:00 PM EDT
- Vani said...
Pooja- thanks :)
Varunavi - hey it's good. you won't ahve to spend money buying her toys then! :) With M too, she likes the toys for a few days and then she won't even look at them! But nowadays, she seems to be going back to her earlier toys.
Ann - yeah, she wants something to keep her occupied. Just that dolls are not it :)
Sharmila - that's what I'll do now. buy her a pink laptop! :)
Uma - thanks :)
LG - yeah, I know this "I don't want to buy" phase won't last long! I should put away the money I'm saving now for when she demands more! he he.. :)
- March 25, 2009 at 2:58:00 PM EDT
- Vani said...
Jayashree- hope little T is doing well! I haven't checked o her in a long time!
Sandeepa- kala tikka when she comes home :)
Varsha- thanks, lilly :) bright sunlight's the trick :)
Madhu - nice to know know about your 4 year old! this easy gojju definitely helps clear out the last few apples!
Shankari/Rajesh - yeah, right? will hold on to these as they'll soon be "the good old days when she refused to buy"! :)
Shri, Shama - thanks :)
- March 25, 2009 at 3:07:00 PM EDT
- Vani said...
Trupti S- aw, thanks :) nothing wrong with loving computers. absolutely! glad she likes some thing! i did not like dolls as a kid too. so she's just continuing a tradition, I guess :)
Meenal - thanks :)
Deesha- thanks! you must post your ajji's nuchchina unde sometime!
Spicencook- thanks for stopping by my blog and the comment! :) hope to see you around :)
Priti - thanks! and i'm just glad she's into something! :)
- March 25, 2009 at 3:15:00 PM EDT
- Usha said...
Your daughter is so adorable !
Loved the idea of apple gojju,will definitely try soon :-)
- March 25, 2009 at 5:22:00 PM EDT
- Maya said...
Oh M is a big girl now, I remember seeing her baby pics when she first visited India! Their questions sometimes make you wonder about how curious they are, isnt it ?
Apple gojju and nuchina unde both look fantastic. Got to try the gojju.
- March 25, 2009 at 11:29:00 PM EDT
- Prathibha said...
Apple Gojju n vunde looks yummy..
- March 26, 2009 at 5:16:00 AM EDT
- Vani said...
Usha- thanks :)
Maya - thanks! yeah, very curious about everything. very fascinating to see how their minds work too!
Pratibha - thanks :)
- March 26, 2009 at 11:41:00 AM EDT
- Varunavi said...
Happy ugadi vani to and to ur sweety
- March 27, 2009 at 3:41:00 AM EDT
- Sia said...
Muaaahhhhhhhh... how sweet she looks :) and she doesn't like doll? he he he he... she may change after few yrs (no mane aata?) ;)
and that apple gojju and nucchinunde is making me all hungry! not fair girl!
and wishing u and ur loved ones a very happy Ugadi!
- March 27, 2009 at 7:46:00 AM EDT
- Sharmi said...
Your lil daughter looks so cute:)
My Son also keeps asking a million questions a day!!
the thoor dumplings look delish!
- March 27, 2009 at 2:08:00 PM EDT
- Vibaas said...
your daughter looks adorable. it's funny n nice, how they have their own preferences already! :)
apple gojju and Togari Nucchina Unde both look good and they are healthy too. i'll definitely try them and i'm sure my kids will enjoy them.
- March 28, 2009 at 12:10:00 AM EDT
- Jaya said...
your precious princess looks so cute :)) ...
I can Imagine , I can Imagine when you are still preparing yourself to get out of bed and here goes those questions , why ,how when?
Very precious moments , enjoy it ..
My daughter is so fond of this particular Car ...GenNext is way beyond us I must tell you LOL...
its a very neat idea to repost old post with new bright n gorgeous pictures
hugs and smiles
- March 28, 2009 at 1:45:00 PM EDT
- Vani said...
Varunavi - thanks and a very happy ugadi to you too!
Sia- thanks! too young for "mane aata" but she'll be asking for those dolls and other toys soon enough, I think! Happy Ugadi to you & K too!
Sharmi - thanks :)
Vibaas - thanks :)
Jaya - I thik I'll soon have to start reading up just so I cn answer her questions :) Love your positive & sunny comments :)
- March 29, 2009 at 10:41:00 PM EDT
- bee said...
your daughter is adorable!!! apple goju sounds delicious indeed.
- March 30, 2009 at 9:57:00 AM EDT
- Srivalli said...
Oh Vani, your cutie pie is so cute!!!...and your latest pictures are wonderful!
- April 1, 2009 at 12:44:00 PM EDT
- Vani said...
Bee, Srivalli - thanks :)
- April 2, 2009 at 2:57:00 PM EDT


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Phone makers move away from Windows Phone because of high licensing fees and Nokia competition
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Phone makers are either moving away from Windows Phone or putting their plans for the platform on hold…
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1. tiara6918 (Posts: 2036; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
Windows Phone=Nokia
15. SonyXperiaNexus (Posts: 374; Member since: 01 Oct 2012)
nokia pwns all!
112. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
nokia is king of wp, then who want to come in Nokia land. i'm seeing nokia is rising and every OEM seeing that too. and i hope nokia will reach around 95% marketshare in WP.
133. Daftama (Posts: 619; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
I don't thing major phone makers care...its the small companies like LG and HTC no offense that care so congrats you can have 99.99% share if not 100 I still will refuse to use icrap and windows
138. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
then what u use on your pc. android? u can't hide this.
16. tusshharish (Posts: 342; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
19. joey_sfb (Posts: 5741; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
Nokia attack HTC aggressively for their WP phone. Looks like Nokia is getting a great deal out of Microsoft after all.
25. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
It's more like a dead platform. I don't see wp8 doing well! Look what happened to Windows Mobile, for the past 8 years it was failing, so what diffrence was Wp7 and Wp8 do! All manufactures tried befor and it lead to loss, a big flop! The only reason Nokia has gone for a free ride, which they don't pay nothing. MS is funding Nokia to keep Nokia floating.
That is a nonsense that Wp fees are high, who the hell would want there company to bleed.
Ms Wp8 you are a "Fail"™
36. mousesports (Posts: 274; Member since: 28 Feb 2013)
you repeat yourself , every day , same words , same retard brain . GTFO and live us alone tard
119. flynfree (Posts: 374; Member since: 09 Jun 2013)
Let wp8 belong to nokia.
37. Topcat488 (Posts: 1396; Member since: 29 Sep 2012)
Hey Troll, I read your comments a lot and think you're a very knowledgeable person when it comes to tech... It's only your profile name that people hate, but if they read what you say, some might learn... I need you to trade mark the name "Nokiasoft" for me bud! Hahaha---- "NOKIASOFT" Windows new OEM... Hehehe
43. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
40. Bluesky02 (Posts: 1439; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
You suck
42. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Are you 13 Bluesky....?
Couldn't you come with an answer, instead of saying "You suck" off topic!
49. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
And you're 6, TROLL.
Couldn't you come with a positive comment, instead of saying "Wp8 dead", "Wp8 fail" blah blah blah.......!!
You suck.™
73. Topcat488 (Posts: 1396; Member since: 29 Sep 2012)
"NOKIASOFT".... To the rescue!!! LOOK! Up in the Sky!
IT'S a Bird.!. It's a PLANE.!. No, it's just a Big ole Phone...
It's "NOKIASOFT"... Dutt, dutt, dutt------ Dunnnnn, dutt, dutt, dutt, dutt, dutt---- Duuuunnnnn.
89. Hallucinator (Posts: 353; Member since: 24 May 2010)
I think it's more pathetic that 6 people liked his comment.
58. wurmZ (Posts: 32; Member since: 11 Jun 2013)
at TROLL: Why not make the difference yourself by changing your perception? Windows phone is trying to move forward, why not make a push up north instead of pulling down south?
63. roldefol (Posts: 4242; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
Save your keystrokes. This one's a WP-hater troll through and through. If it's not Android, it must be rubbish to him.
77. wurmZ (Posts: 32; Member since: 11 Jun 2013)
hahaha you right. I always read PA everyday and it is very annoying to read comments that are laden with so much hate. It only shows their breed, pack of wolves. Maybe the weight of the bashing will have a corresponding value in cents.
95. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4185; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
Look I don't have anything against windows phone, tried it wasn't for me. But that comment, really? That like instead of saying a Ford Escort is slow you'd say it moves at a comfortable pace. The point is not everyone is going to like everything. If someone wants to dislike something it's their right as much as it is for someone else to like something. Personally I usually don't comment on something I have no interest in unless I see what I perceive to be an error. Otherwise it'd be like a bunch of Vikings fans going into a Packers bar and trying to convert them.
131. wurmZ (Posts: 32; Member since: 11 Jun 2013)
you already said that not everyone is going to like everything. My point was, if you do not like a certain platform you can voice your discontent but not through bashing. There is a difference between constructive criticism and destructive trolling.
65. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
I always said that ive never seen any customer interest in windows phones which was true until the lumia 520, its continually sell out and have customers regularly asking when its back in stock
82. kindlefireowner (Posts: 503; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
You have no clue as usual. There will be a third OS that will occupy the "Sprint position" A solid 3rd place alternative to Android and IOS, and it will be Window phones.
94. Nasheer_B (Posts: 10; Member since: 05 Nov 2012)
Is it me or did the thumbs down button disappear?
101. SonyXperiaNexus (Posts: 374; Member since: 01 Oct 2012)
its been gone since yesterday, before apples' event, you can guess why. It was supposed to be antitroll measures but to me it seems more like encouraging trolls.
152. Nasheer_B (Posts: 10; Member since: 05 Nov 2012)
What's so special about Apple products?
96. Dastrix (unregistered)
Clearly, your opinion is flawed. Stop making us laugh. Instead of arguing subjectively, learn to face the facts, retard. Oh, but I almost forgot. You're too immature to understand what I just said, and probably can't even develop any constructive argument because judging by your grammar and vocabulary, you sound like a mentally unstable kid who's so full of hate that all you can ever do is throw up sh!t from your mouth. What a terrible childhood you must've gone though! I'm going to say this again, fair and square. Truth hurts, I know. Your bullsh!t isn't enlightening us in any way. So, the least you can do is STFU or GTFO!
97. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
yeah right NEXT
104. shobhit (Posts: 13; Member since: 06 Jun 2012)
where is my dislyk button
120. flynfree (Posts: 374; Member since: 09 Jun 2013)
Don't say wp is"fail", they get " HURT ", respect their feeling. My first smartphone is wp7 (hd7), very smooth and very fast, the sad thing is. .. very fast batt drainer and very fast to return to retailer and get the Android lag phone and until now I enjoy the lag ;-).
87. boosook (Posts: 1436; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
You know what's the destiny of an OS supported by only one manufacturer, right? ;)
99. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
what about Apple :P
121. flynfree (Posts: 374; Member since: 09 Jun 2013)
+1 for that ;-).
132. wurmZ (Posts: 32; Member since: 11 Jun 2013)
142. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
This is what MS wants wanted all along. Samsung and HTC probably only did WP phones because of lawsuits.
144. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Also...as an OEM:
WP - compete with many other OEM's and pay a license fee for the OS.
Android - compete with many other OEM's and the OS is free.
Seems like a no brainer to me.....
2. dangchitrung (Posts: 88; Member since: 04 Apr 2012)
How much is the fee?
21. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
15$ per handset i think
75. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
My question exactly. Microsoft makes $15 per Android sold, so it would be silly to make their own fee higher
80. ihatesmartphone (unregistered)
Just give it a free
No need fees just like Android..xp
3. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Hmm. I doubt MS expected this outcome. Maybe they should just acquire Nokia and get into the phone bidness like Apple?
22. raunak (Posts: 507; Member since: 12 Oct 2011)
Yeah, because Nokia is just waiting to be acquired.
28. TechBizJP08 (Posts: 495; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
i think there are talks about this but nokia maybe is the one refusing. I think it will be a win win for both company. Then we'll have a head to head match up with APPLE-GOOGLE-MICROSOFT.
iPhone - Motorola - Nokia..
then comes Tizen for Samsung to join the party.. :)
30. alterecho (Posts: 1098; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
No. Nokia should acquire Windows Phone. Nokia already owns it virtually. They just need to do it officially. They can make it million times better than it already is, since Microsoft seems to be too busy these days, trying to push the XBOX as a TV replacement, to release on an update for WP.
39. ArtSim98 (Posts: 3535; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
You seriously think that Nokia would accept this?
45. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
If the price was right, Nokia shareholders would compel the sale.
MS needs to get into the mobile space. Nokia is starting to edge out other potential 'partners' from playing in the space. Ballmer doesn't strike me as a laid-back kind of guy. Nokia's share price is on the low side.
48. steelicon (Posts: 317; Member since: 02 Apr 2011)
With Elop & Co., every f$ckup is possible.
4. ihatesmartphone (unregistered)
Samsung HTC LG sony zte huawei motorola = Android and for all :)
60. wurmZ (Posts: 32; Member since: 11 Jun 2013)
what makes android successful is the price. most manufacturers even the least known companies in china make android phones is similar with the comments of TROLL_cheap.
91. boosook (Posts: 1436; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
This is the excuse that WP fans used in the first period, when there were only high-end WP phones around. They said: "Android sells because it's cheap", deliberately ignoring the millions of high-end droids sold by Samsung and others. The truth was that manufacturers were selling BOTH cheap and expensive droids.
What's more, now that we also have cheap WP phones (and many times WP handsets are cheaper than equivalent Android handsets, because otherwise they won't sell), we see that this argument is not so true...
124. milesboy5 (Posts: 178; Member since: 07 Nov 2012)
By the time Windows Phone offered its cheap phones Android had already taken over that market and had much more brand recognition so therefore it makes sense as to why Microsoft has had trouble in the low-end of the smartphone market.
140. wurmZ (Posts: 32; Member since: 11 Jun 2013)
thanks for the defense and you hit my argument.
139. wurmZ (Posts: 32; Member since: 11 Jun 2013)
another reason why android is successful is that android fans crave the feel of an iphone yet they cannot afford to buy one so they sort to cheaper phones that somehow satisfy their urge. I know what you feel. Those so-called high-end phones, Galaxy label is overused to confused unlearned buyers as long as SAMSUNG print is there.
5. Tsepz_GP (Posts: 987; Member since: 12 Apr 2012)
Makes complete sense, MS doesn't allow differentiation and they think they can run WP the same way they do Windows, mobile is a different game altogether, sooner they learn that the better.
6. steelicon (Posts: 317; Member since: 02 Apr 2011)
this = Chinese manufacturers like Acer, Asus and ZTE intended on launching Windows Phone 8 handsets in 2013 but have now pushed back their plans. Here, the main reasons are Microsoft's unwillingness to lower the high licensing fees for its mobile platform and Nokia's strong positions. Microsoft holds a tight grip on Windows Phone and that also makes it harder to differentiate.
7. roscuthiii (Posts: 2217; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
Hmm... perhaps Victor missed this article posted by Daniel not even an hour earlier: http://www.phonearena.com/news
You guys really need better communication, or at least to get on the same page.
12. procol (Posts: 16; Member since: 28 Feb 2013)
Remember the fact HTC was the company which made the deal with Facebook for HTC First with the hope of decent sales. They are desperate now and trying everything shortsightedly whether it's good move or not.
55. roldefol (Posts: 4242; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
HTC must recognize there's an opportunity to sell in the low-midrange, but in the US they don't want to dilute their Android presence (unlike previous years). WP8 is their key to that part of the market.
8. McLaren (unregistered)
Would have been the same if Nokia also adopted Android as well.But no they want to be WP exclusive!!!
Miss u Nokia,but Samsung and Sony are relieving the pain now!! B)


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WELLSVILLE - A semi truck hauling 40-foot-long sections of pipe slowed traffic in Wellsville most of the day on Wednesday. Police cruisers escorted the truck as it carefully threaded its way from the railroad tracks at Wellsville Terminals to state Route 7 off Clark Avenue.
Shipments of the 20-inch-diameter pipe have been arriving in the village by rail over the last few weeks to Wellsville Terminals, which has been contracted to transfer the pipes onto semi trucks. The sections are then shipped down to Steubenville where they are being used to construct the new ATEX Express gas pipeline which is being constructed by Enterprise Products of Houston, Texas.
Rick Rainey of Enterprise Products, speaking via phone, explained that the ATEX Express pipeline under construction will stretch 369 miles from the MarkWest gas fractionation facility in Houston, Pa., to a gas terminal in Seymour, Ind. From there, it will be joined to an existing pipeline that runs south to Mont Belvieu, Texas, approximately 20 miles east of Houston. The total pipeline length will be 1,230 miles from Pennsylvania to Texas.
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A Wellsville Police cruiser escorted a special semi truck pulling an oversize load of pipe bound for Steubenville. The pipe sections will be used in the construction of a 1,230-mile pipeline that will carry ethane gas to Texas for petrochemical processing. (Photo by Richard Sberna)
The pipeline will carry ethane, a natural gas liquid extracted from the "wet gas" yielded from drilling operations across the region. The MarkWest fractionator plant separates the "wet gas" into its component varieties of butane, propane and ethane. "It's basically going to be all the natural gas liquids from the different wells up in the Appalachian areas," Rainey said.
Once it arrives in Texas, the ethane will go to one of the many petrochemical plants on the Gulf Coast where it will be converted into ethylene, which is the base compound of several different kinds of plastic. "There's really no need to keep the product up there in the northeast at this time," Rainey said. "It's all headed south."


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Researchers estimate that 347 drugs—that's nearly one-quarter of all drugs on the market—have been aided during their discovery by a serendipitous event. [© Sergey Khamidulin - Fotolia.com]
When they synthesized compound UK-92,480 in 1989 at Pfizer's research facility in Sandwich, Kent, Peter Dunn and Albert Wood envisioned a new drug that could fight angina as well as hypertension. Phase I trials, however, told a different story: The compound did little to fight chest pains, let alone high blood pressure—but did wonders for men seeking to maintain their erections.
The rest is history: Pfizer repositioned its compound, sildenafil (Viagra™), as an erectile dysfunction drug, and brought it to market in 1998, when it became a blockbuster thanks to its higher-than-usual profile for a new drug—$102 million in ads (some featuring ex-Senator Bob Dole) accounting for 14% of the pharma giant's total marketing budget that year—and millions of dollars more in free publicity as the punchline to late-night comedians' jokes. In its first week after launch, 4.3 million prescriptions were written for Viagra, which last year generated nearly $2 billion in worldwide sales for Pfizer. Sales were up 3% from 2010—no small rise in a year where Pfizer's total revenues from biopharmaceutical products dipped 1%.
The story of Viagra is the sort of serendipity most drug developers can only dream of, but it has happened before and since. Dramamine is now sold as an over-the-counter travel sickness treatment, after entering the market as an antihistamine under its compound name dimenhydrinate.
A research paper published earlier this year in the World Journal of Clinical Oncology sheds some light on the phenomenon. Using a 1999 study and three later-published books, a team of New Zealand researchers earlier this year found that 5.8% of all drugs on the market at publication—84 of 1,437 drugs—resulted from serendipity. Of that 84, indications for 53 were discovered in a clinical setting while indications for the other 31 were discovered in the laboratory.
However, when the researchers expanded their definition to include additional drugs derived from the 84 (147 derivatives from the clinically discovered drugs, and 116 from the lab-discovered drugs) they concluded that 347 drugs had been aided during their discovery by a serendipitous event—nearly one-quarter (24.1%) of all drugs on the market.
Categories of drugs seeing the most frequent instances of serendipitous development include central nervous system, accounting for 22 of the 84 serendipitous drugs (26.2%); cardiovascular (15 or 17.9%); and anticancer (13 or 15.5%). CNS drugs also had the highest percentage in clinical settings (17 of the 53 clinically discovered drugs, 32.1%): "This reflects the difficulty in developing drugs that need to pass the blood-brain barrier, and the dearth of biochemical assays modeling the diseases of the mind and pain," the researchers reported.
"This serves to highlight the unpredictability in drug research and the necessity to allow for and encourage freedom in research directions and promote the intellectual freedom of the scientists involved," University of Auckland researchers Emily Hargrave-Thomas, Bo Yu, and Jóhannes Reynisson concluded.
[The full study, "Serendipity in Anticancer Drug Discovery," can be read here]
The New Zealand researchers should be credited with attempting to quantify serendipity's influence in drug discovery, and mostly succeeding. An anecdotal 2006 study published in Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience by Thomas A. Ban, M.D., of Vanderbilt University noted a serendipitous drug omitted by the New Zealand study, the schizophrenia drug chlorpromazine.
A 2009 essay by Sean B. Seymore, assistant professor of law at Washington & Lee University School of Law, observed a structural bias against accidental discoveries by the recently superseded U.S. patent law, since it required two separate acts—initial discovery, then reduction to practice—before inventors could pursue patent applications for inventions.
Since then the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), enacted last year, changed the awarding of patents from "first to invent" to "first inventor to file." That key AIA provision, set to take effect March 16, 2013, removes the incentive for rivals to claim their inventions were conceived before the filing date. However, the new law allows first filers to reduce their inventions to practice after filing, requiring money and staff more typical of corporate giants than startups or the proverbial solo inventor in the garage.
That aside, the chief obstacle to serendipity has less to do with patent law or intellectual freedom than with containing expenses. The cost of drug development can be anywhere from $1 billion (Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development) to between $4 billion and $11 billion (InnoThink Center for Research In Biomedical Innovation), with both think tanks agreeing that it takes more than a decade to develop most new drugs. Biopharma giants have responded mostly by scrambling in recent years to cut R&D expenses through partnerships with smaller biotechs and university research labs.
Biopharmas simply can't wait as long as they used to for the lightning of chance or serendipity to strike in a bottle. That helps explain brisk interest in a recently launched federal agency-industry pilot program aimed at finding new therapeutic uses for shelved proprietary drug candidates.
As of September 28, about 160 pre-applications from researchers had been filed with NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to study any of 58 eligible compounds with a total 90 original indications, available under the pilot program, Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules.
Full applications are due in December. Following NIH peer review, NCATS will select investigators for cooperative agreement research grants to be awarded next year, perhaps sooner than the earlier announced date of July 1. "We hope to actually make the awards as early as late May or early June," Christine Colvis, Ph.D., director of NCATS' therapeutics discovery program, told GEN.
The pilot program's 58 compounds come from eight biopharma giants—Abbott, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceutical, Pfizer, and Sanofi.
In announcing the program back in June, NIH director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., said neurological disorders "would certainly be an area where we would hope there would be a lot of activity." Fifteen of the NCATS program's 58 compounds have neuro indications: five for depression, four for anxiety, three for cognitive impairment in schizophrenia, and one, CNS.
Interestingly, the largest original indication category for the pilot program's compounds is breathing disorders (16), followed closely by neurological (15), then pain (9) and obesity and diabetes (a combined 9). However, researchers will be able to pursue other indications.
And as they do, it is not inconceivable that some will succeed more through chance than through their best laid plans. Perhaps the best insight on serendipity, shared by the New Zealand research team and others who have written on the topic, was the observation that while chance happens, it is up to sharp-minded people to take advantage of the resulting opportunities. That thought was crystallized by Louis Pasteur in 1854 when he was named dean of the science faculty at the Université Lille Nord de France into this oft-cited quote: "Dans les champs de l'observation, le hazard ne favorise que les esprits prepares." In English, that translates to, "In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind."
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|AP-XPS Measures MIEC Oxides in Action
Oxide materials with mixed ionic-electronic conductivity (MIEC) can conduct both electrons and oxygen ions. MIEC oxides have broad applications, including use in solid-oxide fuel cells, high-temperature electrolysis for synthetic fuel production, and oxygen-separating membranes for chemical processes or NOx-free combustion; however, their surface activity under reaction conditions has been difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain, until recently. A team from the University of Maryland and Sandia National Laboratories joined ALS scientists on Beamlines 9.3.2 and 11.0.2 to overcome the vacuum limitations of conventional XPS instruments using ambient-pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (AP-XPS), providing the first in situ measurements of local surface oxidation states and electric potential in active MIEC electrodes.
The effectiveness of MIEC oxide material in electrochemical cells and membrane reactors depends largely on their surface activity under reacting conditions far from equilibrium. Because laboratory-scale x-ray sources have traditionally required ultrahigh vacuum for measurements, it was previously impossible to measure the surface oxidation states of active electrode surfaces using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS); therefore, the research community has lacked quantitative data on these materials' surface redox cycles and associated oxide vacancy formation under electrochemical activation.
By constructing single-chamber electrochemical cells with MEIC electrode components in a planar arrangement, x-rays could reach all components while the cell was operating. This advancement, combined with the use of AP-XPS at temperatures and pressures representative of reaction conditions, allowed researchers to study MIEC oxides' active electrode surfaces.
Studying one MIEC material, undoped cerium oxide (CeO2-x), in H2/H2O mixtures provided new insight into how MIEC electrodes distribute electrochemical reactions and associated overpotentials (or voltage penalties) during H2O electrolysis or H2 oxidation. To study the behavior of CeO2-x electrodes during H2O electrolysis and H2 oxidation, dense thin-film CeO2-x electrodes with Au current collectors were deposited onto YSZ electrolytes with a thin-film Pt counter electrode. The AP-XPS endstations at the ALS were operated at 750 ºC in 1-mbar reactant gases H2 and H2O.
XPS measurements of either the Ce3d or Ce4d core electron spectra can be fitted to provide quantitative measurements of Ce oxidation states, which complement local surface potential measurements based on kinetic energy shifts of these core-level photoelectron spectra. Simultaneous measurements provide a basis for correlating overpotentials with changes in oxidation states between Ce4+ and Ce3+, revealing regions of surface activity as a function of electrical bias.
By comparing Ce3+ surface fractions over a range of electrical biases with fractions at equilibrium conditions, electrochemical performance and surface behavior were assessed for a range of CeO2-x film thicknesses, operating temperatures, and gas compositions. Measurements reveal that active regions on the CeO2-x extend 150 μm from the Au current collectors. This indicates the effectiveness of MIEC oxides to spread electrochemical reactions for both fuel oxidation and electrolysis.
In general, oxidation states show significant increases in Ce3+ fractions only in the active regions under positive cell biases to drive H2O electrolysis. Negative biases to drive H2 oxidation decrease Ce3+ from equilibrium values and require higher overpotentials for comparable currents, suggesting that CeO2-x serves as a more effective electrode material for H2O electrolysis than H2 oxidation.
This study has laid the groundwork for expanded studies to look at other complex MIEC oxide materials for O2 separation and high-temperature electrochemical cells using AP-XPS and other in situ measurements. Additionally, new cell configurations involving two-chamber cells will study electrodes at higher current fluxes comparable to practical high-power-density devices. These forthcoming studies will provide fundamental insight into the nature of inefficiencies in high-temperature electrochemical cells, allowing the research community to develop improved strategies and materials to move these technologies forward for clean power generation and fuel production.
Research conducted by C. Zhang, S. DeCaluwe, G. Jackson, and B. Eichhorn (University of Maryland); M.E. Grass, Z. Liu, H. Bluhm, and Z. Hussain (Berkeley Lab); and A. McDaniel, F. El Gabaly, K. McCarty, R. Farrow, and M. Linne (Sandia National Labs).
Research funding: Office of Naval Research and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Operation of the ALS is supported by DOE BES.
Publications about this research: C. Zhang, M.E. Grass, A.H. McDaniel, S.C. DeCaluwe, F. El Gabaly, Z. Liu, K.F. McCarty, R.L. Farrow, M.A. Linne, Z. Hussain, G.S. Jackson, H. Bluhm, and B.W. Eichhorn, "Measuring fundamental properties in operating electrochemical cells by using in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy", Nat. Mater. 9, 949 (2010); S.C. DeCaluwe, M.E. Grass, C. Zhang, F. El Gabaly, H. Bluhm, Z. Liu, G.S. Jackson, A.H. McDaniel, K.F. McCarty, R.L. Farrow, M.A. Linne, Z. Hussain, and B.W. Eichhorn, "In situ characterization of ceria oxidation states in high-temperature electrochemical cells with ambient pressure XPS," J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 19853 (2010).
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For the past two years, PennDOT has been "squeezing the rock," trying to get the most out of the available money, said the agency's deputy secretary for planning, James D. Ritzman.
Ritzman, speaking to the Blair County Chamber of Commerce monthly Breakfast Club on Thursday, said that despite attempts to stretch the state's transportation dollars, the time has come for a major infusion of money so that 4,000 bridges in poor condition and the state's 40,000 miles of road can be rebuilt.
He said Gov. Tom Corbett's transportation plan released several weeks ago provides a good start by adding $1.8 billion to the annual transportation budget within five years.
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State Rep. John McGinnis, R-Altoona (right) talks with PennDOT Deputy Secretary for Planning James D. Ritzman about Gov. Tom Corbett's transportation plan at the Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Thursday at the Casino at Lakemont Park.
He predicted that the lifting the cap on the oil company franchise tax levied on the wholesale price of gasoline, as Corbett is proposing, means the difference between losing 12,000 construction jobs to adding 50,000.
It means being able to rebuild the roads rather than covering up their deteriorated condition with paving that will deteriorate within a few years.
"We are on the brink of having a large problem with the pavement all across the state of Pennsylvania," Ritzman said.
Lifting the cap on the franchise tax would in five years mean an extra $1.2 billion for highways and bridges, $250 million for public transportation, $200 million for local roads and bridges, $85 million for turnpike expansion projects and $80 million multi-modal projects, such as improving roads leading to rail and air centers, Ritzman said.
Ritzman was speaking to a friendly audience with Joe Hurd, chamber president and CEO, saying, "This [funding] has been an issue of ours."
Don Detwiler, president of New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co. Inc, which is in the business of building roads and bridges, suggested that more than $1.8 billion might be needed for the state to catch up with the deferred maintenance and the new and enhanced highway improvements.
The last gas tax increase was 1997. Since that time, revenue from the gas tax has leveled off because of improvements in gas mileage, he said, while materials, like asphalt, have quadrupled in price.
Even if the General Assembly passes the governor's proposal, it won't have much effect on this construction season, Detwiler explained, calling the outlook "bleak" for this summer.
State Rep. John McGinnis, R-Altoona, who discussed highway and bridge funding with Ritzman at the conclusion of the breakfast, said he wants to make sure taxpayers are protected. He suggested constructing projects without having to meet prevailing wage standards and making Pennsylvania a right-to-work state.
"No question we have an issue," he summed up, but he said he doesn't know what his vote on added transportation funding might be until he sees the specifics of the legislation.
Right now the plan is only an "outline."
Ritzman said PennDOT's efficiency has improved, citing highway occupancy permits now take 10 days when they used to take 40 to process. Billboard advertising inspection - making sure the ads comply with federal standards - will be done every two years, not every year, thus freeing up employees for other work, he said.
Plus PennDOT is using idle line-painting machines that cost $1.5 million, owned by the turnpike, rather than buying new ones, and the department has receive more than 1,000 employee suggestions.
Ritzman said PennDOT is also studying the way other agencies and businesses do things to get new ideas. "If somebody else finds a better way, let's do it," he said.
Mirror Staff Writer Phil Ray is at 946-7468.


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Just days ago, we Americans were at each other's throats, figuratively speaking. Passions were high and much of the rhetoric was shrill as we prepared for the presidential election last Tuesday....
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I just feel bad that egroen and evaunitzero aren't around anymore to set me straight. And I say that humbly.
Eva still posts on HFboards, and still the same unique combination of irrational man-love for Chiasson, Hudler and Kopecky, obscure statistical justifications, and well thought out, rational posts
For Buffalo, did you consider Mogilny? Only 4 seasons, but one of the greatest goal scoring seasons in NHL history.
Only real question for Detroit is Sawchuk or Lindsay. I think I'd go for Sawchuk personally, although when John Buccigross did this a few years ago he actually had Mike Ilitch on there, which is a great shout IMO.


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But as the world now knows, that changed this week when he rescued the kidnapped Amanda Berry.
As Ramsey told CNN's Anderson Cooper on AC360 Tuesday night that he "heard that girl scream and saw [a neighbor] run across the street, and I went outside and wondered what he was doing, and ... Amanda said, 'I'm stuck in here, help get me out.' "
Ramsey continued: "So here I come with my, you know, half-eaten Big Mac, and I looked and I said, 'Well, what's up?' And she's like, I've been trapped in here, he won't let me out, me and my baby. I said, 'Well, we ain't going to talk no more, come on."
Because the door was jammed, "I did what I had to do," said Ramsey, "and kicked the bottom of the door, and she crawled out of it. She grabs her baby, which threw me off, all right, so fine. I got some girl and her kid."
Cooper asked about her appearance: "I mean, what was she wearing?" Answered Ramsey, "Jumpsuit. She had a white tank top on, rings on, mascara. You know, she was well groomed. She didn't look like she was kidnapped."
"And you'd never seen her before ... in the year that you had been there?" asked Cooper.
"Never," said Ramsey. "That woman didn't come out the house. The only kids that came out the house were two little girls. They played in the backyard. ... They did the same thing, play in the backyard for a couple of hours, go back in the house. Same thing every day."
As for being a hero, Ramsey played down the label, telling Cooper: "No, no, no. Bro, I'm a Christian, an American and just like you. We bleed same blood, put our pants on the same way. It's just that you got to put that – being a coward, and I don't want to get in nobody's business. You got to put that away for a minute."
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on October 3, 2012 - 5:40 PM
LOCKPORT – Michael D. Agee of Niagara Falls, who is awaiting trial in connection with a pair of armed robberies, was arraigned in Niagara County Court today on a indictment accusing him of shooting a man in a parked car July 14.
Agee, 19, of 16th Street, pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree menacing.
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In the minds of some, Friday was destined to mark the end of the world. For those who gathered for an evening concert called "Quartet for the End of the Apocalypse" in St. Joseph's University Church, the day marking the completion of the Mayans' Long Count calendar was an observance of music's great ability to affirm our humanity and nourish our souls.
Sponsored by local new music collective Wooden Cities, the concert itself was conceived by Christopher Culp, the evening's clarinetist, who performed alongside three other musicians as the appropriately named Apocalypse Quartet.
The final choice – to make composer Olivier Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time" the night's only work – seems obvious, but it showed vital clarity. Given the concert's purpose of lending perspective to our obsession with apocalypse, it was supremely fitting that this "Quartet" – arguably the most important musical composition of the 20th century – would serve as an aural starting point for meditating on how we deal with "the End."
Based on the Book of Revelation, the eight-movement "Quartet for the End of Time" (written for cello, clarinet, piano and violin) is above all enigmatic, a scintillating mix of wonder and dread. The audience's first glimpse of the Apocalypse Quartet's true potential as an ensemble came early on in the roughly 55-minute piece, with the contrapuntal exchange of trills in "II. Vocalise for the Angel who announces the end of Time." Elsewhere in the movement, an eerie melody played an octave apart by violinist Ana Vafai and cellist Tyler Borden was given an unsettling sheen by the dissonant chordal accompaniment of pianist Antonella Di Giulio.
"III. Abyss of the Birds," an entirely solo movement for the clarinetist, finds the piece at its most spiritually galvanizing. Messiaen requires startling diversity in both mood and timbre from the soloist: Culp moved from somber to quizzical to wistful in a matter of seconds.
His affection for and commitment to the composition was plainly evident, the clarinet's tone seemingly careened from deep and sorrowful to bright and pungent. The articulations ranged from full and rounded to incisive and searing.
In "V. Praise to the Eternity of Jesus," a stable rhythm in the piano supplied the stasis for the plain-sung beauty of the cello melody, realized with mesmerizing conviction by Borden. The subsequent sixth movement, "Dance of fury, for the seven trumpets," demands absolute unity among the ensemble in phrasing, dynamics and nuance of articulation. This challenge was broached by the quartet with particular zest and tenacity.
As revealed in the seventh movement, perhaps the most odd and otherworldly element of Messiaen's music is its ability to communicate exuberance and joy in the midst of turbulence and tension. What was most moving about the Apocalypse Quartet's performance was how keenly and vivaciously they embodied this enduring paradox. Vafai's violin solo was distant but not detached, removed but deeply sympathetic.


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The percentage of American adults who are 100 or more pounds over a healthy weight has skyrocketed since 2000, a study released Monday shows.
In 2010, about 6.6 percent of adults in this country were severely obese � about 15.5 million people � up from 3.9 percent in 2000, says the study from the RAND Corp., a non-profit research group.
�There is no question that severe obesity is going up very fast,� says lead author Roland Sturm, a senior economist at RAND. �Severe obesity has severe effects on quality of life, chronic conditions and health care costs.�
Extra weight increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other chronic and debilitating health problems.
About two-thirds of people in the U.S. are either overweight or obese. People are considered obese if they have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, roughly 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight. People are severely (or extremely) obese if they have a BMI (a height-weight ratio) of 40 or higher. That�s roughly 100 or more pounds overweight.
�Moderate obesity (a BMI of 30 or more) has adverse health effects, but severe obesity is in a different league,� Sturm says. Severely obese people have far more complex health issues and create different challenges for the health-care system, he says. �Moderate obesity increases health care costs by 20 percent to 30 percent compared to those at a healthy weight, where severe obesity more than doubles health care costs.�
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Giambra, the former two-term Erie County executive, said he plans to contact the Bills with his thoughts after news of a 10-year lease deal that keeps the team here for at least the next seven years. In those first seven years, the team would have to pay $400 million to move.
"The reality is that it's going to be very difficult to keep this team here in the long run," Giambra said in a telephone interview. "It appears to me that in order to keep this franchise in this community [long-term], it's going to take an ownership group willing to lose tens of millions a year for a long period of time.
"We should find out now if there is an ownership group willing to buy this team," he added. "Shouldn't we find out sooner, rather than later?"
Bills CEO Russ Brandon said he's grown weary of answering such questions, especially after owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. and the team made such an ironclad commitment to stay here for the next seven years.
"It's tiresome," Brandon said Sunday, about 20 minutes before the Bills-Miami Dolphins kickoff. "It's a tiresome question, and we should be focused on the fact that Mr. Wilson once again has proven his loyalty, his commitment and his dedication to Western New York. This should be a time of celebrating him for his continued commitment."
In 1998, if the Bills, Erie County and New York State had carved out a 25-year lease deal, people would have been thrilled, Brandon said. That, in effect, is what has happened – with the 15-year lease signed then and the new 10-year lease – plus the Bills have made a much stronger commitment to staying here for at least the next seven years, he said. Also, the parties involved have committed resources to study the feasibility of a new stadium and the team's long-term future here.
"It's a win-win, progressive agreement," Brandon said.
Agreeing with Brandon was Erkie Kailbourne, a veteran banking executive and former head of the Business Backs the Bills committee.
"It was a great seven-year commitment to keep the team here that long, if not longer," Kailbourne said Sunday. "I am very pleased. I think it was a real commitment by Mr. Wilson to keep the team here in a small market."
Giambra, though, cited some pretty sobering numbers tied to the Bills staying here long-term.
The Bills might fetch an $800 million sale price, most analysts agree. And a new stadium likely would cost in the neighborhood of $1 billion. With pressure on governments not to spend too much taxpayer money on such facilities, a new ownership group building a new stadium likely would face a debt load of over $1 billion, business leaders have said.
That's an extremely heavy lift, no matter how many young hedge-fund multimillionaires can be lured to a new ownership group.
Giambra acknowledged that it's difficult to talk about the Buffalo Bills after Ralph Wilson, who has been the only owner since the team began in 1960.
"Nobody wants to talk about this," he said. "It's uncertain how long Mr. Wilson will remain the owner of this team. That uncertainty is going to make it even more difficult for us to keep the team after seven years, if we don't get a new ownership team soon."
The problem, of course, is that Buffalo, as a smaller-market team in a region with a lack of Fortune 500 companies, faces a "price ceiling" in how much the team can charge for tickets, premium seats, suites and sponsorships.
As county executive for eight years, Giambra said he met with Wilson almost every year at summer training camp. At those times, Giambra claimed, Wilson made it clear to him that small markets would face a tough time competing in the new National Football League economics.
"My concern is very similar to the concerns that Mr. Wilson shared with me many times," Giambra said. "Can this community, under the current NFL economics and the economic conditions of this community, compete to keep an NFL franchise here?
"Is pro football in this market over after seven years?" Giambra added. "Nobody has the answer to that question. But we as a community and the team's ownership – either this ownership or a new ownership group – have to determine that sooner, rather than later."
Others, though, say that the new seven-year guarantee buys a lot of time. By 2020, some other team, such as Jacksonville's or San Diego's, could have filled the obvious franchise void in Los Angeles.
And some people believe it's not a foregone conclusion that Ralph Wilson Stadium must be replaced. Staying in that stadium long-term, though, probably would require a more major investment, costing hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The seven years allows the Bills a lot of options to remain in Western New York," Kailbourne said. "At the end of the day, their current facility is still a great football venue."
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December 27, 2012, 06:11 PM
I've got an Arisaka type 38, 6.5x50. Not exactly a common round. What other reasonably common calibers could I have this rifle re-chambered in, preferably without a full barrel swap?
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December 27, 2012, 06:39 PM
The 1950s standard was to rechamber to 6.5x.257 Roberts.
That got you common brass but was still a handloading proposition.
These days, 6.5 Arisaka brass is available and you can just as easily handload the original caliber and not Bubba the gun.
I don't have good enough case dimensions to tell whether you could make it into a .260 Remington or 6.5x55.
December 27, 2012, 06:58 PM
+1 on what Jim Watson said.
Norma makes brass. It's out there you just have to look for it. If it was my rifle I would get a hundred or so Norma cases, a set of dies, and then load and shoot the rifle the way it was built.
At one time I had an original unground mum 7.7 Jap. I got some Norma brass and some dies and shot the rifle the way it was. Fun to shoot and acceptable accuracy. Wish I still had it.
Steel Horse Rider
December 27, 2012, 07:19 PM
You didn't ask specifically for my opinion but if you want something a little more "common" you might consider trading your Arisaka for something commercial rather than defacing a piece of history. Its historical value may not be reflected in a monetary manner but it is a valuable piece of history none the less.
December 27, 2012, 07:26 PM
Trading it is not an option.
I just want to make it into a more economical shooter, rather than a safe queen.
I don't reload, otherwise I'd have already taken that route. As there is virtually no milsurp available, I cringe at shooting $1 or more each round.
December 27, 2012, 07:31 PM
I have the same rifle that was rechambered to 6.5x257 Bob. Great shooter. The hard part was finding dies. CH still makes them. I think they get around $80 for them. RCBS is double that. I got mine off a forum site for $25.
Maybe look at 6.5x55 Mauser for that rechamber.
If it were me I'd by the brass and dies for that original chamber and just load'er up. I think Grafs has the brass.
If you don't reload then you are stuck. You are going to pay to shoot that. One way or other.
December 27, 2012, 09:32 PM
It is relatively easy to rechamber for .260 Remington. No bolt face alterations needed but you might need to work on the feed rails a bit for the magazine to feed. Most Type38s have oversize bores so check out bullets made for the 6.5 Carcarno at .268 instead of the .264 for the .260 Rem. You will probably get better accuracy.
December 27, 2012, 09:38 PM
At the price, I'd be better off sticking with 6.5 Jap from Hornady, which I'm shooting now. Doesn't look like I'll be getting away from $1 per round unless I opt for a rebarrel, which is not in the cards.
Thanks for the options, but it looks like the old Jap will remain a safe queen.
December 27, 2012, 10:01 PM
I only want to say one thing, I think you are under estimating the 6.5 Arisaka, Im getting up around 3000 fps. with a 100gr. bullet...............
December 28, 2012, 12:42 PM
The 6.5mm Japanese is actually a pretty decent cartridge, ballistically speaking. Since new brass and loaded ammo is available for it, why rechamber to some off-the-wall wildcat cartridge?
December 28, 2012, 11:15 PM
Hornady makes 6.5 Jap as part of their metric line. They use PRVI Partizan cases. It gets you good reloadable brass at a reasonable cost; Norma is heavily overpriced. I really don't recommend butchering an antique. There's too few left around in good condition.
.257 Roberts is still available. Ammuniton To Go lists no fewer than 4 ammo options, from Remington, Winchester, Federal, and Hornady. If you absolutely must alter it, it's still an option.
December 29, 2012, 08:49 AM
.257 Roberts is still available. Ammuniton To Go lists no fewer than 4 ammo options, from Remington, Winchester, Federal, and Hornady. If you absolutely must alter it, it's still an option.
257 Roberts does not equal 6.5x257 Roberts,
35 Whelen
December 29, 2012, 10:00 AM
Pay attention guys, he said he doesn't reload.
Without looking at the dimensions, I don't think the .260 would be a direct rechamber as the .260 is a little shorter than the 6.5 Jap.
Vet, your only real option if you want to shoot it is to get some used reloading equipment (cheap) and start handloading.
December 29, 2012, 12:24 PM
Anything it's rechambered to would be a wildcat cartridge that requires reloading, anyway, or something that is as uncommon commercially as the 6.5mm Japanese. The Privi ammo is decent stuff, and not too expensive, and is readily available mail order from multiple sources. Finding any centerfire rifle ammo at less than $1 per round is pretty much a fantasy, nowadays; If the OP wants to shoot on the cheap, reloading is the only option.
December 29, 2012, 01:57 PM
reloading kit from Lee for under 200 bucks. It will quickly pay for itself and you can reload almost every caliber by just changing the dies. Some folks knock Lee products but I have been using them for many, many years with zero problems.....Japanese rifles are going up in value so just sell it and buy something in a more affordable caliber. However, All ammo it getting pretty expensive as of late.....chris3
December 29, 2012, 09:02 PM
It is relatively easy to rechamber for .260 Remington. No bolt face alterations needed but you might need to work on the feed rails a bit for the magazine to feed. Most Type38s have oversize bores so check out bullets made for the 6.5 Carcarno at .268 instead of the .264 for the .260 Rem. You will probably get better accuracy.
I'd be careful spouting that sort of thing. My Arisaka slugs at .264
December 29, 2012, 10:26 PM
This would be a perfect time to start reloading. The five links below are all the tools you need to produce good quality cartridges, for a grand total of $95.76. This is a hand press, so everything will fit in a small box when you are done. If you are buying small quantities the powder, bullet, & primer will add up to about $.40 per round.
The die set comes with a powder dipper and load sheet. For another $20 you can have a scale:
Just something to consider. You might end up enjoying reloading as much as shooting.
El Mariachi
January 26, 2013, 10:49 PM
I just got my hands on this girl that I bought last year---it's ('sposedly) a Type 38, rechambered for .300 Savage. Haven't shot it yet but it does feel real good in the hands. I also haven't taken her apart yet, but I'm curious to see if there's some other markings hidden behind the lumber----'cuz all it says on top is '.300 Savage'. Hmmmm, this one could be interesting.......:D
Jim Watson
January 26, 2013, 10:56 PM
El, I think yours is a Type 99 originally 7.7.
The single gas escape hole is one indication, a T38 has two.
Makes more sense, you could set back a 7.7 barrel and rechamber to .300 Savage.
The Japanese rifling is so heavy that a .308" bullet will often do ok.
Converting a 6.5 to .300 would require an expensive rebore.
El Mariachi
January 26, 2013, 11:03 PM
Thank you Jim, I bought this thing sight unseen for the price of a lobster dinner for two----and it came with like zero info. Ad only said Sporterized Arisaka Type 38, rechambered in .300 Savage, and the guy I got it from wasn't much help. I'm sorta familiar with the .300 Savage....but pretty clueless on the Ari's. So were the 99's decently built in the first place? Better/worse than the 38's? Any thing special I should know about it before taking her for a test drive?.....
Steel Horse Rider
January 26, 2013, 11:32 PM
The Type 38 was built first, I think around 1890 or so. The Type 99 was not made until the late 1930's. The actions are nearly identical and very strong. I didn't notice any Japanese characters on the top or side of the receiver which is where the Japanese markings are on the originals. My gut feeling would be to agree with Jim as it would be much easier to make the Type 99 into a 30 caliber rifle than the Type 38, although the 7.7 bullet used by the Type 99 is the same 312 diameter as the .303 British.
January 26, 2013, 11:58 PM
El Mariachi, that's a pretty neat Arisaka, very typical of 50's sporter conversions, and in really nice shape. Arisakas are hell for strong as P. O. Ackley found out. That Lyman receiver sight is worth more than a few bucks in and of itself. Enjoy your rifle!
January 27, 2013, 01:10 AM
I got a buddy who has one chambered in 6.5-06...........
January 27, 2013, 01:57 PM
Ed, that's a beauty of a rifle. I think the Japanese rifles are just neat as hell. It's a shame they don't get more attention.
Jim Mac
January 27, 2013, 05:15 PM
still a buck or so a round, but macsguns specialized in japanese guns. firstname.lastname@example.com
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