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Three-term New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg and Vice President Joe Biden were at Johns Hopkins University today to announce a new Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, named for Bloomberg and film producer Sidney Kimmel, who are each contributing $50 million to their alma mater. The new center's focus is on harnessing the body's immune system to attack cancers as it would an infection. Biden is dedicating much of his remaining time in office to the Obama administration's Cancer Moonshot initiative, an effort to coordinate government and private efforts on developing treatments that go beyond the regular heavy doses of chemotherapy and radiation. (by Sean Captain) MB
Mike Bloomberg and others donate $125 million for breakthrough cancer research
Here are just a few of the great signs at the #MarchForScience
On Earth Day today, hundreds of thousands of people marched in cities around the world, from the main March for Science in Washington, D.C., to 600 satellite marches. Given the intellect of the marchers, it wasn't surprising to see plenty of really clever signs. Here are just a few of them:
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This really owns:pic.twitter.com/MvLjj2TKnL— Spacedad Aestheticバカ (@SuperSpacedad) April 23, 2017
ok i think this is my favorite #MarchForScience sign pic.twitter.com/OkMKPk22w8— David Mack (@davidmackau) April 22, 2017
This #marchforscience protestor has a PhD in neuroscience and has a message from Boston— WIRED Science (@WIREDScience) April 22, 2017
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Facebook just beat its own record for lobbying the federal government
The social networking giant has cash to spare, and it's not afraid to spread it around the Beltway if it means buying a little extra influence. According to its latest lobbying report, Facebook spent $3.21 million lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of this year. That's the first time it broke the $3 million mark in a single quarter, as Axios reports. Facebook is hardly alone. As we reported earlier this year, it's boom times for tech-industry lobbying. Uber, for instance, tripled its spending last year.
Forget Uber and Waymo: Self-driving vehicles are creeping into cities via public transit
On Thursday, a new autonomous trolley hit the streets of Knoxville, Tennessee. The 12-seat vehicle provided by Olli is being integrated in the city's public transit system. It is the third such self-driving project to land in the United States this year. In January, Las Vegas debuted a driverless bus to ferry passengers along a three-block route. A couple months later, California began testing a squat self-driving bus in parking lots. Then at SXSW, local transit authority Capital Metro demonstrated its self-steering coach among festival goers. While major companies like Uber, Tesla, and Apple promise to be the big sellers of autonomous car brains and bodies, it seems the earliest companies to actually put their wheels on roads will be the unknown players powering public transit.
[Photo: Olli] RR
Two words: Lawn Roomba
Robot servants are already mastering food delivery and fashion, and now there's a new way for you to sit on your butt while robots do the hard labor—lawn Roombas. While not technically Roombas, they work in the same way as the robotic vacuums/cat cars. Products like the Robomow and Honda's Miimo, which just launched in the United States, will cut your lawn for you and then return to their docking station when done. These genius products are still a work in progress. According to Curbed, few of the grass cutters offer 100% coverage and may miss the edges, but hey, so does that neighbor kid you pay $20.
Laziness does come at a cost. These helpful little robots have a steep price tag ranging from $999 to $2,799. Start mowing lawns now to save up enough money to buy this thing so you never have to mow the lawn again.
[Photo: Honda] ML
Tech dad Bill Gates sets serious tech limits for his kids
Microsoft founder Bill Gates may have built his billion-dollar business on a love of technology, but that doesn't mean he lets his kids use it anytime they want. Gates and his wife, Melinda, won't let their three children use tech at the dinner table and they limit their screen time. According to The Mirror, they wouldn't even get their kids cell phones until they were age 14, holding firm even when the kids tried the classic argument that all their friends had them. Gates isn't alone in his anti-tech parenting stance—Steve Jobs didn't let his kids use iPads and was a notoriously low-tech parent. As one Fast Company staffer noted, keep that in mind the next time your kid demands a phone.
[Photo: Andreas Gebert/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images] ML
When it comes to reading your mind, Facebook may be no Uri Geller
At Facebook's F8 conference, the company revealed it was working on reading your mind. It unveiled Project: Type With Your Brain, which is exactly what it sounds like, with the goal of allowing someone to type 100 words per minute just by thinking about them and hoped the tech would be available within just a few years. This could make computing wildly accessible for people with physical disabilities and is just generally pretty freaking cool.
However, no one is sure whether Facebook can actually deliver on this goal, especially because the current speed record for mental typing falls well below 100 words per minute. According to IEEE Spectrum, back in February, Stanford researchers helped a paralyzed patient type eight words per minute with his mind using a device implanted in his brain, which is incredibly impressive, but far short of the 100 wpm Facebook hopes to achieve without wires or implants. Stanford's work is leaps and bounds above a German team's work that led to an ALS patient type "between 0.3 and 0.82 words per minute."
Facebook has amassed an impressive team of researchers to help it achieve its mind-reading goal (no, Uri Geller was not among them), but untangling the neural circuitry of speech might take a little longer than they think. Read the full story on IEEE Spectrum, while practicing bending spoons with your mind. ML
Baby brain: Trying to not get pregnant is a mental and emotional burden for women
Unless you're Serena Williams, there's little doubt that being pregnant—let alone having a baby—can zap your energy and your attention span (baby brain is real, people). As it turns out, not getting pregnant can also cause a mental and emotional burden on women.
Women disproportionately bear the burden of not getting pregnant what with all the remembering to take birth control pills, coping with the side effects of the pills, scheduling IUD insertion, and period tracking. A new study published in the Journal of Sex Research, reveals that the physical burden can take a toll both mentally and emotionally, too. "It's not just about having the medication in your body, it's about the time, attention and stress that is associated with it," sociologist Katrina Kimport, who conducted the study, told Elle.com.
The added burden seems particularly unfair, because according to the World Economic Forum, women already do 39 days a year more work than men, when you take into account paid and unpaid work like housework and child care. Maybe time to start investing in that male birth control pill, eh? ML
Sam's Club is your new favorite sommelier
In a move that could make Trader Joe's, Costco, the Italian wine industry, and the entirety of the French population nervous, Sam's Club is entering the wine business. Last year, the big-box store released a $7 white wine that got surprisingly good ratings. That undoubtedly impressed people who care about wine ratings (or made them question the entire system).
To build on that success, the company is now working on an entire line of high-quality, but super-cheap varietals, according to Delish. In addition to the chardonnay, limited-edition riesling, and red blend that they currently offer under their own Member's Mark label, they are expanding their line of affordable wine to include a Napa Valley Cabernet, a prosecco (sorry, Italy), a champagne (sorry, France), and a bottled sangria (you're good, Spain). While Trader Joe's Two Buck Chuck is still the cheapest decent wine around, Sam's Club's bottles are expected to sell in the $8 to $10 range. That means these wines might be good for drinking, but not necessarily for impressing the in-laws.
[Photo: Sam's Club] ML
This cool GOTV video will remind you of everything you love about France in under a minute
The French go to the polls on Sunday for the first round of voting in the presidential election, and one group of concerned French citizens wants to remind everyone what's at stake. They put together a great "get out the vote" video featuring a fast-moving montage of all things French—just in case there was any debate over how awesome the country is. Croissants? Fashion? French kisses? Sure, but that's just for starters. There's also democracy, and that can't function properly unless people participate.
Barkette Barka, one of the organizers of the Sauvez la France campaign, tells me the group is trying to "make as much noise as possible" to motivate people to vote. The group says one in three French voters are expected to stay home on Sunday, which, in case you haven't been paying attention, doesn't end well for democracy. Watch the full video below.
KFC says it's sending a chicken sandwich into space—and Rob Lowe is going to help
Rob Lowe is helping KFC send a spicy chicken sandwich into space, because . . . well, apparently, this is what it takes to stand out in the fast-food world these days. In a blow to Brat Pack fans everywhere, Lowe stars as Colonel Sanders in KFC's new ad campaign. He dons a space suit and promises to launch a chicken sandwich into the stars. "Can you actually launch KFC's world-famous Zinger chicken sandwich into space?" Lowe asks in the new digital ad. "And the answer is, we certainly hope so. Our entire marketing campaign depends on it." I'm hoping to see that sandwich in NASA's photo archive soon.
The government doesn't regulate cosmetics, so drugstores like CVS are stepping in
While the FDA steps in to ensure that all ingredients in food and drugs are safe, when it comes to cosmetics, there is very little government regulation. The EU has banned more than 1,300 chemicals in personal care products and restricted 250 others. The U.S. has only banned 30 ingredients to date.
Beautycounter and retailers like Follain, which I wrote about this week, are lobbying the government to better regulate the industry and help consumers find safer products. But the products they sell tend to be expensive. Yesterday, CVS announced that it would be cutting out all parabens, phthalates, and the most prevalent formaldehyde donors across 600 products from its store brands by the end of 2019. This means there will be safer, affordable products on the market soon.
[Photo: Flickr user Mike Mozart] ES
Samsung and Google are making nice for the new Galaxy music experience
Many reviews of Samsung's new Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones—including mine—noted the company's long-standing tendency to complicate things by adding software that parallels features that Google builds into Android. Exhibit A: Samsung's new Bixby AI features, which live on the S8 and S8+ alongside the Google Assistant.
But these new phones also feature an example of the two companies collaborating rather than competing: Samsung is adopting Google Play Music as its default music experience. Owners of Samsung devices will get a three-month trial of the paid service and be able to upload 100,000 of their own songs, which is double the standard allotment. And the upcoming Bixby Voice service will integrate with Google Play.
Much better than the era when Samsung was more inclined to build out its own content offerings, such as the short-lived Milk music service. HM


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Why live in a glass house? For diatoms -- tiny ocean-dwelling organisms that live in exquisitely ornate glass cases -- the benefit turns out to be enormous.
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By Teresa Rivas
Stocks edged higher Monday, but even 0.1% moves were enough to propel equities to yet another day of record closes.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 19.96 points, or 0.1%, to 15,484. 26, beating out Friday's close for title of highest in history.
The S&P 500 climbed 2.31 points, also a 0.1% move, to 1,682.50, its eighth straight day of gains and another new all-time high as well.
The Nasdaq was up 7.41 points, or 0.2%, to 3,607.49, the index's eighth day of gains and its highest level since September 2000.
Year to date, all three indexes are up nearly 20%.
In addition, the Russell 2000 once again joined the record high-club, adding 6.78 points, or 0.7%, to 1043.30; it's up close to 23% in 2013.
While June U.S. retail sales disappointed, ultimately stocks held onto early gains, bolstered by a gross domestic product report from China that met expectations.
Sam Stovall, chief equity strategist at Standard & Poor's, noted that the firm still expects the S&P 500 to grow more than 10% in the next 12 months to 1,780, enjoying multiple expansion on the back of strong earnings and growing acceptance of an eventual end to the Federal Reserve's bond-buying program. "The second half is underway, and things are already looking encouraging…[N]ow that the recent pullback has run its course, we see stocks continuing to work their way higher. If we are wrong, it may be because the S&P 500 approaches our 12-month target as early as year-end. We think U.S. stocks have additional room to run before the year is out, due to: 1) encouraging historical precedents, 2) a projected recovery in global economic growth, aided by an expected troughing of European and emerging market GDP trends later this year, 3) improving U.S. EPS growth expectations and attractive valuations, and 4) favorable chart patterns. So barring any dissonant discord, we think the second verse should sound an awful lot like the first."
Winners in today's trading included Citigroup (C), which rose on a better-than-expected second-quarter earnings report, and Tiffany (TIF), which jumped on an upgrade from Wedbush Securities.
Boeing (BA) regained much of the ground it lost Friday, on news that investigators were looking into an emergency transmitter made by Honeywell (HON) in their probe of a fire aboard a 787 Dreamliner at Heathrow Airport, and thought it unlikely it was another battery-caused problem.
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Stories of the Land and Its People includes the work of over 140 students who participated in a year-long collaboration between the Farnsworth Art Museum and four public schools: Appleton, Hope, Lincolnville and Islesboro. Begun in early October 2011, Stories of the Land and Its People: An Arts-Integrated School Initiative for Midcoast Maine was organized so that students would learn from their teachers, museum professionals and mentor/artists about how to use the arts— especially digital photography and video—in their studies of english language arts, history and social sciences and other disciplines. Through the project, the Farnsworth, as the lead partner, is bringing more art-making and arts learning experiences into the 4th- and 7th-grade classrooms, as well as providing multiple guided tours in the museum throughout the academic year. Throughout the project, middle- and high-school students in Julia's Gallery have been filming a documentary video about how the teachers are employing the arts to support core curricular requirements mandated by the state; the documentary will be premiered at The Strand at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, August 12.
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UTSA to host election eve black politics forum
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(Oct. 30, 2008)--UTSA will host a political forum on the history of black politics in America from 4 to 6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 3 in the University Center Denman Room (2.01.28), Denman Room, at the 1604 Campus. The forum is free and open to the public.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
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Two experts on U.S. politics, African-Americans, and presidential elections will discuss "Where We Went from There: Reflections on U.S. Black Politics, 1968-2008." The guest lecturers are Patrick Lynn Rivers, associate professor of visual and critical studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Rachael Murphey-Brown, postdoctoral fellow in African and African-American studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
"Students and the public have an opportunity to gain additional perspective on this historic presidential election," said event organizer Joycelyn Moody, holder of the UTSA Sue E. Denman Endowed Chair in American Literature. "Our guest lecturers will illuminate the implications of this year's presidential race, regardless of the election outcome."
"Although a good number of blacks have pursued the presidency since the nation's early years, it has taken more than 200 years for an African-American to become the presidential nominee of a major political party -- to say nothing of the significant inroads laid for U.S. women laid in 2008," said Moody.
Patrick Lynn Rivers' research and teaching are at the intersection of culture and politics. He is the author of "Governing Hate and Race in the United States and South Africa," as well as numerous articles on media studies appearing in publications such as Critical Studies in Media Communication and The Journal of Film and Video.
Rachael Murphey-Brown, Ph.D., focuses her research on racial identity and academic culture. She has taught a broad range of political science and African-American sStudies courses, many of which advance her research on racial identity practices among faculty and students in U.S. universities.
The event is sponsored by the UTSA Honors College, Office of the Dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, and the Department of Political Science and Geography.
For more information call (210) 458-6857.


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iTunes 7.2 is out. iTunes Plus (DRM free downloads) is available. So I've made a purchase: Placebo: Covers.
Wow, it's easy isn't it? So nice to be able to enjoy the integrated iTunes experience without worrying about infesting my computer with DRM crippled media.
As Kirk McElhearn points out the files do contain identifying information that can be traced (trivially) back to you. That's fine by me.


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By Sheena Barnett/NEMS Daily Journal
It's double the music, double the dancing and double the sparkles this weekend in Tupelo.
Tupelo Middle School's show choir, Splash, and Tupelo High School's show choir, Soundwave, both have performances this weekend.
Soundwave presents "Kaleidoscope," a show full of new hits like Maroon 5's "Payphone," Cee Lo Green's "Forget You" and "Halo" by Beyonce and classic favorites like Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" and Madonna's "Like a Prayer."
"There's a lot of diversity in the songs and dances," said Soundwave member Rachel Lee, 15. "There's classic Broadway and modern and hip-hop. You get a really good mixture of different time periods, and it varies in vocal techniques and dancing. It all moves very well."
"Kaleidoscope" is an award-winning show, scoring Soundwave first, second and third places at competitions in Jackson, Belmont and Petal, respectively, said director Suzy White Williams.
Diamond Foster, 17, a junior, said the show's diversity – from Broadway tunes, like a "Hairspray" medley, to hip-hop tunes like "Forget You" – are what make the show great.
"We've worked really hard on the show," she said. "Come see us."
"Kaleidoscope" features eight costume changes, and the 27-girl group is backed by a live band, Structure. Soundwave hosted a show choir camp as a fundraiser earlier in its season, and the campers will show off what they learned at the shows.
'Do You Remember'
Splash's show, "Do You Remember," actually starts with the words, "Do you remember," from Earth Wind and Fire's "September."
"It's songs from the past and present," said director Katie Foxworthy.
The show includes an Elvis medley, complete with glittery guitars.
"The coolest part is the Elvis medley, because we have props. It's a lot of cool dancing," said McKenzie Young, an eighth-grader.
It's an 80s number that eighth-grader Caroline Parker has fun with.
"I love doing 'Safety Dance' – we have really cool moves," she said.
Both girls have solos.
"It's a good opportunity for them to show off their voices," Foxworthy said.
Each of the 51 girls has worked hard, she said.
"Everyone is really focused and dedicated," McKenzie said.
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What: Tupelo High School's Soundwave presents "Kaleidoscope"
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October Constellations
The Summer Triangle still graces the sky in early fall. At nine pm on October evenings, it lies in the northwestern quadrant of the celestial dome. One corner, Altair, the alpha (or brightest) star in the constellation Aquila, the Eagle, is almost due west. Vega, the bright, blue-white alpha star in the constellation Lyra, the Harp, is about halfway up the northwestern sky. The third corner, marked by Deneb, the brightest star of Cygnus, the Swan, is about two-thirds of the way between the horizon and the zenith (the point straight overhead).
Hercules, the Strongman, lies low in the northwest, just below Vega. Ursa Major (the Great Bear) and its well-known asterism (a star shape within a larger constellation), the Big Dipper, are very low on the northern horizon. The Little Dipper, or Ursa Minor (the Little Bear), extends to the left of Polaris, the North Star, which marks the end of its handle.
In the northeastern quarter of the sky is Andromeda, the Princess. Nearby are her mother, Queen Cassiopeia, whose wide W shape is now angled like a number 3, and her father, King Cepheus, shaped like a child's drawing of a house. Below the Princess and the Queen is Perseus, the Hero, who saved Andromeda from Cetus, the Sea Monster. The brightest stars in this part of the sky are the yellowish star Cappella, the alpha star in the pentagonal constellation Auriga, the Charioteer, and the reddish star Aldebaran, marking the eye of Taurus the Bull, low in the east. The V-shaped star cluster of the Hyades looks like an arrowhead pointing to the right. Aldebaran sits at the end of the bottom arm of the V. Above Aldebaran is the small but beautiful star cluster of the Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters.
High in the south and southeast are the stars of Pegasus, the Winged Horse ridden by Perseus. The curved, narrow A shape of Andromeda begins at the northeastern corner of an asterism called the Great Square of Pegasus and stretches into the northeastern sky. On a very dark, clear night you might be able to make out a fuzzy patch of light above the middle of the two lines of stars that form Andromeda; this is the Great Andromeda Galaxy, the most distant object the eye (unaided by binoculars or a telescope) can see.
Closer to the horizon in the southern part of the sky are Pisces, the Fish, and below it, the dim constellation Cetus, the Sea Monster. Culminating in the south is Aquarius, the Water Bearer. Capricornus, the Sea Goat, and some of the other faint "watery" constellations, including little Delphinus, the Dolphin, are in the southwest. Just about due south is one of the brightest stars in the sky, Fomalhaut, the alpha star in Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish. Fomalhaut is unfamiliar to most northern-latitude observers, as it belongs to a Southern Hemisphere constellation that appears in northern skies only briefly and always low. There are no other bright stars in the southern sky at this time, so it is unmistakable.


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By Tiernan Ray
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
The beat goes on, as today heralds another raft of assessments of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone fortunes in advance of next week's media event at the company's headquarters, following a raft of notes yesterday.
Brian White of Cantor Fitzgerald, reiterating a Buy rating and a $777 price target, picks up on last night's article by The Wall Street Journal's Ian Sherr, Eva Dou, and Lorraine Luk, stating that Apple is "evaluating a plan to offer iPhones with screens ranging from 4.8 inches to as high as 6 inches," citing multiple unnamed sources.
Writes White, a larger iPhone is likely, and it will boost Apple's prospects in China because "the world's largest country demands mega-sized phones," based on his trips to the country over 18 months.
A report by Reuters's Lee Chyen Yee this morning writes that China Unicom (CHU) and China Telecom (CHA) will both carry new iPhone models "within days" of their debut next week, citing multiple unnamed sources.
Speaking of Apple, CNBC this morning reported that the judge overseeing the the e-books case against the company has passed an injunction barring Apple for two years from entering into any agreements that would limit what it can charge for e-books. The judge will also assign a compliance monitor to observe Apple's e-book practices. You can read more in the Reuters brief here.
The announcement caused Apple shares to give up early gains, with the stock now down $2.73, or half a percent, at $492.54.
The Street continues to contemplate the impact of a fire reported Wednesday at DRAM supplier SK Hynix (000660KS). An article by Reuters's Jungah Lee this morning states that prices of DRAM chips have surged 19% since the incident, the most in three years.
Bernstein Research's Mark Newman, pondering that price hike, writes today it's panic buying, and refutes the notion it's an over-reaction. "
"Typically these kind of events lead to a few months of increased pricing depending on how severe the supply impact was […] We are still assessing the impact but believe this could lead to a shortage of 3% to 12% for a period of 1-3 months."
Steve Mullane of BlueFin Research contests Hynix's own account that there was no serious damage, writing "Our checks indicate that the fire occurred in their diffusion section of the fab."
"If this is true, the cleanroom had to be contaminated due to the smoke from the fire."
Shares of memory chip makers Micron Technology (MU) and SanDisk (SNDK) continue to ride that price rise, with Micron up a penny at $15.18, and SanDisk shares up 52 cents, or 0.9%, at $58.49.
Shares of InfoBlox (BLOX) are up $3.18, or 9%, at $38.42, after the company last night beat fiscal Q4 expectations and offered a higher-than-expected revenue outlook as well.
Another big gainer this morning is VeriFone (PAY), up $2.12, or over 10%, at $22.84. The payment processor last night beat fiscal Q3 expectations and forecast this quarter's revenue higher as well. The stock got at least one upgrade this morning, by Wedbush's Gil Luria, to Outperform from Neutral.
Shares of cellular tower owner American Tower (AMT) are up $3.02, or 4.4%, at $71.77, after the company this morning announced it will buy a real estate investment trust, MIP Tower Holdings, for $4.8 billion, giving it 5,400 additional towers in the U.S. and 800 "property interests."
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SPOKANE, Wash. - Fire crews discovered the body of a tenant in the aftermath of an apartment fire at 1203 W. 8th Avenue Thursday evening.
The tenant, a 50-year-old man, was discovered under a pile of clothing on the closet floor as firefighters were searching the apartment.
Spokane Police Major Crimes detectives were called in after the body was discovered as was the medical examiner.Body found after South Hill apartment fire
After an autopsy Friday afternoon, the medical examiner identified the victim as John K. Reintjes, 50. His cause of death was verified as smoke inhalation.
The fire started around 4 p.m. and crews first on the scene broke the door down with an axe and began immediately searching the apartment for any people or animals inside. They didn't find anyone, later conducted a second search and again did not find anyone.
Reintjes' body was found huddled six hours later, around 10 p.m., under a pile of clothes in a closet behind a partially closed door as firefighters were removing debris from the apartment after the fire.
While their investigation into the deadly fire is ongoing, investigators believe the fire started on the couch. There were two tenants living in the residence and both were smokers; Spokane Assistant Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said the fire appears to have started on the couch by either candles or smoking materials, and appears to be accidental in nature.
The second tenant was not at home at the time of the fire.
As for why Reintjes was found in the closet, Schaeffer said that despite educating people on what to do in a fire, sometimes people head for a closet or a bathtub instead of finding a way to escape the fire.
"When they are faced with, especially out of a sleep with a fire situation, regardless of how much we try to educate kids on immediately crawling get low and go and find an escape, sometimes people go to closets or bathrooms or the bathtubs [or] under beds," he said.
At some point after he got into the closet the hangers melted due to the intense heat from the fire and the clothes fell on top of him, concealing his body until fire crews found him hours later.
Investigators report there were two smoke detectors in the residence but neither had batteries in them.
The fire cause approximately $50,000 in damage.
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In the meantime, congratulations to Ryan again for sending his video in so it can win another notch on his winners belt. *rolls eyes*
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I did enjoy your video and I'm sorry it didn't get in.
This is my *final* video so I want to get it out to as many cons as possible. There were no rules on "trolling", so it's fair game.


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That steak you're eating at your favorite restaurant had a mother. No alligator tears—I like my rib eye medium rare; but I'm picky about where it was before it got to my plate. So I've been hanging around restaurants, at wholesale warehouses and with cattle on a ranch to learn about beef.
New Mexico is lucky to have several sources for local, small-scale beef. The market is growing, and grocers and restaurants are responding to the demand. Albuquerque's Keller's Farm Store was a pioneer in New Mexico by making natural meats available to grocery customers 51 years ago.
A small rancher faces many challenges getting beef to local customers. Fifty to 5,000 head of cattle doesn't show up on the radar in the massive meat industry. Organic and near-organic animals are more costly to graze, transport, process and market. New Mexico cattle must go to Kansas—the closest operation that can process beef without cross-contamination from conventionally raised cows—and back.
An unlikely solution to New Mexico's problem is coming from Minnesota. This spring, Unger Meat Company rolled out a program called Heritage Ranch Premium Source Verified Beef. I met Celeste Rustin, Unger's executive vice president, at Labatt Food Service (formerly Zanios Foods) in Albuquerque. Labatt is the only distributor in New Mexico to carry Heritage Ranch, whose beef is USDA graded Choice. In beef parlance, the very best cut is Prime. Choice is next—the cut you'll find in most fine dining restaurants; then comes Select, which is standard restaurant fare and what you find at the supermarket.
Rustin and Unger Market Specialist Dean Hiracheta have contracted ranchers and distributors in a half-dozen states. They travel the country seeking out ranchers who run small herds of predominately Angus cattle. While Heritage Ranch is not certified organic, their ranchers commit to a "no hormone, no antibiotic" regimen. Cattle are vaccinated at birth against common diseases. They graze on open land and are finished with vegetable feed. Rustin says seven New Mexico ranches have joined the program thus far.
As factory-farming practices continue to diminish food safety on a wide scale, Heritage is using a breakthrough program in the meat industry. While other organizations can only track their animals to the ranch of birth, Unger's program enables restaurants and distributors to track a steak to the mother of the animal.
The benefits of Heritage Ranch are many: It enables small ranchers to pool their resources and their cattle into larger, more salable lots; the pool helps ranchers save on transportation costs; and the system, performed by the IMI Global Verification Program, guarantees uniform quality. And it brings the beef home to local restaurants.
If you want to taste the delectable rewards of Heritage Ranch, try Jennifer James 101 or Brasserie La Provence. I've enjoyed Chef Claus' top sirloin steak frites au poivre. The Brasserie will host a cooking class featuring Heritage Ranch beef on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 6:30 p.m. with guest Dean Hiracheta. (Cost is $40; call 254-7644 to RSVP.)
If Heritage Ranch can give us better beef today, can organic be far behind? Ask for organic and local products when you dine. When restaurants, grocers and their customers are on the same page, we can raise the standards of the industry.
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Mike and Kathy Mechenbier invited a group of 30 guests representing Unger, Labatt, Brasserie La Provence and me to visit their ranch. 4 Daughters Land & Cattle Co., south of Los Lunas, is one of the New Mexico growers in the Heritage program. Our caravan drove to Los Lunas to meet Mike and his ranch managers. After a quick stop to admire the Mechenbiers' new crop of pecans, we headed into serious ranchland—miles of cholla-covered nothing.
A half-hour later, we arrived at the ranch house where we regrouped, then headed out to find a herd of Angus grazing somewhere on the 156-section property. The Mechenbiers run about 1,500 head of cattle and reserve 25 percent of their land for wildlife habitat. To give you a sense of size, the homes for the managers on the ranch are so far apart, it's a two-hour drive from one to the other.
We followed Mike down a dirt road to a bunch of cattle grazing on sparse vegetation. Disembarking from our vehicles, we listened to Mike explain that each animal has a pedigree. Angus, Brahman and Hereford are commonly raised and crossbred for their exceptional qualities, one of which is that they are very good nurturers. Their calves stay longer with their mothers, resulting in happier cows with more marbling and tender meat.
The cows and their calves didn't move from their spot just 20 feet away. Mike said they'd never seen this many vehicles, let alone an invasion of noisy people. He attributed their calmness to the peaceful environment. When it's time to round up cattle, he explained, it's done on horseback instead of in helicopters, as larger beef producers do.
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The Mechenbiers also run four farms in Valencia County to grow the corn and alfalfa that comprise most of the feed for the finishing at their feedlot.
After a lunch of BBQ beef and fixings, we stayed a while to listen to Mike and his hands tell stories. One of the managers has two sons who were raised on the ranch. In their remote home, there is no television or Internet. Our visit was a rare occasion for entertainment, swapping tales and remembering a time when all beef was this good.
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WOW, this thread has been getting....intense!
Before anyone pops, I'm gonna throw my hat into this ring to try and continue to help calm things down.
The problem with the hobby lies not in the people who collect it, whether they post here or not, whether they open stuff up or not, or even whether they scalp or not(although scalpers do have a special Dante level in Hades, I understand ).
No, the problem is, as it has been since Spring of 2000....Hasbro's distribution and case assortments and the stocking practices of retail.
We could even go back to the fall of '98, when the last case with the Darktrooper and Spacetrooper literally hit on ONE Thursday and ONE Saturday and were gone for good from NE PA.
The fact that we are not quite yet at the ONE MONTH MARK(yes, some of us found stuff before 4/2, but anyway) and nationwide Hasbro has blown out 45 figures counting the 2 Royal Guards is amazing. What isn't is how hard some of these figures are to find.
It's the same old-same old. Retail is NOT stocking enough of the new cases fast enough and Hasbro isn't putting enough of some figures out. The AT-TE gunner is a prime example.
In a movie year, one can expect to see all SORTS of peolpe collect and stock should be on a major upswing.
There should be no reasons for hostility on these forums. Just because, and this is mainly aimed at new members, you don't get a reply to a particular post does mean anything in particular....you should NOT take it personally. I've started threads and not gotten a response. Sometimes people don't have a particular response to a line of comment.
As far as army builders and mutliple figure buyers, I'm both. I have my reasons and since we're 3 weeks away from the movie, I already don't hunt much. THERE'S NO POINT. I'm not doing it. If Hasbro/retailers can't figure out how to put enough of these TOYS out for people to buy em, IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM.
Don't get too worked up...that's my advise. Law of averages for this hobby...sooner or later(apologies to Breaking Benjamin) you'll get what you want(unless you want 200 AT-TE gunners for a insane diorama, can't help you there ).
I used to go out about 3 times a week. Now I hit some stores at night, some in the morning, but usually it's if I have to be out anyway.
The new Target exclusive clone is an example. Yes, I want one. Yes, I'm gonna pick up an extra one for a friend who is disabled and can't drive. Yes, if I like it enough I'll blow my money on a squad of 4 for a diorama.
Forget the whole one-per-person thing...if people want to buy a $13 Target exclusive, they SHOULD be able to walk into Target ANY TIME and buy the blasted thing. If the release date(which keeps shifting around on other SW collecting sites) was set in stone, I'd just go on that day and buy WHAT I WANT.
Too bad it's never that easy.
So, again, rent Gandhi if you have to, meditate, take a chill pill, but as a forum member I can say that these are just TOYS, people. No need to bunch up our panties over some plastic.
it sound like people are making some GREAT finds. I hope May is a banner month for us all. If I find anything, myself or the mighty Sith LORD 0498 will let you know I'm sure. ...unless your scalping and preventing people from buying toys at a reasonable price, then I will have no CLUE what you're saying to me in english when you continue to stand in the Walmart aisle and ask me what the hot figure is....I can tell you now, if you're looking for hot SW toys, buy the ORCs. Red-hot, mate !


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This tutorial is geared to new MSI users and will provide an introduction to the facilities and computational resources at MSI. The quick start portion of the tutorial will provide instructions for accessing these resources such as setting up accounts, accessing the various machines, etc. We will conclude with a brief introduction of the MSI Unix environment, including hands-on examples. The UNIX operating system is a fundamental part of the MSI experience for people using the MSI Linux workstations and core systems. Many of MSI's scientific codes require that the user understand basic UNIX operating commands and functionality. This tutorial will give the novice user an introduction to using the UNIX operating environment to navigate around and use MSI resources.


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Set against the dreamy and surreal background of the Atacama Desert and Chile's rugged seaside, these two hateable-but-relatable characters are comedic, dominating, but never larger-than-life forces that drive the group's quest for self-discovery. Shot in just 12 days, director Sebastián Silva's most remarkable feat is that he captures how the most boorish of friends can work as as a catalyst for the group as friendships evolve, consciousnesses are altered and secrets are revealed.
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- ・Neck through construction with a maple and mahogany laminated neck and an alder body.
- ・The base model for the BB series, which continued with the BB2000, 3000, and 5000 models.
- ・Reverse-mounted neck pickup provides a fat tone for the D and G strings, and more accurate sound for the E and A.
- ・A unique series that stood out among the Yamaha bass lineup at the time, which was centered around the BB series.
- ・The first Billy Sheehan model, incorporating many of Billy's concepts into the design.
- ・The fundamental design, including body shape, pickup configuration, control system, and the scalloped fingerboard, was based on discussions with Billy Sheehan that took place at YGD.
- ・A new high-end multi-string series developed with knowledge acquired through building custom instruments for artists, and created at a time when multi-string basses were beginning to gain popularity.
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- ・In order to give it a powerful bass and clear sound despite its slim body, a great deal of time was spent on determining the right characteristics for the pickups and preamp in particular.
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1926 - Penn State set up a program in accountancy, conducted by Engineering Extension and taught by professors who commuted to York from State College, at the newly built York YMCA.
1939 - The federal government designated Penn State, the land-grant institution of the Commonwealth, to conduct engineering, science, management and defense training programs in York.
1949 - A one year, full-time, day technical program offering a diploma to its graduates was instituted. Penn State York dates its official beginning from this time.
1953 - An important program change took place with the initiation of the two-year associate degree programs in engineering technology. The two programs originally offered were electrical technology and drafting and design technology.
1966 - New facilities were opened and a limited bachelor's degree program was offered in engineering and science.
1968 - The first two years of almost all of the University's baccalaureate majors were available. Associate degree programs were expanded with the addition of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.
1970 - The associate degree programs were expanded with the addition of Computer Science.
1986 - The associate degree programs were expanded with the addition of Business Administration. Associate degree students were now able to transfer to some baccalaureate programs and complete their degree requirements in two additional years.
1994 - The Focused Master's in Education degree in Teaching and Curriculum began in York through a partnership with Penn State Harrisburg. The program, built with the input of teachers and district superintendents, provides a course of study designed to enhance the skills of K-12 teachers in York County.
1997 - The Bachelor of Science in Business, the campus' first four-year degree, was initiated and an associate degree program in Human Development and Family Studies was also put in place.
1999 - The Associate Degree in Information Sciences and Technology was initiated at this time.
2001 - The Bachelor of Arts in Letters, Arts, and Sciences (Liberal Studies option) was launched in spring 2001 and by fall 2001, the campus added new bachelor's degree programs in Information Sciences and Technology, Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Communication Arts and Sciences.
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2003 - The Associate Degree in Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology, Engineering and Science options, were added bringing the campus' number of associate degrees to seven.
2004 – The Bachelor of Arts in American Studies began in the fall bringing the total of four-year degrees students can complete at Penn State York to eight. (Bachelor of Arts in American Studies was discontinued in 2009).
2005 - The Bachelor of Arts in Human Development and Family Studies, Community Services option, began in the fall bringing the total of four-year degrees students can complete at Penn State York to nine. The Bachelor of Science in Business was changed and renamed to the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.


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Shad are still taken in the basin of Concord River at Lowell, where
they are said to be a month earlier than the Merrimack shad, on
account of the warmth of the water.Still patiently,almost pathetically, with instinct not to be discouraged, not to be reasoned with, revisiting their old haunts, as if their stern fates would relent, and still met by the Corporation with its dam. Poor shad! where is thy redress? When Nature gave thee instinct, gave she thee the heart to bear thy fate? Still wandering the sea in thy scaly armor to inquire humbly at the mouths of rivers if man has perchance left them free for thee to enter. By countless shoals loitering uncertain meanwhile, merely stemming the tide there, in danger from sea foes in spite of thy bright armor, awaiting new instructions, until the sands, until the water itself, tell thee if it be so or not. Thus by whole migrating nations, full of instinct, which is thy faith, in this backward spring, turned adrift, and perchance knowest not where men do not dwell, where there are not factories, in these days. Armed with no sword, no electric shock, but mere Shad, armed only with innocence and a just cause, with tender dumb mouth only forward, and scales easy to be detached. I for one am with thee, and who knows what may avail a crow-bar against that Billerica dam?
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"A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers."
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It's been a while sense I've written in here.. bad Jag! Let's see.. where to begin. Earlier this week the "official" notice came in that my boss will be leaving in just under a month. (May 19th is his last day) It's quite sad actually, he's one of the best sysadmins I know. Hopefully Cisco will appreciate him.
Other than that, work is going fine. I got a laptop to play with today. RH62 installed fine once I gave up on the graphics installer. Although X configured fine once the system was installed.. kinda strange if you ask me.
This morning I was reading bugtraq and got quite a kick out of this post from RMS complaining that people don't call Linux by GNU/Linux. He does have a point that there's more to it than just the kernel, but in my opinion he's asking for way to much and will just be laughed at until he stops demanding so much and acting like he deserves so much credit. The game is doing stuff to get noticed, not sending emails complaining about not getting noticed as much as you'd like. </rant>


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A Wren man is dead following a one-car accident on Saturday night.
Randal "Shawn" Phillips, 42, was driving a 1999 Chevy pick-up on Highway 8 when he failed to stop at an intersection at Highway 278 at 10:10 p.m. Saturday. He struck a tree head-on and was not wearing a seatbelt, said Monoe County Coroner Alan Gurley. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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|Inflatable Watercraft Rafts, pontoon boats, kickboats, etc.
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|Clackacraft build a 12' Drifter, do a google search for there web site. I do not know much about it but they do build great boats,tight lines,brian
The only mini drift boats that I know of are wood boats made by Greg Tatman. gregboats.com or Don Hill. dhdriftboats.com
please JD no direct promotional hyperlinks to non-sponsors!
I have seen some that resemble the od rapid robert, a square end boat that kind of resembles a pram.
Here is my take on small db vs pontoon. Anything small enough to fit in the back of a pu is not going to have a lot of room. Basically you, whatever gear you can carry on your back, one, maybe two rods, and a small dog. Two guys, it's gonna get real tight.
A hard boat will track & maneuver better due to the hard chines. But an inflatable will bounce off a rock. If it were me, I would not be tearing down an inflatable after each use. Pain in the butt. I would figure out a way around that. Trailers good enough for an inflatable are cheap. Everything on an inflatable must be lashed down. And figure on gettinig wet.
Everything is a trade off. The best advice I can give concerning inflatables is, get a good one. Not something held together by hair pin clips. Keep asking questions. Try and keep an open mind and listen to everyone who has or has had a boat,,,of any kind.
mini drift boat vs pontoon which do you recomend ,how much
was interested in an air filled pontoon but heard there are mini drift boats that you can throw in a pickup ,whats the price on the mini drift boat and where can you get them,whats the best material to get for this or are they all high impact material,is it more difficult to maneuver a drift boat than a pontoon figure if im gonna spend a thousand on a pontoon might as well get a drift boat for extra and i wont have to fill with air and put it together everytime.
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If I'm sitting on the pot and my primary carry gun is somewhere else, and an intruder breaks in my house, you are telling me I have to go to the gun safe, unlock it, and get a gun out to defend myself and my family? Surely not.
I can't see how anyone can argue the second ammendent doesn't mean exactly what is clearly says.
It gives me the RIGHT to leagally have a gun...as many as I want to have.....anywhere I want to have them.
Anything that is contrary to this is gun control and has no basis in constitutional law.


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*sigh* I have to look for ten new jobs a fortnight in order to qualify for unemployment allowance ('the dole'). And finding ten new jobs every week through people who actually know me - agencies - is proving difficult. Trawling the job sites in Australia brings my quota up but I can't help feeling like I'm prostituting myself. But it's better than not being paid at all.
I was originally recommended to Advogato by Skud, the international jetsetter and twice winner of the All Australia Turkish Bath Competition. "Hey, if you've got ideas, go to Advogato and you can post them in your diary and other people read them and then they reply and you start chatting and next thing you know you're doing an IPO" were her words, or something like them. And I did, because the ideas were, at that point in time, bursting at the seams of my cerebellum and the desire to actually talk to someone about these things without having their eyes glaze over was overwhelming.
But so far you can count the people that have commented on my ideas on the fingers of one foot. I've browsed other people's diaries, but there seems to be little way to actually find people who are interested in similar things. I suppose I could always find some project which I was similar to what I'm thinking with file systems, but it doesn't seem likely...
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Report of the U.S. Delegate, Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods, 19th Session
The 19th Session of the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF) was held August 30 - September 3, 2010, in Burlington, Vermont. The session was attended by delegates from 56 Member countries, one Member organization, and Observers from five international organizations. The Committee advanced Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for two veterinary drugs to Step 8 for adoption and established seven electronic working groups.
Dr. Kevin Greenlees, Senior Advisor for Science and Policy, at the Food and Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine, and Dr. Charles Pixley Director of Laboratory Quality Assurance Division, United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety, and Inspection Service represented the United States. Dr. Steven Vaughn, Director, Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation, Food, and Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine chaired the Committee for the first time.
The Committee agreed to forward the draft MRLs for narasin in pig tissues and tilmicosin in chicken and turkey tissues for adoption at Step 8. The draft MRLs for narasin in cattle tissues were held at Step 7 to await the FAO/WHO Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) evaluation of the analytical method.
The Committee also forwarded a project document for approval of new work to develop a guidance on performance characteristics for multi-residues methods. On completion of this guidance it would be appended to the Guidelines for the Design and Implementation of National Regulatory Food Safety Assurance Programmes Associated with the Use of Veterinary Drugs in Food Producing Animals (CAC/GL 71-2009). The Committee also established an electronic Working Group, led by the United Kingdom, to prepare a draft of the appendix and to consider opportunities to facilitate communication with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the development of the database on analytical methods and reference standards.
The Committee added a number of veterinary drugs to the Priority List of Veterinary Drugs for Evaluation or Reevaluation by JECFA. The Committee decided to establish two tiers of priority for the veterinary drugs added to the list because there were more compounds than could be addressed by a single JECFA. Tier 1 veterinary drugs will be considered by the next available JECFA; Tier 2 veterinary drugs will be considered by subsequent sessions of the expert committee. The veterinary drugs added to the tier one list were monepantel in sheep tissues, monensin in cattle liver, derquantel in sheep tissues, apramycin in cattle, pig, chicken, and rabbit tissues, amoxicillin in cattle, sheep and pig tissues and cattle and sheep milk, and narasin for the analytical method in cattle tissues. The veterinary drugs added to the tier two list were ractopamine in pig lung, triclabendazole in goat tissues, and ivermectin to re-evaluate the ADI and recommend new MRLs if necessary.
For triclabendazole, the Committee formulated a specific question for JECFA to address which would focus on extrapolating data on sheep and cattle to develop MRLs for goats. In light of this effort to extrapolate data to other species and tissues, the Committee decided to consider a development of a policy on extrapolation of MRLs. The Committee agreed to establish an electronic Working Group, led by Canada, to gather information from national and regional guidelines on extrapolation of MRLs and develop a proposed risk analysis policy of use by the CCRVDF when considering MRL extrapolation.
The Committee agreed to establish a physical Working Group, led by Australia, to meet immediately prior to the next Session to update and develop a new Priority List for Evaluation or Reevaluation by JECFA. The Committee also agreed to establish an electronic Working Group, led by the United States, to update the List of Veterinary Drugs of Potential Interest for Developing Countries and to try to develop dossiers for the veterinary drugs currently on the list.
The Committee considered proposing changes to its terms of reference to allow the Committee to elaborate risk management measures other than MRLs and codes of practice. The Committee proposed to add a new bullet similar to what is included in the terms of reference for the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) which reads "to consider other matters in relation to the safety of food and feed containing pesticide residues." In order to allow Members time to review the changes, the Committee agreed to circulate the proposed change to the terms of reference for comment and consideration at the next session.
To address the list of compounds that JECFA reviewed and was unable to establish an ADI or MRLs due to specific human health concerns, the Committee established an electronic Working Group, led by the European Union, to provide specific risk management recommendations. The veterinary drugs in this list include carbadox, chloramphenicol, chlorpromazine, malachite green, nitrofurans, nitroimidazoles, olaquindox, and stilbenes (diethylstilbestrol). The risk management recommendations are to be based on the information available through JECFA reports and monographs and should take into consideration the recommendations made by the 18th CCRVDF regarding malachite green and chloramphenicol.
The Committee agreed to establish an electronic Working Group, led by the United Kingdom, to propose a risk assessment policy for JECFA for those occasions when the Committee would require its advice for setting appropriate limits for veterinary drugs in honey.
The Committee agreed to circulate for comments at Step 3 a revised table on sampling plans for residue control for aquatic animal products and derived edible products of aquatic origin. The Committee also established an electronic Working Group, led by the United States, to consider the comments received and make appropriate revisions to the table.
The 26th Codex Committee on General Principles (CCGP) and the 64th Executive Committee asked that the 19th CCRVDF review and consider revising the Risk Analysis Principles Applied by the CCRVDF and the Risk Assessment Policy in the setting of Maximum Limits for Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods. To complete this work, the CCRVDF agreed to establish an electronic Working Group, led jointly by France, Japan, and the United States, to revise and update the risk analysis principles and risk assessment policy. Special emphasis is to be given to the section on evaluation of risk management options and to developing risk management and risk communication recommendations for veterinary drugs for which no ADI and/or MRL has been recommended by JECFA. The Committee also established a physical Working Group, jointly led by France, Japan, and the United States, to meet immediately prior to the next Session to discuss the report of the electronic Working Group.


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The news item stated that Master Replicas didn't have anything new on display, but this pic seems to show otherwise :
The saber on the left is definitely the new Palpatine, right?? Which would make the one it the middle the Obi Wan from EPIII that ends up as the weathered version in ANH...and the one on the right would be Anakin's EPIII which ends up being given to Luke in ANH? I may be wrong on the last two, but the left one is definitely new!
Edit : Looking again, the Obi Wan is definitely new, it has a covertec button.


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Mayllyn Luz is UTSA Student Leader of the Month
By John Kaulfus
UTSA Associate Dean of Students
(Nov. 12, 2007)--The UTSA Office of Student Activities named Mayllyn Luz the Student Leader of the Month for October. She was nominated by Kelsey Bratcher, UTSA assistant director of risk education for alcohol and drugs. October nominees included Tommy Thompson and Jaime Villanueva.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Luz is a freshman communication major from Jersey Village High School in Houston. She is a project leader for V.O.I.C.E.S. (Volunteer Organization Involving Community, Education and Service) and a founding member of B.A.R.R. (Be a Responsible Roadrunner).
With other student leaders, Luz helped coordinate this year's UTSA Alcohol Awareness Week. She also is an active member of Student Government Association (S.G.A.).
According to Bratcher, Luz is the perfect example of a freshman who assumed a leadership role at UTSA and strives to make a difference.
Nominees must meet these criteria:
- Full-time UTSA undergraduate or graduate student
- Cumulative grade point average of 2.25 or higher at time of nomination
- Must have demonstrated excellence in leadership above and beyond typical expectations
- Nominations should be for actions that positively impact the UTSA community
Make nominations at the UTSA Office of Student Activities Web site; the submission deadline is the fourth Thursday each month. For more information, visit the Web site or e-mail John Kaulfus.


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Ollivander family
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Ollivander is the surname of an old wizarding family, and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. The family is known to have been in the wand-making business since 382 B.C.. It is said that the name means 'he who owns the olive wand', which suggests that the original Ollivander arrived in Britain from a Mediterranean country (olive trees not being native to the UK).[2]
Garrick Ollivander believes that his earliest ancestors in England arrived with the Romans, and set up stall (subsequently shop) to sell to ancient British wizards whose wands were crude of construction and unreliable in performance.
The earliest known member of the family, apart from the the original Ollivander who established the wand-making business, is Geraint Ollivander, active in the Middle Ages. The current owner of the famous wand shop is Garrick Ollivander. He is an established wandmaker in the British wizarding community and many wizarding families preferred buying Ollivander's wands over other makers, often remarking that his were the best. Harry Potter also bought his first wand from him in 1991. He is also responsible for making the "brother wand" of Harry's, purchased by Tom Riddle (later known as Lord Voldemort).
In 1996, Ollivander was captured and tortured by Lord Voldemort at Malfoy Manor. Later in 1998, he was rescued by Harry Potter and his friends, along with others who had also been captured. He later took refuge at Ron Weasley's great-aunt Muriel's home.
Known membersEdit
- Ollivander (fl. 382 B.C.) — A Roman wizard, who established the family business.
- Geraint Ollivander (fl. Middle Ages) — A great medieval wandmaker.
- Gerbold Octavius Ollivander (fl. 19th century) — Father of Gervaise. A rival to Arturo Cephalopos, who predictably went out of business.
- Gervaise Ollivander (fl. late 19th century/early 20th century) — Father of Garrick. According to his son, "wrestled" with substandard wand cores his costumers brought to him as it was practise at the time.
- Mrs Ollivander — A Muggle-born witch; wife of Gervaise and mother of Garrick.
- Garrick Ollivander (b. 25 September in or prior 1907) — A half-blood wizard; widely regarded as the best wandmaker in the world in the 20th century. Revolutionised the crafting of wands by the 1930s.
- Mr Ollivander — Son of Garrick
- Ms. Ollivander (d. before 1991) — Daughter of Garrick
Ollivander family treeEdit
(fl. 382 B.C.)
|(many generations)
|Geraint Ollivander
(fl. Middle Ages)
|(many generations)
|Gerbold Octavius
(fl. 1800s)
|Gervaise Ollivander
(fl. 1800s/1900s)
|Mrs Ollivander
|Garrick Ollivander
(born before 1919)
|Mrs Ollivander
|Mr Ollivander
|Ms. Ollivander
(died before 2011)
Behind the scenesEdit
- The Ollivander family seems to have a fondness for naming their children (at least males) with the initials 'G. Ollivander'.
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ On Pottermore - Writing by J.K. Rowling: "Pure-Blood", the Ollivanders are mentioned to have been included in the Pure-Blood Directory published in Britain in the 1930s. As Gervaise Ollivander was already alive by 1930, this establishes that he must be a pure-blooded wizard and this, in turn, indicates that all of his ancestors must be Pure-blood as well; his son was not a Pure-blood, however. This was due to Gervaise marrying a Muggle-born.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pottermore