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Folks who may be interested in pursuing a mission trip to some far-flung global locale can get a real feel for the experience without ever leaving the comfortable confines of the Grand Valley.
As part of this year's World Mission Conference at Clifton Christian Church, 615 I-70 Business Loop, set for March 14-16, organizers are planning a full sensory experience about what it's like to travel to foreign lands — complete with mock airline ticketing and travel, visits to foreign markets, and the chance to sign up for real mission trips or related conferences.
The mock missions begin Friday night, when the church's old foyer is converted into an airline terminal; passengers check in for their flight, are issued (imitation) passports and boarding passes, and even pass through airport security checkpoints.
"Tickets" cost $7 for individuals, and $20 for families, and boarding calls will happen every 20 to 30 minutes, organizers say. Flights begin at 5 p.m. Friday, and passengers are asked to arrive at least a half-hour before "departure."
After a mock flight that includes snacks and soft drinks from flight attendants, passengers will disembark the plane and enter the Global Market Place, better known as the church's gymnasium. There they'll be bombarded by the sights, sounds and tastes of countries from across the globe — each occupying a cubicle where participants can get their passports stamped in addition to learning about that country's particular culture.
"The idea is to give everyone a 'real-life' cross-cultural experience while at the same time being informed about the various missions supported by the Western Slope Christian Churches," a flier for the event reads.
Events continue through the weekend, with a Saturday luncheon hosted by Appleton Christian Church, a Saturday evening session featuring a speaker from Iran, and a Sunday evening session that will include a speaker from Colombia.
More information can be had by calling 523-1142.


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The New England Theatre Conference (NETC) named Theatre Espresso as a 2012 NETC Regional Award Recipient for Excellence in Theatre. The award will be presented at NETC's annual awards banquet scheduled for Saturday, October 27, 2012.
"This is particularly exciting news, as Theatre Espresso performs for student groups," said Wendy Lement, producer at Wheelock Family Theatre and co-founder of Theatre Espresso. "The award demonstrates that NETC recognizes the value of presenting high-quality theatre for young people, which not only entertains, but also engages them in debates about critical issues."
Theatre Espresso is a theater company that brings history to life for students through interactive dramatic productions. Since, 1992, Theatre Espresso has created, produced, and performed high-quality, interactive dramas that bring history to life for students, in order to engage students in their education and foster a generation of critical thinkers and true citizens. The company serves 15,000 students annually and performs 150 shows each year in schools, museums, libraries, and courthouses throughout New England.
Theatre Espresso is now in residence at Wheelock Family Theatre, an ideal extension of the mission of Wheelock Family Theatre that provides internships and other learning opportunities for Wheelock students interested in theatre, education, and arts management.
About New England Theatre Conference
The New England Theatre Conference is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing its members with professional services, career development, and recognition awards in the live theater arts. Serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, NETC proudly supports quality theatre and promotes excellence in all divisions of theatre. A recognized voice for practitioners in youth, secondary, university, community and professional theatre, NETC continues to expand its support of New England theatre in addition to nurturing and promoting new theatre activity.


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Kally Flytzanis, 21, was taken by helicopter to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg after the 9:10 p.m. accident. Eleni Poulakidas, 22, was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, where she was treated and released. Both are from Tarpon Springs. Neither had injuries that appeared life-threatening, police said.
The driver, a 16-year-old girl who has not been identified, told police that the accelerator of her Plymouth Breeze got stuck, causing her to crash into the two women who were walking in the parking lot of Chili's at 40584 U.S. 19 N.
The girl's mother and stepfather, who were passengers in the car, corroborated the girl's claim, said Tarpon Springs police Capt. Jeff Young. But a preliminary investigation found no mechanical defects with the vehicle, Young said.
Alcohol is not suspected to be a factor, Young said.
After the two women were hit, the Plymouth continued forward, striking an unoccupied parked car and some shrubbery before rolling down a small embankment, police said.
The Plymouth had nearly made it out onto adjacent Martin Luther King Jr. Drive when the girl's stepfather, who was in the front passenger seat, was able to pull the emergency brake to stop the car, Young said.
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A zoo keeper has been mauled to death by a tiger.
The big cat escaped from its enclosure at Cologne Zoo after a gate was left open.
The male tiger, called 'Altai', then attacked the 43-year-old woman keeper, who was working in an adjacent building.
Zoo director Theo Pagel used a rifle to shoot the animal dead.
"This is the darkest day of my life," he told Cologne's Express newspaper.
Members of the public were ushered to safety and the zoo was closed after the incident.
Stefan Kirchner, police spokesman, said: "It appears the gate wasn't properly shut."
Mr Kirchner said it was unlikely that members of the public had witnessed the incident, which occurred at about midday today.
Altai, a four-year-old, was moved to the zoo last year.
It's the second time this year that animals have escaped from a German zoo, according to the BBC.
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It's not too hard to imagine where Jolie Holland gets the material for her bittersweet melodies of love and loss, because, quite frankly, it's hard to imagine the angel-faced, self-proclaimed gyspy might not have broken a few hearts along the road.
Case in point came a couple songs into her set at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern Saturday night.
The Texas-bred songstress was having a little trouble with the strap of her beat up Les Paul popping off at the top while she hammered away at it. She joked about how all the real musicians use the rubber top of a bottle of Grolsch to stick the straps back on their own guitars when they have that problem.
When I asked the bartender about a half a song later how many people asked him if he had any Grolsch back there, he said with a smirk,"You're the sixth guy."
The Horseshoe didn't have any Grolsch, but the strap eventually began to cooperate and Holland managed to belt out her distinct, soulful, poetic and emotive songs to the few dozen people who collected to see her Saturday.
Holland, who got her start with Vancouver's Be Good Tanyas, is touring her fifth studio album,
Pint of Blood
, which came out two weeks ago. Her latest effort was recorded mostly in a home studio with producer Shahzad Ismaily, and it follows pretty well worn territory for Holland drawing on her blues, folk, and jazz background, but perhaps even has a little Calypso feel on a revisited version of the Littlest Birds, which she wrote with the Be Good Tanyas and also appeared on her solo debut.
Pint of Blood
has a much looser feel than her other albums, in part, because it was recorded live in the studio. Holland has rejected outright being called a folk singer, writing on her Facebook page that her latest effort was inspired by S.E. Rogie [which might account for the Calypso feel], the Velvet Underground, David Bowie, and even Neil Young, circa Zuma. [She even hand illustrated the cover of
Pint of Blood
herself in an hour as an homage to the cover of Zuma, which carries an even more crude drawing by Young].
"ie, no 'folk' unless you mean 'human.' To quote the great writer and musician, Vanessa Veselka, "TAKE OFF THE GENRE CONDOM." just take it off," she wrote on her wall.
Admittedly, Holland is a little difficult to classify with all her southern drawl, whistles, and meter changes. But there are folksy roots, in particular with the storytelling in her songs, their melancholy tone, and upbeat rhythms.
The show at the Horseshoe, while not well attended, was a delight, and the new songs sound great live. Her stand-out new tracks, "All Those Girls," "The Devil's Sake," and "Gold and Yellow" were well received, as were the covers of Jimmie Dale Gilmore's "Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown," and Townes Van Zandt's "Rex's Blues" [the latter appears on the new record as well].
Holland didn't play with her usual band, which she says keeps getting stolen from the likes of Iggy Pop and Yoko Ono. But openers, Sallie Ford and the Music Outside, helped out on a few tracks. One of the let downs, however, was a lack of a keyboard, which excluded songs like "Mexican Blue," from the set, and saw piano songs like, "Tender Mirror," played with guitar.
The encore performance of "Palmyra" and "Sweet Loving Man," was short and sweet, because Holland and her band had to book it to the Ottawa Bluesfest where they're playing a 12:30 p.m. show Sunday.
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As first reported by Dan Murphy, it looks like David Booth will be scratched for tonight's game against NYI:
Sure seems like #canucks David Booth will be a healthy scratch vs #islanders. If so, quite a message w/only 12 healthy forwards on trip.
As Dan states – this is quite the message to send to David Booth; with only 12 healthy forwards currently with the team. Booth is coming off a 1 Hit, 0 SOG performance against the Blue Jackets. With this surprising scratch, Alberts is expected to draw into the lineup on the 4th line with Sestito and Welsh; with Weise being the likely candidate to see a ice-time bump on the third line.
I don't think Booth is going to benefit from watching the game from a different viewpoint, but this move is likely being made to light a fire under Booth to get him going. Booth has been either below average or invisible in the games that he has been in, which is something that cannot happen to a player making $4.25 million in a salary cap system.
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What You Need to Know
The First-Place Pirates
The Tuesday Takeaway
It was the Cardinals' first four-game skid of the season, and it could not have come at a worse time. Still, Matt Holliday was not concerned. "We're just going to try to come back and win the game tomorrow," he told reporters, and his manager, Mike Matheny, contributed his own cliché, saying, "we focus it down to playing the games one at a time."
On Tuesday, the Cardinals had two games to play one at a time. Two games to snap out of a rut during which the offense had scored two or fewer runs in four straight contests. Two games to rediscover the widely acclaimed clutch hitting that helped them to assemble a .339 team average with runners in scoring position, the best in the majors by a whopping 49 points.
Apart from not playing both games at once, they didn't do any of those things. And the bad news didn't end there.
Game one of the twin bill went 11 innings. Lance Lynn held the Pirates to one run over six innings of work, giving the scuffling offense plenty of time to battle back from a 1-0 deficit, which it did in the top of the third. From that point through the top of the ninth, neither team even advanced a runner to third base, as A.J. Burnett matched Lynn and the bullpens did their jobs.
Finally, in the bottom of the 11th, after the Cardinals failed to score with runners at the corners and one out in the top of the 10th, Kevin Siegrist buckled. The rookie, a 41st-round pick in 2008, had allowed only one run on four hits and six walks in his first 14 1/3 major-league innings. But after Pedro Alvarez flied out, Russell Martin and Gaby Sanchez both drew walks. And then, on a full-count fastball, Alex Presley brought Martin home with a ground ball up the middle that deflected off of Siegrist and went into center field, giving the Pirates a 2-1 victory.
For the first time since the All-Star break, the Pirates were in first place. But they would need another victory in the nightcap to go to bed atop the division.
With the game one loss ostensibly behind them, the Cardinals went to work hoping to plate more runs in game two. Instead, they scored fewer—none, to be exact—digging a hole in the bottom of the second and failing to climb out of it.
A fielding error by David Freese put the speedy Jose Tabata aboard with one out. Josh Harrison singled to put runners at the corners. And after pitcher Brandon Cumpton struck out attempting to bunt, the ailing Yadier Molina (more on that later) committed a rare passed ball, allowing Tabata to score. Jordy Mercer fanned to end the inning, but the damage was done.
The Pirates tacked on three runs in the fifth—on a triple by Starling Marte, a single by Mercer, and a two-run blast by Andrew McCutchen—but those were superfluous. So were the two they scored in the seventh. The Cardinals notched only three hits against Cumpton in the rookie's seven innings on the bump, and none in the two pitched by Jeanmar Gomez. They went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position, bringing their tally for the twin bill, in which they scored only one run, to 1-for-15.
All of that amounted to a 6-0 Pirates win, a shutout that put Clint Hurdle's squad ahead by more than one game for the first time since July 5.
And for the Cardinals, the bad news kept on coming.
Molina, a candidate for National League Most Valuable Player honors, left the game in the bottom of the fourth inning with a knee injury later revealed to be a sprain. He traveled back to St. Louis last night for further evaluation and will miss the rest of the series. According to MLB.com beat writer Jenifer Langosch, a stint on the disabled list "seems certain."
That's tough to hear for a Cardinals club that has lost a season-high six consecutive games. Things aren't much better for the Reds, who have dropped a season-high five straight. Meanwhile, the Pirates have won three in a row, putting their four-game drought earlier this month and their series loss in Miami over the past weekend behind them.
It's official: the trade deadline is upon us. And the Pirates—yes, the Pirates—have the best record in baseball.
Tuesday's Matchup in Review
Up with the bases empty and one out in the top of the second, Kubel saw four pitches, all of them either over the outer third or off the corner. The first one, a sinker, painted the black for strike one. The second, a backdoor slider, stayed low. The next two were changeups; Kubel fouled off the first, which was outside, and whiffed on the second, which crossed below his knees, falling victim to a location that has given him trouble throughout his career.
Kubel's next at-bat came as the leadoff man in the fifth inning, after the Rays tacked on a run in the bottom of the fourth to go up 3-0. This time, he saw six pitches, the first two of which he watched low for balls. Hernandez earned strike one with a sinker, but fell behind 3-1 with a changeup that also missed low. He came back with two challenge sinkers, and Kubel, after fighting off the first one, went the other way with the second, flying out to left. The 91-mph pitch tailed right down the middle, but Kubel—who has punished such location mistakes for must of his career—was unable to capitalize.
The left fielder's last trip to the box was his shortest of the day, and it ended no more productively than the first two. Up with two down and nobody on in the top of the seventh, he took a slider low, swung through another changeup, and then pulled an outside-corner sinker to Evan Longoria, who was shifted to the right side of the infield, to end the inning.
Kubel was 14-for-38 versus Hernandez coming into the game, but the sinkerballer hit his down-and-away targets last night to keep him at bay. And on the one occasion when he didn't, Kubel failed to take advantage. The 14-for-41 head-to-head line remains impressive for Kubel—but at least for now, Hernandez can claim the last laugh.
Matchup of the Day
Tonight, he will face a Nationals lineup that has begun to shake off a prolonged, team-wide rut, one that saw Davey Johnson's hitters sink into a collective, 6-for-80 hole with runners in scoring position. The Nats went 9-for-12 on Sunday in at-bats that came with teammates on second or third, and there are plenty of power threats in the lineup that are capable of hurting a vulnerable Verlander.
One of those hitters is Ian Desmond, whose only meeting with Verlander came on June 16, 2010, long before his breakout campaign in 2012. Desmond went 0-for-2 that day; he struck out, grounded into a double play, and then was given a reprieve when Verlander plunked him with an errant 0-1 curveball.
The trouble here for Verlander is that since busting out his power stroke last year, Desmond has not missed many fastballs, and he has done particularly well against the hard stuff in 2013.
There aren't many holes in Desmond's fastball swing, and he has improved his discipline from 2012 to 2013, chasing pitches up and inside less frequently than he previously did. Assuming that Verlander's velocity—which seemed back to normal even as the White Sox teed off—has indeed returned, he has the giddy-up to miss even the best fastball hitters' bats. But if Desmond and his teammates are able to sit dead red and adjust to a curve and slider that have lost their bite, it could be another long day for the Tigers' ace (1:08 p.m. ET).
What to Watch for on Trade Deadline Wednesday (4:00 p.m. ET)
o On April 13, Locke walked four Reds and failed to earn a single strikeout, but he lasted five innings and permitted only one run. In doing so, he became the first pitcher this year—and the only one so far—to walk at least four, finish an outing with zero strikeouts, and be charged with fewer than two runs.
o On June 9, Locke issued seven walks to the Cubs in 5 2/3 innings but escaped with only one run on his line, notching six strikeouts along the way. In doing so, he became the first pitcher this season to walk at least seven and strike out at least six in the same outing, and the first to meet both of those benchmarks while allowing only one run since Tommy Hanson did it on July 25, 2012.
o In his most recent start, on July 26, Locke walked six Marlins and struck out nine while working 6 2/3 innings of two-run ball. In doing so, he became just the second pitcher since 2010 to walk at least six and fan at least nine in the same outing, joining Matt Moore, who walked six Blue Jays and struck out 11 of them on June 25. The last pitcher to reach those benchmarks in a losing effort, as Locke did, was Rich Harden on August 31, 2009.
Somehow, despite all of those adventures, Locke enters tonight's assignment third among qualifying starters with a 2.15 ERA. The 25-year-old left-hander's 3.82 FIP suggests that regression is in store, and his .233 BABIP points in that direction, too. He'll attempt to dock both of those worrisome indicators in a duel with Adam Wainwright as the Pirates and Cardinals continue to duke it out for first place in the National League Central (7:05 p.m. ET).
Daniel Rathman is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @danielrathman
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IT'S always fascinating, asking doctors about why, with so many disciplines to choose from, they selected their particular field and whether each discipline creates its own stereotype.
Simon Wessely says he got "the Dr Kildare stuff" out of his system early on in his medical training and, because he had been taught psychiatry inspiringly at Oxford, began looking seriously at the subject quite early on. "I found some other areas, like surgery, a bit less thoughtful, and psychiatrists were the kind of people who were interesting to sit next to on a train."
He was also influenced to some degree by the work of the late Prof Anthony Clare, who increased popular understanding of the science through his penetrating BBC Radio 4 programme In the Psychiatrist's Chair.
Nearly 30 years into his career, with many different jobs, books and around 500 published academic papers behind him, the direction of Prof Wessely's work has increasingly moved towards the field of illnesses with unexplained symptoms, such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (or ME), and the occupational exposures and health of armed forces.
Based for many years at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, he is an internationally renowned expert and Government adviser on Gulf War illnesses, more commonly called Gulf War Syndrome (GWS). He's also director of the King's Centre for Military Health Research, and his team's work has directly influenced policy regarding the health of British armed forces.
"I've never made a secret of the fact that I greatly admire our armed services and feel we don't value them enough. Those feelings have no doubt been influenced by my father's background." As a teenager his dad travelled alone on the Kindertransport from Prague to Britain to escape the Nazis. He was fostered then adopted by a family in Cottingham, near Hull and went on to serve in the Royal Navy before becoming a teacher.
Prof Wessely and colleagues opened the first solely NHS clinic dealing with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome back in the early 1990s. Not long afterwards, he began to notice reports of a growing number of soldiers and others who had served in the Gulf War suffering from illnesses with the same kind of symptoms as many of the CFS patients. The symptoms were wide-ranging but included bone and joint pains, listlessness, depression, poor concentration and rashes.
"No-one could fathom what was wrong," says Prof Wessely, who's in Yorkshire to give a lecture to the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences at Leeds University when we meet.
"There was increasing media clamour, but no-one was doing anything much about it apart from individual doctors studying individual patients. What was needed was a population study – research comparing a large group of armed services personnel who'd served in the Gulf with personnel who'd served somewhere else. The second group we chose had served in a peace-keeping role in Bosnia from 1992 onwards."
For several years, funding couldn't be found for the study, but the Pentagon finally came forward. "The Americans are, in general, quicker off the mark and more attuned to the problems of military veterans. It's a bigger political issue over there. The Government also has to take better care of veterans because they
don't have a universal healthcare system like ours."
Wessely's research revealed that something was definitely going on among the British patients that was linked to having served in the Gulf, but he (and now other experts) agree that while all of the illnesses were real, no unique collection of symptoms that could be called a "syndrome" was identifiable.
The study also concluded that serving in the Gulf had worsened the general health of military personnel, although it had not increased the incidence of cancer. The death rate amongst forces serving in the Gulf was the same as those who had served in Bosnia.
There were three obvious potential "villains" that could have been responsible for the illnesses. Wessely says research revealed that the symptoms were not caused by the depleted uranium or pesticides the military had been exposed to, but there was an apparent link to inoculations given against the effects of biological or chemical warfare.
"Those who were sickest appeared to be more likely to have had the anthrax vaccine, but this was contentious and inconclusive because of a lack of records kept by the military. To this day the issue is inconclusive, because records were not kept and the right studies were not done early on.
"We've been successful in saying what didn't cause Gulf War illnesses, but no-one has been able to point definitively to what did, and the focus is now shifting towards what we can do to help those who continue to suffer. I'm somewhat pessimistic that we will ever unravel the causes of GWS."
It's thought that around 20 per cent of those who served in the Gulf suffered illness to a greater or lesser degree. Those with GWS are entitled to a war pension ("and quite right, too" says Wessely), but veterans' groups would like the Government to take responsibility and pay compensation.
Research on the health of military personnel involved in the Gulf War provided valuable pointers as to how to do things better in subsequent conflicts, says the professor. "In 2003 came the invasion of Iraq and this time lessons had been learned about how health surveillance of the armed forces had been badly managed in the previous Gulf War.
"This time the forces carried out health surveillance from day one, so that if anything was spotted going wrong they could try and sort it out there and then."
Depleted uranium, pesticides and anthrax vaccine are still used in theatres of war. Wessely and colleagues have randomly selected a group of 8,000 from British forces involved in the recent Iraq War and collected health data to follow their physical and psychological health. They're looking at everything, including the incidence of mysterious multi-symptom conditions, and comparing the data to a group of military personnel who have not served in Iraq.
The research has been funded by the Government but is, Wessely insists, completely independent of the Ministry of Defence.
"We'll publish everything we find, even the stuff they'll find embarrassing." The study is ongoing, but a major report based on the research is due to be published later this year, with "data so far showing no new 'Iraq War Syndrome'."
Although Iraq veterans' mental health was shown to be "surprisingly good," reservists had experienced increased incidence of mental health problems compared to regulars. This is linked, says Wessely, to a less satisfying experience of how they are deployed, how long they serve and the kind of help they are offered on their return from war.
Previously they were not offered dedicated and specialist military mental health services, but since the research they are now deployed differently and offered the same health services as regular forces on their return.
Prof Wessely has also been involved in recent moves to train military personnel in peer support, as a way of lessening the number of mental health problems.
Most sergeant majors in the Royal Marines have now had mental health awareness courses, or "trauma management".
"Soldiers are very macho, it's part of their resilience, but the strength that makes them a good soldier can make them a bad patient.
"Talking to another soldier about problems is therefore easier than being sent to a psychiatrist, and the message is that it's okay to ask for and get help. It keeps it in the family. The quality of care given to physical casualties in the theatre of war is far better than in the NHS, and second to none. I've seen it.
"The same can't be said of mental health problems, but the level is improving. As with mental health in general, historically these things have been swept under the carpet, and failure to come forward is still a problem – for all of us, not just the military."
Prof Wessely is disliked by some CFS sufferers and support groups. "People want biological explanations and treatments, but we have definitely shown the importance of psychological factors," he says. "The people who don't like me are not the thousands of people I have treated over the years. The opinion I care about most comes from my patients and my peers."
"Expectations of health are now much higher than ever before. We don't have the kind of major worries previous generations suffered, like the possibility of dying of respiratory disease at 33, losing a limb while working in a mill or bombs being dropped on us by the Luftwaffe. We have different things to worry about, and expect a life more or less free from either physical or mental illness. But when we are ill, we're generally more aware and willing to admit to symptoms."
Except, it seems, where mental health is concerned.
Prof Simon Wessely MA, BM BCh, MSc, MD, FRCP, FRCPsych, F Med Sci (degrees include a masters in History of Art)
Age: 52
Born: Nether Edge, Sheffield
Education: King Edward VII School, Sheffield; Cambridge, Oxford and The London School of Hygiene
Current employment: Director, King's Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), King's College, London; Professor of Epidemiological and Liaison Psychiatry and Head of the Department of Psychological Medicine and also Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the King's and Maudsley Hospitals; Honorary Civilian Consultant Advisor in psychiatry for the British Army; trustee of the charity Combat Stress
Family: His wife Clare is a London GP, two teenage sons
Hobbies: Skiing, cycling (recently did a London-Paris fundraiser in aid of the Royal British Legion), art, history.


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Memorial Day
2013/05/27 13:07:24
Thank you to all of the men and women who lost their lives defending our great country. My father made it through WW11 but sadly passed away 2 years ago. We had a military funeral. I have the flag that proudly covered his coffin and his dog tags.
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2013/05/27 14:57:36
Also thank you to the soldiers who survived and fought to keep us free.
My father was liberated from the Nazis by Unites States troops. I lost him May 23, 2003. Seems like yesterday.
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2013/05/28 20:28:11
So sorry to hear of your losses! Two of my nephews have served, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. The second who was in Afghanistan came down with a medical problem, while there, was transferred to West Germany and then back to West Point and ultimately diagnosed with MS. My daughters and I visited him at the Westchester Medical Center this past Sunday as he had a recent MS crisis.
I have always been taught that Memorial Day was not a day of celebration but one of observance! I truly do appreciate all who have served and those who gave their lives for my freedom!!
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2013/05/30 14:54:53
I serve as conductor of the Rockville Concert Band in Rockville MD. One of my favorite pieces to play is the Armed Forces Salute, which is a medley of each of the 5 marches from the correpsonding branch of military. When performed, it is tradition to ask anyone who has served, to stand during their repsective march - for Memorial Day I ask the families of soldiers who have passed, to stand in place of their fallen soldier.
I think it's the bands favorite moment, as well.
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2013/05/31 19:25:06
My Grandfather was a B-17 Bomber Pilot, his first mission was D-Day 1944, he flew his 30 missions and made it back home to raise his family and work his arse off. Stayed in the USAF Reserves and retired a LTC. He rarely talked about what he saw or had to do during the war. I could tell even as a kid how it affected him.
He died peacefully in his sleep May 4, 1994. I miss him each and every day.
I usually go to the various family cemeteries and place jug of peonies at each family stone and a flag at the military members graves. It is something that I was brought up doing, my grandmother did it then, my mom, now my uncle and I do it.
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2013/05/31 21:13:01
My father was in the 8th Army Air Force, first as radioman trainer M.Sgt. in Texas, then off to the UK and France and finally winding up with the Occupation force in Hiroshima. He kept his uniform and was proud of his service. My hat's off to any one who served our country.
Here is Hamish, dressed for Memorial Day.
PS CajunKing,
Who knows, my dad might have been your grandfather's radioman!
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2013/06/01 15:30:16
8th Army Air Force, 390th Bomb Group (H), 569th Bomb Squadron
Based in Framlingham, ENG
He did his training in TX, before being sent to ENG
I have my grandfather's uniform, I am getting ready to donate it to the 390th Memorial Museum in Tucson.
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2013/06/01 15:43:48
Dad was in 593rd Joint Assault Signal Co. in the Pacific. We have his medals proudly framed and in our living room. We had the jacket of his uniform next to his casket and then it got buried with him. They're building a new bridge in Beaver County, PA called Veteran's Memorial Bridge. I bought a brick for my father that says SSGT Mike Grey, 593rd JASCO, 1941-1945.
My father never talked about it either, even though I would ask.
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Gamers won't outgrow the XPS 630 as since it's based on a standard ATX chassis, making future upgrades easy. It's ATI CrossFire and NVIDIA SLI-ready, and will support Corsair memory and Intel Extreme processors. Gamers can tweak performance by overclocking processor and memory through the control panel.
"Since its inception, the Dell XPS line has been committed to delivering aggressive, competitive and attractive options for a broad spectrum of PC gamers," said Arthur Lewis, head of Dell's gaming group. "With the Dell XPS 630, we have the unique and exciting opportunity to offer a system that brings together the needs of enthusiasts and casual gamers."
The XPS 630 is ready out of the box to play favorite mainstream games like The Sims or Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and online games like Lord of the Rings:Shadows of Angmar. It can easily be upgraded to deliver extreme performance for more complex games like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and the highly anticipated Spore.
The XPS 630 is the first OEM PC to support the new Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA), the industry's first open standard for delivering advanced levels of thermal management and control of other PC peripherals. Dell's LightFX technology supports ESA so developers can create highly immersive gaming experiences synchronizing the LED lighting zones with the on-screen action in the game.
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am I at a high risk of birth defects for being at age 41 and being 9 weeks pregnant. I am overweight, but have lost 32 pounds just prior to getting pregnant. I am so scared that I may have birth defects at this age. also I have had a mamogram 2 weeks ago and did not know yet I was pregnant. and I have had alcohol on a weekly basis when my husband and I go out. I am so scared at this age for a normal baby
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Stanley's Back! The Detroit Red Wings Recapture the Cup
Stanley's Back! The Detroit Red Wings Recapture the Cup is in the tradition of similar instant books celebrating the achievements of championship teams and individuals, including Dallas Stars: '99 NHLChamps with the Dallas Morining News and Patriot's Day with the Boston Herald. Sports Publishing presents the first title to be available on the market to salute the champions of the 2002 NHL Stanley Cup. The book promises to tell the complete story of the team's winning season through articles, columns, and photos that first appeared in the pages of the major daily newspaper in the team's city. Sports Publishing's tribute to the Red wing's will prove to be a cherished keepsake for all fans of the team who will be celebrating the victory well into the year.
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Pulmonary function testing & interpretation
- Tobias Welte1Email author
© BioMed Central Ltd 2012
Published: 20 November 2012
James E Hansen. Pulmonary Function Testing & Interpretation. 1st edition. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2011, 261 pp., ISBN 978-93-5025-105-8
Among the 10 most important diseases in terms of mortality, morbidity and healthcare costs worldwide, the World Health Organization reported four respiratory diseases: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and lung cancer [1]. The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has been shown to be fast growing, mainly in the older population [2]. Up to 20% of patients >65 years old are suffering from some kind of obstructive lung disease. Impairment of lung function is well known to be an important prognostic factor also for a number of nonrespiratory diseases (for example, myocardial infarction or patients on haemodialysis), and has been shown to be a risk factor for complications in almost every major surgical procedure [3].
However, respiratory diseases in total, and especially chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are by far underdiagnosed and are an underestimated healthcare problem. Up to one-half of these patients are not diagnosed [4]. Lung function testing is the basis for diagnosing respiratory diseases, but is not a standard procedure in general practice. This nonstandardisation is mainly due to the fact that special experience is necessary to perform reliable pulmonary function testing and, more importantly, to interpret the results of the tests. In many countries, interpretation of pulmonary function tests is a minor part of physicians' training programmes and plays a role only for chest physicians.
Pulmonary Function Testing & Interpretation by James Hansen, an Emeritus Professor of Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology at Harbour UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA, is therefore very welcome. The book offers a comprehensive review in 15 chapters, starting with respiratory physiology, followed by lung function testing methods including body plethysmography and diffusion capacity measurement, blood gas analysis, and exercise testing. New techniques to assess the effects of aerosolised bronchodilator drugs on obstructive airways disease are presented, since current practices fail to identify nearly one-half of the statistically significant responders. Highlights of the textbook are the chapters about new ways of interpreting spirometric values of cigarette smokers, to better identify and inform those who, although still within the wide range of normal, are at increased risk, and 10 interesting clinical cases to guide interpretation of pulmonary function tests.
Altogether, this textbook is up to date and offers a broad and detailed overview in the field of pulmonary function testing. The book is not easy to read and I am not sure whether graduate students or residents without any experience in the field might have benefit. This book will be of interest for physicians working in respiratory medicine who seek additional, more in-depth information about diagnostic techniques and possible pitfalls in interpretation. The case reports seem to be especially helpful to improve daily practice. For myself as a specialist in respiratory medicine, the chapter which describes the influence of ethnic differences in the target values and the lower limit of the normal provided new information and had an impact on my daily practice.
In conclusion, Pulmonary Function Testing & Interpretation may offer a possibility to deepen the knowledge of pulmonary function testing for those with a deep interest in the field. However, basic knowledge about the technique is necessary to receive benefit from this rather elaborate publication.
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You might think the real question would be "Greg Oden: College Freshman or AARP member?
My question is who will Greg Oden be. Will he be the next (H)Akeem Olajuwon, or will he be the next Sam Bowie? In a draft class that is the deepest since 2003, when there was Lebron, Carmelo, Wade, Bosh, and even Josh Howard, this class still comes down to two players: Greg Oden and Kevin Durant. So let's examine by going back to 1984, when Olajuwon and Bowie were taken first and second overall, respectively.
1984. That's 23 years ago. Why does the number 23 sound so familiar when it relates to basketball? Oh, I know. After the Houston Rockets selected Olajuwon and the Portland Trailblazers selected Sam Bowie, the Chicago Bulls gladly selected some guy named Michael Jordan. I doubt the Rockets regret their decision. Olajuwon is one of the greatest centers of all time, and brought 2 championships to Houston. But do you think the Blazers are second guessing themselves a bit?
In the Blazers defense, everyone new Jordan was a phenomenal athletic talent, but NOBODY predicted him to become THE greatest basketball player of all time. Also, the Blazers already had a player playing his position at the time by the name of Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler. Bowie was a highly coveted player coming out of college and never got to reach his full potential due to a career full of injuries that Portland couldn't have predicted. And ask 30 NBA general managers whether you take the talented 7-footer or the talented 6'6" guy, and 28 of them will tell you to take the big man. Always take the big man.
But enough defending the Blazers, because now they find themselves back in the exact same spot. Talented big man or talented swing man? Portland has to take Oden. They really have no other choice. Oden could be the next Olajuwon. If he is, and Durant becomes the next Jordan, then Portland won't have to kick themselves again. But Oden could be the next Bowie.
What do I think? First of all, Durant will not become the next Jordan, but that doesn't mean that Oden's legacy can rest easy. I don't think Durant will become the next anybody. There's really no one to compare him to when you consider his size and ability and the whole package. As a Texas fan, I watched him a lot last year. I've never seen a player like that before. Durant won't become the next Jordan, but he may very well become one of the top 5 players in the league in only a few years. And I don't think Oden will be the next Olajuwon. He doesn't have the offensive capability in my opinion. Hakeem's work with the ball under the basket was pure silk. Currently, Oden's work is burlap. But I don't think Oden will be a Bowie. I think Oden will be the next Patrick Ewing, which isn't bad at all. Let the career-long comparisons begin.
So let's assume that Portland take Oden and then Seattle takes Durant. Both of those selections could have very interesting ramifications on the Mavericks. Now I'm not advocating these trades, I'm merely saying that they are possibilities. I even took a few seconds to research and make sure that the trades worked within the Collective Bargaining Agreement requiring salaries to match.
Portland drafted a center last year in LeMarcus Aldridge. Let's say that Oden takes the center spot, then Zach Randolph stays at power forward (moving Aldridge to the bench) and Brandon Roy is the swingman. They could probably use a veteran point guard that's a native of the Pacific Northwest. We could use a young, inexpensive true point guard and another tall, athletic player off the bench. How about Jason Terry for Jarrett Jack and Darius Miles? Of course, the Blazers may choose to move Randolph and start Aldridge next to Oden. Randolph plays the same position as Dirk, and he's not the kind to willingly come off the bench.
Seattle already has a tall, athletic, offensively-gifted swingman right now in Rashard Lewis. Let's say that the Sonics draft Durant, I would believe that makes Lewis expendable. The Mavs tried to lure the native Texan a few years back. Everyone talks about how we need another superstar that can create his own shot, help take pressure off of Dirk and open up the offense. Jason Terry is a Seattle native. How about Jason Terry for Rashard Lewis? There would be more red tape regarding Lewis's contract stipulations, but it could be done.
I don't want to trade Jason Terry, but it's just a few intriguing scenarios.
Sitting pretty in the first round of the 2007 NBA Draft:
*Portland, for obvious reasons.
*Seattle, for obvious reasons.
*Philadelphia, with picks 12, 21 and 30
*Atlanta, with picks 3 and 11 plus keeping their best pick from Phoenix
Sitting s**tty in the first round of the 2007 NBA Draft:
*New York, because Chicago holds the right to swap picks with them. New York picks 9th. Chicago picks 23rd. What do YOU think Chicago will do?
*Phoenix, would have gotten Atlanta's first pick unless it was in the top 3. Guess where the lottery landed Atlanta?
*Dallas, we don't have a single pick
*Memphis and Boston, who tried very, very hard to lose games last season to improve their chances of getting Oden or Durant, and tried even harder to pretend that they weren't losing on purpose. It blew up in their faces when the lottery delivered them the 4th and 5th picks, respectively. As a Mavs fan that watched the team finish with the worst record in the league 3 straight years WITHOUT tanking, yet never once getting the first pick that they so deserved, I feel no sympathy whatsoever for Memphis or Boston.
Dallas has 3 second round picks (34th, 50th and 60th). Here's a few players that I'm intrigued by. I preface this by saying that I am not a scout, so if someone disagrees with me on this list, you probably have a legitimate argument. Feel free to debate me on this. Regardless, here's my list:
Javaris Crittenton, Georgia Tech - point guard
Sean Williams, Boston College - center
Nick Fazekas, Nevada - power forward
J.R. Reynolds, Virginia - shooting guard
Alando Tucker, Wisconsin - small forward
And finally, it appears that Carlos Boozer's acne puts up a better fight against his Proactiv solution than Utah cares to put up against the Spurs. Also, for a Spurs team that has been labeled dirty, starts a player in Bruce Bowen that fully and knowingly intends to injure opponents by undercutting them or just kneeing them in the happy place, and boasts a bench player in Robert Horry whose hip altered the dynamic of the entire Suns/Spurs series for the wrong reasons, what do the Spurs get fined $50,000 for by the league? For failing to make their entire team available to the media after Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. The Horror!!! Way to put your foot down, Commissioner Stern! You might allow teams to rough up other teams and benefit from it, but by golly, they better talk to the press about it afterwards. Kudos, Stern! Huzzah!
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Z2 Entertainment will present Hot Soup & Dead/Phish Orchestra at the Fox Theatre tonight, December 21st. Tickets are $8.00.
Hot Soup is just the thing! It's is a thick, rich and hearty combination of funk, rock, fusion, jazz, reggae, blues and other quality ingredients, then garnished with a healthy amount of homemade improvisation for good measure. This Hot Soup is no bland, canned variety; it's fresh, spicy and packs some serious rock 'n' roll flavor.
Led by founding members Matt Flaherty on guitar and Mirco Altenbach on saxophone, Hot Soup is a tremendously talented - and deliriously odd - Boulder-based five-piece with a remarkable ability to incorporate every imaginable mutation of rock, and effortlessly combine contrasting styles - and bit of schlock - into its sound.
Hot Soup's new rhythm section brings a heavy element of groove - and talent - to the band's sound. Joining Flaherty's searing guitar work and Altenbach's soaring sax are Naropa University faculty member and African drumming master Scott Parker Mast on percussion, former Zobomaze bassist Sean Dandurand and jazz-obsessed drummer Ryan Sapp, a Detroit-native who also plays with The Pete Kartsounes band.
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Best Art Ever (This Week) – 01.13.12
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists and/or specific bodies of work, but there's just so much great work on sites like like Flickr, Tumblr, DeviantArt and other countless blogs that we've created Best Art Ever (This Week), a weekly depository for just some of the virtually countless pieces of especially compelling artwork that we come across in our regular travels across the digital media landscape. Some of it's new, some of it's old, some of it's created by working professionals, some of it's created by talented fans, and some of it's endearingly stupid. All of it's awesome.
We're very much interested to see what you've dug up and think should be featured here in Best Art Ever (This Week). Please submit any great art links to andykhouri-at-comicsalliance.com. Artists, feel free to send in your own work – we won't judge you (publicly) – or to request that your work be removed.
Gambit <3 Rogue by Cal Slayton
Doctor Who/Back to the Future mashup by Kate Wheeler
Storm by Benjamin Ang
"High City" by Marc Simonetti
Red Sonja by Chris Stevens from the collection of Kenneth Zenuk
Jem's The Misfits by BluePeaches
"Nerd Wars" by Chris B. Murray
X-Men villains by Dave Johnson
Shaolin Cowboy by Geof Darrow
Meaning album art (I think) by somebody awesome
Wolverine vs. Crossbones by Arthur Adams
Thor by Pei Han Hsu
Catwoman by Randy S. Silvia
Catwoman by Cat Staggs
Daredevil #11 cover by Marcos Martin
Harry Potter by Zac Gorman
Wolverine and Emma Frost by Joe Quesada and Danny Miki and Richard Isanove
Mad Men by Olly Jones
Mr. Freeze by Yeso
Phantom Lady and Black Canary by Cameron Stewart
The Legend of Zelda by Zac Gorman
"Armageddon" by Rafael Albuquerque for What Not
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Soft drink consumption among adolescents is significantly associated with weapon possession and with perpetration of violence against peers, family members, and dates, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in Injury Prevention.
Sara J Solnick, Ph.D., from the University of Vermont in Burlington, and David Hemenway, Ph.D., from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, investigated the association between intake of carbonated non-diet soft drinks and violence perpetration in 1,878 Boston adolescents. Participants were surveyed regarding frequency of non-diet soft drink consumption, and whether they had ever carried a weapon or engaged in physical violence. Associations of these behaviors with soft-drink intake were determined using regression analysis.
The investigators found that chances of having carried a weapon and of violent behavior towards peers, family members, and dates were significantly higher among adolescents who consumed more than five cans of non-diet soft drinks per week (comprising nearly 30 percent of the participants). Even after controlling for gender, age, race, body mass index, usual sleep patterns, tobacco and alcohol use, and having family dinners, frequent soft drink consumption was correlated with a 9 to 15 percent increase in the probability of engaging in aggressive behavior.
"There may be a direct cause-and-effect relationship, perhaps due to the sugar or caffeine content of soft drinks, or there may be other factors, unaccounted for in our analyses, that cause both high soft drink consumption and aggression," the authors write.
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Following a successful collaboration in The Pursuit of Happyness and also a lifetime of being related to each other, Will Smith and Jaden Smith are reteaming in After Earth, a film about a father and son in the far-future who land on a the most terrifying planet of all: [planet's name redacted to avoid ironic spoiler]. The first trailer for After Earth looks intriguing. It also looks intriguingly similar to Oblivion. Watch the trailer, which unfortunately doesn't mention the very important fact that Will Smith is playing a character named General Cypher Raige:
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Indian expats enjoy Kathakali performance
Abu Dhabi: Indian expatriates in the capital turned up in large numbers to watch a celebrated Indian classical dance-drama Kathakali during the weekend.
Kalamandalam Gopi, a world famous Kathakali artist, enthralled a packed audience at the Kerala Social Centre (KSC) open-air auditorium with his role of Karna, one of the most complex characters in Indian epic Mahabharatha.
The performance titled 'Karna Shapadham' (Karna's vow) spoke of Karna's special relationship with Duryodhana, the eldest among the Kaurava brothers who fought their own cousins, the Pandavas, in a historic battle at Kurukshetra.
Gopi, the septuagenarian artist who won one of India's prominent civilian awards, the Padmashree, for his contribution to Kathakali, has been known for uniquely portraying the emotional turmoil Karna went through just before the battle.
The dance-drama, believed to have originated in the 17th century, portrays characters using stylised hand gestures, facial expressions and body movements that a layman may not easily comprehend. That did not stop Abu Dhabi residents staying in the auditorium and enjoying it until the end. Many of them attended a workshop conducted by the artists the previous day to help them get familiar with the story.
Shakthi Theatres, an Indian cultural organisation, organised the performance, as part of its 33rd anniversary. Dr B.R. Shetty, Managing Director of NMC group of companies, inaugurated the performance.
The female characters — Kunthi and Bhanumati (Duryodhana's wife) — played by Kalamandalam Margi Vijayakumar and Kalamandalam Vipin, respectively, were also impressive. Kalamandalam Harinaryanan played the role of Duryodhana and Kalamandalam Hari R. Nair played Dushasana.
Kathakali is the confluence of acting, dancing and music — vocal and instrumental. Pathiur Shankaran Kutty and Kalanilayam Rajeev were the vocalists. The Karna Shapadham script was written by Mali Madhavan Nair.
According to the Kerala Kala Mandalam, a university in India teaching traditional arts, several folk, ritual and classical arts have exerted a definite influence in the development of Kathakali. It is from the 24 basic hand gestures that the Kathakali actor has developed a language comprising more than 600 words. In five different rhythms and four different tempos, the Kathakali characters unfold the text and the context of a play on stage.
Two vocalists, principal and supporting, stand behind the actors and sing the text of the play. The former marks the rhythmic beat on the gong and the latter on a pair of cymbals. Chenda, Maddalam and Edaykka are the percussion instruments used. The vocal music is in a sense verbal acting which the characters in Kathakali render. The instrumental music is functionally linked to the performance of the actors. Chenda, Maddalam and Edaykka augment the effect of the visual frames in Kathakali. The make-up and costuming of Kathakali is elaborate, intricate and intriguing. It takes three to four hours for an actor to transform into a character in the green room.


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As you first walk into the apartment, the sense of freedom and comfort is evident. Spacious rooms and modern features put you in a holiday mood straight away. The generously sized main bedroom with ensuite features a King Size bed, spacious robe, NEW 40" colour televisions and a large open balcony with magnificent views.
A large second bedroom in the apartment contains two king single beds that may be joined to form another king size bed, or add a rollaway bed for the third child.
A very spacious meals and lounge rooms with its own 40" TV, combined with the large balcony creates a spectacular alfresco view of the Coral Sea. You may not want to leave the apartment as its breath taking view leaves you mesmerized whilst laying back on the couch looking out over the ocean with a cocktail in your hand after a wonderful day on the island. Relaxation sets in.
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Man indicted in 2011 Durham homicide
Posted March 19, 2013
Durham, N.C. — A Durham man was indicted Monday on a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting death two years ago of another man.
Police say Veshan M. Chambers shot Jimmie Lamont Harris Jr., 24, who was found lying on the steps in front of 507 Canal St. on Jan. 16, 2011.
Chambers, who is already serving time in federal prison on unrelated charges, was also indicted on one count of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury for allegedly shooting another man at the scene.
Authorities said Chambers and Harris knew each other and that the shooting didn't appear to be random.


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Just a question, was the other router that you tried one in your house as well? maybe you want to try another one elsewhere, or try a factory reset of your wireless router at home.
I have followed your suggestion about reflash the Radio. Unfortunately, it doesn't work.
Besides, I messed up when I flashed the radio. The radio does flashed into WinMo as it should, but my WinMo was also like have been hard reset. And no I did not flash a Rom, no doubt about this. I just took a quick radio flash. So that means even my WinMo is hard reset, the Wifi problem is still there in Android. Can connect, but no connectivity to outside.
I will leave this problem from now. It was fun and pleasure to try FRX and GBX. Excellent works. But as Arrrghhh said, nand is future. At least for me. The only reason I keep my WinMo is I have TomTom on it, but from now I will like to try Android on NAND on my TP2.
However, Thank you for the suggestion. For me it does make sense as you say, that the problem shall be Rom/Radio related.