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Noah Hunsberger, David's father, was a rural mission worker and a minister at Erb St. Mennonite Church. The family lived on a farm north of Baden, Ontario for a few years during which time David was baptized at Shantz Mennonite Church. When David was 14, the family moved to St. Jacobs, Ontario where he joined the St. Jacobs Mennonite Church. David lived in St. Jacobs for 55 years working as a professional photographer.
David began his photography work with a borrowed camera until he could afford to buy his own equipment. He free-lanced, took photos of weddings and for catalogues and journals, but his great love was photographing nature. The family's hikes along the Bruce Trail, along the St. Jacob's Mill Race and in parks and their cave explorations frequently halted temporarily while David patiently got exactly the correct angle and light to photograph an interesting subject. He sensed profound spirituality amid natural beauty, something he passed on to his children.
Taking photographs would not support a family, David's parents warned. They were right--in the early days--so David took a bookkeeping course by correspondence and landed a job with B.F. Goodrich to pay the bills. Eventually he did photography full time, spending late night hours in his basement darkroom.
When a studio in his home was no longer adequate, he set up The Laughing Horse Gallery in a St. Jacobs shop which proved to be an attraction not only to tourists but also to Old Order Mennonites who dropped by to try to identify people in his photos. In the 1980s the studio, managed by Katherine and son Robert, moved to St. Jacob's Country Mill and then to Waterloo in 1996. It closed in 2000.
For nature photos, David usually used color but for Old Order Mennonite subjects he used black and white. In the 1990s, he began to work with a computer, learning how to manipulate earlier photos. He was a member of the Professional Photographers of Ontario and won numerous awards, mostly for his artistic photographs but also for commercial work.
Renowned for his nature photography, rural landscapes and many different Mennonite groups, particularly Old Order Mennonites, David provided an unique lens on Waterloo County history and life. The trust and understanding he developed between himself and Old Order Mennonites allowed him to capture the essence of that community. After his death, a significant collection of David's photography was donated to the Mennonite Archives of Ontario at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario.
Hunsberger, David L, James Hertel, Koni Lattner, and J W. Fretz. People Apart: Portrait of a Mennonite World in Waterloo County, Ontario. St. Jacobs, Ont: Sand Hills Books, 1978.
Hunsberger, Fred. Interview by Ferne Burkhardt. Petersburg, Ontario (February 2011).
Leis, Bethany. "Capturing the Quiet in the Land: the David L. Hunsberger Photograph Collection." Mennonite Archives of Ontario. Web. 12 July 2011. http://publish.uwo.ca/~bleis/hunsberger/.
McClurg, Alisa. "A Life of Expression: Memories of David L. Hunsberger." Mennonite Heritage Portrait. 1987. Web. May 2009. http://www.mennoniteheritageportrait.ca/Report.php?ListType=Documents&ID=1764.
David Hunsberger Collection. Mennonite Archives of Ontario. Web. 12 July 2011. http://www.grebel.uwaterloo.ca/mao/slidecollections/HM10.28.htm.
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The Jewish delegation which has been negotiating with the Austrian Government for the entire month of June in the hopes of receiving an acceptable offer in settlement of claims against the Austrian Government for Jewish personal and communal property losses and damage during the Nazi regime today had its hopes all but shattered.
Dr. Reinhardt Kamitz, Austrian Finance Minister, who only a week ago had held out the offer of 120,000, 000 schillings as a lump sum settlement for heirless Jewish property, has now reversed his position and offered 50, 000,000 schillings. Beside this, he has made a number of other unacceptable offers in settlement of various other claims, again in contradiction of what earlier appeared to be satisfactory offers. The Jewish delegation is quite bewildered and shocked by the sudden Austrian reversal and, although it is continuing to meet with the Austrians, is very pessimistic of the outcome.
When he proferred the 50, 000, 000 schilling settlement, Dr. Reinhardt declared that the Austrian Government experts estimate the total value of the heirless property involved in the claim at only 25, 000,000 schillings, but the Austrian Government is willing to double this figure. The Jewish delegation, which had been prepared to make some sacrifice in reaching a settlement, considers this offer unacceptable.
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In August, CEO Richard Michaeloff bought 10,000 units at $4.45, which is very close to the one-year high. Generally, it is a positive sign to see insiders buy as a stock moves to the upside. Such activity can signal that the market is still undervaluing a company despite recent gains.
Other insiders at Retrocom were buying this summer as well. In June, director Mauro Pambianchi bought 15,000 units at $3.80. Last month, 10-per-cent holder Peter Bull bought 56,000 units (not shown on chart). The largest insider at Retrocom based on reported SEDI holdings is Toronto retail real estate developer Mitchell Goldhar.
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That's really sweet of you
I don't remember what I was wearing though
A dress think it had skulls in it? Or something amusing. It was a while ago! It was the cut of the dress that made it work if I remember rightly.
You're not odd-looking though Madz. I know I've only seen you wearing make-up and with decent hair, but I can still make out your features and all, and I can't think of a single thing about you that looks odd. I'd say you're more like me - pretty ordinary most of the time but can look hot on occasion (you definitely do). That's not such a bad way to be.
Mmm, I remember that.
it was a gorgeos dress that she made herself, and then sent it to me because I covetted it. But it doesn't fit me any more... Would you like it back?
Oooh, yes please. Well done for keeping it
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Why don't you just get what you want and get some sort of wrap around overall thing to protect your clothes? Or a lab coat, or whatever?
^^^^ This, more Rosie the Riveter than Hilda Ogden, though.
She's bought loads of new stuff now, sorted
tbf that;s hardly practical. covering up with an extra layer just leaves you sweaty and dangling in your paint you just need stuff that washes well and crappier stuff for messier jobs. although i may have wrecked my only decent pair of jeans with oil pastels will find out in the next wash
I've got an overall but like Bob says it's only worth using it for paint.
Anyway, overall or not it's been a deadly struggle just to find a single fucking thing I like.
I've met you and didn't think you odd looking at all. I can't remember what you were wearing but I thought you looked good. And you have amazing eyes.
You're suggesting Madz buys photoshopping tools? It's a novel approach I suppose.
She needn't. All she needs do is follow in Jodie Marsh's footsteps.
i'm not convinced Madzone has the hours to spare for that size of project at the mo'.
Her continued health, you mean?
And her various other commitments.
I can't fucking win
I've just been to see my therapist-of-sorts and when I walked in he said 'Why are you dressed like that?' I asked what he meant and he said 'You're dressed all in black, you look like you're trying to disappear'. I was wearing a black jumpery tunic thing, black leggings and black knee length boots so he was right about he black. I said I'd become uncomfortable with the stuff I had been wearing and felt a bit daft and wanted to maybe look a bit more serious and dress more appropriately for my age and size. He said it was a load of bollocks and that I'm big but I'm really sexy and can carry it off.
I think I'll just avoid all situations with people. I can't fucking work it out.
Stop trying to work it out then. Other people see you differently to how you see yourself, accept it.
Going goth isn't going to help ffs
It wasn't goth. You take that back
And if other people see me differently to the way I do, how the fuck can I choose what to wear?
Well give up then and buy a ton of baggy combats and t shirts and dress like a fucking bloke.
I would look like the least sexy lesbian in the world.
You pulled!
Oooh no He's married and I've known him a squillion years. We're actually really good friends now. He's one of the few people I absolutely trust to tell me the truth, both theraputically and personally.
it's a strong look isn't it?
I'm sure you could pull it off.
i actually have. 20 years ago.
Wear what you like! You are the one who fancied a change.
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DADE CITY — After serving for a little more than a year, Gary Lang has resigned as chief executive officer of Pasco Regional Medical Center.
Lang, 56, announced his resignation last week to pursue other business interests, hospital spokeswoman Susan Frimmel said. She said his departure was voluntary.
"It was his decision," she said, adding that Lang has a history of entrepreneurship.
The announcement surprised hospital board members, who had been pleased with Lang's performance, said Ed Blommel, a hospital board member and retired Tampa Electric Co. executive.
"He was going out on some business ventures of his own," Blommel said.
The hospital has not announced a replacement, but board members were expected to promote Phil Minden, the hospital's chief operating officer and second-in-command.
"It's unusual to promote the (second-in-command) to CEO at the same hospital," Blommel said. "But in this case, it's the right thing to do."
Minden has been in the job for several years and was looking to leave so he could move up, Blommel said.
The hospital recently broke ground on an emergency room expansion that will triple the size of its ER space and double the number of exam rooms.
Lang came to the 120-bed hospital in Dade City a year ago to replace Stan Holm, who was transferred to a larger hospital in his home state of Oklahoma.
For two years, Lang led Walton Regional Medical Center, a 77-bed hospital in Monroe, Ga. He broke ground on a new facility, expanded the size of the medical staff and added neonatal coverage to the birth center. Lang holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Mississippi State University and a master's in hospital and health administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would grant foreign terrorism suspects the right to challenge their detentions by a vote of 11-8 this morning. Passage of the measure sets up yet another confrontation between Democrats and the White House over President Bush's handling of the "War on Terror," reports Politico's Dan Reilly.
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YOBS have wrecked flowers planted as part of this year's Stourbridge in Bloom campaign just hours after judging took place.
Heart of England in Bloom judge Nicola Clarke praised the efforts of volunteers who worked tirelessly to ensure the town was blossoming when she stopped off on a whistle-stop tour last Thursday (July 17).
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Jeff Chamberlain slowly opened his eyes, blinking several times, trying to focus. His head ached, and he felt nauseous, as he looked around him.
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Just reading the prologue I have two observations: The minor one is that men do not have as good a sense of smell as women do (despite characters you've seen on TV). So for me to believe he smells her scent there should be one or two remarks by Jeff as to her perfume previously, although it would be the back story from here. Younger readers won't catch it.
I'd like to remind you, Ava, that speaking as a man, we don't usually notice scents, nail polish, and other items women labor over but focus on the big picture.
Because I know this, when I go to the drive thru at Burger King and notice a grossly fat, homely, young woman with over-the-top nails, I never fail to compliment her on her nails. While I am disingenuous, I know that I have made her day, and to me, that is what counts.
Next, story strategy.
Why start the story at the point where Jeff realizes he is abducted? Do you think the story and narrative of his capture will not be strong enough to hook the reader to continue to read?
I've read your writing before and you do have the skill to weave a good narrative. I always look for the opportunity to twist the story line and I believe you will forfeit this opportunity by revealing his capture as only a back story.
Reality check - I am not being disingenuous when I compliment your work, Ava.
As I stated, I have not yet read the novel portion.
Thank you for the comments Ben. I started this story with the kidnapping and then it goes into the back story. Since most of the action begins after he is kidnapped; I wanted to set the scene for what would happen later. I do appreciate your comments though; as I respect your writing skills.
Ava; I totally disagree with the above statement. As a prologue, it serves as a teaser, and makes one want to read more of the story. And, having him remember the smell of her perfume, is a great way to begin!
Now that I have read the story, you did it just right.
I love and write thrillers but it helps to know the formula. You have done it well. Mayhaps you will continue with the genre?
Like the teaser, I MUST make time to read the story. Sorry I haven't so far.
As for smells, I would say that I don't have a great sense of smell, but I would certainly recognize a familiar pefume.
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DREAM Lounge will reopen with a bang on Saturday, nine months after the lap dancing club was torched last July.
The gentleman's club in Victoria Road was targeted by Faisal Qaddus, 27, of Amber Court, who reversed a car into the front of the club and doused it with petrol before setting it alight.
Club owner Peter Rogers, was inside the venue at the time.
Qaddus was jailed for four years at Swindon Crown Court in January, after pleading guilty to arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered.
Since last summer extensive repair work has been carried out at the club, with the final fixtures and fittings due to be put in place just hours before an invite-only showcase evening on Friday.
Sandra Rogers, who helps her husband Peter run the business, said: "We're going to be bigger, better and hotter than before.
"We're looking forward to re-opening and we're all getting excited.
"The club has been refurbished to a high standard and is unrecognisable with a completely new colour scheme.
"We've also got lots of new ideas for our clients to enjoy, like the Dream Lounge Dollar, and if you want to find out what that is then you'll have to come along and find out for yourself.
"We have some new girls too, some of the old ones are coming back but also some new faces and some from outside of Swindon."
Sandra said that the renovation had taken longer than expected, due to the club's insurance company, Millburns, going into administration before the claim was paid out.
She said: "It's been a long road I have to say.
"It was devastating when the fire happened because we are a family business and it really hurt because we had been working so hard to get it where it was and it was doing better and better.
"It was scary as well because my husband was inside when it happened.
"We are glad we are getting there now. We've had lots of ups and downs and every day there has been a wobble or two.
"To be honest we expected to be open again much earlier than this, whether that was unrealistic or naive perhaps I don't know but we're hoping all will go well on Saturday. We're expecting to be packed out."
Dream Lounge also encouraged people who may have never been into a ladies and gentleman's club before to go along rather than listen just to what others have told them.
Sandra said: "We want everyone to come along and find out for themselves what we're like, perhaps there are people who have never been to somewhere like Dream Lounge before who want to just be a bit curious and find out."
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The Romanian is available for transfer following Cesena's relegation to Serie B, and the Corsican side are mulling over the idea of signing the striker this summer
The 33-year-old is expected to leave Cesena this summer following their relegation to Serie B, and originally had his heart set on a return to Romania with Steaua Bucharest.
However, another club has entered the reckoning in the form of Ajaccio, who are ready to open talks with the former Fiorentina and Chelsea ace.
The publication claims that Mutu would be prepared to negotiate with the Corsican outfit, as they look to add more firepower to their squad.
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He had one of the iPod grants at Duke a year ago. At this year's debriefing, "there is no such thing as a regular iPod — now video iPod, Nano, etc" Are podcasting journalists? Complains about media overload. Now admits that he was once a reporter but then fell into academia. Trad vs New media. In which New means everything from Cable to using your Blackberry. Newspapers now do multimedia. Digital only and those that are mixed with physical. Salon now owned by WashPost which he says makes it have an offline component. A bit about a portal site like Drudge that aggregates (and comments on). Rather as having fallen to bloggers. Now on IndyMedia (hosted on ibiblio.org). What is news and are they reporters? A look at the indymedia.org Is Bill O'Reilly or John Stewart a journalist? Data smog complaint. A bit about the Yes Men with out naming them shows Gatt.com. Now "Tuned Out" why college students don't watch the news. Show IFRA news of the future from 2000.
98% of the podcasts aren't news, he says. A bit on John Stewart.
Finally to podcasting. No headlines but news analysis. Podcasting just another tool. Wired (March 2005)'s End of Radio article [hee hee remember their Long Boom issue just before the .com collapse -pj]. Pitches branding and tech integration.


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Killzone 3 has gone and made the same mistake as Modern Warfare 2. Both games arrived from developers with stellar track records. Both games represented a new jump in a franchise that had been kicking ass for years. And both games are sloppily directed when it comes to singleplayer.
Modern Warfare 2's big fault was in pacing. The story lacked proper timing, rhythm and confluence. It was just jumbled up so much that players felt crammed and rushed through the experience. Intensity was its highest regard.
Killzone 3 goofs up with characters and story.
Don't get me wrong here, the gameplay is positively stellar. While Erik dinged the gameplay (in our review) for being a bit repetitive and draining, I found it to be the one rock solid piece of goodness in the singleplayer experience. Controls were much, much tighter this time around… huge bonus. But the gunplay, the action, the vehicular diversions and the variety of combat types were great.
So why the heck am I railing on this game? Like I said, characters and story.
As much as I love the gunplay, I found this game really, really hard to get immersed in. Nowadays, if I game doesn't deliver a set of at least remotely interesting characters and a halfway decent plot, I'm find it tough to love. With so many gaming options out there for the singleplayer experience, I want to be completely wowed by the top tier titles.
The main characters here are a total waste. Really, the lowest point of the game. They're complete shells and an absolute missed opportunity. Perhaps Guerrilla Games didn't want to go the route of Epic with Dom in Gears (too much drama), but they wound up delivering a set of characters that just felt flat.
The same goes for the Helghan side of the equation. In Killzone 2, we had a single, evil entity to hate. Visari was downright despicable, and I loved feeling that sense of unhinged hate when we finally descended on his palace and killed him.
Here? There's a council. And within the council is a struggle for control of the planet after Visari's fall. That's all well and good, but give me a singular face and flesh it out. The best performances in the game absolutely come from this villainous side, but they're delivered on subjects that I found myself disinterested in. And these sequences are done far, far too often.
So here we have a game that focuses on a governments plights while ignoring the path of the heroes. You're with the villains, at least it seems this way, in more ways than you're with the protagonists.
What we do see of the ISA… is flat. They're personalities don't develop and there's no real lovable qualities within the pack. Except for maybe faux-hawks.
Redemption rests in the multiplayer. If class-based combat is your cup of tea, then get in here right away. Killzone 3's multiplayer is the saving grace for the title. And everyone that reads this should recognize that single fact. Gameplay, multiplayer and visual appeal keep this one alive. But I really, really didn't like the story… and, quite simply, that's where I invest my time these days.


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Accra, March 30, GNA -The second edition of the Under-14 Junior Basketball competition for Basic Schools has ended at the El-Wak Sports Stadium, Accra at the week-end.
In a grueling final game, Hoops Care Academy of Cape Coast defeated Garrison Basic School 25-18 to win the competition.
The lads from Cape Coast demonstrated well rehearsed basketball technique, quick passes, excellent formation coupled with quick thinking in the game right from the start and took an early 10-3 lead, despite stiff opposition from the Garrison Basic School boys.
In the end, Hoops Care Academy managed the seven point gap win to take home the attractive prize of GH¢ 400 at stake as well as products from the sponsors.
On their way to the finals, Hoops Care Academy defeated Great Lamptey Mills Academy in the semi finals match 14-12, whilst Burma Camp-based Garrison Basic Schools secured an 11-8 victory over Ghana- Lebanon Islamic School (GLIS) to reach the finals.
Great Lamptey Mills compensated for their loss of the ultimate with the third place award by beating GLISS 12-6 in their match.
The finals attracted well-known sports enthusiasts including the Business Executive of Nestle Milo, (Central and West Africa), Mr Daniel Yapobi, former WBC Super Featherweight Champion, Professor Azumah Nelson, Director of Sports at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Charles Aryeh, Category Business Manager - Beverages Central and West Africa Region, Samuel Safo and Brands Manager of Nestle Milo, Jude Ekow Addison.
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ANYONE interested in playing Aussie Rules in 2013 needs to get down to the Whitsunday Sea Eagles sign-on day this Saturday at the Whitsunday Sports Park.
Running from 10am-1pm at the Sea Eagles club house, the sign-on day is for players of all ages.
"We cater to boys and girls between 6-12 and boys to senior men from 10-65. The Auskick sign-on will be around Easter time but we are happy if you would like to come and have a kick on Saturday and discuss the coming season," club representative Barb Adamson said.
Both the junior and senior clubs enjoyed fantastic seasons last year with player numbers up across the board, with the A Grade team falling just short in their grand final against the Mackay City Hawks.
Registration fees are $130 for juniors and $250 for seniors for the season.
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Verity Pemberton Fashion & Textile Design, 2006 - 2009
I really enjoyed my time at Winchester School of Art, especially putting together my collection in the third year.
I would definitely recommend the Fashion programme, as the studio space and technical support are second to none. Looking back at my work from the first year I can see a vast improvement in technique and skill which is thanks to the dedicated fashion tutors and technicians. I came second in the international competition, 4CF, judged by Peter Jensen, Sophia Malig and Robert Cary Williams, and I won the Mulberry accessories award at Graduate Fashion Week, which resulted in a placement with them.


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KNOXVILLE – Junior college center/forward Rawane Ndiaye has signed in Tennessee'a 2013 basketball recruiting class, the school confirmed on Thursday evening.
The 6-10, 270-pound big man from Indian Hill (Iowa) Community College visited Knoxville last weekend and made his commitment to the coaching staff on Monday.
Ndiaye, who will be a junior in 2013-14, has received little fanfare thus far in recruiting after averaging 2.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in 13 games last season at the JUCO level. He is ranked as a two-star prospect by Rivals.com, but is unranked by all other major recruiting services and holds no other offers.
"Pops [Ndiaye's nickname] will bring a level of physicality and toughness to our frontcourt," Martin said. "He was limited this season with a foot injury. He's done a good job of improving his frame, dropping close to 80 pounds in the last two years.
"He's going to continue to develop, get even stronger and really add to our post depth."
"[Ndiaye] has grown so much in our program since he arrived," IHCC head coach Barret Peery said in the program's official media guide. "He has worked very hard to get his body and his game ready and I think he now understands what it takes. He has good ability to score around the rim and rebound.
"He has also become a very good defender. If he continues to work and grow, I expect good things from him."
His commitment causes even more confusion about who will return for UT in 2014. The Vols currently have 15 players either returning, signed for next season or committed for next season. NCAA Division-I rules permit 13 scholarship players per season.
Junior guard Jordan McRae announced his intention to stay at UT over the weekend, but sophomore forward Jarnell Stokes hasn't made any official announcement yet. The NBA early-entry deadline is on April 28.
Even if Stokes goes pro early, the Vols would still need to shed one more scholarship player before the beginning of next season. Forward D'Montre Edwards (7.7), center Yemi Makanjuola (7.8), forward Quinton Chievous (10.2), guard Armani Moore (13.2) and forward Derek Reese (13.6) are the returning scholarship players with the lowest minutes-per-game average from 2012-13.
None, however, have indicated any intention of leaving the program as of yet.
Daniel Lewis covers Tennessee football for Nooga.com. Follow him on Twitter @DanielNooga


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Why the Super Bowl is important
Here's why the Super Bowl is important (if you're in America): 108.3 million people watched it. That's a tick above a third of the American population.
And there were probably a lot more people like LP who hung out in the kitchen near a TV, but only after handing out very strict instructions to call out when Beyonce came on for the halftime show.
To give that figure some context, 39 million people watched last year's Oscars broadcast.
The Super Bowl is the one moment of mass-market cultural cohesion left in America, maybe even the world. And really, who doesn't want to feel a part of a moment larger than themselves?
The San Francisco 49ers' involvement added another edge to my interest. I was somewhat focused in the lead up to the game about what tremendous luck I bring to the local sports teams whenever I move to a city (the 2010-2011 Boston Bruins Stanley Cup victory and the San Francisco Giants 2012 World Series triumph being evidence of this).
The 49ers were favoured. On my midday, pre-game run (taken early in preparation for an evening of sitting stationary, drinking beer and eating a lot of Mexican food) the streets of my neighbourhood were filled with smiling people seemingly casting their mind ahead to the coming win. Many were dressed in 49ers outfits. It was nice to be amongst the people. The air held a palpable hue of excitement.
Of course "we" lost. Which was no good, although I didn't much mind. It was close. The only downside now is that after watching the New England Patriots lose from Boston last year and the 49ers lose on Sunday, my "home town" sports teams in the US are now 50-50 when competing for major titles.
I'm not sure I'm quite the lucky charm I anticipated.
The Monday morning following the big game I had two meetings with potential new sources of income (I am a humble freelancer, so the word "employer" would be a bit of a stretch). I eased into each appointment with perfect Super Bowl-related small talk: a reference to the surprising black out, a bit of a talk about the "blistering" Ravens offense, something about the young San Francisco quarterback Kaepernick and I had really proved how Americanised I was.
The Super Bowl is the richest opportunity for cultural integration that there is:When in Rome, etc. etc.
I would also be remiss if I did not take this opportunity to comment (maybe even provoke discussion) on a few things.
The Super Bowl advertisements are fun, but completely, totally overrated.
It seems that there is about as much mild amusement to be taken from watching these ads as there is scrolling Funny or Die, or YouTube for a bit of a giggle (which people of the Internet do frequently).
There were some amusing adverts: I liked the advert for Budweiser detailing the man's reunion with his beloved horse set to Fleetwood Mac's Landslide, I appreciated the Rock in the Got Milk? advert (because I can't help but appreciate the Rock) and I had a chuckle at the Doritos ad with the man and his goat. I could even get behind the sheer audaciousness of the GoDaddy ad.
Good for a laugh, yes.
But what, really, do people appreciate and anticipate so much about these ads? Is it the comedy? Is it the avenue from which over 100 million people get to consume said comedy? Is it the break from the football? I don't know.
Most of the ads are teased out or leaked on the Internet in the week leading into the Super Bowl. There's little actual surprise. And isn't it all really just a pack of major corporations overpaying for the privilege of reaching Americans while they're all in the same place, leaning heavily on a collective global love of shock-tactics, celebrity endorsements and broad sentimentality?
I for one enjoy the Twitter-commentary a little more than the ads themselves. It's all become very 'meta'... a spectacle in and of itself that everyone knows is important, but no one remembers why.
Beyonce killed it.
Did you know that for the first 25 or so Super Bowls an orchestra or a marching band played at halftime? Michael Jackson was the first true blockbuster halftime show in 1993 (New Kids on the Block cameoed in 1991, but lets strike those dudes from the record). Jackson's performance, and the rapturous response to it, started a significant trend. But, go watch it now; it seems positively quaint in comparison to what we have 20 years later. The halftime show has seen some positively crap moments. The Who looked old and pained, the bombast of the Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen seemed positively flat, Aerosmith disgraced themselves alongside N'Sync and Britney Spears and Janet Jackson and Madonna had to reach for shock tactics to be memorable. Beyonce nailed it: Fierce performance, great dancing, outfits, stage-design and choreography and no awkward over-reach. She now sits in a club or two, alongside Prince (who else?!) in 2007 as performers who have pulled off a flawless halftime show.
American football is probably never going to be my favourite sport.
The Super Bowl is the one game I watch each year and I've been lucky that each of the last two year's games has been decided on the last possession of the game. The game, I think, has some appeal for anyone who has been raised within the cultural landscape of rugby. I still have no urge to watch it outside of this one particular game. Dragging offensive and defensive units on and off the field, the stop-start crawl of the game, the two lines charging at each other time after time, all make it a little like slow motion rugby league. The fluidity of basketball and ice hockey will always make them more satisfying (to me) as spectator sports.
Do you get in to the Super Bowl? Why do you think people are so enamoured with a set of ads? How did you find Beyonce?
Tell me your thoughts, no matter how odd. Let's get a little something going, shall we?
(Oh, and I hope you all had a happy Waitangi Day.)
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Cardinal Health Inc. will pay the federal government $8 million to resolve whistleblower claims that it paid kickbacks to pharmacy owners to induce referrals for the distributor's prescription drugs, the Department of Justice said.
The settlement with Dublin, OH-based Cardinal Health resolves a whistleblower False Claims Act lawsuit filed by former pharmacy owner R. Daniel Saleaumua and pharmacy consultant Kevin Rinne.
Saleaumua alleged that Cardinal paid him $440,000 in exchange for an agreement that he purchase from Cardinal prescription drugs for his pharmacies. Saleaumua and Rinne will receive a combined $760,000 as their share of the government's recovery.
"American taxpayers are the victims of illegal kickback schemes that result in Medicare and Medicaid paying millions of dollars more than they should for prescription drugs," said Beth Phillips, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, whose office led the investigation. "Today's $8 million settlement underscores our commitment to combating healthcare fraud and protecting taxpayers."
Cardinal Health issued a statement acknowledging the settlement with the federal government, but denied any wrongdoing and referred to the alleged kickbacks as an "upfront discount."


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I've heard two smart people raving about Larissa MacFarquhar's profile of novelist Louis Auchincloss in the New Yorker last week–which is not online, only mentioned at the New Yorker site–because it includes scathing judgments by the novelist of his own group, the WASPs, and his alma mater, Groton School. Auchincloss says that McGeorge and William Bundy left Groton to assume the reins of foreign policy, and with assurance sent 55,000 Americans to their deaths in Vietnam (not to mention a couple million Vietnamese).
I see that The Financial Times touched the same subject last year with the agonized 90-year-old Auchincloss:
"There was Cy Vance,
Bill Scranton, Ted Beale, both Bundys, Bill and McGeorge – they all got
behind that war in Vietnam and they pushed it as far as they could. And
we lost a quarter of a million men. They were all idealistic, good,
virtuous," says Auchincloss, "the finest men you could find. It was the
most disillusioning thing that happened in my life."
has struggled to understand just how their shared patrician background
could have produced this disconnect. And the answer would appear to be
that wars are lost, if not always made, on the playing fields of New
England. "Bill Bundy and I shared a study at Groton, and one day he
came in from a football game, and I said: 'Who won?' and he said: 'We
lost,' and then he burst into tears. You cannot lose. Groton cannot
lose. That's what they believed in, no matter what," explains
Auchincloss. "They all would have all been willing to die, if they
hadn't already been in high positions. They believed America cannot
lose. We stand for every virtue and right that's in the world."
A self-hating WASP, huh? The fascination to me of Auchincloss's post-mortem is that we need another such post-mortem now, following the greatest foreign policy mistake of the last 40 years, as Jacob Heilbrunn and Barack Obama both describe Iraq. Jews played a special role in this debacle, and other Jews must ask, What social institution produced the arrogance of the neoconservatives? What school? What was their disconnect?
I'm not going to say CCNY–CCNY was very diverse, my father went to CCNY. Possibly Harvard, where Heilbrunn says the neocons formed a "cabal" in the government department (and where I can remember Marty Peretz running around with the late Eric Breindel and other acolytes).
But I think the social institution is more recent; and I want to say the white building in Washington at 1150 17th Street, N.W., that houses the American Enterprise Institute and the Weekly Standard and the Project for the New American Century. It's an insulated hive. Here Bill Kristol pushed for an Iraq war back in 1999 and gathered names for the great plan. Here, as I remember from bouncing around there twice, they sell bound copies of Charles Krauthammer's speech on the triumph of a unipolar America, a year or so after Iraq was proving to be a debacle (a speech that sent Francis Fukuyama into a tailspin and let Krauthammer to accuse him of antisemitism). Here secretive hedge king Bruce Kovner has funded AEI, which has provided a haven to Richard Perle and David Frum, who said America faced "victory or holocaust." Here Irving Moskowitz, who has built colonies on the apartheid West Bank, helped fund David Wurmser's call for military action against Saddam before Wurmser got a job working for Cheney. Here AEI provides $96,000 a year to "scholar" Dore Gold, a former Israeli government official under Netanyahu who has a thinktank in Jerusalem…
But I am getting bogged down in specifics. The assignment here is for a Jewish writer to anatomize the Jewish failure of leadership, the cruel arrogance and indifference to ordinary people's lives that arose from Jewish wealth and success in the millennium. A big job, I know. Heilbrunn took a shot at it and didn't get all the way (in They Knew They Were Right). So far Jews have been constrained by the imperative, "Is it good for the Jews?" But as noble Auchincloss shows, that sort of scrutiny is in an American moral tradition.


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Hi! I've recently tried pineappleing and found that it hasn't worked for me, I wake up the next morning and my hair has fallen out of the pineapple, I think my hair is too thin for it. Does anyone have any other methods of sleeping on hair to keep maximum curl? I hate to have to wake up so early in the morning to shower haha. Thanks a bunch!


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Are you sick of hearing about what Ashton Kutcher had for dinner or about whatever next, dumb product placement some random celebrity is endorsing? Of course you are. Twitter is made for two things: Self-promotion and dirty jokes! That's it. We here at CRAVE defy you to come up with another reason that Twitter exists. There is none.
Luckily, were cutting through the brussel sprout tweats and getting to the good stuff so you don't have to worry about it. This week we're looking at TWO popular hashtags that everyone has something to say about: #DRUNK and #Alcohol
Take a look:
Oh, and by the way… you donated your car to the LA police department.
Spider-Man has a nice butt.
There are easier ways to make friends.
Classic Woody Harrelson.
A sober man's thoughts are a drunk man's actions.
We are right there with you.
But she said this would last forever!!!
Syndrome is a good name for a kid.
Unless that it's a Jack Daniels Salad, which is just lettuce and whiskey.
As Homer Simpson once said, "It is the cause and solution to all of life's problems."
Now, try not to take a poop on live TV.
We remeber our first day of Middle School too.


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Magnetoencephalographic (MEG) Correlates of Negative Symptoms in Patients Suffering From Schizophrenia and Their Influence by Add-on Treatments
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The objective of the suggested study is to identify changes in MEG correlates caused by the add-on treatment with the changes in negative symptoms of schizophrenia by comparing the change in the MEG correlates of the subjects before and during usage of new add on treatments for negative symptoms.
The investigators hypothesize that the gravity of negative symptoms will correlate with a trend towards more aberrant electroencephalographic correlates mainly in continuous parameters, with an emphasis on alpha and delta bands
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Magnetoencephalographic (MEG) Correlates of Negative Symptoms in Patients Suffering From Schizophrenia and Their Influence by Add-on Treatments
- Primary outcome measures will include continuous and ERP (Event Related Potential) MEG (Magnetoencephalograph) data [ Time Frame: four months ]
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Detailed Description:
There is a paucity of information regarding electrophysiological correlates of negative symptoms in patients suffering from schizophrenia. The proposed study is set out to compare the MEG correlates of negative symptoms in patients suffering from schizophrenia to those of healthy controls in terms of both relevant ERP components and quantified (continuous) MEG.
The presented study will include two parts: Part A will explore the electrophisological correlates of negative symptoms in patients suffering from schizophrenia using MEG. The study will do so by comparing the electrophisological correlates of schizophrenia patients suffering from negative symptoms and stable on psychiatric treatment to those of healthy controls. In the second part of the study data from part A of patients that have started new add-on treatments for negative symptoms will be compared to parallel data acquired after stabilization on the new treatment.
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|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Study Group (Schizophrenia Patients) Inclusion Criteria
- Patients between the ages of 18-65 (male and female), Diagnosed in the past as suffering from schizophrenia. The diagnosis will be reaffirmed according to ICD criteria.
- Right hand dominant.
- Scores in PANSS negative questionnaire above 21 and positive symptom less than 24.
- Gave informed consent for participation in the study.
- Stable on the same antipsychotic medication for at least a month prior to entering the study Control Group (healthy Subjects)
Inclusion criteria:
- Healthy man and woman
- Ages 18-65
- Right handed
Exclusion Criteria:
- Study Group (Schizophrenia Patients) (To prevent MEG artifacts by non relevant electric interference or brain conditions)
- History of epilepsy, seizure, or hot spasm, sever head injuries.
- History of metal in the head (outside the mouth space).
- History of surgery including metal implant or history of metal particles in the eye, pacemaker, or any other medical pump.
- History of migraines.
- History of drug or alcohol abuse during the last year. Inability to achieve satisfying level of communication with the subject Control Group (healthy Subjects)
- History of psychiatric diagnosis
- Drug or alcohol addiction in the year prior to the study
- History of epilepsy, seizure, or hot spasm.
- History of head injuries.
- History of metal in the head (outside the mouth space).
- History of surgery including metal implant or history of metal particles in the eye, pacemaker, or any other medical pump.
- History of migraines.
- Use of psychotropic medication
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00894296
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|Bar-Ilan University
|Givat Shmuel, Israel
|Contact: Liron Rabani, MA 7478644 ext 09
|Principal Investigator: Liron Rabany, MA
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|Shalvata Mental Health Center
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|Study First Received:
|May 5, 2009
|Last Updated:
|January 4, 2012
Keywords provided by Shalvata Mental Health Center:
negative symptoms
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Mental Disorders
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Laagin' it in Germany
Laage Open Day, 25 August.
Stefan Niehaus reports on Germany's Laage-est (sorry) airshow of 2001.
Laage Airfield, situated some 25 km south-east of Rostock, has a civil and a military part. Next to the civil terminal there is a spotters corner, placed on a hill. On Friday 24 August we arrived at Laage the day before the Open Day and photographed some of the arriving aircraft - unfortunately not all aircraft taxied past the spotters hill, but those that did could be nicely photographed with a 80-200mm lens.
A large number of spotters/photographers were present, many spending the morning photographing the incoming and practising aircraft. Later in the afternoon JG 73 had organised a photo call for photographers only. Both specially painted aircraft - F-4F 38+31 and MiG-29 29+20 - were displayed, as well as Eurofighter DA1 98+29. Also you were allowed to walk through the static park that contained many interesting items - but it was a long walk! Unfortunately all the static aircraft were already behind barriers so acceptable photos were nearly impossible.
More and more foreign visitors make occasional visits to Germany. The B-1B from 77 BS, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota was undoubtedly a star among the static exhibition. No less interesting were two F-15A/Bs of 123 FS based at Portland, Oregon. Further visitors included a F-16D (23 FS SP/91-0474), F-16C (23 FS SP/91-0403), KC-135R (22ARG 62-3541), Mirage 2000D (EC1/3 68/3-JT), two TF-104s (20GR 4-23/MM54226 & 4-32/MM54237), E-3A (NAEWF LX-N90442), F-16AM (312 SQN J-874), F-16BM (322 SQN J-064) and most types currently in German Air Force service. All in all more than 300 crews had to be lodged.
The highlight of the flying display was the simulated interception of two MiG-29s. Two further aircraft of the same type performed a quick reaction alert, climbing up to 12,000 metres and overshooting the runway in formation after a "successful interception". Sadly for most of the day the sun was opposite the crowd line, but overall JG 73 did a good job organising the open day. From the park-and-ride system to snack-bars everything was carefully planned, about 150,000 people enjoying great weather and a great show. The interest among the German public certainly exists for airshows - let's hope for more!
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Hi AB,
Here I am. How are you? I did try, to post a message the other night but it kept saying invalid session, try again. I did and did again, but to no avail. Then my PC froze up and that was that of that message, so I shut-down and took a nap. Too much work for the mind, I chuckled
My husband landed the other day, so we have been sharing time together. Currently, he is outside caring for the lawn and I inside keeping cool. I find when outside for more than I few, my headache magnifies, from the already magnified headache from the Plaquenil.
I do feel hopeless and helpless at times. Feeling like there is no end to Lou-pus. It is there for keeps that I dread. I feel like it is a prison sentence. It was hard telling my husband and anyone else about the anquish I feel because I thought, especially with my husband he would feel sentenced too. In "Oluwa's" prison. I pretended and acted, but in the end it just made me angry and depressed.
But I feel better, dropped a bucket of tears on his lap. Oh, well, I got it, I got it and since the Lou-pus isn't going anywhere I realized I can try to control it. A goal. Keeping me focus on the positive, maintaining a balance.
We do have many things in common. So, we will have other things to talk about than IT.
Your home sounds like mine. Too whopped and indecisive to shop for drapes, curtains or blinds I order cheap roller shades from JCP and hung those up. Our plasma in the media room sits on the floor. Too sick to shop, those fluorescent lights do a number on me, and online fearing...what if I don't like it when I pull it out of the box. Money wasted on shipping. But I do like the undraped windows now. The bright sun illuminating the inside makes me feel good when I wake up. So, it does have some perks.
Wedding photos...same, same but for ours the photographer on Maui has the negatives. I was thinking, we should just make him an offer for the negatives and then we can decide whenever. I do find Lupus makes me so indecisive, how about you?
No, I do not know the band Phish...lovely lyrics, can be so true.
Published, how great is that. My friends, husband and family say I should write a book, something. I could never write a book, I would have nothing to say. My words are for the person I wrote them for, so that would hardly make a book. I do write poems, but never really shared. Once in while with my husband and a close brother. Like you, my feelings don't flow into words now. I just stare, without a thought. And all I am able to grab is, I hurt.
I have three quilts in a covered box. Oh, a needlepoint project too. India fabris for my pillows, strewn in a drawer. Today I was working on some black and white photos of our Magnolia's blooms that I took. Another project that will probably sit in a a pile. Indecisive, ah that word again, where would I hang them I ask myself. But I know I like the digitals I took.
My husband and I went and purchased the list of all the anti-inflammatory foods. From Flax-seed to Omega 3 eggs. I am feeling jazzed despite it all. I am doing good considering. How about you?
The last few days, I found if I take an Ultracet with Claritin just before bedtime I wake up feeling not as bad and another when I wake up. With the Plaquenal if I take it with plain yogurt and fresh raspberries my stomach feel pretty good too. I think with the malarial you have to keep a bit of something in the tummy at all times. I notice when I take it on an empty stomach it gives me a rush, like I feel the drug entering my system, then my head aches and nausea begins. How about you? Do you take a malarial?
Hip pain? Does it feel like a Thanksgiving bird's leg joint that is being twisted out of the socket? That pain is awful, especially when I am on my side.
Hope you day has been great...anything happening on Memorial Day? Us? Being home with a chunk of something on the grill. I will make some little yellow butter spuds. You have eaten them. They are about the one inch in diameter, buttery tasting naturally. I quarter them, tossed 'em with chives, thyme, minced garlic and olive oil and roast 'em in the oven. That is about as gourmet as I will get this weekend. Ah, I used to love to cook. Oh, there's that word again. Used to. But now, cooking has become just another chore. I'll have to find something else I can enjoy.
Enjoy your Saturday afternoon.
Keep well,


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New TNA Investor Storyline, Sting Leaving TNA?, Title Change, More
– The following matches were announced for the second week of TNA Genesis which will take place next Thursday:
* Chris Sabin vs. Austin Aries for the X Division Title. Velvet Sky will be hanging in a cage outside of the ring
* Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Roode in a cage match
* James Storm vs. Gunner with Gunner's briefcase on the line
* Sting vs. Magnus in a Title vs. Contract match. If Sting loses, he's gone from TNA.
– Madison Rayne defeated Gail Kim on tonight's Genesis themed episode of Impact Wrestling to become the new TNA Knockouts Champion.
– "The American Wolves" Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards made their TNA debuts in a backstage segment with Dixie Carter on tonight's show. Dixie promised they would get a tryout match next week but they presented her with contracts that they say were signed this morning. Dixie revealed a new TNA investor that she doesn't know about, who apparently signed the Wolves to a deal.


text: Great news for Nuggets fans. Since I moved out to Colorado 6 years ago, I've always cheered for the Nuggets (Knicks will always be my first love). They had quite a dynamic team BEFORE KMart. Things can only get better. I'm going out on a limb that the Nuggets will win more games than the Shaq-less Lakers!


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Message from the President
Dear PLSG Partners,
PLSG continues to make new investments, form new companies and connect more companies to capital. We are focused on helping our portfolio companies move through their growth cycle and get their technologies to market. Healthcare information technology (HIT) and therapeutics remain our fastest growing segments. HIT companies have a less risky pathway to market and generally offer an earlier exit opportunity than other segments. And therapeutics companies offer early strategic opportunities and very attractive exits. Both segments remain attractive to investors, and both provide needed patient-centric healthcare solutions.
PLSG continues to address the funding gap that exists in moving technologies to market, and from "Concept to CommercializationTM" by way of our non-profit investment programs, and for-profit venture investments including our own venture capital fund, the Accelerator Fund, LLC.
With nearly $50M of assets under management, and growing, PLSG remains a significant force in the region. The Accelerator Fund, LLC continues to invest in later-stage opportunities and with over $12M in capital to invest, provides needed and meaningful investments to the best and brightest life sciences companies in the region.
With over $22M invested directly and indirectly into 80 companies, PLSG has leveraged our invested capital more than 70 to 1 with $1.5B in follow-on capital coming into our companies and exit returns to investors. Our active PLSG portfolio companies have 134 products in the commercial market, 55 with regulatory clearances. These products are treating patients directly and also helping the medical community make better patient treatment decisions.
PLSG is indeed the "pulse of life sciences" in the western Pennsylvania region. Western Pennsylvania is a vibrant source of healthcare technology, with hundreds of products in the commercial market and billions of dollars of follow-on invested capital and investor returns. And with more than 14,000 direct and indirect jobs created and affected, the total economic impact is significant.
Please stop by and see us soon at our life sciences "Center of Excellence" facility on the Southside for a personal update on our current and growing investment portfolio of life sciences companies.
Best personal regards,


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Accounting major Kayla Cote traveled to Washington D.C. in 2011 to shadow the Chief Financial Officer of the Office of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). Here is her travel report:
During the week of January 3-7, 2011, I had the fortunate opportunity to shadow the Chief Financial Officer of Immigration & Customs Enforcement. Prior to shadowing the CFO, I took my co-workers' advice and studied the organizational chart for the CFO's office. This helped tremendously when I met different directors and branch chiefs.
The schedule for Monday, January 3rd was to shadow the CFO to each meeting she attended. Unfortunately she was not feeling well and couldn't make it into the office. I attended a meet and greet with the Deputy CFO on Monday morning and discussed the goals in which I had during the week and what I could expect from the CFO's office. Monday afternoon I attended the daily OCFO Task Due Checkpoint meeting which included all top level management. Each branch was responsible for different items on the agenda. They are to report to the CFO each day where they are in terms of completing different tasks. The Office of Facilities Administration (OFA) is currently drafting a policy memo on cubicle size to send to the OFM Policy branch.
Tuesday's schedule was full of meetings with various directors. The first meeting I attended was the Monthly Policy Kick-Off Meeting with all the directors. The main topic at this meeting was to compile an OCFO (Office of the Chief Financial Officer) handbook. The CFO would like each office to put together a draft of different policies and procedures that relates to their office and then give their drafts to the Policy and Planning branch. The Policy and Planning team is then responsible for putting together the handbook and presenting it to the CFO for her approval. Later that afternoon I attended the Office of Asset Administration (OAA) bi-weekly meeting with the CFO. The CFO meets with this branch frequently since this is a newly formed branch, and each program director is responsible for updating her on the projects they are in charge of. For example one branch chief is planning trips to different ICE offices to "audit" their records management. The last meeting I attended on Tuesday was with the director of HSI about office space options for HSI offices.
Tuesday night, I went on a night tour of DC. The bus brought us to multiple monuments and memorials including the White House, Capital Hill, World War II memorial, Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and more. We also drove by the Arlington Cemetery on our way to the Iwo Jima Memorial. It was incredible to see all of these historical sights.
Wednesday I attended multiple meetings. The first meeting was the OCFO Directors Staff Meeting. Each director was to report to the CFO about different topics happening in their branches. OFA reported how an on-site nurse hurt her wrist while opening a door. Also Wednesday morning a car crashed into one of the barriers outside the office. OFA is responsible for these incidents. The Workforce Management director reported on the deadlines for Leadership Training and how she has received 5 applications so far. The applications must be sent from a director to her office.
The afternoon was spent on Capital Hill as the CFO, CIO (Chief Information Officer) and ERO (Enforcement and Removal Office) Director had a meeting with the Senate Appropriations Committee. The ERO Director was presenting on his plans on how to update the system for tracking aliens. His mission is to reduce the amount of transfers of aliens between facilities by better tracking how many beds are available at each location. If tracking is to be performed at each facility, this will slowly decrease the amount of transfers that need to happen over time. Eventually the goal would be to diminish transfers completely, except for those aliens with certain medical conditions.
The schedule for Thursday consisted of a trip to the Office of Financial Management and a private tour of Capital Hill by our Legislative Affairs Specialist. The Deputy CFO and I took a trip to OFM (Office of Financial Management) to meet with the director and all of the branch chiefs. The topic of this meeting was to educate me about each branch within OFM. Each branch chief gave me a brief introduction of the duties and responsibilities of their branch. I was able to learn a lot about OFM and how BFC directly impacts the different branches.
After the Deputy CFO and I returned back to the office the Legislative Affairs Specialist took me on a private tour of Capital Hill. He used to work on the Hill for seven years. We first toured the House of Representatives side where we saw Nancy Pelosi speaking to a news station. He showed me where former Senator Kennedy's office was as he used to work for him. He then took me to the Senate side of the building where we had our meeting the previous day. This was an exceptional opportunity and a wonderful learning experience. I appreciate that he took the time out of his busy schedule to provide me with a tour of knowledge from his past.
On my last day of my shadowing experience with the CFO, I was able to attend the OCFO Strategic Planning meeting. The topic of this meeting was to have each office choose 2-6 tasks within 5 different goals to complete that would help OCFO better support their staff and customers and eventually make it employer of choice. For example, many tasks included providing training to the employees that would help them provide better customer service and provide cross training amongst different branches of OCFO. The CFO and her staff have come up with different tasks based on the employer of choice survey taken by OCFO employees.
This trip was a great opportunity for me to learn more about ICE and specifically OCFO. I will be able to use the knowledge I have learned from this experience and apply it to my work here at BFC. I cannot thank management enough for giving me the opportunity to shadow our CFO. I will never forget this experience and what I have learned from this week.


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University of South Carolina to boost enrollment
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:26:06 GMT —
The University of South Carolina may increase its freshman class by as many as 500 students this fall, as the school struggles with budget cuts.
The State newspaper reported Wednesday that school officials think the fall freshman class could be as large as 4,400 students. Last fall's freshman class totaled about 3,900 students, a record.
Adding as many as 500 more students could bring USC an extra $3 million or more.
School president Harris Pastides told the newspaper that USC has had about $103 million cut from its state funding in the past two years, a cumulative reduction of 46 percent.
He says federal stimulus money has not made up the difference.
School officials say boosting the freshman class will make USC more accessible to South Carolina students.


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GIFU – A Bank of Japan policymaker said Thursday that the central bank's experimental quantitative easing measures will bolster the economy and push up prices, expressing confidence that its 2 percent inflation target can be achieved.
"The 2 percent inflation target is expected to be attained as a sustainable economic recovery could boost prices in a well-balanced manner," BOJ Policy Board member Ryuzo Miyao said in a speech in Gifu.
Earlier this month, the BOJ embarked a quantitative easing regime that jacks up its purchases of longer-term government bonds and risky financial assets, including exchange-traded funds and real estate investment trusts, to flood the economy with cash and spur lending.
Miyao said the measures are likely to weaken the yen, drive up stocks and drive down long-term interest rates, which could prompt companies and households to beef up spending and investment, "exerting a positive impact on the economy and prices."
The consumer price index is expected to rise above 1 percent in fiscal 2014, he said.
Miyao, however, admitted that the BOJ's experiment could temporarily backfire by making the financial markets "unstable" by luring more investors into accepting excessive risk.
To ensure the temporary economic growth takes place, the central bank will "closely monitor risk factors such as market developments as well as economic and price conditions" in steering monetary policy.
Miyao is known as one of the biggest proponents of aggressive monetary easing on the nine-member Policy Board. He argued that the bank should stick to the price goal more strongly even before Haruhiko Kuroda, an advocate of drastic easing, became the BOJ's chief on March 20.
The latest data shows that the economy grew at an annualized rate of 0.2 percent in the final three months of last year, in inflation-adjusted terms, marking its first expansion in three quarters.
However, the core consumer price index, excluding fresh food, fell 0.3 percent in February from a year earlier, logging the fourth straight month of decline and underscoring that Japan remains mired in a deflationary trend.
Swap market stirs
The domestic swap market is already starting to anticipate Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's endgame even as he makes his first monetary easing moves.
Two-year overnight-index swap rates that reflect investor expectations for the central banks's benchmark rate are set for the biggest monthly jump since November 2010 and reached 0.095 percent this week.
The contract has climbed from a low of 0.039 percent in January to the highest since July 2011, approaching the 0.1 percent upper range of the BOJ's benchmark rate target. The comparative rate in the U.S. was at 0.163 percent.
"Because the BOJ is providing a large amount of funds, rates may fall in the near term, but it's more natural to think rates will rise in the future," said Masaru Hamasaki, a senior strategist in Tokyo at Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Co.. "Overnight index swaps signal future rates, so it makes sense for them to go higher."
The swaps suggest investors are growing more confident Kuroda will drive inflation toward the 2 percent goal even as skeptics from Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund, to former BOJ Deputy Gov. Kazumasa Iwata question whether it can be achieved. A measure of consumer-price expectations in Japan was at the highest on record after the central bank announced on April 4 it will double its holdings of government bonds and stock funds to end deflation and spur economic growth.


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iodine stain on potato cell
Discussion of all aspects of cellular structure, physiology and communication.
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Hi all,
I have to do this experiment tommorow. I hope that its fun please let me know what you all think about this.
Re: iodine stain on potato cell
Iodine is a stain specific for starch, meaning when it comes in contact with starch containing substances, it changes colors.
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