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5.9 percent -- that was the U.S. personal savings rate in July 2010, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, or BEA, one of the federal agencies that keeps track of such statistics.
That 5.9 percent figure was slightly lower than the 6.2 percent rate the BEA calculated for June 2010 and substantially lower than the 7 percent-plus rates posts in mid-2009, but still decidedly up compared with the even lower levels -- less than 2 percent, at times -- recorded five years ago.
Of course, not all of those savings are held by banks, though plenty of people still keep their money in savings and checking accounts, certificates of deposit and other financial products that banks offer. And that's despite today's meager returns on most of those deposits.
It's easy to understand why people have stepped up their savings. High unemployment creates job insecurity. Losses on equities and real estate erode the wealth effect that people experience when such assets produce strong returns. The general sense of economic malaise prompts people to hunker down and save more for the proverbial rainy day.
Of course, some people do have the opposite reaction, turning a bad-patch economy into an excuse for a spending spree. But that's another story.
The personal savings rate also affects a myriad of other issues, such as consumer spending, income tax policy, the percentage of U.S. debt held by foreigners and retirement trends, just to name a few. The interrelations among consumer spending, personal savings and the U.S. economy alone could be the subject of many, many blog posts, not to mention articles, policy papers and dissertations.
But the big question about consumer savings today, however, is, of course, interest rates. Why are people saving more when the returns on savings in safe investments are so paltry? Some analysts say the U.S. rate of savings is still too low, but what incentives exist for people to save more?
Given the likelihood that interest rates will remain unattractive for savers "for an extended period," to use the Federal Reserve's phrase, do you plan to save more through the end of this year? If so, why?


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In the aftermath of the death yesterday of 12-year-old Keane Wallis-Bennett at Liberton High School in Edinburgh, the local councillor Nick Cook chose precisely the right words to describe the incident:
tragic and troubling.
Keane died around 10am when a wall at the school collapsed and landed on top of her. She received medical treatment at the scene of the incident but was pronounced dead. In the hours that followed, groups of pupils gathered around the school, upset and confused by what happened.
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The priority for the authorities in handling this upsetting situation will be to offer the right help to those pupils, as well as their parents and the family of Keane. Thankfully, this appeared to happen promptly yesterday with senior staff at Edinburgh City Council and Health and Safety officers promising support would be provided to staff and pupils.
In the coming days, many of those staff and pupils will be asking what caused the accident and although, as the police have said, it would be wrong to speculate about that at the moment, it is troubling that Keane's death happened a short time after Edinburgh City Council was fined over an incident at the same school in which a girl was seriously injured falling down a lift shaft.
The council pled guilty to a breach of health and safety in that case and will have to demonstrate that it learned the right lessons from the incident, and learned them in time.
Keane's death will also be troubling for many parents of pupils at Liberton. Sending their children to school is an important act of faith. Schools act in loco parentis and the expectation is that they will do everything they reasonably can to protect the pupils in their care. When an incident such as the one at Liberton High School happens, parents quite naturally question that arrangement and ask: is my children's school safe?
It may be that some of those parents will conclude a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into Keane's death is the appropriate next step and that is understandable. FAIs are vital in ensuring lessons are learned from accidental deaths and that effective measures are taken to prevent further tragedies and the Crown Office will consider holding one as well as examine whether there should be a criminal prosecution.
Whatever the final decision, what is critical is that the decision is reached promptly and that any FAI is completed as swiftly as possible and on this, sadly, the Crown Office has performed poorly in the past, with some inquiries taking more than two years to set up. The process is much slower than its counterpart in England and Wales.
The Scottish Government has already said it will consider changes to speed up the process, first proposed by Labour's Patricia Ferguson, and that may provide MSPs with a chance to introduce improvements. But whatever happens, families, including the family of Keane Wallis-Bennet, have the right to expect any decisions on FAIs and prosecution are completed quickly and that they are not kept waiting in the search for answers.


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Sunday's season opener picks up where the second season finale left off, in the wake of a massive midair collision over the Albuquerque home of our anti-hero, Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a collision he indirectly caused by his failure to intervene when the junkie daughter of a subsequently distraught air-traffic controller — also the adored girlfriend of partner Jesse (Aaron Paul) — choked on her own vomit. We find him poolside, bitterly contemplating, and nearly barbecuing, half a million or so dollars in ill-gotten gains; for what shall it profit a man if he gain a boodle and lose his family?
Wife Skyler (Anna Gunn), who has stumbled on to the fact that Walt is somehow mixed up in drugs — "I'm a manufacturer, not a dealer ... per se," he says, a pedantic stickler for accuracy when he isn't making up stuff — is about to sue for divorce, taking his 16-year-old son (RJ Mitte), the only person in the world who completely respects him, and infant daughter with her. The first irony here is that it was to provide for his family after his imminently expected death that he first used his knowledge of chemistry for evil; the second is that, just as the family falls apart, he learns he's going to live.
The show's comic notes, which could be jarringly farcical early on, are mostly gone this season, or gone for now, Bob Odenkirk's greasy strip-mall lawyer being the sole exception; it's the inevitable upshot of allowing the characters to become real within their world. There is only so much fun that decently can be had around this sort of stuff, and as Walt's crimes have multiplied, his good points have grown dim. He loves his family, cares semi-paternally for his partner, and he's good at what he does, but as a supposedly responsible adult he's a failure who creates only problems where he means to implement solutions.
He's certainly done no favors for Jesse, who is back from rehab, clear-eyed and dead-eyed: "You either run from things or you face them, Mr. White. ... I accept who I am ... I'm the bad guy."
Walt, by contrast, does all he can to see himself as ... not the bad guy. "I am not a criminal," he tells Gustavo (Giancarlo Esposito), the fast-food-franchising drug kingpin, "no offense to any people who are." Addressing a student assembly after the air crash, he advises them to "look on the bright side" and points out that "what you're left with, casualty-wise, is the 50th worst air disaster, actually tied for 50th."
But there is no bright side here, only the temporary forestalling of total disaster. Walt has done a lot of bad, bad things that in the ordinary course of events require punishment; he has forfeited any right to the moral high ground, which he nevertheless insists on occupying. And now moving sharklike from the south comes danger in the double threat of a cold-eyed pair of emissaries of a Mexican drug cartel.
I'm not sure what mixture of network edge-pushing and mass appetite has driven contemporary drama so firmly into the arms of the anti-heroes. Firefighters, cops, teachers, nurses, doctors, lawyers and mothers — nearly every cable and basic-cable drama now or recently on the air has at its center a character of questionable character. Often threatened by the law on one side and worse lawbreakers on the other, they are nimble or lucky enough — and watchable enough, from a viewer's perspective — to survive from season to season.
I understand the appeal, even the social utility of such stories. But whereas "Oedipus Rex," "Macbeth" and "Death of a Salesman" get their business done in a couple of hours and release you to your hopefully happier, or more happily deluded, life, a TV series comes at you week after week; it can become exhausting. Smartly written and produced and brilliantly played — mention should be made of creator Vince Gilligan and of Dean Norris as Walt's DEA agent brother-in-law, grown from a handy blowhard to a complicated good guy — "Breaking Bad" is as good as a show on this subject could possibly get, but the subject has its drawbacks. I like it, I admire it, but I can't say I enjoy it.
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Kurt Cobain, (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was musically influenced by the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Queen, KISS and the Pixies. Each of his songs was inspired by an experience, a person, a book, a band or another song. In honor of his birthday, below are ten songs written by Kurt Cobain, each with one of their influences.
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This song came out of Cobain's experience living with the born-again Christian family of his friend, Jesse Reed.
When Kurt was a rebellious teen, his father placed him in the care of family and friends. For a time with a the Reeds, he became a devout Christian. But he later renounced Christianity and engaged in "anti-God" rants.
[metrolyrics artist="Nirvana" song="Lithium"]
"Something in the Way"
When Cobain left high school two weeks prior to graduation because he realized he didn't have enough credits to graduate, his mother told him get a job or leave. She banished him after one week, and he remained homeless for a while, sometimes staying with friends, and sometimes hanging out under a bridge over the Wishkah River. That experience inspired this song.
[metrolyrics artist="Nirvana" song="Something in the Way"]
"About a Girl"
Inspired by his conflicts with a girlfriend, Tracy Marander from Olympia, WA, who used to insist he get a job. She supported them both by working at the cafeteria of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, but he spent most of his time sleeping into the late evening, watching television and concentrating on art projects. Marander did not know this song was about her until after his death.
[metrolyrics artist="Nirvana" song="About a Girl"]
"Aneurysm" (B-side of "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
When Cobain met a punk rock girl named Tobi Vail, his infatuation made him so stressed and overwhelmed that he vomited. This event inspired the lyric, "Love you so much it makes me sick," in "Aneurysm."
[metrolyrics artist="Nirvana" song="Aneurysm"]
"Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Girlfriend Tobi Vail wore the deodorant "Teen Spirit" and another friend of his spray painted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his wall, as a joke. Cobain was unaware of the deodorant name, and mistook the slogan as having a revolutionary meaning.
[metrolyrics artist="Nirvana" song="Smells Like Teen Spirit"]
"Aero Zeppelin"
Cobain was a fan of classic rock bands from the 70s, like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Queen and KISS. He occasionally covered these bands and wrote this song as a tribute to Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith.
[metrolyrics artist="Nirvana" song="Aero Zeppelin"]
"Heart Shaped Box"
This song was inspired by watching documentaries about children with cancer. He told biographer Michael Azerrad, "Anytime I think about it, it makes me sadder than anything I can think of." The song's name came from a heart-shaped box that Courtney Love had given Cobain. However, he had originally titled the song "Heart-Shaped Coffin."
[metrolyrics artist="Nirvana" song="Heart Shaped Box"]
"Rape Me"
Cobain wrote it not only as an objective discussion of rape, but a metaphorical protest against his treatment by the media.
[metrolyrics artist="Nirvana" song="Rape Me"]
"Pennyroyal Tea"
"Dave [Grohl] and I were screwing around on a 4-track," said Cobain, "and I wrote that song in about thirty seconds. And I sat down for like half-an-hour and wrote the lyrics and then we recorded it."
[metrolyrics artist="Nirvana" song="Pennyroyal Tea"]
"Scentless Apprentice"
Patrick Süskind's novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer inspired Cobain to write the song. The book is an historical horror novel about a perfumer's apprentice born with no body odor of his own but with a highly developed sense of smell, and who attempts to create the "ultimate perfume" by killing virginal women and taking their scent.
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However, the sarcasm and black humor contained in the commentary sets the tone for the story. This is not what any contemporary reader of the story would interpret as a normal couple spending a quiet evening relaxing at home. This is a man being tortured by devices that have been inflicted on him by the government, and they are watching others on the television who are also being severely penalized for aspects of their physical and/or mental beings that they have through no fault of their own.
Vonnegut is pointing out the absurdity of a society attempting to create artificial conditions that make all people equal by presenting his vision of what such a society might look like. He is also issuing veiled comments about the dangers of a government that has too much power to interfere with too many personal aspects of the every day lives of citizens. While presented in seemingly innocent terms, there is real frustration and concern for the future under the surface of this story.


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Police said they recovered all the items - including saws, drills, hedgers, generators, you name it - from the Opa-Locka home of 61-year-old Rafael Sofia.
Detectives said Sophia has operated a booth at the Opa-Locka Flea Market for the last 10 years. Investigators said he would buy the construction equipment from thieves across Florida, then re-sell the equipment, CBS Miami reported.
Roilan Gomez owns a small landscaping business. He showed up at the police district hoping to find his stolen tools...and he did.
Gomez said his truck, trailer and all his tools - worth about $8500.00 - were stolen several weeks ago. He said he thought about getting out of the business but he had some help from friends and family.
"I started to work because between family and friends they started to loan me the equipment and necessary tools to help me do what I need to do. Imagine since November 3rd to this day I haven't been able to sleep. I think I'm going to sleep tonight," Gomez told CBS Miami.
Hundreds of tools including air compressors, drills, drill press, angle grinders, chain saws, hammer drills, nail guns, pole saws, precision lasers, and pressure washers were there for the re-taking both Saturday and Sunday.
Police only asked that anyone believing they'd find their stolen tools should bring receipts, police reports and anything else to serve as proof of ownership.
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A standup guy in 1996.
Yeah, the 90's look was just the same as Seinfeld's.
I like the part near the end when Jon says about politics "I really wanna care..." and when he says the he doesn't want the average guy, he wants someone better than us - someone who can lead. so in 2000 we got average (or C-, D, F+) guy.
This clip definitely sets the stage for TDS, except at least most of the jokes were his own.
And Canada, are you preparing for that fateful day? Yes, Average Joe/teaftman/calli, this could be the reason we bleeding hearts aren't all moving up there...
Ah the 90's. The second golden age of stand up.
I want to see Stewart carry TDS, while the writers play their little game of let's-see-if-the-higher-ups-have-more-money-than-they-claim.
Um, do you not realize that Jon is one of those writers? This isn't Jay Leno we are talking about here, who only reads a teleprompter for an hour. Man, those selfish writers that want to get paid for all that work they wrote, what a bunch of asses.
Man, those selfish writers that want to get paid for all that work they wrote, what a bunch of asses.
The whole affair is about the revenue broadcasters received from online airing of television shows, which companies are saying is not much. They refuse, however, to to give any accounting of online revenue. The writers are calling their bluff by holding out for as long as they can. Maybe you didn't read about what's going on?
The comedy really isn't that funny (the Canada jokes aren't even good), but it's interesting to note his demeanor in the presentation - the context is 'we are bombing Iraq', not 'Clinton is bombing Iraq'. Note there is possession taken of the action because of his affection for the president.
It's difficult to separate entertainment from truth with Jon. I never have an idea what he truly believes. But the statement "we have no business in the Middle East" is just as wrong today as it was then. We bombed Iraq because they repeatedly defied the UN, who believed they had WMD because, well, they did. We're in the Middle East because we have an active, necessary interest in the region, and because we have allies there. And we fight there because we have been attacked there and by people from there.
Calligraph, you obviously don't watch TDS. Because otherwise you'd know that "we are bombing Iraq" is exactly how Stewart would say it today - and not "Bush is bombing Iraq".
TDS and their critique of everything powerful is much, much subtler than your ilk is used to (can you say: "1/2 Hour News Hour"?). After all it's supposed to be a parody of a normal newscast. Not some liberal screamfest as much as you would like to believe.
That it presents more truth than any other news network is not their problem but the problem of ABCNNBCFOX.
Canada? We're out of wood?
You haven't (he hasn't) heard of Pat Buchanan's idea to unite with western, Anglophone water-rich Canada, and pump the flow from all those rivers up there (Saskatchewan, Fraser, Athabasca, Columbia, etc.) down to the Mojave desert so the ultimate suburb of Nowhere (Phoenix) can actually join up with Megalopolis, Malibu-polis, whatever, growth without end, and no more depending on the lousy, measly Colorado, just one big graffiti, just one big graffiti-covered Saguaro slum for no more reason than a cancer. With Canada's water. Cadillac Desert, ironic it is that he was opposed to NAFTA.
Calligraph, you obviously don't watch TDS. Because otherwise you'd know that "we are bombing Iraq" is exactly how Stewart would say it today - and not "Bush is bombing Iraq".
But I have watched The Daily Show. His remarks, and the remarks of other commentators and guests, have generally framed it as "Bush" this and "administration" that. It's not something endemic to TDS, it's how people generally speak: "we" on stuff they agree with, "they" on the rest.
TDS and their critique of everything powerful is much, much subtler than your ilk is used to (can you say: "1/2 Hour News Hour"?). After all it's supposed to be a parody of a normal newscast. Not some liberal screamfest as much as you would like to believe.
Thank goodness you didn't jump to an immediate stereotypical conclusion about my education level, taste in entertainment, or political affiliation based upon a few words I posted about your demagogue.
And 'not a liberal screamfest'? Are you kidding? Two words for that: Lewis Black, who between starring in cash-cow holiday movies about kids stranded at airports and horrible Robin Williams films (redundant?) keeps himself busy by yelling at us about how much this country sucks.
Looking through the Daily Show archives, the very first entry here is an example of Jon Stewart asking do we torture?
Also in this segment is the "liberal definition of waterboarding":
Something done by the evil troops, who we don't support, to innocent terrorists, violating their rights to bomb our cities and make us get gay marriage.
Is Teabag/Callgirl a writer for the Daily Show?
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Judge upholds Indiana school voucher law
An Indianapolis judge has upheld Indiana's school voucher law, rejecting opponents' arguments that it unconstitutionally used taxpayers' money to support religion.
Indiana State Teachers Association President Nate Schnellenberger says opponents will appeal Friday's ruling.
Institute for Justice attorney Bert Gall calls the ruling a major victory for parents and students. He represented two parents in the lawsuit.
The Indiana attorney general's office issued the following statement Friday evening.
"The legislation followed the Indiana Constitution in creating broader educational options for Hoosier children since the scholarship funding is directed to students' families, not to private schools. The court agreed that the choice scholarship program does not violate anyone's rights and we are pleased with the thoughtful analysis," attorney general Greg Zoeller said.
Marion Superior Court Judge Michael Keele said the School Choice Scholarship program doesn't violate the state constitution because the state isn't directly funding parochial schools. Instead, it gives scholarship vouchers to parents, who can choose where to use them.
About 4,000 children are enrolled in Indiana's school voucher program, the nation's largest.
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Sao Paulo, Sep 2 (IANS) An Alexandre Pato brace helped Corinthians to a 4-0 victory over rivals Flamengo in the Campeonato Brasileiro.
The 24-year-old Brazil striker netted twice in the first half before Romarinho and Peru forward Paolo Guerrero doubled the lead after the break at the Pacaembu stadium Sunday, reports Xinhua.
"This is the sort of form that I was hoping to show when I decided to come back to Brazil," said Pato, who was signed by Corinthians from Italian giants AC Milan in January.
The result lifted Corinthians to fifth in Brazil's top-flight standings while Flamengo have slumped to 15th.
In other matches Sunday, Botafogo drew 0-0 with Sao Paulo, Criciuma beat Vitoria 1-0, Coritiba were held to a 0-0 draw by Internacional and Cruzeiro drew 3-3 with Vasco da Gama.


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Programming Questions? Ask a Programmer for Answers ASAP
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Go to Start > Control Panel
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New Zealand Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler has held the country's official cash rate (OCR) at its historic low after a review and says it will stay that way until the end of the year.
The OCR has been sitting at 2.5 per cent since March 2011 when Mr Wheeler opted to keep it there after saying the economic recovery was uneven.
At this point we expect to keep the OCR unchanged through the end of the year," he said.
The labour market remained weak but the Christchurch rebuild was picking up pace.
The housing market is surging, especially in Auckland, and Mr Wheeler said the bank did not want to see housing demand get too far ahead of supply.
"The overvalued New Zealand dollar is undermining profitability in export and import competing industries, and worsening drought conditions are creating difficulty in much of the country," he said.


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POMONA, Calif. — A 2-acre brush fire on Tuesday led to a firefighter being transported to a hospital for heat exhaustion.
The cause of the 1 p.m. blaze at Mission Boulevard and West Phillips Drive was still undetermined Tuesday afternoon, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Sam Padilla said.
The firefighter — whose condition was not life-threatening — was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Padilla said.
The fire was knocked down in about 45 minutes and cleanup was completed by about 3:45 p.m.
About 90 firefighters responded, Padilla said.
The California Highway Patrol reported the incident on its Web site about 1:30 p.m. as a brush fire near the the southbound 57 Freeway at Temple Avenue.


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Cost to play in the tournament will be $100 per golfer and includes lunch, beer, soft drinks and an after tourney meal.Format will be a four person scramble and a blind draw will be used. Mulligan's, prizes, 50/50 and other raffles will also be available. For registration information contact Craig Perrier Jr. at (504)638-3071 or by email at email@example.com.
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Dan Hamilton is a Technical Leader in the Enterprise Solutions Engineering group at Cisco. He has been with Cisco for 9 years, most recently as a product manager in the Security Technology Group managing the development of new security features in Cisco IOS Software. Previously he was a technical marketing engineer supporting IOS security features such as infrastructure security, access control, and flexible packet matching (FPM) on Cisco Integrated Security Routers (ISRs), mid-range routers, and Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches. He joined Cisco in 2000 as a systems engineer supporting a large service provider customer. Prior to joining Cisco, he was a network architect for AT&T, responsible for designing and developing its managed service offerings. Hamilton holds CCIE certification 4080. He has a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida.
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To help you track the use of deprecated features, SQL Server 2008 provides performance counters and trace events. The SQLServer:Deprecated Features object provides the Usage counter and an instance for each deprecated feature. Regarding trace events, the Deprecation Final Support event is logged when you use a feature that will be removed from the next version of SQL Server, and the Deprecation Announcement event is logged when you use a feature that will be removed from a future version of SQL Server
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Hi Marcos, Below is Itzik Ben-Gan's response to your question: "Perhaps you're already aware of it, but just in case you aren't, this small sidebar is just a side note in a main article about Deprecated T-SQL Features. You can find the main article here: http://www.sqlmag.com/articles/articleid/100697/Deprecated_TSQL_Features.html. As for your question, this sidebar simply mentions that SQL Server provides tools that can help you track the use of deprecated features both through Performance Monitor counters, and SQL Server Trace events. If you're not familiar with those tools, I suggest simply trying. Open performance monitor (perfmon.exe), and choose the counters I mentioned in the article (SQLServer:Deprecated Features object, Usage counter, and then specific instances of deprecated features). Then, whenever the deprecated feature that you track with the counter is used, the counter will indicate it. Similarly, to use the trace events to track use of deprecated features, open SQL Server Profiler, and define a trace with the events mentioned in the article (under the Deprecation category, the Deprecation Final Support and Deprecation Announcement events). You will get a trace event whenever a deprecated feature is used. Cheers, Itzik" Thanks for reading our articles, and feel free to contact me if you have any more questions. Megan Keller Associate Editor, SQL Server Magazine firstname.lastname@example.com


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- Memory is differently impaired during aging according to the learning tasks in the ratDavid Dardou
Centre Européen des Sciences du Goût, CNRS UMR 5170, 15 rue Hugues Picardet, 21000 Dijon, France
Behav Brain Res 194:193-200. 2008..Thus, TPOA which is important in food selection and in animal survival is spared during aging while mnesic deficits were observed in the other behavioral tasks tested according to the task requirement...
- Does the olfactory cue activate the same brain network during aging in the rat after taste potentiated odor aversion retrieval?David Dardou
Centre Européen des Sciences du Goût, CNRS UMR 5170, 15 rue Hugues Picardet, 21000 Dijon, France
Neurobiol Learn Mem 93:137-50. 2010..Data are discussed according to the possible roles of the brain areas studied and a model of schematic brain network subtending TPOA retrieval induced by the odor cue is proposed...
- Distribution of SV2C mRNA and protein expression in the mouse brain with a particular emphasis on the basal ganglia systemD Dardou
Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Universite Libre de Bruxelles ULB, 808 Route de Lennik, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
Brain Res 1367:130-45. 2011....
- Fos and Egr1 expression in the rat brain in response to olfactory cue after taste-potentiated odor aversion retrievalDavid Dardou
Centre Européen des Sciences du Goût, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CESG CNRS, UMR 5170, 21000 Dijon, France
Learn Mem 13:150-60. 2006..Lastly, opposite patterns of Fos and Egr1 were noted in the entorhinal cortex and the central nucleus of amygdala, suggesting a differential involvement of these markers in retrieval of TPOA...
- Does taste or odor activate the same brain networks after retrieval of taste potentiated odor aversion?David Dardou
CESG CNRS UMR 5170, 15 Rue H Picardet, 21000 Dijon, France
Neurobiol Learn Mem 88:186-97. 2007..Data are discussed in view of the relevance of each conditioned stimulus to reactivate TPOA memory and of the involvement of the different labeled brain areas in information processing and TPOA retrieval...


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GM's Official Corvette Photography, 1953-2014
In the writeup about the all-new Corvette, we included only live shots. But there were so many photos included with the press kit, we just had to share those as well. In the gallery after the jump, you'll see both historical Corvette models and many far better (and somewhat Photoshopped) images of the new Stingray. Please tell us what you think about the new Stingray – both its specs and its looks – in the comments below. Enjoy!
Frankfurt Motor Show: Gallery (Day II)
By James Wong
We've just got back from the second press day at Frankfurt. Here are some photos to whet your appetite while we digest all the information presented to us for the past two days. We hope you enjoy these Mercedes-Benzes, Audis, BMWs, Peugeots, Toyotas, Alfas, and Ferraris! Click after the jump for the full gallery.
Frankfurt Motor Show: Gallery (Day I)
By James Wong
The most exciting day is also the most busy one: pardon us if we do not get good photos this time as the crowds were maddening. Nevertheless, we hope you enjoy the latest offerings from Ferrari, Maserati, Jaguar, Suzuki, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Bugatti, Lexus, Lamborghini, Volkswagenand even Chevrolet. Click after the jump for the full gallery.
2011 Frankfurt Motor Show: The Highlights
By James Wong
Day One of the Frankfurt Motor Show is now behind us, so we've pulled together some of the highlights of the show so far. Click past the jump to see some of our favorites from the first day. More to come later, and even more tomorrow. Remember to let us know if you want photos or first-person impressions of any of the new models shown by clicking on our earlier post here.
2011 Frankfurt Motor Show Coverage
By James Wong
Autosavant is represented this year at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the biggest automotive exhibition of its kind in the world. The first press day has just ended, so here I am in my hostel typing up all of the news, I think, worth knowing to Autosavant readers. The updates will come in a few posts, so bear with me as they appear as soon as I get new information.
In Messe Frankfurt, the exhibition complex where the show is held, the atmosphere was electric. There are thousands of media personnel who have made their way down from different parts of the world to attend the show. I have to be brutally honest: the show does feel a little commercialised, with back-to-back (and clashing) press conferences and little else to appease the audience. Although it could still be early days as the show isn't yet open to the public, I was expecting more hands-on experiences like test drives and seeing/hearing cars moving around me. Well, it was mostly a static display of cars, which if nothing else allowed for easy photography.
Given the massive number of new releases at the show, I had to be selective in which press conferences to attend. It is impossible to attend each and every one, which meant some difficult decisions. Nonetheless, the second press day is a relief as I will have more time to capture what I have missed today. If you want more pictures of any specific car, or more details, please write to us and I will try my very best to fulfill your request.


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When I was a kid, we had some fun Christmas traditions. For one thing, Santa Claus brought the tree. That essentially meant that my parents pulled an all-nighter Christmas Eve to transform the living room into a Macy's holiday window. What I now realize was a desperate attempt to get a few moments of precious sleep, my parents told my brothers and me that when we woke up Christmas morning, we could go downstairs on our own and open our stockings.
Every year, I would wake at the crack of dawn and fly down the stairs to catch that first glimpse of the miracle that is Christmas. There they hung on the mantle, three hand-sewn stockings—well, four—but the one for our dog, Buttons, just had a Milk-Bone biscuit inside. My stocking, on the other hand, was bursting at the seams. Every year, I would snatch it off the hook and tear into it. Every year, I would shiver with anticipation. And every year, like the contestant who chose the wrong curtain on Let's Make a Deal, I suddenly heard that sound, whaa whaaaa...
What the…? I mean, my parents are frugal, practical people by nature. They are from hearty, pioneer stock, but this was a new low. My mother could fill a stocking for less than an hour's worth of a minimum-wage salary. As I stared down at the array of fruit, bar soap, pencil sets and travel coloring books, I thought to myself, When I have kids, I am going to stuff the best stockings in the world!
You may have noticed that when you make the transition from kid to parent, things have a tendency to come back and bite you in the rear. When my kids were born, my mother and Cranky's godmother needle-pointed them the three most incredibly gorgeous Christmas stockings I have ever seen. They are spectacular. They are also enormous. Were I to dedicate my efforts to filling them with pricey, indulgent items, there would be more gifts and more money in each stocking than there were under the tree. So I made myself a cup of hot cider, spiked it with whatever was convenient and took a page from my mother's playbook. Let me talk you through it:
The fruit is key—oranges are the best, but any non-bruising fruit will work. Those huge navel oranges take up a ton of space. Next, we move on to 'gift essentials.' That's any gift that you're going to have to buy for your child at some point. That includes toiletries, school supplies and of course, socks. Now I suggest wrapping these—it gives the illusion that there actually is a gift in there. Moving on, chocolate. Hersey's Kisses or anything 'fun size' fills nooks and crannies nicely. Finally, the part of the socking stuffing I like to refer to as 'The Prestige,' the final phase of the illusion. Before you do anything, put one nice gift all the way down in the toe—a little piece of jewelry or a video game—but as far back as you can get it. That way, it's the last thing they open; thus diverting any analysis of the stocking's additional contents. And voila. It doesn't work very well, but it saves you from spending hundreds of dollars on junk and buys you 20 extra minutes of sleep in the morning. Merry Christmas!


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Why I love provincial budgets - and what this one means for cities
I love provincial budget day.
Municipal budgets aren't nearly as dramatic. They get debated ad nauseum before anything is decided. But provincial budgets? It's just one big document. Reporters show up at the legislature at about 7:30 a.m., sign their embargo forms and start frantically trying to read and understand it all.
You get a technical briefing, often some sandwiches to keep you going. And then by 3:15 p.m., you better have your story written because as soon as Minister Doug Horner rises to give his budget speech, the embargo lifts and the news starts flowing. (Follow @edmontonjournal or check the website Thursday.)
As soon as they hit send on the story, the reporters run up to the big rotunda and wait for all the ministers, opposition members, post-secondary leaders, unions, lobbyists, etc. to exit the chamber and come comment on the budget. It becomes a massive, humming, buzzing room full of scrums (when a bunch of reporters all shove their microphones at one person). It's likely one of the most stressful things to cover ever, but a rush of energy, for sure. If you ever get the chance go, don't pass it up.
But I won't be in the lockup this time.
Mayor Stephen Mandel will be at city hall, and I'll be working out of there as well, getting reaction to the budget news as it relates to cities.
They have a lot at stake.
The key number to watch will be the municipal sustainability initiative (MSI). If that goes up – even as dollars promised for a future year – Edmonton could use that money toward the missing $100 million for the downtown arena.
If it goes down, you'll be seeing infrastructure projects postponed.
MSI was introduced in 2008, when Edmonton was told it would get $1.3 billion for infrastructure projects over the next 10 years.
Then in the 2008/09 budget, when the downturn hit, the province decided to stretch that time frame several years longer.
When Edmonton city council passed the 2009-11 capital budget, they decided to take advantage of lower construction costs and fast-track a slew of projects based on funding promised later. They took out $250 million in short-term loans against it, backed by a political promise (no written contract).
That money now has to be paid back between 2012 and 2016; they owe $57 million a year.
As Coun. Don Iveson said following the news the province was running an unexpected $4 billion deficit for 2012/13:
"We're out on a limb here to the tune of a quarter billion dollars now. We really need the province to come through for us."
This past year, the MSI was worth $167 million for the City of Edmonton.
I checked some of these numbers with Edmonton chief financial officer Lorna Rosen. She says a reduction would not affect projects already approved in the 2012-14 capital budget. But you would see a slowdown come 2015.
"That's where you'll see the big impact. You're going to see delays," she said. "We'd be disappointed with any kind of reduction."
It's possible the province could just stretch the fund out further, perhaps with a promise to top it up near the end, several years down the road.
Last Tuesday, Mandel seemed optimistic there would be room for the arena.
"We're optimistic, not that the money is going to be sitting there for this year but that there's an opportunity to do something, which we're please about," he told reporters after the council meeting.
The city hopes to start turning the dirt in August for the project.
Mandel will be in his office Thursday, listening to Horner's speech. "The proof will be in the pudding, not in all the words that he says, but in the context of the budgetary documents I'm optimistic there will be adequate supply in there to meet Edmonton's needs."
Here's the full audio, if you're interested.
There were previously rumours that the province was ready to make some lottery money available for the arena project. We'll be checking those numbers as well and we'll see what happens tomorrow. Either way, it should be interesting.
By the way, if you're going through the budget documents when they are released tomorrow and you see something interesting, feel free to send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com or a tweet @estolte.
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NEW YORK (Jan. 23)
A distinguished group of Americans have joined the Committee for the Moshe Sharett Institute of Educational Sciences of Tel Aviv University, which is designed to further and improve the general educational standards in Israel, it was announced here today by Daniel G. Ross, chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Friends of Tel Aviv University.
Launching the Committee's activities will be an Inaugural Dinner at the New York Hilton Hotel, at which the guest of honor will be the newly-designated Israel Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Abba Eban, who was a very close friend and colleague of the late Moshe Sharett, a former Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Israel.
The Institute will train teacher for specialized subjects, principals, district superintendents, administrators, educational psychologists and social workers, and other specialists urgently needed in the expanding Israel school system.


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Contact Lesley with your community news on 01453 822684 or email email@example.com
v. A Community Market is being held in King's Stanley Village Hall this Friday, April 12 from 3pm to 7pm. An extensive range of stalls are promised and include Godsell's Cheese, Days juices and ciders, locally made sausages, honey, bread, home-made pickles, jams and cakes, fruit and veg and a fresh fish stall. Amongst the craft stalls will be knitwear, lavender products, jewellery; general stalls will include plants, sweets, antiques, bric-a-brac and specialist books. Background music will be provided by King's Stanley Band and refreshments will be on sale. Come and support this exciting community event and tell your friends.
v. Great crested newt survey - take part in this fascinating annual survey of a protected species. Booking is essential for a session on Saturday, April 13, 7am to 8.30am. For more details and to book a place call 01453 753358 or 07718 129358 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
v. Fancy a walk this Saturday, April 13? Join a warden-led walk starting at Cowcombe Hill layby and walk to Minchinhampton. This is a 10 mile walk and takes seven hours - it is advisable to bring a packed lunch. For more information about this and other walks visit the AONB website - www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk/?page=GettingOut. There will also be a walk around Minchinhampton and Amberley Common on Wednesday, April 17 and on Friday, April 19 from Newark Park to Ozleworth and Ashocroft House.
v. Dursley Male Voice Choir is giving a concert at St George's Church, King's Stanley on Saturday, April 13 at 7.30pm. Guest soloist will be cornettist Kevin Robbins. Tickets, £8 to include a glass of wine, available from 01453 827439, 01453 826410 or 01453 823224.
v. Do you have a question for the police? A weekly drop in is held every Tuesday in Stonehouse Town Hall between 11am to noon.
v. If you have recently had a baby did you know that the library in Elm Road holds Baby Bounce and Rhyme sessions on Wednesdays from 10.30am to 11am and story time on Mondays at 10.30am. Come and join in and meet other new parents.
v. Zumba classes are now being held in Stonehouse Community Centre every Thursday evening from 7.15pm to 8pm.
v. Do you have a spare Bible? To celebrate Pentecost 2013, local churches are part of a vision to give away 1,000 Bibles. So if you have a Bible to spare please take it in to The Light in the High Street Stonehouse who is joining in this exciting scheme.
v. Keep fit for the over 50s. Come along and join in this class which is held every Thursday in Stonehouse Community Centre from 10-11am.
v. Stonehouse and The Stanleys now have their very own village agents. Peter Wand can be contacted on 07534 064178. Village and community agents can provide help with accessing information about a range of services and offer a signposting service to people over 50.
v. Keeping fit in Stonehouse couldn't be easier. Did you know that Stonehouse has its own Sports and Dance Centre open to the public Monday to Friday 6pm to 10pm and on Sunday from 10am to 2pm. Special introductory gym offer. New users pay just £24 for a full induction and one month gym membership. Pay as you go or join a month at a time. Come and have a look. There is a fully equipped gym with air conditioning. Exercises classes include fitball, aerobics, circuits, studio cycle, pilates and zumba. Concession scheme gives 40 per cent off selected activities. Find out more on the website: www.stroud.gov.uk/sportcentres
v. Boost your immune system and increase your energy levels with yoga, all abilities welcome, £6 in advance, drop-in is £7.50. Tuesdays, 9.30am, Leonard Stanley Village Hall; Wednesdays, 8pm, Leonard Stanley Primary School; Thursdays, 8pm, Eastington Community Centre; Fridays, 9.30am, Leonard Stanley Village Hall. Contact: Carol Maguire on 01453 791484 / 07814 341092 or email email@example.com
v. Tai chi health class. Learn the gentle and nourishing art of chi kung energy exercise every Thursday at the Stonehouse Community Centre, 10.30am to 11.30am. For more information call 0781 3921 336.
v. Walking is considered by many to be the best way to keep fit. Stonehouse Health Walks take place every Tuesday morning. Meet at the Community Centre to start walking at 10.15am. Walks last up to one hour and this is an excellent way to keep fit and make new friends. The Pop In is open for coffee at the end of the walk.
Dates for your Diary.
v. Stonehouse WI will meet next Wednesday, April 17 in the Community Centre from 7.30pm. If you have not discovered the WI why not come along and help celebrate their 45th birthday. Glenda Ford will be giving a cookery demonstration, the competitions is 'a handmade cushion' - the winner will be award the Bud Vase and the Bring and Buy table will have cuttings and plants for sale. v
. Wycliffe's annual history lecture on Monday, April 22 at 7.30pm in Wycliffe Chapel is being given by Professor George Barnard. He will cover two topics: The Fall of Wolsey and The Charges against Anne Boleyn. Prof Bernard was the editor of the English Historical Review and his most recent novel Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions makes new claims about this infamous queen.
v. The Stonehouse annual town meeting will be held in the town hall on Wednesday, April 24 at 7.30pm. Come along and hear about the work of your town council for the past year and find out which people and businesses are receiving recognition for their particular contribution to the life of your town.


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Dual processor vs. Dual core cs. single on home machine
I am in the market to upgrade my motherboard and processor (as soon as I have the funds) and I was curious if I would see any benefits from having a dual processor system on my home machine. I searched through the HCL and didn't see much mention of them. I am a computer science graduate student so I program a fair amount and I have some upcoming projects that will likely be fairly computationally intensive. Will I notice the difference? Is it worth the extra money to have that second processor around? and if I don't get two processors, what about the dual-core processors that both AMD and Intel are releasing? I currently run slackware 10.1 and I was also curious if there were any distributions/tweaks that would be especially helpful in taking advantage of a dual processor/dual-core system. Sorry for the barrage of questions, but I felt they were closely intertwined enough not to be deserving of their own threads. Thanks for the help!!
Linux supports SMP pretty well. You'll have to make sure you have SMP enabled in your kernel of course:)
Multiple processors are not much help on large, monolithic, programs. They can be tremendous help on threaded apps.
Even if you don't go with a multiprocessor machine I'd start looking at making your large, computationally intense, programs as parallel as possible. It appears parallelism is the future.
BTW... I love my dual Opteron:) I'd recommend one of those bad boys to anyone:)
Right, What I meant by that is the performance of the monolithic application itself will not increase much (it might increase ever so slightly because it will potentially end up with more time on the CPU). Your absolutely right in saying that overall system performance while that large monolithic app is running will increase since other processes will be able to use the 2nd CPU.
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Adding a plugin to Pidgin
I'm trying to add a plugin to Pidgin, but I'm not really shure how to do it...
I downloaded the binairy as a shared dll (.so) and copied it to the pidgin root folder (/usr/lib/pidgin/)... I was kinda hoping that would be sufficient, but (after restarting Pidgin) I still don't see the new plugin in the plugins-list.
What am I doing wrong, or what should I do next?
Use your package manager
I see you appear to be using Ubuntu. Run synaptic (package manager, or maybe it's called "software manager" or similar in Ubuntu), search for pidgin-plugin-pack, or just "pidgin" for an exhaustive list of everything you can install from the repos for pidgin.
If the particular plug-in that you're looking to install isn't covered by the repos it will help us to help you if we know which plugin we're talking about (ideally with a url to the source).
Sorry for the missing info...
Yes, I'm using Ubuntu.
The plugin is Music Tracker, which is afaik not one of those plugins.
A brief search through the repositories using synaptic reveals the presence of package "pidgin-musictracker", which I believe fits the bill.
Wow, I have a synaptic package manager? :-P
(This is the newbie forum... I just started using Linux a few weeks ago... my OS knowledge at this moment only exists of Windows and MacOsX)
But that worked very well, thanks a lot!
Now I understand your previous post -> I thought you ment 'Ubuntu Software Center'; from where I installed Pidgin and from where you can also install some plugins...
No probs, Beekman.
The software centre is OK for general applications but for the full range of software and add-ons available you'll want to access the universe repostories and Synaptic is the most comfortable way of doing that.
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• Wednesday, July 31 •
KC Museum Kids Summer Drop-ins
This summer, drop in with your kids for games, music, stories and arts and crafts. Each drop-in will feature a different historical theme. This week's set of summer drop-ins will be held on July 24 and 26 from noon to 3 p.m. Cost is free. Summer Drop-ins will be held every Wednesday and Friday in July and August.
• Thursday, August 1 •
Kansas City Museum Hard Hat Happy Hour
Explore Kansas City Museum's 100-plus-year-old mansion home, Corinthian Hall, with a glass of wine from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. You'll see Corinthian Hall in mid-renovation, the bare interior of the building exposed for the first time in decades. Examine 100-year-old craftsmanship and hear first-hand about plans for the grand mansion's future from museum staff. Cost is $5. Tour members must be 21 to attend and wear closed-toe shoes.
• Friday, August 2 •
Story Time and Craft
Join North-East Public Library for its weekly story time and craft at 10:30 a.m. Parents and kids will enjoy stories geared toward toddlers and pre-schoolers. Get ready for songs, tongue twisters and dramatic play.
• Saturday, August 3 •
North-East Library Mini Health Fair
The North-East Public Library is partnering with Truman Medical Center to host a Mini Health Fair beginning at noon at the library. There will be a variety of booths with information on how to lead a healthy lifestyle.
• Sunday, August 4 •
Northeast Book Club
Join the North-East Public Librayr, 6000 Wilson Rd., for its monthly Northeast Book Club at 2 p.m. Share your passion for books and join in on riveting book discussions.
• Monday, August 5 •
Scarritt Renaissance Monthly Meeting
Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association will host its monthly meeting at the Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., beginning at 6:30 p.m. Martha Lally of the Kansas City Museum Advisory Board (KCMAB) and City Council and KCMAB member Scott Wagner are the guest speakers and will talk about the long-term interests of the Kansas City Museum. All are encouraged to attend to talk about the museum and how to move programming and renovations forward.
Free Health Checks
Glennon Place Nursing Center will be at Spalitto's Pharmacy, 3801 Independence Ave., Kansas City, Mo., to perform free blood pressure and blood sugar checks from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 6 •
Stories with MiMi
Come and join MiMi as she reads aloud by the window in the Children's Area at the North-East Public Library at 5:30 p.m.
• Upcoming •
Street Car Expansion Kick-off Event
Representatives from the city of Kansas City, including Mayor Sly James, will talk about potential plans for expanding the downtown streetcar into other areas of the city. There will also be a public presentation on the project. The kick-off event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Board Room located inside Union Station.
KC Museum Summer Concert Series
The next concert in the Kansas City Museum's Summer Concert Series will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 9 at the museum. The Wires, an exploration in string sound, will perform. Cost is free.
Salvation Army Neighborhood Celebration
The Salvation Army will host a Neighborhood Celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 10 at The Salvation Army Bellefontaine Corps Community Center, 3013 E. 9th St. Activities will include a petting zoo, face painting, dunk tanks, KCPD Mounted Patrol, inflatables, food, games, prizes, music and more. All are invited to attend this free event.
Scarritt Coffee Club
Scarritt Coffee Club will host its monthly gathering from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Aug. 10. Guest of honor is Northeast resident Veda Rogers, who recently published the book, "Life's About a Dream." Host is Rebecca Koop, who will show off her community garden and professional pottery studio. Please bring a savory or sweet breakfast hors d'oeuvre to share. Coffee will be catered by Eleos Coffee. Please RSVP to Darlene Victoria de Lyon at email@example.com. Meeting address will be provided upon RSVP.
Independence Plaza Monthly Meeting
Independence Plaza Neighborhood Council will host its monthly meeting from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center on Euclid. Guest speaker will be Rep. Randy Dunn.
Community Empowerment Event
The Penny Mill Foundation will host a Community Empowerment Event from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 17 at Blue Valley Park, 23rd and Topping, Kansas City, Mo. The day will include live music, dance performances by "Indian Pow Wow", free hot dogs, soda, popcorn and giveaways. In addition, there will be special speakers, free horse rides, a trick horse show by Rex Purefoy, face painting, KCPD Mounted Patrol and more. All are invited to attend this free event.
Un-Chef Cook-Off
Newhouse, a domestic violence shelter for women and their children, will be hosting the fundraiser, Un-Chef Cook-Off, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 12 at Studio 2131 at 2131 Washington St., Kansas City, Mo. The "Un-Chefs" will include KSHB-TV Investigative Reporter Keith King (the 2010 Un-Chef Champion), KSHB-TV Morning Anchor JiaoJiao Shen, and KSHB-TV Meteorologist Kalee Dionne. Watch the Un-Chefs prepare dishes that remind them of home cooking. Find out if they can cook as well as they report the news! Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. The Early Bird Special through Aug. 12 is two tickets for $60. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.newhouseshelter.org/events.
Northeast International Taste & Tour
Northeast Kansas City Chamber of Commerce will once again host its International Taste & Tour on Sept. 7 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the American Sons of Columbus Hall, 2415 Independence Ave., Kansas City, Mo. More than 20 international restaurants will feature samples and more. In addition, there will be a cash bar, live auction and 50/50 drawing. A social hour and trolley tour will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., followed by sample tastings and a live performance by the Grand Marquis Band from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. From 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. the swing dance troupe, The Swingsters, will perform. Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door. For more information, visit www.nekcchamber.com, email email@example.com or call (816) 231-3312.


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A statement meet
Mavericks hope to use RMAC swimming championships to get national attention
Colorado Mesa swimming & diving coach Ron Allen sees the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships as an opportunity.
Allen believes the Mavericks, as well as California Baptist, can make a statement to the rest of the conference and get the attention of the NCAA Division II nation one year after Division II powers Grand Canyon (Ariz.) and Incarnate Word (Texas) left to go to Division I.
"Both teams (Cal Baptist and CMU) are much improved, so they want to make a statement ... I think Cal Baptist and us will show something that will be really phenomenal," Allen said.
Colorado Mesa hosts the RMAC Championships for the second consecutive year. Preliminaries begin at 9:30 a.m. today. Finals are scheduled for 5 p.m. each day through Saturday.
The men's race for the RMAC title should be close and possibly come down to the last event.
"We are neck and neck with Cal Baptist," Allen said. "Preliminaries is everything. It's getting yourself seeded for the finals. That's one of the biggest keys we're stressing is making the finals."
Kent Olsen-Stavrakas leads the men. The senior will compete in the freestyle sprints.
Justin Hastings (backstroke, butterfly), Jarren Brinton (distance freestyle), Tyler Kaslik (distance freestyle) and Rob Eisendrath (backstroke) are also expected to score high.
"This is what I'd call almost the perfect storm, especially with Kent and Justin," Allen said. "With both of them injured last year, those are two of the best athletes in Division II right now. They are a big part of getting our relays to nationals. That all happening together is not going to happen every year.
"We didn't have the top-end talent before. We had one or two kids. Now we have three or four to make a relay."
The men's 400 freestyle and the 200 freestyle relay teams have earned B provisional cuts for nationals, but they will have to break the school record to get an A cut.
Divers Brock Martin, Amanda Jennings and Savannah Craft already qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championships. Junior diver Ryan Popp is hoping to join them again this year with a qualifying score this weekend.
"Brock is our ace in the hole," Allen said.
California Baptist is the favorite to win the women's title with more top-end swimmers, but Allen is confident Mesa can challenge the Lancers for the team title.
"Baptist may be a notch ahead of them, but our goals are no less," Allen said. "Our goal is to come out here and shock the heck out of everybody and have a chance to win conference. We have one or two relays with a good chance to make nationals. That's one of their primary goals, too."
Briana Purkapile leads the Mavericks. The senior will likely swim in the 200 butterfly and the 400 individual medley.
Freshman Eryn Leonard will compete in the butterfly and sprints, and junior Madison Wigg will swim the distance freestyle.
"I think getting a winning attitude is the biggest thing for our women," Allen said. "At the end of the season, they have jelled together and showed more determination to perform well as a team. They're coming together at the right time."


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Breathalyzers coming to D.C. bars
Breathalyzers are coming to D.C. area bars, telling patrons their blood-alcohol level before they step out the door.
The National Highway Safety Administration reports that a drunk driver kills someone every 40 minutes in this country. Six years ago, Kevin Melanson became one of those drivers. That's why he wants to see these breathalyzers installed in every area bar. For Melanson, its more than just business—its personal.
Kevin Melanson lost his best friend to a drunk driver
"Mike's my best friend and neighbor," Melanson said.
Melanson was the drunk driver. He crashed his car in 2006 after a night of partying, Mike was riding in the seat next to him.
"He didn't survive and I was put in a five and a half day coma," Melanson said.
His traumatic brain injury will last a lifetime but Melanson is trying to right his wrong, the only way he knows how.
"This is for just trying to prevent, whether it's one, two, 10, 100 people, down the road from having to go through the same situation," he said.
Bethesda's The Harp and Fiddle is the first bar in the metro region with a breathalyzer—Melanson installed the machine.
"On an average Friday or Saturday night a lot of people use it. People seem to think it's fun," said Tony Marzella, a server at The Harp and Fiddle.
For a dollar, Micheall Myrie is learning his blood alcohol level—three drinks into happy hour.
"I Think this type of machine in a bar allows people to be more responsible," Myrie said.
Drunken driving crashes claimed 370 lives in D.C, Maryland and Virginia last year—nearly 30 percent of all fatal wrecks.
"For that respect, I think it's a good thing that it's there because there are people who shouldn't drive home," Marzella said.
Melanson hopes to get these machines in more bars -- motivated by his past and hoping for a safer future.
"It's one of those things where I try to tell myself, yesterday's history and we're living in today," Melanson said.
Melanson says the machine is as accurate as a police breathalyzer—down to hundredths of a percentage. But, neither the bar, nor the company that makes the machines, holds any legal liability and the results aren't recorded. It's also not admissible in a court, so Melanson wants people to know this is a good way to gauge how much they've had to drink.


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Mother Goose and her goslings have left the nest. One by one, the little ones followed their mother and jumped off the roof of the Contra Costa Times building where they hatched on Monday.
The new mom is a Canada goose who started nesting on our rooftop four years ago and has returned every spring since then to raise a new family of goslings.


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Research Topics
P Stang
Affiliation: Galt Associates
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Prophylaxis against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), varicella, and pneumococcal infections: Economic-based decision-makingDavid R Strutton
Galt Associates, Inc, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19422, USA
J Pediatr 143:S157-62. 2003..To compare costs and health benefits of three prophylactic interventions recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and to help quantify the impact of illness and enhance the physicians' ability to make informed decisions...
- The prevalence of COPD: using smoking rates to estimate disease frequency in the general populationP Stang
Galt Associates, Sterling, VA, USA
Chest 117:354S-9S. 2000..To develop and validate a model based on smoking rates that will provide reliable estimates of the true prevalence of COPD that include both clinically detected and undetected patients...
- Persistence with once-daily versus twice-daily bupropion for the treatment of depression in a large managed-care populationPaul Stang
West Chester University College of Health Sciences, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Am J Ther 14:241-6. 2007....
- Mental and physical comorbid conditions and days in role among persons with arthritisPaul E Stang
Department of Health, West Chester University and Galt Associates West Chester, PA, USA
Psychosom Med 68:152-8. 2006....
- The family impact and costs of migrainePaul E Stang
Galt Associates, Inc, Blue Bell, PA 19422, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:313-20. 2004..To obtain information on migraine and its impact on the family, particularly on the healthcare utilization and productivity of family members without migraine...
- Better patient persistence with once-daily bupropion compared with twice-daily bupropionPaul Stang
West Chester University College of Health Sciences, West Chester, PA, USA
Am J Ther 14:20-4. 2007..These data show that adherence to bupropion therapy in this sample was better with the once-daily XL formulation than with the twice-daily SR formulation across several measures...
- Colon polyp recurrence in a managed care populationMarianne Ulcickas Yood
Galt Associates, 46040 Center Oak Plaza, Suite 100, Sterling, VA 20166, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:422-6. 2003..Understanding the natural history of colorectal polyps from biologic and health care services standpoints is critical in determining optimal treatment...
- Workplace productivity. A review of the impact of migraine and its treatmentP Stang
Galt Associates, Inc, Sterling, Virginia, USA
Pharmacoeconomics 19:231-44. 2001....
- The coprescription of contraindicated drugs with statins: continuing potential for increased risk of adverse eventsPaul Stang
Galt Associates, Inc, Blue Bell, PA 19422, USA
Am J Ther 14:30-40. 2007..Coprescribing of medications not compatible with statins occurs frequently. The extent of coprescribing indicates the need for additional intervention to assure that the risk of untoward effects is mitigated...
- Once-daily bupropion associated with improved patient adherence compared with twice-daily bupropion in treatment of depressionTrent McLaughlin
NDCHealth, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Am J Ther 14:221-5. 2007..260, 95% confidence interval: 0.214-0.316) to achieve MPR >0.7. The use of the once-daily, extended release formulation of bupropion appeared to significantly improve patients' persistence to therapy for the treatment of depression...
- Sleep problems, comorbid mental disorders, and role functioning in the national comorbidity survey replicationThomas Roth
Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biol Psychiatry 60:1364-71. 2006..Little is known about the population prevalence of sleep problems or whether the associations of sleep problems with role impairment are due to comorbid mental disorders...
- Smoking and suicidal behaviors in the National Comorbidity Survey: ReplicationRonald C Kessler
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:369-77. 2007....
- Should excessive worry be required for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder? Results from the US National Comorbidity Survey ReplicationAyelet Meron Ruscio
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Psychol Med 35:1761-72. 2005..No large-scale epidemiological study has ever examined the implications of this requirement for estimates of prevalence, severity, or correlates of GAD...
- US prevalence of hyperhidrosis and impact on individuals with axillary hyperhidrosis: results from a national surveyDavid R Strutton
Galt Associates Inc, Sterling, Virginia, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 51:241-8. 2004..The current epidemiologic data on hyperhidrosis are scarce and insufficient to provide precise prevalence or impact estimates...
- The impact of comorbidity of mental and physical conditions on role disability in the US adult household populationKathleen R Merikangas
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 3720, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:1180-8. 2007..There is limited information that accounts for comorbidity on the impact of role disability associated with a wide range of mental and physical disorders in population-based samples...
- The effects of rheumatoid arthritis on labor force participation, work performance, and healthcare costs in two workplace samplesRonald C Kessler
Department of Health Care Policy, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Boston, MA, USA
J Occup Environ Med 50:88-98. 2008..To assess the workplace costs of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from the employer perspective...
- Comorbid mental disorders account for the role impairment of commonly occurring chronic physical disorders: results from the National Comorbidity SurveyRonald C Kessler
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Occup Environ Med 45:1257-66. 2003..Effectiveness trials in workplace samples are needed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of treating comorbid mental disorders among workers with chronic physical disorders...
- Impact of comorbid attention deficit disorder on the direct medical costs of treating adults with depression in managed carePaul A Fishman
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 68:248-53. 2007..To assess the impact of comorbid attention deficit disorder (ADD) on the direct medical costs of treating adults with depression in a mixed-model health maintenance organization...
- Broadening the definition of generalized anxiety disorder: effects on prevalence and associations with other disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey ReplicationAyelet Meron Ruscio
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, USA
J Anxiety Disord 21:662-76. 2007..Further research is needed to determine whether broadening the current diagnostic criteria results in a more valid characterization of GAD...
- Validity of the assessment of bipolar spectrum disorders in the WHO CIDI 3.0Ronald C Kessler
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Affect Disord 96:259-69. 2006..CIDI BPD screening scales were also evaluated...
- Prevalence of migraine among Mexican Americans in San Diego, California: survey 1Craig A Molgaard
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine Wichita, KS 67214 3199, USA
Headache 42:878-82. 2002..To determine the population-based prevalence of migraine in a cross-sectional random sample of Mexican Americans aged at least 45 years in San Diego County, California...
- Using the World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ) to evaluate the indirect workplace costs of illnessRonald C Kessler
Department of Health Care Polity, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Occup Environ Med 46:S23-37. 2004..Innovative data analysis strategies are described to address these problems...
- Lifetime prevalence of migraine and other headaches lasting 4 or more hours: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) studyApril Perry Carson
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Headache 44:20-8. 2004..To evaluate the lifetime prevalence of migraine and other headaches lasting 4 or more hours in a population-based study of older adults...
- Impact of pain on depression treatment response in primary careMatthew J Bair
Regenstrief Institute and the Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
Psychosom Med 66:17-22. 2004..Pain commonly coexists with depression, but its impact on treatment outcomes has not been well studied. Therefore, we prospectively evaluated the impact of comorbid pain on depression treatment response and health-related quality of life...
- Rhinitis symptoms and comorbidities in the United States: burden of rhinitis in America surveyJennifer Derebery
House Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 139:198-205. 2008..To assess the burden of nasal symptoms in the United States (U.S.) and the comorbid conditions associated with nasal symptoms...


text: My friend was boasting about how secure his network is and how nobody could ever hack into it. I am able to pick it up on my Universal, but it asks me for the WEP code. It would be very funny if I could use his connection after all his boasting :twisted: ! So, is there any app that can do this - perhaps by guessing all possible combinations until it gains access, or any other way?


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Nov. 3, 2008
EAST LANSING, Mich. - A day after defeating No. 6 Northwestern, 1-0, to win the program's first Big Ten regular-season championship, senior Louis Stephens III and sophomore goalkeeper Avery Steinlage were both recognized for their efforts by being named Players of the Week by the conference office on Monday (Nov. 3).
Stephens, a forward, earned Offensive Player of the Week accolades, scoring three goals in two games last week. On Wednesday (Oct. 29), in a 4-0 win over Bowling Green, he scored two goals, one of which was the game-winner. In Sunday's win over Northwestern, Stephens scored the only goal of the game to give MSU the conference title. The Saginaw native is now tied for second on the team in points with 12.
Steinlage was named Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season and made 12 saves in the two wins last week, playing 164:06 of scoreless soccer. Since allowing a penalty kick goal against UIC in a 3-1 win on Oct. 15, Steinlage has posted a 515:03 shutout streak. The Grand Haven native now has seven shutouts this season and ranks second in the Big Ten in save percentage (.911) and saves per-game (5.86).


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Ask Jeeves' Net Income Jumps 162 Percent
Sales for the quarter totaled $60.3 million, a 136 percent increase from last year's second quarter. Net income was $11.6 million, representing a 162 percent jump.
The Emeryville, CA, search engine benefited from the addition of search site brands iWon, My Way, My Search and My Web Search through the ISH acquisition, which closed in May. Ask Jeeves' sales growth was fueled by Google's paid listings that the company shows on topof its own algorithmic search results. Ask Jeeves and Google earlier this week renewed their search partnership through 2007.
Ask Jeeves said it had 1.6 billion queries in the second quarter, down 7 percent from the first quarter. It attributed the downturn to decreases in Internet use and searches during the summer.


text: I have one of the Swedish mausers, I can't remember the date, that were in gun shops 10 years or so ago. It is the one that appears to be 9 feet long. Well anyway it is long. I am checking to make sure that it is ok to shoot modern commercial hunting type ammo in the thing. It is kind of a cool gun and I do not want to destroy it with ignorance.


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Until this one, I hadn't seen a good set of her. Not her fault though.
This is one of the most beautiful women on the site. Perfect in every way! I haven't seen a bad set of her yet.
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RHP James Shields is the Tampa Bay Rays nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, given annually to a player "who best represents the game of baseball through positive contributions on and off the field, including sportsmanship and community involvement.''
Shields and his wife, Ryane, are involved in efforts to help foster children.
He has worked with Eckerd and the Heart Gallery of Pinellas and Pasco over the past five seasons, and last season created the Big Game James Club, which includes a suite at the Trop for kids to watch games.
Per the MLB release:
"The club creates normalcy and a sense of stability and belonging for foster children served by Eckerd. BGJC members get to watch a series of Rays games from the designated Big Game James Club suite. Throughout the season, they celebrate birthdays, get surprise visits from Rays mascot Raymond and are treated to special on-the-field team days where they meet and interact with James and other Rays players.
The suite also serves as an event space for Eckerd and the Heart Gallery to host "Match Events." Potential parents are invited to Rays games to meet and interact with children available for adoption in a non-threatening, fun environment. Since its inception in 2010 the program has been credited for creating at least two "forever families."
Chevrolet will donate $7,500 to a charity of Shields' choice during a pregame ceremony on Saturday, September 24. He has chosen to split the donation between Eckerd and the Heart Gallery of Pinellas and Pasco.


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This lightweight Gear Aid Tent Repair Kit can make the difference between wet or dry, insects or no insects, complaints or smiles. Choose wisely. With Gear Aid, anyone can be a master of gear repair. Use it to fix rips, tears, leaks, broken poles and busted zippers so your tent can keep up the good work. You can also perform emergency field repairs on your pack, jacket, sleeping bag and even glue the sole of your boot back on. Keep going with Gear Aid. Tip, keep a kit in your tent bag, it will always be there when you need it. Comes with instructions and a tent repair manual.
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Don't get caught out in the woods without this tent repair kit if you're packing a tent!Weight:6 oz. value when you need it:priceless.It contains everything you would need to make temporary repair to your tent till you can make permanent repairs or order new parts.