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Value Energy Solutions, one of the largest lighting installation and lighting retrofit companies in the nation, recently was awarded an energy efficient lighting retrofit project for the Missouri Department of Transportation. MoDOT is responsible for providing Missouri with safe and modern roadways, bridges and transportation. In addition to maintaining the seventh largest state highway system in the country, MoDot is actively promoting safety, conservation, recycling and other community programs. It made sense for them to look for ways to lower energy costs and reduce their carbon footprint.
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where can I find the code for the game god of war 3? .The code you have to program with your controller?
How you do the code on the controller,Im looking for how you use your controller to put in the code for the game and I can get the codes?
trackman777 - 4 years ago
There is no code, but there is a glitch for the game, (you must beat the game first, though.) I think you must do this.
1. Go into the arena after beating the challenges.
2. Set the difficulty to the hardest on and set it to infinite health and magic.
3. Pick gorgon enemies and set all weapons to max level.
4. Go into the arena and get killed a certain number of times.(gorgans will kill Kratos by turning him to stone and smashing him.)
5. A message will come up asking if you would like to restart on easy difficulty.
6. Select no.
7. It will take you back to the main menu and you should hear the arena music morphing with the menu music. This shows that that the glitch worked.
8. Start a new game on any difficulty, and you will have the following: Infinite health, infinite magic, and all weapons maxed out. But when the blades of Athena are replaced, the new blades will be level one. you will have all weapons, to.
Hope this helped!
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Lebanese singer Carol Samaha is in the process of preparing to shoot a new music video for the song "Nazalt Al Satair" (I Closed the Curtains) under the production of Salim Al Turk.
The song is part of Carol's latest album and is written by Saudi Prince Mohammad Bin Abdullah Al Faisal and composed by Prince Bandar Bin Fahid.
According to the London based Elaph, Carol is scheduled to be guest on a number of television programs in Egypt and Lebanon.
The singer cooperated with some of the brightest composers and poets from around the Arab world. Carol revealed that she plans on filming a music video for a Khaligi (Gulf) song, which is a first time experience for her, stressing that she is hopeful it will meet the satisfaction of her fans. The singer added that she also filmed a clip for the song "Habait Dil Waqt" (I Just Loved Now) sung in the Egyptian accent and will be used in a new Egyptian movie.
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Safety and Efficacy Study of Daclizumab High Yield Process (DAC HYP) to Treat Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (SELECT)
This study has been completed.
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First received: October 17, 2006
Last updated: May 31, 2016
Last verified: May 2016
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The primary objective of this study is to determine whether DAC HYP, when compared to placebo, is effective in reducing the rate of relapses between baseline and Week 52. The secondary objectives are to determine whether DAC HYP is effective in reducing the number of new gadolinium (Gd)-enhancing lesions, reducing the number of new or newly-enlarging T2 hyperintense lesions, reducing the proportion of participants with relapses, and improving quality of life.
|Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
|Biological: BIIB019 (Daclizumab High Yield Process) Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Study to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of Daclizumab HYP (DAC HYP) as a Monotherapy Treatment in Subjects With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Adjusted Annualized Relapse Rate Between Baseline and Week 52 [ Time Frame: Baseline through Week 52 ]Relapses are defined as new or recurrent neurologic symptoms not associated with fever or infection, lasting at least 24 hours, and accompanied by new objective neurological findings upon examination by the examining neurologist. The annualized relapse rate was calculated as the total number of relapses that occurred during the study divided by the total number of subject-years followed in the study.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Adjusted Mean Number of New Gadolinium (Gd)-Enhancing Lesions Between Week 8 and Week 24 [ Time Frame: Week 8 through Week 24 ]Gd-enhancing lesions are detected when Gd leaks into a perivascular space due to local breakdown of the blood-brain barrier, indicating the presence of active inflammation. For participants with missing data the last valid nonbaseline measurement was carried forward if the participant was missing only 1 or 2 consecutive postbaseline scans. Otherwise the mean based on treatment group and visit was used as the imputed value. Estimated from a negative binomial model adjusted for the baseline number of Gd-enhancing lesions.
- Adjusted Mean Number of New or Newly-enlarging T2 Hyperintense Lesions at Week 52 [ Time Frame: Week 52 ]Lesions detected on T2-weighted sequences represent a range of histopathology related to MS, including edema, inflammation, demyelination, gliosis, and axon loss.
- Proportion of Participants Who Relapsed at Week 52 [ Time Frame: Week 52 ]Estimated cumulative proportion of participants relapsed at Week 52, based on the Kaplan-Meier product limit method. Only relapses confirmed by the Independent Neurology Evaluation Committee were included in the analysis.
- Mean Change From Baseline in Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS)-29 Physical Impact Score at Week 52 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 52 ]The 29-item Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29) is a disease specific patient-reported outcome measure that has been developed and validated to examine the physical and psychological impact of MS from a patient's perspective; it measures 20 physical items and 9 psychological items. Responses use a 5 point Likert scale range from 1 to 5. All questions are to be answered. The total score is the sum of points for all 29 questions, with a minimum score of 29, and a maximum score of 145. A lower total score indicates less physically-related impact while a higher total score indicates greater physically-related impact on a subject's functioning.
|Study Start Date:
|February 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Participants will receive 3 subcutaneous (SC) injections of placebo every 4 weeks for up to 52 weeks.
Drug: Placebo
Placebo SC injection
Experimental: 150 mg DAC HYP
Participants will receive 3 SC injections every 4 weeks for up to 52 weeks.
Biological: BIIB019 (Daclizumab High Yield Process)
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Experimental: 300 mg DAC HYP
Participants will receive 3 SC injections every 4 weeks for up to 52 weeks.
Biological: BIIB019 (Daclizumab High Yield Process)
SC injection
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 55 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Key Inclusion Criteria:
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) subjects who have a confirmed diagnosis of relapsing-remitting MS according to McDonald criteria #1-4 and a baseline Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) between 0.0 and 5.0, inclusive, who meet either of the following 2 criteria:
- Have experienced at least 1 relapse within the 12 months prior to randomization, with a cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrating lesion(s) consistent with MS , OR
- Show evidence of gadolinium-enhancing lesions of the brain on an MRI performed within the 6 weeks prior to randomization.
Key Exclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of primary progressive, secondary progressive, or progressive relapsing MS
- History of malignancy
- History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions or known drug hypersensitivity
- History of abnormal laboratory results based on investigator judgment
- History of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or other immunodeficient conditions
- History of drug or alcohol abuse within the 2 years prior to randomization
- An MS relapse that has occurred within the 50 days prior to randomization AND/OR the subject has not stabilized from a previous relapse prior to randomization
- Positive screening for active infection with Hepatitis B virus or Hepatitis C virus
- Varicella or herpes zoster virus infection or any severe viral infection within 6 weeks before Screening
- Exposure to varicella zoster virus within 21 days before Screening.
- Abnormal blood tests at Screening: Hemoglobin ≤9.0 g/dL, Platelets ≤100 × 10^9/L, Lymphocytes ≤1.0 × 10^9/L, Neutrophils ≤1.5 × 10^9/L, alanine aminotransferase/serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (ALT/SGPT), aspartate aminotransferase/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (AST/SGOT), or gamma-glutamyl-transferase >2 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) and serum creatinine >ULN.
NOTE: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
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(MSActiveSource.com is a resource for news, information, and disease management for all individuals touched by Multiple Sclerosis. This site is sponsored by Biogen Idec.)
(The website of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, an organization dedicated to providing information to individuals with MS, their families, and healthcare providers.)
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Huss DJ, Mehta DS, Sharma A, You X, Riester KA, Sheridan JP, Amaravadi LS, Elkins JS, Fontenot JD. In vivo maintenance of human regulatory T cells during CD25 blockade. J Immunol. 2015 Jan 1;194(1):84-92.
Gold R, Giovannoni G, Selmaj K, Havrdova E, Montalban X, Radue EW, Stefoski D, Robinson R, Riester K, Rana J, Elkins J, O'Neill G; SELECT study investigators. Daclizumab high-yield process in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (SELECT): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2013 Jun 22;381(9884):2167-75. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62190-4. Epub 2013 Apr 4.
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|NCT00390221 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|October 17, 2006
|Results First Received:
|May 31, 2016
|Last Updated:
|May 31, 2016
Keywords provided by Biogen:
multiple sclerosis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
Pathologic Processes
Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS
Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System
Nervous System Diseases
Demyelinating Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Immunoglobulin G
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Duly Quoted: Councillor Mike Del Grande
"I have left downtown and dashed to get my private jet and fly off to Rio in Brazil. They do not have an extradition agreement to force me to come back. I am going to wine and dine and have a great merry old time not thinking of City Hall for as long as I can…Assume I am not going to read your email."
—Del Grande (Ward 39, Scarborough Agincourt), the City's famously cantankerous budget chief, is on vacation this week. Above, an excerpt from his actual out-of-office bounce-back email, automatically delivered to anyone who sends an email to his official account.


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Some of the best stories start out saying, "You ain't gonna believe this. Here's a few of them!
Hello Dear Reader. This is a little group of stories that you may find interesting. They are based on true incidents from my years in the Army some thirty-five years or so ago. I would use the old line of how the names have been changed to protect the innocent, but the trouble with that is in these stories, there are no innocents.
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Steven Parez was standing outside his apartment Monday night when his neighbors' fighting got too much to take.
Thomas Callahan, 42, was fighting with his girlfriend of five months when he pulled out a pocket knife and told her: "Are you happy now&? Now you are gonna get it," according to a police report.
That's when the girlfriend screamed for help.
So Parez got involved, though not quite in the way he expected.
"I don't want to wake up today and have her come out with a black eye or something," he said.
Parez, a 32-year-old window-washer supervisor, said he told Callahan to cool it and go back in his apartment.
"Who's got something to say?" Parez said Callahan responded.
Then Callahan came up to confront him face-to-face.
"He had his right hand behind his back and I knew he had something so I kind of got sideways," Parez said. "As soon as his arm come around I swung and hit him with a straight jab. I think I broke his nose."
The two men tussled in the parking lot outside the Longbranch Apartments at 2175 62nd St. N in Largo. Police said Callahan stabbed Parez. Parez said he was cut several times, including on his thumb and slashes on the back.
The crowd standing around the two men eventually tackled Callahan. When police arrived they arrested him.
Callahan is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, child abuse and domestic abuse. He was being held at the Pinellas County Jail Tuesday without bail.
Parez was treated at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg and released. Despite his injuries, he said he would be back to work on Thursday because he needs the money. He's just glad that the fight didn't turn into something worse.
"I don't know what I was thinking at the moment," he said. "I was just trying not to let that escalate into something stupid."
Times staff writer Casey Cora contributed to this report. Jonathan Abel can be reached at email@example.com or (727) 445-4157.


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Kuala Lumpur, Nov 30 (ANI): Heart diseases, chronic respiratory conditions, cancer and diabetes are the world's top four killer diseases - more fatal than the much feared ailments like AIDS and influenza A (H1N1), says United Nations official.
United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health director Tan Sri Dr Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin said the above finding was frightening because these diseases were "highly preventable" and were due to lifestyle choices.
"Such non-infectious diseases or chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs), also contribute to 60 percent of all deaths worldwide," The Star Online quoted him as telling reporters at Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
"It is twice the number of the combined deaths caused by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal and perinatal conditions and nutritional deficiencies," he added.
Mohamed Salleh also said that such illnesses were silent killers and would affect those who do not control their diet and exercise.
"The rise in these CNCDs may be caused by the improved standard of living in countries like India and China where people become more affluent and eat richer foods," he said.
He added that the four top diseases were pinpointed by the recently formed Global Alliances for Chronic Diseases in its inaugural summit in New Delhi and that it was now working towards coordinating research to combat the diseases. (ANI)


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Shocking photos: Michael Jackson is Bat Boy!
Years and years of plastic surgery has transformed the ears of Michael Jackson into something closely resembling ... Bat Boy!
The Mail Online in the UK has photos of Jacko and his mangled ears. (We can't show them here for copyright reasons, but click here to view them.) The damage is from removing cartilage from the ear for use in his nose reconstruction, the Mail says.
Normally Michael's long hair covers his ears, but his hair has been cut back while he undergoes treatment for skin cancer.
IN OTHER JACKO NEWS: A concert promoter in New Jersey is suing Jackson and trying to stop his scheduled shows in London this summer after the singer allegedly canceled a reunion show in the U.S. Don't worry, Mr. Promoter. If Michael actually does take the stage for any concerts this year, we'll all have the same surprised look on our faces as Bay Boy.


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For months the Pasco County Sheriff's Office has investigated the disappearance of tens of thousands of dollars from an infamous Port Richey law firm.
The latest tally: More than $200,000 — money that belonged to the clients of the now-defunct firm — is all gone.
Who did it? The criminal investigation is still going. No one has been arrested.
But last month in court, two women testified that they had access to the firm's pilfered bank accounts.
One was disgraced ex-attorney Jessica Miller.
The other was her ex-paralegal, ex-office manager and ex-best friend Kristen Collins.
Miller took the stand last month to defend herself against a charge that she disobeyed a judge's order to appear in court. She blamed Collins. Collins took the stand to defend herself.
That may have been a mistake for them both.
By defending themselves, Miller and Collins also linked themselves to the bank accounts under investigation — and everything they said in open court is fair game for the authorities.
They also gave a glimpse into how their dysfunctional law firm did — or rather, didn't — work.
"Let's just say this doesn't look good," said Assistant State Attorney Mary Handsel. "The state is still investigating. But that was very enlightening testimony."
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A judge found Miller guilty June 23 of indirect criminal contempt of court. She sits in the county jail, awaiting sentencing on Tuesday. She faces up to six months in the same jail.
Miller's defense at the contempt trial was, basically, that she was a bad lawyer. She said she had no idea how things worked or what went on at the firm. She said she relied on Collins for everything: legal advice, business practices, even control of their bank accounts.
That's why, Miller argued, she shouldn't have been blamed when a judge's November order to return $28,000 to a client went ignored. Miller testified that her paralegal was supposed to take care of that.
Miller's defense attorney in the contempt trial, Steve Bartlett, even had a former employee testify that Miller didn't run the law office — Collins did.
"She called herself many things," Virginia Lampmann, a former employee of the firm, testified about Collins. "Project manager, legal director, paralegal."
A matter of control
But Lampmann was not the ideal defense witness.
That's because Lampmann linked Miller to the firm's trust account: She said Miller twice paid her salary from it.
In the world of lawyers, trust accounts are sacred.
That's where lawyers store their clients' funds. They can keep client retainers in there, or hold money for a client. The $28,000 that disappeared was from a client's home sale that was supposed to be in Miller's trust account.
Florida Bar rules say that only lawyers can control trust accounts. Lawyers are also required to regularly track and reconcile trust accounts.
But Miller's defense in the contempt case, for everything, is that she had nothing to do with the firm's trust account.
Until, that is, Miller called Lampmann to the stand.
"So clearly Ms. Miller had access to the trust account checks?" asked Handsel, who prosecuted the contempt case.
"Yes," Lampmann said.
Lawyers are allowed to take money from trust accounts if they have rendered services — say, they can take payment from a client's retainer.
So Miller could defend paying Lampmann's salary out of a trust account by saying she used a portion of the client's money she earned as an attorney.
But to do that, a lawyer has to keep track of how much money in the trust account belongs to the client and how much belongs to the lawyer.
Miller testified in court that she didn't keep track of the trust account.
A taxing issue, too
Like Miller, Collins has run afoul of the law and the Bar.
Collins was sentenced to probation in 2005 for forging the signatures of a Pasco judge and a Pinellas attorney. Twice in nine years the Bar found she engaged in the unlicensed practice of law. She's now under investigation on charges that she did it again.
Miller and her lawyer have publicly, repeatedly, blamed Collins for cleaning out the firm.
They accused the paralegal of using the firm's accounts to pay for her children's schooling, her Mercedes, even her bills.
Collins said she isn't to blame for the missing money. But she doesn't deny paying her bills with firm checks. That's how Miller paid her salary, she said.
"I wasn't paid a paycheck," Collins testified back in June. "That's how Jessica chose to pay me so she didn't have to match my federal taxes with the IRS at the end of the year."
(The prosecutor plans to send a transcript of the trial to the IRS and state agencies to see what, if any, tax laws may have been broken.)
Collins testified she had access to the firm's accounts, including the trust account. The paralegal said the firm had to rely on the trust account to get by.
"We had a lot of problems with bounced checks," Collins testified. "So we had to use trust account checks to pay everybody."
No accounting for it
Miller's trust account was just about empty when the client's $28,000 was deposited in 2006.
And it was soon empty again.
"The most egregious thing to me is when she deposited the $28,000 check into the account, she had 77 cents in there," said Handsel, "and within two months she had zero dollars in that account."
So in court, both women linked themselves to the firm's depleted accounts. But who was supposed to be keeping the books?
"The books, did anyone keep track of them with a ledger?" Miller's attorney, Bartlett, asked his client.
"Well there really wasn't a ledger," Miller said.
"So there was no accounting done, on paper, on a ledger, saying when the checks came in?" Bartlett asked the paralegal.
"Not to my knowledge," Collins said.
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Daniel Sturridge continued his fine spell in front of goal by striking late to give England a 1-0 win over Denmark as Roy Hodgson's side continue their FIFA World Cup™ preparations.
It was England's penultimate Wembley warm-up before heading abroad as they build towards Brazil 2014 and were it not for the impressive Kasper Schmeichel in the visiting goal it could well have been a more comfortable evening.
Before the game the legendary pair of former England striker Tom Finney and UEFA EURO 1992 winning coach Richard Moller Nielsen were remembered by fans and players, but the game rarely lived up to that of the greats it was honouring.
England began brightly with a neat turn inside the area from Raheem Sterling, but his scuffed shot was easily gathered by Schmeichel as the hosts had the better of the early exchanges. Michael Krohn-Dehli had the Dane's fist sight of goal shortly after, volleying high over the bar from inside the England area, before the visitors almost gifted England a pair of openings.
Steven Gerrard robbed a dallying Casper Sloth on the ball only to be up-ended by the defender, before Wayne Rooney caused visiting pulses to race after beating Schmeichel to the ball only to scuff his effort across goal.
Liverpool's in-form striker Sturridge crafted his first sight of goal impressively. Neat feet on the right side of the box saw him develop the space to fire a vicious shot across the face of goal, with Rooney arriving just too late to meet it.
Krohn-Dehli continued to look like Denmark's most creative force, and the visitors should have gone ahead after the Celta Vigo man released Jakob Poulsen through the middle of the England defence, but Chris Smalling recovered well to deny him with the goal at his mercy.
Superb Schmeichel
At the other end there could have been two goals in the final five minutes of the opening period. Firstly, Raheem Sterling slid in to strike the post from an Ashley Cole cross under pressure from Peter Ankersen. Schmeichel was ultimately the only reason it was level at the break, saving superbly with his feet from Sturridge following a Gary Cahill knockdown.
A slip from Glen Johnson almost gifted a chance for Nicklas Bendtner, who shot straight at Joe Hart, while a mis-timed slide from Agger handed England a chance from 20-yard free-kick, but Rooney's last action of the game saw him hit the wall.
Hart was called into action again with 25 minutes to go as a scramble in the England half saw the ball spill to substitute Morten Rasmussen, but the Manchester City stopper charged out to close the angles and snuff out the chance.
At the other end Schmeichel added another save to his name, diving low to his left to deny Daniel Welbeck, who held Andreas Bjelland at bay before unleashing his driven effort. Schmeichel came out on top again as the two squared up moments later, saving with his feet for the second time in the night as he scrambled stop the Manchester United forward.
Sturridge was the next to be thwarted, as his rasping left-footed shot was beaten over the bar, with the Leicester City goalkeeper intent on keeping his sheet clean for the night. However it was not to be for the visiting keeper as the same man struck with just under ten minutes to play.
A short-corner routine allowed Adam Lallana space to run at the Danish defence. Neat skill allowed him time pick out the Liverpool forward at the back post, who duly nodded back across goal and beyond the unfortunate Schmeichel.


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We're so proud of our local authors (and librarians)!
Rebecca O'Connell, author of The Baby Goes Beep and Danny Is Done with Diapers, has written another fun book for busy babies.
In Baby Parade, cheerful text encourages readers (or listeners) to interact with rosy-cheeked babies of various ethnicities as they stroll, crawl, and finally walk by, perhaps on their way to a storytime. They can wave to babies in yellow backpacks, blue blankets, and (wearing) purple sneakers. 🙂 The simple lines not only engage attention, but subtly introduce concepts like color and texture.
The text and illustrations work particularly well together. When O'Connell points to something, Susie Poole's illustrations not only show it but relate it to a whole scene. Even the parents' mix-match of clothing feels casually realistic. Parents and caregivers can smile in recognition at the moments or touches that could only come from a baby's antics. (I'm fond of the baby standing precariously close to a cupcake, because you just know what could happen.) Babies and toddlers can smile at the other babies as they explore and get to know each other, and maybe even grin or clap as they hear an exuberant "Walking!" as the parade comes around. And you might find yourself smiling back.
Along with The Baby Goes Beep, Baby Parade is sure to be a hit with curious babies at storytime.


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Kelly Clarkson Talks Engagement + Performs 'Catch My Breath' on 'Ellen'
Fresh off her performance medley at the 2012 American Music Awards, Kelly Clarkson stopped by 'The Ellen Degeneres Show' to sit down with the talk show host and perform 'Catch My Breath,' the lead single off of her upcoming Greatest Hits album.
Shockingly, Ellen DeGeneres started off the interview with a congratulatory remark that probably surprised most viewers. "Congratulations, you're engaged!" shouted the host, which caused Clarkson emit a nervous laughter before clearing that up. "No, no I'm not engaged! Everyone thinks we are, but we've actually only been dating nine months!"
But Clarkson did say that she and boyfriend Brandon Blackstock will get eventually get married one day, but that they'd elope! DeGeneres disagreed, saying that because the singer lives in Nashville, she should have an outdoor wedding. It'd be "just another day to get my picture taken," Clarkson countered.
The singer also performed her latest hit 'Catch My Breath,' which sounded lovely as usual, coming from the always-on Clarkson. Dressed in all black, her blonde hair flowing freely past her shoulders, she was her typical self, delivering an incomparable performance that always makes her a joy to watch.
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A storey building on Igando Road, Lagos, yesterday went up in flames, destroying property which monetary value could not be immediately ascertained.
The cause of the fire said to have started at about 11a.m. was unknown. but report said it started from a flat on the ground floor.
A resident who reportedly noticed smoke emanating from the affected flat raised alarm which alerted others.
Some of the occupants reportedly sustained minor injuries in the resultant stampede.
Youths in the area were said to have battled hard to put out the fire and at the same time prevent it from spreading to other flats.
Their efforts were aided by that from the fire service which later arrived the scene and put out the fire.
Policemen from Igando division were reportedly drafted to the scene to safeguard property that were salvaged by the occupants.
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I had ryno done 3 weeks ago to correct a bump to the nose (right side of bridge)- my surgeon said i have what is described as a 'flat top' nose & to get rid of the bump he would have to rasp the nose each side of the bridge so they matched creating a more curved appearance, because my nose is quite wide the roundness/curved shape to the bridge has left my nose looking even wider and shapeless and uneven from the front -could this wide front shape be down to swelling? options moving forward pls??
Worried I've Had my Nose Shape Changed for the Worst! When Will I Know For Sure?
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Bridge is flat and wide after rhinoplasty
If the hump is reduced without a proper infracture the nose will appear wider than before. The effect is like taking the top off a triangle. Rasping the sides may not be as good an option as infracture, but only a careful exam will tell.
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Flat nose
A flat nose can develop when rasping is performed and the nasal bones are not brought in to recreate the gentl triangular shape of the nose. Hard to say without pre and post photos.
Flat top nsoe
It's really hard to tell without seeing photos. i'm going to guess though that unless bone and/or cartilage was removed from the "flat" part of the bridge, and lateral osteotomies were made to close the open roof, that your nose would not appear more narrow. You'd be better off discussing with your surgeon.
Learn more: http://www.cosmeticsurgerybaltimore.com/html/rhinoplasty-procedure.html
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No amount of hoop jumping could save business-database bill
Colorado Democratic state Rep. Dan Pabon did everything but endorse Mitt Romney to try to get Colorado House Republicans to back his bill on creating local-business databases Wednesday.
But in the end, his efforts went for naught.
The House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee defeated Senate Bill 143 on a party-line 5-4 vote — a result that was not surprising, given the party-line vote on which it came out of the Democratic-controlled Senate.
But what was surprising was the hoops that Pabon jumped through first to make the bill more palatable to critics — including one who declared when he got to the microphone in a hearing last week that he wasn't sure he was opposing it anymore.
SB 143, sponsored by Sen. Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, began life as a measure that would direct the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade to compile a database of all local businesses in the state by 2014 and create a smartphone app with the information.
Several business groups and businesspeople, including PioneerHQ.com cofounder John Wren, complained they were looking to develop similar programs, putting the state into competition with private firms.
> Colorado Capitol Report: DBJ coverage of the 2012 Legislature
So, Pabon, the Denver-based House sponsor, rewrote the bill to require the state only to make data on locally based businesses available in a public form so that entrepreneurs could find the information on the government's website and use it to create apps or programs. This, he said, would let the private sector more easily create a marketable product.
Pabon even brought in Quinn Reilly, a former Oregon state employee who helped to create a similar database for his state, to testify at a March 22 hearing that within days of putting such data in the public domain, entrepreneurs were using it to create applications.
And when it came time for the aforementioned Wren to speak to the committee, he said: "I walked in the room today in opposition because it was our understanding this was to be a statewide effort ... Maybe this is a good thing. I'm all for transparency in government."
"This benefits everyone," Pabon concluded.
In the end, though, none of that helped the bill. Several Republicans on the committee said they just didn't understand why the state had to take an active role in getting the information organized for the public when entrepreneurs could find similar databases from private organizations like the Better Business Bureau.
"I think you're on to something," Rep. Jim Kerr, R-Littleton, told Pabon after voting to kill the bill. "My own perspective is that I think the businesses can do this as well or better than having the government do this."
Well, at least Pabon can still vote for a Democratic presidential candidate.


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Four-star Jupiter QB Cameron commits to Bulls
USF got the big recruiting news it was hoping for today, as Tyler Cameron, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound quarterback from Jupiter thought by some to be the top quarterback in the state for 2012, committed to the Bulls, choosing USF over LSU, Purdue and Illinois.
"It's a program on the rise, and I feel like I can do a lot of big things there," said Cameron, who announced his decision on Tuesday night. "
Cameron, who will join the Bulls in January as an early enrollee, is a key addition to a recruiting class already ranked as high as No. 20 nationally by Rivals.com -- that site rates him as a four-star recruit, making him the third four-star committed to USF, along with tight end Sean Price and receiver LaMarlin Wiggins.
Cameron is rated as the No. 6 dual-threat quarterback in the country by Rivals, and he's the state's No. 18 overall prospect according to the Orlando Sentinel. It's the second year in a row the Bulls will have an early-enrollee quarterback, as Milton's Matt Floyd joined the team this past January.
Cameron was recruited to USF by quarterbacks coach Peter Vaas and defensive tackles coach Kevin Patrick, who recruits his area. Asked for his strengths on the field, Cameron cited "my ability to run the ball and throw the ball. I feel I can throw the ball as well as anyone. I just make things happen."
Cameron's commitment could help the Bulls make the most of their remaining scholarships -- with only 14 seniors on scholarship this fall, the Bulls only have four more scholarships available, plus whatever comes available through attrition.
"I definitely want to help with recruiting, to get some more good players like they already have," he said.


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Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Performs Benefit Concert
Louis Scaglione, president and music director of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PYO) announced that PYO's Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra (PYAO) will perform a benefit concert for The Union League of Philadelphia's Youth Work Foundation in Lincoln Hall on Sunday, March 4 at 2p.m. Geoffrey McDonald will conduct more than 70 talented middle- and high-school aged classical musicians in Rossini's "Overture to IL Barbiere di Siviglia," Britten's "Matinées Musicales" and Beethoven's "Symphony No. 1."
"This concert is a wonderful opportunity for the dedicated students in the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra to play in The Union League of Philadelphia's magnificent Lincoln Hall – an incredible venue for performers and audience, alike," said Maestro Scaglione of PYO. "This special benefit concert allows the PYO organization and our gifted young musicians to support youth around the region."
The Youth Work Foundation of The Union League of Philadelphia's mission in support of the League's motto, "Love of Country Leads," is to motivate young people to set high personal standards of behavior and leadership, and to inspire them to become responsible citizens. The Foundation fulfills its mission by working with youth serving agencies in the Greater Delaware Valley to identify young leaders and to provide them with citizenship training, scholarship opportunities, college and career counseling and network support.
Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra (PYAO) provides advanced orchestra training for students who are advanced technically but may need large orchestral ensemble experience. Through standard orchestra repertoire, instruction emphasizes the development of musicianship and large-ensemble performance skills.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students (14-17) and seniors; children 13 and under are admitted for free. The Union League of Philadelphia is located at 140 S. Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pa. For more information, please visit the PYO website.


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Proper skeletal muscle function is dependent on activation and repression of numerous genes in satellite cells, which are tissue-specific stem cells, as well as in multinucleated contractile myofibers. Gene expression is regulated in part by controlling the localization of proteins with nuclear functions, such as transcription factors and chromatin remodeling enzymes. The subcellular localization of these nuclear proteins must be tightly controlled because altered nuclear import or export could result in aberrant muscle mass and function. How key nuclear regulatory proteins gain access to nuclei in satellite cells and myofibers is unknown. Most transport between the nucleus and the cytoplasm is mediated by nuclear pore complexes in concert with nuclear transport receptors that recognize cargo proteins and mediate transport through these nuclear pores. Our long-term goal is to understand the function of the nuclear transport machinery in normal and aged muscle and how it contributes to control of gene expression. Based on our preliminary data together with published literature, we hypothesize that perturbations in the nuclear transport machinery (nuclear import receptors and nuclear pores) alter muscle physiology. This proposal uses complementary in vitro and in vivo approaches to probe different components of the nucleocytoplasmic transport machinery in satellite cells and myofibers in order to obtain an integrated analysis of nuclear transport. Thus, we will interrogate the function of specific nuclea import receptors in satellite cells (Aim 1) and the selectivity of specific nuclear import pathways for individual nuclei of multinucleated myofibers (Aim 2). In addition, we will assess nuclear pore selectivity in skeletal muscle nuclei in response to aging and oxidative stress (Aim 3). Understanding how nucleocytoplasmic transport is regulated in skeletal muscle will lead to a greater understanding of how external signals are sensed by muscle cells and translated into changes in gene expression necessary for tissue homeostasis. These analyses may provide new targets for preventing loss of muscle mass with aging, injury, or disease. In addition, our analyses may enhance the efficiency of cell therapeutic approaches that rely on fusion and nuclear reprogramming of individual donor cells with multinucleated myofibers.
Transport of proteins into the nucleus is a key regulatory step in gene expression in eukaryotes. Deleterious changes in the machinery that transports proteins into the nucleus likely alters gene expression and proper cell function. We seek to understand this machinery in mature muscle cells and stem cells and determine its modulation with aging and oxidative stress.
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A fantastic 3 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment with private balcony and underground parking, located on the 1st floor of this popular Hampstead Garden Suburb portered block within a tranquil cul-de-sac setting.
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DescriptionRocky is a small, relatively deep lake, in the Oyster River drainage of the Lac La Croix basin, 17¾ miles east of Crane Lake and 26¾ miles NNW of Ely. A mile long and fairly narrow, Rocky is pinched by high hills rising, often quite steeply, over 150' above the shore. Its 116 acres have a maximum depth of 40' as the slope of the lake bottom continues that of the hillsides above.
An 85 rod, up-and-over portage off the northwestern shore connects with Green Lake to the north, gaining 38' of elevation in the first 25 rods before leveling out and then dropping 66' into Green. At the south end of Rocky, another 85 rod carry bypasses the short run of Rocky Creek, climbing 14' in the first 48 rods, then descending 28' to the shores of Oyster. At the far northern end, Chase Creek runs down from tiny Chase Lake, which sits just north, and 23' above, Rocky's northern shore.
The forests which ring Rocky Lake are nearly 250 years old, having grown largely undisturbed since the fire years of 1755-1759. This region of the BWCA escaped damage in the 4th of July windstorms of 1999, which caused such extensive tree loss to the south and east.
CampsitesRocky supports a single established campsite, in the northeast end.
Planning ConsiderationsRocky is a link in the Gebeonequet/Oyster route which runs south from the mouth of Gebeonequet Creek on Pocket Creek, through Gebeonequet, Green, and Rocky lakes, to Oyster. There it connects with the east/west Pauness/Boulder Bay route, which heads north and east out of Upper and Lower Pauness on the Little Indian Sioux River through Shell, Little Shell, Lynx, Ruby, Hustler, Oyster, and Lake Agnes, to Boulder Bay on Lac La Croix. The campsite on Rocky would may a good base from which to bushwhack up to Chase.
WildlifeRocky Lake supports populations of Northern Pike (Esox lucius), Pumpkinseed Sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni), and Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens).
Notes and CommentsConsistent with its name, Rocky is indeed a very rocky lake.
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Clarinetist Margaret Donaghue Flavin is associate professor of instrumental performance and program director of Woodwinds at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. She has performed in some of the worlds' major concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, the Zurich Tonhalle, La Scala, and for the Maggio Musicale in Florence. She has appeared at international conferences in Oslo, Norway, Manchester, England, Chicago, and New Orleans, among others and is a popular clinician and adjudicator. Chamber music recitals include Honolulu, Grand Cayman, London, and Paris, as well as venues across Europe and Japan.
Margaret Donaghue Flavin has appeared as soloist with the Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra and the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, (China), as well as the Russe State Philharmonic (Bulgaria). She gives master classes and recitals across the United States and performs with her trio, Miami Chamber Ensemble and newly formed ensembles, Pulse Chamber Music and MiamiClarinet.
Donaghue recently served a three-year term as a member of the Fulbright National Screening Committee. She received a B.M. from the University of New Hampshire, M.M. from the University of Michigan, and D.M.A. from the University of Illinois. Donaghue was previously on the faculties of Central Michigan University and the University of Connecticut. She can be heard on Centaur, Albany, and Altarus labels.


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Updated 12:40 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON The Senate will take a procedural step toward passing a short-term funding resolution Wednesday afternoon, a move that likely won't help avert a government shutdown but did end a lengthy filibuster-style speech by Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
Senate procedures forced Cruz to end a lengthy floor speech he began delivering Tuesday afternoon after holding the floor for 21 hours and 19 minutes. He assisted at times by eight of his conservative colleagues.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is expected to get the 60 votes needed to clear a procedural hurdle before the Senate can vote on the House Republicans' spending bill. The vote is expected around 1 p.m.
- Cruz holds faux filibuster as Senate readies spending bill vote
- Hillary Clinton warns Republicans against gov't shutdown
Cruz couldn't prevent the vote from moving forward, but he took to the floor at 2:41 p.m. Tuesday announcing, "I intend to speak against Obamacare until I am no longer able to stand." The multi-hour affair technically is not a filibuster, because of the Senate's procedural rules, but resembled a filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., earlier this year during the nomination of now-CIA Director John Brennan. That went on for just under 13 hours.
Cruz's speech will take its place in the history books as the fourth-longest Senate speech since 1900. To top the longest speech of all time -- delivered by former Sen. Strom Thurmond, who filibustered a 1957 civil rights bill for for 24 hours and 18 minutes -- Cruz would have needed to speak until 2:59 p.m.
He passed some of the time making references to "Star Wars," "Duck Dynasty," and reading Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" to his daughters, who were at home in Texas, watching him on television.
"When Americans tried it, they discovered they did not like green eggs and ham and they did not like Obamacare either," Cruz said. "They did not like Obamacare in a box, with a fox, in a house or with a mouse. It is not working."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., downplayed the significance of Cruz's speech after arriving at the Capitol Wednesday morning, according to the Associated Press.
"He raised some money with the tea party folks," Reid said. "That's what it's all about."
Cruz's remarks temporarily delayed the Senate from moving forward with a procedural vote on the House Republicans' spending bill, which funds the government through Dec. 15 but strips funding from the Affordable Care Act. Senate aides tell CBS News that the vote will happen no later than 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday, regardless of Cruz's speech.
Although Cruz fully supports defunding the health care law, he has expressed concern that allowing the Senate to consider the measure will only allow Democrats to amend it and put the funding back in.
"Anyone who votes to cut off debate is voting to allow Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid [D-Nev.] to fully fund Obamacare," Cruz said on the floor of the Senate.
Cruz was joined by a handful of his colleagues on the Senate floor, including Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., but his strategy does not appear to have gained traction with most of his fellow Republicans.
"I think we'd all be hard-pressed to explain why we were opposed to a bill we were in favor of," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., after Senate GOP gathered for their weekly lunch meeting Tuesday. Many Republicans in the upper chamber were prepared to vote for the measure, which they favored, and Democrats were ready to get their hands on the bill so they could amend it and restore funding for the law.
House members are set to return to Washington Wednesday afternoon, but there won't be much they can do about funding the government until the Senate sends back a revised version of their bill. That may not happen until Sunday, because of procedural hurdles - which would force the House to act quickly to avert a government shutdown on Oct. 1.
"We'll deal with whatever the Senate passes when they pass it," said Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. "There's no point in speculating before that."


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BTS continues to fly high on the Billboard chart.
On Tuesday's Billboard 'Social 50' chart, BTS ranked No. 1!
The Billboard 'Social 50' is a popularity chart which ranks the most active musical artists on the world's leading social networking services. It measures artist's social media metrics by 'Next Big Sound', which provides analytics for online music. Other artists on the top 10 of the 'Social 50' chart include big names such as Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Drake, Justin Bieber, Beyonce, and more.
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BTS is known to have a large social media presence and is loved for consistently communicating with their fans in Korea and abroad on Twitter. The members share one account and they post casual, funny, behind-the-scene photos, and more, making the fans feel closer to them. BTS also create fun content on their own YouTube channel BANGTANTV, adding to their rich online presence.
Congrats and great job again, BTS!


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A big step for Erika Sawajiri
TOKYO — Known as one of Japan's most controversial and fierce actresses, Erika Sawajiri gained notoriety in the past for her alleged wild days and outspokenness, having challenged the Japanese entertainment industry particularly at how entertainers are treated by their agencies.
But during a recent press conference for her new riveting drama series My Son, which premiered April 15 throughout Asia (SkyCable's Channel 116 for Philippines), a totally different Erika faced members of the Asian media, The STAR included. Looking like a fragile porcelain doll in a casual cream outfit, Erika was too demure as if channeling her latest lead role as a young mother who is left in unimaginable agony after her three-year-old son is abducted.
Not yet a mom in real life, Erika reveals her character Yui Kashiwazaki has no similarities whatsoever with her own personal life. Nonetheless, the role is big challenge for her on a whole new level as Yui's tragedy is completely relatable to all moms across the globe, regardless of color or ethnicity.
"This drama is a big step for me as an actress," the 31-year-old star pointed out. "But since I am not yet a mother, I simply tackle the role as the script unfolds. My character as a mother who lost her son was portrayed in a bad light. Can you just imagine the kind of suffering she has to endure?"
In My Son, the son of Erika's character is kidnapped while they are on their way home from nursery after she lets go of his hand for a brief moment. Wracked with guilt and self-blame, the character's life is turned upside down and her marriage eventually dissolves under the strain. Nine years later, the boy reappears and her life is shaken up all over again.
"But a mother doesn't just give up when confronted with challenges in life," continued Erika, who is the daughter of a Japanese father and a French mother. "She just works hard to overcome them, most especially for her child. My character in My Son reminds me of my mother who is very strong, powerful and spontaneous. She's been a big influence in my life."
Erika, who is best known in the 2005 hugely popular TV drama 1 Litre of Tears, was a personal choice for her role in My Son by producer Yuko Hazeyama, who is all praise of Erika's sensitive portrayal of a tormented mother.
"Up until now, Erika has had this splashy, glamorous image," said Hazeyama. "But when we cast her last year as a mother for another TV drama special, she took on the role very seriously... I was impressed with the result of her performance and I realized she'd be perfect for this role as well in My Son. She is truly evolving to a serious actress."
Producer Yuko Hazeyama hopes the drama series would help audiences think about what it means to become a parent
Erika, who is also a singer and model, has appeared in numerous TV dramas and films since her acting debut in 2001. She has won awards, including Best Actress in a Lead Role, and a number of Best Newcomer Awards.
Hazeyama shared that My Son is inspired by a 2014 award-winning Chinese film called Dearest based on a true story of kidnapping in China.
"That movie made me cry," Hazeyama revealed. "I noticed that the victim, the mother, was portrayed as an antagonist. I felt that the mother, who had her child taken away from her, is really the victim and there should be a different take on how the victim or antagonist is being portrayed."
Hazeyama said she hopes My Son would help audiences think about what it means to become a parent.
"I want to reignite that consideration of becoming a parent," she explained. "Looking at Japan right now, children are going through a lot of personal turmoil and I think it might have a lot to do with the fact that they don't have a good relationship with their parents. I strongly believe that a child's good relationship with his or her mother is crucial for a child's development as a person."
My Son airs every Saturday night at 7 on Channel 116 of SkyCable and is presented by GEM Media Networks Asia, a joint venture between Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia and Nippon TV.


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Print It! How To Wear Spring's Prettiest Patterns
June has been styling celebs -- Mary J Blige, Mariah Carey, Sean Combs and Jay-Z, to name a few -- for over a decade. She's appeared on several hit shows, including her latest, VH1's Styled by June. Here, she shares her top five rules for updating your look.
"A pinstripe suit. I constantly reinvent mine by wearing the pieces separately and dressing them up or down. They add effortless drama and a timeless feel to your look."
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Really, this is why Assemblywoman Julia Brownley thinks her constituents sent her to Sacramento? To ban plastic bags?
While the state budget impasse has now reached 50 days, the Santa Monica Democrat has busied herself promoting her bill (Assembly Bill 1998) that would ban plastic grocery bags throughout California, and impose a 5-cent fee on paper bags.
Using government coercion to try to force people to adopt reusable grocery bags may play well in Brownley's upscale district, but for the many working poor being hammered by the economic downturn, a new tax on groceries is the last thing they need. Not everyone has the spare cash to go buy trendy reusable bags, nor to have to pay a per-bag fee on paper bags.
More worryingly, if plastic grocery bags can be banned, what other popular consumer items will the nanny state try to take away from us? After all, if plastic grocery bags are bad, then plastic trash bags can't be much better. Or perhaps the gurus in Sacramento will decide that we all have to purchase our movies and music digitally to keep CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays out of our landfills.
Keeping plastic out of our landfills (and more important, our ocean) is a good idea, so be a good steward and recycle that plastic. And offering tax credits for those who invest in research into biodegradable or recyclable alternatives to the many plastics would be a wise government policy indeed.
But micromanaging our lives and imposing what amounts to a regressive tax on the poor and middle class ---- while fundamental government tasks like passing a budget remain undone ---- is, to put it as kindly as possible, irresponsible.


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Shirtless Guys of the National Yoga Championship – Hunks of the Day
If someone asked us to go to the National Yoga Championship or watch it on TV, we'd say without hesitation, "Over our dead bodies." Let's face it, yoga is pretty dull. However, if we were asked to watch a bunch of shirtless guys in Speedos posing in different positions, we'd definitely reconsider.
Jon Hamm Hits Up 'SNL' With Lindsay Lohan Before Going Back to 'Mad Men' – Hunk of the Day
This weekend we were only expecting to see Lindsay Lohan on 'Saturday Night Live' but were pleasantly surprised when stylish stud Jon Hamm made a guest appearance. Even though Jimmy Fallon was only
half kidding when he said the 'Mad Men' star was there as a backup host, we were secretly hoping he'd take over.
Loving WWE Wrestler Randy Orton's Tats (Among Other Things) – Hunk of the Day
The other day, GuySpeed.com featured heavyweight fighter Randy Orton on the site because he has some pretty awesome tattoos. But for those of us not so much into the fighting part of wrestling, we had our eyes on other things.
William Levy Is Clearly the New 'Dancing With the Stars' Stud – Hunk of the Day
William Levy was at the top of Spanish PEOPLE's 50 sexiest men of 2011, starred opposite Jennifer Lopez in her music video for 'I'm Into You,' and now we'll be seeing him on the upcoming season of 'Dancing with the Stars.'
'Game of Thrones" Kit Harington Shows Off His Viking Abs in Men's Journal – Hunk of the Day
We assume all of those guys in 'Game of Thrones' have rock-hard abs — seriously, what actor in a hit HBO show doesn't — but now we have definitive proof that Kit Harington does.
Taecyeon of 2PM Shows Off 'Spartan Abs' for Men's Health – Hunk of the Day
If 2PM is the N*Sync of Thailand, then Taecyeon is Justin Timberlake. Recently, this heartthrob of the Korean boy band world posed shirtless for the cover of Men's Health Korea, along with an accompanying video.
10 Hottest NASCAR Daytona 500 Drivers to Watch – Hunks of the Day
NASCAR's Daytona 500 is this weekend, and that means a lot of people will be glued to their TV sets and placing bets to see who'll win. For those of us without the slightest clue as to why there's so much hype around this event, there are still ways for us to enjoy it. One thing's for sure, there's certainly a lot of hunky drivers to keep our attention.
Trey Songz Reminds Us How Hot He Is in the Latest GQ – Hunk of the Day
Anyone picked up the latest issue of GQ? Well, this time around you should 'cause Trey Songz got himself a nice little spread in there, looking suave as hell. The photos aren't available online yet, so now's the time to run to a newsstand and find out exactly what we're talking about. (Or, we suppose, you can just wait that extra week or so until it hits the web.)
Whatever Happened to That Hot Abercrombie & Fitch Model? – Hunk of the Day
This guy was everywhere — on billboards, in magazines, on Abercrombie & Fitch shopping bags — and then he disappeared. Who was he?
Tom Hardy Is Reese Witherspoon's Romantic Hunk in 'This Means War' – Hunk of the Day
You might remember Tom Hardy from when he bulked up and went shirtless for the movie 'Warrior.' But now he's slimmed down, put on a fitted suit and turned himself into the gent of 'This Means War.' Reese Witherspoon's character had a hard enough time deciding between this guy and Chris Pine, but everyone's a sucker for a romantic smooth talker.
Sad to See Olympic Swimmer Matt Grevers Go Off the Market – Hunk of the Day
Matt Grevers is the Olympic swimmer everyone's been talking about lately for surprising his girlfriend Annie Chandler with a marriage proposal at the Missouri Grand Prix. If we weren't in love with him before, we are now 'cause that proposal was quite adorable.
James Wolk Says He Gets 'Shirtless A Lot' (Score!) – Hunk of the Day
In a recent interview with The Insider, actor James Wolk came to a revelation and said, "Oh wow… I am shirtless a lot." And to all of us who haven't been keeping up with his roles on 'Shameless,' 'Lone Star,' and now 'Happy Endings,' this is some of the best sounding news we've heard all week.


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CyberFrequencies Interview with Adrian Lamo, 8-16-2010 (TRANSCRIPT AND VIDEO)
On August 16, 2010, Queena Kim and Tanya Jo Miller interviewed Adrian Lamo for Cyberfrequencies. The extended audio clip and transcript are available here. Transcribed by Katie F.
TITLE CARD: Hacker Adrian Lamo shows us his electronic cig and talks about Wikileaks' Julian Assange
LAMO: It may, may have enough of a charge now to actually show how it works. The atomizer is this little thing here which superheats briefly in order to vaporize the, the nicotine contained in the cartridge into steam which contains nicotine. And if we're lucky, we'll have a battery charge on this.
CYBERFREQUENCIES: I know it's speculation, but what do you think drives Assange?
LAMO: I'd have to go with money and ego. When this story first broke, he sent me an e-mail essentially trying to induce me to lie about my motives and about how the events had taken place.
Assange wanted me to claim that I had been uh, coerced by my supposed crippling fear of the authorities following my criminal case. And the fact that I have Asperger's syndrome which is an autism spectrum mental issue.
That my most effective personal strategy would be to say that I was scared due to my previous experiences, unthoughtful due to quote-unquote recent drug problems (laughs), and made the decision that I now (inaudible) regret and under no circumstances repeat. Uh (laughs)
CF: And do you think he thought that you would, do this, go for this?
LAMO: I believe that he genuinely believed that I would. For the precise reason that, when someone is in the public eye to that degree and takes themselves too seriously they start to believe that light really will bend around them. That they can manufacture reality.


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Jul 30, 2013 at 4:51 am
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) Harrison Smith's rookie season for Minnesota was marked by hard-hitting play at safety, three interceptions and two defensive touchdowns.
His intense style gave the secondary a big boost. But it also yielded one ejection and a $21,000 fine.
Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said he never saw Smith intimidated by the pressure that came from being a starter on a playoff team in his first year in the NFL. Frazier said Smith "had no fear," a trait not always apparent in rookies.
This season, the Vikings will be asking more of Smith. In a group of defensive backs stinging from the departure of veteran cornerback Antoine Winfield, Smith is posted to become a louder voice and stronger leader.
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How Many Sclerotherapy Treatments Are Needed for Spider angioma?
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Spider angiomas are easy!
Spider angiomas are easy! The pulse dye laser is the industry gold standard for treating these on the face. If we can really "turn up the juice" and leave you with some temporary (1 week) bruising, I can do these in one session. If we have to use more mild settings then it may take me 2-3.
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Spider angioma are not spider veins. They are smaller than spider veins and usually have a central darkened area. Spider angioma can usually be treated by laser, sclerotherapy if the needle can enter the vein, IPL or microneedle radio frequency. All options can work and each option may require anywhere from one to three treatments.
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How Many Sclerotherapy Treatments Are Needed for Spider angioma?
Thank you for your question. It can take up to 3-6 treatments every 6-8 weeks to treat spider angioma. There is a possibility that spider angiomas can recur after treatment. I would recommend being treated under the supervision of a Board Certified Dermatologist for safest and best treatment option. I hope this helps.
Spider angioma treatment
Spider angiomas are best treated via gentle electrocautery or laser therapy; would not recommend sclerotherapy for it.
Anatoli Freiman, MD, FRCPC
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Treatment for Spider Angioma
Spider angioma of the face are best treated with light electrocautery (superficial burning of the blood vessels) or with laser treatments. I personally find light electrocautery to be much more effective than laser. Typically, 1-3 treatment sessions are required to achieve optimal, long-lasting results. Sclerotherapy (an injection technique where an irritating solution is injected into veins) is typically used for small- and medium-sized veins in the lower extremities and several treatments (2 to 4) are usually needed. I recommend you consult a board-certified dermatologist for an evaluation and possible treatment of spider angiomas and/or leg veins.
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Sclerotherapy is not the treatment for spider angioma. In my opinion, the pulsed dye laser (PDL) would be the treatment of choice.
Spider Angiomas Respond Well To Electrocautery
For more than thirty years I have treated spider angiomas. When they occur on the face as isolated spots that blanch when pressed, they can be treated with simple electrocautery, which takes literally seconds to perform. In most cases, one treatment session is enough, although occasionally an additional treatment several weeks later might be needed. Electrocautery leaves a tiny, temporary wound that crusts and eventually heals completely.
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Three treatments about average for spider veins of the legs
while this varies across individuals and how many areas of spider veins they start with, three sessions is about average for the treatment of most patients we see with this issue. there is essentially no down time with these procedures.
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Best treatment for Spider Angioma
SpIder Angioma of the face are best treated with one of several lasers or electrocautery, which depending on the size can take anywhere from one to three sessions. Sclerotherapy is usually used for the small to medium sized blood vessels found on the legs. The number of treatments also depend upon the size and number of vessels being treated
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BRANDON — Hi! My name is Ben. I am 14. I Live in Tampa.
The teen is a sort of celebrity now. Cameras from the Today show invaded his Brandon home Tuesday. When he circles the house chanting "Op-rah, Op-rah," teasing about the possibilities, his parents hand him a mop.
Ben Gullett, affectionate, creative and electronically aged, didn't start with stars in his eyes. He just wanted to help his dad find a job.
He had a camcorder. He had a long-running laptop relationship with MySpace and YouTube. So, he wrote short, stilted sentences on poster boards. He stood for the camera with the signs, a somber Enya song acting as soundtrack.
This is a story… about Mark.
Mark Gullett, 46, spent the last nine years as a marketing executive with the Tampa Bay Lightning. His wife, Lisa, works in printing sales. Ben, their only child, is an eighth-grader at Nativity Catholic School.
Mark got me… a set of drums. I drum every day. Mark has a Stanley, a Stanley Cup Ring! Mark Likes to make fires. We make Smores.
The family moved here when Ben was born, leaving family up north. Here, they only have each other. They eat dinner together every night and talk around the fire on weekends. Sundays, his dad puts on jazz and Enya songs Ben calls "sappy."
Ben reads tbt*/Tampa Bay Times every morning at the kitchen table. He eats Cheerios and announces that he's lowering his cholesterol.
At 7:10 a.m., Mark drives Ben to school. For the 15-minute trip, they talk about the day ahead, about interesting stuff Ben saw in the paper.
Stuff like the economy.
For the past month, he told Ben how more and more Americans were losing jobs and struggling to find new ones. The information was a slow melt. Mark and Lisa didn't want to scare their son.
"It was just like baby steps in each conversation," said Ben. "It was just kind of a snowball down the hill."
Finally, they had to tell him — Mark's own job could be in trouble.
Mark works a lot. Well… He used to. "Re-structuring."
Ben asked if they could make a video to advertise Mark's skills to employers in case he did get laid off. Ben had filmed himself drumming before. He dabbled in arty photography, shooting flowers and sideways Coke cans. He knew what to do.
He was inspired by the INXS video for Mediate, where the lead singer flips cards strewn with messages. He thought it made sense to use one of his dad's sappy songs.
Mark helped Ben create the video. It distracted his son from the fear.
9 years with the Lightning. Marketing V.P. Now he needs me. and YOU! to help find a job. OK? he's smart, creative, hard-working but most importantly he is my Dad.
"When we first saw it, we almost cried," said Mark.
I Love you Dad.
Mark was officially laid off Thursday. He piled boxes with nine years of work in the living room. The Gulletts coped the best they could. The video was a bright spot. They sent it to friends and posted it on YouTube.
Within hours, they heard kind words from people. Within days, the video had an impressive 16,000 hits. Hundreds of e-mails poured in. Mark received several job leads and requests for interviews. He doesn't expect to be unemployed for too long.
PS… I hope this helps!
Tuesday, Mark drove Ben to school and they talked. NBC was due in their home later that day, but Mark wanted Ben to focus on school. Mark dropped Ben off.
In front of all his teenage friends, without fear or shame, he kissed his dad on the cheek.
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Panini America Enters Red Zone with a New Parallel in 2012 Prizm Football (Gallery)
The Red Prizms are coming! The Red Prizms are coming!
With all due respect to Paul Revere, there's a new parallel arriving in 2012 Prizm Football next month that deserves to be trumpeted by any means possible — whether your mounted on horseback, using a megaphone, Tweeting, blogging, Facebooking, Skyping or simply having meaningful discussions in your hobby shop. It's the hobby-only Red Prizm Die-Cut that will fall roughly one per box when 2012 Prizm Football releases in early February.
So far in our continuing preview of this highly anticipated new product, we've shown you uncut sheets of the base Prizms, Gold Prizms and the Green Prizms. But no one has seen the resplendent Red Prizms . . . until right now. While the following gallery of images taken from one uncut sheet doesn't detail the die-cutting that will take place on these beauties, it does shed captivating light on the deep, dimensional etching on these cards and the way the cards seem to cast a brilliant glow.
But don't simply take my word for it. Take a look for yourself now (and after you're done, let us know which of the Prizms you've seen so far are your favorite). Of course, you may want to reserve your final judgment until after you've seen the nasty Finite Black Prizm 1/1s, which we'll showcase right here on The Knight's Lance in the coming days.
Until then, these images should have you seeing red . . . and that's a good thing.
January 6, 2013 11:51 am
Two questions: Are these Hobby and/or Retail? And Are these numbered to anything? I'm sure the Basketball collectors are wondering, "Why didn't we get these?!" or did they and I'm just missing it. haha. Thanks Panini!
Eric Cabreros permalinkJanuary 6, 2013 12:13 pm
Wow looks really nice with red! That rookie etching on it will be welcome with open arms! Keith Hower please put the rookie etching on the die cuts reds and Unparalled Future black! Thanks Tracy for clarifying that basketball may have a shot on red! Whew. Football collectors have a treat on their Prizm box with only one per! It will be sought after! Our favorites would be green, red, Gold, then as you said black! I have to say all! Its a sure product of the year for basketball even more so for football with the additional incentive of having that super cool die cut red!
As always its Prizmtacular preview!
Patrick Fortin permalinkJanuary 6, 2013 8:35 pm
Awesome!!!!! 'Nuff Said.
Bryan permalinkJanuary 7, 2013 12:31 am
Are the reds only rookies?
Sport Card Collectors permalinkJanuary 7, 2013 4:54 am
Love how you guys added a ton more Prizms to football. Red, Green, Gold, and now even black. They are all stunning but I can't wait to see the black ones. I bet those will make me fall out of my seat!
Brad permalinkJanuary 7, 2013 10:11 am
I'm going to say the green ones are my favorite simply because they will be available in retail and where I live, that's all I can get my hands on, unless I want to drive 2 hours to the nearest hobby shop. Can't wait to hopefully get my hands on some of this stuff.
Jonathan permalinkJanuary 8, 2013 10:40 am
So are the only prizms that are numbered are the gold ones? Can you get some feedback on how many green and red versions were made? It would be very helpful, as if I wanted to chase some. Id be going for the rarest ones. They def look awesome though, that red really pop's big time!!
Peter permalinkJanuary 15, 2013 6:20 pm
Will they do two years worth of rookies like basketball?
deloreanfan81 permalinkJanuary 16, 2013 6:06 am
deasign astetics alone any color would be a sweet pull…definitly be on the look out for some of these in the second market when the product drops….very sick guys !!
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SOUTH PASADENA — The 13-year-old girl hit by a car Saturday evening while riding her bike is still hospitalized but is on the mend, her mother said Tuesday.
"She's doing good," said her mom, Bobbie Hill-Ferdinando.
Jessee Ferdinando, an eighth-grader at Azalea Middle School, suffered a fractured skull and a broken right leg. On Tuesday afternoon, she was still at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, her mother said.
Jessee was crossing Pasadena Avenue at Park Circle with her sister and a friend about 6:15 p.m. Traffic stopped in two of the three lanes to allow the girls to pass, St. Petersburg police said.
Jessee's twin sister and the other girl made it across the road safely, but Jessee was hit by a Chrysler sedan driven by 44-year-old Kimberly Dowding of St. Petersburg. Dowding, who had the right of way, did not see Jessee in time, police said. She's not facing any charges.
The car clipped the back of Jessee's bike just as her front wheels made it onto the sidewalk, Hill-Ferdinando said.
The impact sent her onto the hood before she bounced off the car and onto the grass.
Jessee and her sister were headed to the other girl's house, which is nearby, so the girl could pick up some clothes for a sleepover at the Ferdinando home, Hill-Ferdinando said.
Jessee had surgery on her leg and will have to wear a neck brace for several weeks to limit movement of her head, but she is conscious and alert, her mother said.
Jessee doesn't remember the accident, her mom said: "She's still kind of foggy about what happened."


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Kim Kardashian is making headlines this week because she and her boyfriend, Kanye West, will most likely keep their baby's name a secret. Yep, a secret. As in no, they're not going to tell everyone right away.
We were all pretty shocked too. But it's all part of the reality TV star's desire to keep the personal, well, personal. She says, "I feel like I have divulged so much in the past. Not that that was wrong, but I just choose to be a little bit more private this time around, just for me and my family." While we can't lie that we're all a little surprised by the mama-to-be's decision, it's not a revolutionary idea. Parents-to-be opt to keep baby's name a secret (or share the name) for all types of reasons. Our Bump community weighed in on why they opted to tell or stay mum on their little one's name and here's what they said:
"We're keeping it a secret from everyone in real life. We just wanted to decide on our own, without outside influence and reserve the right to change our minds whenever we want. My feelings would be hurt if I knew someone close to us didn't like our names, and I don't think anyone will say anything negative after the baby is here." - Jessica H.
"My bestie told everybody her name and regretted it because everybody gave their opinion that it was an overly popular name. She loved the name and didn't end up changing it, but definitely advised that we keep it a secret. I run my name ideas by my mom and best friend just too make sure they aren't too crazy. My friend is also pregnant and we want to make sure we don't accidentally pick the same name." - Lena
"We kept our second daughter's name a secret. Not because we were afraid people would talk about it or judge it, but just because we are mean and wanted to surprise everyone." - Gloria
"I'm happy to discuss possible names throughout my entire pregnancy. I'm fine with people in real life not liking a name I love for any reason. Sometimes people come up with reasons that are compelling enough for me to reconsider a name, but most of the time it's just a matter of different tastes and/or opinions." - Leslie
"We are definitely keeping our names a secret. I have already had a few issues with people suggesting names to us and then others saying how much they hate that name, some of which have been on our list." -Evelyn
"We are keeping our name a secret as well, given the fertility treatments, I feel like nothing in this pregnancy has been a secret and would like to have at least one surprise. We also aren't picking a name that we expect people will automatically like (a bit unusual) and would rather not hear all the judgments. It seems once the name is actually attached to a real baby that people can see and hold there seems to be a lot less criticism." - Danielle
"I don't plan on finding out the gender when the time comes, and I plan on keeping name options a secret as well. Everyone in my family has kept names secret, so it's just what's expected. Also, a friend of mine just had a baby and shared his name ahead of time. He was also a scheduled C-section so there really wasn't any surprise factor at all...kind of took the fun out of it all! Doesn't make the baby any less adorable, but t would have been nice to have at least a bit of a surprise." - Mariah
"We will be revealing the gender but keeping the name a secret until s/he is born. I want something to be a surprise. and I don't want anyone else's opinion." - Ethel
"We have chosen our names, one boy name and one girl name. Then we won't be telling anyone what gender we're having until he/she it gets here. They'll have to guess the names, like a game! I'll give them some hints and they'll have to guess until they get it right." - Marnie
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Delta police are looking for two suspects involved in the gunpoint robbery of a business reported earlier today.
A male suspect, described as being in his 20's with short blonde hair, light eyes, roughly 6 feet tall with a medium build, brandished a black handgun and demanded cash just after noon at Petunia Beads, 201 Ute St. He fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. He left in a late 1980's or early 1990's white four-door car driven by a white female who described as having red hair, a heavy build and in her 20's. Nobody was injured.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Delta Police Department at 970-874-7676, or 970-874-2015.


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What Comes First Using Poured Ganache?
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I would like to make a cake covered in bc and have pourred ganache over the top to drip down the sides. But, do I pour the ganache first and then do my bottom border or do I do all my border and then pour?
Depending on what look you want. If I want the ganache to cover the whole side of the cake and have a 'clean' border, then I'll pour the ganache first, then add the border over the top of it. It looks like the ganache is tucked in behind the border.
here is a cake I did recently, I wanted the white borders to stand out against the dark ganache and didn't want the top to look "messy". It was for a my BFF's husband's birthday. They didn't want anything written on it or anything so I did the ganache because he LOVES chocolate and it looked soooooooooooooooo plain without it!
That cake looks really different. I love that idea.
I was going to do the top all ganache also. But I see your ganache stopped before it reached your border. I guess the border should go on last cause if it does run down to far I could cover it up with the border?