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I Need a Revision - Chicago, IL
I started off with A cups. All I wanted was to have nice boobs, and I would have paid more than what I did to get them. I thought I knew what I wanted: 450cc Gel implants under the muscle. I felt I was getting a fair price for the procedure so I didn't bother with second opinions. I couldn't believe that my results were botched and now I have to have them revised. I'm not... READ MORE
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Are my Results "Botched"? 450 cc, Gel, Under Muscle. (photo)
I had 450cc gel implants placed under the muscle 12 days ago. My left implant sits a whole inch higher than the right. They are still dropping, but I'm having trouble being... READ MORE
Compound Problems After Breast Augmentation. Advise Please. (photo)
450cc gel implants placed under the muscle 10 weeks ago. Originally, I expressed concern that my left implant was too high, and my PS graciously offered to do a pocket revision... READ MORE
10 Weeks Post-Op BA, One is Placed Higher than the Other, Nipples Pointing to the Sides, Why Did this Happen? (photo)
I have posted about my problematic BA before. I included the before pictures this time b/c Dr.s say it would be helpful. 450cc Gel above muscle 10 weeks ago. Left is too high,... READ MORE
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Hello! No pain whatsoever!!! Sometimes I use lotion if the skin is tight or dry. :) READ COMMENT


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Prediction: Texas Tech needs to go up by 14 points to have a chance against Texas
Texas Tech (7-4, 4-4) at Texas (7-3, 6-1), 6:35 p.m. Thursday in Austin
TV: FOX Sports 1; Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Charles Davis (analyst), Kristina Pink (sideline).
Radio: 1190 AM, 100.7 FM, Sirius and XM Channel 91 (Texas broadcast).
On the line: The Red Raiders are on a four-game skid and this is their final game of the 2013 regular season. A win against Texas would send some positive vibes back to Lubbock heading into the bowl practices. Because it's an in-state rivalry game, it could be seen as a signature win - something Texas Tech doesn't have so far.
This game will play a big role in both teams' bowl seeding. The Red Raiders look like they would go to the Holiday Bowl with a win against Texas or the Texas Bowl in Houston with a loss.
When Texas Tech has the ball: Throw it.
The last time the media talked to Kliff Kingsbury was Monday. He said he didn't know what he was going to at the quarterback position between Baker Mayfield, Davis Webb and Michael Brewer and it would be a game-time decision.
My guess is Mayfield, a Lake Travis native and true freshman walk-on, will get his seventh start of 2013. He had a productive game against Baylor if not for two fumbles and an interception. He also is an extension of the ground game, capable of taking off in open space for positive yardage.
Texas Tech has very nice weapons at the receiver positions. It can advance the ball with the pass and when the pass isn't there Mayfield can run for yardage.
The most important thing is capitalizing on possessions. Odds are the Red Raiders' defense is only good for a handful of stops as it has a well-known run defense issue Texas' Malcolm Brown and Joe Bergeron should be able to take advantage of.
When Texas has the ball: Run it.
Bergeron went off for 191 yards against a Texas Tech defense that similarly could not stop the run in 2011. Brown, meanwhile, is one of the best running backs in the game.
The Red Raiders have had 10 days to prepare for Texas. Maybe it can resolve some of the problems it had with missed tackles and blown assignments that have plagued it through the past four games.
Odds favor the Longhorns' offense versus the Texas Tech defense.
Both offenses should be able to get the best of the opposing defenses which gives this game the potential to be an offensive shootout if turnovers are limited.
Texas Tech's defense is probably in a worse position than Texas' between injuries, depth and confidence. The Red Raiders best chance in this game is scoring and banking on the defense to rise up for one critical stand or turnover and then capitalizing on it for a two-possession lead.
When you're counting on momentum shifting plays and keeping pace with another offense
, however, you're at a disadvantage.
It's a night game for Texas. In Austin and on Thanksgiving.
Texas 45, Texas Tech 35

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Affiliation: Cell Genesys
Country: USA
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- Inhibition of lymphogenous metastasis using adeno-associated virus-mediated gene transfer of a soluble VEGFR-3 decoy receptorJianMin Lin
Department of Preclinical Oncology and Immunology, Cell Genesys, Inc, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA
Cancer Res 65:6901-9. 2005..Recombinant adeno-associated virus-mediated gene transfer of sVEGFR3-Fc may represent a feasible therapeutic strategy for blockade of lymphogenous metastasis...
- Established B16 tumors are rejected following treatment with GM-CSF-secreting tumor cell immunotherapy in combination with anti-4-1BB mAbBetty Li
Cell Genesys Inc, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
Clin Immunol 125:76-87. 2007..In summary, an agonistic anti-4-1BB mAb combined with GM-CSF-secreting tumor cell immunotherapy may provide a novel and potent treatment strategy for patients with cancer...
- Anti-tumor efficacy of human angiostatin using liver-mediated adeno-associated virus gene therapyAlshad S Lalani
Cell Genesys, Inc, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA
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Action RPG titled Crisis Core--Final Fantasy VII tentatively slated to launch in 2006 on Sony's handheld.
All eyes are on Sony's PSP announcements today, and Square Enix has moved to secure itself a slice of mindshare. The role-playing game publisher today announced another entry in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series of spin-off games based on its popular PlayStation RPG, this time for the PSP.
Crisis Core--Final Fantasy VII (tentative title) will be an action RPG, and is currently slated to release in early 2006. The game will be produced by Yoshinori Kitase, who directed the original 1997 game. Tabata Hajime, who directed Before Crisis--Final Fantasy VII, the Compilation's mobile phone game, will direct Crisis Core. And character designs will again be the work of Tetsuya Nomura, who designed the characters for FFVII, FFVIII, FFX, and the Kingdom Hearts series among other Square Enix games.
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The United States did not provide assistance earlier to Nigeria to find 300 kidnapped schoolgirls because the country's leaders requested help only recently, Secretary of State John Kerry said today.
Nigeria had been following its own strategy but when Kerry spoke with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan today, he said he was "happy" to receive the United States' latest offer of American military and law enforcement personnel to join his government's efforts, Kerry said.
Related: What It's Like to Be Attacked by Boko Haram: A Survivor's Story
"You can offer and talk, but you can't do - if a government has its own sense of how it's proceeding. I think now the complications that have arisen have convinced everybody that there needs to be a greater effort," Kerry said.
The stepped-up American presence will be evident immediately, he added.
Related: How Nigeria's Most Famous Daughters Are Raising Their Voices to Bring Back Kidnapped Girls
Kerry, who made his remarks during a press availability with European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton, also touched on another struggling country in the region - South Sudan - where violence between the government of President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar persists.
Kerry said the U.S. will impose sanctions on two individuals who have violated a cessation of hostilities agreement signed in January: the commander of the South Sudan presidential guard, Major Gen. Marial Chanuong Yol Mangok, and rebel general Peter Gadet.
Kerry also reiterated that he believes Kiir and Machar will meet shortly.
While events in Africa played an unusually large role in a meeting between diplomatic representatives from the United States and the European Union, there was still plenty of discussion of Ukraine, whose troubles affect both nations.
Kerry announced he will travel to London next week for a meeting with his 28 European Union counterparts to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
Both Kerry and Ashton said they were concerned about Russia's efforts to destabilize elections in Ukraine scheduled for May 25. Kerry said it was ironic that Russia supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's election while urging Ukraine not to hold its own.
"It's very hard to reconcile that Russia is now making the argument that Ukraine ought to reduce - not have an election or postpone an election because of the violence that's taking place, but Russia is full whole-hog behind having an election in Syria where there is far worse violence. Reconcile that one for us, please," he said.
Kerry also reiterated that the United States is not taking any specific efforts to sanction Russian President Vladimir Putin. "It's not because we have some personal thing," he said.
Finally, Kerry said he would comply with whatever is asked of him by House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, who issued a subpoena for Kerry to testify on the Benghazi attacks.
"We will respond because there will be absolutely nothing to hide," he said.
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Kim Kardashian & Khloe Kardashian's Suv Slides Off Road In Montana - Yahoo News
Capt. Mark Wilfore of the Montana Highway Patrol told Access Hollywood the two sisters and an unidentified third occupant were traveling northbound on Jackrabbit Lane, south of Belgrade, Mont. The Highway Patrol was called to the scene at 11:36 AM after their vehicle slid off the road and into a ditch, due to slick road conditions. Contrary to reports, Capt. Wilfore clarified this was not a crash and said the vehicle did not veer into the opposing lane of traffic. They remained on their side of the road. PHOTOS:Keepin Up With Khloe Kardashian Kim, Khloe and the third passenger were unharmed. No one was transported to the hospital and no injuries occurred.
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Participants do not expect a significant increase in European demand until the end of Q1, in line with the anticipated improved demand for gasoline, and therefore its related products.


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Aion Kinah Guide Review
So, there is a new Kinah guide available on the industry. It's been seated there awaiting me to study it for previous times three times now and I just didn't really get to it until yesterday, when I noticed that the rainfall was not going to let up any time soon. Let us just say this – boy am I ever grateful that it kept seeing, because otherwise I might not have came upon what is clearly the best and smartest new Kinah details on the market…by far.
So, what exactly is the big cope about this Kinah guide in contrast to the relax of the books that hit the industry apparently every month? To begin with, this details does not try simply to stroll that thin range between informing you how the experience performs and actually offering useful details about the experience. Rather, it concentrates on how to get your figures into place to create some serious Kinah and then reveals you how to do it.
What You Get
The details concentrates mostly on designing and then on some primary searching and collecting to get the components you need to offer or art with. It then lets you know exactly what you need to pay attention to when it comes to getting your personality up to the necessary stages in the experience. From the most primary, simple design of perform that has you out there collecting seafood and ore, to the dangerous great obtain globe of unusual proccing Renowned equipment, the details reveals you fairly much everything you need to create Kinah successfully.
To be reasonable, it does not protect as many gardening areas as I would like, but the details has already been modified once and guarantees to proceed upgrading as more places begin up later in the experience, beyond those first few stages.
The Base Line
Here's the cope – the Aion Kinah Guide is quickly the greatest and best looking new Kinah details available on the industry. I created some strong earnings on day one and am still examining the writing in the details to see what else I can pry out of it. With a number of up-dates and a spot or two to the experience, this factor will be near irresistible.
Click here to learn more about the Aion Kinah Guide.
How to use the Private Store in Aion
The Personal Store is a exclusive and extremely useful resource that Aion gamers need to get used to and gradually expert if they are going to create the Kinah they need to be at the top of their activity. There are various methods to go about doing this. However, the most crucial factor to keep in mind is that without a central place as with an ah or the Business Agent, you must do a lot of the effort in promoting your products and getting interest. If you can become a excellent vendor with extremely preferred items and excellent costs, you will be much more effective than most other suppliers in the experience.
Finding a excellent place for your Personal Store is an overall must. To begin with, you need to pick a hotpot that will allow you to focus on very particular items that your clients will want. For example, if you set up shop outside of an example, you can provide those particular gamers the alchemy and food preparation items they need to run that example. If you set up shop next to a pursuit NPC who needs a certain product, you can create an excellent benefit from purchasing and trying to provide that product to those gamers. Just create sure wherever you set up shop is complete of your perfect clients.
The Right Prices
If you fulfill a need, you can usually ask for a bigger benefit from your items, but you will need to be cautious not to gouge anyone out of their Kinah. Even if you get away with it, most gamers will gradually identify they got a bad cope and try of not going returning to you for further items. You want to create a popularity for reasonable costs, not opportunistic gouging.
How to Industry
You can set a concept for your store, but create sure it symbolizes you and what you have to provide. Be particular and explain advantages gamers might get from interacting with you in contrast to other gamers. Furthermore, create sure not to hotel to badmouthing other gamers or to new spamming the talk programs to sketch interest. These factors all fall short more periods than not.
Gaining Kinah in Aion is a multi-faceted procedure that begins and stops with a excellent Personal Store. Set up in a excellent place with strong costs and a excellent technique and you will gradually do very well for yourself, above and beyond what you might anticipate from your other gamers.
Learn more about the Private Store here.
Three Ways to Making Lots of Kinah in Aion
In Aion, the name of the experience is to make as much Kinah as possible to buy all the unusual offerings and shield you need to contend when it's time to lay into your competitors in the Pit. However, creating that Kinah can be a trying project – one that requires a lot of perform, even for those that know exactly how to do it. So, to help get people began, here are the three basic principles of Kinah creating in Aion:
1. Farming and Gathering
The first thing you will be doing, regardless of what occupation you select or what technique of creating Kinah you like, is to town and draw out from the collecting nodes situated throughout the experience. These nodes will be available to anyone who has equalized up their expertise and bought the necessary improvements. It is suggested that everyone do this to keep from having to pay for the components from other farm owners. Furthermore, you will be able to get unusual procs and to town on unusual or known as enemies while out there collecting. These enemies can fall any number of products that are value a remarkable benefit in the Business Agent.
2. Crafting
The next area of Kinah creating is designing itself. There are six main designing careers such as Alchemy, Armorsmithing, Food preparation, Creating, Handicrafting, and Weaponsmithing. Any personality can select from all 6 of these, but you can only expert one of them at once. This means that you will only get entry to the greatest stage formulas from one of them by enough time you are Level 50. You should stage up your careers with perform purchases to preserve Kinah and time, and then perform on working on your formula store by gardening in the Pit.
3. Private Shop and Business Broker
There are two ways to offer products – either with your personal store straight to other gamers or with the Business Agent, an in-game ah of types. The best way to do this is to are dedicated to one type of product for your personal store and then concentrate on discovering a excellent place and excellent way of promoting those products. Sell everything else in the Business Agent so that you can you concentrate on the appropriate buy low and offer high way of that place.
For those that efficiently incorporate these three tenets of the Aion economic climate, the experience is that much simpler to expert. For everyone else, it becomes a issue of wondering the fundamentals of the experience and expecting that they compensate you with Kinah. The choice of which technique performs best should be apparent.
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Best Class In Aion
Aion, the newest action available on the market for the incredibly excessive MMO classification has obtained the european and with it a variety of new solutions for those who are just getting into the encounter. So, for many gamers, it is a challenging road to decide which character classification is going to be best for you. Here is a brief run through of the 4 typical sessions and 8 more particular solutions you will have to choose from when you start experiencing the encounter finish time:
Warriors are your typical melee classification, equalled up for tanking, melee damage result, and just all around powerful hiting. Players break down into two sessions at Stage 10 – Gladiators and Templars. Gladiators are the distressing version of this classification, putting up fantastic distressing and low defending numbers for melee damage result. They are fantastic for PvP fight consequently. On the other aspect is the Templar who will be the important package in the encounter, having a secure and getting damage like a pro.
Priests come in two kinds, both of which are designed to treat, but in starkly different techniques. At Stage 10, you will be able to choose between Clerics and Chanters. The clerics will be the more traditional healers among the group who deal the best therapy numbers. Chanters however are more of a several that will dole out Mantras for group fans and treat when needed. They can also fight a bit with their two approved staves.
Mages are damage investors but come in several preferences as well. At level 10, you can choose to become either a Professional or a Spiritmaster. The Professional is more of a traditional nuking Mage with many DPS and a lot of mana to draw on. Spiritmasters however are more like Warlocks in WoW, in that they have feelings they contact to help with DPS and buffing. They rely a lot on DoTs and putting damage.
Scouts make up the different and melee damage investors who are fantastic on avoidance. At Stage 10, you can choose between an Monster or a Ranger – each of which provides a starkly different set of capabilities. Assassins are quite much Rogues in that they hit fast and challenging with dual wielded daggers and convert unseen. Ranger are quite much Hunter or Scouts in that they hit from wide range and use better secure.
When you get started, you will get to choose between the four supra-classes, but after you reach Stage 10 and become a Daeva, you will be enhanced and be allowed to choose a more particular classification for each, as specific with each one. Ideally, having no excitement of which sessions are out there and how they effect your game play will allow you to have a much faster and more arranged start to the encounter.
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Aion Professions
Aion is one of the biggest new MMOs of the last several years and with that fresh new content comes a amount of people looking to observe down what is definitely a lot of amazingly new information. One of the most usually asked for about information for the new action is the developing system. So much different than other developing methods in MMOs, there are a lot of people who do not quite understand how it functions yet. So, here is a brief description of what professions are available and how they operate:
The Gathering
The first aspect you need to know is that gathering is not a profession in Aion. Rather, it is a easily available skills to anyone so long as you make time to stage it up. You start out on the earth with Collecting. Up to Level 10, you can go to a capability of 99, though reasonably, you will only get to about 40 at the most. After you go up to a Daeva, you will be enhanced to Elimination, which allows you to gather resources as well as Aether. The same skills aspects apply here though, so you can keep stage up from where you were.
The Crafting
Also at stage 10, you can start developing with one of the 6 developing professions in Aion. Each profession has as different purpose, helping you to create various items you can use in the game:
Alchemy – With Alchemy, you will create a variety of useful items such as Manastones, items, scrolls, orbs, spellbooks and more. This is the biggest profession for anyone who will be releasing away in end-game content.
Armorsmithing – Armorsmiths take on the significant procedure of developing pattern and selection protect and defends. These people are best equalled up as Gladiators, Templars, Clerics, and Chanters who need to create their own devices.
Cooking – Cooks will art a large number of unique treatments for figure improving foods in the encounter. These people are really useful in Large numbers and can help improve the way in which you execute the encounter ten times over.
Handicrafting – The Handicrafters out there will create the biggest money by developing the uncommon and challenging to get decorations and elements that are needed by every classification in the encounter. Furthermore, they execute on the staves and bows that no other classification can create – so this is an perfect classification for anyone in need of big Kinah earnings or who use staves and bows.
Tailoring – Tailors will create the material and set protect in the encounter, so this profession is best for anyone who would use it, such as the Clerics, Ranger, Assassins, and Mages out there.
Weaponsmithing – All big and significant weapons go through the weaponsmiths, such as daggers, swords, maces, polearms, and greatswords. If you use a melee resource or know who to provide them to, this is the profession for you.
To key to the professions is that you can easily cover up on all 6 of them but can only truly professional one of them. This allows you to get a encounter for all of them before developing a biggest option and leads to quite a bit of stage to the encounter in places you might not have expected.
Can Aion Mastery Really Get You Kinah and Level 50?
There are a lot of books out there that declare a number of insane factors, so whenever a new MMO is released, I get a TON of email messages and feedback asking me about this details and that details. Right now, I'm operating my way through a few different Aion guides, but I've got to be sincere with you – only one of them thus far has proven itself to be even slightly as efficient as it statements.
What Aion Expertise States to Do
So, here is the cope. As opposed to a few other books out there, Aion Expertise tries to protect just about everything you will need when you begin enjoying the experience. That indicates it contains an Elyos and Asmodian stabilizing details as well as a Kinah details to get you up to the figures most gamers are looking for (at least, the figures I'm looking for).
But, do those books actually offer everything you need? Most of enough time, when I look these types of factors up, I discover that they are packed up with readily available, no cost details from the Online. But, now around, I have to say, this guy did his preparation. He just didn't just wrap up on no cost details and unexplained pursuit details. He reveals you exactly how to get through everything you need up to stage 50 and to 1 thousand Kinah (and beyond).
I do not usually keep using these books after I've given them their reasonable due either, but with Aion Expertise, I think I'll still be enjoying the experience for several weeks and several weeks to come using the books offered. They are that excellent.
Getting the Most Out of Aion Mastery
In the end, Aion Mastery is the best looking new details for the top new MMO out there. I dislike to audio too much like a professional, but the fact is that I cannot discover just one details out there that provides as much details, as quick a stabilizing direction, and as specific of techniques as Aion Expertise. It gets the job done and then some.
If you are looking for a excellent Aion details, you ought to examine this factor out – it's well value your some time to energy. Click here to learn more about Aion Mastery.
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Old Albanian 25 Wharfedale 28
Wharfedale returned to winning ways in the warm sunshine at St Albans.
An impressive first half gave Wharfedale a lead to defend playing into the wind in the second half. With both sides committed to open rugby the game was always going to be exciting. So it proved to be. Dale scored first after a penalty kick was sent into Old Albanians' half.
The line out was taken by Aaron Myers and a weighted kick through was collected by Scott Jordan who crossed for a try which Tom Barrett converted.
Jordan crossed again after intercepting an Old Albanian pass on the half way line, with Barrett adding the extras. Wharfedale were 14-0 up after 10 minutes.
Back came the home side and reduced the deficit with a combination of good support play and off loading as prop Charlie Hughes went over for an unconverted try.
Wharfedale's response was to push the southerners back into their own half and win a penalty which Barrett slotted from 45 yards.
Good work from Barrett and Myers and an exchange of kicks gave Dale a line out in Albanians' half. Clean ball was fired to Barrett and an inside ball gave Josh Prell chance to break through. He rode tackles and then returned the pass to Barrett, who crossed for a superbly constructed try. The wind got the better of the conversion but Dale now led 22-5.
The home side benefited from some harsh refereeing decisions which were compounded with the sin-binning of Richard Rhodes. Eventually the pressure told and Old Albanians were awarded a try which Gregg converted. Barrett added another penalty before half-time for Dale to lead 25-12.
Into the wind, the second half was all about defence and although Dale conceded two unconverted tries and a penalty, the Green Machine kept going. Barrett added an important penalty and the game finished with all the players camped on Dale's line but fighting to the last.
There was obvious joy from the players, management and the travelling support when the final whistle went and gave Wharfedale a precious win and a good step towards survival.


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and the destruction of national sovereignty.
Fox News reports:
After a year of humiliating setbacks, United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon and about 60 of his top lieutenants — the top brass of the entire U.N. system — spent their Labor Day weekend at a remote Austrian Alpine retreat, discussing ways to put their sprawling organization in charge of the world's agenda.
Details concerning the two-day, closed-door sessions in the comfortable village of Alpbach were closely guarded. Nonetheless, position papers for the meeting obtained by Fox News indicate that the topics included:
— how to restore "climate change" as a top global priority after the fiasco of last year's Copenhagen summit;
— how to continue to try to make global redistribution of wealth the real basis of that climate agenda, and widen the discussion further to encompass the idea of "global public goods";
and other globalist agendas.
Of course, Alex Jones has been saying the carbon tax is nothing more than a direct UN tax that will be used to directly fund the world government for a long time now.
It should be obvious to anyone with half a brain that the UN bureaucrats are not content with playing second fiddle to national governments.
They want total power.
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Antoine Roussel wore #60 for the Dallas Stars last year. But, after former #21 Loui Eriksson was traded to Boston in July (and even after Roussel pledged to keep his #60), Roussel decided to switch to Eriksson's old sweater number- which also happens to be Roussel's birthday (Nov. 21, 1989).
However, this change irked some fans who had bought Roussel's number, after he become a fan-favorite as a rookie last year with his tenacious, feisty style of play. Below is a screenshot of a Twitter exchange Roussel had with a fan about the number change- which ended with Roussel promising to cover the charge of any fans who wanted to buy his new #21 to replace the old #60 Roussel jerseys.
Nice move by Roussel. The Hockey Gods approve:
"@Rous_ant: For those who bought my jersey with 60 last year, I'll cover the change for 21. Hockey players: Classiest people on the planet.
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Welcome to the Cochlear Implant Center at GBMC. It is our pleasure to work with children and adults, along with their families and educators as they pursue cochlear implant candidacy testing or need audiologic and rehabilitative services for their current implant. Our multidisciplinary team will work together to determine if a cochlear implant is appropriate for you. We serve individuals with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss, in both ears, during candidacy, surgery and follow-up. Our goal is to provide comprehensive care for you and your family as well as to work collaboratively with educators and other service providers.
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Hudson's Motu loses in consolation rounds at state
MADISON - Hudson's Eliot Motu fell short in his attempt to place at the WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament Friday.
Motu, 39-9 overall, won his first match in the consolation round this morning at 220 pounds. He defeated Koltin Kislia (36-7) of Watertown in overtime, breaking a 1-1 tie with a takedown.
In second match in the consolation round, Motu was eliminated from the tournament by Elkhorn's Dylan Linhart (39-9). Linhart won 1-0, riding out Motu for the entire third period after getting an escape in the second.


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Continued weak demand for large passenger and freighter airplanes has convinced Boeing to slow production of its 747-8 from a rate of two airplanes per month to 1.75.
The company expects to deliver the first airplane built at the new rate early next year. It said it doesn't expect to move to result in a "significant" financial impact.
"Boeing will continue to monitor market conditions and their effect on production rates moving forward," said the company in a statement. "The company expects long-term average growth in the air cargo market to resume in 2014, and forecasts a demand for 790 large airplanes [such as the 747-8 Intercontinental] to be delivered worldwide over the next 20 years."
Boeing has delivered 46 of 110 airplanes on order so far. This year it has announced a sale to Cathay Pacific involving three freighter variants of the airplane. Last year it sold five to Air China and another two to an unidentified customer.


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24 March 2012
Spring ball is upon us! Something every Buckeye looks forward to once the excitement of March Madness is over. But this year there is another level of anticipation to the game that has the whole country a-buzz … Urban Meyer is calling the shots. His professional resume speaks for itself, but for a community that thrives on pride and tradition, there is one intangible quality that means much more to Buckeye Nation … a quality that our most beloved coaches in history (Woody Hayes, Earle Bruce, Jim Tressel, etc.) all share with our new coach … they all bleed Scarlet and Gray!
For Coach Meyer, the source and continual fuel of that pride stems from his family. His wife and children were with him during every step of his career; for every victory; and through all the scrutiny. They weathered the highs and the lows and became closer and stronger because of it. Coach Meyer's family values are vitally important to him. So when the decision was made to join our Buckeye family as the head football coach, the decision came from the entire Meyer family. Buckeye Nation should, and most certainly does, feel quite honored to have the entire Meyer family in our family!!
While we know about Urban Meyer the coach, Buckeye House Call thought it would be fun to get to know the Meyer sisters - and in February conducted a Q&A with his older daughter, Nicki. This month, I was given the honor of introducing Buckeye Nation to his second daughter, Gigi! And after talking to Gigi, not only am I fired up for Buckeye football, but I am deeply impressed with her character and her convictions. Two respectful, mature, proud, strong, accomplished, and independent daughters with very grounded perspectives on life. Definitely attributes to their parents and great additions to our family, as well. I think I speak for all of Buckeye Nation when I say, "Welcome to THE Ohio State!!"
BHC: I hear growing up you were a bit of a tomboy, playing basketball in boys' leagues. Did you ever want to play football? If you did, what position would you have played? What other sports did you play?
Gigi: I was a huge tomboy growing up. I was almost a son to my dad, haha, but I played everything! Soccer, baseball, basketball, flag football and volleyball. It was non-stop sports. Sometimes we even played street hockey. And, yes, I did want to play football and I did once. At my dad's football camp in Utah, I actually got in pads and played QB. My first throw was a touchdown pass! I loved tackle, but as I grew up, I realized I can't carry on with all these sports and I need to pick one, and volleyball was it.
BHC: Nicki mentioned how close you guys are. Were you guys always close when you were growing up? Did you guys ever compete against each other?
Gigi: Nicki and I are very close now. Growing up, we honestly NEVER got along, and she could totally agree with it. I think it was when I got to high school that we actually matured a little bit and realized how important family was. From then on, we hung out a lot, talked a lot, and never really argued. If we did argue, it would be over the next minute. We only competed against each other during club practice as a scrimmage, but we actually did play together for a year in high school and I LOVED it! Not only was she an amazing player, but she was an amazing captain and I was so fortunate to follow in her footsteps.
BHC: I am sure that boys are intimidated by your father, but is your dad super protective when you and your sister bring guys home? Does your dad get out the pet gator & start petting him in front of the guys?
Gigi: Yes, boys are VERY intimidated by my father! They have never seen the soft side of him like family members do. They only see him on the football field bossing around the players. I'll tell you a funny story. I had a boyfriend in high school, and he came over one day. My dad thought it would be funny to be introduced to him while holding a bat in his hand, not to mention Nate was by his side holding a smaller bat. My boyfriend was very intimidated and refused to come back to the house. It was hilarious!
BHC: Your sister mentioned that one of your greatest passions is wakeboarding. I did a Google search and saw the video you and your father made with Team Nautique riders Danny Harf and Emily Copeland Durham. And as a native Midwesterner ... Impressive! In the video, they mentioned that you had finished fourth in a competition back in 2010. In how many competitions have you participated? When and how did you get started in the sport? Your sister also mentioned that one of your career aspirations is to be a pro-wakeboarder. What are your personal goals in the sport?
Gigi: The 2010 Wake Games was the only competition I've competed in because volleyball takes up a lot of time. But me and my friend signed up thinking it was going to be a little competition with semi-decent wakeboarders... Boy were we wrong! There was a girl from Japan who competed. Another one was from California. They were amazing! But, yes, I got 4th, which was very lucky I must admit. But it was a great experience! My friend Amber got me into the sport when I was about 13. From then on, we would go to each others' lake houses and ride as much as we could. I do hope to be a pro wakeboarder, but it'll take a lot of work. Volleyball is very time-consuming, and I'm not really allowed to ride during season... So when I'm finished with volleyball, I'll be riding a lot and hopefully be sponsored one day.
BHC: As you are finishing up your freshman year at Florida Gulf Coast, besides volleyball, what have you really enjoyed at college? What are some of your favorite things about Florida Gulf Coast?
Gigi: I had a great first year at FGCU! I love my team to death. They have definitely become my second family. The coaches are great as well. We're very fortunate to have such a great coaching staff. Some teams who have unfavorable coaches tend to hate their experience. So I'd have to say my team and my coaching staff is a favorite thing about FGCU. Another would have to be the beautiful campus! It's like a resort. The lake is about 50 yards from my dorm room. Everything is so chill here at Florida Gulf Coast and I just love almost everything about it! =)
BHC: I played volleyball back in the day and absolutely LOVE it! I, too, was a setter ... although, I always felt I would be a better coach :) How do you feel the volleyball season went? In what areas do you want to improve your game for next season?
Gigi: This past fall we did pretty well. We made the tournament and got 3rd! Lipscomb, who actually made the NCAA tournament, knocked us out and unfortunately ended our season. We had a completely new team. We had 4 freshman starting, and 2 transfers playing. Our libero and one of our outsides were the only ones returning to the court. So, in my opinion, we will have a lot more experience together, and this coming Fall is going to be a lot better! We are looking to win the conference and make it to the NCAA tournament. That's my goal . =)
BHC: Besides the Eagles, for what teams are you a fan? Aside from your dad and your volleyball coach, what other coaches, past and present, do you admire? How about players ... who are your favorite athletes? I'm not sure how well you got to know your father's players, but did you have a favorite?
Gigi: For volleyball, I'm definitely a big fan of Florida and Penn State. Both teams are very talented, and I look up to them greatly. I have a few coaches that I admire. Coach Holtz is a big one! I actually had the privilege to meet Coach. He was very nice! One of my dad's past assistant coaches, Charlie Strong, is another coach that I deeply admire. Not only was he part of the family, but I loved the way he treated everyone. He was also very knowledgeable when it came to football. I'm pretty sure that Charlie was one of my dad's favorites as well. There have been a number of players that I became close with. Marty Johnson (Utah), Brandon Siler, Timmy Tebow and David Nelson are just a few of the players that I have grown very close to. Wherever my dad coaches, I tend to form friendships with a lot of the players because the whole program becomes a family!
BHC: Growing up with your father being a celebrity - I am sure, at times, it was tough. What effect(s) did it have on you growing up?
Gigi: It is tough having a father who is a celebrity, but it's a big part of my life. I've grown to get used to it. An issue that I had growing up was figuring out who my true friends were. It's hard to tell when someone likes you for you, or if they just like the fact that your related to someone famous. But eventually I found out.. and when I did find out, I just stopped associating myself with them. But the people I know who admire me for me, and don't refer to me as "Urban Meyer's Daughter," then I keep them close. =) Another issue was dealing with people after a loss... It gets easier and easier each day to just ignore what people have to say. But growing up, I was worried about what people had to say. Eventually I just realized some people have no idea what their talking about so they don't deserve the time of day. At school, I would get multiple rude comments referring to my dad. In the end, my true friends would back me up, so I didn't really worry about it too much. A comeback that Nicki and I use sometimes is.. "Oh yeah and what does your dad do?".... and they shut up... works every time! But most of the time, we just take it, and it makes the haters feel even more stupid.
BHC: As a huge Daddy's Girl myself, I am very protective of my father and could not imagine how tough it may have been at times to hear your father criticized in the media. How hard is it to see the media criticize your dad? Did the scrutiny ever effect him?
Gigi: It was very hard to see the media criticize my dad. Anyone could say that if someone said something negative about your father, then it'd hurt you as well. But the good thing is that my dad actually realized that at the end of the day, it's about family. And we don't criticize him. So he uses us to get away from all that. Eventually he stopped reading the newspaper, which is a good thing... The scrutiny was a huge downfall for him.. He hated when the media said negative things. He said it's gotten easier to just ignore it though, which is good. No offense to the media, but they're not always right. And some of the things they say are hurtful... But they don't care as long as they get paid. haha... so that's why we try to just ignore it and use each other to escape from negative comments from the media.
BHC: What are your favorite qualities about your father? What are your favorite qualities of your father as a coach?
Gigi: I love my dad to death. He is a GREAT father. He's smart, funny, sweet, and sensitive. Most people have never seen the soft side of him, but believe me, he has one! When he is at home, football doesn't exist. And that's the way to do it. When you're at home, you need to focus on family and only family. And that's what I LOVE about my dad. I thank God every day for blessing me with a father that doesn't throw his family away for his job. Unfortunately, a good amount of coaches tend to put football first, but I'm VERY fortunate to have a father that doesn't do that. Now as a coach, he's VERY motivated, intelligent, hard, and understanding. He gives the best advice when it comes to my sport. I LOVE talking to him about volleyball, because he actually understands the sport and knows what to tell me. Again, I'm VERY fortunate to have a father who can be a father, and a teacher at the same time.
BHC: Okay, food-wise ... what is your father's biggest guilty pleasure that drives your mom crazy?
Gigi: I honestly don't know! Haha I know he loves cookies...but on the plus side, he eats VERY healthy.
BHC: It has been well-established that your sister wrote up a contract on pink paper that your father signed & has framed in his office. Did you help write parts of it? What was the most important part of the contract for you? In your opinion, how has your father done so far in meeting your requirements?
Gigi: Nicki did write up the contract, which was a BRILLIANT idea, and I looked over it and made sure she included all the important things such as putting family first, eating at least 3 large meals a day, answering our phone calls ALL THE TIME, and making an effort to continue to watch us play. The most important part to me is to keep us first because when he keeps us first, then we're all close as a family. If he pays most attention to us, then everything else seems to fall into place. Everyone is happy! His health is also a very important part as well. He needs to stay healthy. He is in great shape again, thank goodness, and because he is in great shape, he's in a better mood! In my opinion, he has been meeting the requirements. We talk every day on the phone, and he is actually coming down to Fort Myers for his spring break and we're going to spend it as a family! I can't even put it into words how excited I am. It just makes me so happy that he would come all the way down here to spend it together as a family. =)
BHC: Not growing up in Ohio like your parents, I know you don't have any personal ties to The Ohio State University, but how do you feel about being a part of the Buckeye family now? How has the reception been so far? What were your preconceived notions of Buckeye Nation prior to your introduction at halftime of the basketball game?
Gigi: I'm actually very excited to be a Buckeye now! In my opinion, it's the top of the game. It is a GREAT school, from what I know, which isn't that much, haha, but I've always had respect for Ohio State. I'm just very excited to win! The introduction was very welcoming! I didn't know we were going to be introduced as individuals, but the applause we received was very welcoming. From that moment, I approved of Ohio State and grew to be even more excited for my dad =)
BHC: I know Nicki said that she was coming to Columbus for "The Game" against That School Up North. Are you planning on attending any games next fall? If so, make sure you get to see Script Ohio! It's a very sacred tradition at The Ohio State!!
Gigi: Yes, actually I think I can make it to "The Game"!!!!!! I just checked my schedule and asked my coach, and he said I can definitely go! I'm pumped now! I'm hoping to attend more than just that game, because I hear the games are awesome. I can't wait to experience a game inside a stadium that holds more than 106,000 seats.
BHC: What are your expectations for your father at The Ohio State?
Gigi: I expect my father to just love what he is doing. I don't want him to go through a funk again. I expect him to stay healthy, keep his priorities straight, and to succeed. He is a great coach/dad, and he's going to do whatever he can to enjoy these next few years. =)
BHC: If there was one thing you wanted Buckeye Nation to know about your father and your family, what would it be?
Gigi: I would want them to know that we are very excited to become apart of the family. I want them to know that my dad will do his best in keeping them entertained, but at the end of the day it's about family. He is a GREAT coach, and most people know that. Just let him do his job, and it'll be a good next couple of years =)
BHC: All right, I am going to play the same word association game with you that Grant did with your sister. You are free to express yourself however you would like.
Shelley Meyer | One of my best friends. The brick of the family. She is the strongest person I know. She does EVERYTHING for the family. Growing up, I didn't show her as much respect as I should have (every teenager goes through that). But now I realize how important she is to me. She is my idol, and I love her more than anything.
Nicki Meyer | One of my best friends who I rarely argue with. I would probably take a bullet for this girl. (That's deep, but true) She is VERY important to me. She helps me with obstacles I go through, because she either knows someone who went through it, or she has been through it herself. I look up to her so much. I can talk to her about anything.
Nate Meyer | I love my brother. He is a cool little kid. Growing up, I would wrestle with him, and of course I would win every time! Now that he's gotten bigger, I don't mess with him. =) He is the brilliant one in the family that has all the brains! I'll be honest, he is a 13-year-old version of my dad.
Urban Meyer | Another one of my best friends. We just recently became very close. He knows answers to almost all of my questions. He is the first person I think of when I'm confused about something. He spoils me to death, but hearing him say that he is proud of me everyday is all I need to hear. I wouldn't ask for any other person to be my father.
Jim Tressel | Good coach.
Brady Hoke | I don't really know much about this person haha.
Read our BHC Q&A with Nicki Meyer
Editor's Note: We want to thank Gigi Meyer for her time and efforts, as well as our own Carrie Janello for putting this together. We're always excited to have the opportunity to work with anyone within the Ohio State family - and especially happy to be given the chance to work with those within the 'First Family' of the Ohio State football program. We also want to let Gigi know not to worry about her lack of knowledge about Brady Hoke - not many people outside of Ann Arbor have a clue who he is! You can't really say the same about her father. Welcome to the fam, Gigi.


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79 hugs in one minute by Krishna Kumar; Guinness record - Studio N
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Krishna Kumar of Hyderabad set a fourth Guinness record, by hugging 79 youth in one minute. He has a business in pharmaceuticals, at Rock Town in LB nagar area. He already has three World Records for various activities to his credit. The dynamic record holder said that by hugging a person, you are boosting his morale. Even sick people get well with this gesture, he said.


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Thrifty holiday shoppers plan to set limits, pay cash
cactusflats American Fork, UTNov. 20, 2010 3:06 p.m.
I'm writing this from the line in front of Best Buy. It's cold out here. I am waiting to buy a Zune.
Wait, Zunes are already available? Never mind, I'm going home.
My2Cents Kearns, UTNov. 20, 2010 5:54 a.m.
What bothers me about cash buys is that too many stores unjustly won't accept checks. The same security is available for checking accounts as there are for debit and credit cards and its even cheaper for retailers to use yet there is a lot of discrimination. Every other form of payment other than actual cash is in the form of borrowing and lending fees for retailers and consumers.
People trying to get out of debt have stopped using debit and credit cards completely. At least a checking account is required for most job and federal or state income direct deposits yet they get too much discrimination.
Check verification is just as safe and efficient as credit and debit cards and it is unfair we cannot get the same service. How I look at this discrimination is it saves me money because I can't spend it, and I shop elsewhere.
The real benefit of check spending is the paper trail it leaves and ease of accounting for the consumers. Debit and credit card spending can take days to register in a bank balance and too often it leads to excessive bank fees for consumer errors in spending.


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Nick Webb, head of solutions at Vodafone Global Enterprise, discusses the mobile workforce, unified comms and the company's new R&D facility in Silicon Valley.
Eurocomms.com: What's the biggest challenge facing you and your enterprise customers currently?
Nick Webb: One of the biggest challenges is how to deal with the implications of a rapidly growing mobile workforce. Five years ago, there were typically only a handful of senior executives and sales people working away from the office. Companies across all sectors now have increasing numbers of staff throughout the business working flexibly or away from the office. This change is rapid and relentless. For example, one of our customers, a major multinational electronics business, has seen more than 70 percent of its workforce adopt some level of mobile working in just two years.
Why is this such a concern to your customers?
Existing systems, processes, management structures and corporate cultures are built around the assumption that all workers are in the office every day, sitting at the same desk. IT provides a case in point. The biggest concern is how to reorganise IT in a way that will better support a new community of flexible workers, in ensuring they can work equally effectively irrespective of location.
How are you helping them overcome these challenges?
We are increasingly providing advice and consultancy through our professional services team. At the outset we work closely with each customer, often in a joint workshop, to understand the particular challenges they face. Only then do we look to develop a communications solution that is designed to meet their specific needs. Depending on the problems identified, these may range from telecoms expense management to a more comprehensive unified communications solution.
Businesses are continually looking to drive down costs, particularly in the current economic climate - what are you seeing out there in the market in this regard?
The biggest costs are often those operational inefficiencies resulting from poor communications that businesses cannot see. As a result, businesses are concerned about the hidden costs associated with staff being less productive than they could be. Internally, this has become apparent in areas such as poor collaboration between departments. Externally too, staff are not always available to receive and respond to customer calls. Businesses are therefore more willing to consider tools that enable their staff to embrace flexible working more effectively. This is one reason why they are responding more positively to unified communications solutions, as it allows them to identify and remove these hidden costs, so making the business more efficient and customer-responsive.
How big a challenge is creating unified communications in the workplace?
The central challenge is to take out the complexity from the increasing diversity of devices, processes and platforms throughout the enterprise. In helping the business achieve greater simplicity and a better user experience, there are best practice tools and solutions that enable the enterprise and its staff to focus on the business, rather than the technology. An integrated communications solution will provide a single interface, allowing staff to pick up and send emails, share documents and files, hold conferences and exchange instant messages, from any location and almost any device. This means that information is always delivered to them the way they want, ensuring they are equally effective, in and out of the office.
In September, Vodafone launched a new R&D centre, Vodafone Xone, in Silicon Valley. How do you expect to benefit from this?
This exciting new resource is intended to provide technical expertise, potential financial assistance and logistical support to US start-up businesses. By doing this, it will also help promising US technology companies gain a 'fast track' in putting in place proof-of-concept trials across our global network. Ultimately we hope that this will enable us to bring more innovative services to our customers – wherever they may be.


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Nothing but a Dog
The desire for a dog is a common theme, and Katz's (The Monsterologist ) story concerns a girl whose longing for one pervades every waking moment. An afternoon of kite flying might be a success, but then "you feel the wind in your hand—it starts up—that kind of sad, achy feeling of if you only had a dog." Despite a light touch with the particulars ("there is no real cure for it. Not learning to play the trumpet. Or being vice president of the Tree Climbers Club"), it gets repetitive. Manning's (Cat Nights ) paintings picture the girl with large, expressive eyes and a life full of absorbing activities and friends. It's hard not to come away with a sense of the narrator as curiously oblivious to the many blessings her life contains—boots with "zippers and all soft fur inside," her "very own workbench with real tools," and her lamentations about the one thing she doesn't have may make some readers (especially dogless ones) wince. When the dog finally shows up on the final page, it isn't a minute too soon. Ages 5–8. (Mar.)
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Affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Country: Germany
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- Crystallographic analysis of the specific yet versatile recognition of distinct nuclear localization signals by karyopherin alphaE Conti
Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York 10021, USA
Structure 8:329-38. 2000..Distinct classes of NLSs (monopartite and bipartite) have been identified that are only partly conserved with respect to one another but are nevertheless recognized by the same receptor...
- The structure of the mRNA export factor TAP reveals a cis arrangement of a non-canonical RNP domain and an LRR domainE Liker
European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
EMBO J 19:5587-98. 2000..Our in vitro and in vivo functional studies using structure-based mutants suggest that a phylogenetically conserved surface of the LRR domain of TAP may have different roles in the export of viral and cellular RNAs...
- Structural basis for the recognition of a nucleoporin FG repeat by the NTF2-like domain of the TAP/p15 mRNA nuclear export factorS Fribourg
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
Mol Cell 8:645-56. 2001..In general, our findings suggest that FG repeats bind with a similar conformation to different classes of transport factors...
- Nucleocytoplasmic transport enters the atomic ageE Conti
EMBL, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Curr Opin Cell Biol 13:310-9. 2001..Furthermore, a conserved family of proteins, which is distinct from the well characterized family of importin beta-like nuclear export receptors, is implicated in the export of messenger RNA to the cytoplasm...
- Crystallographic analysis of the recognition of a nuclear localization signal by the nuclear import factor karyopherin alphaE Conti
Laboratories of Molecular Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA
Cell 94:193-204. 1998..Binding of the NLS peptide occurs at two sites within a helical surface groove that is lined by conserved residues. The structure reveals the determinants of NLS specificity and suggests a model for the recognition of bipartite NLSs...
- Overexpression of TAP/p15 heterodimers bypasses nuclear retention and stimulates nuclear mRNA exportI C Braun
European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
J Biol Chem 276:20536-43. 2001..Our data indicate that formation of TAP/p15 heterodimers is required for TAP-mediated export of mRNA and show that the LRR domain of TAP plays an essential role in this process...
- Use of DHPLC for rapid screening of recombinant clonesA Colosimo
IRCCS CSS, San Giovanni Rotondo and CSS Mendel Institute, Rome, Italy
Biotechniques 34:706-8. 2003
- Isolation and characterization of a novel gene from the DiGeorge chromosomal region that encodes for a mediator subunitL Berti
Department of Protein Biochemistry, Institute of Molecular Immunology GSF, Munich, 81377, Germany
Genomics 74:320-32. 2001..Together with the observed haploinsufficiency of PCQAP in DGS/VCFS patients, this finding is consistent with a possible role for this novel Mediator subunit in the development of some of the structures affected in DGS/VCFS...
- Structure and expression of the human ubiquitin fusion-degradation gene (UFD1L)G Novelli
Dipartimento di Sanita Pubblica e Biologia Cellulare, Universita di Roma, Italy
Biochim Biophys Acta 1396:158-62. 1998..Expression profile and promoter characteristics suggest UFD1L is a housekeeping gene with implications in the pathogenesis of DiGeorge/velo-cardio-facial syndrome, due to 22q11.2 deletions...
- A novel PTPN11 mutation in LEOPARD syndromeE Conti
Ospedale CSS, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
Hum Mutat 21:654. 2003..This report demonstrates that rarer mutations other than Tyr279Cys and Thr468Met can be found in LS patients and the need of screening the whole gene in those negative for the commonest mutations...


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Monthly round table for Baton Rouge area CEOs and Executive Directors of nonprofits in the Baton Rouge area.
Dear Executive Directors and CEOs of Baton Rouge area nonprofit LANO members,
You are invited to join a new networking group for Executive Directors and CEOs to learn best practices, discover new ways to build partnerships, and create collective impact as a nonprofit community. It will meet on the last Thursday of every month.
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Verndale school board presented with timeline
With the first day of school set for Sept. 2, a visitor to the Verndale School might be tempted to ask if contractors and school staff can complete their work in time.
Hallways are filled with construction materials and equipment as remodeling work in the elementary and secondary portions goes forward. On the west side of the building which Verndale students have called their school, a brand-new 29,700 square foot addition is standing.
The summer flurry of work is part of a $5.795 million project district voters approved in May, 2013. The addition will house a gymnasium, locker rooms, science rooms, administrative offices and storage space.
Superintendent Paul Brownlow gave board members a project update at Monday night's August meeting and supplied them with a timeline for the remaining work. He said some work will still be underway when the teaching staff returns to the building Aug. 25.
The school's new boilers will be fired up this week to help in reducing the humidity in the floor. Humidity in the 88-90 percent range has delayed installation of the gym floor and the office carpeting in the addition.
"Hopefully that will get the moisture out of the floor," Brownlow said.
District 818 needs the additional room for a student population that has topped 500. Brownlow told the board the school has 514 students with the potential for another 10.
"We are nearing 525," Brownlow said.
Class sizes in grades K-12 range from 32-48.
The board approved the hiring of Katie Alba as B-team volleyball coach, Mark Callahan at part-time custodian, Char Orlando and Melissa Kern as drivers, Renae Jacobson as a part-time media assistant, Becky Dye as part-time cook and Orlando as the part-time school readiness education assistant.
Verndale will have eight high school girls competing this fall with the Staples-Motley swimming program. The board also approved a cooperative sponsorship agreement with Staples-Motley in girls' tennis.


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Proud mommy moment
What's your proud mommy moment of the week or day today? Post and brag here!
And tonight is Elijah and Lion's winter music concert, and Elijah is way to scared to sing with his class, so he said his music teacher taught him to hum! :)
Jacob seems to be doing well after his surgery. We see our pedi tomorrow, so we'll see what he says!
Jacob got to teach his class how to work a plasma car. His legs don't work. So i got to see video of him turning the steering wheel to make it go. I only got to see a few minutes of him having fun. But I got a note from his pt girl. After he got of hang on what he doing they had his class come in. He got to show them how to work them and more fun to run into the teacher and staff. I want to get him one.
Since my DS started school here when we moved, he is talking or trying too, a lot more now. He can sing happy birthday, and mimick words...like "close eyes" when we go to bed, and other words. I am so proud to hear him talk a lot more...he is still in diapers for his age, 5 y/o and I am hoping he can be potty trained soon, but i am proud of him...he has progressed so much.
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Jacob seems to be doing well after his surgery. We see our pedi tomorrow, so we'll see what he says!
Brady is back to eating and did well at therapy yesterday and Monday:)


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"And the beat goes on………………"
Note: Thank you to all of you who submitted names for possible inclusion as invited guests to the Dinner-vention 2. We hope to announce the guest list within six weeks or so.
Entrepreneurship and the Arts has been a hot topic over the past couple of years. More university programs in arts administration are including the subject in their curriculum, more training in being entrepreneurial is being offered to working artists, and the topic is increasingly part of the discussion on innovation, being adaptive, and generally as related to survivability.
Most of us think of Silicon Valley when we hear the word "entrepreneur" - the bold, risk-taking people with new ideas behind start ups that sweep our world and make the founders wealthy beyond belief. Entrepreneurs are the creative and relentlessly hard working people who push the envelope and who succeed in convincing others that their idea's time has come.
In the arts, the same is likely true. We also think of entrepreneurs as being savvy business people, who use and manage the latest in theories, technology and business applications to succeed in a highly competitive and tough economic environment.
But Arts Entrepreneurship is a big topic, and there are lots of unanswered questions when considering it.
I enlisted the advice and help of Linda Essig to co-chair this effort, and we've invited the following six additional leaders in our field whose work involves facets of arts entrepreneurship and asked them to participate in a week long mini-blogathon on the topic and to share their knowledge and insight into the subject in the hope that we might begin to have a wider understanding of all the nuances and sub-text issues of any discussion about arts entrepreneurship. Each of the participants has substantial experience about one or more facets of the topic, and each has been significantly involved in one way or another with innovation and cutting edge practices within our field.
Next week, each day, Monday through Friday, all of the panelists will respond to a different single question about the topic - sharing their perspective - including:
- Defining the current status of the concept within our field - its' principles, processes, and practices.
- The knowledge areas critical to being an effective entrepreneur, and the state of arts entrepreneurship pedagogy.
- The challenges to, and opportunities for, advancing arts entrepreneurship.
- The state of research into the area.
- The relationship to collaboration, risk taking and bias.
Here are the participants in next week's discussion (a really quite extraordinary assemblage I think):
Linda Essig: Linda heads the Pave Program in Arts Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University, which has helped over 30 student teams develop arts-based ventures for Arizona and beyond since its inception in 2005 and publishes the only research journal in the field, Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts. She was the first director of the ASU School of Theatre and Film, now the School of Film, Dance and Theatre, where she also served as Artistic Director of the school's MainStage Season from 2004–2010. Her current research is on the social value and organizational values of arts venture incubators. She is the author of articles and book chapters on both arts entrepreneurship and lighting design as well as two books: Lighting and the Design Idea (third edition, January 2012) and The Speed of Light: Dialogues on Lighting Design and Technological Change. She recently competed work as the director of evaluation for "Home in the Desert," an NEA-funded interdisciplinary community arts project. She has served on the boards of directors of the University/Resident Theatre Association, US Institute for Theatre Technology, and the Phoenix Fringe Festival. Prior to joining ASU, she was on the faculty of University of Wisconsin-Madison for sixteen years. Her blog, http://creativeinfrastructure.wordpress.com covers arts entrepreneurship, arts policy, higher education in the arts and, occasionally, cooking. You can follow her on twitter @LindaInPhoenix
Adam Huttler: Adam is Fractured Atlas's founder and Executive Director. He has a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, an M.B.A. from New York University, and is a self-taught software developer. Since forming Fractured Atlas in 1998, he has grown the organization from a one-man-band housed in an East Harlem studio apartment to a broad-based national service organization with an annual budget of $20 million. Adam serves on a number of boards and steering committees, including those of the Performing Arts Alliance, the National Network of Fiscal Sponsors, and NYC's One Percent for Culture campaign.
Ruby Lerner: Ruby is the founding President and Executive Director of Creative Capital. Prior to Creative Capital, Lerner served as the Executive Director of the Association of Independent Film and Videomakers (AIVF) and as Publisher of the highly regarded Independent Film and Video Monthly. Having worked regionally in both the performing arts and independent media fields, she served as the Executive Director of Alternate ROOTS, a coalition of Southeastern performing artists, and IMAGE Film/Video Center, both based in Atlanta. In the late 1970s, she was the Audience Development Director at the Manhattan Theatre Club, one of New York's foremost nonprofit theaters.
Lerner has written and lectured extensively, including at Harvard Business School (in conjunction with a Harvard Business School case study on Creative Capital) and for the University of North Carolina's Entrepreneurship Program. She regularly presents on arts issues at conferences and summits, including the Grantmakers for the Arts conference, the National Innovation Summit for Arts & Culture, IdeaFestival in Louisville and the Independent Sector National Conference. Lerner was a 30th Annniversary ArtTable Honoree (2011) and recipient of the John L. Haber Award from the University of North Carolina (2009), the Catalyst Award from the National Association of Artists Organizations (2007), the BAXten Award from the Brooklyn Arts Exchange (2007), a Creative Leadership Award from the Alliance of Artists Communities (2005), the Artist Advocate Award from the Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations (2003) and a Special Citation from Artists Space for her support of individual artists (2003). Ms. Lerner currently serves on the Headlands Center for the Arts Advisory Council; the Goucher College Committee of Visitors; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Innovation Circle; the National Advisory Board of the McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, NC; and the National Advisory Board of the Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Russell Willis Taylor: Russell - President and CEO of National Arts Strategies since January 2001 - has extensive senior experience in strategic business planning, financial analysis and planning, and all areas of operational management. Educated in England and America, she served as director of development for the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art before returning to England in 1984 at the invitation of the English National Opera (ENO) to establish the Company's first fund-raising department. During this time, she also lectured extensively at graduate programs of arts and business management throughout Britain. From 1997 to 2001, she rejoined the ENO as executive director.
Russell has held a wide range of managerial and Board posts in the commercial and nonprofit sectors including the advertising agency DMBB; head of corporate relations at Stoll Moss; director of The Arts Foundation; special advisor to the Heritage Board, Singapore; chief executive of Year of Opera and Music Theatre (1997); judge for Creative Britons and lecturer on business issues and arts administration. She received the Garrett Award for an outstanding contribution to the arts in Britain, the only American to be recognized in this way, and has served on the boards of A&B (Arts and Business), Cambridge Arts Theatre, Arts Research Digest and the Society of London Theatre. She currently serves on the advisory boards of The University Musical Society of the University of Michigan, Salzburg Global Seminar, the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Charlottesville and the Arts Management program at American University, on the British Council's Arts & Creative Economy Advisory Group and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2013, Russell was honored with the International Citation of Merit by the International Society for the Performing Arts, presented in recognition of her lifetime achievement and her distinguished service to the performing arts.
Anthony Radich: Anthony has served as the executive director of WESTAF since August of 1996. In that capacity he is responsible for providing leadership to the thirteen-state regional arts organizations' programs and special initiatives. He oversees WESTAF's work in the areas of research, advocacy, and online systems development designed to benefit the cultural community. Prior to accepting his position at WESTAF, Radich served as the executive director of the Missouri Arts Council for eight years. There he led the successful effort to create a state cultural trust fund supported by a stream of dedicated state funding. Preceding his work in Missouri, Radich was the senior project manager for the Arts, Tourism, and Cultural Resources Committee of the National Conference of State legislatures (NCSL). As senior project manager, he worked with state legislators from across the country to develop state-level legislation and policy concerned with the arts, tourism, and historic preservation. While working for the NCSL, Radich was appointed by Denver Mayor Federico Peña to chair the Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs, the city's arts agency.
Radich earned a bachelor's degree in physical anthropology and a master's degree in art education from the University of Oregon. He also earned a doctorate from the Graduate School of Public Affairs of the University of Colorado Denver.
His studies on innovation and capacity building led to his design for the Innovation Lab for the Performing Arts. An expansion of EmcArts' successful pilot Lab for American orchestras, the Lab launched in Fall 2008. Fall 2011 saw the launch of a second national lab – the Innovation Lab for Museums. Richard also leads the design and implementation of the New Pathways for the Arts Initiative, a series of community-based innovation programs that is active in cities across the country.
Richard is a frequent speaker on the relationship between cultural policy and emerging practices in the arts. His past research and analytical expertise has been published in numerous field studies in the USA and the UK. Richard received his M.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Prior to founding EmcArts, he held numerous senior positions in performing arts management and philanthropy, including co-director of the National Endowment for the Arts' Advancement Program, Chief Executive of the Bath International Festival of Music & the Arts, England, and Vice President of the National Arts Stabilization Fund.
BTW: EmcArts is now Accepting Proposals: Two Rounds of the Innovation Lab partnering again with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to deliver two more rounds of their Innovation Lab programs.
Applications for Round 9 of the Innovation Lab for the Performing Arts and Round 2 of the Innovation Lab for Arts Development Agencies are due by Friday, May 30, 2014.
Click on the Emc link above for more information.
Andrew Taylor: Andrew is an Assistant Professor in the Arts Management Program at the College of Arts and Sciences at American University, Washington, D.C., exploring the intersection of arts, culture, and business. An author, lecturer, and researcher on a broad range of arts management issues, Andrew has also served as a consultant to arts organizations and cultural initiatives throughout the U.S. and Canada, including the William Penn Foundation, Overture Center for the Arts, American Ballet Theatre, Create Austin, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, among others. Prior to joining the AU faculty, Andrew served as Director of the Bolz Center for Arts Administration in the Wisconsin School of Business for over a decade. Andrew is past president of the Association of Arts Administration Educators, current board member of the innovative arts support organization Fractured Atlas, and consulting editor both for The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society and for Artivate, a journal for arts entrepreneurship. Since July 2003, he has written a popular weblog on the business of arts and culture, ''The Artful Manager,'' hosted by ArtsJournal.com (www.artfulmanager.com).
I would like to thank each of the above panelists for taking time from their schedules to share some of their thinking on a topic that seems to me very likely to occupy more of our thoughts in the future, and which I believe has important implications for the arts field. I am indebted to them all.
Have a great week, and please follow along with next week's Arts Entrepreneurship blogathon.
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A councillor is offering to buy a much-disputed riverside site for £1.
The former Bridge End Cattle Market, off Billams Hill, Otley, has been put on sale by Dacres Commercial and Harvey Burns & Co.
The land is on a flood plain and previous plans for a housing scheme have been refused by Leeds City Council.
It also lies within Otley Conservation Area, and Conserve Otley Riverside Campaign (CORC), with backing from local councillors, has been campaigning for years for it to be returned to nature.
Councillor Colin Campbell (Lib Dem, Otley & Yeadon) said: "Given that this is an important green site, it would be best if it became public open space. As it is active flood plain and therefore undevelopable, I would hope that the owner would sell it to the community for a token payment of say £1, which I am willing to pay."


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Zuckerberg voices frustration with Obama over NSA
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he's called President Barack Obama to express his frustration over what he says is long-lasting damage caused by the U.S. government's surveillance programs.
Posting on his Facebook page, Zuckerberg wrote Thursday that he's "been so confused and frustrated by the repeated reports of the behavior of the U.S. government." He adds that when Facebook's "engineers work tirelessly to improve security, we imagine we're protecting you against criminals, not our own government."
The post comes a day after the news site Intercept reported that the National Security Agency has impersonated a Facebook server to infect surveillance targets' computers and get files from a hard drive. The NSA says the report is "inaccurate."
White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden confirmed that the president spoke with Zuckerberg.
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Value Idea Update: ArcelorMittal (MT)
Posted by: Chandan Dubey (IP Logged)
Date: March 20, 2013 05:06PM
ArcelorMittal (MT) is the world's largest integrated steel and mining company. It is a result of a merger between Mittal Steel and Arcelor, which were at the time of merger, the largest and the second largest companies in the world.
ArcelorMittal's footprint runs over 20 countries and four continents. In recent years it has tried to vertically integrate it operations by cutting out the iron and the coal producers. In the year ended Dec. 31, 2012, ArcelorMittal produced enough iron ore to meet 61% of the company's requirement. It also produced 20% of the company's coal requirements.
ArcelorMittal operates in a highly cyclical and commoditized industry. One of the principal factors affecting its profitability is the gap between the raw material prices and the finished steel products. The cost of the steel and the raw materials rise and fall together. This poses a challenge for manufacturers like ArcelorMittal. When the steel price is high, they might be working through a low-cost inventory and hence get higher profitability. Similarly, when the steel price is down, they might be working through raw materials acquired at high prices. This leads to "price-cost squeeze" and in turn, lower profitability and in some cases, a loss.
In an environment of high fluctuations (as now), small scrap mills turning scrap into finished products are less exposed to such volatility (e.g. Nucor (NUE)).
A solution is to own and produce your own raw material. This gives the company more control on the pricing of the end products. At least in the case of iron ore and coal, ArcelorMittal's strategy is a great way to smooth out the price volatility of the raw materials. On the downside, as the mining segment starts contributing a larger and larger fraction of the company's profitability, the fluctuation of prices of iron ore and coal will affect the profitability in any case.
Cash = $4.4 billion
Total Debt = $26.3 billion
Employee benefits = $7.1 billion
Shares = 1.55 + 0.104 + 0.134< 1.58 billion
Market Cap = $22 billion (Price: $13.91)
EV = $51 billion
Book value - Goodwill = $46.4 billion
To tackle its debt, ArcelorMittal has initiated a four-pronged approach: 1) no growth capex 2) cutting the dividend from $0.75 a year to $0.20 a year 3) asset sales and 4) nearly $4 billion in new equity offering. The terms of the last item are as below.
On Jan. 14 and 16, 2013, ArcelorMittal closed its offerings (the "Combined Offering") of ordinary shares and mandatorily convertible subordinated notes ("MCNs"), respectively. The total aggregate proceeds from the Combined Offering were approximately $4.0 billion .... ordinary shares offering represented ... $1.75 billion ... approximately 104 million ordinary shares at an offering price of $16.75. The MCN offering ... $2.25 billion ... mature in January 2015, were issued at 100% of the principal amount and will be mandatorily converted into ordinary shares of ArcelorMittal at the maturity of the MCNs ... MCNs bear interest of 6.00% per annum,... The minimum conversion price of the MCNs is $16.75 ... the maximum conversion price was set at $20.94. The Mittal family participated in the Combined Offering by acquiring $300 million of MCNs and $300 million of ordinary shares.
Just to remind you, the Mittal family holds 39.35% of the shares outstanding.
The approach of reducing indebtedness is working quite well. The debt has gone down from $32.5 billion in the third quarter of 2008 to $21.8 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012. Meanwhile, the average debt maturity has also gone up from two years to six years. In 2013, the company plans to use all generated cash to reduce the debt further. The medium-term target is a net debt of $15 billion.
With EBITDA of nearly $7 billion 2012 and $10 billion in 2011, there is no immediate balance sheet threat to the company. The company also had $1.76 billion in FCF for 2012.
A Posco (PKX)-led consortium acquired 15% of ArcelorMittal Mines Canada for $1.1 billion, valuing the subsidiary at $7.3 billion. The first part of the sale was completed March 15, 2013. They expect to wrap up the sales in the second quarter of 2013.
Bottom Line
The steel sector is battling with over-capacity and low demand. Given the increased uncertainty and the weakness in the market, it is hard to tell when the things will come around. But with its vertical integration (iron ore and coal production) and improving balance sheet, ArcelorMittal is well positioned to reap the benefits.
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Re Value Idea Update ArcelorMittal MT
Posted by: tonyg34 (IP Logged)
Date: March 20, 2013 06:42PM
Re Value Idea Update ArcelorMittal MT
Date: March 20, 2013 06:59PM
Well, I am not worried. It is quite difficult to find a management you can trust. I like the management and plan to stick with them. I will continue adding on weaknesses ... I don't have a huge position (only 3% of my portfolio) but am willing to increase it to 10%, if the price is right.
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Re Value Idea Update ArcelorMittal MT
Posted by: jjmrocha (IP Logged)
Date: March 21, 2013 06:39AM
Re Value Idea Update ArcelorMittal MT
Date: March 21, 2013 07:58AM
In my humble opinion the company is worth > $24 a share. The number is based on the "normal" operations of the company. In a normal environment, I would expect the company to have $100 billion in sales with at least 6% net margin. This would mean a $6 billion earning. I would gladly pay $36 billion (6 x earning) + $26 billion (net debt) for the company, which means around $24 per share.
Given this and because of the commodity like business and the cyclicity, I am willing to make a substantial position below $12 per share.
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Re Value Idea Update ArcelorMittal MT
Posted by: yoramhtm (IP Logged)
Date: March 21, 2013 11:25AM
Re Value Idea Update ArcelorMittal MT
Date: March 28, 2013 02:51AM
I bought 150 more shares yesterday at $13.3 a share.
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Re: Value Idea Update: ArcelorMittal (MT)
Posted by: larrypettit (IP Logged)
Date: April 1, 2013 12:47AM
I don't have a huge position。
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Re Value Idea Update ArcelorMittal MT
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Date: April 1, 2013 06:40AM
Re Value Idea Update ArcelorMittal MT
Posted by: Nicolas73 (IP Logged)
Date: April 17, 2013 04:12PM
Hi Chandan, are you building your MT position up to 10%?
I imagine the price is right now (< 12$)
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Since acquiring The Terminator franchise, Paramount has been firing on all cylinders to get everyone's favorite human-killing robot moving again. With their foot slammed against the pedal, we now have a release date in sight. Read on for details.
From the Press Release
Skydance Productions, Annapurna Pictures, and Paramount Pictures have jointly announced they will partner on a rebooted "TERMINATOR" movie, to be released by Paramount Pictures on June 26, 2015.
The first in a stand-alone trilogy, "TERMINATOR" will be produced by Megan Ellison of Annapurna and David Ellison of Skydance. Dana Goldberg and Paul Schwake of Skydance will serve as executive producers. Laeta Kalorgridis (Avatar, Shutter Island) and Patrick Lussier (Drive Angry) are attached to write the screenplay.
Launched in 1984 with star Arnold Schwarzenegger as the title character, "TERMINATOR" spanned three subsequent films, which have earned over $1 billion at the worldwide box office.
David Ellison most recently executive produced, along with his partners at Paramount, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. A fifth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise is in active development, along with a 3rd film in the G.I. Joe franchise, among other films.
Megan Ellison most recently produced the Academy Award®-nominated Zero Dark Thirty and The Master and executive produced Spring Breakers via her Annapurna Pictures banner and has David O. Russell's American Hustle, Spike Jonze's Her, and Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher set for release later this year.
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