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Pharmacy and Medications
Drug Combination
Is the combination of these following drugs safe for a 26 year old man to be taking together? PaxelCR Abilify Calopin Ambian
Thank you for your question. One interaction for you to be aware of is that Paxil CR may increase the concentration of Abilify in your body. This can cause an increased number of side effects due to having more Abilify in your system. These side effects can include headaches, agitation, insomnia, weight gain, and dizziness.
In addition, Abilify, Ambien, and Paxil CR are all drugs that can make you extremely weak, drowsy, and confused. When these medications are taken simultaneously, it can intensify these side effects.
In regards to the drug "Calopin", I am unable to identify this medication. If you are referring to the medication clonazepam which is the generic name for Klonopin, then the following is accurate. Clonazepam is another medication that can make you extremely weak, drowsy, and confused. By taking this medication in conjunction with Abilify, Ambien, and/or Paxil CR, those side effects can be enhanced.
You may want to speak with your primary medical doctor or pharmacist in order to find an effective alternative that can help you avoid these interactions.
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Tokioplastic is the creative mind (and arm) behind the recently launched MotoSpeed webisodes. The idea behind the digitally animated short videos is to highlight the benefits of Motorola's mobile broadband handsets.
Having watched the first episode now available on the site, I'm not sure the clip really tells much about the product, but for sure it's very nicely designed and pleasant to watch. Maybe this is enough… (but I'm not sure).


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Should we have expected anything different?
The big winners at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards on Sunday included Robert Pattinson who snagged awards for his performance in ""The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" as well as his fight scene against Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel. "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart also won for Best Female Performance and Best Kiss (with Pattinson).
Other shoo-in winners included Justin Bieber who received the MTV Movie Award for Best Jaw-Dropping Moment in the concert film "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never."
Reese Witherspoon was recognized for her versatility as an actress and for delighting the MTV audience throughout her career as this year's recipient of the Generation Award.
Witherspoon possibly had the line of the night, accepting her award. "It's cool to be bad, girls... I get it. ... But it is possible to make it in Hollywood without a reality show."
As for host Jason Sudeikis, it was a considerable improvement over last year's host Aziz Ansari. The "Saturday Night Live" thesp seemed at ease on stage and while the writers may have been more on point this year, his rapport with the crowd seemed more than effortless.
The complete list of winners is as follows:
Best Male Performance
Robert Pattinson, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Best Female Performance
Kristen Stewart, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Best Fight
Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Best Kiss
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Best Jaw-Dropping Moment
Justin Bieber, "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," Performance Spectacular
Best Villain
Tom Felton, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
Best Line From A Movie (New Category)
Alexys Nycole Sanchez, "Grown Ups": "I want to get chocolate wasted."
Best Scared-As-Sh*t Performance
Ellen Page, "Inception"
Best Movie
"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Best Comedic Performance
Emma Stone, "Easy A"
Best Breakout Star
Chloe Grace Moretz, "Kick-Ass"
Biggest Badass Star
Chloe Grace Moretz, "Kick-Ass"
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MTV Movie Awards 2011: Reese Witherspoon to receive MTV Generation Award
MTV Movie Awards 2011: Complete list of nominees
MTV Movie Awards 2010 winners: A complete list
MTV Movie Awards 2009 stunt: Eminem gets a faceful of Bruno
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Study shows how changing ocean chemistry slows life cycle
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Ocean acidification could take a bite out of the economically important Dungeness crab fishery along the Pacific Northwest coast. As the oceans absorb more CO2 from the atmosphere, the increasingly corrosive water is likely slow development and reduce survival of the crab's larval stages, according to new research by the NOAA Fisheries Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle.
Ocean acidification is one of the most serious effects of increasing CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. Based on what we know about emissions trends, the average pH of surface waters off the Pacific Northwest Coast is expected to drop to about 7.8, and even more when periodic upwelling carries deep water to the surface. Acidification has already been found to slow coral growth, impair shark feeding, and speed the spread of invasive species, among other impacts.
The study, recently published in the journal Marine Biology, shows that the crab larvae hatched at the same rate regardless of pH, but those that hatched at lower levels showed signs of slowed development. The researchers suggested that the lower pH may reduce the metabolic rate of embryos. That could extend their vulnerable larval period, or could jeopardize the timing of their development in relation to key food sources, the scientists said. Continue reading "Ocean acidification puts Dungeness crab fishery at risk"


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The Obama administration is getting a case of March Madnesss for its latest effort to reach young and healthy consumers who have been slow to sign up for insurance under the new health care reform law, two weeks before a critical enrollment deadline.
The administration has marshaled athletes, coaches, and sports celebrities to help sell the law to the so-called "young invincibles," whose participation is vital to the success of the insurance marketplaces, according to a White House official who described the blitz. Just 25 percent of enrollees are aged 18-35, well below the administration's target.
The field of teams in the college basketball tournament was set to be chosen on Sunday, also known as "Selection Sunday." On Monday, the White House will release a "16 Sweetest Reasons to Get Covered" bracket listing the top reasons to get health insurance, along with a new web video featuring top college basketball coaches. The bracket will be updated all week to reflect the results of an online survey. The bracket is timed to coincide with the release of President Barack Obama's selections for his own NCAA tournament bracket on Wednesday, the White House official said.
Additionally, ads paid for by the Department of Health and Human Services featuring LeBron James, Magic Johnson and Alonzo Mourning will air during March Madness games and on ESPN, ABC, TNT and NBAtv, while the agency is targeting digital ads to basketball supporters. Administration officials including Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer have called into sports radio stations across the country to promote insurance enrollment.
The effort follows Obama's appearance in a Funny Or Die Web video, "Between Two Ferns," as well as a call-in to Ryan Seacrest's radio show.
Last week the administration announced that 4.2 million Americans have enrolled in coverage through federal and state health care exchanges, well below the initial seven million projection and the revised six million projection from the Congressional Budget Office. The White House has said that the final weeks of the enrollment period are when they expect to see a surge in enrollment, particularly among young people, to avoid the law's tax penalty for not having coverage.
More from a White House official on the latest enrollment push:
Building on our efforts to reach young consumers where they are during the final weeks of open enrollment, next week the Obama administration, well-known athletes, coaches, and other influencers are launching a push around March Madness to encourage tournament fans young and old to sign up for insurance by March 31. This effort will feature PSAs from athletes and coaches, new digital engagement tools and social media blitzes, and targeted interviews on sports radio, including Spanish Language sports radio, throughout the week. Officials from the White House and across the Administration, including many who are former basketball players, will participate in various ways, including White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer, White House Senior Advisor Phil Schiliro, and Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan.
For example, on Monday morning, the White house will release a "16 Sweetest Reasons to Get Covered" bracket listing the top reasons to get health insurance. To introduce the bracket, the White House will release a new online video featuring two of the most recognized coaches in college basketball, talking about the importance of getting health insurance and making sure consumers know about the upcoming March 31st deadline.
Each day the ACA bracket will be updated based on the "winning" votes from online users. On Wednesday, when the President's NCAA bracket is released, it will be incorporated into the 16 Sweetest Reasons to Get Covered bracket webpage on WhiteHouse.gov. The release of the President's NCAA bracket last year got over 280,000 views, and was the most popular blog of the year on WhiteHouse.gov.
Next week, a new CMS ad featuring LeBron James will begin airing during March Madness games, as part of the agency's existing ad rotation running on ESPN, ABC, TNT and NBAtv. LeBron's ad joins similar 30 second spots CMS has been airing that feature Magic Johnson and Alonzo Mourning sharing their compelling health care stories and highlighting the importance of getting covered, even for young folks who may think they've invincible.
HHS and Healthcare.gov social media channels will be promoting enrollment by joining the online conversation during the NCAA tournament with graphics, posts and paid promotion targeted to basketball fans. Secretary Sebelius, a big college basketball fan, will be tweeting about the tournament throughout the tournament, especially about the Kansas Jayhawks.
On Thursday, athletes involved with the ongoing health care enrollment campaign being spearheaded by Gameplan4me.com will help drive a social media day of action, pushing out #GetCoveredNow messages to drive traffic to their site, which links to HealthCare.gov. GamePlan4Me.com is a unique partnership between the sports industry and athletes like Kobe Bryant and Victor Cruz, that encourages young people to make healthy decisions about their future, which includes signing up for health insurance.
On Monday, Univision Radio's Locura Deportiva will air an interview with President Obama. Additionally, the ESPN Deportes network will air an interview with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on its syndicated network of stations, which include Miami, Houston, Dallas, and Phoenix. And ESPN Deportes will also air a PSA featuring Secretary of Labor Tom Perez, will air 25 times each week between now and the March 31st enrollment deadline.
And throughout next week, Secretary Duncan, Denis McDonough, and Phil Schiliro will conduct interviews on several sports talk radio stations across the nation to discuss the importance of getting covered ahead of the March 31st deadline. On Monday, March 17, Dan Rooney, Chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers will be interviewed by a leading Pittsburgh radio station to discuss the importance of having health care coverage.
Next week's push builds upon the Administrations already extensive outreach to sports radio stations across the country. Since February 27, Denis McDonough and Dan Pfeiffer have done interviews with sports talk stations in major enrollment media markets to highlight the importance of health care coverage, reaching listeners in Atlanta, Austin, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Miami, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, and Tampa.
This effort also builds on the innovative strategies the Administration and stakeholders have been using to reach young people where they are, including by appealing to them through their mothers, who are often are the primary influences in the health care decisions of their adult children. Last week, Funny or Die released an interview of the President on Between Two Ferns, which as of Friday had over 15 million views and linked to HealthCare.gov. On Friday, an interview the President did with WebMD aired on the platform's website, which has 156 million views per month – over 60 percent of which are women. And on Friday, a new online video campaign, YourMomCares, was launched by outside organizations, featuring the mothers of celebrities like Jonah Hill, Adam Levine, Jennifer Lopez and Alicia Keys, and the First Lady, all talking about the importance of getting covered.


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FBI arrests 7 in Amish haircut attacks in Ohio
By John Seewer, Associated Press
The leader of a breakaway Amish group allowed the beatings of those who disobeyed him, made some members sleep in a chicken coop and had sexual relations with married women to "cleanse them," federal authorities said Wednesday as they charged him and six others with hate crimes in hair-cutting attacks against other Amish.
Authorities raided the group's compound in eastern Ohio earlier in the day and arrested seven men, including group leader Sam Mullet and three of his sons.
Several members of the group carried out the attacks in September, October and November by forcibly cutting the beards and hair of Amish men and women and then taking photos of them, authorities said.
Cutting the hair is a highly offensive act to the Amish, who believe the Bible instructs women to let their hair grow long and men to grow beards and stop shaving once they marry. One victim told the FBI he would rather have been "beaten black and blue than to suffer the disfigurement and humiliation of having his hair removed," according to court papers.
The attacks struck at the core of the Amish identity and tested their principles. They are pacifists and strongly believe that they must be forgiving in order for God to forgive them, which often means handing out their own punishment and not reporting crimes to law enforcement.
The attacks had terrorized Amish communities, Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said at a news conference Wednesday.
"You've got Amish all over the state of Ohio and Pennsylvania and Indiana that are concerned. We've received hundreds and hundreds of calls from people living in fear," he said. "They are buying Mace, some are sitting with shotguns, getting locks on their doors because of Sam Mullet."
The sheriff added, "Sam Mullet is evil."
In the state case, an Amish bishop and his son said they were held down while men used scissors and a clipper to cut their beards.
The seven men were sleeping when the FBI and local police showed up at their homes before dawn Wednesday, the sheriff said. Three men initially refused to come out of their rooms, but all seven were arrested without incident, he said.
An FBI affidavit said Johnny, Lester and Daniel Mullet and Levi and Eli Miller all confessed in early October to taking part in at least a couple of the attacks.
Johnny Mullet told detectives that it was his idea to cut the hair and beards and that he discussed the idea with his father, who gave him the addresses of two victims, the affidavit said.
Lester Mullet told detectives that after two attacks in late September, the men went home and told Sam Mullet what happened. He said his father laughed and called them nuts, the court document said.
Abdalla, the sheriff, said he didn't know the specifics of the religious disagreements that prompted Mullet to form his own community in 1995.
But the heart of his recent dispute with Amish bishops stemmed from his desire to excommunicate several members, the FBI said. Other bishops concluded the excommunications weren't consistent with Amish teachings and scripture and decided not to recognize the penalties, the FBI said.
One of Mullet's daughters-in-law and a former brother-in-law told investigators that Mullet controls everything that happens within the community outside Bergholz and that he allowed others to beat members of the group who disobeyed him, according to the affidavit filed in federal court Wednesday.
Mullet punished some by making them sleep in a chicken coop for days and was sexually intimate with married women in the community so that he could "cleanse them of the devil," the two said in the affidavit.
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Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay the state of West Virginia $22 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the company illegally promoted its Avandia diabetes medicine.
The British drugmaker initially announced the settlement with West Virginia and seven other states in a regulatory filing in July 2013.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey signed off on the deal May 30, and announced the settlement Thursday.
Morrisey said GlaxoSmithKline's $22 million payment is one of the largest pharmaceutical lawsuit settlements in state history.
"This settlement is a significant victory for the state, its agencies and the people," Morrisey said in a prepared statement. ". . . We are pleased that we were able to recoup some of the money spent on these products."
As part of the settlement, GlaxoSmithKline denied any wrongdoing.
Then-Attorney General Darrell McGraw filed the lawsuit in Wayne County Circuit Court in 2012. The lawsuit alleged that GlaxoSmithKline failed to disclose side effects of Avandia, which the company marketed as a diabetes drug that would lower patients' blood sugar and decrease risks of heart problems.
However, the drugs have been linked to heart attacks and strokes. Avandia was pulled from the market in Europe, and its sale is now heavily restricted in the United States.
"Our citizens have the right to know the risks and possible side effects of the medication they are taking," Morrisey said.
Avandia once was the world's best-selling diabetes drug, generating $3 billion in sales, according to a Bloomberg News report.
In November 2012, GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay $90 million to settle Avandia-related lawsuits in 37 states.
West Virginia was one of eight states that opted out of that multi-state agreement, a decision that seems to have paid dividends. States that settled their lawsuits in 2012 each received payments of about $1.5 million to $3 million.
In late March, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services agreed not to try to recoup any of the $22 million that West Virginia received from the settlement with GlaxoSmithKline, Morrisey said.
"As part of the settlement, we wanted to make sure everything was handled appropriately and openly," he said. "We instituted a different process so that the state was protected."
McGraw filed the lawsuit on behalf of West Virginia's Medicaid program and the state Public Employees Insurance Agency.
PEIA will receive $10.5 million from the $22 million settlement. The next-largest share, $4.6 million, will pay outside lawyer fees and expenses, while West Virginia's Medicaid program will pick up $3.7 million. Also, Morrisey's Consumer Protection Division will receive $3 million — money that will pay the division's operating expenses for three years.
Lawyers from Huntington and Texas represented the state in the lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline.
In 2012, GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay $3 billion and plead guilty to criminal charges in one of the largest health-care fraud cases in U.S. history. The settlement included charges of failing to provide the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with clinical safety data about Avandia.
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Comments Submitted to the National Research Council Committee on the Updated Site-Specific
Risk Assessment for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas
William L. Richter, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Kansas State University
February 24, 2012
I wish to thank the Committee for the excellent public hearing held at Kansas State University on Friday, January 27, 2012. The two-hour session was exceptionally fair, transparent, and considerate of all points of view. This is in contrast to the way in which most prior discussion of NBAF has taken place – with attempts to maintain a political "united front" in support of NBAF and to stifle, dismiss or deride any criticism of that position.
There was some concern from interested university faculty that the January 27 meeting was held 8:00-10:00 on a Friday morning, when many had teaching commitments, but I thought most of the relevant arguments both for and against NBAF were aired. I realize that your Committee is not responsible for dealing with some of the substantive objections to NBAF that were raised in the meeting, and appreciate your willingness to listen to each submission. I did not offer oral testimony at the session because I perceived that time was limited and that others had important points to make. If it is not too late to do so, I wish to submit the following written comments for your consideration because I think they are relevant to your review of the site-specific risk assessment (SSRA) and because I did not hear them presented in the oral testimony.
1. Risk, Other Values, and Organizational Culture
The Committee raised some important questions in the first hour of the hearing about existing Kansas State University procedures to minimize risk of accidental or intentional release of deadly pathogens. The organizational cultures of large organizations can have serious consequences, as NASA found with both the Challenger and Columbia space-shuttle disasters. The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (2003) "searched for causal principles that would explain both the technical and organizational system failures [that] were needed to explain Columbia and its echoes of Challenger…." A significant factor, the Board found, was NASA's organizational culture.
Leaders create culture. It is their responsibility to change it. Top administrators must take responsibility for risk, failure, and safety by remaining alert to the effects their decisions have on the system…. The past decisions of national leaders–the White House, Congress, and NASA headquarters–set the Columbia accident in motion by creating resource and schedule strains that compromised the principles of a high-risk technology organization. The measure of NASA's success became how much costs were reduced and how efficiently the schedule was met….
At least two sets of questions flow from this observation that are relevant to the Kansas NBAF enterprise: (a) What has been Kansas State University's record in dealing with other health and safety situations? (b) How have the proponents of NBAF dealt with risk issues to date?
1(a) Kansas State University's Record of Dealing with Risk
On September 22, 2010, the Topeka Capital-Journal online edition carried a story on a toxic landfill lying just west of the NBAF construction site and north of the K-State football stadium. (http://cjonline.com/news/state/2010-09-22/ksu_to_clean_toxic_landfill) "As many as 175 chemicals of varying concentration and toxicity were tossed into the university's landfill cocktail." "Tritium, carbon-14 and other radioactive elements were placed into the 'Atomic Waste Burial Plot' adjacent to the Wildcats' football stadium from 1961 to 1987, according to a consultant's report prepared for K-State and submitted to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in August." Kansas State University is spending around $4 million to remediate the site.
About a decade earlier, in November 2001, my wife (Professor Linda K. Richter) was sickened by poisonous fumes released in Waters Hall, where she was teaching that day and where her office was located. Subsequent inquiry found that the Entomology Department had contracted with Cheney Construction to paint lab tables with substances that would make them impervious to chemical spills. The substances used in the painting were themselves highly toxic, however, and should have been used with adequate precaution when the building was not in use. Instead, Cheney Construction subcontracted the job to a local auto-painting company and that company's workers proceeded on a day when classes were in session, without even protective masks for themselves. My wife went to the hospital emergency room. It is our understanding that at least 200 people were sickened by the fumes, that the campus safety officer did not visit the site until three days after the event, and that no action was taken against those responsible for the accident.
Following this incident, Professor Richter checked with other departments in the building and found that most were concerned about other environmental issues, including a seemingly high incidence of cancer among faculty with offices in the building and water quality in the drinking fountains. Most departments bought bottled water because they did not trust the water fountains, but there were no signs to warn students not to drink the water. When this was reported to central administration, a survey of the water fountains in the building was conducted and it was found that 17 of the 31 machines did not have potable water. The tests were conducted after letting the water run for four minutes, something a casual user was not likely to do. The polluted machines were simply removed from the building without fanfare.
Our neighbor, Professor Torry Dickinson found herself getting sick in Leasure Hall. When the soil in front of Leasure was tested it was found to have high concentrations of heavy metals, apparently from the nearby coal-fired power plant. We are not aware of any remedial actions that have been taken in that part of the campus.
Certainly, the university's risk and safety record is mixed. As K-State's first Associate Provost for International Programs I initiated and oversaw in the mid-1990s the development of health and safety procedures for our study abroad participants. But I also know that proactive procedures (such as predeparture orientation) were missing or uneven before that time. The university does have a safety officer but I wonder whether the SSRA has included a careful review of his files. The question is not whether such an officer exists but the extent to which the university has procedures in place to maximize safety and minimize risk, and to what extent those procedures permeate the university.
1(b) NBAF Proponents and Risk
It is difficult for avid proponents of a project like NBAF to build broad-based political support for the project and at the same time deal openly with questions of risk. To welcome serious public discussion of risk would undermine the boosterism involved in the political campaign to win and pursue the project. If NASA placed concern over cost and schedule above safety, the proponents of NBAF appear to have placed institutional prestige and community economic development concerns over open discussion of risk.
Several university faculty have been willing to speak out against NBAF, but several have privately confided that they are afraid to do so for fear that their grant funding will be jeopardized (given the fact that the Vice-Provost for Research has been the leading proponent of NBAF). I wonder whether those preparing the SSRA have made any attempt to get anonymous input from K-State scientists. It might be reassuring if one could find memos inviting input from faculty on risk and safety issues, but I suspect that such an invitation would have been seen as a sign of weakness in K-State's competition with other potential NBAF sites. Any adverse comments might have been viewed as disloyalty to the "team."
You might find it instructive to review university news releases on the subject of NBAF over the past few years to see the lack of balance between boosterism and coverage of any of the risk issues raised by critics.
2. Closing Comments
Given the "team loyalty" issue mentioned above, I think it is important to offer some brief personal comments. I was a faculty member at Kansas State University for 42 years prior to my retirement in 2008. For more than half of that time I served also as an administrator in various positions from department head to associate provost. I am grateful for the many benefits and opportunities K-State has provided my wife and myself, and we have been loyal university supporters. In short, our criticism of NBAF and our raising of questions concerning the potential risk it represents to our community do not derive from any animosity to the university. Moreover, we regard many of the proponents as friends.
Indeed, I think it is a deeper loyalty to the institution that many are willing to offer criticism that might help avert disaster, even in the knowledge that such criticism is not welcomed by the proponents. I also think that some of the most significant improvements in the design of NBAF, such as upgrading the level of tornado that the building might withstand, would not have come about without persistent raising of risk and safety questions by NBAF critics.
Thank you all for your Committee's important work.
References: Columbia Accident Investigation Report, vol. 1 (August 2003). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2003, ch. 8, sections 8.4, 8.6, quoted selections reprinted in William L. Richter and Frances Burke, eds., Combating Corruption, Encouraging Ethics (2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), p. 153. The report should also be available online at www.caib.us/news/report/default.html.


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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Freshman Joe Rahon scored 15 points, including eight in the last four minutes, to lead Boston College past Georgia Tech, 74-72, in front of 5,247 fans in Conte Forum on Saturday afternoon.
In BC's regular season finale, Rahon shot 5 of 7 from the floor and handed out a game-high seven assists. Freshman Olivier Hanlan netted 14 points on 6 of 9 shooting, sophomore Ryan Anderson scored 13, and classmate Eddie Odio posted a career-high 11 points.
Trailing 64-59 with 4:19 left, the Eagles went on a 12-0 run to stake a 71-64 lead with 28 seconds on the clock. Rahon scored eight points during the run while Hanlan scored on two layups - the first after an Odio block started a transition play and the second after he came up with a steal off of full-court pressure.
The Yellow Jackets hit two 3-pointers in the last 25 seconds, but the Eagles made enough free throws to seal the win.
Holding a 41-38 lead in the opening minutes of the second half, the Yellow Jackets used an 11-4 spurt to take a 52-42 lead - their largest - with 14:23 to play. The Eagles then used a 14-4 run to tie the game, 56-56, with 6:54 remaining. Odio scored the run's first eight points while Hanlan scored four.
After the Yellow Jackets opened an early 8-2 lead, the Eagles scored 10 straight points to take a 12-8 edge just over five minutes into the game. Georgia Tech then tallied five quick points to regain the lead, but a put-back dunk from Anderson helped put BC back up 19-15 with 10:53 to play in the half.
With under a minute remaining in the first, the Yellow Jackets held a 36-29 lead behind a 13-5 run before the Eagles trimmed the margin to 36-32 at the break.
Marcus Georges-Hunt led Georgia Tech (16-14, 6-12 ACC) with a game-high 16 points while Chris Bolden scored 12 and Daniel Miller had 10.
Boston College (15-16, 7-11 ACC) will play in the first round of the ACC Tournament on Thursday (ESPNU/ACC Network


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A JUDGE has ordered a not guilty verdict on a Nelson man accused of trying to grope a female customer at a Nelson store.
Fahad Mehmood, 27, was alleged to have made a grab for a young woman in the cosmetics aisle of Wilkinson's, in the town's Pendle Rise shopping centre.
Mehmood, of Bentley Street, Nelson, who denied sexual assault, insisted that he had been merely trying to ask the woman about the suitability of hair dyes on sale there.
Judge Christopher Cornwall QC halted a Preston Crown Court and directed the jury to find him not guilty, on the second day of a trial, and he was discharged from the dock.
Interviewed after the alleged incident by Lancashire Police, shortly afterwards, Mehmood said he had spoken to the alleged victim about hair dyes, after tapping her on the shoulder, as he wanted to know if they were suitable for both men and women.
The court heard that he became alarmed when she started shouting at him and he quickly left the store.
He insisted that any contact between the pair would have been accidental and denied any impropriety.
CCTV cameras filmed Mehmood and the young woman entering the store but the alleged incident itself was obscured by overhanging signs.


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Imaginative Stories from Many Lands
Black Tales for White Children
by C.H. Stigand (1914)
East Africa Swahili Tales
Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider: West African Folk Tales
by Florence Cronise (1903)
Compare to Harris' Uncle Remus Tales
South African Folk Tales
by James Honeij (1910)
Told by Uncle Remus
by Joel Chandler Harris (1905)
West African Folk Tales
by William Barker (1917)
American Indian Fairy Tales
by Margaret Compton (1895)
American Indian Fairy Tales
retold by W.T. Larned (1921)
Indian Fairy Tales as Told to the Children in the Wigwam
by Mary Wade (1906)
Indian Folk Tales
by Mary Nixon-Roulet (1911)
Totem Tales
by W. S. Phillips (1896)
Gathered from the Pacific Northwest
Olcott's The Arabian Nights
by Frances Olcott Jenkins (1913)
Stories from Arabian Nights
retold by Laurence Housman (1907)
Ill. by Edmund Dulac
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
retold for young people by Martha Lane (1915)
The Arabian Nights: their best known tales
by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1909)
Ill. by Maxfield Parrish
Belgian Fairy Tales
by William Griffis (1919)
Chinese Fables and Folks Stories
by Mary Davis and Chow-Leung (1908)
Chinese Folk-lore Tales
by John MacGowan (1910)
Folk Tales From Tibet
by William O'Connor (1906)
The Danish Fairy Book
by Clara Stoebe (1922)
Hans Christian Andersen, Volume 1
by Jenny Stickney (1914)
Hans Christian Andersen, Volume 2
by Jenny Stickney (1914)
Stories from Hans Andersen
ill. by Edmund Dulac (1911)
The Nightingale
ill. by Edmund Dulac
English Fairy Tales
by Flora Annie Steele (1922)
Ill. by Arthur Rackham
Legends of Ancient Egypt
by Frank Brooksbank (192?)
Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finish Fairy Tales
by Parker Fillmore (1922)
Favourite French Fairy Tales
by Barbara Douglas (1921)
French Fairy Tales
trans. by M. Cary (1903)
Ill. by E. Boyd Smith
Old French Fairy Tales
by Sophie Segur (1920)
The Blue Bird Retold from an Old French Fairy Tale
by Madame d'Aulnoy (1938)
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (1922 edition)
The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French
by Arthur Quiller-Couch (1910)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
by Mara Pratt (1892)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
by Edna Lee Turpin (1903)
Olcott's Grimm's Fairy tales
by Frances Olcott Jenkins (1927)
Snow White and Other Stories from Grimm
by Jeanne Cappe (1957)
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young People
by William Griffis
Tales Told in Holland
by Olive Beaupre Miller
Cradle Tales of Hinduism
by Margaret Noble (1907)
Indian Fairy Tales
by Joseph Jacobs (1892)
Indian Fairy Tales
by Mark Thornhill (1888)
Indian Fairy Tales
by Maive Stokes (1888)
Jataka Tales Retold
by Ellen Babbitt (1912)
Tales of the Punjab Told By The People
by Flora Annie Steele (1917)
Three Bags of Gold and Other Indian Folk Tales
by Murkhot Kunhappa (1963)
The Story of Little Black Sambo
by Helen Brennerman (1923)
Celtic Fairy tales
by Joseph Jacobs
More Celtic Fairy Tales
by Joseph Jacobs (1894)
Irish Fairy Tales
by W. B. Yeats (1892)
Irish Fairy Tales
by James Stephens, ill. Arthur Rackham
Irish Fairy Tales
by Edmund Leamy (1907)
Legends and Stories of Italy for Children
by Amy Steedman (1909)
Japanese Fairy World
by William Griffis (1880)
Japanese Folk Stories and Fairy Tales
by Mary Nixon-Roulet (1908)
Japanese Fairy Tales
by Lafcadio Hearn (1918)
Japanese Fairy Tales
by Teresa Williston (1904)
The Japanese Fairy Book
by Yei Ozaki (1903)
Jewish Fairy Tales and Fables
by Gertrude Landa (1919)
Jewish Fairy Tales and Stories
by Gerald Friedlander (1920)
The Jewish Fairy Book
by Gerald Friedlander (1920)
Tales of Enchantment from Spain
by Elsie Eels (1920)
East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon
by Peter Asbjornsen (1912)
East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon
retold by George Desant (1921)
Viking Tales
by Jennie Hall
Tales of the Persian Genii
by Frances Olcott Jenkins (1917)
Polish Fairy Tales
by Maude Biggs (1920)
Folk Tales From the Russian
by Vera Blumenthal (1903)
Old Peter's Russian Tales
by Arthur Ransome (1916)
The Russian Garland
ed. by Robert Steele (1916)
The Scottish Fairy Book
by Elizabeth Grierson (1910)
Czechoslovak Fairy Tales
by Parker Fillmore (1919)
Slavonic Fairy Tales
by John Naake
Fairy Tales from Spain
by J. Munoz Escamez (1913)
Jolly Calle and other Swedish Fairy Tales
by Helena Nyblom (1912)
The Swedish Fairy Book
by Klara Stoebe (1921)
Fairy Tales from the Swedish
by G. Djurklo (1901)
Ottoman Wonder Tales
by Lucy Garnett (1915)
Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales
by Ignacz Kunoz
Welsh Fairy Tales
by William Griffis (1921)
Welsh Fairy Tales and Other Stories
by Peter Emerson (1894)
Wonder Tales of Ancient Wales
by Bernard Henderson (1922)
The Story-Teller
edited by Charles Eliot Norton (1910)
Stories to Read and Tell
by Laura Foucher (1911)
Fairy Stories Every Child Should Know
by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1906)
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know
ed. by Hamilton Wright Mabie (1905)
The Birch-Tree Fairy Book
ed. by Clifton Johnson (1906)
The Oak-Tree Fairy Book
ed. by Clifton Johnson (1905)
The Blue Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang (1920)
The Red Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang (1898)
The Green Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang (1892)
The Yellow Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang (1906)
The Lilac Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang (1910)


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Hybrid optical/electronic viewfinder. Superb high ISO image quality. 35mm wide-angle field of view. Fast f/2 lens. Excellent control layout. Fast focus. Continuous shooting at 5fps. X-Trans image sensor. Wide-angle adapter available.
Bigger than some other large-sensor compacts. Lens suffers from edge softness. Macro shots at wide apertures have a soft-focus look. Video could be better. No image stabilization. Rear LCD could be sharper.
Bottom Line
Don't be fooled by the Fujifilm X100S's retro exterior; it's a modern, full-featured digital camera that impressed us enough to earn our Editors' Choice award.
The X100S is pretty speedy, directly addressing criticisms about the operation speed of its predecessor. It starts and grabs a shot in about 1.3 seconds, and in good light can focus and fire in about 0.2-second. In low light, focus took an average of 0.9-second. Burst shooting is surprisingly fast. Even though you don't buy a camera with a fixed wide-angle prime lens to shoot sports or heron swooping down to snatch fish from the ocean, Fuji put a 6fps burst mode into the camera. Our lab tests showed that it's actually closer to 4.8fps in practice, but that's still plenty fast. If you're shooting in JPG mode you can keep that pace going for an amazing 200 shots, but Raw and Raw+JPG is limited to 8 frames before slowing down. Compare this with the Sigma DP2 Merrill, which delivers amazing image quality but is not a speed demon. It starts and shoots in 2.9 seconds, records a 0.3-second shutter lag, and only manages a short burst of photos at 3.8 frames per second.
I used Imatest to check the sharpness of the X100S's 35mm f/2 lens. The results were impressive across the board; at its maximum aperture it records 2,279 lines per picture height, better than the 1,800 lines we require for an image to be considered sharp. Narrowing the aperture improves sharpness by around 100 lines per full stop. It peaks at 2,719 lines at f/8. Edge performance at wider apertures is a bit of an issue. Edges are very soft at f/2, only 1,249 lines, but improve to a more reasonable 1,533 lines at f/2.8, and 1,869 lines at f/4. Barrel distortion is minimal, only 0.8 percent. The Sony RX1 also features a 35mm f/2 lens, but it's a true 35mm design as that camera has a larger, full-frame image sensor. It manages 2,275 lines at f/2, but only increases to about 2,400 lines as you stop down. It delivers more consistently across the frame, they hover around 2,000 lines at all tested apertures, but it does show a lot of barrel distortion—about 2.5 percent. The full-frame design allows for a shallower depth of field with similar framing, but you'll pay for that privilege—the RX1 is more than double the price of the X100S.
Fuji doesn't recommend using the camera at macro distances at f/2. When you do so, the images are very, very soft, with a glow around the edges of your subject. This can be very pleasant with certain subjects—I loved it for flowers—but you may prefer a more realistic look for your shots. The lens sharpens a bit at f/2.8, but if you're trying to capture the most detail, you're best bet is to set the lens at f/4 or f/5.6—the depth of field will still be shallow because of the working distance. This is the only prime-lens compact we've seen that behaves like this. The minimum shooting distance for standard mode is 1.6 feet, but enabling the macro function lets you focus as close as 3.9 inches. The Ricoh GR, which can focus as close as 4 inches in macro mode, and other big-sensor compacts with macro shooting modes don't require you to stop the lens down—they produce sharp photos at close distances.
Imatest also checks photos for noise, which can rob detail and make them appear grainy at high ISO settings. The camera keeps noise under 1.5 percent through ISO 12800. That's one of the best results we've seen from any camera with an APS-C sensor, though a couple of full-frame models—the Sony RX1 also controls noise through ISO 12800, and Nikon's top-end D4 D-SLR keeps it under our threshold all the way through ISO 20000. We took a close look at our test images on a calibrated NEC MultiSync PA271W display. Image detail at ISO 12800 is just about equal to the RX1; both cameras start to smudge away textures at this setting. The X100S cannot shoot in Raw format at this ISO setting; 6400 is its top Raw ISO. Detail is much better here, with only 1 percent noise. A comparison of Raw files at 6400 shows that the Fuji shows a little bit less noise than the RX1, but the RX1 has a slight edge in terms of detail. Nitpicking aside, as someone who works primarily with Raw formats, I wouldn't hesitate to shoot the X100S at ISO 6400. If the shot necessitated it, I'd prefer to shoot in Raw and underexpose by a stop at 6400, with the intention of bringing up the exposure in Lightroom, rather than switching to JPG capture for an ISO 12800 shot.
One of the reasons for the X100S's low light dominance is its sensor design. Fujifilm has never been one to stray from trying something new with image sensors—the SuperCCD sensor in its S3 Pro D-SLR was the king of high ISO in its day. The X100S uses a sensor with an X-Trans design, first introduced in the company's X-Pro1 mirrorless camera. It uses a color filter with a six-by-six array of repeating red, green, and blue pixels; a traditional Bayer camera sensor uses a similar grid with a four-by-four pattern. Fuji promises images with a more film-like grain pattern, and from what we've seen with the X-Trans cameras that we've reviewed, it delivers. There's also an inherent sharpness advantage—X-Trans cameras don't use optical low-pass filters, and because of the more complicated pixel pattern, aren't prone to the color moiré effects that Bayer sensors that lack that filter can display under certain conditions. X-Trans isn't the only innovative sensor design in this style of camera. Sigma uses a Foveon image sensor, which features three separate layers of red, green, and blue pixels, in its DP1, DP2, and DP3 Merrill series of cameras. Unlike X-Trans, which is supported by popular Raw conversion software, Foveon cameras require you to perform Raw conversions in Sigma's software. The three-layer design produces images with outstanding image quality at low ISOs, but they suffer greatly at higher settings. X-Trans delivers impressive sharpness and has proven to perform spectacularly at very high ISOs.
The camera has impressive video specs, capturing video at 1080p60 quality in QuickTime format. The footage looks great—it's sharp and smooth with rich colors and lots of detail. But the autofocus experience is disappointing. The camera is a little slow to refocus when recording, and you can hear the lens clicking away as it adjusts. There's also no way to change the aperture during a clip—even though there's a physical ring around the lens. If you're the type of shooter who takes the occasional video, or doesn't mind focusing manually, the X100S will be fine, but it's not suitable for serious video work. There's no microphone input, and there's no optical stabilization system to help steady handheld shots. There is a mini HDMI port, so you can connect the camera to an HDTV, as well as a proprietary USB port and a card slot that supports SD, SDHC, and SDXC memory cards.
The Fujifilm X100S is an outstanding camera, but it's not one that is going to appeal to casual snapshooters. Pros who don't want to lug around a heavy D-SLR for personal shooting will appreciate its image quality and size, and rangefinder enthusiasts who can't afford a digital Leica will be drawn to its design and bright optical viewfinder. Its autofocus system is quick, and it the fast lens and excellent high ISO performance will allow you to capture some seriously impressive images in low light. It's not perfect—the edge-to-edge sharpness isn't on par with the full-frame Sony RX1, and you'll need to stop down the lens when grabbing a macro shot.
We like the X100S enough to award it Editors' Choice. We don't think that it's a better camera than our other Editors' Choice in this category, the Ricoh GR; just a different one. The GR is truly compact, omitting a viewfinder so that it can fit into pockets that the X100S simply can't, and features a 28mm-equivalent lens with a slightly less ambitious f/2.8 aperture. The difference between 28mm and 35mm might not sound that big on paper, but in practice they deliver very different shooting experiences. If 28mm is your preferred focal length and you can live without a viewfinder, get the Ricoh. But if that's too wide of a field of view, or if you just need a camera with a real viewfinder, the X100S is the one to get. It won't let you get as shallow of a depth of field as the $2,800 full-frame Sony RX1, but at less than half the price, it delivers a more rewarding shooting experience and images that run neck-and-neck in terms of quality.


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"Homeland's" Carrie and Saul will be going abroad for Season 4 of the hit Showtime series and heading to South Africa.
Mandy Patinkin, who plays Saul Berenson on the series, chatted with Access Hollywood about the show's new international stint.
"I'm about to go to South Africa for seven months," he told Access. "We'll be based in Cape Town…we begin shooting [and it will last] all the way through November."
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Fans of the series will remember that Saul's future with the CIA was left in limbo at the end of Season 3, and even the actor himself doesn't know what will happen with the man who helped capture Abu Nazir.
"I specifically ask the writers to not tell me what's going to happen because my attitude is… I don't know what's gonna happen in Mandy's life five minutes from now, five seconds from now, why should I know what's gonna happen in Saul Berenson's life?" he explained.
Mandy's upcoming trip to South Africa also presented the actor with a surprising small world instance.
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"I found out I was going to South Africa and everyone I know knows somebody or is in South Africa or has a relative in South Africa, including myself," he told Access. "I found out that I have a relative on my mother's side that I've never met named Helen Lieberman. So I mentioned this name to somebody and they went, 'Oh my God! She's known as the Mother Theresa of South Africa.
"When Mandela got out of prison he heard about the work she'd done for people in need, children, elderly people in communities. She was a white Jewish woman who went to prison many times because I gather it was illegal to help people back then and I find out she's my cousin," the actor continued. "I'm gonna see the world there through her eyes, which will be an extraordinary view of an extraordinary place. I'm sure I'm going to meet extraordinary people and that's just the tip of the iceberg, so I cannot wait. I've been in touch with her."
"Homeland" is slated to return later in 2014 on Showtime.
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-- Jesse Spero


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Guide to Bach Tour:
Main Page
| Life History of J.S. Bach
| Performance Dates of Bach's Vocal Works
| Maps
| Route Suggestions
| Discussions
Maps of Bach Places
| Videos of Bach Places
| Symbols (Coats of Arms) of Bach Places
| Organs in Bach Places
| Ammern
| Arnstadt
| Bad Berka
| Berlin
| Brandenburg
| Bückeburg
| Celle
| Collmen
| Dörna
| Dornheim
| Dresden
| Eisenach
| Erfurt
| Gehren
| Gera
| Gotha
| Halle
| Hamburg
| Heiligengrabe
| Jena
| Karlsbad
| Kassel
| Kleinzschocher
| Köthen
| Langewiesen
| Leipzig
| Lübeck
| Lüneburg
| Meiningen
| Merseburg
| Mühlhausen
| Naumburg
| Ohrdruf
| Pomßen
| Potsdam
| Ronneburg
| Sangerhausen
| Schleiz
| Stöntzsch
| Störmthal
| Taubach
| Wechmar
| Weimar
| Weißenfels
| Weißensee
| Wiederau
| Zeitz
| Zerbst
| Zschortau
Guide to Bach Tour
Description | History
J.S. Bach: Connection | Events in Life History | Performance Dates of Vocal Works | Festivals & Cantata Series
Features of Interest | Information & Links
Photos: Part 1 | Part 2 | Maps
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and is part of the Metropolitan area of Berlin/Brandenburg. It is situated on the River Havel, some 25 km southwest of the centre of Berlin.
Potsdam has several claims to national and international notability. In Germany, it has the status Windsor has in England. It was the residence of the Prussian kings until 1918. Around the city there are a series of interconnected lakes and unique cultural landscapes, in particular the parks and palaces of Sanssouci, the largest World Heritage Site in Germany. The Potsdam Conference, the major post-war conference between the victorious Allies, was held at another palace in the area, the Cecilienhof.
Babelsberg, in Potsdam, is one of the leading centres of European film production. The Filmstudio Babelsberg is historically significant as the oldest large-scale film studio in the world. The Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg frequently records soundtracks for domestic and foreign-based film productions.
Potsdam developed into a centre of science in Germany from the 19th century. Today, there are three public colleges and more than 30 research institutes in the city.
Country: Germany | State: Brandenburg | District: Urban district | Area: 187.28 km² | Population: 151,725 (December 2008)
The area around Potsdam shows occupancy since the Bronze Age and was part of Magna Germania as described by Tacitus. After the migrations Slavs moved in and Potsdam was probably founded after the 7th century as a settlement of the Heveller centred on a castle. It was first mentioned in a document in 993AD as Poztupimi, when Emperor Otto III gifted the territory to the Quedlinburg Abbey, then led by his aunt Matilda. A possible translation of the name might be beneath the oaks. By 1317 it was mentioned as a small town. It gained its town charter in 1345. In 1573 it was still a small market town of 2,000 inhabitants. After the Thirty Years' War (1618 - 1648), Potsdam had lost nearly half of its population.
Potsdam's fortunes changed dramatically when it was chosen in 1660 as the hunting residence of Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg, the core of the powerful state that later became the Kingdom of Prussia. It also housed a Prussian barracks.
After the Edict of Potsdam in 1685, Potsdam became a centre of European immigration. Its religious freedom attracted people from France (Huguenots), Russia, the Netherlands and Bohemia. The edict accelerated population growth and economic recovery.
Later, the city became a full residence of the Prussian royal family. The majestic buildings of the royal residences were built mainly during the reign of Frederick the Great. One of these is the Sanssouci Palace (French: "without cares", by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, 1744), famed for its formal gardens and Rococo interiors. Other royal residences include the Neues Palais and the Orangery.
In the 19th century the city of Potsdam was the capital of the province of Potsdam. The province encompassed the former districts of Ucker Mark, the Mark of Priegnitz, and the greater part of the Middle Mark. It was situated between Pomerania and West Prussia on the north, and the province of Saxony on the south and west (Berlin, with a small surrounding district, was an enclave within the province of Potsdam, and had its own distinct government). Towards the north west the province was bounded by the River Elbe and the Havel, and on the north east by the River Oder. About 500,000 inhabitants lived in the province which covered an area of about 20,700 square kilometers, divided into thirteen circles:
Lower Barnim
West Havelland
Upper Barnim
East Priegnitz
West Priegnitz
East Havelland
New Angermunde
The towns in the province were small, the principal ones being, Brandenburg, Potsdam, Prenzlow, Spandau and Ruppin.
Berlin was the official capital of Prussia and later of the German Empire, but the court remained in Potsdam, where many government officials settled. In 1914, the Emperor Wilhelm II signed the Declaration of War in the Neues Palais. The city lost its status as a second capital in 1918, when Wilhelm II abdicated at the end of World War I.
At the start of the Third Reich in 1933 there was a ceremonial handshake between President Paul von Hindenburg and the new Chancellor Adolf Hitler on March 21, 1933 in Potsdam's Garnisonkirche (Garrison Church). This symbolised a coalition of the military (Reichswehr) and Nazism. Potsdam was severely damaged in bombing raids during World War II.
The Cecilienhof Palace was the scene of the Potsdam Conference from July 17, to August 2, 1945, at which the victorious Allied leaders (Harry S. Truman; Winston Churchill and his successor, Clement Attlee; and Joseph Stalin) met to decide the future of Germany and postwar Europe in general. The conference ended with the Potsdam Agreement and the Potsdam Declaration.
The government of East Germany (formally known as the German Democratic Republic (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR)) tried to remove symbols of Prussian militarism. Many historic buildings, some of them badly damaged in the war, were demolished.
Potsdam, south west of Berlin, lay just outside West Berlin after the construction of the Berlin Wall. The walling off of West Berlin not only isolated Potsdam from West Berlin, but also doubled commuting times to East Berlin. The Glienicke Bridge across the Havel connected the city to West Berlin and was the scene of some Cold War exchanges of spies.
After German reunification, Potsdam became the capital of the newly re-established state of Brandenburg. There are many ideas and efforts to reconstruct the original appearance of the city, most remarkably the Potsdam City Palace and the Garrison Church.
Bach Connection
It can be assumed that J.S. Bach paid a short visit to Potsdam and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach while on his way to Berlin in 1741. His most famous visit took place in May 1747 where he met King Friedrich II the Great of Prussia. The meeting probably took place in the Castle (or Palace) of the city and there the King played the beginning of a fugue on harpsichord and J.S. Bach was supposed to finish it. J.S. Bach was not completely satisfied with his part and so he worked it wrote the Musical Offering (BWV 1079) on the theme proposed by the King in July 1747.
Even if the buildings, which are connected to J.S. Bach, are now destroyed, a lot of great evidence of his time is still preserved in Potsdam. One is the Palace of Friedrich the Great, called Sanssouci, which was built by G.W. Knobelsdorff in the years between 1745-1747. It was consecrated on May 1, one week before J.S. Bach's visit. So it can be assumed, that J.S. Bach met the King of Prussia here and not in the Castle.
Sanssouci is one of the main examples of German rococo, on the terrace of the garden Friedrich the Great lies buried since 1991.
See also: Berlin - Bach Connection
Source: Reisewege zu Bach - Travelling Ways Bach (Michael Imhof Verlag, 2003), p. 108
Events in Life History of J.S. Bach
Leipzig (1741-1750)
May 7-8, 1747
Visit to Friedrich the Great in Potsdam
Performance Dates of J.S. Bach's Vocal Works
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August 6, 2015
Title: Nutrition Faculty
Meet an Instructor
Dr. Moss is a graduate of the University of Michigan Dental School, Dr. Moss had practiced clinical nutrition in his Grand Rapids, Michigan office for many years. Since 1992, Dr. Moss worked as an independent distributor of professional nutritional supplements.
Since 1987, he has been the editor of a monthly newsletter for professionals, the "Moss Nutrition Report", providing review and commentary on controversial and cutting-edge issues facing the practice of nutritional medicine. He is co-author of the Textbook of Nutritional Medicine with Mel Werbach, M.D. A member of the post-graduate faculty at New York Chiropractic College, the faculty of the University of Bridgeport masters program in nutrition, and a past-president of the International and American Associations of Clinical Nutritionists (IAACN), Dr.
Moss is committed to educating the next generation of natural practitioners. He specializes in chronic health conditions, such as allergies, weight loss, stress physiology and adrenal and thyroid disorders.


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Anything related to the 2006 code4lib conference to be held in Corvallis, OR, USA, in February 2006.
The Evergreen team presented a "virtual keynote" that consisted of a PowerPoint presentation (see below), a conference call and someone on stage to run things.
The audio for the 2006 Code4Lib Conference is now available online. You can get it the following ways.
Please let me know if you have any problems. Unfortunately quite a few of the objects in Dspace had multiple mp3 files associated with it. It looks like some presentations were cut across cd's and it also seems that some use the same file. Atom 1.0 allows multiple enclosures, which is what I used so that it was associated with the same URI. Unfortunately most aggregators only support single enclosures (RSS only allows one depending on the interpretation) so you may only get the first part. Also the files are rather large. I'm hoping to go through and seperate the individual presentations and then post an updated feed. I still need to determine the copyrights of the audio however.
I created the Atom by hand and carried over the majority of the metadata. It's valid so you should be able to parse it for whatever you want.
There was a session at code4lib 2006 on using IM bots to deliver library services. I was at a different session, but I thought about it a bit and realized that the "jake-like" queries to the CUFTS database could fairly easily be adapted to the IM world. "jake-like" queries being "where is this journal indexed?", "where is there fulltext for this journal and what's the coverage", etc. I started on a quick bot while I was there, got that working and finished up a fairly comprehensive version last week.
Connecting the bot to the IM network was very easy thanks to Net::OSCAR. Unfortunately, it doesn't include file transfers, but everything else I wanted was there. Since I already had the database and queries mostly written, the bulk of the work was formatting the results for IM size display, handling "more" commands, and writing help.
Wednesday, February 15
Building a library IM bot. As suggested by Ed Vielmetti, it would be handy to provide bots that patrons can add as buddies to their AIM, MSN, or Yahoo IM accounts. Features might include:
Developing unAPI and w/unAPI
Discuss open issues on the spec and prepare a revision for release on 2/16 (day 2 of code4lib). Also a good time to learn more about what it can do for you, and to try implementing it, too! -dchud
Developing an Interface for Federated Search engines or for an OPAC interface
How are we all facing the issue of developing a well-designed and architected interface for a federated search engine or an OPAC? What are we missing, what is necessary, what is the "killer-app"?
Suggested By Andrew Nagy
Thursday, February 16
The future of code4lib (Roy Tennant)
More Lipstick on a Pig: Improving OPACs
Share ideas for ways to improve OPACs either by hacking/adding services/integrating services with vendor supplied OPACs or by exporting the data and presenting it in a custom app.
(Tom Burton-West)
We will be recording the code4lib 2006 presentations. Check back here for updates - we will try and get the presentations up as quickly as possible.
UPDATE: Most likely, the audio recordings will not be up until shortly after the conference (the facility's recording equipment is analog only, hence the delay to convert the recordings into digital format).
The code4lib planet has been updated to include flickr, technorati and delicious 'code4lib' tags. Of course the unalog support has been there for a while. If you are attending code4lib and you'd like to have your blog included please email ehs at pobox dot com.
For those attending code4lib, Corvallis is going to be a bit cool to cold, depending from where you are from. The forecast calls for highs in the low 40's at tops, and lows in the lower 30's or even upper 20's. The good news is that at the moment, it is supposed to be fairly dry Wednesday through Friday, though expect rain on Tuesday. The bad news is that the rain/dry forcast can quickly change. We do have a shuttle from the hotel to the restaurants / bars for each evening's social time, just in case.
As it's not shorts and t-shirt weather, and there seems to be a reasonable number of folks staying at the holiday inn express, it'd be sensible, clever and perhaps even organised of us to arrange to travel together to the conference venue in the mornings.
Would it be possible to meet in the lobby at 8:20? Or leave notes at the desk?
Add yourself to the list below:
People Staying @ HIE:
Jeremy has set up a wiki where you can sign up for lightning talks and add/edit breakout session ideas. Yeah, there is a page here at code4lib.org too, but we've copied over the existing entries from there. The wiki should be more flexible for collaboration once the conference starts.
If you are interested in heading up to Portland on Friday for the JazzFest and exploring Portland you might want to check out a hostel that a few code4lib attendees are going to be staying at. It's a five minute walk to the MAX which goes right to Portland Interantional Airport. To reserve a room/dorm space just call (503) 241-2783.


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By the time she helped her team win the NCAA championship last March, Lee Stecklein was more than settled as a University of Minnesota freshman.
As the Gophers extended their NCAA-record winning streak to 49 games in winning their second straight national title, Stecklein played in all 41 games of the season and scored three goals, including two game winners that came on power plays. She also added nine assists.
But instead of gearing up for a potential Golden Gopher three-peat this fall, Stecklein found herself in Bedford, Mass., in September vying for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Women's Team that will play in the 2014 Winter Games this February in Sochi, Russia.
"I miss the Gophers a lot; I have a bunch of great friends on that team," the 19-year-old Roseville, Minn., native said. "Aside from hockey, being away from them is hard.
"It is hard. I feel I just got used to college and I leave for a whole different experience. It's crazy, but this is the opportunity of a lifetime."
Luckily, as Stecklein fights for a spot on Team USA's final roster (which will be narrowed down from 25 players to 21 players in December) she keeps in touch with her teammates the old-fashioned way, via cell phone, and can follow all of their progress on social media.
"Our media guy is great about keeping Twitter updated," she said.
She also said she plans to go see Minnesota take on Yale University in New Haven, Conn. on Nov. 23 and 24 with Team USA and Minnesota teammates Amanda Kessel and Megan Bozek.
"I really am trying to follow and keep up," she said. "I hope they do well. I think we have a great squad this year, and they are going to be a great team.
"I don't feel guilty [about leaving]; I feel sad I can't do both. All of my teammates and coaching staff really support this and are excited and happy for me. We have such a good program there that losing Kessel and I this year, I don't think it hurt it as much because we're so deep and have great players."
As much as Stecklein misses playing for Minnesota, playing for the national champs is precisely what prepared her for playing at the international level.
"Last season with the Gophers we did do a lot of the same drills we do here," she said. "Everything is a level above it. Everyone is going faster. It's just higher intensity, so it was great to have that experience from the Gophers coming in because it's so much above everything else.
"I had some great coaches with the Gophers, so I do think it's an advantage having one year of college under my belt. I couldn't imagine not having that. I really felt like they helped me prepare for that step."
Former Gophers such as Gigi Marvin and Anne Schleper have also helped Stecklein adjust to the national team.
"We have a few Gophers on the D squad," Stecklein said. "It's great playing with them. They are amazing defenders. I love watching to see how they move along the blue line and when to take shots and when to pass, things like that. I think I can really watch and learn from them."
Stecklein does have experience with Team USA. She played for the U.S. team that won gold in the International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship this year, and previously she played in two IIHF U18 Women's World Championships, winning gold in 2011 and silver in 2012. She also participated in two Under-18 Series in 2010 and 2011, as well as the 2012 Under-22 Series.
Despite all that, she said she's still not used to the pace of the senior national squad.
"That was an incredible experience," she said of the World Championships this year. "I really do think it was helpful. I never played at that pace before with the women's national team. I wouldn't say I'm comfortable with the pace yet because that pace is always uncomfortable, but it's definitely a stepping stone to be here with this team."
She doesn't worry too much about making the final cut in December either.
"It's obviously a dream I've had since I was little, and I just want to do everything I can to help our team win gold in Sochi," she said. "We all have a lot of stuff to do to make the cut, but thankfully that's not our focus.
"The coaches have done a great job taking the focus off that as we get into that. That's less of a concern of mine as much as becoming the best player I can be and hoping the coaches pick the best players for us to win gold in Sochi."
Whatever happens, Stecklein has been granted a redshirt for the 2013-14 season.
"I think it will be hard going back to school after having a year off, but I think the team is great and I think it will be a smooth transition," she said. "There will be two new classes that I never played with before."
And even though playing with Team USA will make her that much better of a player when she returns to college, Stecklein said it's still not going to be easy playing in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, which has produced the last 13 national champions.
"The WCHA is always high paced and competitive," Stecklein said. "It's not going to be a cake walk."
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Redskins Reach Out To Fans On The WaitlistPosted by on July 15, 2011 – 3:53 pm
The Redskins sent out an email to fans on the season-ticket waiting list today, which will hopefully clear up some of the confusion around the list as it relates to the removed seats in the upper deck. Here's the full text of the email, and you can see the more visually appealing original version after the jump.
Dear Redskins Fan,
We are writing to clear up some recent confusion in the media regarding the status of our season ticket Wait List. Please rest assured that your name remains on the list, and that this is the only way to obtain Redskins general admission season tickets. We continue to have one of the largest season ticket Wait Lists in the NFL, and we are one of just a few teams that has a Wait List at all.
Because of the labor dispute between the League and the Players Association, in February of this year we discontinued most of our efforts to sell season tickets. We did not want to put our fans in the position of having to buy tickets with a lockout imminent or risk losing their place on the Wait List. This gave us the opportunity to commence our Upper Level renovation project with our energy partner NRG, which will include solar panels as part of our effort to make FedExField one of the leaders in "going green".
For 2011, this project will reduce stadium capacity through the removal of thousands of seats that our fans have told us are the least desirable in the stadium. This renovation will improve your game day experience by reducing traffic into and out of Stadium parking lots, creating shorter lines for escalators and restrooms, and allowing easier access to concessions. We are continuing the planning process with our engineers and architects for party decks in the Upper Level, and we hope to finish that process and provide you with more details by late this year. We are confident that when this process is complete, all of our fans will regard it as a major improvement to FedExField.
Thank you for your patience and support in this unusual year. Feel free to call the Ticket Office at 301-276-6033 if you have any questions. We look forward to having you join the team and become a season ticket holder over the next few seasons.
Hail to the Redskins!
Mitch Gershman
CMO,Washington Redskins
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US Scouting - Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts
Created | Updated Mar 26, 2009
Cadettes and Seniors are often referred to as the 'older girls' of Girl Scouting.
Who can be a Cadette or Senior Girl Scout?
Cadette Girl Scouts are girls who are aged 11-14, or who are in sixth to ninth grades. Senior Girl Scouts are girls who are aged 14 to 17, or who are in ninth to twelfth grades. Girl Scouting in the US is open to all girls, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, or disability.
Cadette and Senior Uniforms and Insignia
The uniforms for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts are blue and khaki. While uniforms are not required for Girl Scouts, many girls prefer to have at least a sash or vest for their badges and insignia. Additional uniform components include a skirt, pants, shorts, a T-shirt, blouses, and hat.
All Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts wear the Girl Scout Pin, which they receive at their investiture ceremony if they are new to Girl Scouting, or at an earlier ceremony if they were previously Junior Girl Scouts. The World Association Pin is worn directly above the Girl Scout Pin.
Over their years as Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts, girls may earn 'Interest Project Patches', badges which are worn on the front of the vest or sash. Cadettes and Seniors can also earn pins for leadership, service, and career exploration that are also worn on the front of the vest or sash. Girls may receive patches for participating in various events, such as a food drive or a skating party. These patches are unofficial, and are worn on the back of the sash or vest.
What do Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts do?
Along with their younger sisters in Girl Scouting, Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts participate in many activities common to every level of Girl Scouting. The main differences lie in the considerably increased expectations and responsibilities for the girls.
Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts earn Interest Project Patches on topics ranging from 'Car Sense' to 'Graphic Communications' to 'Outdoor Survival'.
Cadettes and Seniors have progressed in outdoor exploration to the point where they may embark on week-long primitive camping trips, utilising 'Leave No Trace' principles, or they may prefer kayaking, rafting, canoeing, and sailing trips.
Exploration of the arts in Cadette and Senior Girl Scouting might include writing and performing a play for the community or completing an apprenticeship with a local artist.
Service projects are one major emphasis of Cadette and Senior Girl Scouting, with the girls planning and embarking on projects that will have lasting impacts on their communities.
And, of course, Cadettes and Seniors may also participate in traditional Girl Scout activities such as selling Girl Scout cookies and volunteering their first aid skills in the community.
Exploring the World, Inside and Out
Many Cadette and Senior Girl Scout activities have a dual focus of self-exploration and exploring the world. Career investigation is another strong focus, and is often accompanied by meeting inspiring women role models. Older Girl Scouts often develop a mentorship relationship with a supportive adult, and career shadowing is a common activity. Wider Opportunities is a nationwide and international program for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts, and many of their events have a career exploration focus. One group of girls might spend a week exploring careers in advertising in New York, while another spends a week working with marine biologists in Alaska. International Wider Opportunities may include cultural exchanges with girls from other WAGGGS countries or events at one of the World Centres.
The Silver and Gold Awards
The Silver Award is the highest award that can be earned by Cadette Girl Scouts. The Silver Award has several progressive steps, all of which prepare the girl to design and conduct a Silver Award project. The requirements for the Silver Award include:
- earning three Interest Project Patches related to the Silver Award project,
- earning the 'From Dreams to Reality' Patch, the Cadette Girl Scout career exploration award,
- earning either the Cadette Leadership Pin or the Leadership Interest Project Patch
- completing the Cadette Challenge, which focuses on in-depth self-exploration and service to both Girl Scouting and the community, and
- planning and completion of the Silver Award Project, an intensive community service project which must involve at least 30 hours of service.
The Gold Award is the highest award that can be earned by Senior Girl Scouts. Like the Silver Award, the Gold Award has several progressive steps, all of which prepare the girl to design and conduct a Gold Award project. The requirements for the Gold Award include:
- earning four Interest Project Patches related to the Gold Award project,
- earning the Senior 'Career Exploration' Pin,
- earning the Senior Leadership Pin,
- completing the Senior Challenge, which focuses on in-depth self- exploration and service to both Girl Scouting and the community, and
- planning and completion of the Gold Award Project, an intensive community service project which must involve at least 50 hours of service.
A girl must present a proposal and receive approval from the Council for her Gold Award project before beginning work. To be accepted a Gold Award project generally needs to meet an established need in the community and serve the outside community beyond Girl Scouting. And while Silver Award projects are often completed in groups, a girl must take the initiative in planning and directing a project for approval as a Gold Award project.
Gold Awards are often presented to the girls in regional or statewide ceremonies, often with state officials such as the governor in attendance. Special college and university scholarships are also available to girls who have received the Gold Award.
Bridging to Adult Girl Scouting
During their last year in high school, Senior Girl Scouts can earn the 'Bridge to Adult Girl Scouts' Pin by completing special activities that introduce them to the world of volunteering in Girl Scouts as an adult. Many girls choose to continue their involvement in Girl Scouting while attending a university or college by joining a Campus Girl Scout group.


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Murray Todd Williams <MurrayTodd(at)mac(dot)com> writes: > The base directory of my build was /Volumes/SCSI Volume/devel/pgsql. I > had a wild hunch that the space in the "SCSI Volume" part of my path was > to blame, so I unpacked a clean copy of the source material to > /usr/local/src/pgsql (no spaces in path name), redid the ./configure and > make phase and all built fine. Looks like we need some double quotes in that there ln -s command. I'll try this here to see if there are any other places with the same problem. regards, tom lane
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text: Has anyone seen a source for a water source mini split heat pump?. It sort of makes sense that a water source unit would make sense for both winter heating and summer cooling. Obviously I could cut up an air source unit and replace the coils with a heat exchanger but that would obviously ruin any warranty. I dont have much experience with AC but when I worked in a industrial plant, all the AC units were water cooled as the atmosphere was damp and dirty. I have an old well that would make a nice winter and summer source with two pipes already running from my well to the basement. The well is 17 feet deep and was built with a couple of truck loads of crushed rock at the base for addtional storage. I have soft water so I dont really have to worry about scale buildup but worst case is I could put a coil in the well and have an intermediate loop. With the exception of making sure I dont overcool or overheat the well am I missing anything on why these units arent available except in 3 ton or larger sizes?


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Australian court upholds injunction against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Apple rejoices
Today is a good day for Apple, and especially for its lawyers. A federal court in Australia has upheld the temporary injunction issued against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 down under. That effectively continues to prevent Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia unless the Korean company manages to win in a trial.
The culprit of course is a patent held by Apple, this time relating to touchscreen tech. This injunction will probably make Samsung miss the all-important holiday shopping season in Australia, so there may be some financial consequences for the Korean giant as well. Although, in fairness, with the teeny tiny market share that Android-powered tablets have been able to gain thus far, this is more of a symbolic win for Apple.
Still, the Apple v. Samsung battle continues. In the Netherlands, Samsung announced that it will start selling modified versions of its Galaxy S, Galaxy S II, and Galaxy Ace smartphones. These devices were previously banned from being sold in the Netherlands because they infringed on an Apple patent relating to flicking through photos (seriously). So Samsung decided to update the software, and will start selling the 'new' smartphones tomorrow, on October 14. What's the big difference? Well, if you get one of the 'new' devices in the Netherlands, when you touch a photo in order to flick to the next one, the photo currently on screen won't appear to 'bounce' as it did before, rather a 'blue glow' will appear and highlight the edge of the picture. Yeah, sounds exciting.
Samsung probably won't be able to pull off something similar with the Galaxy Tab 10.1 to get it reinstated in Australia as soon as possible, but not for the lack of trying. The company has reportedly offered to make a deal with Apple, a deal which had Samsung modify some software bits. Apple didn't want to take that deal, as it insists that Samsung's hardware is infringing as well. And Samsung may just decide to give up on selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, as it has previously hinted that it would do. Since the next hearing will probably only be held next year, the holiday shopping season will be gone. And in February or March Samsung is expected to unveil this tablet's successor anyway. At least now they know what to avoid putting in so as not to make Apple angry again.
Via WSJ, The Sydney Morning Herald, and SammyHub


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Many retail and banking clients that we speak to mention similar areas of concern, problem areas that affect a whole range of different clients working in the same sector. Security, health and safety are the key areas that we are helping our many retail and banking clients manage accurately and effectively.
A sample of our clients in this sector include:
- Asda
- Bathstore
- Booker
- Intu (Capital Shopping Centres)
- John Lewis Partnership
- Laura Ashley
- Levi's
- Lloyds Banking Group
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- Sainsbury's Supermarkets
- Wolseley
What can we provide?
Below is a list of elements that can be included in your tailored information management system.
- Accident/Incident Reporting
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- Audits/Inspections & Actions
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- Risk Assessments
- Investigation Management
- Environment Incident Reporting
- Enforcement Visit Reporting
- Project/Programme Management
- Claims Management
- Waste/Carbon Management
- Fleet Management
- Lease/Rent Administration
- HR Management
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- Training Management
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- Occupational Health Management
- Design Guide & Standards
- Customer Relationship Management
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