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Eeyarestatin 1 interferes with both retrograde and anterograde intracellular trafficking pathways
Aletrari, Mina-Olga , McKibbin, Craig, Williams, Helen, Pawar, Vidya, Pietroni, Paola, Lord, Mike (J. Mike), Flitsch, Sabine L., Whitehead, Roger C., Swanton, Eileithyia, High, Stephen and Spooner, Robert A. . (2011) Eeyarestatin 1 interferes with both retrograde and anterograde intracellular trafficking pathways. PLoS One, Vol.6 (No.7). e22713. ISSN 1932-6203
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Background: The small molecule Eeyarestatin I (ESI) inhibits the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-cytosol dislocation and subsequent degradation of ERAD (ER associated protein degradation) substrates. Toxins such as ricin and Shiga/Shiga-like toxins (SLTx) are endocytosed and trafficked to the ER. Their catalytic subunits are thought to utilise ERAD-like mechanisms to dislocate from the ER into the cytosol, where a proportion uncouples from the ERAD process, recovers a catalytic conformation and destroys their cellular targets. We therefore investigated ESI as a potential inhibitor of toxin dislocation. Methodology and Principal Findings: Using cytotoxicity measurements, we found no role for ESI as an inhibitor of toxin dislocation from the ER, but instead found that for SLTx, ESI treatment of cells was protective by reducing the rate of toxin delivery to the ER. Microscopy of the trafficking of labelled SLTx and its B chain (lacking the toxic A chain) showed a delay in its accumulation at a peri-nuclear location, confirmed to be the Golgi by examination of SLTx B chain metabolically labelled in the trans-Golgi cisternae. The drug also reduced the rate of endosomal trafficking of diphtheria toxin, which enters the cytosol from acidified endosomes, and delayed the Golgi-specific glycan modifications and eventual plasma membrane appearance of tsO45 VSV-G protein, a classical marker for anterograde trafficking. Conclusions and Significance: ESI acts on one or more components that function during vesicular transport, whilst at least one retrograde trafficking pathway, that of ricin, remains unperturbed.
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Drug abuse in one southern West Virginia county has become so severe that a faith-based group and schoolchildren are working together to demand solutions.
Del. Daniel Hall says 12 people in Wyoming County have already died this year, and something needs to be done.
Last week, police arrested seven people on charges they sold drugs in Oceana, a town now nicknamed "Oxy-ana." That's a reference to the prescription painkiller OxyContin.
Hall says one business owner deals daily with drug peddlers and users outside her front door, as well as prostitutes.
A group called One Voice is now working with Hall.
The group tries to help addicts and their families. It's coordinating a letter campaign with children who write their senators and congressmen about what they've witnessed.
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There is much debate these days on what we can do to promote gun safety. The suggestion has to come up to limit the availability of guns in America. Sounds good in theory but in actuality it is just not that simple. Here are some Facts Please Read and let the open forum begin in your comments.
Home owners who use guns in defense of a home put themselves at a higher risk of danger.
"Of the 2,500,000 times citizens use guns to defend themselves, 92% merely brandish their gun or fire a warning shot to scare off their attackers. Less than 8% of the time does a citizen wound his or her attacker, and in less than one in a thousand instances is the attacker killed. This shows private citizens are using restraint and gun owners do not think they are Wild West cowboys shooting anything that moves. "In actual shootings, citizens do far better than law enforcement on hit potential. They hit their targets and they don't hit other people. I wish I could say the same for cops. We train more, they do better." Sheriff Greg White, Cole County, Missouri, Guns to be allowed on campus?, KRCG News, July 31, 2009"
Gun laws need to be stricter to prevent criminals from getting forearms.
Some examples of this failing are "In 1976, Washington, D.C. enacted one of the most restrictive gun control laws in the nation. The city's murder rate rose 134 percent through 1996 while the national murder rate has dropped 2 percent. Also In 2000, 20% of U.S. homicides occur in four cities with just six percent of the population – New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Washington, D.C. – most of which have/had a virtual prohibition on private handguns. There are more than 22,000 gun laws at the city, county, state, and federal level….But the Federal government concluded that no criminal that attacked a police officer was "hindered by any law--federal, state or local--that has ever been established to prevent gun ownership. They just laughed at gun laws."
Cars need to be registered, So Should Guns
There is no constitutionally guaranteed right to keep and bear automobiles, and thus they are subject to greater regulation than guns. Secondly There are more guns in the U.S. than cars (228,000,000 guns and 207,754,000 automobiles). Yet you are 31 times more likely to be accidentally killed by a car than a gun.
@ http://www.gunfacts.info/pdfs/gun-facts/6.1/gun_facts_6_1_screen.pdf Unlike most "facts" these are more than creditable due to the fact that after each Factoid (123) states the origin on the same page. I do not take any original credit for these facts and quotes they are merely intended to spark debate and hopefully allow you to do your own research.


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Corey: What is DAR.fm?
Michael: DAR.fm is trying to be the IMDB + Tivo for radio. Radio content is more diverse than people realize with shows on nearly every imaginable topic from auto racing (35 shows) to wine (8 shows) and for the first time it's easily discoverable and recordable. Once recordable it can be played back at the user's convenience including rewinding and fast forwarding to the material that interests them the most.
Corey: DAR.fm had been in alpha for a few months with about 500 radio stations and 1500 shows. What happens now?
Michael: It was a useful recording service, but not a good discovery tool. Who wants to read an A-Z list? Today, we're officially launching v1.0 which grows the list of stations and shows by a factor of 10 to more 5000 stations and 16,000 radio shows, but more importantly instead of an alphabetical listing of shows, we cataloged and ranked each show based on actual user activity.
Users can browse this database of radio content and every show is rated by its popularity which DAR.fm deduces by measuring the more than 1 million minutes of daily recording users are doing with the system.
Corey: How did you arrive at this method?
Michael: If this ranking system sounds familiar it should because it's one of the inventions my former company MP3.com brought to make sense of the wild world of indie music. I think the same strategy can be used to help people discover radio content they would like.
Corey: You've created a list of 16,000 shows grouped by category and ranked by popularity.
Michael: You might be surprised at what the top shows are. More so, fascinating data emerges as you drill down and learn about the amazing wealth of radio content. For example there are 98 shows on home improvement and you can get a list of the most popular.
Corey: How often is the information updated?
Michael: The rankings are entirely computed based on user activity. DAR.fm is now recording more than a million minutes a day of radio and those statistics are used to create the show and regional charts. They're recalculated once per day.
Corey: And once a user finds something that looks interesting, the recording process is a no-brainer.
Michael: Clicking the red record button next to any show immediately sets up a lifetime pass where all future broadcasts are recorded. After a recording an email is sent to users alerting them that they complete show is now available for listening.
Corey: What's your vision for DAR.fm?
Michael: Radio has always been the red headed step child of media - abandoned at the gas station restroom when the rest of the family drove into the 21st century. There's no time shifting of radio. There's no interactivity (rew/ff). DAR.fm is aiming to change that and bring radio into the digital age.


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An Upper Perkiomen police officer injured his ankle while serving a warrant in Pensburg Borough on Nov. 23, according to The Reporter.
The officer will miss several weeks of work due to an ankle injury that was sustained while serving a felony warrant on Kevin Bunt, of the 300 block of Dotts Street.
After Bunt barricaded himself inside his residence and refused to surrender, the North Penn Tactical Response Team was dispatched. Bunt was taken into custody and turned over to the Pottstown Police.
Bunt was taken into custody before being turned over to the Pottstown Police.
According to the article, police said that the warrant was related to a Pottstown incident in which Bunt allegedly assaulted a family member.


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There are various definitions of diversity throughout higher education. Below are some examples of definitions used by NMSU and our peer institutions.
Diversity Council's Defintion of Diversity (7/1/10):
The term "diversity" encompasses differences of culture, background and experience among individuals and groups. Such differences include, but are not limited to, differences of race, ethnicity, national origin, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, and disabilities, as well as political and religious affiliation and socioeconomic status.
Iowa State University:
ISU defines diversity as that quality of its physical, social, cultural and intellectual environment which embraces the rich difference within the multiplicity of human expression and characteristics including: Age, Cultural, Ethnicity, Gender Identification and Presentation, Language and Linguistic Ability, Physical Ability and Quality, Race, Religion, Sexual Orientation, and Socioeconomic Status.
Kansas State University:
The term "diversity" means more than just acknowledging and/or tolerating difference. Recognizing diversity not only involves how people perceive themselves, but how they perceive others. Those perceptions affect their interactions. Embracing diversity is a set of conscious practices that involve:
- Understanding and appreciating interdependence of humanity, cultures, and the natural environment.
- Practicing mutual respect for qualities and experiences that are different from our own.
- Understanding that diversity includes not only ways of being but also ways of knowing.
- Recognizing that personal, cultural and institutionalized discrimination creates and sustains privileges for some while creating and sustaining disadvantages for others.
- Building alliances across differences so that we can work together to eradicate all forms of discrimination.
Honoring diversity includes knowing how to relate to those qualities and conditions that are different from our own and outside the groups to which we belong, yet are present in other individuals and groups. These include but are not limited to age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, physical and cognitive abilities/qualities, race, sexual orientation, gender expression, religious beliefs, political beliefs, educational background, geographical location, national origin, tenure, organizational roles, marital status, parental status, and life experiences. We acknowledge that categories of difference are not always fixed but also fluid, respect individual rights to self-identification, and recognize that no one culture is intrinsically superior to another.
Furthermore, embracing diversity includes realizing that everyone is diminished if all are not represented. It includes acknowledging how much is lost to all of us when we do not include everyone, how much more enriching all of our lives are if everyone is represented. A synergy occurs where the sum is equal to greater than the parts when we are all "at the table" or represented. Moreover, a result of recognizing diversity is that we are all changed. We are not "helping" others, but rather are being helped and transformed ourselves as part of the process.
Montana State University:
"is committed to creating a culture of intellectual and personal growth. Because learning is enhanced when topics are examined from diverse perspectives and because individuals possess unique outlooks which reflect the world around us, Montana State University is dedicated to creating an inclusive community that embraces a rich mix in the composition of its student body, staff and faculty. The distinction in viewpoints that comes from differences in race, gender, age, language, socioeconomic status, religion, political affiliation and geographical background are appreciated and valued at MSU as important aspects of the campus community at every level and in every sector of the campus.
To this end, MSU welcomes international students and faculty and enthusiastically seeks engagement with peers from around the globe to expand our depth of understanding and share in the discovery of knowledge. MSU has an especially strong commitment to Native Peoples and actively engages in the development of social and educational initiatives to preserve the cultural integrity of all American Indian students, faculty and staff. MSU strives to advance the ideals of human worth and dignity for all by facilitating open discussion, supporting rational resolution of conflict and encouraging on-going examination of values."
Oklahoma State University:
"places a great value on the differences of its people. The Division of Institutional Diversity focuses on the development of more inclusive community of learners and leaders while striving to address all of the complexities that emerge. OSU values all voices in its community and serves every member of the OSU family. The goal of the division is to maintain campus communities throughout the University systems that are socially, culturally and globally competent."
Texas A & M University:
Diversity is "The inclusion, welcome, and support of individuals from all groups, encompassing the various characteristics of persons in our community. The characteristics can include, but are not limited to: age, background, citizenship, disability, education, ethnicity, family status, gender, gender identity/expression, geographical location, language, military experience, political views, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and work experience."
Texas Tech University:
We celebrate and affirm the differences among people from all walks of life. We embrace a definition of diversity that includes ethnic/racial identity, sexual orientation, age, sex, religious beliefs, socioeconomic status, gender identity, nationality, body shape/size and differences in physical ability. Our commitment to serve students and the campus community is built on the framework of our values as a multicultural agency that affirms the uniqueness and potential of individuals and that strives towards promoting social justice for all persons.
University of Arizona:
"has a broad definition of diversity including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, gender expression, disability, nationality, language, religion, and socio-economic background."
University of Nevada, Reno:
"will promote diversity in a learning environment that stimulates debate and free inquiry within the bounds of courtesy, sensitivity, confidentiality and respect both in and out of the classroom setting. Student Services will communicate the knowledge that the presence and contribution of ALL students' are of great value.
Student Services will conduct ongoing assessment of our own ability to identify and respond to issues affecting campus climate. We seek to learn as we lead and collaborate with all members of our University community.
Student Services will ensure that all programs, services and office environments are welcoming and able to assist any person regardless of his or her race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national or geographical origin, ability or socio-economic status."
University of New Mexico:
Diversity is an inclusive term that goes beyond race and gender. It is a philosophical belief that all forms of differences, including religion, geography, etc. are valuable and should be honored as such. Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action are federally mandated compliance responsibilities imposed on the institution that requires that we be colorblind and color aware respectively. Diversity is a voluntary belief system that indicates we value all forms of diversity, not just color and gender. Diversity is also a goal to be attained that empowers each individual group to be heard and participate equally in whatever activity, process, department, or administrative structure one chooses to engage in.
University of Oregon:
The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs,political beliefs, or other ideologies. It is the exploration of these differences in a safe, positive, and nurturing environment. It is about understanding each other and moving beyond simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each individual.
Utah State Univeristy:
The diverse world in which we live is a composite of many cultures, values and ways of interacting with one another. The dimensions of diversity include gender, religious beliefs, race, martial status, ethnicity, parental status, age, education, physical and mental ability, income, sexual orientation, occupation, language, geographic location, and many more components. Understanding the dimensions of diversity and world cultures in Extension audiences will help ensure the development of instructional competencies that will connect with groups and individuals interacted with.
Washington State University:
"upholds its commitment to diversity by modeling for the state and nation a community of individuals who seek what is best for each other. Through its curriculum programs and services, WSU provides understanding and supportive interaction among diverse population groups, and respects individuals' personal values and ideas. Taking a step further, through the Office of Student Affairs and Enrollment, WSU provides workshops, open discussions, and full length training services on a variety of diversity issues that are available to the WSU community. The Diversity Educators have been professionally trained by the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI), an organization that strives to build dialogue between groups on issues such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disability. It is the diversity team's goal to increase participant's knowledge of cultural values, customs, and expectations. Our work aims to reduce prejudice and discrimination and build coalitions among groups."


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We have prayerfully studied both the Biblical references to sexual immorality and fidelity, and the notion of our creation by God, in light of the modern scientific understanding of sexual orientation and our faith-experience with friends, family and committed Christians in the LGBTQ community.
Accordingly, we find it urgently necessary to include these healthy and loving people in the full life of the church. Doing less often does real harm, and distracts us from the great commandments to love God and our neighbor (Luke 10:24-37).
This distraction became acute when language forbidding full LGBTQ inclusion in the church was retained on May 2, 2012 by the General Conference of The United Methodist Church.
Let us re-purpose the energy sunk in recrimination and debate to reconciling ourselves and our communities to Jesus' example.
We, The Good Samaritan United Methodist Church Council, intend to do this, even to the point of disobedience.
The Good Samaritan United Methodist Church
19624 Homestead Road
Cupertino, CA 95014


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Aurae Beidler, MHA, RHIA, CHC, CHPS
Healthcare Compliance Program Manager
Aurae Beidler is currently the manager of the healthcare compliance certificate program at Pacific University. She assisted in the design of a new healthcare compliance graduate certificate program including curriculum development, course set-up, course instruction, etc. Previously she was the Corporate Integrity Administrator for Salem Health, where she managed the daily functions of the compliance program, and served as the primary contact for compliance inquires and concerns. She considers herself an active compliance professional, staying informed in government regulations, attending association events and contributing to compliance-related activities at both the state and federal levels. She has also published an article in Compliance Today on mandatory compliance programs. She utilizes over 3 years experience in healthcare compliance and 10 years in healthcare.
Aurae holds a Masters degree in Healthcare Administration from Pacific University. Her Masters' capstone project examined compliance strategies of Oregon hospitals with Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractors. She most recently completed a graduate certificate in biomedical informatics at Oregon Health and Sciences University. Previously, she completed a graduate certificate in healthcare management and policy at Oregon State University, and an undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, from the University of Oregon. Aurae is currently credentialed as a CHC, certified in healthcare compliance and RHIA, registered health information administrator.
Doug Boysen, JD, MHA
Vice President and General Counsel, Samaritan Health Services
Professional Experience Summary
- General Counsel - Responsible for all legal affairs of the system, managing both in-house and outside legal counsel. Extensively involved with strategic planning for the system. Developed the infrastructure for an in-house legal department.
- Corporate Compliance Officer - Reorganized the system compliance program to be a robust and proactive effort and oversee the program. Responsible for many initiatives to develop a culture of compliance.
- Center for Research and Quality - Responsible for the development of a center to centralize the research and grant activities of the system. Reorganize the Internal Review Board and increased the number of clinical trials conducted by physicians within the system. Led an initiative to standardize the collection and reporting of health quality outcomes information across the system.
Dan Briley, MBA, CISSP, CIPP
Managing Director, Summit Security Group, LLC
Dan is an information security and privacy professional with experience as an Information Security & Privacy Officer in both the finance and healthcare industries. He has served clients in diverse organizations with a primary focus on IT governance, risk management, and corporate compliance. He has almost 20 years experience in information technology, privacy, and security. His expertise includes leading technical teams in Fortune 500 financial institutions and regional healthcare systems. During his career, Dan has built information security departments, prepared strategic plans, developed budgets, and led executive briefings. His passion is working with clients to understand and manage technology and data risk in a manner that enhances business operations and strategy.
Dan holds a MBA from University of Redlands and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and a Certified Information Privacy Professional.
Gwen Dayton, JD
General Counsel and Vice President, Health Policy for the Oregon Medical Association
Gwen serves as General Counsel and Vice President, Health Policy for the Oregon Medical Association. In that role, she provides guidance to the association and physicians on legal, regulatory and health policy matters. She also serves on the legislative team and coordinates the association's quality and loss prevention programs. Prior to joining the OMA, Gwen served as General Counsel and Executive Vice President for the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems and worked in the Office of Legislative Counsel providing health care legal and legislative services to the Oregon legislature.
Gwen is a frequent speaker on health care legal and policy matters. She is the co-author of several chapters in the Oregon State Bar Health Law Manual, is past president of the Oregon Health Law Section and the Oregon Health Lawyers Association. Gwen grew up in Eugene, Oregon and obtained her BA from Pomona College and her JD from the University of Oregon School of Law.
Laura Dimmler, MPA, PhD
Associate Professor & MHA Program Director
Ms. Dimmler received a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University and a Master in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She also has an earned doctorate from the University of Colorado's Graduate School of Public Affairs in health policy. She has worked for three governors of Alaska serving in the Office of Management and Budget. Ms. Dimmler also has worked for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation - Division of Environmental Health, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services - Alaska Medicaid Program, as well as the State of Oregon's Occupational Safety and Health Division. She served as marketing director for a HealthTrust hospital in Oregon and manager of a group of orthopedic clinics in rural Colorado.
Ms. Dimmler has been teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in healthcare management, leadership and ethics, strategic planning and marketing, health policy, health services research, managerial epidemiology, and rural healthcare for the past twenty years. She has held teaching positions at: Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee; Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; Montana State University in Billings, Montana; and most recently at Pacific University's College of Health Professions in Hillsboro, Oregon, where she is serving as the Director of the Master of Healthcare Administration Program.
Michael A. von Arx, MHA, MA, CHC
Director of Compliance for Oregon Imaging Centers and Radiology Associates, PC
Michael holds a Masters in Healthcare Administration and a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Pacific University. His undergraduate degrees in German and Psychology were earned from Portland State University. He has held positions in healthcare and healthcare compliance and is currently the Director of Compliance for Oregon Imaging Centers and Radiology Associates, P.C. in Eugene, Oregon. As a Regulatory Compliance Coordinator for FamilyCare, Inc., Michael implemented the internal and provider audit program as well the compliance program for its Coordinated Care Organization. He also has been a Compliance and Billing Specialist for Albertina Kerr and a Residential Counselor Supervisor for ChristieCare.
Michael plays a critical role in directing and implementing the compliance programs for an innovative imaging center and radiology group. He has extensive experience in Medicare and Medicaid regulations, and monitoring the standards through internal and external auditing. He also has widespread knowledge of quality of care and performance improvements principles and how to apply these to healthcare. Michael takes a unique approach in compliance by utilizing open, process oriented techniques to engage and encourage buy-in with healthcare leaders.


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HoopsHype E'Twaun Moore rumors
According to the sources, the Celtics will send JaJuan Johnson, E'Twaun Moore, Sean Williams, and a 2013 second-round pick to Houston for Lee, who will be entering his fifth NBA season. Johnson, Moore, and Williams will earn a combined $2.7 million next season, and the Celtics could also sign an additional player, such as Mickael Pietrus or Keyon Dooling, to include in the deal to be able to increase Lee's salary. Boston Globe
Steve Bulpett: Deal originally had NOrl and PHX to facilitate, but that did, indeed, blow up. That's why there was so much scrambling earlier. Twitter
Steve Bulpett: Moore agent Mark Bartelstein to Herald: "I feel bad for E'Twaun. He was playing great this summer." Twitter
A. Sherrod Blakely: #CelticsTalk: #Celtics trade for Courtney Lee still expected to go through. #Rockets will waive E'Twaun Moore, making him a free agent. Twitter
#celtics playing with nine players today as Moore and Williams were informed of trade at arena while Johnson was not with team at Thomas & Mack. Moore and Williams had convos with Doc Rivers and then headed out. #rockets are done with their summer league sked Sulia
Gary Washburn: Trade aint official yet because Sean Williams just walked onto the court for warmups. E Moore is in warmups and sandles Twitter
Gary Washburn: Now Doc and E'Twaun Moore are having a conversation in tunnel while sean Williams just put on backpack and is also headed out #celtics Twitter
Marc J. Spears: Rockets get a 2nd round pick from Charlotte that Boston owned along with JaJuan Johnson,E'Twaun Moore and Sean Williams in Courtney Lee deal Twitter
Steve Bulpett: Celtics will send E'Twaun Moore, JaJuan Johnson, Sean Williams and 2nd rd pick in Courtney Lee trade. Those 3 won't play today. Twitter
Playing on a non-guaranteed contract, it would be easy to see why Moore would have himself as the No. 1 priority this week, as the Celtics have until midnight Sunday to bring the second-year Purdue guard back next season. But through two games in Vegas, the unflappable Moore has picked up where he left off in Orlando, caring more about steering a formidable Celtics summer ship to win after win than attempting to fill up the stat sheet. Of course, coming through with great box scores never hurts one's cause for a job in the NBA, and that's what Moore did Tuesday night, pouring in a Summer League-high 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting to go along with seven rebounds and two assists as the Celtics escaped a Chicago Bulls comeback and emerged with a 79-74 victory to move to 2-0 in Vegas action. ESPN.com
But disenchantment clearly played a role in Ray Allen's flight to the Heat on Friday for a three-year contract worth $9.5 million. And yes, there is something about that Heat uniform that will look particularly strange on Allen. "Well, it's kind of like a rivalry. Yeah, it's kind of ironic he went there," said E'Twaun Moore. "Anything can happen. That's one thing I've learned. Sometimes you have to make decisions that are best for yourself, and not everyone else. Sometimes you don't know. That's something about people who have composure and can keep things in. They just take care of business. Boston Herald
Rivers said he is not considering sending Moore to Maine of the NBADL. Moore has been on the inactive list for five of the past six games. Boston Globe
Celtics rookies JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore have combined for a mere 34 minutes of floor time through the first eight games of the 2011-12 season, but coach Doc Rivers said Friday night he's both encouraged by their early progress and that he would prefer not to send them to the D- League given their value to the parent club during a game-heavy season. "This year, I hope we can keep everyone up, honestly, because I think there will be games where guys will be sitting and guys will be going, so I don't know about the D-League this year," said Rivers. "I don't know if that hurts them or helps them, honestly, but we have to think about the team this year, and I think it would probably be better for them to hang around us." ESPN.com
Jessica Camerato: #Celtics also announce signings of rookies JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore #nba Twitter
Adrian Wojnarowski: Boston-NO deal for David West still on hold, sources say. Waiting on NBA. C's rookies, JaJuan Johnson and E'Twan Moore discussed in deal. Twitter
E'Twaun Moore, the No. 3 scorer in Purdue men's basketball history, has agreed to a guaranteed contract with the NBA's Boston Celtics. "Yes, that's true," Moore said in a text message today. Mark Bartelstein, Moore's agent and chief executive officer of Chicago-based Priority Sports, said Moore will sign his contract tonight and will be in camp for the Celtics' opening practice. Journal and Courier
The Celtics have reportedly changed their stance on whether they'd require a long-term commitment before trading for Paul. It was believed to be a requisite to a deal getting done when SI.com first reported their interest in Paul. Sources said their offer includes point guard Rajon Rondo, a 2012 top-10 protected first-round pick from the Clippers, second-year guard Avery Bradley and rookie guard E'Twaun Moore. Another source said restricted free agent Jeff Green would likely be part of that deal as well. SI.com
Gary Washburn: Agent Mark Bartelstein tells Globe #celtics 2nd round pick E'Twaun Moore will play 1 more game for Benetton Treviso and then head to Boston Twitter
Beyond playing some professional basketball for Benetton Treviso during the NBA lockout, Celtics rookie E'Twaun Moore is especially thankful for something else - the option in a one-year, $200,000 contract that will allow a return to the Celtics once the NBA lockout ends. "I probably would have stayed here," Moore said this afternoon of what he would have decided if agent Mark Bartlestein hadn't been able to find a team willing to give him an escape clause. "I was real fortunate to find this situation." Boston Herald
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Ada — Tim McCarty, head football coach at East Central University, is what might be called a pessimistic optimist.
That's during football season.
On an ice-cold, gray day inside his office at ECU, with the opening kickoff seven months away, McCarty is an optimist's optimist.
With 28 new recruits to bolster the depth chart of his ECU Tigers, and with the knowledge he lost only five seniors off last year's .500 ball club, optimism is easy.
But that's not what's driving his current optimism. McCarty's staff has recruited a road grader to take care of one side of his offensive wall this fall.
That would be a man — and Kevin Bowen is a man — all 6 feet 8 and a half inches and 342 pounds of him.
No, seriously...
This is an offensive tackle from Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California who in his entire college football career, has never allowed a sack.
That's NEVER, as in NEVER. At no time.
So that takes care of one side of the field. No matter how many mortal opponents line up to try to slow Bowen, holes will be popping up at all the mortals' abandoned positions.
Choose your poison, gentlemen.
Jo Jo "Beep Beep" Snell could run between this guy's legs undiscovered for 15 yards. And you know what happens when Beep Beep gets a coyote (safety) in a one-on-one disaster 15 yards downfield.
Chalk up six and go kick off again.
Granted, Kevin Bowen is a mythical creature in these parts right now. The important thing is, he's already on campus eating local groceries. He's still trying to fill out, you know.
Bowen used to be a basketball player, but three years ago he tried football and never looked back.
McCarty tries to maintain his dignity while describing his new prize recruit, then starts to lose it just as quickly.


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Ascari A10
|Ascari A10
|Ascari Cars
|Banbury, England
|Paul Brown
|Body and chassis
|Sports car
|Body style
|2-door coupe
|RMR layout
|Ascari KZ1, Ascari KZ1-R, BMW M5
|4,941 cc (302 cu in) BMW V8 S62
|6-speed manual (sequential manual in option)
|2,636 mm (103.8 in)
|4,300 mm (169.3 in)
|1,852 mm (72.9 in)
|1,138 mm (44.8 in)
|Curb weight
|1,280 kg (2,822 lb)
The Ascari A10 is an automobile produced by the British company Ascari Cars that was conceived by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart.[1] It is a road-going evolution of the KZ1-R GT race car that participated the Spanish GT Championship, with both cars penned by ex-Formula One designer Paul Brown. It is the third road car produced by the company, after the Ecosse and the KZ1, with the name A10 intended to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the company.
The A10 features a modified 4,941 cc (302 cu in) BMW V8 engine producing 625 bhp (466 kW), delivered via a six-speed sequential manual gearbox, with a regular manual transmission available as an option. The A10 shares the same basic carbon fibre chassis as the KZ1, with all-new bodywork and racing-derived suspension. Despite the addition of an FIA-spec roll cage and the fire-suppression system, the removal of sound proofing, air conditioning, and stereo system contributes to the A10's relatively light weight of 1,280 kg (2,822 lb).[2]
The company planned to hand-assemble fifty A10s in Banbury, England.[3]
In the tenth series of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson compared it to the Daihatsu Materia and said "Sure the Daihatsu is a good car... but on balance... I'd choose the big, yellow, shouty car instead" [4] On December 9, 2007 the Ascari A10 was featured in the UK show Top Gear and driven around the track by The Stig in 1:17.3, making it the fastest car until it was beaten by the Gumpert Apollo S in 2008, which completed a lap in 1:17.1.
- ^ "Ascari Cars, Beautiful beast". The Manufacturer. April 2006. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ "Second British Supercar Emerges From the Ascari Stable". Ascari Cars. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ "Ascari A10". supercars.net. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ Top Gear, Series 10, Episode 9.
- Anema, Sybrand (2010). The Three Hundred Club - Cars with a Top Speed Exceeding 300 KM/H. Dorrance Publishing. pp. 68–71. ISBN 9781434908100. Retrieved 26 November 2012.


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Mr. Smith, the angriest, most hardboiled man in the world, finds himself entrusted to protect the most innocent thing of all--a newborn child. When Smith delivers the baby in the middle of a gunfight, he soon discovers that the infant is the target of a shadowy force that has sent a team of mysterious and endless assailants, led by Hertz, to erase all traces of the baby. Amid a hail of bullets and facing every conceivable permutation of gunfight, Smith teams up with a prostitute named DQ to solve the mystery as to why the baby's life is being threatened before this makeshift family all ends up on the wrong side of a bullet. Everyone wants the baby dead. The big question is why?
Genre: Action,Thriller
Director: Michael Davis
Release Date: September 7, 2007
Producers: Michael Davis, Douglas Curtis, Toby Emmerich
Actors: Clive Owen,Paul Giamatti,Monica Bellucci,Greg Bryk,Jane McLean
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Lockport Union-Sun & Journal — An informational meeting for businesses, concerning upcoming construction of the Walmart supercenter at the site of the old Lockport Mall, will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at South Lockport Fire Hall, South Transit and Ruhlman roads.
The meeting, hosted by the Lockport Business Association, will be led by representatives of DiMarco Construction, who will discuss the construction project timetable, construction activities and hours, and truck traffic routing.
Attendance is open to representatives of all businesses located along South Transit Road. Advance registration is not required.


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What would you do if you were raped and left to die? What would you do if someone you love pressured you to do something that goes against your beliefs, all in the name of love? How strongly would you stand on God's word for direction? Or would you? This is one woman's story.
Count It All Joy is a dramatic film about life, love and immeasurable loss. Anya Mitchell has it all: a successful financial services company, a loving fiancé and an unshakable trust in God. Her life is seemingly perfect -- until she is attacked in her office by a stalker. Her fiancé helps her deal with the horrific reality, but when a painful truth is revealed, Anya is faced with a serious dilemma: either she chooses a future with her fiancé and leaves this tragedy in the past, or she follows the path she believes God has chosen for her -- even if it means losing the man she loves.


text: I wish I had written this, and I'm certainly glad someone did just in time. I must admit that it taught me a few things I thought I knew. It just goes to show how effective the "Chicken Little's" of the world can be when they put their heads together and start squawking loud enough. Please post far and wide, and print out copies for anyone you know who might not get it otherwise. Put in on windshields while attendees are at tea parties. Give it to your neighbor. If you have resources enough, drop hundreds of thousands from planes all across the country. It works!


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Murray County's boys team appears to have enough talent for a return to state — at least that's the confidence Indians coach Marco Burgueno expresses going into the season.
Six starters return for the Indians from last year's 14-4 campaign, during which they finished as Region 7-2A runner-up to Calhoun before losing to Atlanta's Lovett in the opening round of the Class 2A state tournament.
"We should do well again," Burgueno said. "I think that we'll do as well as last year. Our strength should be in our adaptability to the various situations."
Burgueno pointed to Calhoun as a "team to beat again" and also cited Coosa among the region contenders.
Senior Jose Ruiz led the Indians with 27 goals last season, and the 2013 honorable mention for all-area honors leads a group of midfielders with several veterans in the ranks. That group includes senior Filiberto Nunez, junior Alejandro Ramirez and sophomore Eric Soto.
There are two returning starters for the defense — junior Carlos Raymundo and senior Domingo Bautista — and others expected to spark the Indians are senior goalie Roberto Zuniga (who replaces graduated three-year starter Humberto Alvarez), senior forward Fernando Arias, sophomore forward John David Adams, versatile junior Juan Bautista and junior defender Rodrigo Lucas.
Although they didn't make the state tournament last year, the Lady Indians went 10-8 and broke new ground, said coach Mandy Ledford.
"Last year was the school's first winning season for girls soccer," she noted. "We missed making the state playoffs by one game. That season should give us some momentum. However, we graduated 11 seniors, including seven starters. A lot of our girls played JV."
Senior midfielders Baylee Cudd and Catherine Gonzales lead the returning varsity players, while senior Tania Zuniga and junior Marai Hernandez saw extensive action as defenders. The team's other seniors are forward Aracely Garcia and midfielder Stacy Sandoval.
The team also has a large junior class, made up of Eve Bautista, Heidy Cabral, Yesenia Castenda, Morgan Devitt, Paxton Dolly, Sarah Karlsen, Catrina Lopez, Sandra Ramirez, Celena Sanchez and Deyna Sanchez.
Murray County opens its season Monday at Coahulla Creek, with the girls playing at 5 and the boys playing at 7.


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While at work today, I got the annual return form for my Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) scheme. For those who don't know, all Hong Kongers who are legally employed have to pay a percentage of their income each month into the MPF, an obligatory pension fund that can be cashed in once you reach retirement age or leave Hong Kong. The employers also have to pay into the scheme, and a larger amount at that. Sounds good so far. But it is not any remotely accountable or transparent unit that operates the MPF system... instead, our money goes into large, private banking institutions, which then keep the money as their own short/medium-term capital, or invest the money as they see fit.
Again, the 'M' means that this is a MANDATORY scheme which we have to pay into by law. Sure, we get some say as to where our money goes, into the 'risky' or 'not-so-risky' funds. But as to where specifically it is actually invested... well, we lose sight of our hard-earned cash by that point. So essentially, all legally employed people are required by law to subsidize banks and corporations with a percentage of their income every month.
To take an example of perhaps the worst case scenario, a Hong Kong worker could choose, for example, to put a percentage of his MPF contribution into the 'Global Equity Fund'. Despite the increased risk of loss, this fund promises higher returns than the default 'Capital Preservation Fund', and the worker can be encouraged by the prospect of making a tidy profit to add to his retirement nest egg. It's certainly an enticing idea, especially when one considers the horrible situation that elderly people who have to live off government welfare in HK are faced with.
Well, where the hell does this money go? Turns out I was just informed of the top ten investments under the Global Equity Fund by my employers' MPF managers, the Bank of China:
1). Cash & Deposit
2). General Electric Co
3). Exxon Mobil Corporation
4). Citigroup Inc
5). Bank of America Corporation
6). Microsoft Corporation
7). BP Plc
8). Pfizer Inc.
9). Int'l Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
10). Intel Corporation
So, with one's hard earned money, they would be subsidizing one of the world' s largest weapons makers (General Electric), two of the largest and dirtiest oil companies in the world (Exxon Mobil and BP), the kingpin of Big Pharmaceuticals (Pfizer), two of the largest and most nefarious banks in the world (Bank of America and Citigroup, of which the latter has an ongoing campaign against it and was called the "world's most destructive bank" in 2000) and THREE US high-tech industry corporations (IBM, Intel, and Microsoft) which are the prime beneficiaries of that country's military-industrial complex.
Other recepients of our money could include the US and Japanese reserve banks (so we can underwrite the US/Japanese economies and their deficits, presumably) ; land-ownership cartels such as Cheung Kong, Sun Hung Kai, and Swire Properties (so we can contribute to their almost total control over the city); private banking institutions such as Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, and HSBC...
To me it seems patently illogical to operate a pension scheme that invests in the institutions of corporate capitalism and militarism. The logic of the former is to save for the future, while the ideology of the latter is to never think beyond the notion of short term gains, thus destroying any chance we have of a future. Moreover, forcing working citizens to contribute to this destruction by law seems to me the height of immorality.
According to my return, I made HK$0.80 profit off this year's MPF scheme. I shudder to think where even such a paltry sum came from. So, an in-depth investigation into how our money is used would be vital, and if anyone knows of existing studies, I'd be grateful if you let me know! Also, if there are 'alternative' MPF schemes that I could change to tomorrow, I'd also love to hear about them.
Meanwhile, the question we should be asking ourselves, our bosses, our co-workers, friends, families, and any and all concerned is: what the hell are we funding? And why?


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Should the U.S. Dept. of Justice Investigate the Seattle Police Department?
SEATTLE – Seattle police detectives had surveillance video of an officer kicking a black teenage suspect several times after a narcotics bust last month, but they failed to notify top police officials.
Now, the Seattle Police Department is facing accusations of brutality for the fourth time in less than a year. The American Civil Liberties Union is calling for the Justice Department to conduct a civil rights investigation into Seattle police practices.
The incident happened Oct. 18 in downtown Seattle. Undercover officers and bicycle police were taking part in the buy-bust operation when things took at turn for the worse. Two officers ended up at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Police say a 17-year-old suspect fled the scene and ended up in a convenience store near Second Avenue and Pine Street, where the surveillance video was taken. A 10-year veteran officer, working undercover and wearing black clothing and a bandana, is seen running in and kicking the teen in the groin. The officer kicks the teen again and again before another officer pulls him away from the suspect.
KING 5 has learned detectives had the video for weeks and had watched it. But, Deputy Chief Clark Kimerer says he didn't know about the video until Wednesday.
The detective in question is now at home on administrative leave while internal affairs investigates his actions.
Reactions are pouring out from the community.
"It's pretty disturbing and disgusting and im outraged by it," said Urban League President James Kelly.
"Videos like this should be forwarded up the chain of command," said Mayor Mike McGinn.
The teenage suspect, who has a criminal record, is one of five people charged with attempted robbery. He pleaded not guilty.
Kimerer says officers need to be aware that video surveillance is everywhere.
"I think we have to grow up and recognize we are in a video age and nothing an officer does goes unnoticed," said Kimerer.
The internal investigation will take approximately ten days, and it's possible the officer could face criminal charges. Police will also investigate why detectives failed to turn the tape over to their bosses.
The tape and other video and materials were turned over to the King County Prosecutor's Office and were reviewed by them as potential evidence in the case against the suspect.
This comes after three other high-profile incidents involving Seattle police this year:
- In April, a video showed Seattle police officers shouting a racial slur and stepping on a Latino man who was already on the ground. The officer apologized. King county prosecutors decided it wasn't a hate crime. The Seattle city attorney's office is still reviewing the case for other charges.
- In June, an officer stopped two teenage girls for jaywalking. One of the teens shoved the officer, who responded by punching her. The teenager later admitted to provoking the officer and pled guilty to fourth degree assault. The officer was exonerated.
- In August, police officer Ian Birk shot and killed woodcarver John Williams in Seattle. The officer says he repeatedly told Williams to drop a knife used for woodcarving, but Williams was partially deaf and may not have heard him. A preliminary police investigation determined the shooting was not justified and the officer's badge and gun were taken away. An inquest into shooting is still to come.
"It's horrifying," said Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw. "What is going on here? Why have been seeing over the last year things that are really aimed at our communities of color? And this is not acceptable to any of us."
In a statement, ACLU Executive Director Kathleen Taylor says "These repeated incidents over the last 18 months, which have continued unchecked and without forceful intervention by the Seattle police department the mayor or Seattle's other elected officials, leads the ALCU to call on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate."
Bagshaw, who is vice-chair of the Seattle public safety committee, says while the ACLU has a point, she would like to give Seattle police Chief John Diaz time to respond.
"We need to make changes here. I would rather see changes made now, working together in contrast with the Justice Department coming in and telling us what to do," she said.


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Scarlett Johansson is an intriguing blank in Luc Besson's "Lucy," which is stranded somewhere between a stranger-in-a-strange-land action thriller and apocalyptic science fiction.
Scarlett Johansson is an intriguing blank in Luc Besson's "Lucy," which is stranded somewhere between a stranger-in-a-strange-land action thriller and apocalyptic science fiction.
Dwayne Johnson tries, but he's surrounded by poor CGI and a terrible adaptation of yet another comic book. Ian McShane steals what little movie there…
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
Patrice Leconte's "Monsieur Hire" is a tragedy about loneliness and erotomania, told about two solitary people who have nothing else in common. It involves a…
News on a major sale on Roger Ebert's memoir, "Life Itself," along with an excerpt from the book.
Chaz Ebert's July 18th appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."
Roger Ebert loved superhero movies but he was a superhero himself to me.
Chaz and Roger Ebert will be awarded the Deloris Jordan Award for Excellence in Community Leadership at the 20th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival.
The second part of our series on exploring the Israel-Palestine conflict through film.
The first part in a four-part series on what film can teach us about the relationship between Israel and Palestine.
Jana Monji responds to our Movie Love Questionnaire.
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In 1999, a film publicist named Jeff Dowd sidled over to me at the Salt Lake City airport and gave me my first tout that year for a Sundance entry. "See 'The Blair Witch Project,' " he said. "I'm not even working for it, and I'm telling you this." I saw it, and when it opened in July of that year, I gave it a four-star rating.
Maybe it deserved it. No force on Earth could compel me to go back and see it again. It had an effective sense of accumulating horror. I liked it at the time. Since then, I've grown weary of the genre it inspired, the found-footage horror film. In this genre we are given low-quality home video footage, usually underlit, lacking in pacing and intentionally hard to comprehend. The premise is that the footage was taken before some unspeakable event occurred, was discovered later and now is in the film we are watching.
"Paranormal Activity" is the best subsequent example of a found-footage film. "V/H/S" is an example of the genre at its least compelling. It's an anthology of six separate horror stories shot in low-definition VHS. The first, "Tape 56," explains the other five. A group of masked intruders break into a house on a mission to retrieve certain videotapes. After routine haunted-house scares, they come upon the house's owner, sitting dead and decomposing in front of a wall of video monitors.
While one of the group stays to look at some of the video, the others explore the house and make more unsettling discoveries. The overall film consists of this linking film and five other stories, each with a different director and different casts — with slight overlapping of actors.
Do you want to hear the five stories? Better you should make sense of them yourself. One of the pleasures or punishments of the film is that we're not always sure when we have left one story and entered another.
The idea, I gather, is that "V/H/S" is sort of a showcase for its young directors and actors. Since it's such a muddle, I don't understand how any of them hope to stand out. It plays more like a student project in which several short films were cobbled together in the popular found-footage horror genre to masquerade as a feature.
What's the point? None of the segments is particularly compelling. Strung together, it's way too much of a muchness. These ambitious young artists might be better advised to make what I naively call a "real movie." For example, Ti West, one of the six directors, has already released "The Innkeepers," a well-made and effective haunted hotel movie that exhibited a real gift for framing and placement; it created some genuine scares out of what he showed and didn't show. I'd bet on a guy like that. If he showed me "V/H/S," I'd hedge my bet.
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Last week, American President Barack Obama touted the benefits of green building with his "Better Buildings Initiative," a plan to improve the efficiency of commercial buildings over the next decade. Citing the statistic that commercial buildings consumed over 20 percent of all energy in the US last year alone, the President outlined a plan to make these buildings 20 percent more efficient over the next decade. Buildings ready for energy upgrades include offices, retail, schools and universities, municipal buildings and other commercial buildings.
Funding for these initiatives will come from the private sector and builds on investments made through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The President has already committed over $20 billion in funding building energy efficiency initiatives through ARRA. This initiative calls for tax incentives for commercial building upgrades and retrofits as well as loans for energy efficiency upgrades for hospitals, schools and other commercial buildings.
Most importantly, the initiative will spur job growth, something that has been lagging as the rest of the economy recovers. "For all of those committed to the idea that green buildings can create jobs, save energy and save money, this is a great day, and the entire green building movement is incredibly grateful for President Obama's leadership in this critical step forward for America. It is major steps like these that are necessary to address the challenges facing our environment," said USGBC President, CEO and Founding Chair Rick Fedrizzi in a statement. "We know that green buildings can and should be front and center of any credible jobs creation program. The jobs supported by the green building industry can't be outsourced, and they are jobs that frequently can build on skills learned in the manufacturing sector."
Johnson Controls, a leading producer of energy efficient solutions for commercial buildings supports the initiative. "Our global surveys of commercial building owners have indicated that access to capital is one of the top barriers to pursuing commercial retrofits, so we applaud the Administration's focus on making capital more accessible," said C. David Myers, vice president of Johnson Controls, in a statement. "As part of his remarks today, the President referenced the retrofit of the Empire State Building, a Johnson Controls project that will lead to a 38% reduction in the building's energy use when completed. Through commercial retrofits like the Empire State Building, we can make a measurable impact by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs for commercial buildings while creating local-market jobs."
Republicans are expected to hate this initiative, probably citing the Constitution/Ayn Rand /Jesus in their opposition statement.
Source: White House, USGBC, Johnson Controls