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Jason Isringhausen Signs with Angels
A few days ago we asked "Where is Jason Isringhausen?"
Well, he found a job a few days ago — with the Angels.
Izzy signed a minor-league deal but is expected to have a significant role with the Major League club. Per manager Mike Scioscia:
"Jason is going to slot in with LaTroy Hawkins and Scott Downs [in a setup role]," Scioscia said. "We talk about that pyramid of guys getting to the closer [Jordan Walden]. It's a little broader right now."
After signing C.J. Wilson and Albert Pujols, the Angels didn't have much payroll flexibility to fortify the back end of the bullpen. But, that became an opportunity for Jason Isringhausen, who perhaps because of his advanced age and injury history wasn't getting much attention from other clubs this winter.
Good luck, Izzy!
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CommentsOne Response to "Jason Isringhausen Signs with Angels"
I agree — good luck.
For me (and some others have different feelings about him, which is their privilege, though it depresses me), he was a bright light on a sorry season. He had a job to do and he mostly did it. That's really all I would ask of a role player.
Anyway, Texas had its time & for whatever reason choked the second time at the rodeo. Let's see if Anaheim can challenge them this year.

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It's odd that Toyota uses words like "exciting," "dynamic," "emotional" and "potent" to describe its all-new 2013 Avalon.
Why is that weird? Because the Avalon has become a huge hit by doing just the opposite of those things.
The Avalon was originally designed as an alternative to the classic, all-American full-size sedans like the Ford Crown Victoria, Buick Park Avenue and Pontiac Bonneville — those spacious, softly sprung cars that made up the meat and potatoes of the American car market for decades.
Toyota did such a good job designing the Avalon — and, in fairness, the American car makers did such a lousy job updating their own large sedans — that today, the Avalon basically stands on its own in this class. The others have all died off.
The Avalon also faces the headwind of a changing marketplace. Today's buyers who want a spacious family car are more likely to look at crossovers than full-size sedans, so the newest Avalon had to add some spice to keep things interesting. One of the biggest departures is with the body.
While the last Avalon had styling that was so dull it was hardly even noticeable, the new one has more visual appeal. It's almost muscular, chiseled and athletic, the kind of flowing, sloped shape you would expect to find on a sports sedan but not something this large.
Inside, it gets even better. For a frame of reference, Toyota hasn't led the fit-and-finish races for car cabins lately. The American and Korean brands have upped their game enough to outshine some of Toyota's models in the past couple of years, and the Avalon — while feeling solid — had an interior that was just as bland as the rest of the car.
In the new, "dynamic" Avalon, though, things have changed in a big way. This cabin is now the best work Toyota's interior designers have ever done.
Not only is the new generation car more interesting on the inside than last year's model — with fascinating textures and shapes — but it's also reaching the kind of quality feel that Toyota pulled off so successfully years ago.
The new interior design looks more three-dimensional rather than flat, with a separate panel centered around the driver and soft-touch materials that are stitched by hand. The Avalon has always been a premium car, as opposed to luxury, but this design comes awfully close to what you would expect in a Lexus.
From the driver's perspective, the Avalon formula hasn't changed all that much. It's still very much about the quiet, smooth experience.
The biggest difference is in fuel economy. For the first time ever, the Avalon is available as a hybrid model that is rated for 40 mpg in combined city and highway driving — an impressive number for a car this size. The ordinary Avalon is more efficient, too, earning a 31-mpg highway rating
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You've got a rash. You quickly rule out the usual suspects: You haven't been gardening or hiking or even picnicking, so it's probably not a plant irritant such as poison ivy or wild parsnip; likewise, it's probably not chiggers or ticks carrying Lyme disease; and you haven't been swimming in a pond, which can harbor the parasite that causes swimmer's itch.
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Missouri U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill joined a bipartisan group of senators Wednesday to announce legislation that aims to reduce the number of sexual assaults on college campuses.
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Reported: Dec. 12, 2013 9:25 PM EST
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There appears to be good news for the Cedar Lakes Conference Center.
The West Virginia Department of Education was planning to close the center in Ripley to help its budget, but a new plan intends to turn it over to the Cedar Lakes Foundation, which is a non-profit board.
The foundation will be in charge of the operation of the facility. Sen. Miitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, is optimistic for the future of Cedar Lakes with the new plan.
"I can't give enough credit to Dr. Farris at the Department of Education and the governor for embracing this plan to allow a transition to self-sufficiency at Cedar Lakes," Carmichael said. "This is an opportunity to take a negative, turn it into a positive and really promote Cedar Lakes."
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At least for now, a New York appellate court has foiled an attempt to publish the name of a then-teenage girl who was allegedly sexually abused by an actor backstage after a Broadway show, to solicit information about others she might have accused in the past.
A state appeals court in New York has refused to order the trial judge to lift a limited gag order preventing the defendant from doing so, reports the Associated Press. Any need for the "fishing expedition" sought by the defendant, who apparently has no evidence that the victim did accuse anyone else, the court said, is outweighed by the public policy of encouraging sex crimes to be reported by preventing alleged victims from being publicly pilloried for making accusations.
James Barbour, 40, who played the beast in Walt Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," allegedly committed the crime in 2001. A then-15-year-old aspiring actress starring in a high school production of "Jane Eyre" went with her parents to see him in the musical, and then met with him alone backstage where he is charged with having touched her sexually. He has pleaded not guilty.
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I was just checking out the friends of friends on my Gather page and I noticed many people there that I was once connected to but now I am not.
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The Port Arthur News
Wilma Donna Nickel Grimes (Nickie), 87, of Nederland, Texas, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born November 16, 1925 in Wichita, Kansas to William Frederick Nickel and Ernestine Davis Nickel.
She was a housewife for many years before working for Meyer Insurance, Bedair Insurance and Kiddie Kottage Day Care. She loved to read, square dance, make quilts and other handwork and be with her friends, especially those from her church. She came to know Christ as her Savior at Central Baptist Church of Port Arthur, where she was active with the Prime Timers and worked for many years in the bed baby room at the nursery. She later joined First Baptist Church of Nederland and has been an active member there for 20 years.
She is survived by her daughters Sheryl Van Doren of Wichita, Kansas and Kerry Van Doren Pedigo and her husband Mike of Nederland, Texas; her grandchildren Laura Pedigo Polk and her husband John of Nederland, Texas and Paul Pedigo and his wife Delaney of LaPorte, Texas; and her great-grandchildren Hailey and Hannah Polk of Nederland, Texas.
Visitation will be on Saturday, January 19, 2013 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home in Groves. Funeral service will be at 2:00 PM Sunday, January 20, 2013 in the Thompson Memorial Chapel at Clayton Thompson with Rev. Jason Burden, officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches.
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In 1999 this venerable, but persistently low-profile, family-owned firm—which has always put the accent on understatement—earned the distinction of becoming the first Swiss fashion house to be admitted into the Fédération Française de la Couture du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode. It was voted in unanimously.
In 2004, more than 80 years after his grandmother had founded the business, designer Albert Kriemler brought Akris to Paris for its first formal show. In 2006, the Financial Times described it as "possibly the most successful label you've never heard of."[1]
The buzz only continued to crescendo as the decade advanced. A bag line was launched in 2009, the same year that Angelina Jolie was photographed wearing an Akris outfit (that reportedly hadn't even been comped).
"The creative process always starts with the fabric,"[2] Kriemler has said—and, indeed, Akris has built its international reputation on a bedrock of fine materials (notably, double-faced cashmeres), clean lines, and meticulous craftsmanship. Jackets, for example, are hand-finished, often taking two days to construct. In-house tailors serve a two-year apprenticeship in their specialty.
Kriemler, a temperate man who continues to design from the modest alpine town where many of the garments are produced, believes his work is about more than just appearances. His philosophy? To understand quality, the material must be felt.This clothes-shouldn't-wear-the-woman ethos proved its continuing bankability during the Great Recession: At a three-day trunk show at Bergdorf Goodman in Manhattan in 2008, Akris racked up $1 million in sales. Could anyone still call it a sleeper?
Alice Kriemler-Schoch starts to make embroidered aprons for caterers in St. Gallen, Switzerland, with one sewing machine and much determination.
Alice's son Max Kriemler joins the business and develops Akris to the point where it produces collections for Hubert de Givenchy and Ted Lapidus.
At the age of 20, Max's son, Albert Kriemler, takes over creative responsibilities. He brings "a forward-thinking, architectural edge"[3] to the label, WWD later notes.
Peter Kriemler, who eventually becomes president, joins the firm.
Akris Punto launched.
Akris's first ad campaign is shot by Steven Klein, featuring Stella Tennant.
April: A freestanding space opens in Boston, along with an in-store boutique at Bergdorf Goodman in New York. September: The Prestige Collection of made-to-order eveningwear is launched in the Boston boutique.
Akris becomes a member of the governing body of haute couture, the Fédération Française de la Couture du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode.
The Paris flagship opens on Avenue Montaigne.
A boutique opens on New York's Madison Avenue in a mansion built in the mid-1880s for dry-goods merchant and hospital benefactor Isaac Stern.
The first official press défilé is held in Paris for the fall collection.
January: Albert Kriemler designs costumes for a New Year's Day ballet in Vienna, choreographed by John Neumeier, to music by Johann Strauss, Jr. September: Curates an Akris exhibit at the Textilmuseum in St. Gallen.
Bags are launched for spring 2010. Akris uses a trapezoid as a signature element in place of a logo. Daphne Guinness is the face of the line.
Akris celebrates its 90th anniversary at Bergdorf Goodman in New York. The brand launches e-commerce on its website.
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Souvenirs From My Trip
What can American emergency systems take from the Israeli experience?
It bears repeating that, particularly in the U.S., one EMS system is one EMS system. It's a rare solution that, upon working in one small corner of the EMS world, can be adopted wholesale in another and produce the same kind of benefit, without modification to that system's own unique circumstances.
So answers that work well for Israel aren't any more automatically applicable to your area than the answers of any other system. No one has it all figured out.The Israelis have certainly been through some trials, with the mass-casualty events and nonconventional threats. Maybe you can adapt some parts of their solutions to your benefit; maybe not. There's value to be had just by listening and finding out.
"The Israelis have had the misfortune to experience so many of these events we hope will never happen in the United States," says Hick. "I think they set an extremely good example in their willingness to take the time to share their experiences and what they've learned, so that those of us who are less likely to face those situations will have the benefit of their experience. It's a good reminder to us that we need to be sharing information, sharing our experiences, and trying to make sure best practices aren't held on to by individual communities. This is not an area for competition."
In that vein, here are some final thoughts about potential lessons, solutions and strategies based on the Israeli experience.
If there's a hospital or EMS service in America that can pull off major comprehensive monthly exercises around different threats, we'd like to hear from you. Most of us can't, but that doesn't mean we can't tap into some similar benefits.
Lesson No. 1 for all training, regular and special-event, is to incorporate a strong feedback loop. Debrief participants, take their input to heart, and keep working to improve performance.
"I think that's one of the reasons the Israelis are successful at this," says Stein-Spencer. "They debrief right away, they include everyone, and everyone's comments are important. They take feedback as a positive and use it to improve. We don't necessarily do that."
Related to that is this: Training's about learning. Don't be afraid to fail--that's how you improve.
Says Heilicser: "Lots of our drills are to satisfy requirements for funding. Lots of our drills are to look good for the media. Lots of our drills are to look like we're doing it the right way. I'd prefer to have a drill to learn what I don't know, as opposed to show off what I do know. Drills should be done at 3 in the morning on a Sunday, when you don't have the staff you'd normally have. Your weakest link is your most dangerous point. Let's show what we need to learn, as opposed to flaunting what we can do."
Finally, training need not be limited to regularly scheduled drills and exercises. Many services squander smaller opportunities every day.
"The opportunity to train our staff in bits and pieces is, I think, very readily available," says Hick, "whether that's by a small column in the department newsletter, or Web-based training, or incorporating disaster medical aspects into annual mandatory training, or just offering some special training on shift for 10 or 15 minutes. In the end, those are the trainings that really matter. You can shove people into a class at the start of their employment, but unless you're doing small bits of refresher training on a frequent basis, or unless it's something they're doing with daily practice, they're not going to remember it when the time comes."
We're not getting a single national EMS service or standardized coast-to-coast emergency healthcare system in our lifetimes. But that doesn't mean we can't achieve some of their benefits. We'll just have to work harder for them.
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Ancient and mysterious Shrines have revealed the location of an extinct alien home world. Discovered in the aftermath of the Gallius IV war, these Shrines unlock the most powerful technology in the Universe. Now, seven interstellar empires race across the galaxy to conquer this one planet and gain the secret power of the ancient civilization.
Deadlock II: Shrine Wars is an exciting game of strategy, resource management and military conquest. Each race has its own strenghts and weaknesses - learn to exploit them to your advantage. Build, trade, research, attack, as you search for the ancient knowledge that will grant you ultimate control over the entire Universe.
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Posted on 2014-01-28 07:07:33 bydamarcus:
Deadlock 2 is no revolution in comparison to the first part of the sequel, which was a turn-based strategy game, in which you chose one of several races and conquered a planet, researched technologies and administrated your settlements.
Part 2 has some nice enhancements, like diplomacy, sea bases, new units, especially sea units, campaigns, a nice tech-tree and some other things.read more All those familiar with the first Deadlock game will accustom themselves quickly, but it's also not hard to learn for beginners.
There are two setbacks I encountered: First, administrating the settlements is still a bit tiresome, since you have to replace colonists quite often to efficiently manage your settlements. This is done very easily and quickly, but repetitive. The AI of your adverseries is not too clever, often, when they are with their backs to the wall, they fail to organise their settlements. I sometimes also had crashes, this was with the 1.0 version, hopefully the patch has remedied this. Thankfully there is an autosave.
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Posted on 2014-01-28 08:56:57 bysergeant_citrus:
Deadlock 2 ... Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time.
It's not quite like any other turn-based strategy game I've played. Unlike Civilization or Alpha Centauri, it is province-based. You conquer (or settle) individual provinces, build your cities there, and eventually train troops and move them into your opponent's provinces to conquer. That part reminds me a bitread more of Warhammer 40k Dark Crusade.
There's no micro-managing with combat. You just give your troops an order before combat starts (for example, the Human soldier can "berserk") and then they carry it out to the best of their ability. Unlike Civ, there are no "stacks of doom." If you build a large army (or your opponent does) it doesn't mean you have to go through each unit individually. That helps keep the gameplay fluid.
You can choose from a variety of alien races, from the telepathic Re'lu to the tree-hugging Uva Mosk to the sickly Maug. I found each of them to be fun to play. As part of diplomacy, you can send messages to the other leaders (and you'll receive them as well) and these are in the form of pre-rendered animations that are pretty funny and interesting. Each race has its own campaign with a unique ending.
Why 4 stars? Partially to compensate for any nostalgia-glasses on my part, and partially because some people might find city management tedious once you have too many provinces. That said, I'm glad GOG picked this up, I'll be getting my copy after payday.
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Deadlock II Shrine Wars is the exciting sequel to the original Deadlock - Planetary Conquest. The interface is much improved and a lot of enhancements including the 'settlement' of water areas in addition to land.
Yes, it is a strategy war game but you will want to play this game over and over again. Why? The voice acting and video excerpts are STILL the greatest I have everread more seen in ANY game to date. The interaction between the races is superb and the development of this game is still one of the best ever. There are seven races and each race is awesomely developed. The insectoid Ch'Cht, the 'evil' Cyth, the middle of the road Humans, the super intelligent Re'Lu, the engineering Maug, the environmental Uva Mosk, and the brawny Tarth. This is one of the few games that I keep coming back to even over these many years.
It is an easy game to learn the basics, but as your colonies grow, managing becomes more difficult keeping track of each area as you grow. Working to maximize efficiency is just a cover up for the real game though. Yes "the real game" is really all the fun commentary that comes along as your empire grows or shrinks. A true game experience for the ages and hopefully ages to come... Thanks GOG and mostly thanks to Cyberlore Studios and Tommo for reviving and making this ageless classic available for all to enjoy once more...
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The Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra concert "When the Two World Champions Meet", featuring renowned violin soloist Frederieke Saeijs and award-winning local conductor Jimmy Chiang, will be staged early next month (February).
The two maestros, together with Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, will perform works of Mozart "Adagio in E, K261" as well as Tchaikovsky "Romeo and Juliet Overture" and "Violin Concerto in D, Op.35".
Saeijs won five prizes at the International Jacques Thibaud-Marguerite Long Competition in Paris, France, in 2005. Apart from the first Grand Prix-Academie des Beaux Arts, she was awarded four extra prizes - Prix de SAS le prince Albert II de Monaco for the best interpretation of the contemporary work by Dupin, Prix Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer for the best interpretation of the violin concerto (Berg), Prize of the members of the Orchestre National de France and Prize of the students of the Conservatories. As a result Saeijs gives recitals and performs as a soloist in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Scotland, Switzerland and the United States. As a soloist Saeijs performed with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Flanders Symphonic Orchestra, Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and The Hague Philharmonic.
She also collaborated with conductors Matthias Bamert, Jonathan Darlington, Antony Hermus, Neeme Jarvi, Ion Marin, Christoph Poppen, Vassily Sinaiski and Jaap van Zweden.
Jimmy Chiang, winner of the First prize of the Fourth International Competition of Young Conductors "Lovro von Matacic" in Croatia, 2007, is a Chinese-born conductor and pianist. He began his musical education at the age of 4 with piano studies under Choi Ching-yee in Hong Kong. Chiang recently appeared as the assistant conductor in operas Das Rheingold and Aida. In 2006, he was the chorus master of 300 voices for Mahler's Symphony No 8 at Macao International Music Festival. In 2004 and 2006, Chiang was appointed musical assistant and conductor of opera productions at the Schlosstheater Schonbrunn in Vienna. He has been the guest conductor of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and the Hong Kong Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra.
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Jay Vernon Veldhouse was born on October 9, 1928, at the family farm home near Kanawha, Iowa, to Heiko H. and Grace E. Abbas Veldhouse. He attended country school his elementary years and graduated from Kanawha High School in 1945. It was a joyful time in America as World War II was winding down, ending in August.
Since Jay was only sixteen when he graduated, he stayed at home to farm for his dad instead of going to college. But the next school year he went to Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, taking pre-seminary courses. After a year and a half, he returned to Kanawha to farm his dad's land once again.
On June 7, 1949, Jay was united in marriage with Audrey Rietema, his high school sweetheart. After farming three years, the academics again called him and he moved his family back to Michigan and attended Calvin where he graduated with a Mathematics Education Degree in 1954. He accepted a contract from Pella Christian High School and moved to Pella in August of 1954. Jay taught math, Latin, and history his first few years but as the school grew he was happy to leave history and Latin to the new teachers and remained teaching the math courses the rest of his tenure. He later added being the assistant principal to his teaching duties. Jay earned his Master's Degree in Education Administration from Drake University. He enjoyed summer jobs working on the construction of Red Rock Dam, building grain bins, working at Pella Corporation, and lastly teaching drivers' education.
Jay loved sports of all kinds, especially softball, baseball, and basketball; sports he had excelled in during his high school years. He coached baseball during his first year at Pella Christian. He enjoyed volleyball and golf with other faculty members. He ran the clock for many years for the basketball games. He instigated the beginning of the Student Council and remained its sponsor until his retirement in 1993. This group built a float for the Tulip Time parade every year, promoted the annual Christmas banquet and supervised other school events.
Jay and Audrey attended almost all of their children's sporting and musical events. Later they did the same for their grandchildren, and recently for the great-grandchildren. Their four children, fifteen grandchildren, and twenty-five great-grandchildren were the joy of his life. Camping and traveling with them provided special happy memories. However, he had another family…the faculty, students, and constituency at Pella Christian High School. He loved the school and loved teaching there. When the high school burned down in January of 1964, Jay was the last to leave the building, taking time to get his briefcase out of the faculty room. For this lack of judgment, his hair below his hat was singed as he fled through the nearest door. Jay was faithful in his calling as an educator for thirty-nine years.
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In the last decade, local Muslim leaders have reached out to the Triangle, seeking to forge a strong relationship with people of all faiths.
Part of that effort included being accessible to reporters, especially at The News & Observer, one of the few news outlets in North Carolina with a full-time faith reporter.
Now, following the indictment of eight Triangle men on terrorism charges, the area's most prominent mosque, the Islamic Association of Raleigh, is limiting access.
To report from the mosque property in West Raleigh, a journalist now must sign a document with six mandates, including: "The Media may not interview any individual on the premises of the Islamic Center of Raleigh or at any other IAR event, except for the authorized IAR spokesperson or any other designated individual as authorized by the IAR leadership." We mentioned the rules in an Aug. 16 article.
The rules bar reporters and photographers from mosque premises unless they sign a document restricting their movements and acknowledging the threat of legal action if they violate the agreement. The N&O declined to sign the document. Previously, journalists typically had easy access to the mosque.
Each of the indicted men had attended the mosque, although Daniel Boyd, accused ringleader of the indicted men, and his family had left.
Some IAR members were upset that reporters went to the mosque after the indictments, saying that IAR had nothing to do with the alleged criminal activity.
After the indictments, the IAR's leadership team prevented the mosque's spiritual leader from speaking with reporters -- a different approach than the mosque has taken in recent years. It had welcomed reporters. IAR members wanted to show that they shared the same basic values as their Christian and Jewish neighbors.
That was a smart strategy. Their openness led to stories in The N&O and elsewhere about their mosque, their people and their faith. Those stories helped Muslims further their broader goal of building bonds in the community.
Imran Aukhil, a spokesman for the mosque, said the rules aren't new, that they've just been put in writing. The mosque needs to control access to its buildings, he said; it wants to protect the children who attend school there and the privacy of all who seek to worship privately.
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Exclusive: Notre Dame Alumni Launch Effort to Withhold Donations Over Obama Invitation
The effort is aimed at ousting university president John Jenkins.
By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country
A group of Notre Dame alumni angry over the university's decision to feature President Obama as this year's commencement speaker is set to launch an online effort urging the school's financial backers to withhold donations until the university president is ousted. The group's website calls for current university president Rev. John Jenkins be replaced with "someone who will uphold fundamental Catholic moral principles."
The group launched its website, www.replacejenkins.com, yesterday and plans to begin promoting it with a press release tomorrow morning. "We feel strongly that the University should not honor President Barack Obama given his well known commitment to abortion in the broadest possible context," the website says. "Although we love Notre Dame, our conscience requires that we withhold all financial support from our University until such time as Father Jenkins is replaced as Notre Dame's President with someone who will be more loyal to the teaching of the Catholic Church."
The effort is being led by a coalition of seven university alumni and financial backers, mostly based in Michigan. "When the Obama invitation happened, some of us said we have to draw a line in the sand," says David DiFranco, a Notre Dame alum who is helping lead the campaign and who notes that conservative Catholics have been alarmed by some of Jenkins earlier decisions. "We don't feel justified in sending our dollars to the university and thought if we can quantify this effort we may raise some eyebrows."
The website asks Notre Dame boosters to sign a petition and state "the amount you will withhold from Notre Dame's General Fund." DiFranco, the CEO of a travel company based near Detroit, declined to give a goal for the amount of withheld donations. But he said he hopes the figure is large enough to publicize before Obama's May 17 graduation address.
The site asks petition signers to supply their contact information to help verify the legitimacy of large donations being withheld. It also advises donors to send donations to two campus antiabortion groups. Organizers say they currently have several dozen donors involved.
Dennis Brown, a Notre Dame spokesman, said in an E-mail message that while "the decision to invite President Obama to speak at commencement has engendered criticism among some alumni, it's important to recognize that there has been considerable support, too."
"We hope that those who disagree will, over time, look at the big picture," Brown continued," and decide that this incident - as distressing as it has been for some - isn't enough to end a long and strong relationship with their alma mater.
According the university's 2008 annual report, 47 percent of undergraduate alumni made donations tallying $119 million and parents of alumni gave another $34 million.
DiFranco says that even before president Obama was announced as this year's graduation speaker, conservative Catholics had been alarmed by what they saw as the school's liberal drift, including a school-sanctioned production of the Vagina Monologues and what he says is a shortage of orthodox professors in the theology department.
University president Jenkins has stood by his decision to invite president Obama to give the commencement address though it has been denounced by more than a dozen American bishops. "The invitation to President Obama to be our Commencement speaker should not be taken as condoning or endorsing his positions on specific issues regarding the protection of human life, including abortion and embryonic stem cell research," Jenkins said in an earlier statement. "Yet, we see his visit as a basis for further positive engagement."
According the school newspaper, most of Notre Dame's current students appear to support the Obama invitation.


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Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L.) is a tropical fruit said to offer a number of health benefits. Often touted for its antioxidant effects, mangosteen is sometimes referred to as a "superfruit."
Mangosteen is widely available in juice form. Mangosteen juice products typically include the fruit, rind and pulp of the fruit, which contains compounds called xanthones. Although some research indicate that xanthones may offer certain benefits, the health effects of mangosteen have yet to be extensively studied.
Health Benefits of Mangosteen:
To date, very few studies have tested the effects of mangosteen on human health. In experimental research, scientists have shown that mangosteen extract may possess antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral and anti-tumor properties.
Additionally, preliminary research suggests that mangosteen extract may help shield the brain from the toxic effects of amyloid beta (a substance that forms the brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease). There's also some evidence that applying mangosteen extract to the skin may help treat acne. However, it's important to note that what happens in a test tube may not occur in the human body.
In one of the few clinical trials testing the effects of mangosteen, researchers found that mangosteen may help boost the immune system. Published in the Journal of Medicinal Food in 2009, the study involved 59 healthy adults. For 30 days, study members took either a placebo or a mangosteen product containing vitamins and essential minerals. By the study's end, members of the mangosteen group had experienced a significantly greater improvement in immune response (compared to members of the placebo group). Mangosteen also appeared to reduce levels of C-reactive protein (a marker of inflammation).
Despite claims that mangosteen can help fight cancer, there's no evidence to support the use of mangosteen in cancer treatment or prevention. In a 2006 report published in the Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology, scientists warn that cancer patients should use caution before consuming mangosteen products. Mangosteen can potentially interact with cancer treatments and also affect blood sugar levels, the report's authors noted.
Uses for Mangosteen
In Southeast Asia, mangosteen rind has been used for medicinal purposes for generations. According to folklore, mangosteen rind was used to make a tea for such conditions as diarrhea, bladder infections and gonorrhea. An ointment made from the rind was applied to skin rashes.
Proponents claim that mangosteen can also help with the following health problems:
- allergies
- anxiety
- cancer
- cataracts
- chronic pain
- depression
- high blood pressure
- high cholesterol
- inflammation
- irritable bowel syndrome
- migraines
- Parkinson's disease
In addition, some proponents suggest that mangosteen may slow the aging process, aid in Alzheimer's prevention, increase energy, preserve eye health, stimulate the immune system, improve bone health and protect against heart disease.
Side Effects of Mangosteen
Research indicates that xanthones may interfere with normal blood-clotting. It's not known whether mangosteen xanthones may interact with blood-thinning medication (such as warfarin) and possibly lead to bleeding.
Studies suggest that higher doses of xanthones may depress the central nervous system in animals and cause sedation. Xanthones may cause excess sedation when combined with other herbs or medication, and it may be toxic at higher doses. Human studies have not been conducted.
Sources of Mangosteen
In North America, fresh mangosteens can be found in Canada and Hawaii but they cannot legally be imported into continental United States due to concerns that they transport insects into the country.
Often sold in juice form, mangosteen extract is also available in capsules and powders.
Should You Use Mangosteen for Health Purposes?
If you're considering using mangosteen for treating or preventing any health problem, talk to your doctor before starting.
It should be noted that while mangosteen's health benefits are often attributed to the xanthone content, some of mangosteen's medicinal properties may result from other compounds found in the rind. Known as tannins, these compounds have anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and astringent properties. Tannins are ubiquitous in the plant world and are found in common, less expensive foods such as black tea, green tea and cranberries.
Chen IJ et al. "Effects of xanthone glycoside on ephedrine-induced biting behavior and motor activity." American Journal of Chinese Medicine. 21.1 (1993):79-84.
Jiang DJ et al. "Pharmacological effects of xanthones as cardiovascular protective agents." Cardiovascular Drug Reviews. 22.2 (2004):91-102.
Matsumoto K et al. "Preferential target is mitochondria in alpha-mangostin-induced apoptosis in human leukemia HL60 cells." Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 12.22 (2004):5799-806.
Nabandith V et al. "Inhibitory effects of crude alpha-mangostin, a xanthone derivative, on two different categories of colon preneoplastic lesions induced by 1, 2-dimethylhydrazine in the rat." Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 5.4 (2004): 433-8.
Obolskiy D, Pischel I, Siriwatanametanon N, Heinrich M. "Garcinia mangostana L.: a phytochemical and pharmacological review." Phytother Res. 2009 Aug;23(8):1047-65.
Pedraza-Chaverri J, Cárdenas-Rodríguez N, Orozco-Ibarra M, Pérez-Rojas JM. "Medicinal properties of mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana)." Food Chem Toxicol. 2008 Oct;46(10):3227-39.
Sakagami Y et al. "Antibacterial activity of alpha-mangostin against vancomycin resistant Enterococci (VRE) and synergism with antibiotics." Phytomedicine. 12.3 (2005):203-8.
Tang YP, Li PG, Kondo M, Ji HP, Kou Y, Ou B. "Effect of a mangosteen dietary supplement on human immune function: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial." J Med Food. 2009 Aug;12(4):755-63.
Yeung S. "Mangosteen for the cancer patient: facts and myths." J Soc Integr Oncol. 2006 Summer;4(3):130-4.


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The memorial to the victims of the Bali bombing is dedicated to those killed and injured in the Bali terrorist attack, as a place of remembrance and reflection for the community and for all the families, friends and team mates affected by the tragedy.
The memorial was unveiled by NSW Premier Bob Carr on the first anniversary of the bombings, 12 October 2003. The Memorial is a focal point of the Dolphin Point site in Dunningham Reserve, Coogee Beach, which has been dedicated to the memory of the Bali bombing victims. The other elements on Dolphin Point are a plaque on the wall of the restored portico that summarises the tragic events and lists the names of the 20 victims from the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney and a plaque nearby explaining the significance of the naming of the headland Dolphin Point. These were unveiled by Premier Carr and Randwick Mayor Dominic Sullivan on 12 April 2003.
The memorial stands alone near the top of the Coogee headland in a circular paved area. The sculpture is made of bronze, coated with a burnished green-brown finish and able to withstand the harsh coastal environment.
The three linked figures in this sculpture signify family, friends and community. Bowed in sorrow and remembrance, they comfort, support and protect each other. The figures also symbolise life, growth, hope and our strength in unity. Individually, each figure could be easily toppled, but joined together they form a strong and supported whole structure.
The memorial sculpture is three linked cast bronze forms of similar shape but different sizes, which stands approximately four metres high overall. Each of the three organic forms has a stand or 'leg' and a loop or 'head' at the top, which leans inwards and joins the others by linking through each other 'head'. The sculpture weighs about one tonne.
The sculptor is Sasha Reid, a sculptor who lives and works at Bronte. His work has won awards and has been shown in exhibitions overseas and in Australia, including Sculpture By The Sea in Sydney. His sculptures are also held in private and public collections in Australia and the United States.
The site chosen for the Bali memorial
Twenty victims of the Bali bombings lived in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and surrounds, from Bondi to Malabar and across to Marrickville, or have strong affiliations through family, friends or sporting club involvement. This is more than one-fifth of all Australian victims of the tragedy.
Six of these were Coogee Dolphins A grade rugby league players. The Dolphins' home ground is Coogee Oval and their so-called clubhouse is the Beach Palace Hotel at the northern end of Coogee Beach.
Randwick City Council held the community commemorative ceremony for the Bali victims on 20 October 2002 at Coogee Oval. This ceremony was attended by more than 4,000 people.


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Heres the great thing, it's your choice. If you want to min/max go agi/stam, if not go pure stam.
Is there a point where gemming 10 Agility + 15 Stam will become more beneficial for the armor gain? Right now, in ICC my druid fully buffed (25% Buff) has 89k Health and around 39k armor w/ my Idol at five stacks. I'd link my armory, but I prologged with Resto gear on.
With 4pc bonus, Barkskin, Survival Instincts and Glyph'd Frenzied Regen + Double trinket use, I feel like I have enough Cooldowns to supplement a loss in health for more damage reduction period.
Any opinions?
Heres the great thing, it's your choice. If you want to min/max go agi/stam, if not go pure stam.
I don't know bears well, so this is, tbh, and attempt to understand their abilities as well....
Don't bear armor talents/dire bear form only affect cloth/leather armor, not agility armor? In that case you're suggesting exchanging 20 armor for 15 stamina * 1.1 (Heart of the Wild) *1.06 (Survial of the fittest) * 1.25 (Dire Bear form) so it's 21.86 sta for 20 armor?
Add in kings and you get 24.05 sta for 24 armor.
So that's 241 sta for 24 armor, and in the ICC buff and that's 301 HP for 24 armor.
It doesn't seem like the trade off is anywhere near useful.
Last edited by Loganisis; 07-20-2010 at 06:41 AM. Reason: Forgot Dire bear 1.25 stam modifeir
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Ive been actually considering weither I should think like this on my paladin tank or not, I want to min/max my paladin completely, should I be using agi/stam on my red sockets? http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...em&cn=Shieldie (yes i know im using corpse tongue coin atm, i havent been raiding for a month basically and I switch trinkets constantly. and YES i know I cant be min/max completely without finishing JC im (slowly) working on it)
with my gear, would I actually benefit more with agi/stam gems in red sockets for bonuses? or would I stay optimal with my full stam setup
I'm by no means a druid expert, so take what I say with a grain of salt, but it's my understanding that it's not the armor gain component of agi that is so good for druids, actually a lot of it is the crit that gives them the bearfaceblockshield thingy. Agi gives a small amount of armor (2 armor per point of agi, then 11 agi ~ 1 stam worth of EHP, so +10 agi gives just under 2 stam worth of EHP, so really not that great) but also you get crit which = threat + bear block and you get some really nice dodge coefficients.
I have no idea about the ratio of how much agi is good for how much stam though. Just that those are the benefits and it goes beyond just armor.
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Ah. Is wowwiki still correct? It takes 83.33 agility for 1% crit for bears To reach 1% crit (almost), you'd need 7 +10agi/+15 sta gems.
That's 70 agility which gives:
70 * 1.06 (Surv of fittest) = 74.2 * 1.1 (kings) = 81.62 = 163 armor
81.62 agi = ~1% crit for the bear version of block
81.62 agi = 1.71% dodge before diminishing returns
Compared to 105 stamina as the trade off.
105 * 1.1 (heart of wild) * 1.06 (Surv Fittest) * 1.25 (Dire bear form) * 1.1 (kings) = 168.34 Sta = 1683 HP * 1.25 (ICC Buff) = 2104 HP.
So it's essentially trading 2104 HP for slightly more than 163 armor (hitting socket bonuses), slightly more than 1% of the bear's block (hitting socket bonuses), and slightly more than 1.71% dodge before diminishing returns (and some greater threat gen because of higher crit).
Does that look accurate?
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Looks about right, seems like stam is far as the tradeoff in gems go would be way better to me.
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Here's the simple facts of the matter.
If 10 Agility and 15 Stamina were better than 30 Stamina...
Then... 20 Agililty is better than 30 Stamina...
If 10 agility were better than 15 stamina, you would go for pure agility. You always benefit most by stacking the strongest stat. Why would you gem slightly better if you could gem a lot better.
If you want to consider agility as better than stamina, then you would use pure agility cuts instead, because it is twice as "better".
In this case however, 15 stamina is better than 10 agility, therefore you should continue to gem for 30 stamina.
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i dont really understand what you were trying to say but im not sure i agree with it..
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Druids will most likely only have 4 socket bonuses with +Stam and they will only have +6Stam bonuses. ATM I have only 2 red sockets with a +Stam bonus. The other sockets with a +Stam bonus are yellow sockets.
So there would be a difference, but a very small one I think. Only changing, like I said, 4(at max) (more like 1 or 2 TBH because you are likely to be using the exalted Ashen Verdict ring and the Armor cloak from badges) 30 stam gems to 10Agi/15Stam with a +6Stam bonus.
If you are doing the opposite of what Agg is thinking you are asking about (switching to 10agi/15stam in any socket, regardless of if the bonus is +Stam) then you'd see more significant changes. Whether these changes would be good or not I cannot comment on.
Last edited by Gape; 07-20-2010 at 10:35 AM.
I should have clarified that, I know. Yes, this is for red sockets only.
honestly, for the current raiding selection (RS, ICC) with such a range of damage types going from physical to magic, unless your going to build a set for a certan boss, there really isnt a point to try and min/max, because it might be as good as possible for one fight, but then next you might be doing it wrong,
so in favour of being universalally geared, go stam, then threat, mitigation and aviodance just dont seem to cut the cake like they used to, healers are rarely on the cutting edge of being able to handle the encounter, give them somthing to do,


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What do I do if the SCF won't converge in Jaguar?
If you are having difficulty getting SCF to converge, add the keyword iacc=1 to the gen section of your input file. This keyword setting increases the accuracy by using larger pseudospectral grids.
If the energy jumps around during the SCF, it may be that the orbital occupations are switching between two electronic states. To prevent this, you can shift the virtual orbitals up in energy by setting vshift=1.0 (you may need to use a larger value). This typically slows the rate of convergence, so you should increase the limit on the number of SCF cycles by setting maxit=150. The use of vshift can be especially useful for organometallics.
A good alternative SCF convergence algorithm can be employed by setting iconv=4.
You can also try obtaining convergence with a smaller basis set, then using the restart file for a subsequent job with a larger basis set.
If you are working with a system containing metal atoms, you can set the formal charge and spin for each metal atom in an atomic section. Jaguar uses this information to guide the construction of the initial guess wave function.
Finally, try setting iacscf=1. This keyword was developed especially to aid in SCF convergence, particularly for organometallics. Note that the energy obtained with iacscf=1 can only be compared to other energies also obtained using iacscf=1. If you need to compare to energies obtained without using iacscf=1, then use the restart file from the iacscf=1 job for a new run but delete the iacscf=1 keyword before submitting the job.
If after attempting the above fixes, you still do not get convergence, send the input file in an e-mail message to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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