text: Subject: Ford Escort 99 Date: 7/18/2000 Hi Todd, Inspired buy your very informative web page and just finishing a phone call with Ford Motor Customer Service. I thought maybe you could share some of your knowledge with me about complaining to Ford. Like you I have become very disappointed with Ford products, I am currently leasing a 99 Escort ZX2 and have just been informed that I will need to replace my transmission. This comes to me after I decided to get a second opinion from another dealership, because the first one told me that the "rough running" of my vehicle was just normal. My thought - Oh so what your saying is that I was suckered into leasing a very low quality car? Now throughout my lease term I have been to Ford dealerships various times for other problems of my concern, now to say the least the majority of the service departments had treated me fairly well. My newest and major concern today is "Why has the quality of my vehicle depreciated so greatly in the short time that I have leased the vehicle?" and "if my year and half old vehicle has to have it's transmission replaced today, what will I have to replace tomorrow when my warranty runs out?" I voiced this particular concern to Ford Motor Customer Service today and this was their reply and the options they offered: Well what I can do for you today would be to document your phone call as a "formal concern", this will help to improve the quality of our future service and products. Sorry but we can't really solve a potential concern like the one you have described until it actually happens. - That's great but what about my present day problem with this particular low quality vehicle that Ford leased me. In my opinion my problem is actually the vehicle itself. If you worried about repairs to your vehicle after the warranty runs out you can always get an extended warranty we have several packages to choose from, or you can always apply for Fords Financial assistance if you need repairs made. - It blows me away that she suggests I even consider getting an extended warranty or possible financial assistance for a my year and a half old vehicle. I decided to end the conversation with that customer service rep and requested to speak with her supervisor. At that time I was told she must first recommend that the supervisor look over my file then after 3-5 business days the supervisor will contact me. She explained that the supervisor will just basically reiterate the same story to me. I told her to go ahead with the recommendation anyway. With your know of dealing with Ford is there any advice that you can offer to me in my current situation. Besides the obvious "don't deal with Ford again". I'm afraid I'll be stuck paying for repairs shortly after my warranty runs out, and why would I buy extended warranty for a vehicle that I am already unhappy with, right? I do believe that you are from the US, I for one am located in Canada, seems that doesn't make a difference to Ford, they send their low quality vehicles all over the continent. Once again thanks for putting out the information that you have on you web page it is very informative. You probably have a lot on the go for yourself so please get back to me at you convenience. Another Ford victim, Clyde


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I have tried a bunch of ways. Trained the 'expert' users in the area on how to put in a better ticket. Sent tickets back to them because of lack of information. Judicious of cattle prods and a tack hammer... However, users will use what method is easiest to them, which tends to be:
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As an industry, pro AV has gone through careful deliberation and education regarding green AV initiatives. But now it's time for the movement to walk the walk. February 2010 marks the end of the Oxen's year of planning and steady persistence and ushers in the Year of the Tiger. Time to spring into action.
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Over the past year, I've discussed the many ways sustainable business practices might be profitable and have a lasting positive impact on our environment. As InfoComm initiated the first-ever Green AV Task Force, we made significant strides in creating industry awareness and belief in the idea. Fabulous, entertaining debates over terminology and methodology have taken place within the AV community and via PRO AV.
As an industry, we've gone through careful deliberation and education. But now it's time for our movement to walk the walk. According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, February 2010 marks the end of the Oxen's year of planning and steady persistence and ushers in the Year of the Tiger. This year, we spring into action.
What might this action be? To begin with, obviously, change your habits. Change your office practices. And encourage it in others. In a recent transaction with a medium-to-large-sized North American staging company, I tracked the approximate costs of the company's paper billing system. For one small event, the company mailed two separate invoice packages. It printed one-sided and sent two copies of each page. (Particularly disheartening was that these invoices were already being e-mailed to the appropriate accounting department.)
Assuming this company does about 250 transactions a year, this practice could easily be costing it more than $2,000 annually. While that might be a small fraction of its annual revenue, it's still money that could be earmarked for any number of beneficial purposes, like funding green initiatives, making a charitable contribution, or perhaps even handing out an end-of-year bonus for employees who've taken a hit in the tough economy.
And the environmental impact? At about 20 pages per mailing, this works out to 10,000 sheets of paper per year. Producing one sheet of letter size paper releases 4.5g CO2 and requires 17Wh. This doesn't even take into account the impact of the envelopes, ink, toner, emissions of the shipping, etc. Let me pause and remind you this is just the billing and invoicing we're talking about. It still doesn't include the many other steps this company could take to begin their measurable shift to green AV.
You can see that there are tangible, monetary benefits to greening your own AV operations. But can you sell it to your clients and potential clients? How will they reap rewards? This will require a surge of creativity and examination on the part of you, the consultant, programmer, stager, installer, integrator. What will you do to demonstrate financial and environmental benefits to your clients?


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Following a meal plan for diabetes is one of the cornerstones of diabetes management. There are several types of plans one can follow. It is best to work with a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator to be able to address your particular needs. How to connect with a dietitian or our diabetes care centers are listed below. One of the simplest meal plans is to use carbohydrate counting.
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This is the fourth annual bulb exhibition at the Garden featuring nearly 300,000 blooms including tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses and more.
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Spring Pink Blend is a beautiful array of long-lasting pinks, while the rousing pink 'Niigata' will make its debut in the Rose Garden and Edible Garden. Blazing across the Flower Bridge, 'Banja Luke' is a striking yellow tulip flamed with red. These are a few new colors popping up, dominated by pinks, purples and oranges.
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With its Build Your Own Browser program, Mozilla wants to make it easy for enterprise customers to install personalized Firefoxes.
The next version of Firefox, 3.5, should appear by the end of June and the new program will be implemented with it. Build Your Own Browser consists of two parts: individually customizable browsers and help installing them on desktops across the enterprise. Mike Beltzner, Firefox's director at Mozilla, describes the benefits in an interview: configuring bookmarks to corporate sites or portals and adapting the page design to the company logo, and that across all company desktops. The enterprise can use a Mozilla Web application to establish the look and feel for their browser, and as soon as it's configured, the application will send it to the company along with an enterprise-wide installation program.
The optical treats are provided by Personas, an add-on program that Mozilla released the end of March. This tool could code logos at top and bottom in the company colors, thereby providing an individualized and easily changeable browser skin. The Personas tool has gained quite a following since its launch, as Mozilla Labs reports, with 5 million downloads in the first ten weeks.
Firefox 3.5 is available in 70 languages in its current beta version. Release is scheduled to be within the next couple of weeks.
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Calico Days at Calico Ghost Town, October 8-10
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Kick Up Your Heels and Celebrate the Old Mining History! Passing through to Los Angeles on the I-15, or heading toward Las Vegas, you're sure to want to stop off at Calico Ghost Town on the long holiday weekend, October 8-10. The old mining town will come to life celebrating its history during Calico Days. For those of you who love the history of the Old West, Calico was once the site of the largest silver strike in California history. Yes, sir! Finding the mother lode in its hills put Calico on the map back in the 1880's. To celebrate this time, Calico Days is all about remembering its hey-day. There's a camping special of $100 for the entire weekend. This includes admission to the park and events for up to six persons per unit. Reservations may be booked online at www.sbcountyparks.com. Camping prices for the weekend include admission to the events for up to 6 people. And what will you see at the festival? A full-blown parade of men and women dressed in period outfits –... [Read more...]
Oregon State Fair
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I think that one of the staple of the United States is the State Fair. Today, I took some time to attend the Oregon State Fair. The only other State Fair I've attended was the New Mexico State Fair (been there lots). I would assume that there are staples at each State Fair, and, while I missed some from New Mexico (for example, Navajo tacos and Kachinas), I found new ones in Oregon (for example, fish and chips and tie-dye). The first part of the trip to the fair is our "base" location: Phoenix RV Park, which is just over a mile from the fairgrounds (some people said they walked there). And, this explains why they asked us if we were Fair vendors when we made our reservations. Since it is on the same street (Silverton), we just hopped on the local bus ($2.50 for a day pass) and they dropped us at the Fair. The driver was extra friendly, and even showed us where to catch the bus home. The Fair was what I expected; a lot of livestock and produce, 4H competitions (did you... [Read more...]
I Think I've Been "Snake Bit" (at Westmoreland State Park)
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Years ago, when things did not go right, my Granddaddy often said, "I've been Snake bit." It's funny how I remember that after fifty plus years but can't remember where I set my glasses down a few minutes ago. Well, anyway, this past week-end I thought for sure I had been Snake bit. It all started out on Friday when Nancy and I decided to spend the weekend at Westmoreland State Park in an area known as Virginia's Middle Peninsula. Westmoreland is an absolutely beautiful park situated on the Potomac River where George Washington's historic Mount Vernon home is located. The views of the river from the bluffs and the trails throughout the park are mesmerizing. Anyway, back to the Snake bit part of the story…….. The camping sites at Westmoreland have size limits. Forty feet is the maximum for any of the water and electric RV sites. Since Westmoreland was only accessible to us by 2-lane secondary roads with low speed limits, we decided to pull the Cedar Creek... [Read more...]


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The question came up with a friend that is looking at a house that has a very large front lawn. No grass cause it has been empty for several years. No way does he want to use the water a lawn would take. He does like garden, melons, pumpkins and corn.
I wonder if there is any ordinances against this. Its SFR zone, small family resident. Regular city type location, but a small city that doesn't yell too much. |
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I know people who do it in the thriving megalopolis of Denver. I've never seen/heard of ordinances that would prohibit that sort of thing, although HOA's or CCC's might be different. |
- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 8, 10 at 13:11
[planner hat] Depends upon the city's zoning code, and whether it is in a HOA and covenants restrict. The zoning almost certainly is on-line to check. Sometimes it is under 'landscaping standards' or 'nuisance' as well. [/planner hat] Dan |
Thanks, I would kill/dis-own him if had any HOA and covenants things. I think sweet corn might raise a few eyebrows. Melons next to the side walk could be a problem. |
- Posted by windwhipped Z4 WY (My Page) on Fri, Oct 8, 10 at 16:39
There is a nice house here in Casper that has a series of raised beds in the front surrounded by hardscaping such as walkways, benches, etc. Just low growing veggies (you're right about the corn). They just put ornamentals near the sidewalk due to pollution from traffic and passing dogs. |
- Posted by highalttransplant z 5 Western CO (My Page) on Fri, Oct 8, 10 at 23:27
My veggie bed is in the front yard, because that's the sunny side of the house. This picture was taken at the end of July, but by September the tomatoes are taller than the fence, and it does look a bit like a jungle. I do edge it with basils and marigolds to hide some of the veggies, and we curved the bed to match the perennial bed on the other side of the porch. There are plenty of herbs and veggies that can be incorporated incorporated into flower beds too. Bonnie |
- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 9, 10 at 6:31
In the Pacific NW, front yard conversions are very common. I went to school up there with a woman who volunteered for the local chapter of 'Food Not Lawns'. A recent Sunset magazine had a good arty about it recently. No shortage of ideas out there. Yay! Dan |
If there are any, I suspect that most ordinances of this sort are enforced only on a complain-driven basis. I'm a little dismayed that this is the case in certain instances but it could work out well for your friend, Kenny. It probably comes as no surprise to some that raised beds and paths can be quite attractive just by themselves. I no longer have frames around any of my beds and paths are just earth beaten by my #13's. But, a better landscaped vegetable garden could look nice no matter what the season. Weeds would be a problem, of course, but so could a "casual" harvest. It would probably be best to remove the entire plant at harvest to keep things attractive. The complaint-driven issue: the neighbor at one of my gardens is a relative of the owner. The owner had the property park-like while he was able to care for it. Now that age has caught up with him, he relies on the tenant. It ain't working . . . Cut brush and branches have been piling up along the hillside for, the last 5 years. A pile of boards, added to regularly, has now completely blocked the driveway to the garage. Around these combustibles, weeds have grown unhindered all that time. Once I arrived at the garden to find a police officer standing near those piles of trash. The hillside was on fire and a fire crew was busy putting it out. The cop was "protecting property" or something . . . That was the 1st time the hill caught on fire - it happened again this year. Nothing has been done with the brush and board piles -- except, they have been added to. The garbage service (of all people) filed a complaint about the pile of brush in front of this guy's house. He was royally PO'ed and told whoever would listen about it. He pulled the brush inside his fence and added it to the pile against the hillside . . . ?! Sometimes you just gotta wonder, "What does it take!?" Steve |
- Posted by billie_ladybug 5b (My Page) on Tue, Oct 12, 10 at 14:55
OK, I so know people like that Steve, really are you sure you live on the other side of the mountains?? Back to the garden in the front yard. I learned after 20 years in the Arizona desert that gardens there only grow halfway decent on the East and North sides of the house, south and west only roast (not bad for chilis, roasting I mean). Anyway, at one point we lived in a town home with a very crabby HOA. You could not do anything with the front yard, your front drapes even had to match everyone else. Anyway, my backyard faced east, so I did not have a problem, but the neighbor across the parking lot managed to convince the HOA to let him plant his veggies in the front yard. Sometimes you can get around the silliness of the HOA. One comment though, its not really nice to see your neighbor harvesting in their jammies. |
- Posted by highalttransplant z 5 Western CO (My Page) on Tue, Oct 12, 10 at 19:14
Have you been spying on me again, Billie? LOL!!! I'll admit to stepping on the front porch to pinch a leaf or two of lettuce for sandwiches for my sons school lunches, but that's it ... really! : ) Bonnie |
Yeah if anal HOA attack you point them to the First Lady!!! |
I've moved some things to the front of the house this year. Sages, oregano, strawberries, chives and a couple casaba vines. Since it was mixed in with a variety of perennial flowers it looked acceptable if not good to me. |
- Posted by billie_ladybug 5b (My Page) on Tue, Oct 19, 10 at 13:05
I really wonder who's idea it was to hide the veggies away in a back corner somewhere. I mean seriously most of the veggies can be prettier than the plants you usually see in the front yard nowadays. But on the other hand, I suppose that it might have been a self preservation issue. In some neighborhoods your front yard garden can be a heart breaker due to unruly teenagers and their lack of parental guidance and poor ability to entertain themselves without the destruction of someone Else's property. |
- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 19, 10 at 13:07
We have an HOA and I ripped out the treelawn and replaced with xeric bed, but had to go to City for a permit. Being an urban planner the process wasn't hard, as I had already done the diagrams on mapping software anyway... Dan |
I was visiting someone this morning who has a lovely front yard garden, probably 80% vegetables and 20% perennial flowers. It's a bit tattered now in late October, but still attractive with some beautiful dark Swiss chard, green onion, collards, and some other stuff scattered around the beds. |
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Fable vs The Elder Scrolls: Which Offers Gamers the Most Adventure?
Fable creator Peter Molyneux may over-hype and over-promise what his games can do, but there's no denying that there's plenty of impressive stuff to his RPG series. Likewise, the Elder scrolls series has offered nigh-unparalleled freedom for gamers to do what they want, when they want, and how they want. Given that these two RPG series are about as open-ended as it comes, it only makes sense that we force them into a duel for the title of supreme western RPG.
Best Flow of Combat: Fable (series)
Most Monstrous Foes: The Elder Scrolls. Slaying dragons never gets old
Coolest Magic: Fable. Sure, it can get a little broken at times, but Fable's magic system has a lot of awesome spells for players to master.
Most Customizable Character Progression: The Elder Scrolls. Want to be a summoner/archer/shield-bashing thief? TES has got you covered.
Richest Writing: Fable. The characters have a lot of, well, character to them, and the NPCs can react many different ways depending on how good/magical/powerful/evil you (and your dog), are.
Most Bang For Your Buck: The Elder Scrolls by a mile. It's common for gamers to sink 80-100 hours in an Elder Scrolls game in a single run through. It's hard to top that kind of gaming mileage.
Winner: The Elder Scrolls series
Fable's got a lot of coolness to it, as does its sequels, but the games never live up to their hype, and frequently have some glaring flaws to them. The Elder Scrolls series, on the other hand, has only gotten better with time, with Skyrim being one of those titles that gamers of every creed simply must make themselves familiar with. Though these two RPG series have a lot going for them, in the end, The Elder Scrolls Fus-Ro-Dahed its way into first place.


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Florida E-Vote Fraud? Unlikely
Since the election, liberal blogs and discussion sites have been raising a ruckus over an analysis of Florida voting results that's been spreading on the internet, which shows President Bush received a much higher number of votes than the number of registered Republicans in many counties.
The analysis has led lawyers for the Democratic Party to look into allegations of fraud, and was cited in a letter sent by Democrats in the House of Representatives last week to the Government Accountability Office requesting an election investigation.
But academics at several universities, who received a flood of e-mail urging them to look into the matter, say the results are due to high numbers of Democrats in rural areas voting across party lines, and to independent voters who chose Bush in higher proportions to Sen. John Kerry.
The academics say the intense scrutiny has been good for democracy and has highlighted the need for instituting mandatory election audits that would help catch anomalies with voting machines and restore voter confidence in results. But Stanford University professor of government Jonathan Wand said the analysis can be harmful if done improperly.
"It's important that when allegations are made that people bring to bear the correct evidence and statistical analysis to actually back it up," Wand said. "What is destructive is when the allegations are made and they are misconceived or implausible. That's not helping anything. But the general process of people paying attention is a very good one."
It all began last week when a voter posted a chart online showing that in 47 of 67 Florida counties, Bush received more votes than there are registered Republicans. In 15 counties, Bush received two times more votes than the number of registered Republicans, and in four counties, he received more than three times the number of registered Republicans. In Dixie County, for example, 9,676 people registered to vote. Nearly 78 percent of them were registered Democrats while 15 percent were registered Republicans. Yet Bush received 4,433 votes, while Kerry received only 1,959. Overall, Bush received about 20,000 more votes than there are registered Republicans in the state.
Activist Sam Parry called the numbers "so statistically stunning" that they bordered on the unbelievable.
The counties with suspicious results all used optical-scan machines, made by various manufacturers such as Diebold Election Systems and Election Systems & Software. Ironically, in counties using touch-screen voting machines -- which activists predicted would be the source of fraud this year -- Bush's votes were more proportionate to the number of registered Republicans.
The optical-scan results could be explained if many so-called third-party voters -- such as those registered for the Green Party or those who registered independent -- voted for Bush. But Bush's votes exceeded the number of Republicans and third-party registrants in many counties, meaning that a large number of Democrats voted for Bush.
Activists and progressive commentators reject the notion that large numbers of Democrats voted for Bush, because the Democrats put a lot of effort into increasing turnout for their man, Kerry. And early exit polls showed that Bush would receive only about 14 percent of the Democratic vote in Florida (a figure that lines up with the 13 percent Bush received in 2000). The polls also showed Kerry winning Florida's independent votes 57 percent to 41 percent.
The discussion in online forums and on activist news sites suggests that the optical-scan machines may have been rigged or possessed glitches that gave Kerry votes to Bush. Parry wrote, "If Bush's totals weren't artificially enhanced, they would represent one of the most remarkable electoral achievements in U.S. history."
Activists have been calling for a manual recount of optical-scan paper ballots, which they say would show whether the computer-counted tallies match the paper ballots. They are urging presidential candidate Ralph Nader to request a recount in Florida, as he recently did in New Hampshire.
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Boston Globe's Callum Borchers: "Obama campaign dismisses calls for Biden apology" The Obama campaign offered no apology Sunday for Vice President Joe Biden's "chains" remark, refusing even to call it a poor choice of words as Republicans accused the president's reelection campaign of race baiting. At a rally in Virginia last week, Biden told an audience that included hundreds of African-Americans that Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, are "going to put y'all back in chains." LINK
ABC News' Dean Schabner: "Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan Turn Medicare Attacks Back on Obama" Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are trying to turn the tables on President Obama, making what Democrats had thought was a weakness — their Medicare plan — into a strength in the presidential race. Since Ryan was introduced as Romney's running mate on the presumptive GOP ticket, all the talk of the campaign has been about Medicare, not the economy. LINK
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The Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan: "Romney's shifting focus defies tested campaign strategy" When he began his campaign for president last year, Mitt Romney made a clear case for what he said made him best qualified for the job: His record as Massachusetts governor, head of the 2002 Winter Olympics and, above all, the businessman who founded Bain Capital. To create jobs in the private sector, he argued for months, it takes experience in the private sector. LINK
USA Today's Cathy Lynn Grossman: "Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan GOP ticket reflects religious shift" By naming devout, conservative Catholic U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan to be his running mate, former governor Mitt Romney, once a Mormon bishop, did more than ensure the USA will have a Catholic vice president in 2013.He established the first Republican ticket without a Protestant since 1860, when Abraham Lincoln, who belonged to no church, chose Maine Sen. Hannibal Hamlin, a Unitarian as his running mate, says Mark Silk, professor of religion and public life at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. LINK
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[84] Desmoid Tumors: Probing the Wnt Pathway
VY Jo, RD LeGallo. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Background: Aggressive fibromatosis (desmoid tumor) occurs sporadically or in the setting of Gardner syndrome, which is characterized by mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene. The majority of desmoid tumors demonstrate nuclear accumulation of β-catenin, which is normally degraded by APC in the Wnt-signaling pathway. Recently there has been speculation that the extracolonic manifestations of Gardner syndrome may reflect a disorder of primary cilia, as ciliary function involves the Wnt pathway. End-binding protein 1 (EB1) is an APC-binding protein involved in intraflagellar transport, and normally binds APC in the region that is frequently lost in APC mutations. In vivo studies show that EB1 is normally present in fibroblasts and when absent, primary cilia assembly and ciliogenesis is attenuated. We compare immunohistochemical staining of β-catenin and EB1 in desmoid tumors, and examine immunostaining for cyclin D1 and WT1, which are also part of the Wnt pathway.
Design: A tissue microarray was constructed from 47 archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded desmoid tumors resected from 35 patients, as well as other spindled cell tumors: malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (1), synovial sarcoma (4), gastrointestinal stromal tumor (5), solitary fibrous tumor (5), inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (3), low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (2), and fibrosarcoma (2). Immunohistochemistry was performed for β-catenin, EB1, cyclin D1, and WT1. Results were recorded as nuclear versus cytoplasmic staining, or negative.
Results: There were 12 men and 23 women. Eight patients had Gardner syndrome, 21 tumors were intra-abdominal and 26 were extra-abdominal, and 11 patients had local recurrence. Nuclear β-catenin was present in 25 tumors (53%) and prominent cytoplasmic accumulation was seen in 16 tumors (34%), neither of which were seen in the 22 non-desmoids. Nuclear staining for EB1 was observed in 38 tumors (84%) and in two non-desmoid tumors (1 MPNST, 1 LGFMS). 24 (51%) desmoid tumors showed nuclear staining for cyclin D1. WT1 was negative in all desmoid tumors. There was no correlation between immunohistochemical staining and the evaluated clinical parameters, including Gardner syndrome.
Conclusions: The immunohistochemical expression of EB1 and cyclin D1 in desmoid tumors may reflect accumulation secondary to loss of APC and dysregulation of the Wnt pathway. EB1 accumulation may indicate an etiologic role for or at least shared signaling pathways with ciliary dysfunction. Nuclear β-catenin staining is known to be focal in practice, and EB1 immunohistochemistry may offer diagnostic utility.
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Re:This isn't necessarily a bad thing (206 comments)
Is anyone actually surprised that a bunch of Ruby developers can't write secure code? Besides, the performance is probably going to be as shitty as Ruby on Snails as well.
Re:good (319 comments)
Wow you people are still whining about Microsoft using BSD code in a completely legal and consistent way to the spirit of the license? Oh noes!!!
Re:Burger King worker? (357 comments)
Considering the usual size of a BK worker, I'd be more worried about the ground being hurt if she fell out of the window.
Re:Learning for the sake of learning (154 comments)
Why should someone be rewarded for not being able to meet a deadline or for submitting work that produces inferior results as others? The real world doesn't reward yot for participation alone.
Hmmm... (50 comments)
What's with all the slashvertisements for Packt Publishing? They going to pay for Taco's penis enlargement surgery?
Re:All your money are belong to us (312 comments)
To counter with an example from the real world just look at the malware infections of people installing screensavers for ubuntu. Where was the magic open source pixie dust to stop them. Oh yeah it doesn't exist.
Re:They missed one... (348 comments)
Mod parent down for posting under the FP to be at the top.
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Re:UNCONSTITUTIONAL (303 comments)
Except they aren't regulating interstate commerce. They are only taxing energy companies within their state and only based on the impact of their emissions within the state (assuming they do business in other states).
Re:UNCONSTITUTIONAL (303 comments)
What's unconstitutional about it?
Re:Open Source had EVERYTHING to do with it (275 comments)
Your very false assumption is that Google engineers would have access to the code in the first place.
So you claim they wouldn't have access to their own Android code (you know, where the bug lies).
Droid is a Motorola phone on the Verizon network. Google is one of many participants in the Open Source Android project, which Motorola wisely chose to use in this case. In the past they have used Linux, but they have never went Open Source in the application domain. This meant that in the past, an Autofocus problem would need to be fixed by Motorola engineers. Since it was closed source only a few Motorola engineers would have access to, and famliarity with , the code.
If the code in question was really a bug in Motorola's code then it would have most likely been proprietary software and as such as you claim Google wouldn't have gotten access to it. That Android itself is released open source under the Apache 2.0 license doesn't mean that the customized versions created by say Motorola is going to be open source. So actually, your the one making false assumptions that go against the very words of Google's own people.
In case you are still not getting it, try looking at your broken "Google would work on it anyway" argument this way:
Why wouldn't they work on their own code base?
Number of Open Source handset projects in which Google is Involved: 1 or more
You do realize that most of the changes Motorola did to customize their version of Android are proprietary right? And that the phone manufacturers are under no obligation to open source their additions. But this is all moot since the bug is an issue in the base Android itself.
Re:Open Source had EVERYTHING to do with it (275 comments)
So your claim is that somehow these Google engineers who found out what the bug actually was wouldn't have found out the bug as fast if the code wasn't open source? Why would it matter whether the code was open source or when these same people would have had access to the code regardless.
Re:Does it use an Intel CPU? (275 comments)
Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?
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And yet when Microsoft included UAC in Windows Vista to address this very complaint they only got lambasted by you same Linux people. What hypocrisy.
Re:Oh God queue the fucking wingnuts (242 comments)
So long as those roads are used for shipping mail and connect states to each other, facilitating interstate commerce (to make it regular), they're perfectly Constitutional...
Gotta love the cop out since the vast, vast majority of the traffic on the interstate highways have no commercial purpose and unless you're using them purely for commercial activity then you are being a hypocrite for using them.
But I love the notion that the nanny staters always go to when the issue of being overtaxed or the government overly intrusive arises... "because you think government doesn't have the power to do (some big idea), good luck without your police, firemen, etc!" It's so demagogic... police and firemen are local issues, not federal ones. Ditto for the vast, vast majority of public roads (most belong to states/counties/towns).
Huh? How am I a nanny stater? Because I disagree with the absurd notion of original intent? The very fact that other founding fathers wrote the anti-federalist papers that had views of the constitution that were in direct opposition to the writers of the federalist papers should be enough to show that the concept is absolute bunk. When someone like you tries to claim the "original intent" of something you always use a specially hand-picked group of people that agree with you and ignore the dozens of others that held an opposing view on the subject. It's also funny in that you know absolutely nothing about my political views and have incorrectly plugged me as some sort of tax and spend liberal which is ludicrous and wrong. I'm not a left winger nor have I voted for a Democrat in my life. But I'm sure your pea-sized brain is unable to cope with the notion that someone might have a more nuanced political philosophy than your "zOMG YOU DISAGREE WITH ME THUS YOU HAVE TO BE A LIBRUL!!!!11ELEVENTYONE" view of the world.
Re:Better Then CGI (271 comments)
but at least the puppet is tangible, striking better emotional cues amongst the other actors and the audience.
Uhh yeah. Because if Jar Jar Binks was a puppet instead of CGI he somehow would have been less unfunny and annoying?
Re:Better Then CGI (271 comments)
Even if there was no CGI used in the prequels they still would have sucked. Jar Jar wouldn't be less annoying and less unfunny had it been an animatronic. Hayden Christiansen's stilted acting would have still sucked had the environments not been CGI rendered scenes. The midichlorian angle would still have been stupid. The failings of the prequel trilogy had almost nothing to do with the CGI and all to do with a poorly written story with piss-poor acting by many of the main actors. Using animatronics and non-digital effects wouldn't have somehow made this different.
Re:Better Then CGI (271 comments)
Exactly. Even if the prequels didn't use a single bit of CGI they still would have sucked. Jar Jar Binks still would have been annoying and unfunny. CGI is just used as a convenient excuse by old Star Wars fans for the fact that their messiah George Lucas pushed out a trilogy of shitty prequel movies.
Re:Better Then CGI (271 comments)
That said, I think his point was that over-reliance on CGI has led to a decline in the quality of the scripts that studios end up making. Why blow the budget on writers when the audience has shown, time and again, that they will just as easily part with their money for special effects? Coupled with a general tendency against taking risks with scripts, and you can see the general quality of movies being made has gone *way* downhill over the last 30 years. But I'd argue that while CGI has been a contributing factor to that decline, it's also been a contributing factor to some of the really high quality work that's been done, too. Done well, CGI compliments the work in question.
Because there were never movies made that heavily relied on special effects over story before the use of CGI? You must be kidding. You're viewing the world through rose-tinted nostalgia glasses. There were plenty of crappy movies made during the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s that never used any CGI effects.


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8 So the Lord was angry with Israel and allowed Cushan-Rishathaim king of Northwest Mesopotamia to rule over the Israelites for eight years. | 8 The anger of the LORD burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim, to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years. |
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By Maggie Carr in General on Oct 30, 2012
Well, hello, lovelies! We hope you've emerged from Hurricane Sandy all safe and sound. Between the NYC subway shutdown and tons of power loss in New York and beyond, it's gonna be a little more difficult to get posts up today on the BUST Blog—so please bear with us.
I can't venture far out of my neighborhood due to the (supa scary) subway situation, so I'm just trying to enjoy the heck out of this random staycation. If you're also one of the lucky ones with power, take a break from your Netflix queue and clickity-click below:
Flaunt your media savvy with this guide to fake Sandy photos.
I made three loaves of this supa-easy and delicious buttermilk bread yesterday. (Full disclosure: two loaves remain.)
Are your windows looking especially gross post-hurricane? Give this DIY glass cleaner a try!
Get instant Twitter updates on transportation and recovery efforts in New York:
Bonus: how not to Tweet during a weather emergency.
All of us at BUST send thoughts for speedy cleanup and continued safety to y'all and those you love. Stay safe out there, kids.
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New York became the 29th state to enact autism insurance reform on November 1, 2011.
Find your New York elected officials here.
Find autism resources for New York families here.
State Officials
Governor Andrew Cuomo (D)
Lt. Governor Robert Duffy (D)
New York Senate; New York Assembly
Federal Officials
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D)
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
U.S. House of Representatives New York delegation


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What Do Adriana Lima and Calvin Klein Designer Francisco Costa Have in Common?
To support amfAR's São Paulo awareness initiative, Calvin Klein creative director and Brazilian native Francisco Costa is doing what he does best: designing clothes. His new black and white T-shirt appears in the campaign for the charity worn by several of Costa's fellow Brazilians, including Victoria's Secret models Adriana Lima and Izabel Goulart. Ana Beatriz Barros, Léa T and Gilberto Gil also appear.
All money raised for this cause will go toward the AIDS research organization's efforts within the South American city and its upcoming Inspiration Gala this Friday night which, according to WWD, will include a performance by Dita Von Teese. Do you think she'll shed her signature lingerie look for the plain cotton tee? Now that's a sight worth donating money to see.
You can learn more about amfAR on Amfar.org.
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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Hanger, Inc. today announced it has developed an interactive online resource designed to help orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) providers navigate the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audit process. The Hanger RAC Navigation Tool is available free-of-charge to all at www.Hanger.com/RAC.
"The administrative burden of the RAC audits continues to strain the O&P industry, often shifting valuable time and resources away from what's most important – patient care and customer service," said Hanger President and CEO Vinit Asar. "As the market leader, it is Hanger's responsibility to help the industry navigate regulatory and legislative headwinds and elevate O&P in the healthcare space. That's why we've created the RAC Navigation Tool and are making it available for use by all in O&P. It is the right thing to do for O&P and all patients in need of orthotic and prosthetic solutions."
The new RAC Navigation Tool was designed to help clarify and streamline the process of responding to audits. It provides an interactive and clear mapping of the process along with options to review the details and recommended guidelines of each step. The tool also delivers downloadable, standardized documents in one place.
"Unfortunately, for now, the audits are a new normal for the O&P industry," said Asar. "While the RAC Navigation Tool is designed to ease the administrative burden, we still need to address the heart of the problem. We are actively working with AOPA and other industry leaders to carefully lobby for course corrections to the process and to educate legislators on the O&P patient care delivery model. We understand the need for legislation that protects against fraud and abuse in our industry, but we need to work with CMS to ensure a proper and effective process is in place."
The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) Executive Director Tom Fise added, "We applaud Hanger's decision to develop a resource for all O&P providers. Being unified in our lobbying and communications with CMS is critical, but so is streamlining our responses to these various audits. The more effective and efficient we can be in our responses, the better it is for our industry and our patients."


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With 2 World Cups coming up, this could be South Africa's year.. Or Australia's.. Or England's.. Or New Zealand's..
January 13, 2011 in Uncategorized
With the cricket world cup looming in Feb and the RWC later on this year, 4 countries have a chance to hold both trophies for the next 4 years and even though there are other teams involved in both competitions, New Zealand, England, Australia & South Africa should back themselves to atleast have 1 of the 2 prestigious trophies come the end of the year.
Cricket World Cup
With the CWC its not as "cut and dry" as it would be in the RWC's case. I mean if none of the 4 teams don't win competition or don't even make the semis, the world will still go round and round because that would mean that teams like India, Sri Lanka and even Pakistan or West Indies won the tournament and I could live with that.. Now please don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that the Proteas, Aussies, Poms & Kiwis are the favorites for the CWC.. I'm just saying that the CWC is more open, more unpredictable than the RWC and few would disagree.
Rugby World Cup
Now saying if New Zealand doesn't win the RWC this year would be a national disaster would be an understatement. Enough said. Playing the All Blacks is probably one of the toughest tasks in world rugby. Playing the All Blacks in NZ is an even more daunting task HOWEVER playing the AB's in NZ in a RWC tournament and suddenly the task doesn't seem so daunting, suddenly if you lose, people would say well at least you tried. But nothing, absolutely nothing but the Webb Ellis trophy would be enough for the AB's and their supporters. And sure northern hemisphere teams like France & Ireland are going to make some noise.. But come on now.. England needed a world class pack that played together for 6 – 8 years, an inspirational leader and a flyhalf (at the time the best in the world) to win the cup.
So lets go through the "lucky 4" who has a chance to win both cups
I'm sure there are a couple of Aussies that don't even want to touch a cricket bat or ball, let alone represent their country in a world tournament at the moment but Australia is the defending champions and the last team other than the Aussies that won the CWC was Sri Lanka in 1996 against who? Yip, Australia.. That's how dominant their ODI squad have been the last 15 years. Sure they had a bit of luck in 1999 against the Proteas but history shows that they won that tournament too. Writing off the Aussies would be stupid and I wouldnt be surprised if we see them in the semis and finals again.
The cat that is Robbie Deans is probably on his last life and with no reports showing that ARU let him go, he's surely the man to carry them to the RWC. Now even though the Aussies doesn't have the record they would've liked / expected under Deans, the team has grown and into a unit blended with youth and experience and they showed against France last year, if their offense click on the day, it's very difficult to beat them. And let's not forget about the meaningless yet ego-stroking win they got against the AB's (the only team to do so) late last year. Australia is definitely my darkest of the dark horses for RWC.
England, England, England.. Well we know now that they've got a formidable test unit but they've never really shone on the ODI circuit especially in world cups. However, they are team playing with confidence and confidence in sport is like playing with 1 more teammate. I don't think they'll win the whole thing but who knows, with a bit of luck they could see semis and from there, it's anyone's trophy really. And don't forget, they are the 20 20 champs.
In rugby, England is kind of in the middle of the field of the top 10 nations.. Not the best but not the worst either. No one gave them a chance in the 07 world cup especially after a 36 – 0 drubbing at the hands of the eventual winners the Springboks but they made the final beating teams like Australia and host France to get there. I'm not saying they're gona do it again but should a certain flyhalf be fit & healthy, I'm certainly going to keep my eye on them.
New Zealand
When it comes to cricket, New Zealand would fall in the same category as the English but with a little bit less firepower. Anything more than a quarter final will be enough for them and who are we kidding, the country that is New Zealand just cares about winning one world cup this year, right?
Shame, if I could pick any team to win the RWC besides my beloved Springboks, then I would pick the All Blacks. In soccer & cricket, the nr.1 team in the world is the world cup holders or defenders but not in rugby and it's been like that now for the last 20 plus years. New Zealand IS going to win eventually so it might as well be this year.
South Africa
The All Black equivalent when it comes to choking in sports. I support them n they can say what they want but they're chokers. Sure luck haven't been on the Proteas' side when it comes to CW Cups but that is part of the game and unfortunately, you can't keep stats on luck but you can keep stats on world cup trophies and we got 0. 1999 was probably the closest we came to winning the damn thing and 2007 we walked into the tournament as the nr.1 ODI team in the world. This year we've kinda moved under the radar and with sub continent teams like India and Sri Lanka are touted as favorites and mighty Australia not looking THAT mighty anymore, the Proteas do have a decent chance.
2010 was a blessing in disguise for the Springboks. Loss of form, loss of key players and loss of urgency and pride made for a dreadful year for the world champs. The end of year tour kinda gave us something to smile about but then you remember that Scotland off all teams stood in the way of a grand slam and then all you can do is shake your head & say.. Ai..
BUT with key players (and with key players I mean FdP) coming back and being the only team to have won twice on NZ soil in the last 2 or 3 years, South Africa could easily be the AB's greatest threat to world cup glory.
So I think the team with the best chance to capture both trophies is South Africa.. Or Australia..
I'm outy


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Following on from my post last week about consistent ASP.NET MVC URLs, here are a few tips that helped when I was first getting started with ASP.NET MVC and its URL routing system.
Have you got your routes registered in the correct order?
ASP.NET MVC checks incoming URL requests against routes in the order they were registered, so you need to add them in the order of most to least specific. Thus, even though you might have a very specific route defined later on that matches the incoming URL perfectly, ASP.NET MVC will choose whichever route matches first. You can't just drop in extra rules at the bottom of the list and expect them to work.
For example, if you have ten routes, with an {*anything} pattern registered first, the other nine routes will always be ignored, because the anything route will always be matched first.
In a real scenario, one application I am working on uses the default ASP.NET MVC route for most pages, but uses some extra routing rules as well.
- Ignore any request for the Charts directory, and let ASP.NET handle those URLs as normal.
- Allow browsing one controller's resources by name, instead of by numeric ID.
- Anything else can go to the 404 handler.
Here's the code I use to implement these rules, in the correct order:
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) { // Ignore dynamic image handlers e.g. Charts/Summary.ashx?year=2008&month=08 routes.IgnoreRoute("Charts/{*path}"); // Allow browsing categories by name, instead of by ID. routes.MapRoute("Categories", "Categories/{action}/{name}", new { controller = "Categories", action = "Index", name = "" } ); // All other pages use the default route. routes.MapRoute("Default", "{controller}/{action}/{id}", new { controller = "Applications", action = "Index", id = "" } ); // Show a 404 error page for anything else. routes.MapRoute("Error", "{*url}", new { controller = "Error", action = "404" } ); }
Have you set the default redirection in Default.aspx.cs?
So you've changed the default controller, but your application still directs to /Home. If you take a look in Default.aspx.cs, you'll see the following:
public void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { Response.Redirect("~/Home"); }
This code gets called when a user browses to the directory where your application is installed, but doesn't specify any controller (i.e. an empty URL path). It redirects requests to a default controller, which, in the case for a new ASP.NET MVC Web Application project, is called Home.
If you want to use something other than HomeController, this path needs to be changed as well.
Do your parameter names match?
Here's another one that might catch you off-guard. The ASP.NET MVC routing system uses Reflection to assign parameter values by argument name when a controller action is called — not by argument index as I originally thought. For example:
routes.MapRoute("Product", "Product/{action}/{id}", new { controller = "Product", action = "Detail" });
public class ProductController : Controller { public ActionResult Detail(int? productID) { .. } }
Here, the product ID can't be passed through automatically because the Detail() method's parameter is called productID, where in the route it is defined as simply id.
http://your.site/Product?productID=64 http://your.site/Product/64
When browsed to, the first URL will work, because you've explicitly specified a query string parameter with the right name. The second (desired) URL will not work, because the name of the parameter in the route doesn't match that of the controller method.
If you want the parameter to be passed through automatically, the name in the controller action must match the name in the route.
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Is it possible to eliminate the need for the Default.aspx page in an MVC application? It seems a little ridiculous that a redirect is necessary before the app is even launched. I thought I read somewhere that IIS7 handles MVC differently than Cassini and that the default page is only necessary for Cassini. Can anyone confirm?
I installed IIS7 last night and the app ran fine without the Default.aspx file. This post pretty much sums it up I think (http://forums.asp.net/t/1273646.aspx).
THANK YOU!!!! I have been searching for the answer to why my URL IDs were not getting passed to the action properly and yours was the first sit to lead me in the right direction… a simple renaming of my parameter to 'id' fixed it.
Great! It was what I was looking for with 'default' actions for a specific URL.
Hi. I'm absolutely baffled. As I understand the above, my code should be working. I have a mixed app. A calendar is served via MVC, but I have standard pages as well. If I go to directly to my pages URL (ie. domain/Default.aspx), the pages load and work correctly. If not, my MVC calendar is always loaded. That is, my Default.aspx page no longer loads by default. If I remove Global.asax and Global.asax.cs from my code, my Default.aspx page loads normally (but, of course, the MVC stops working).
I have the following in my Global.asax.cs page:
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
routes.MapPageRoute("", "{*anything}", "/pages/Main.aspx");
"Calendar", // Route name
"Calendar/{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Calendar", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
protected void Application_Start()
Any idea why "Default.aspx" won't load by default when someone goes to my URL?
Thank you.
very nice
Great! but i want to hide id from url like
Thanks for your post. I was able to fix a nasty bug in my code with your help.
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