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Military pay would increase by 1.7 percent in 2013, but many beneficiaries of the military's TRICARE health insurance system would begin to see higher out-of-pocket costs beginning next year under the budget proposal the Pentagon sent to Congress Monday.
The Defense Department proposal would again raise fees for working-age retirees, impose fees for the first time on Medicare-eligible TRICARE beneficiaries and raise prescription co-pays at retail pharmacies in an effort to push TRICARE users to use DoD's less-expensive mail order prescription service. Military healthcare facilities would continue to fill prescriptions at no cost.
The package was part of an overall Defense Department proposal that would cut its spending by 2.5 percent compared with the Obama administration's 2012 budget request. Overall military funding including war spending would decline by $32 billion compared with this year's spending plan, reflecting the exit from Iraq and the drawdown from Afghanistan.
The higher health premiums would all be phased in over a period of four years and would not affect active duty servicemembers or their families, the Pentagon said. The increases would affect other TRICARE beneficiaries, such as military retirees, members of the National Guard and Reserve, Medal of Honor recipients and survivors of servicemembers, although survivors of military members who died while on active duty would be exempt from the fees.
DoD would raise enrollment fees for its managed care plan, TRICARE Prime, and TRICARE-for-Life, which serves Medicare-eligible beneficiaries based on a beneficiary's amount of retired pay. The "fee-for service" plans, TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra, would see enrollment fees for the first time. Deductibles under those plans would go up as well.
For TRICARE Prime, fees would increase from $520 per year for family coverage to $850 in 2016 in the lowest pay tier, which includes retirees who earn less than $22,589 per year in retired pay. The fees would be much steeper for those with larger pensions. In the highest tier, made up of retirees who earn more than $45,179, the annual fee would rise to $1,950.
The Pentagon has argued for the past several years that the TRICARE fee structure might have made sense when it was enacted in the 1990s. But since then, DoD has been subject to the same rising health costs that impact the rest of the nation: The military's health care tab in 2001 was $19 billion. For fiscal 2013, it will ask Congress for $49 billion, even after the $2 billion in savings it believes it will see from the TRICARE changes.
"We still think that the benefit is generous, as it should be," said Robert Hale, DoD's comptroller and chief financial officer during a briefing Monday at the Pentagon. "But we also feel we need to move in this direction."
Future increases tied to national spending
After 2016, health care increases would be tied directly to the actual increases in national health care spending, and in that respect, the DoD proposal differs significantly from current law. In this year's Defense authorization bill, Congress let DoD increase fees on working age retirees for the first time since it created TRICARE in the mid-1990s. And while future increases are allowed, they are tied to retiree's annual cost of living adjustments rather than actual health care inflation.
As for military pensions, there are no proposed changes in the Pentagon's 2013 budget. DoD asks Congress to establish a Military Retirement Modernization Commission to study the issue. Its members, appointed by the President, would recommend changes to the current 20-year military retirement system. The President would review their proposals and decide whether to forward them to Congress, which would then have to take and up-or-down vote on the package.
For DoD civilians, the budget reflects the 0.5 percent pay increase the President has proposed for federal workers, but it envisions a 1 percent decline in the overall Pentagon civilian workforce, from 764,323 to 756,356.
"Actions may include offering early out incentives and temporary suspension of recruitment actions to allow Components and Defense Agencies to more fully assess the impact of mission set changes and the introduction of process efficiencies on their workforce composition," Pentagon officials wrote in the budget request. "DoD will continue to ensure that inherently governmental functions are performed by career federal employees."
The budget proposes further growth in the acquisition workforce, however. It requests $274 million for the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund, which DoD officials said had yielded 6,400 new acquisition jobs since 2008. And the department's capacity to train its workforce on acquisition topics increased by 120,000 seats.


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LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, Philippines — Thousands of passengers stranded at the port in Matnog town in Sorsogon since Saturday might lose their chance to vote on Monday as repair works on the damaged roll-on roll-off (RORO) ramp would take another six days, the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD), said Sunday.
OCD regional director Raffy Alejandro, in an email message, said the current number of stranded passengers at the Matnog port has risen to over 12,000 from the 8,000 recorded on Saturday and the figure would likely rise, he added.
Majority of the stranded passengers, most of whom were going to their hometowns to cast their votes, were on board buses that came from Metro Manila and other parts of Luzon and were supposed to be loaded into waiting RORO vessels for land-sea trips that would end up in the Visayas and Mindanao.
As of noon Sunday, the total number of stranded passengers was placed at 12,455 with 115 buses, 309 trucks, 90 light vehicles, Alejandro said.
A long queue of passenger busses, trucks and light vehicles were occupying the 6-kilometer stretch of the national road and 1.2 kilometers of the diversion road in Matnog town, he said.
Matnog is 119 kilometers away from this city.
Alejandro said they have asked the Philippine Navy Headquarter for Southern Luzon (Navforsol) to send a landing ship tank (LST) and something equivalent to a RORO ramp but the Navy had no available LST for dispatch.
Alejandro, quoting a PPA-Matnog report, said normally, the port's facility for RORO vessels could accommodate six passenger and cargo ships. But with the damaged ramp, it now could only handle only three ships at a time.
The Matnog port operated by PPA has four RORO ramps but only two ramps are operational since the two others are undergoing repairs. When one ramp gave way, the PPA decided to use one ramp still being rehabilitated. Still, the port could not handle all the passenger buses and vehicles that have accumulated over the night, Alejandro said.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided 1,000 family food packs to the stranded passengers, he said.
The Department of Health (DOH) has been advised to monitor the health situation at the port, he added.
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Twisted History: Ampligen and CFS
A Twisted History - Twenty years ago advocates were lobbying for 'fast-track' status for the new wonder drug they hoped would cure the disease. Ampligen never had a chance of being fast-tracked given the patient population wasn't dying in large numbers but no one ever thought 20 plus years later the fate of the drug would still be unclear. Ampligen's manufacturer, Hemispherx Biopharma, has been seeking FDA approval on and off since 1988 but the only patients currently able to use the drug are patients in the drug trials or very ill patients who have been able to use it on a 'cost-recovery basis'. Ampligen has been available for use in both Belgium and Canada (under its emergency drug release program) since 1996.
With Friends Like This… Hemispherx Biopharma, the small company that produces the drug, and it's founder, Dr. William Carter, have Ampligen (poly I:poly C12U) have been embroiled in lawsuits throughout much of its existence. Throughout his career Dr. Carter has been a lightning rod for controversy with dismissals, accusations and lawsuits dotting his time with different companies.
Some of the allegations have been remarkable; one sick chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patient sued Carter claiming he required him to buy $1,000,000 in Hemispherx stock to order to participate in a study. (He later dropped the lawsuit). Dr. Carter has twice sued former employers (once successfully) to get his job back. Patients in the chronic fatigue syndrome drug trials successfully sued after Hemispherx denied them the drug after the trial ended. (For a hilarious and often heartrending 'fictional' account of the early Ampligen trials read Patient 002 by Floyd Skloot.)
With a 30 million dollar infusion from DuPont, Dr. Carter and Hemispherx began clinical trials in Ampligen in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in 1988. Trouble ensued and in 1990 Dupont settled (what else) a lawsuit with Hemispherx and gave up all claims to the drug. Possibly hemorrhaging money after a major financier died, Hemispherx cut back a 48 week trial to 24 weeks and, according to one report, applied for fast-track limited drug approval at the FDA. As the media spread accounts of a wonder drug that significantly helped many patients, the FDA, citing toxicity concerns and calling the data before them 'incomplete and inadequate' (and not happy at all about the media attention) nixed the fast track status and told Hemispherx to stop making unproven claims. Hemispherx then turned its attention away from getting approval for the drug in the U.S. It would be almost 20 years before Ampligen would finally near the end of the treatment trial road at the FDA.
Despite producing a drug that has substantially helped some chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients, Hemispherx has gathered few friends in the past 20 years. In the early 1990s Kim Kenney (McCleary), now the President of the CFIDS Association of America , said "Ampligen is a good drug in the wrong hands". Daniel Hoth, then head of the National Institutes of Health's AIDS drug program, went further when he told the Wall Street journal that "no professional drug company with any degree of professionalism would ever develop Ampligen the way it was developed by HEM."
Indeed the drug trial has been going on for so long that Hemispherx is reportedly tied to an obsolete definition for the disease (Holmes) and an out of date statistical package. Advocates and physicians have questioned what kinds of patients are in the studies, the markers Hemispherx is using to chart the patients' progress, and the overall competence of the company.
Whatever mistakes have been made, Hemispherx has its advocates as well. Ampligen is still the only drug that has undergone clinical trials for this controversial disease. While many fervently wish a different company had taken over the drug years ago, others applaud Dr. Carter's tenacity for sticking with it through thick and thin for over 30 years. That the drug is still alive and may, in fact, be on the edge of approval, may be something of a miracle given its history, the disease it treats, and the high failure rate of drugs in general.
Recently Hemispherx appears to have gotten its financing and legal house in order. In 2009 Carter reported that all legal issues had been settled leaving the company free to focus on the drug itself. Ampligen has completed Phase II and III clinical trials. After having missed the deadlines in 2005 and earlier in 2007, Hemispherx filed its 'New Drug Application' (NDA) with the FDA in October, 2007. The FDA bounced back the application with questions in early 2008. Hemispherx replied and after both the drug and the company went under further reviews the FDA passed the drug onto the final review.
The Ampligen Series on Phoenix Rising
- Ampligen - What it is, how it works, what doctors say, etc.
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- Dr. Lapp Interview - Kelvin Lord interviews long-time Ampligen provider, Dr. Charles Lapp, on Ampligen and other treatment options
- The Ampligen Blogs - Follow Kelvin Lord as he documented his year-long experience with Ampligen
A Big Blow – In what journalist (and Hemispherx critic) Adam Feuerstein called a 'staggering blow', in Dec. 2009, the FDA told Hemipherx that it could not approve Ampligen's use in ME/CFS until the following issues have been settled. Hemispherx needed to
- Show credible evidence of Ampligen's efficacy using expanded studies that are at least six months long
- Show that Ampligen is safe; ie that it does not cause autoimmune disorders or heart problems (prolonged qt intervals)
- Produce studies in which patients are on more than one dose regimen
- Produce studies in which at least 300 patients are on doses intended for the market
- Follow the FDA's 'recommendation' that rodent studies be done to examine carcinogenicity
- Provide additional data on quality control issues
- Fix Inspection issues at one of Ampligen's facilities
The FDA asked a lot for a small company when it asked for an expensive 300 person study and Hemipherx stock prices plunged 43% on the news. A strong skeptic, journalist Adam Feuerstein noted that Hemispherx has unsuccessfully attempted to prove the drug works in a 'dizzying' array of diseases (hepatitis B and C, smallpox, HIV, ebola, avian flu , swine flu- HINI) and predicted the drug would never be approved. (Shortly after the XMRV Science paper, in an ill-fated move, Hemipherx embarked on studies attempting to prove Ampligen efficacy in treating XMRV infected patients.) Feuerstein suggested the company might not be able to financially meet the FDA's demands.
2012 Study – Feuerstein may have been right. While a 2012 study did provide more evidence of efficacy and more safety data, it was based on an analysis of data from a 1998-2004 study. The FDA, however, rejected Hemispherx's claims of Ampligens efficacy in earlier studies. This study may help but while it was larger study (@ 200 people) it wasn't able to met the FDA's requests for a 300 person study or to examine the effects of multiple dose ranges or do rodent studies.
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- December 21, 2012 at 8:50 am
Cort, you were coherent in your FDA statement yesterday, unfortunately the panel were not moved by the patients' or supporters remarks . The company unfortunately did not put their best foot forward allowing questions about the accuracy of the Ampligen results. Other drugs have been placed on trial with government support, it is peculiar that the panel who asked for more research and greater numbers of patients did not vote to support a research effort.
- October 31, 2013 at 3:32 pm
I was one of the few (less than a few hundred, nationwide) in the FDA Phase II drug trial of Ampligen. In San Diego CA there were about 25 who underwent that trial. Of the total about 5-8 of us became notably and dramatically more afflicted by severe CFIDS symptoms and could not complete the drug trial as a result. (I ended being bed-ridden for a year, after many previous years of relative OK health). SInce the drug trial involved a control group who were adminsitered a placebo, the 5-8 afflicted represent well over half the of those receiving Ampligen.
We who were serverely afflicted from Ampligen were simply shown as "dropouts" not having completed the drug trial and our negative symptoms were not recorded or forwarded by the presiding physician (he refused to enter that data), Hemispherex, and the FDA. The very few who had moderately positive outcomes were generally healthier and less afflicted by CFIDS to begin with.
The methodology during our Ph II drug trial was lax, poor and had little relevant data regarding our CFIDS symptoms and health.
I find it interesting that many in the CFIDS community, refuse to take note of the known but somewhat hidden data that Ampligen has statistically relevant pronounced negative side effects. I still read reviews and petitions by many in the CFIDS community who are ignorant of these relevant facts. I also find it interesting that the FDA who we contacted and notified, took some of our statements and data, but precious little of that ever appeared in the public record. We gave up (too afflicted, too tired, too fatigued and too disgusted).
We who were recipients of Ampligen (it is doubtfu, almost impossible, that the placebo could have induced such immediate and pronounced negative side effects) KNOW that Ampligen may benefit some few, but WILL afflict many. All others who have not taken Ampligen are simply parroting the huge Hemispherx media campaign – whether they know it or not.
John Chavez, San Diego CA
- March 9, 2014 at 7:10 am
Your thoughts that I have just read about in regards to your Ampligen experiences were not wasted, when I read them. I want to tell you thank you very much for not giving up to speak about your concerns. I understand how difficult it is to get through a day never mind without any support in either category, to continue trying to go above and beyond to care about other people. You have been heard! Thank YOU! I hope you are feeling better now too!!!
- May 21, 2014 at 4:03 pm
Is this drug available in Canada? If so, how costly is it? I am desperate for relief from CFS. I'm bed-ridden and getting worse as time goes by.
- July 23, 2014 at 2:19 pm
Have you tried Provigil? It now has a generic version and is affordable. Please post back once you have tried it.
- July 28, 2014 at 1:54 am
Jay I tried it-provigil (modafinil) it made me feel like i was hit in the head with a 2by 4 and completely out of it and so messed up I never took another dose. I prayed for the experience to end. I'm amazed some seem to rave about it.
- September 1, 2014 at 10:45 pm
I was a participant in the 200 patient study,double blinded placebo controlled. The patients that were on the ampligen were helped substantially by ampligen. It was amazing to see someone in a wheelchair unable to speak, walk and talk and smile. It was miraculous. I unfortunately was on the saline solution. I have been advocating for this drug. It works, I witnessed it. I want that opportunity to be well.
- September 1, 2014 at 10:50 pm
We must put pressure on the F.D.A. to approve this drug. It is our right.
- January 2, 2015 at 11:51 am
Cheryl…what state was the trial that you participated in? The double blind study I was in would not accept wheelchair bound patients. I wondered why, since most of us with this illness become so ill that wheelchairs may be eventually needed. I wondered why the medical community would not want to include the most impaired among us. I participated in 1998-99. Maybe they decided to include patients who could not stand up after that trial? I felt the written sections, that we had to fill out from time to time were extremely ineffective…don't understand how they would ever be able to make sense toward proving anything with those questions. The medical community should ask some CFS patients to list the questions that SHOULD be asked. I also think that more focus should be addressed to the early life and medications of CFS patients. I know at one time there were some discussions about the possibility of linking certain early vaccines to CFS, but some cross referencing needs to be done concerning OTHER early medications ( that since have been discontinued) and the connection those meds may have been in creating the perfect climate for CFS to manifest. I am so disgusted with the medical community's lack of efficiency in curtailing this illness…the best years of my life have passed while I waited for a cure. If this illness actually killed us, there would have been a worldwide call for a cure, since it doesn't , it is put on a back burner.
- February 10, 2015 at 3:23 am
Dr. William A. Carter not only founded the company to manufacture Ampligen, it is he who developed the drug while on a post-doctoral research post at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD. Dr. Carter modified a previous synthesis too toxic for use by modifying the RNA chain. He named it Ampligen for AMPLIfied GENetic activity. Source: Rintatolimod (Wikipedia.org)
- April 7, 2015 at 5:33 pm
I am looking to speak with someone with experience with CFS/ME. I was recently diagnosed with this after 4 plus years of hell and being tested for everything known to mankind. I went from being perfectly healthy to this life changing illness. Believe me I'm not being Dramatic when I say it has most recently leveled me for the past 6 months and unable to work with unspeakable weakness and Neuro issues. I just want my life back and it's hard to find a doctor who really knows how to treat it. Any help or support would be much appreciated.
- April 17, 2015 at 7:29 pm
You can see whether you agree with the diagnosis by reading the diagnostic criteria for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on http://www.cdc.gov/cfs/symptoms/ or the new, more concise criteria on http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2015/ME-CFS.aspx. You could look online for holistic MDs within a distance you are willing to travel. This is one source to try: http://www.healthy.net/scr/PractitionerSearch.aspx?AssocId=36. Then look up prospective doctors on the "Rate My Doctor" websites. Or you could take your problems to a certified naturopathic doctor or even a homeopath, and see how much they can help you. (You can read up about them on their websites.) Yellow pages are a good source for practitioners or try online, such as: http://www.naturopathic.org/AF_MemberDirectory.asp?version=1.
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In 1989, Connie and her two daughters, moved from Ohio to Arizona. She has worked in corporate America in a number of different administrative positions (banking, legal, real estate development, and property management). While raising her family and working full time, Connie finally accomplished her long-term goal of earning her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management as well as a Human Resources Certificate from the University of Phoenix. Connie has also been a Notary Public for the State of Arizona for many years.
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Eva is the former Director of Student Success for the Center for Learning and Advancement where she organized academic support and programs for both undergraduate and graduate level students. There, she worked with a variety of student success initiatives, working closely with student services to support overall success, satisfaction and achievement of all students. Prior to joining Grand Canyon University Eva worked in public education for eight years and demonstrated leadership in educational technology, data analysis and student achievement. Eva's research interests include the dynamic evolution of public education and teacher preparation as well as the integration of virtual practicum experiences with online and distance education.
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By Christian Viveros-Fauné
Bridget Everett Whacks Rock Bottom at Joe's Pub
By Miriam Felton-Dansky
The Valley of Astonishment Will Leave You...Astonished
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By Jessica Dawson
In September, Site-Specific Theater Rules the Day
By Tom Sellar
How Chuck Jones Defined America Through Cartoons
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Between Riverside and Crazy Bares Its Wounds
By Tom Sellar
Like Grease, A Midsummer Night's Dream is another of those works so frequently revived that everybody knows it by heart (though probably not the same "everybody" who knows Grease). I wasn't around for the original, but I lived through the two productions that defined the play for our time, Peter Brook's and Alvin Epstein's. To my delight, keeping them in my head has never dulled the Dream for me: Other productions may not have measured up to the best, but they've all found access to some part of the work's eternal freshness; in the several dozen I've reviewed, I can't remember one that spoiled it completely. Shakespeare anchored the piece in truths that apparently make it impossible to ruin.
Not that you'd say Daniel Sullivan's Central Park revival was anywhere near ruination, though his ideas about it, like his casting, seem scattershot and uneven. I guess I understand Ann Hould-Ward's vaguely Edwardian costumes, but why is Hermia's father (George Morfogen) an Orthodox archbishop? The fairies being night creatures, Sullivan's fancy makes them London-at-night creatures: Jon Michael Hill's opera-caped Puck is the glummest sprite who ever made mischief, and Laila Robins's gowned, corseted Titania confronts Keith David's frock-coated Oberon with the frosty hauteur of a dowager duchess. Robins doesn't really begin to show her rich expressiveness as an actress until she uncorsets, literally as well as metaphorically; the same is true of Martha Plimpton, who begins as the starchiest Helena ever, only warming to the role as she sheds her outer garments. Austin Lysy's Lysander is very good, Elliot Villar's Demetrius well-spoken. Sullivan's best ideas include having children, all excellent, play the lesser fairies, and playing the "mechanicals" as ordinary guys rather than riotous cutups, proving that Shakespeare's lines, said believably, trigger all the laughs you need. If this isn't a Dream to blow its predecessors out of memory, it's one that will do pleasantly for nowa good step up from some recent Park productions.
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[VIDEO] Interactive Bird Encounters at the National AviaryPosted by Giza (Douglas Muth) on Sun, 2014-04-13 02:24 pm
Here's a video of interactive bird encounters that our charity, the National Aviary offers:
Charity Auction/Raffle donations needed!Posted by Rigel (Rigel) on Fri, 2014-02-28 09:33 am
As you may have heard, Anthrocon's selected charity this year is The National Aviary, the nation's only independent indoor nonprofit zoo dedicated to birds. While cash donations made at the convention are great, the majority of funds are raised via donations of artwork and merchandise to our Charity Auction and Charity Raffle. We're looking for popular items and unique craftwork that will make people say, "I want that!"
While we must distribute items between the Raffle and Auction based on available space, time, and perceived and past value, here are some examples of donations that went big in past years...
Great examples for the raffle: Crafts based on hot trends (Harry Potter handmade house scarves - $57); Large amounts of candy (5lb Hershey bar, 9.25lb Nestle Crunch bar - $70); Art bought at prior convention art shows ("Wrath" art by Terrie Smith - $83); Giant, brand new plush of popular characters (Large "Bolt" plush - $107); Merchandise based on popular fiction (Dr. Who's sonic screwdriver - $158)
Great examples for the auction: Fursuit costumes and commissions (Husky fursuit head - $160); Rare convention memorabilia (Full set of all AC t-shirts since 1997 - $200); Professional sculpture (Dragon statue - $225); Unique opportunities (A speaking part in audio version of Diane Duane's "The Last Meow" - $500); Dorsai fursuit tags (Tag #1000 - $1600)
If you have an item you believe would be appropriate and would like to donate, please contact charity-2014(at)anthrocon.org!
Helpful links:
Charity Auction/Raffle FAQ - http://www.anthrocon.org/charity
Charity Auction/Raffle Rules - http://www.anthrocon.org/rules-charity
The National Aviary - http://www.aviary.org/
Maps of The Westin and DLCCPosted by Giza (Douglas Muth) on Mon, 2014-02-10 08:21 pm
We now have maps of the Westin, David L. Lawrence Convention Center, and an interactive map of Downtown Pittsburgh available here.
The URL is:
Let us know if there are any questions or issues with the maps. Otherwise, enjoy!
Lee Tockar: Anthrocon 2014's Guest of HonorPosted by Giza (Douglas Muth) on Sat, 2014-02-08 01:07 pm
Anthrocon is please to announce its first Guest of Honor for the Anthrocon 2014 convention: Lee Tockar!
At the age of five, young Lee William Tockar told his mother he wanted to grow up to be a cartoon. Though he did not understand the concept of a cartoon when he made the statement, his uncanny knack of impersonating accents and people won Lee first place in a talent show at the age of 10, for his performances as Kermit the Frog and Bugs Bunny. Now, internationally recognized in the Animation world, Lee has lent his voice to over 100 well-loved animated characters on the big and small screens. You have heard is voice in episodes of My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Underground, Street Sharks, Extreme Dinosaurs, and many others, along with countless video games and animated shorts.
Please join us in welcoming this world-renowned artist to our Furry world!
The Dealer's Room is sold out! The Waitlist begins!Posted by Chiaroscuro (Chiaroscuro) on Wed, 2014-02-05 11:30 pm
Yes indeed, the Dealer's Room is currently sold out. A revised Dealer List and map will be posted shortly. But potential dealers, all hope is not lost! We have a Waitlist. For 2014, we've revised our method of handling the waitlist, due to a more granular ability to put table types up for sale.
Instructions are below, taken from the freshly-revised Dealer's Packet. Interested Dealers, please read thoroughly!
Traditionally, we see a certain amount of attrition from dealers who discover scheduling conflicts or encounter other obstacles to attending Anthrocon. Dealers who are placed on the waiting list once the room sells out usually have a very good chance of getting a table. Tables are assigned on a first-applied, first-served basis. To get onto the waiting list you must first have both an Anthrocon Membership and a Pennsylvania sales tax license -- for that we are sorry, but it has become necessary due to past abuses by other dealers.
SURVEY: Your Anthrocon 2014 Hotel Reservation ExperiencePosted by Giza (Douglas Muth) on Mon, 2014-02-03 11:36 am
How was your hotel reservation experience this year?
What to Expect When Hotels Open on Monday?Posted by Giza (Douglas Muth) on Sat, 2014-02-01 10:12 am
Hi everyone, this is your friendly webmaster leopard here!
I'm sure there are lots of questions about what will happen when hotels open on Monday morning, and I'd like to go cover some of them in this post.
10 AM, Monday
Around this time, I will place the website into read-only mode. Any attempt to load a page from our website will instead show our hotel countdown page. The current countdown page can be seen here. The purpose behind the countdown page is to keep the website from falling over under the insane crush of traffic which is expected to hit at 11 AM. This level of traffic is greater than even during the convention itself.
11 AM, Monday
The hotel page goes live. This is an automated process handled by PHP code on the server side and requires no manual intervention on my part. This is important because with potentially thousands of inbound connections, my SSH connection may not be very responsive.
11:30 AM, Monday
If traffic levels last year were any indication, things usually calm down within 30 minutes. When that happens, I'll restore the regular version of the website and things will be back to normal here.
Now that I got a room, what do I do with it?
If you need roommates, we have room share forums for that.
But what if things go terribly wrong?
We hope this doesn't happen. But if it does, and our website completely falls over from the load and becomes unavailable, we have a backup plan. Also at 11 AM on Monday we will be posting the hotel reservations link to all of our social media presences. Here is the list:
If you're reading this before Monday, why not take the opportunity to bookmark these links?
You got questions? We got answers!
If this post didn't cover any outstanding questions, please let us know in the comments below or via email!
UPDATED information for the Anthrocon hotel reservation process!Posted by Unclekage (Dr. Samuel Conway) on Thu, 2014-01-30 07:57 am
1) All hotel reservations open at 11:00 AM (11:00 h) EST on Monday, February 3. Emails to supersponsors will go out at 11:00 AM (11:00 h) EST on Friday, January 31.
2) If you want to upgrade to supersponsor in order to take advantage of the early hotel reservation, you must do so before 9:00 PM (21:00 h) EST on Thursday, January 30. That's tonight, and that's when the person who handles the upgrades goes to bed. There will not be time or personnel to process upgrades the morning of the 31st.
3) ALL Anthrocon hotel reservations are made through VisitPittsburgh Housing Services using their online reservation system. DO NOT CALL THE HOTELS DIRECTLY. They have no information on Anthrocon reservations and will not be able to help you.
4) Please do not contact Anthrocon if you have any questions on or technical issues with their online reservation system or about your hotel deposit. We cannot help you. Please direct your questions to housing(at)visitpittsburgh.com, or phone them at the number on the Passkey welcome page. Please be reminded that if you make that call at 11:00 AM on February 3, you might have some trouble getting through.
5) The system is programmed to put a 10-minute hold on a room once you select it (similar to the process for purchasing concert tickets). Do not, under ANY circumstances, use your browser's BACK button during the Passkey session. That will break the hold on the room and it might be gone by the time you finish entering your credit card information.
6) Charges to your credit card should show up approximately 2-3 weeks after the reservation is made.
The Fursuit Track team is once again looking for panelistsPosted by Sharky (Sharky) on Tue, 2014-01-28 01:48 pm
Anthrocon 2014 is gaining faster than a shark on a seal! The Fursuit Track team is once again looking for panelists to donate their incredible skills to continue to make AC the best furry convention in the world. Our theme might be secret societies, but it is no secret that we have an incredible talent in this fandom, that needs to be shared with our attendees.
REMEMBER ANTHROCON IS YOUR CONVENTION. Its continued success depends on the support we get from our members. Running a panel can be a fun experience, with great rewards back to the fandom.
We are looking for animals that can run panel tracks in the following categories:
FURSUIT CONSTRUCTION, DESIGNERS, and/or CRAFTSPEOPLE
Do you like to build fursuits? Well, set a panel up and show others how much fun it can be. In the past we had people who did construction panels, workshops on specific types of design (eg. Electronics), cleaning and maintenance, and even basic sewing technique ones!
FURSUIT ENTERTAINERS, PERFORMANCE ARTISTS, and/or COSTUMERS
For those of us that have HAM in their blood stream and love to perform/work in fur suit, then this is for you!! What better way to show off all mad skills, then running a panel on how to correctly perform in public.
If you are ready to submit a panel idea, then please click on the AC fursuit track form (link below). All panel ideas MUST be submitted through it and approved.
We also vaule your input, if you have any ideas/suggestions on panels, please e mail them to:
Anthrocon 2014 Charity: The National AviaryPosted by Rigel (Rigel) on Sat, 2014-01-18 04:47 pm
Anthrocon has selected the National Aviary to be our beneficiary for 2014. As the nation's only independent indoor nonprofit zoo dedicated to birds, their mission is to inspire respect for nature through an appreciation of birds via educational programming, recreational experiences, endangered species preservation, avian research, and conservation ethics. They will be at the Charity Auction and will have a table in the Dealers' Room where you can meet them and peruse information about their organization.


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What is Summer Glau's net worth? Summer Glau's net worth is $4 million dollars. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Summer Glau initially pursued a career in classical dance. She was home-schooled through most of her early life in order to accommodate her dance schedule. However, an ankle injury ended her dance aspirations, and she shifted her focus to acting. She made her on-camera debut in a small role on the television series "Angel". This led to the role that would make her a household name, as River Tam, in the cult hit "Firefly". Since then she has gone back and forth between television and film roles, primarily in the science fiction genre. Her projects have included guest starring or recurring roles on such series as "CSI", "Cold Case", "The 4400", "The Unit", "Dollhouse", "Chuck", and "Alphas". She also starred in the short-lived projects, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and "The Cape". She has starred in the television films "Mammoth" and "The Initiation of Sarah" and the big screen project, "Serenity". She is next slated to appear in the feature film, "Knights of Badassdom".
Summer Glau
From an early age, Summer trained to be a ballerina. Besides traditional ballet, she studied tango and flamenco. She danced at the Majestic Theatre.Glau's first television credit was a guest role as a ballerina on the 2002 episode Waiting in the Wings of the television ser...
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Farmers seek probe on 'artificial' palay shortage
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MANILA, Philippines – A militant farmers group on Sunday asked Congress to investigate increasing rice prices allegedly caused by "artificial palay shortage" and overpriced rice importations.
Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), in a statement sent to media, asked both the Senate and the House of Representatives to look into "rice cartels" and bogus farmer-cooperatives hoarding palay to create a false shortage, resulting in massive rice importation and high prices.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported Friday accusations by activist-lawyer Argee Guevarra that the latest rice importation from Vietnam was overpriced by P475 million.
Guevarra said the Department of Agriculture imported last April 187,000 metric tons of rice overpriced by P19,762 per metric ton.
KMP said there was no need to import in the first place.
"We have a bountiful harvest. The effect of the typhoon on crops is also minimal," said KMP secretary general Antonio Flores, citing the Bureau of Agricultural Statistic's projection that palay production from July to December will increase to 10.46 million metric tons.
"The 'high' prices of dry palay in Pangasinan and Isabela and the seemingly uniform prices in other regions not only shows the disparity in prices but exposes the manipulative hands of rice cartels," he said.
The group said the buying price of traders for "newly harvested or wet palay" in Isabela and Pangasinan were pegged at P16 to 17 per kilo while prices of "dry palay" were at P20 to 22 per kilo as opposed to Laguna's P13 to P14 and Mindoro Occidental's P16.
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Pairwise covariance adds little to secondary structure prediction but improves the prediction of non-canonical local structure
1 Departments of Biology and Computer Science, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA
2 Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9:429 doi:10.1186/1471-2105-9-429Published: 10 October 2008
Amino acid sequence probability distributions, or profiles, have been used successfully to predict secondary structure and local structure in proteins. Profile models assume the statistical independence of each position in the sequence, but the energetics of protein folding is better captured in a scoring function that is based on pairwise interactions, like a force field.
I-sites motifs are short sequence/structure motifs that populate the protein structure database due to energy-driven convergent evolution. Here we show that a pairwise covariant sequence model does not predict alpha helix or beta strand significantly better overall than a profile-based model, but it does improve the prediction of certain loop motifs. The finding is best explained by considering secondary structure profiles as multivariant, all-or-none models, which subsume covariant models. Pairwise covariance is nonetheless present and energetically rational. Examples of negative design are present, where the covariances disfavor non-native structures.
Measured pairwise covariances are shown to be statistically robust in cross-validation tests, as long as the amino acid alphabet is reduced to nine classes. An updated I-sites local structure motif library that provides sequence covariance information for all types of local structure in globular proteins and a web server for local structure prediction are available at http://www.bioinfo.rpi.edu/bystrc/hmmstr/server.php webcite.


text: The Legendary Bing Crosby collects video footage and first-hand accounts of the life of America's smoothest crooners. Interviews with his wife, Kathryn Crosby, and daughter, Mary, along with Regis Philbin, Andy Williams, and Michael Feinstein celebrate Bing's talent and presence as a cherished artist. Footage includes a performance with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, along with his infamous Christmas duet with David Bowie. This hour-long release comes from Crew Neck Productions. ~ Rachel Sprovtsoff, Rovi


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Kukla's Korner Hockey
Category: St-Louis-Blues
Blues Looking For More Improvement
by Paul on 08/26/09 at 10:30 AM ET
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from Larry Wigge of NHL.com,
What makes last year's electric run a potential precursor of even better things is that the Blues accomplished it without Erik Johnson, their most talented defenseman who was out for the season following pre-training camp knee injury, Paul Kariya, a seven-time All-Star who saw his season cut to just 11 games before having surgery on both hips, plus captain/defenseman Eric Brewer, whose surgically repaired back ended his season Dec. 11 after just 28 games.
"When I see Erik Johnson wind up and then rip one into the net now, I realize even more what we were missing last season and what we accomplished without him," Blues President John Davidson said. "You don't just assume that things are going to be better, but how can they not be with us getting Erik, Paul (Kariya) and Eric (Brewer) back this season?"
"I think we're going to see a fired-up Paul Kariya," added Murray. "I'm convinced, with his pride as a player, he's going to come back very determined."
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Belfour Back - As A Consultant For The Blues
by Paul on 08/06/09 at 02:28 PM ET
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via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Ed Belfour, a longtime villain in St. Louis as goalie for the Chicago Blackhawks, has been hired by the Blues as a goaltending consultant.
Blues fans no doubt recall with fondness the days when the derisive chants of "BELLL-four! BELLL-four!" rained down from the rafters at the old Arena on Oakland Avenue.
Belfour played 18 seasons in the NHL with Chicago, San Jose, Toronto and Florida.
"Ed is one of the winngest goaltenders in National Hockey League history and we're thrilled to have him on our staff," Blues president John Davidson said in a news release. "His knowledge of the position will be invaluable for our goaltenders in Peoria and the young goalies in our ogranization."
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Morning Line
by Paul on 08/05/09 at 10:20 AM ET
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"There's no better place to be in the league right now. I think we've got the best group of young hockey players in the NHL, and I'm very excited to be a part of it and see where we can take it."
-Paul Kariya of the St. Louis Blues. More on Paul from Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Oshie A Hit In St. Louis
by Paul on 08/02/09 at 10:53 AM ET
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from Brad Elliott Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald,
As he's done everywhere in his career, T.J. Oshie wasted little time becoming a major fan favorite in St. Louis. His name became a verb, fans campaigned to vote him mayor of nearby O'Fallon, Mo., and he was a landslide winner in fan voting for the most popular player on the team….
"I've never had the opportunity to pick a Mario Lemieux, a player who has all the physical attributes and skills to step right into the NHL and dominate a game," Blues head scout Jarmo Kekalainen told NHL.com. "Rarely, in fact, do you find any kid who is physically ready to step into the NHL and make an impact.
"To me, we're charged with the opportunity to identify skill, hockey sense, character and intelligence in a youngster and then calculate his future. We try to find players with the upside who can become an impact player. You might get a guy that will make your team right off the bat. But you can't get carried away with that. If it takes four years to get him to the NHL, but he plays 12 years in the league, I'd much rather take that guy than the guy that makes it in the league the next year, plays 100 games and then vanishes."
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The Blues Are For Real
by Paul on 07/28/09 at 05:23 PM ET
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from John Grigg of The Hockey News,
One squad I see having a good chance to surprise again this year is the St. Louis Blues, who finished an eyebrow-raising sixth in the Western Conference last season, but are still considered by many to have been the beneficiary of a weak second-half schedule and plain old good luck.
But in February, March and April last season, St. Louis managed to earn 68 percent of its possible points – winning 20 of 34 outright and earning a loser point in six others. Nine of those wins came against eventual playoff teams, so it wasn't just about weak opponents and blind luck; the Blues were playing some pretty damn good hockey. And I think that'll continue; the Blues are for real – a Central Division dark horse, even….
Would I bet my house on St. Louis finishing the season as a top-three seed in the West? No. But would I drop $25 on it in Vegas? You betcha.
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Brewer May Not Be Ready For Blues Opener
by Paul on 07/25/09 at 10:24 AM ET
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from Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Two months ago, Blues defenseman Eric Brewer was recuperating from his second back surgery in four months and readying himself to repeat a slow rehabilitation process. Both Brewer and the club were optimistic that he would be available at the start of the 2009-10 season.
They are still optimistic. But while Brewer has shown some improvement with the sciatic nerve issue that affects his right leg, the Blues are acknowledging for the first time that their captain might not be in uniform opening night in Sweden, on Oct. 2.
"Progress has been made, so we'll live with that," Blues President John Davidson said. "If there was no progress by now, we'd be nervous. I'm a glass half-full guy, so that's how I'm looking at it. (But) if he can't play, the emphasis for us will be to have a good start with healthy players."
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Central Division May Look Different At The Top
by Paul on 07/12/09 at 10:29 AM ET
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from Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch,
What lies ahead for the 2009-10 season, in the words of Red Wings general manager Ken Holland, is "the most challenging regular season we've had since the early 1990s."
The Red Wings have won the Central Division every year since the Blue Jackets joined the league in 2000-01, an eight-season run that ranks as the longest current streak in the NHL.
But one must wonder whether a changing of the guard isn't on the horizon in the Central.
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Blues Get Darren Pang
by Paul on 07/09/09 at 04:44 PM ET
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from Dan Caesar of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Bernie Federko is out of the Blues' broadcast booth after 12 seasons and will be replaced by Darren Pang, who has been an analyst for NBC, ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and Canada's TSN.
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Erik Johnson Returning To Form
by Paul on 07/09/09 at 11:16 AM ET
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from Norm Sanders of the News-Democrat,
Playing before an overflow crowd of more than 1,000 at St. Louis Mills on Wednesday at the team's pro orientation camp, (Erik) Johnson gave fans a sneak preview of what they can look forward to in 2009-10.
He's bigger and stronger, having added 10 pounds onto his 6-foot-4 frame. So now he's back on the ice with rookies, prospects and tryout hopefuls trying to regain the form that made him the first overall pick in the 2006 draft.
"It's part of my journey I guess, to hopefully becoming an elite NHL player and an elite NHL defenseman," Johnson said. "I'm having a lot of fun. Not that I can say I expected to be back here, but I feel fortunate to be back here, being a leader and a mentor to some of the younger guys and also getting some quality ice time for myself."
He also had no negatives to report on his surgically repaired right knee following Wednesday's practice session.
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Conklin to the St. Louis Blues, 2 Years
by Alanah McGinley on 07/01/09 at 04:12 PM ET
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From Darren Dreger of TSN, via his Twitter, Ty Conklin has signed with the St. Louis Blues for 2 years.
According to James Duthie on the TSN broadcast, the deal is for $2.6 million.
added 3:33pm,
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Blues President John Davidson announced today the club has signed free agent goaltender Ty Conklin.
"By signing Ty, we have deepened our goaltending position," said Davidson. "Ty had a solid year last season and along with the job Chris (Mason) did for us, we look forward to having two solid goaltenders next season."
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Key terms are presented in bold and highlighted in the margin for easy reference. They are also each defined in context within the chapter.
Understanding Photovoltaics:
Most technical books are logically written by very technical people. And while they may know their stuff, they almost universally seem unable to communicate that information to the rest of us in a way we can understand. So when we began teaching our basic solar electric courses a few years ago, it soon became apparent that we would have to write our own textbook.
And at last, here it is, available for the first time to those not enrolled in our photovoltaic training courses. Field tested by scores of students, this easy-to-follow text is designed to take an extremely "non-technical" student with zero background in PV, and literally teach them how to design and install a variety of residential systems.
This text is also designed to help prepare students who wish to sit for industry-accepted certification programs such as the ETA Level 1 PV Certification or the NABCEP PV Certificate Program.
Each chapter contains multiple choice review questions, as well as labs that comply with "hands-on" requirement of the ETA certification.
Table of Contents:
This 230-page textbook includes the following chapters:
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The pedagogical features of this book were carefully developed to provide readers with key content information, as well as review and testing opportunities. These include:
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|Ontario Pumps More Funds Into Smart Grid Projects
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Astronaut Leland Melvin On The #YearInSpace
By: Eileen Marable
We are fortunate here at the Science Channel to have Astronaut Leland Melvin as a friend and adviser. As we contemplated the enormity of Expedition #43 and the #YearInSpace mission we turned to Leland to give us a reality check.
What does it feel like to be launched into space? As we watched the crew in the capsule during the various stages of launch they had nothing but the "RIght Stuff." Calm, composed, and punching their checklists. That doesn't mean they aren't feeling and noticing every change as the stages fall away, they get lighter and faster and feel those g's.
Leland tells us what it feels like to launch into space and what it's like to live and work in the ISS. Did you know that the ISS is about the size of a 747? It's that kind of perspective only an Astronaut would have and Leland shares that fact - and many more insights on the incredible opportunity of having traveled in space. Be sure to watch all three videos to get the scoop.
We are thrilled to share and promote his passion for space, exploration, curiosity, as humankind taking steps together to explore deeper into space.


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Welcome to the follow-up to our last Catchup, 'Where Are We Going', which was held in May 2012. This Creativez Catchup aims to unearth from different views and voices where Kenya's Creative Economy is at a whole. The challenges, the pace at which we are growing-behind or with global growth as well as driving home why now in the global economy more than ever creative culture is valuable and deserving of multi-sectoral support.
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Potato Whole Wheat Bread
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|1 Cup (16 tbs), divided
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|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
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|Safflower oil
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|Potato water
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|9 Cup (144 tbs), divided (Part Unbleached If Desired)
Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm water.
Add sugar.
Let sit until bubbly.
Combine in large bowl of electric mixer 3/4 cup water and the honey, salt, and oil.
Add the yeast, potato water, and 3 cups of the flour.
At medium speed of mixer, beat until well blended, 2-3 minutes.
Cover the sponge with a cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, 1-1 1/2 hours.
Stir down the sponge and add 3 cups more flour.
Turn out onto a floured pastry cloth and knead in enough more flour to make a firm dough, 2-3 cups.
Knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
Put into a greased bowl, turn once to grease top, cover with a cloth, and let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1-1 1/2 hours.
Punch down the dough.
Knead lightly a few times.
Divide in half, shape into two loaves, and put into greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pans.
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Time for Agnieszka Radwanska to change game to challenge top 3 players.
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Her problem is there is no room to breathe against the best players. Her serve has improved but she only goes for an ace once every 3-4 games. She needs 1-2 free points minimum in every service game. Second serve is an automatic loss of point. She actually looks pretty good against most players, often hitting a flat skidding approach shot and comfortably disposing of volleys but when the balls come crashing through the court towards her, she has no choice but to lob them back.
Justine had great technique on her shots and just forced herself to jump into her shots, which gave her shots additional zip. Rad has great hands and deflects pace but it is just not enough. She needs to deflect and yet attack like Azarenka.
IMO her biggest roadblock is Azarenka. This is a player she used to compete well against but has now dominated her, thrashing her left and right. Azarenka does not possess the great pace of Serena or Sharpie and has a weak serve but she stands on the baseline and hits left and right with great depth. Taking balls that early and hitting them firmly robs opponents of time the same way Serena or Sharpie do it by hitting hard. In fact, if Azarenka could add some more power to her own game and serve, she would be unstoppable because she is just extremely solid (of course, if she hit harder, she might become less so).
You point out that Azarenka doesn't have the pace of Serena or Maria, so maybe Radwa can deal with her better if she can make some adjustments. I'd also point out that Maria is by far a worse mover than any of those three players, and in terms of Radwa playing her, that's what she needs to exploit via drop shorts, short angles, surprise attacks, hitting behind Maria.
But, again, it's easy just to say that. If you're pinned behind the court and simply trying to get balls back, it's tought to implement an affirmative strategy. And, most of the time on her own serve, she's not ahead in the point after the serve, and many times not even neutral.
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Services for Anna May Nesmith, 95, Henderson, who died Thursday, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at The Presbyterian Church of Henderson. The Rev. John Guthrie will officiate. Burial will be in Fernwood Cemetery.
Friends may call after noon on Saturday at the church. Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Services for Andy Byrd, 55, Uniontown, who died Saturday, will be at 6 p.m. today at Whitsell Funeral Home in Morganfield.
Brother Jeremy Collins will officiate.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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President Pranab Mukherjee will be among 70 heads of state and government and global figures who will attend a memorial service in South Africa on Tuesday for anti-apartheid legend Nelson Mandela, making it one of the largest such gatherings in generations.
Scores of foreign dignitaries have already arrived in the country for the memorial service at the 95,000-seat FNB Stadium, where Mandela made his last major public appearance during the 2010 football World Cup.
President Mukherjee will lead a high-level delegation to the memorial service of the former South African President, who died at the age of 95 on December 5.
The delegation will comprise UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj, Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury and BSP leader Satish Mishta, a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesman said in New Delhi.
There has been "unprecedented interest" to attend the revered statesman's funeral, South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane told a news conference here.
The other dignitaries who have confirmed their attendance include US President Barack Obama, Brazilian leader Dilma Rousseff, French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Obama will be accompanied by his wife Michelle and three living former occupants of the White House -- Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W Bush.
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will also attend the event. Britain's Prince Charles will represent Queen Elizabeth II at the memorial service.
Authorities have mobilised around 11,000 security personnel to ensure security during the service.
Some leaders are expected to travel to Mandela's rural childhood village of Qunu for his funeral service and burial on December 15.


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The Creek impressed the first European explorers (Hernando De Soto saw them in 1540) by their height, their proud bearing, and their love of ornament. They were hostile to the Spanish and therefore friendly to the British in colonial days, but, frightened by white encroachment and fired by the teachings of the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, they rebelled in the Creek War of 1813-14. They massacred a large number of American settlers at Fort Mims, and Andrew Jackson won part of his reputation by defeating them at the battle of Horseshoe Bend. By a treaty signed in 1814 the Creek ceded approximately two thirds of their land to the United States, and subsequent cessions further reduced their holdings. Eventually they were moved to the Indian Territory, where they became one of the Five Civilized Tribes. A treaty signed by the confederacy in 1889 permitted white settlement of their lands, and there was great bitterness among the Creek. In 1990 there were over 45,000 Creek, most of them living in Oklahoma.
See J. R. Swanton, The Early History of the Creek Indians (1922) and Social Origins and Social Usages of the Indians of the Creek Confederacy (1928, repr. 1970); G. Foreman, The Five Civilized Tribes (new ed. 1953, repr. 1966); D. H. Corkran, The Creek Frontier, 1540-1783 (1967).
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Olympics digital guru takes top role at Engine
By Ian Darby, campaignlive.co.uk, Thursday, 18 July 2013 08:00AM
Engine has signed up Alex Balfour, the former head of new media at LOCOG, as its first chief digital officer.
Balfour (pictured) will work across all Engine agencies, which include Jam, Partners Andrews Aldridge and WCRS. He will liaise withclients and position Engine as a thought leader on digital.
Reporting to Debbie Klein, the Engine UK chief executive, Balfour joins as the group looks to grow digital revenues, which currently account for 60 per cent ofits fee income.
Balfour has operated as a consultant since the end of the Olympics.
He previously worked as aproducer on the launch of The Guardian's first website and was a co-founder of CricInfo, which was sold to ESPN in 2005. Between 2006 and 2012, Balfour led a LOCOG new-media team that delivered 77 digital channels to a worldwide audience of more than 150 million.
Balfour will work as part of a central team alongside Klein and Pete Edwards, the strategy director. Engine, whose clients include the UK government, BSkyB and BMW, employs 450 people in digital roles.
Balfour said: "The task is to support Engine by giving work a higher profile to help itto become better-known as a digital operator and to ensure that digital work delivered at all levels is of the best quality."
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Into the chemistry of the heart.
Using a new technique called depth-resolved surface coil spectroscopy, Paul A. Bottomley of the General Electric Research and Development Center in Schenectady, N.Y., obtained phosphorus spectra from the heart of a volunteer. These spectra showed the relative amounts of inorganic phosphorus and the metabolites phosphocreatine and adenosine triphosphate -- normally present in minute quantities and very difficult to detect. Changes in the ratios of these substances, which are involved in the transfer of energy in licing cells, often mirror the effects of heart disease. Bottomley's report appears in the Aug. 23 SCIENCE.
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A tip to ensure reelection!
If mayors make disaster preparedness the No. 1 priority of their three-year tenures, our people would better survive the calamities that befall them each year.
But these local executives don't, so our people continue to suffer heavy losses from the 20 or so typhoons that devastate the country annually. In terms of governance, this not only makes our mayors seem quite ineffectual, it also perpetuates the national saga of "years of neglect."
Perhaps our mayors could use a few suggestions from experts on how disaster preparedness can actually contribute to raising their political capital, help ensure their reelection to office and where to find local and international funding for disaster preparedness projects.
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Why not all of the car concepts (like you can choose which one you prefer in-game or like switching mode when going off-road, dunno just saying it could be fun) I do like the first and 2nd concept :P
Frozen state is a game about adversities of existence and surviving in the dilapidated, Siberian city Duga 40. The city, where an extraterrestrial parasite has obliterated the population, causing infected people to become vicious alien hybrids.
Hey there! This is the eighth update and as I promised, we will show you the concept art of the first drivable car which will be available in the game.
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Hey there! This is the eighth update and as I promised, we will show you the concept art of the first drivable car which will be available in the game.
I know that many people have voted for the wheels and we have 50/50 split in the team about , what should finally be in the game. To solve this uneasy dilemma we made several concept arts: with wheels and with magnets.
Again, if you do care, please tell us your opinion.
Besides the car's concepts, we finalised the design of some NPCs.
Regarding the game development itself: the redesigned Officer was imported in the game, the Piercer has got rough animations, it already can follow, attack the character and die. The next step will be making the car and adding it to the prototype.
Thank you,
Snow Arc team
Why not all of the car concepts (like you can choose which one you prefer in-game or like switching mode when going off-road, dunno just saying it could be fun) I do like the first and 2nd concept :P
I prefer the second one :) But all three look nice!
LoL one npc looks like Nikolai Belinski as a kid :D
Wish we could make them all, but we're a very small team and currently working part-time on the project. Perhaps in the future, we will add all of them and you can pick any car you like)
But right now our prime goal is to work out the core style. As a game designer I'd prefer hoovering cars, because it's cool) there are not many games where you can drive a hoovering car, particularly an old-school hoovering car)))
ahahaha awesome, 1960s style technology were so impressive to see ;)
Electromagnets V-1. V-2 looks nice, but with the V-1 concept it's a little more obvious how it's meant to work.
Very nice concepts and interesting style. I guess this is top down or something? Because the one thing that might be a problem is you cannot see past the engine block in first person view.
I like V2 the most, btw. Should also help keeping the polycount down, since the other, rounded electromagnets would be part of the silhouette and eat a lot of polygons.
isometric viewing i think, sure you can't see whats in the front of the car if an engine block covering your view :P
yes of course, but in our game you can rotate the camera 360 around your character)
Thank you guys, finally the concept of a flying car has been proven))) We were afraid that it may stand out from the overall game style.
haha nice concept art. Wish you to search a lot of information on Russian about living there.maybe even some folklore or stories will be included.
So i will track it.It's promissing!
thanks for tracking,man! We do find a lot of inspiration in the WW2 period and the time after the war. Also, soviet science fiction is a rich source of ideas.
If you have any suggestions feel free to write them on our forums frozenstate.net , there is a section for russian speaking community
I love the V2 concept, reminds me of that good old game "Quarantine". :D
never played))
Finaly! We got first weapon concept? Mauser? Huh, more and more intresting...
But after hovercar... I think it must be, um... Plasma Shpagin submachinegun?
haha, be patient , all in good time ;)
I'm still going for wheels. Call me old-fashioned but I think it just looks way cooler.
Yeah, tastes are different))) We're considering the possibility of having two types of cars, maybe magnets as an upgradable part.But right now, for the prototype, we're making a hovering one Simply to understand how it will behave on a road.


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The Metroid Prime of Good Times
There's a rapper named Riff Raff that I'm not a fan of. I don't think his rhymes are very good and his beats don't stand out in my memory. When I hear a great piece of music, my body physically spasms. I might shrink in or stretch out. I don't do that when I hear a Riff Raff song. I sit very still and listen to music I'm not especially invested in.
But in a weird way, I still love Riff Raff. Riff Raff posts on Vine several times a day, usually dancing around a room, showing off his new shoes and goofing around with his friends. He gets dumb tattoos of things like the BET logo or Bart Simpson's head. He shows up on Rob Dyrdek's stupid show like either of them will matter in 5 years. Simply put, I like Riff Raff because Riff Raff kind of sucks, but he's still having a great time.
I feel like video games can take a page from Riff Raff's book. Take a look at any release list and find me 3 games on it that don't take themselves deadly seriously. I understand that Bioshock Infinite is a very intellectually stimulating game with solid philosophical foundation. Bioshock Infinite can take itself seriously because it has worked hard to earn it. It's frustrating when games like Gears of War have lead characters that look a side of brisket with a dew rag and a chainsaw gun their main character and act like it's high fantasy.
And that's why I love Donkey Kong Country Returns so much. There isn't a single element of the game, in its music, characters, art design, animations—nothing that doesn't let you know that the game is super stoked that you're along for the ride. It's a game so dedicated to a single attitude that I feel like chalking it up to charm alone is lazy. Donkey Kong Country Returns is a game postured and groomed to produce as much fun as it can at any given time.
There's broad-brush strokes everyone notices at first and smiles at. How Diddy Kong uses his jetpack to lengthen jumps, or how he rolls on Donkey Kong's back like a lumberjack. But it's in the game's subtleties that it's clear how much thought was put into the idea of fun. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong never frown or wince. When they get hit, they mug the camera, their eyes wide and their expressions frozen in shock. When Donkey Kong picks up a barrel containing Diddy, he chuckles to himself, and Diddy snickers as soon as he joins the action. They're clearly stoked to be hanging out. While riding Rambi, your rhinoceros bud, he shuffles his feet while he accelerates, almost like a happy dog sliding across a hardwood floor.
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D isn't perfect. Its transition from a Wii game to a 3DS game has unsurprisingly cost the game some visual fidelity and it's paid its dues in the vibrancy of its color palette. The game is still stupid hard and more often than not it's in a "why were you still moving after I let off the circle pad," than in a fun challenging way.
But I honestly don't care. There's more value to the game than in it's gameplay alone. It's not often you see games so earnest and unpretentious. It creates an environment that renders irony or cynicism unsustainable. At its worst, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D is outplayed by its own old-school ambitions. It's too difficult and its control scheme can't always meet the demands of its design. When the game really shines though, when it's really landing important punches and playing to its strengths, it's the kind of fun that thrills you to your core. Gamers remember Retro for their Metroid Prime games, and the dense atmosphere they washed over the experience. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D proves that atmosphere is still the studio's strongest suit. It's a master class in being a whole lot of fun.