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Great design / Inadequate protection
By TechDesign
from Portland, OR, USA
Comments about Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4" Book Cover - Dazzling White:
The Galaxy Tab S deserves a great, full protective case. Unfortunately, this case is not it. The book cover case did not protect my tablet when it was dropped and the screen disintegrated into a million pieces. The case looks and functions beautifully, but beware, as it does not adequately protect your investment.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Better than the others I have found
By Krackn
from Lubbock, TX, USA
I was using a cheap cover for a while and received a gift card so bought the samsung case. It is amazing by comparison and is so slim it fits it great. I honestly believe its a little overpriced for the functionality of it but It was a gift card purchase for me so I love it.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Slim design
By MissSilk
from Sacramento, CA
I love the Titanium Bronze color because it matches the tablet I picked out. Also it feels and looks like a designer shade with the gold-tones. So it's like, owning a premium product. Only downside is that, in the highest upright position....it can collapse on itself. So i'm now reduced to the second highest position. But it's okay, the view is still great.
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Style and Protect
By JayPea
from Fort Worth, TX, USA
This case is the best I've tried on it for style and protection with a sleek and high-end look and feel. I have the dazzling white model and this case looks like it was made to come with the tablet rather than as an optional accessory , like a hardback book that comes with it's dust cover, this case is a perfect fit and it adds value to the overall visual design.
Great cover
By Budman1950
from Dayton, OH, USA
It's design, color, and functionality exceeded my expectations. It fits perfectly and works the way it should.
(0 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
By windsorhollow
from Undisclosed
i love this ipad killer. sd slot, high res, and android os.. Please release ice cream sandwich (android 5.0 foir this device asap!!
Nice Design
By Andiezz
from Philly, PA
This product is designed well & works seamlessly with tablet.
Great Looking & Functional
By dcime
Galaxy Tab S deserves a great, full protective case. That's what this is. Very smart texture, well made and perfect integration. This case not only looks and functions great, it protects your investment. Well done Samsung!
nothing but compliments
By Vizu
from Gilbert, AZ, USA
I really love this book-like cover. Everywhere I go I get compliments. As soon as I open the cover people really get impressed.
Great Flipping Case
By RediculusPizza
from MD
The Tab S is really awesome for watching media, so to have a case that lets it sit in a ton of easy to maneuvere positions makes it that much better.
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Centennial might just make a habit of this.
The Golden Hawks girls swimming team won another Southwest Yosemite League championship at Cal State Bakersfield, this time in a Friday evening that had nearly turned into Saturday morning by the time it was finished.
Last year's title ended Stockdale's 17-year reign atop the SWYL girls podium. This time, Centennial held off a trio of challengers to back up its undefeated dual season.
The Hawks also added a boys title, a feat that snapped Stockdale's seven-year streak. Centennial scored 458 points, edging past Liberty's total of 430.5 despite the Patriots' victory in all three relays.
The girls' victory was also tight, with Centennial's 443 out-lasting Liberty's 395, Frontier's 368 and Stockdale's 367.
"This is a really neat treat," Centennial coach David Graves said. "It's the first time in school history we won both."
None of this was decided until after 11 p.m. in a meet that started at 5 p.m. and met with early delays that took the meet from a sweltering afternoon at the pool to a late-night block party.
That didn't hurt the quality of the swimming.
Leading the charge for the Hawks were a couple of distance specialists, Andrew Hargis for the boys and Emily Cruz for the girls. Hargis won the 200-yard individual medley (2:01.66) and the 500 freestyle (4:53.50), and Cruz the 200 free (2:04.42) and 500 free (5:44.44), races in which she's unbeaten this year. She also helped Centennial's 200 freestyle relay team to victory (1:46.24) and swam a comeback anchor leg for the win in the 400 freestyle relay (3:52.42).
Nick Treiberg also won twice for the Golden Hawks, taking the 100 butterfly (54.35) and 100 breaststroke (1:01.75).
But Centennial's victories were about depth as much as stars. Take Tanner Sampson, a sophomore who dropped 15 seconds from his 500 freestyle time to qualify for the section championships next week.
"It's hard to single anyone out," Graves said. "We had so many boys step up and do awesome. Morgan Musquez and Whitney White have been phenomenal all year for our girls."
Chandler Bullman starred for Frontier, helping the Titans girls win the 200 medley relay (1:56.56) and then taking the 200 IM (2:16.13) and 100 butterfly (1:00.51). Jorie Caneta, just a sophomore, also swam on the medley relay and blazed to a victory in the 100 freestyle by more than two seconds, clocking a 55.03.
Individual stars for the boys included Liberty sophomore Drew Lari, who swam the backstroke leg of the Patriots' winning medley relay team (1:42.92) and then showed off his versatility by winning the 50 freestyle (23.15), helping Liberty take the 200 freestyle relay (1:32.59) and taking second in the 100 backstroke to Stockdale's Brock Bonetti (55.30).
"For all of these kids who were at school in the morning, some of them took AP tests, and to still be out here this late and performing this well, it's amazing for every athlete out here," Graves said. "Every coach has had headaches tonight, but kudos to all of them."
Up next is the Central Section championships, next Saturday at Clovis West.
"We would love to be top five there," Graves said. "We don't have the swimmers across the board to compete (for a championship) at that level, but top five would be great."

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By Bink Grimes | April 12, 2014 | Updated: April 12, 2014 6:58pm
Stiff winds made drifting tough. Waders along the south shoreline saw best action on the incoming tide. Black drum and whiting have been caught in the channel.
Scattered redfish and trout were caught on Gulps and live shrimp. Tides were falling through the morning.
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Guide Butch Terpe reported good bass action in the shallows. Catfish are good in 20 feet of water. Crappie are fair at best.
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White bass are good on the points and humps when the wind allows. Hybrids and catfish have been steady as well.


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PROVIDENCE, RI (October 5, 2004) Exciting super middleweight Scott The Sandman Pemberton (28-3-1, 23 KOs) puts his International Boxing Union championship and No. 3 world rating on the line against former world title challenger James Crawford (40-7-2, 2NC, 17 KOs) Friday night, October 29 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Jimmy Burchfields Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc (CES), in association with CN8, The Comcast Network and Foxwoods Resort Casino, is promoting The Dream Continues, which will be taped live and air in primetime Saturday, October 30, 7:30-10:00 PM/ET on CN8, The Comcast Network to 6.2 million homes from Maine to Maryland.
The Dream Continues will be broadcast on tape delay in up to 20-million additional households nationwide.
Pemberton, also the NABF super middleweight title-holder, is rated No. 3 by the WBC, No. 11 by the WBO and No. 14 by the IBF. He has won 16 of his last 18 fights with one draw. Pemberton, fighting out of New Bedford (MA), will defend his IBU belt in the 12-round main event against Crawford, of Iowa, who lost (KO8) his IBF title shot to then champion Sven Ottke.
This fight was supposed to happen in Scotts last fight, CES founder and president Jimmy Burchfield explained, but Crawford was hurt (shoulder) late in training camp and replaced. Hes lobbied hard for this fight, calling me once a week, because he believes that he can beat Scott.
Scott is rated No. 3 in the world and he has to win this fight to position himself for a WBC title fight next year. The plan is for him to keep winning and become the No. 1 contender. Once he is the mandatory challenger the champion wont be able to avoid him anymore. Crawford is going to be a very stiff test. He has been in with Ottke, Dana Rosenblatt, (Jeff) Lacy, (Rudy) Markussen and other top super middleweights. Scott isnt training for a tune up, by any means; theres too much on the line for him.
Im very excited about fighting Scott and very thankful to get this opportunity again, Crawford said. I love fighting at Foxwoods. This is a very winnable fight for me. Scotts getting old and this is the perfect time for me to fight him. Its been a long time since Ive trained this long and hard for a fight. Im coming to win the IBU title and realize the opportunities that it will open up for me.
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Jay-Z's Song Cry was (and is) a powerful record, and I think that's due in part to the fact that it was coming from a man who'd once spit, "Me give my heart to a woman? Not for nothing, never." Novel, on the other hand, seems like a guy who's in touch with his emotions, and so unreleased cut Song Cry II (making its online premiere at DJBooth.net!) is a very different animal. That's not a bad thing—on the contrary, it's probably the best thing: Novel's, crowd-pleasing, falsetto-laced vocals and soulful, sampled beat (which, unfortunately, is the reason why this record won't be on his LP's tracklist), make SCII a truly original riff on Hova's classic, as well as a great listen in its own right. At the end of the day, Novel may not have needed to make this song cry, but, as far as listeners are concerned, it's a damned good thing he did. In regard to The Audiobiography, Novel's tipped us off that the LP's June release may be pushed back due to label difficulties; keep your fingers crossed, and be sure to grab a copy of his latest single, Makes You Happy (out now on iTunes).
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Sydney, Australia (Sports Network) - Jarkko Nieminen posted a 6-2, 7-5 victory over France's Julien Benneteau on Sunday to capture the $434,250 Apia International Sydney, a tuneup for the Australian Open, which begins on Monday.
Nieminen appeared in his 12th career ATP final and secured only his second career tournament victory -- ending a six-year title drought. The Finn has also defeated Benneteau in all five of their meetings.
Nieminen entered the tournament No. 77 in the ATP rankings and was a qualifier. He was pushed to three sets in his second round win over eighth- seeded Radek Stepanek, 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 6-1, but won his other three matches leading up to the final in straight sets.
He is the first qualifier to win an ATP World Tour title since Sergiy Stakhovsky lifted the St. Petersburg crown in 2009.
"I tried to focus and win every point I could," Nieminen said. "I think I managed to do that pretty well. I don't have a good record in finals, but I don't think I've done anything wrong in the ones I've played. Today I felt I had a really good chance to take the title as I had the game to do it. It's been many years since that first title and I had many finals after that, but I'm pretty good at believing in myself."
Benneteau on the other hand, entered the week 49th in the ATP rankings and unseeded, but cruised to final without losing a set. He knocked off Andreas Seppi and fourth-seeded Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4, then defeated Alex Bogomolov Jr. 6-2, 6-4 and Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 6-4.
Nieminen got the better of the play, getting 80 percent of his first serves in to only 60 percent for Benneteau. Nieminen also won 74 percent (32-of-43) of first-serve points, while double-faulting only once.
Nieminen also won 70 percent (38-of-54) of his service points, while Benneteau converted only 56 percent (32-of-57) of his service points.
For Benneteau, he drops to 0-6 in his career in ATP final events and his last runner-up finish came last August in the Winston-Salem Open when he lost to American John Isner.
"It was a good week, but not the finish I wanted, as I hoped today I would win," Benneteau said. "Jarkko played very well, but I could have done better. It's a good start to the year. My goal is to win a tournament and to be a better player."
This was the first time two players 30-years-old or older met in an ATP final event since 2007.
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Combined analysis of transcriptome and metabolite data reveals extensive differences between black and brown nearly-isogenic soybean (Glycine max) seed coats enabling the identification of pigment isogenes
1 Bioproducts and Bioprocesses, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6
2 Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 5B6
3 Department of Biology and Center for Research in Biopharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5
BMC Genomics 2011, 12:381 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-12-381Published: 29 July 2011
The R locus controls the color of pigmented soybean (Glycine max) seeds. However information about its control over seed coat biochemistry and gene expressions remains limited. The seed coats of nearly-isogenic black (iRT) and brown (irT) soybean (Glycine max) were known to differ by the presence or absence of anthocyanins, respectively, with genes for only a single enzyme (anthocyanidin synthase) found to be differentially expressed between isolines. We recently identified and characterized a UDP-glycose:flavonoid-3-O-glycosyltransferase (UGT78K1) from the seed coat of black (iRT) soybean with the aim to engineer seed coat color by suppression of an anthocyanin-specific gene. However, it remained to be investigated whether UGT78K1 was overexpressed with anthocyanin biosynthesis in the black (iRT) seed coat compared to the nearly-isogenic brown (irT) tissue.
In this study, we performed a combined analysis of transcriptome and metabolite data to elucidate the control of the R locus over seed coat biochemistry and to identify pigment biosynthesis genes. Two differentially expressed late-stage anthocyanin biosynthesis isogenes were further characterized, as they may serve as useful targets for the manipulation of soybean grain color while minimizing the potential for unintended effects on the plant system.
Metabolite composition differences were found to not be limited to anthocyanins, with specific proanthocyanidins, isoflavones, and phenylpropanoids present exclusively in the black (iRT) or the brown (irT) seed coat. A global analysis of gene expressions identified UGT78K1 and 19 other anthocyanin, (iso)flavonoid, and phenylpropanoid isogenes to be differentially expressed between isolines. A combined analysis of metabolite and gene expression data enabled the assignment of putative functions to biosynthesis and transport isogenes. The recombinant enzymes of two genes were validated to catalyze late-stage steps in anthocyanin biosynthesis in vitro and expression profiles of the corresponding genes were shown to parallel anthocyanin biosynthesis during black (iRT) seed coat development.
Metabolite composition and gene expression differences between black (iRT) and brown (irT) seed coats are far more extensive than previously thought. Putative anthocyanin, proanthocyanidin, (iso)flavonoid, and phenylpropanoid isogenes were differentially-expressed between black (iRT) and brown (irT) seed coats, and UGT78K2 and OMT5 were validated to code UDP-glycose:flavonoid-3-O-glycosyltransferase and anthocyanin 3'-O-methyltransferase proteins in vitro, respectively. Duplicate gene copies for several enzymes were overexpressed in the black (iRT) seed coat suggesting more than one isogene may have to be silenced to engineer seed coat color using RNA interference.


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Mesquite ISD officials have confirmed that two district educators and their one-year-old child were killed Saturday afternoon when their car slammed into the back of an 18-wheeler on Interstate 30 in East Texas.
Texas Department of Safety officials said the flatbed trailer was stopped on the shoulder of the highway about 10 miles east of Mt. Pleasant at midafternoon Saturday when the car with James and Leah Eason and their two children crashed into it.
Luke Eason, one, was killed in the crash. The Easons' four-year-old son, Jace, survived the impact, but was injured and hospitalized in stable condition.
Leah Eason was assistant principal at Florence Black Elementary School. Her husband taught fifth grade students at B.J. Smith Elementary. Counselors will be available at both schools on Monday.
The Easons lived in Rockwall's Turtle Cove community.
Just really a sweet family... nice and friendly, said neighbor Miranda Linane. It's totally devastating.
Faculty members at both schools met Sunday to comfort one another, said Mesquite ISD spokeswoman Laura Jobe.
Family time was very important to them, Jobe said, adding that the Easons were just starting a vacation trip.
Funeral arrangements are pending, Jobe added.
Students and parents at Smith Elementary erected a makeshift memorial to the Eason family outside the school with flowers, notes, and photos.
All I keep thinking is how tragic it is to lose one person... but to lose an entire family? For this community, it's heart-wrenching, said parent Tricia Claiborne.
The district's Facebook page was filled with prayers for the Eason family and tributes from parents and colleagues.
Several children at my church were just devastated this morning, said a post from Teresa Jackson. Such a horrible tragedy that will touch the lives of so many people.
The parents and kids of Smith are praying for Mr. Eason's family, his son, and their teachers, added Gina Wadhams. He is well-loved at Smith by all and has blessed my family and many more.
The Mesquite ISD released this statement on Sunday evening:
Our hearts are broken over the sudden and tragic loss of these two special educators and their youngest son, and our thoughts are with their families during this time. Leah and Jim profoundly impacted those who were privileged to know them. Words cannot express how much they will be missed.
Leah s personality and contagious smile brightened her campus every day. She encompassed the perfect balance of leadership and friendship and was always open to building relationships with the staff and students. Leah was a huge part of the strong foundation at Florence Black Elementary. The staff at the school considered Jim, Leah, Jace, and Luke part of their family, and as they move forward, it will be with heavy hearts.
Jim was an excellent teacher whose strength was building relationships with students. He could make connections with students when no one else could. Jim always used humor in class and would tell stories using the students as characters to engage them and help them understand the lessons. He was a good role model, especially for his male students, and set high expectations for learning and treating others with kindness and respect.
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LightSail-A's blown radio amplifier doesn't affect the 2016 SpaceX Falcon Heavy mission, but it adds an unwelcome obstacle to the 2015 test mission's ever-shortening timetable.
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Oil Paintings on Pennies!
Jacqueline Lou Skaggs has created an amazing set of 12 oil paintings – all done on discarded pennies. Referencing the miniatures of 17th century Dutch oils on copper, Skaggs themes for the paintings are those of "the binding ideologies that define our family, religious, social and political worlds."
Her website lists the origins of each image, each of which has a rich history. Given the detail when seen up close, it's easy to forget that these are, in fact, images on pennies. Amazing.
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Steven Adams speaks Kiwi. This commercial is choice. DailyThunder.com
With the Timberwolves coming to town on Friday night, Steven Adams was asked about the unenvious task of battling Minnesota big man Nikola Pekovic. Adams started talking about Pekovic's brute strength and constant physicality. But the conversation soon turned to smack-talking. Pekovic doesn't go back-and-forth much. Like Adams, he's physical but generally quiet on the court. "Nah, he doesn't chirp," Adams said. "But if you piss him off, he will give you a ''bow." Oklahoman
But on Friday night, arguably the best smack-talker in the history of the game is strolling into Oklahoma City alongside Pekovic. The aged but always energized Kevin Garnett has returned to the Timberwolves. "KG and (Kendrick Perkins), those two are ridiculous," Adams said of the legendary smack-talkers. "They make you question, like, why you are playing basketball and stuff. You're like 'Why am I doing this?' It's really weird, you get depressed." Oklahoman
Diez is no stranger to the U.S. and NBA players. "Last summer, I didn't do any workout but I was in Los Angeles for 10 days and practiced a lot with current NBA players like Steven Adams, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Kelly Olynyk," Diez recalls. "It was a great experience: lots of shooting drills, one-on-one plays... It gave me a lot of confidence for this season. This is my draft year and I'm proud that NBA teams are interested in me. I hope I can show my skills at the workouts." HoopsHype
Any word on Steven Adams? Rehab, from what I've heard, is going well. But he's still at least a couple weeks away. Russell Westbrook had this same injury earlier this season and missed a month. Adams fractured his hand on February 8th and had surgery on the 9th. The Thunder has 10 more games between now and March 9th. I'd expect him back somewhere around there. Oklahoman
Denver Nuggets rookie center Jusuf Nurkic will replace injured World Team selection Steven Adams of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge on Friday, Feb. 13, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. NBA.com
Nurkic had planned to go back to his home country of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the break. Now he's headed to New York after playing a very solid pre-all-star-break portion of the season for the Nuggets. Denver Post
Paul Garcia: Per NBA: Nuggets' Nurkic to Replace Thunder's Adams in BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge Twitter @PaulGarciaPS
Darnell Mayberry: Thunder center Steven Adams has undergone surgery for a fractured right hand. He is expected to miss at least three weeks. Twitter @DarnellMayberry
Ken Berger: Steven Adams has undergone surgery on broken bone in right hand, Thunder announce. He'l be re-evaluated in three weeks. Twitter @KBergCBS
Jessica Camerato: Rising Stars Challenge World Team: Adams, G. Antetokounmpo, Bogdanovic, Dieng, Exum, Gobert, Mirotic, Olynyk, Schroder, Wiggins Twitter @JCameratoNBA
Aaron Falk: Flip says when the T-Wolves were debating Dieng vs Gobert, one thing that hurt a skinny Rudy was that worked out against Steven Adams: "Rudy has gotten so much bigger in two years. But … [Adams] was like the incredible Hulk. He had Rudy back in the basket stanchion." Twitter @tribjazz
The clear and considerable defensive improvement is a result of time and needed experience, which the Thunder continues to give him. But it's also a result of two trusty mentors — Perkins and assistant coach Mark Bryant. Before, during and after both practices and games, Perkins is constantly in Adams' ear. He's on him about the scouting reports. He's teaching him the tricks of the game. "I always go to Perk," Adams said. "Perk knows like everyone. He should write a book. It's crazy. He knows all their tendencies and I just try to do what he does." Oklahoman
Adams is on a hot streak of late — averaging 9.1 points and 9.9 rebounds on 68 percent shooting the past nine games. He's playing so well that Brooks has routinely called for clearout post-ups for Adams over the past week. And teamed up with Westbrook, he's formed a nightmare pick-and-roll combo — becoming the rare (only?) Thunder center that been able to consistently catch a Westbrook bullet and quickly finish. "(Bryant) throws the ball as hard as he can at me and I have to try and catch the ball," Adams said of a drill he's been working on. "Because Russell is going like a 100 miles an hour. You have to be ready at all times." Oklahoman
Bill Oram: Still no word from NBA if Nick Young will be suspended for today's game in Sac after elbowing Steven Adams in the throat. Tipoff in 4 hours Twitter @billoram
Young called Thunder forward Steven Adams a "sneaky, dirty player" that let to an on-court altercation and an eventual ejection in the Lakers' 104-103 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday at Staples Center. Young argued he "most definitely" did not deserve the ejection, an automatic ruling after being handed a flagrant foul type 2 with 11:24 remaining in the game. "I feel bad about getting ejected," Young said. "But I play with the heart on my sleeves and it shows out there." Los Angeles Daily News
The question in play first started when Adams set a hard screen on Young. Tired of Adam throwing what he called "little hits" that included sticking out his knee during screens, Young shoved his forearm into Adam's throat before officials soon separated them. Lakers center Robert Sacre and forward Carlos Boozer soon intervened, too. "At the time, he had my arm caught up," Young said. "That's all I had with my right hand. You didn't see all that. He knows all the tricks and trades. But if you look carefully, he had my whole left arm locked in for the whole play." Los Angeles Daily News
Baxter Holmes: Nick Young on his forearm to Adams' throat: "I lost my mind a little bit, checked into the crazy house, got back out." Twitter @BaxterHolmes
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MILWAUKIE, Ore. When some tiny ducklings fell into a storm drain in Milwaukie, JoJo Spencer didn t think twice about jumping in to save them.
Spencer saw the tiny ducklings fall into a storm drain along the busy McLoughlin Blvd. and as the mother duck panicked, he leapt into action. Spencer pulled off the drain cover and reached in, grabbing the ducklings before they were swept away.
Animals deserve to live like everyone else. So I'm helping those little guys out, Spencer said, after fishing the ducklings out of the 5-foot deep storm drain.
Experts said this kind of accident is common for this time of year because the hatchlings follow their mothers everywhere and sometimes fall into holes and drains that the larger ducks can easily navigate. The hatchlings can t yet fly and their tiny legs sometimes struggle to keep up with the others.
Spencer reunited the hatchlings with their family after the rescue and the group continued on its way toward a nearby pond. But then they crossed yet another storm drain and once again some of the hatchlings fell in.
Again, Spencer jumped into action and saved the ducklings. But this time, he herded them to the pond himself, making sure they avoided any additional storm drains or other obstacles.
This was the second duckling rescue in as many days. Monday along Interstate-5, an ODOT worker and a jogger saved a family of ducks that had wandered into traffic. Unfortunately, those ducklings were struggling to recover at the Audubon Society of Portland, after getting extremely cold during the rescue.
Audubon Society officials said their facility has been inundated with ducks and other rescued birds in recent days.
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Faculty Spotlight: Susan Blalock
Susan Blalock is a researcher with a passion for community pharmacy.
After earning her undergraduate degree in pharmacy from the University of Michigan in 1976, she worked off and on as a community pharmacist for more than a decade before completing her graduate education. She says her own experience behind the counter helped develop her passion for the role of community pharmacists once she entered the research field.
Blalock, a faculty member in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy's Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, focuses much of her research on how community pharmacies work with patients on issues such as illness prevention and disease management.
"I think that community pharmacists have an incredible amount of potential to improve drug-therapy outcomes by working with patients because they are in regular and continuous contact with patients," she explains.
Cutting Down on Falls
Currently, Blalock is involved with two research projects that have community pharmacy at their core. One of these projects, which is being conducted in collaboration with Kerr Drug, focuses on using enhanced pharmaceutical care to prevent falls in older adults. Stefanie Ferreri, PharmD, and Mary Roth, PharmD, serve as co-investigators on the project, which is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center.
Falls are currently the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries among adults age sixty-five and older in the United States. While some studies suggest that reducing inappropriate medications can reduce the risk of falls in patients, the impact of modifying medications alone is unknown.
In the falls project, Blalock and colleagues identify adults sixty-five and older who have fallen in the past year and who are at increased risk for recurrent falls based on the medications they are taking.
"It's an intervention study where we're actually having community-pharmacy residents deliver the intervention," says Blalock, who is the project' s principal investigator. "The pharmacy resident contacts the people and asks them to come in for a medication review. It's very similar to medication therapy management but really focused on falls prevention."
The pharmacist works with the patient and the patient's physician to identify any drug-therapy problems that might increase the risk of falls, Blalock says. This includes discontinuing high-risk medications and substituting lower-risk medications where appropriate.
Blalock says the goal of the project is to reduce the number of falls patients experience by better using community pharmacists to manage patient medications. At present the project is still underway, so the full impact of the study is not known.
Pneumonia Immunization
Blalock is also involved in a study that aims to increase the rates of pneumonia immunization among high-risk individuals by involving community pharmacists. Ferreri is the principal investigator of the project and Dennis Williams, PharmD, is a co-investigator. The project is funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Study investigators are working with Kroger pharmacies to increase rates of immunization for pneumonia among high-risk individuals with certain chronic conditions, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and pulmonary disease. Patients are identified based on their medications and are flagged in the pharmacy's profile system.
When flagged patients visit the pharmacy, the pharmacist counsels them about pneumonia, and offers to immunize them.
"The goal of this project is to educate the public about the importance of the pneumococcal vaccine," Ferreri says. "Pharmacists are ideal health-care professionals to do this because they know the diseases that place these patients at risk. Pharmacists have access to patients' medication records, which is very telling of what disease they may have. Also, North Carolina pharmacists are now able to immunize patients for pneumococcal disease if the patients have a prescription from their doctor."
Counseling and Osteoporosis
A third study Blalock was involved with examined patient knowledge regarding glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. This study involved 227 patients currently taking oral prednisone, which increases the risk of developing osteoporosis. The questions assessed patients' current calcium and vitamin D intake and their history of bone mineral density (BMD) testing.
Blalock found that only a third of the participants reported receiving osteoporosis-prevention counseling. Just over half of the participants were getting the recommended amount of calcium, and even fewer were getting the recommended amount of vitamin D or had received a BMD test within the past year.
Although not conducted in a community pharmacy setting, Blalock says the study's findings have important implications for community pharmacists.
"[The results] basically underscore the point that patients appear not to be receiving much counseling about osteoporosis prevention," she says. "It's not enough to tell a person one time, because they're not going to remember. It has to be something that is sustained, and community pharmacists are in an ideal position. They can see people when they come in and are on chronic prednisone therapy. They're in an ideal position to ask people if they're taking calcium or Vitamin D and, depending on their relationship, also to inquire about BMD testing."
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"When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily. Dementia, as it descends, has a way of revealing the core of the person affected by it. My mother's core was rotten like the brackish water at the bottom of a weeks-old vase of flowers."
Helen is 49, a divorced grandmother who supports herself as an artist's model and tends to her 88-year-old mother, Clair, with ill-suppressed resentment. Pathologically self-absorbed, Clair is judgmental, suspicious of the neighbors who check in on her, and just plain mean to her only child.
But she's also pathetic and frail, "a totemic presence." Clair's vulnerability, as much as her sheer nastiness, seems to be what finally drives her daughter to kill her after the old woman soils herself during an afternoon visit. It's an unpleasant, drawn-out scene that ends with Clair's nose cracking beneath the pressure of the towels her daughter uses to suffocate her. Helen then cuts the clothing from her mother's corpse, washes the body, and drags it into the basement, where she enacts a ritual scalping and neatly shears off her mother's long braid.The Almost Moon unfolds during the next 24 hours, following a tedious switchback trail between Helen's tormented childhood and her attempts to come to grips with what she's just done.
Clair was a beautiful lingerie model who married her husband on a whim. Her inner life mostly consisted of gazing upon framed images of herself in ecru slips, with her daughter as rapt audience. This bleak narcissism hardens into an agoraphobia that has disastrous repercussions when she's unable to intervene in a horrific accident outside her front door. Young Helen is caught up in the tide of blame and accusation that follows. Her father succumbs to depression and eventually kills himself. Helen's response to all this family dysfunction is murderous fantasies: "When I was a teenager, I thought every kid spent sweaty summer afternoons in their bedrooms, daydreaming of cutting their mother up into little pieces and mailing them to parts unknown."
Sebold has taken on the admirable challenge of creating an unsympathetic protagonist, but she undermines the effort by surrounding Helen with a gallery of torpid, sometimes implausible supporting characters. Helen's father is maddeningly passive. Her ex-husband Jake inexplicably drops everything and flies cross-country to be at her side when Helen calls to confess her crime. Her best friend Natalie is barely present as a character, though Natalie's hunky 30-year-old son, Hamish, gets the most thankless role, as the foil in two perfunctory, squirm-inducing sex scenes with Helen.
Only the enigmatic Mr. Forresta bachelor neighbor who collects books and shows grave kindness to both Helen and her motherstands out in this crowd, despite the fact that Sebold has him mouth platitudes like "You will always be stronger than she is. . . . You don't know that yet, but it's true," and "That was her illness, Helen, not her."
And while Helen and Clair may both be mentally ill, their illness primarily manifests itself as anhedonia, which on the page, as in life, becomes extremely wearisome.
The Almost Moon is a dispiriting novel, not least because it's the work of a talented writer who seems to have lost her way. Helen's race against the inevitable discovery of her mother's corpse is more a numbing trudge. Sebold's evocation of people trapped in sad, suburban half-lives is undermined by trite metaphors. Helen, Clair, and Natalie all earn a living as models. Helen's father constructs plywood cut-outs of his family. Helen's ex-husband makes art encased in ice, and Helen herself observes the obvious: "When I inserted the key in the lock of my door, I saw my own epitaph: SHE LIVED SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE."
Worse, the book feels emotionally false. No one reacts to Helen's disclosure of her crime by running to dial 911. Instead, their ruminations, and hers, make matricide sound like self-help therapy:
"Until today, I realized, it had been an innocent urge I carried inside me like a spleen, optional but always present, in some way part of the whole."
"You asked me yesterday if I ever thought of killing my father. Well, I did. I think a lot of people do. . . . They just aren't very honest about it. You actually went ahead and did it."
"My mom won't forgive you," he said. "She's turning very moralistic in her old age."
The literature of female trauma and dysfunction is a thriving genre, and Alice Sebold has written at least one classic in the field. Maybe she'll write another, but The Almost Moon isn't it.
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The Battle Against Cancer
By Mike Fletcher, Kokomo Tribune, Ind.
Jun. 21–As a nurse, Sherri Parish knew what cancer can do to a person.
She saw the sickness, the loss of hair and the agony on the faces of cancer patients.
But until she lived through it herself, she didn't fully realize the consequences.
"It scared me," the 47-year-old said of being diagnosed with breast cancer.
"I wondered what would happen to my kids and grandkids," she said. "The chemo made me deathly sick for days and days. Losing my hair was the hardest.
"I guess it was vanity," she said of not wanting to lose her hair.
"Being a nurse, I'd see cancer patients all the time. I felt for them, but I never really knew until it hit me what losing my hair would do. I would not go anywhere unless it was to a doctor's appointment. It was very rare for me going anywhere else."
Now, a cancer survivor, Parish is one of approximately 600 cancer survivors participating in the Relay for Life at Kokomo High School's Walter Cross Field to raise money and awareness for cancer victims.
In all, more than 4,000 visitors are expected to take part in the 24-hour Relay for Life event that concludes at 3 p.m. today.
"I'm looking forward to the walk," she said Friday prior to the Survivor Walk.
"I know I'll cry during the walk, but I know I'm a survivor. I went last year for a couple of hours. I didn't have any hair and was going through chemo."
Parish was diagnosed as having breast cancer April 11 last year.
"I found it myself while I was stretching," she said of a small bump of her breast. "I called my boss and ask her if she would feel it. She did and said I needed to get a mammogram.
"I went in to the radiologist and had an ultrasound. The next day I went to Dr. Whitten in Noblesville and he took it out and had [a biopsy]. Then I found out. I was diagnosed right before my birthday."
Parish said she went through 16 weeks of chemotherapy in Riverview Hospital in Indianapolis and 91/2 weeks of radiation through Dr. Steele at St. Joseph Hospital.
Now, her hair is growing back and she's cancer free.
"Without my daughters, I couldn't have done it," she said of Rachael, 27, and Lacey, 20.
"Rachael especially. She was with me a lot and took me back and forth to chemo. She sat with me during the chemo and when I was sick," she said. "My mom, Joyce, and my sister, Becky — they did a lot for me too. My mom took me to chemo and Becky did a lot of landscaping. I bought all these plants before I was diagnosed. I was too weak to do it. My sister did 99 percent of it."
Parish also thanked her cousin Sharon Coy for helping her through those bad times.
"I had to be with somebody through this and she completely took care of me. I don't know what I've done without her."
Through it all, Parish said the experience has changed her outlook on life.
"I can survive anything now," she said. "I am a strong woman. If it comes back again, I'll fight it again. I have too much to live for. I don't look forward to tomorrow. I live for today. It has changed me tremendously. With this and the death of my daughter [Brooke], I'm a completely different woman. I want to see my grandbabies graduate, get married and live their lives."
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At issue during the lengthy negotiations was the union's contention that terminal operators wanted to outsource future clerical jobs out of state and overseas — an allegation the shippers denied.Workers did make concessions on jobs:
Shippers said they wanted the flexibility not to fill jobs that were no longer needed as clerks quit or retired. They said they promised the current clerks lifetime employment.
During the strike, both sides said salaries, vacation, pensions and other benefits were not a major issue.
The union agreed to allow employers to eliminate 14 jobs over the next 3 1/2 years through attrition, stepping back from a long-held demand that every retiring worker be replaced by a new union employee. The employers had sought to eliminate a far larger number of positions.A fair day's wage
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- Citigroup is cutting 11,000 jobs.
- California Labor Commissioner Reaches $339,716 Settlement for Unpaid Wages at San Francisco Restaurants. The settlement covers 28 workers at Tsing Tao restaurant.
- My former boss, Karen Nussbaum, on new organizations for workers:
First, a boss is a boss. [...]
Conversely, a worker is a worker. [...]
Finally, all these workers, however they're classified, need to have freedom of association in all its forms, present and yet to be imagined. Why are we bound by a law that says the only way to have a voice on the job is to have a majority of the workers in your workplace vote for a union in the face of daunting management hostility? That's not a standard for workplace representation in any other industrialized nation. Why shouldn't workers be able to form small groups in their workplaces or citywide associations, say, of retail workers? Workers should be free to set standards for their work however they can: with their employer, with their industry, through private or public authorities.
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Test your knowledge of private school facts and trivia with these twenty-one questions and answers.
The Questions
The Questions
1. How many private schools are there in the U.S.A.?
2. How many boarding schools are there?
3. Which private school offers the most Advanced Placement courses?
4. Which private school is the most expensive?
5. Which private school did Bill Gates graduate from?
6. How many Montessori schools are there in the U.S.A?
7. Where did Reggio-Emilia schools get there name?
8. Who founded the movement which spawned the modern Waldorf schools?
9. Which is the oldest school in the U.S.A.?
10. What was Maria Montessori's degree in?
11. Who was the founder of what we now call the progressive schools movement?
12. What percentage of American students attend private school?
13. What is the name of the schools established by the last Hawaiian princess?
14. Which New England family founded Exeter and Andover?
15. Which Roman Catholic order established a network of prestigious high schools?
16. What grade does Fifth Form refer to?
17. How many Jewish schools are there in Brooklyn, New York?
18. What does the term crew refer to?
19. What is the oldest private school athletic league?
20. What is the name of the independent school association based in Washington, DC?
21. Which private school has the largest endowment?
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1. How many private schools are there in the U.S.A.?
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) does a survey of private schools every two years. Their most recent data from the 2011-2012 survey shows 30,861 schools, 4,494,845 students and 466,467 students in schools which are members. . .read more
We busy parents use bucket lists to keep ourselves organized. Honestly, I sometimes wonder how we could keep going without bucket lists. If you are thinking about private school for your chil, some of these items might just be on your bucket list too.
Identify 8-10 schools we like.
This is one of the fun parts of choosing a private school. Why? Because most private schools offer video tours both on their web sites and on their YouTube channels. While both web sites and videos are obviously edited carefully to make the best possible impression on you, they are terrific for giving you an overview of programs and the school community. Watch as many videos as you can. Review the academic and sports programs in detail. By casting the net a bit widely in the early stages of choosing a school, you can easily eliminate schools from consideration because they lack something you feel is essential for your child's education.
Visit 3-5 schools this summer and early fall.
Summer and early fall are really the best times to visit schools. Summer has its advantages and disadvantages. The major advantage is that school is not in session. That means you can expect to spend some time with the admissions staff who will have more time to allocate to you than, say, in November or December. Application deadlines are the end of January for many private schools. You can imagine the pressure the admissions team will be under as they. . .read more
It's 2014 and the game has changed- studying is no longer relegated to just pen and paper, but technology like mobile and online apps.Today, students can learn both in and out of the classroom better than ever before. Ubiquitous platforms like email, Gchat, and Skype have crossed the boundary from personal tools to media that provide practical means to complete academic work.
Brad Zomick, Content Manager at SkilledUp, says these changes have already become engrained in the education. Now, technology and apps are simply a way of life for matriculating students. "A virtual whiteboard is something that's becoming increasingly popular for teachers and students. You're able to access whiteboard notes from wherever you are. Textbooks, once a hallmark of high school and college students alike, are disappearing. Buying electronic textbooks is huge for students. Not only doesit cut down on costs, but it saves you from carrying around a heavy backpack all day."
Don't forget about online courses, from ultra-comprehensive providers like SkilledUp. "Now anyone can learn what they want through an online course. Some don't necessarily give you a degree at the end of it, but it does make you more valuable for employers. And, you get to learn something new!"
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I can remember those nagging thoughts we had as our children reached the toddler stage. What about pre-school? Where should we send her for kindergarten? What then? We were pretty ordinary middle class parents. We had good jobs. We would have to sacrifice to send our daughters to private school but we felt that the sacrifices would be worth it.
Fast forward from then to now or a span of approximately forty years. One daughter is an attorney with her own practice. The other is an academic head-hunter. Both did their undergraduate work in English language and literature. Both earned graduate degrees. I remain convinced that their private school educations gave both children the solid foundation which they needed to tackle progressively more difficult academic work.
The journey started with those nagging thoughts that our children deserved the very best possible educations we could give them. Both of us had superb educations at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Our children deserved nothing less. That was our thinking. That thinking drove our decisions about private school over the next fifteen years.
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Speak and teach a second language. Teachers who speak French, Spanish and Mandarin are much in demand in any school. Add a degree and certifications in those subjects to your credentials and you will be a 'hot' property!
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Mumbai, Oct 24 Actor Shiney Ahuja, accused of raping his domestic help, has sought legal action against Micramax Mobile for its recent commercial on maid servants that allegedly pokes fun at him, an aide said Monday.
Currently out on bail, Shiney has taken umbrage at the new ad by Micromax Mobile released this week in which two 'bais' (maids) allegedly poke fun at him.
According to his publicist, the advertisement -- said to have been made especially for the Diwali season -- has infuriated Shiney.
'Shiney has sent a legal notice to the mobile company as the advertisement amounts to willful character assassination,' his publicist Dale Bhagwagar told IANS.
Shiney was arrested June 2009 following charges of rape, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation levelled by his maid servant, and spent nearly five months in jail.
On March 30, he was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment by a Mumbai fast track court, which he challenged before the Bombay High Court.
'For the mobile company to air such a commercial influencing public opinion when Shiney's appeal is pending hearing is equivalent to contempt of court,' Bhagwagar added.
Shiney, who has worked in movies like 'Hazaaron Kwhaishein Aisi', 'Life In A Metro' and 'Gangster - A Love Story', is expected to make a comeback with releases like 'Ek Accident', 'Ghost' and 'Chaloo Movie'.
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malluangel, you contradict yourself, my friend. He was drunk, that is the start and end of the story. As I said before, salman's case=accident. And yet he got punished for it.. who told you he got away with it? Hello? Are you saying he should've been hung for the accident? Noone gets behind the wheel to kill people, he was drunk, he had to get home, he had to drive. He made a mistake, he shouldn't have been drinking and driving, but a lot of people do that, too bad he was unlucky that day. Yet he got punished by the court. Stop lying to yourself :)
Edited on:25 October 2011 at 3:03am
LOL is this the ad where the girls talk about how 'shiney' has gifted them mobiles and the bai says he gave me one too? LoL I chuckled when it first came on..
rather than article..the comments are most intersting to read
i am not a salman crazy fan girl but seriously! some people need to find other habits and time pass !! what has happened in past .. is gone now.. you or your 10000 words paragraphs on a website is not going to get salman or anyone else behind bars..
Let's not lie to ourselves. Being a fan of some star doesn't give you permission to leave your brains in the dumpster. It was plain and simple that Salman used his star power to get away with a crime. All the so called big stars do. Shiney was still a rising star when this accusation got slapped on him.
It's not up to me to decide whether or not Shiney's guilty, I can't logically do that. But Salman willingly got behind the wheel of a car while he was drunk. There's no excuse to that CHOICE that he MADE. And because of his choice, people are dead.
Noone cares, of course, because those people weren't important, right? Salman Khan just struts around singing songs and showing off his body and all of a sudden he can do no wrong.The man is a hypocrite. He got away with murder, now he walks around with Being Human trying to prove how great of a person he is. That would be called guilt.
If a normal man had been the one to get behind that wheel you can bet your life that he would be rotting in prison and not flying around the world shooting movies glorifying his so called "masculine appeal."
Like the people before me, I'm not saying Rape and Murder are the same thing, but at the same time, there's a difference between unintended murder during self defense and unintended murder after you make a stupid choice. Then, it's most definitely on you.
The acts by Salman and Shiney cant be compared.
Accidental deaths due to rash driving comes under Non-deliberate homicide( in IPC)
These are not considered as preplanned murder.So I think it will be irrelevant to use the word 'killing'
While rape is other sort of crime.
It is not under nondeliberate crimes.
According to me raping a girl is worse than killing a girl.(my POV)

WhileShiney returning to films is good, everyone needs a chance to repent on their mistakes. Everyone has the right to live and practise their profession.

I'm not here to defend any one or their respective crimes.
My intention behind the post was to say that both the crimes are incomparable.
Who ever had committed crimes deserves punishment
Edited on:24 October 2011 at 3:16pm
@Pia - Okay, but since you watch the show Maryaada you should know that raping is a BIG crime whether it is committed by a big star or a junior artiste
Stop it, know your facts before butting in about any other actor here. Shiney freaking raped a woman, he did it on purpose, rape can NEVER be accidental. On the other hand, your big mighty voice is claiming that salman khan killed somebody. Do you know the difference between ACCIDENT and MURDER? Why would Salman khan, or ANYONE, for that matter, kill a random person sitting on a pavement? (yep, thats the one who died) Plus injure two other random pedestrians in the process? And also run into a bakery? Excuse me, Miss Gupta, all that equates to an ACCIDENT. He didn't murder anybody. He didn't intend to hurt anybody. He was prolly drunk driving, as do many celebrities. THAT, was his mistake. He's not a freaking rapist like this guy up here. Stop condemning others when you don't know your facts well.
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Absolutely i agree with u . I also feel if he is really guilty then he should be punished ..same goes for SALMAN KHAN .. What i meant to say is just because SALMAN KHAN is bigger name so he can get away from law , but as Shiney is an outsider or rather not so big star .. I MEAN it should be equal and obviously Being a girl i feel rape is the worst thing for a girl
I am not a supporter of Salman or shiney bt PiaSenGupta u cannot at all compare the two acts. In my opinion they both deserve the same level of punishment! Its sick if anybody gets away with any of them.
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Director, The Methodology Center
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The Methodology Center
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Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1983 (Quantitative Psychology)
B.A., University of Connecticut, 1977 (Psychology)
Research Interests & Collaborators
I am interested in most aspects of research methods. Lately I have been most interested in experimental and non-experimental design, particularly for building, optimizing and evaluating behavioral interventions. I also have a long-standing interest in models for longitudinal data, particularly latent transition analysis, and other latent class models. I am working on two related projects to bring ideas from engineering to bear on optimization of behavioral interventions. My collaborators on these projects are Daniel E. Rivera (Arizona State University), Runze Li, Inbal Nahum-Shani (University of Michigan), John Dziak, and Susan Murphy. I also collaborate frequently with Stephanie Lanza on research related to latent class and latent transition analysis.
Recent Honors
2014: Named Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
2014: Elected as a Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
2014: Selected to give presentation at TEDxPSU
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Center for Prevention and Treatment Methodology
National Institute on Drug Abuse: P50 (Renewal)
2010-2015; Role: Principal Investigator
Engineering Effective Interventions for Tobacco Use: A Translational Laboratory
National Cancer Institute: P01
2014-2019; Role: Principal Investigator of Core (Center Directors: Michael Fiore and Timothy Baker, University of Wisconsin)
Opt-In: Optimizing Intensive Intervention for Weight Loss
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: R01
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Collins, L. M., Dziak, J. D., Kugler, K. C., & Trail, J. B. (2014). Factorial experiments: Efficient tools for evaluation of intervention components. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 47, 498-504.
Collins, L. M., Nahum-Shani, I., & Almirall, D. (2014). Optimization of behavioral dynamic treatment regimens based on the sequential, multiple assignment, randomized trial (SMART). Clinical Trials, 11. 426-434.
Collins, L., Trail, J., Kugler, K., Baker, T., Piper, M., & Mermelstein, R. (2014). Evaluating individual intervention components: Making decisions based on the results of a factorial screening experiment. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 4, 238-251.
Faggiano, F., Allara, E., Giannotta, F., Molinar, R., Sumnall, H., Wiers, R., Michie, S., Collins, L., & Conrod, P. (2014). Europe needs a central, transparent, and evidence-based approval process for behavioural prevention interventions. PLOS Medicine, 11(10), e1001740.
Pellegrini, C. A., Hoffman, S. A., Collins, L. M., & Spring, B. (2014). Optimization of remotely delivered intensive lifestyle treatment for obesity using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy: Opt-IN study protocol. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 38, 251-259.
Timms, K. P., Rivera, D. E., Collins, L. M., & Piper, M. E. (2014). Continuous-time system identification of a smoking cessation intervention. International Journal of Control, 87. 1423-1437
Timms, K. P., Rivera, D. E., Collins, L. M., & Piper, M. E. (2014). A dynamical systems approach to understand self-regulation in smoking cessation behavior change. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 16, S159-S168. PMCID: PMC3977628
Wyrick, D. L., Rulison, K. L., Fearnow -Kenney, M., Milroy, J. J., & Collins, L. M. (2014). Moving beyond the treatment package approach to developing behavioral interventions: Addressing questions that arose during an application of the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST). Translational Behavioral Medicine, 4, 252-259
Collins, L. M. (2013). Optimizing family interventions: The Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST). In McHale, S. McHale, P. Amato, P., & A. Booth, A. (Eds.). Emerging methods in family research. New York: Springer.
Collins, L. M., MacKinnon, D. P., & Reeve, B. (2013). Commentary: Some methodological considerations in theory-based health behavior research. Health Psychology, 32, 586-591. PMCID: PMC3832141
Lippold, M. A., Greenberg, M. T., & Collins, L. M. (2013). Youths' substance use and changes in parental knowledge-related behaviors during middle school: A person-oriented approach. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43, 729-744. PMCID: PMC3938985
Lippold, M. A., Greenberg, M. T., & Collins, L. M. (2013). Parental knowledge and youth risky behavior: A person oriented approach. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42. 1732-1744, PMCID: PMC3655137
Lanza, S. T., Bray, B. C., & Collins, L. M. (2013). An introduction to latent class and latent transition analysis. In J. A. Schinka, W. F. Velicer, & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of psychology (2nd ed.,Vol. 2, pp. 691-716). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Trail, J. B., Collins, L. M., Rivera, D. E., Li, R., Piper, M., & Baker, T. (2013). Functional data analysis for the system identification of behavioral processes. Psychological Methods, 19,175-187. PMCID: PMC4098896
Timms, K. P., Rivera, D. E., Collins, L. M., & Piper, M. E. (2013). Control systems engineering for understanding and optimizing smoking cessation interventions. Proceedings from the 2013 American Control Conference.


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Evad3rs Are Getting Closer to an iOS 7 Jailbreak
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Planetbeing has tweeted to inform followers that the evad3rs are still working hard on the jailbreak of iOS 7 and may now have all the pieces necessary.
We're still working hard on the jailbreak. May have all the pieces at this point (but not certain yet).
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CrYsTaLpHeR - October 13, 2013 at 8:21pm
Waiting for all the new devices to be put out on the market. Then they will release the jailbreak. Have a Pleasant Day
Hilary - October 6, 2013 at 2:33am
Nooboveg ?? Ios are free what are u talking about sells ?
nogoodev - October 4, 2013 at 7:14pm
Bull shit they just want iPhone to sell more always when apple release new hardware the magically find jailbreak been waiting for 6.1.3 untether for ever.
Mark - October 5, 2013 at 7:22pm
They are not going to bother on iOS 6.1.3 cause the exploits they used on iOS 6.1.2 and lower has been patched by apple, making another jailbreak on iOS 6.1.3 will cause them a lot of time again, that's just too much work. That means if you want to keep your jailbreak, they don't expect you to update to 6.1.3/4.
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If they did that, they could burn through exploits that aren't yet patched in iOS 7. Why kill potential exploits that they could use down the road on an incremental update that brings nothing to the table over 6.1.2.....?
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NASA unveiled a set of fascinating color maps of some of Saturn's biggest icy moons, improving on a previous set of images captured by the Voyager spacecrafts decades ago.
Back in 2000, Cassini took a rare shot of Jupiter from directly underneath the Giant Planet's south pole -- red spot and all.
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I do. It's called Doctor Who. Be it wrapped in a TARDIS, a Battlestar, a starship... it's still soap opera when it comes down to it.
Oh, you meant soap opera in a derisive term? That it's cheap, and poorly acted, with arch characters... so, you mean classic Doctor Who?
Sci Fi fans don't want to admit it, but their shows are/can be just as soapy as Dallas or Scandal. Sci Fi fans want to think they are above the fray... But, no. They want their reversals, their surprises, their hot chicks, their twists, the hero with snappy one liners.
When it works, we don't care that it's soap opera, because we are engaged. It's when it feels cheap, then we sneer at something calling it soap opera.
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When I first saw Captain America: Winter Soldier shortly after it premiered in theaters, I was in awe. It was easily the best Marvel movie I had ever seen. He had always been my favorite superhero, with his adventurous story, his good character, his quick thinking, and of course, his amazing shield.
Having known of Instructables for years now, I've seen the amazing tutorials you all have made. So for a while now I have been brainstorming to create something better than I have ever made before, something... super. That's when it hit me: The Shield. I've heard about and even talked to many people who would love to own a legitimate replica of the famous shield. But there is also a certain satisfaction that comes from building something yourself. So I went to work, and after months of sketching, measuring, planning and building, this Instructable is ready to be shared. I have designed the handles in a way that not only can you use them how you normally would hold handles, but so that you can magnetically pull the handles from the shield to convert them into shoulder straps, and wear the shield on your back as well.
So for those reading, thank you! I hope you enjoy. And to those of you who decide to make your own shield, I hope you have a super time!
Let's get started!
While Cap's shield is as beautiful as a new penny, for me (probably because I'm a teenager) it also cost a pretty penny to make. Your journey will likely take a lot of searching for specific parts, and also a lot of waiting for them to be delivered in the mail. I know I did myself. That being said, here is everything that you should need and how much it cost me:
- MH Saucer Sled ($32)
- Rust-oleum metalic paint in colors: Cobalt Blue, Silver, and Apple Red ($23-$25)
- Rust-oleum paint primer ($7)
- Two 44" tan leather belts ($20)
- Four 1.5" D-rings ($7)
- At least ten 3/4" neodymium disk magnets ($10)
- Superglue ($3-$15)
- General purpose repair putty ($5)
- About 5' of 1.25" x 1/16" weldable steel ($12)
- Eight 1/4" cable tie clamps ($8)
- Eight 1 1/2" rectangle rings ($9)
- Tiny furniture nails ($2)
- Small self-drilling screws ($3)
- Eight relatively small nuts and bolts ($1.50)
- Drill
- Small drill bits
- Dremel
- Cutting wheel dremel bit
- Small abrasive engraving Dremel bit
- 800 and 150 grit sandpapers
- Painters tape
- Sharp cutting blade
- Palm sander
- Tape measure
Side note: Yes, the sled is made of plastic. However this is not your ordinary plastic, it is as smooth as metal, and much more light and durable. When finished, it will look and feel like metal as well.
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