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Video: Greatest Generation Remembers Pearl Harbor And After
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - More than 2,000 people gathered at Pearl Harbor on Friday to mark the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launched the United States into World War II.
The crew of a Navy guided-missile destroyer will stand on deck while the ship passes the USS Arizona, a battleship that still lies in the harbor where it sank. Hawaii Air National Guard aircraft will fly overhead.
The Navy and National Park Service are hosting the ceremonies, which are being held in remembrance of the 2,390 service members and 49 civilians killed in the attack.
President Barack Obama marked the day on Thursday by issuing a presidential proclamation, calling for flags to fly at half-staff on Friday and asking all Americans to observe the day of remembrance and honor military service members and veterans.
"Today, we pay solemn tribute to America's sons and daughters who made the ultimate sacrifice at Oahu," Obama said in a statement. "As we do, let us also reaffirm that their legacy will always burn bright - whether in the memory of those who knew them, the spirit of service that guides our men and women in uniform today, or the heart of the country they kept strong and free."
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guess this thread is obsolete for weapon runs, since qlranks.com has a leaderboard for vql and pql weap runs.
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have both on demo, but cbf cutting and posting since i think both are beatable fairly easily.
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News about Mark Morris, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jun. 27, 2015
Brian Seibert reviews premiere of Mark Morris piece The, performed by the Mark Morris Dance Group at Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Mass, as part of opening of center's 75th anniversary season. MORE
Jun. 5, 2015
Alastair Macaulay reviews premiere of Mark Morris ballet The Letter V, performed by the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center. MORE
Apr. 25, 2015
Alastair Macaulay reviews dance program by choreographer Mark Morris, including New York premiere of piece Spring, Spring, Spring, performed by Mark Morris Dance Group at Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE
Apr. 24, 2015
Alastair Macaulay reviews opening program of Mark Morris Dance Group's five-performance season, featuring two premieres of dance pieces by Mark Morris, at Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE
Mar. 26, 2015
Alastair Macaulay Critic's Notebook praises television film of Mark Morris' dance staging of Handel oratorio L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moerato, presented by PBS as part of Great Performances series; observes that film, directed by Vincent Bataillon, captures excellent performance of the extraordinary work at Madrid's Teatro Real. MORE
Feb. 22, 2015
Mark Morris Dance Group will perform New York premiere of Mark Morris 2013 work Spring, Spring, Spring at Brooklyn Academy of Music in April. MORE
Dec. 27, 2014
Several prominent choreographers, including Mark Morris, speak out against elimination of all dance programming at Belgium's Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, which is known as source of many cutting-edge music and dance productions. MORE
Oct. 10, 2014
Alastair Macaulay reviews premiere of Mark Morris work performed by his troupe at City Center as part of Fall for Dance Festival. MORE
May. 18, 2014
Choreographers Mark Morris, Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon are staging new, important, mold-breaking, all-evening works from challenging sources; ballets are at forefront of trend that may be sea change in full-length dance-theater productions. MORE
Apr. 29, 2014
Alastair Macaulay reviews premiere of Mark Morris dance piece Acis and Galatea, performed by Mark Morris Dance Group, at Zellerbach Hall at University of California, Berkeley. MORE
Oct. 19, 2013
Brian Seibert reviews dance concert, featuring New York premieres of works by Alexei Ratmansky and Mark Morris, performed by San Francisco Ballet at David H Koch Theater. MORE
Sep. 8, 2013
Frederick Ashton's repertoire at Sarasota Ballet, Twyla Tharp triple bill at Pacific Northwest Ballet, and choreographers Justin Peck and Mark Morris are some of highlights to watch for in coming dance season. MORE
Aug. 2, 2013
Alastair Macaulay reviews two dance dramas, including one premiere, staged by Mark Morris and performed at Tanglewood Music Festival. MORE
Jul. 31, 2013
Zachary Woolfe notes stylistic changes made by choreographer and director Mark Morris to Benjamin Britten's Curlew River; new staging for Tanglewood Music Festival ignores exacting production notes made by Britten and original director Colin Graham in hopes of achieving more modern and natural feel. MORE
Jun. 17, 2013
Alastair Macaulay reviews Mark Morris dance piece performed to rendition of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring performed by Bad Plus jazz trio, as part of Ojai Festival in Berkeley, Calif. MORE
Apr. 5, 2013
Alastair Macaulay reviews premieres of several dance works choreographed by Mark Morris and performed by Mark Morris Dance Group at Mark Morris Dance Center. MORE
Feb. 24, 2013
Alastair Macaulay observes that performances by dancer Lil Buck and new work by choreographers Christopher Wheeldon, Paul Taylor and Mark Morris are among highlights of 2013 spring dance season in New York. MORE
Nov. 6, 2012
Alastair Macaulay reviews dance concert performed by Pacific Northwest Ballet, featuring world premieres by Andrew Bartee, Margaret Mullin, Kiyon Gaines and Mark Morris, at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle. MORE
Aug. 24, 2012
Alastair Macaulay reviews choreographer Mark Morris's interpretation of Purcell opera Dido and Aeneas, with the title roles danced by Amber Star Merkens, at the Rose Theater at Lincoln Center; performance is part of the Mostly Mozart Festival. MORE
Jun. 22, 2012
Alastair Macaulay is excited about the Mark Morris dance production of Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas at the Lincoln Center Festival. MORE
Jun. 17, 2012
Mark Morris, choreographer and artistic director of the Mark Morris Dance Group, describes his typical Sunday routine. MORE
Mar. 3, 2012
Gia Kourlas reviews dance works by choreographer Mark Morris, including premiere of his piece A Choral Fantasy, performed by the Mark Morris Dance Group at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE
Jan. 29, 2012
Choreographers Mark Morris and Alexei Ratmansky are revitalizing ballet, dispelling the oft-cited pronouncement that the art form is dead. MORE
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Highlights From the Archive
O Romeo, Romeo, Wilst Thou Smile at This Finale?
Mark Morris's take on "Romeo and Juliet" uses a newly discovered score by Prokofiev that gives surprising life to Shakespeare's doomed young lovers.June 29, 2008 artsNews
Knights in Shining T-Shirts
Mark Morris's unabashedly fanciful production of Purcell's "King Arthur," at the New York City Opera, offers audiences a chance to bask in the music.March 7, 2008 artsReview
A Dance Man's Pad, Well Choreographed
Mark Morris, the choreographer and dance impresario, 48, lives in a 950-square-foot one-bedroom apartment in the East 20's, approximately four and a half miles and one bridge from his home away from home: the five-story Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn.October 31, 2004 magazineInterview
Mark Morris Dance Center Adds Luster To Brooklyn
The official opening was not scheduled until this week, but the dazzling new Mark Morris Dance Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, is already up and running.September 12, 2001 artsNews
Sunday, July 9, 1995; Questions For: Mark Morris
Q: Can grace be taught? A: Yes, absolutely.July 9, 1995 magazineNews
A Bad Boy of Dance Scampers Off to Brooklyn
Astonishingly big goblets of the house beer at the Brasserie Lipp are called serieux, and Mark Morris has knocked back two of them while reflecting on his new ballet for the Paris Opera company.June 20, 1990 artsNews
Review: American Ballet Theater in Mark Morris's Take on Manners
The choreographer's new work, "After You," had its world premiere on Friday, at the Bard College Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.
October 12, 2015, Monday
MORE ON MARK MORRIS AND: American Ballet Theater , Morris, Mark , Dancing , Bard College , After You (Ballet)
National Museum of Dance to Honor Mark Morris, Nureyev and Chita Rivera
The museum will induct Mr. Morris and Nureyev into its hall of fame and will recognize Ms. Rivera with a lifetime achievement award.
August 5, 2015, Wednesday
MORE ON MARK MORRIS AND: Morris, Mark , Nureyev, Rudolf , Rivera, Chita , National Museum of Dance , Dancing
American Ballet Theater Fall Season Includes Mark Morris Premiere
A new work by Mark Morris and company premieres of Ashton's "Monotones I and II" and Balanchine's "Valse-Fantaisie" are highlights of the fall season.
July 8, 2015, Wednesday
MORE ON MARK MORRIS AND: Ashton, Frederick , Balanchine, George , Morris, Mark , Taylor, Paul , Tharp, Twyla , American Ballet Theater , Dancing
Review: Mark Morris Conducts at Tanglewood, and Offers a Debut
Mr. Morris's company introduced a work titled "The," set to one of Bach's "Brandenburg" Concertos.
June 27, 2015, Saturday
MORE ON MARK MORRIS AND: Dancing , Morris, Mark , Tanglewood Music Center , Lenox (Mass) , Morris, Mark, Dance Group
Review: Mark Morris and Haydn Join to Brighten Houston Ballet Program
The premiere of Mr. Morris's "The Letter V" was part of a triple bill with the work of two other choreographers.
June 5, 2015, Friday
MORE ON MARK MORRIS AND: Dancing , Morris, Mark , Classical Music , Haydn, Franz Joseph , Houston Ballet
Review: Mark Morris and Haydn Join to Brighten Houston Ballet Program
The premiere of Mr. Morris's "The Letter V" was part of a triple bill with the work of two other choreographers.
June 4, 2015, Thursday
MORE ON MARK MORRIS AND: Dancing , Houston Ballet , Morris, Mark
Review: Mark Morris Dance Group at Brooklyn Academy of Music
Mark Morris Dance Group's program at the Howard Gilman Opera House includes "Crosswalk" and "Spring Spring Spring."
April 25, 2015, Saturday
MORE ON MARK MORRIS AND: Dancing , Morris, Mark , Brooklyn Academy of Music , Morris, Mark, Dance Group
Review: Mark Morris Dance Performs 'Whelm' and 'Words' at BAM
Mr. Morris's company brought his marvelously eclectic creativity to this short run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
April 24, 2015, Friday
MORE ON MARK MORRIS AND: Dancing , Morris, Mark , Brooklyn Academy of Music , Morris, Mark, Dance Group
Mark Morris's 'Spring, Spring, Spring' Heads to Brooklyn Academy of Music
Mark Morris's busy ensemble, which traveled to Southeast Asia last year, heads to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a five-night run.
April 12, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON MARK MORRIS AND: Dancing , Morris, Mark
Mark Morris's Transcendent 'L'Allegro,' Captured on Film for PBS
"Great Performances" presents the choreographer's 1988 classic "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato," danced by his company at the Teatro del Real in Madrid.
March 26, 2015, Thursday
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The Role of Family Functioning in Adaptation to Being a Caregiver of an Individual With Rett Syndrome
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- Rett syndrome (RS) is a panethnic (affecting all ethnicities) neurodevelopmental (impairment of the growth and development of the brain) disorder affecting primarily females. RS is characterized by the loss of intellectual functioning, fine and gross motor skills, and communicative abilities after a period of seemingly normal development.
- Caregivers of individuals with RS face many psychosocial challenges. The stressors can be grouped into the following six categories: emotional difficulties, health-related stressors, uncertainty about their daughter s illness, rejection by their social environment, lack of available or competent experts, and unfavorable comparison with healthy children.
- Researchers are making a significant contribution to the adaptation literature with a focus on family functioning and to the little psychosocial research that exists on families with RS.
- Researchers hope to narrow down the most important areas on which to focus for intervention strategies in families with RS.
- To describe family functioning, perceived illness burden, self-efficacy, types of coping methods, and adaptation in caregivers of individuals with RS to examine the relationships between these variables and the outcomes of family functioning and adaptation.
- To examine the extent to which appraisals of being a caregiver of an individual with RS and methods of coping are associated with family functioning.
- To examine the extent to which appraisals of being a caregiver of an individual with RS, methods of coping, and family functioning are associated with caregiver adaptation.
- Eligibility is based on answering yes to the following three questions: Are you 18 years old or older? Are you the caregiver of a child diagnosed with Rett Syndrome? and Does the child with Rett Syndrome currently reside in your home with you?
- Participants in this cross-sectional research design will answer a quantitative survey that includes some open-ended questions. The cross-sectional study involves a one-time self-administered questionnaire that takes approximately 20 to 30 minutes to complete.
- The survey will be available in paper and electronic versions and includes demographics questions, measures of perceived illness burden, parental self-efficacy, coping methods, family functioning, and adaptation. Participants also will answer open-ended questions related to the individual s diagnosis.
- Participants may withdraw from the study at any point up until submission of the survey and may skip any question.
- Participants who experience psychological distress as a result of taking the survey are advised to contact the researcher. Study coordinators at the various clinics from which participants will be recruited will be notified of the possibility of adverse events and instructed to direct any members who experience distress to the appropriate professional services.
- Participants will receive a small financial compensation for completing the survey.
Rett Syndrome
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|The Role of Family Functioning in Adaptation to Being a Caregiver of an Individual With Rett Syndrome
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This study aims to investigate the predictors of family functioning and adaptation in caregivers of individuals with Rett Syndrome (RS), a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting primarily females. After an apparently normal prenatal and postnatal period of development, individuals with RS lose intellectual functioning, fine and gross motor skills including purposeful hand use, and communicative abilities. Individuals with RS also experience a host of other medical problems including seizures and respiratory dysfunction. Prior research demonstrates that caregivers of individuals with RS experience more stress than normative samples and that family functioning plays a role in maternal mental health. However, there is much that is not understood about how cognitive appraisals (thoughts that assess the circumstances), coping methods, and family functioning are related to caregiver adaptation in this population. This study is based on Thompson and colleagues Transactional Stress and Coping Model which conceptualizes family functioning and adaptation to being a caregiver of an individual with RS. A cross-sectional research design using quantitative methodology will explore the relationships between perceived illness burden, self-efficacy, coping methods, family functioning and adaptation. In addition, an open-ended section will be included to qualitatively describe the role of family relationships on the caregivers perception of their ability to care for their child with RS. Caregivers of individuals with RS will be recruited through an international RS organization, a national RS educational meeting, and several national RS clinics. Eligible participants will be able to complete a paper or online version of the survey.
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|18 Years and older
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- The study population will consist of men and women ages 18 or older who are the primary caregivers of a child with Rett Syndrome.
- The parent may be a biological or adoptive parent or other primary caregiver and the child must reside with the primary caregiver.
- Individuals of all ethnic, religious, socioeconomic, and educational backgrounds and from a variety of geographic locations in the United States will be included.
-Participants must be able to read and write in English, as it is essential for the researchers to be able to understand participants responses.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00891956
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|University of Alabama
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States
|United States, Maryland
|Kennedy Krieger Institute
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
|United States, Texas
|Baylor College of Medicine
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|Barbara B Biesecker
|National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
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|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) )
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|NCT00891956 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|April 30, 2009
|Last Updated:
|January 24, 2015
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|United States: Federal Government
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Rett Syndrome
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Rett Syndrome
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Diseases, X-Linked
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Intellectual Disability
Mental Retardation, X-Linked
Nervous System Diseases
Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurologic Manifestations
Pathologic Processes
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HAMBURG, N.Y. - Residents who have lived in a suburban community in Hamburg for decades are upset over a proposed plan to build a huge housing project in their neighborhood.
Some residents are even coming together to stop the project. As one small sign of solidarity, homeowners have created a mass email system so all homeowners know what's happening with the project with constant updates.
"We feel like under siege," said JoAnn Greiner, who has lived here on Heatherwood Drive in Hamburg for 14 years, along with many other long-time residents. Many have had to pay for the lots behind their homes, which bring them peace and nature. The housing project that's under consideration could ruin one of the benefits of living here.
"It will increase the traffic. It makes it dangerous. You can barely pull off Howard Road onto Camp without waiting five minutes," said Greiner.
But between these roads, a developer wants to put a huge 11-building residential community on 10 acres of land. It would be called Howard Greens. 66 units would be created and a new street would be made, so the town homes can be built.
If the project's approved by the town board, traffic could spike. On traffic congestion, the developer says no major issues will arise.
Before any construction could begin, the company, Boston State Holding Company, based in Blasdell, needs the board to rezone the land so the estimated $6 million project can be approved. Right now, the land is zoned for duplex apartments.
"I can appreciate what they're saying because the proximity of this project to some of the residents will be close to them, but there's projects like this in the area," said Joe Russo, a developer for the company.
Meantime, many of the same residents have been pressuring the town board not to approve the plan. Residents add that there's plenty of other vacant properties that's available. The developer promises it won't touch any of the woodlands that attracted these owners to their property in the first place.
"We've done our due diligence, we've done market studies on this and we've found that there's a need for something like this," said Russo.
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The units will be geared to seniors and professionals. Boston State Holding would like to begin construction this summer.


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Steven M. Badlam retires from the Ogdensburg Fire Department as chief on Feb. 5, capping a 29-year career in firefighting that, to hear him tell it, went according to plan from the day he joined the department in January 1984.
Mr. Badlam was named captain of the fire department in June 1989 and assistant chief in April 1996. He made chief in August 2007.
I came on with the department wanting to be chief, Mr. Badlam, 58, said Tuesday. That was my goal.
Goal accomplished, it is time to move on.
I feel it is in the best interests of my family, said Mr. Badlam, who is the fire departments 12th chief.
Mr. Badlam will not be specific about his post-retirement plans other than the certainty of not being idle.
Im keeping my options open, he said. Something in emergency services, possibly.
Mr. Badlam said the scope and the responsibilities of the fire department - now with 28 firefighters and a $2.85 million budget - have evolved since he joined.
Thirty years ago, for instance, emergencies related to hazardous materials werent commonplace and the means to deal with them was technologically modest at best.
Not anymore, as hazmat training sessions are a regular occurrence at the Ford Street firehouse.
A lot more technology has been developed, Mr. Badlam said.
Basic firefighting equipment has also improved, most notably the firefighters signature air masks and back-strapped tanks. Today, they are lighter, yet sturdier and more efficient.
Mr. Badlam cannot say the same about their heavier, bulkier predecessors.
It was a pain to deal with, he said.
Modern technology and increased efficiency can also be found in the fire departments motor pool and, as Mr. Badlam sees it, this has been a mixed blessing. Opening valves to release water from pumper trucks was once a manual process, strictly a hands-on application.
Nowadays, the valves are opened by electronic sensors. But sometimes, it doesnt work at first.
With advanced technology comes advanced glitches, Mr. Badlam said.
Mr. Badlam gives high marks to City Hall department heads for their cooperation, but especially to his fellow firefighters.
These men are truly dedicated, he said.
Mr. Badlam and his wife, Ruthann J., have three daughters, Jessica B., 27, Emily R., 24, and Aubrey L., 20.
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At the same time, Suunto's online sports community Movescount.com, which hosts the App Zone, will also be updated to offer a new look and feel, providing more possibilities for in-depth analysis and sharing.
Since the launch of the App Zone in November 2012, Ambit users have created over 5,000 Apps for their watches, and more are created every day, allowing the Ambit to evolve with users' needs. The Apps range from a 'Fat Burner' App that lets you train in your optimal fat-burning zone to an 'Oxygen Level' App that displays the percentage of O2 in the air at a given altitude to help mountaineers acclimatize.
Suunto has also created their own Apps. These include, for example, 'Marathon Time' which lets you see your estimated finish time while you run, 'Current Incline' which displays the steepness of a climb and an App that tells you how many slopes you've skied at the end of a day.
The App Zone upgrade, scheduled for the end of April, will give users the opportunity to create and share more advanced Apps. A new code editor will let users modify Apps more freely: conditional statements will become available, as well as the chance to log the App result for analysis in Movescount.
At the same time, Movescount.com will be upgraded to offer members new tools for getting the most out of their sports, including enhanced navigation, a new visual style and improved opportunities for sharing and reliving their favorite sporting moments.
Comments Suunto Head of Digital Services Janne Kallio: "The new capabilities of the App Zone truly bring power to consumers. Now, only your imagination is the limit on what the Ambit can do with Apps. Movescount.com will also see the biggest update since its launch in 2010. We are implementing many of the things our users have been asking for to ensure a great experience when viewing and analysing your sports activities."
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This season, Jacobs drew inspiration from Cindy Sherman's Clown Series, striking images in which the photographer posed as elaborately made-up clowns. Sherman's psychedelic backgrounds and the clowns' oversized, mismatched costumes inform many of Jacobs' looks, like dresses worn over floor-skimming palazzo pants or clashing polka dots and plaid. The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band era also lends its vibrancy to the designer's profusion of prints--fields of flowers, blown-up butterflies, metallic stripes--and punchy primary shades from a rich,'70s-inspired palette. These unquestionably electrifying influences might overwhelm another designer, but once processed through Jacobs' inimitable filter, the results are not only desirable, but incredibly wearable too.-Tiffany Tse


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I'm not advocating using deadly and highly addictive methamphetamine as a flu fighter, but some doctors may one day.
That's because researchers in Taiwan report that methamphetamine exhibits flu-fighting qualities. Now, they're trying to break down the ingredients to determine which one(s) are responsible in the hope that doctors can begin prescribing them to fight flu symptoms.
Depending on who's making it, methamphetamine contains ingredients like drain opener, brake fluid, sodium hydroxide, ether, hydrochloric acid, lighter fluid, lye, red phosphorus and ammonium nitrate. Many of these ingredients are so toxic that hazmat teams are called in to clean up meth labs when they are discovered.
The meth-as-a-flu-fighter research was reported in the journal PLoS One. The report states: "We report the first evidence that meth significantly reduces, rather than increases, virus propagation and the susceptibility to influenza infection."
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What's the story on Tablet PC's? I know MS has a special "Tablet OS" for these babies, and Lycoris has its own "Tablet edition." I just read the other day that someone's been working on "Tabiword" which is Abiword for the Tablet PC. From what I understand, Tablets are standard hardware, no? Would I be able to install regular distros on these things?
What I'm specifically trying to ask is, would it be possible to pick up one of ElementComputer's $1000 Linux tablets, and wipe Lycoris and throw on Fedora instead?
See, I *really* don't like the look of the Lycoris desktop, and I'm would be using this thing primarily for development and office needs. I'm afraid Lycoris' offerings fall dismally short in the area of Office, even with their "Productivity Pack" (OpenOffice 1.0.3). I'd probably need OpenOffice, and would probably prefer Abiword/Gnumeric. As for desktops, well I just plain prefer Gnome.
So does anyone know if this is possible? Fedora on a tablet would be SLICK.
EDIT: I'm also considering the following: http://www.elementcomputer.com/store...products_id=34
$799 Laptop...can't beat that. Same question applies, however. Any word on how other distros run on these babies?
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Elmhurst, IL -- The Beloit College Women's Basketball team could never find their shooting touch in an 88-58 non-conference loss at Elmhurst College on Saturday afternoon, the final game of the 2012 portion of their '12-13 schedule.
The Bluejays came out hot, scoring the first 13 points of the game to put Beloit in a big hole early. They got their biggest lead of the half with 1:03 remaining at 43-17 before taking a 45-21 advantage to the lockerroom.
The Bucs responded in the first seven minutes of the second half with a 14-4 run to cut the deficit to 16 at 49-35. But EC took control from that point, gradually building their lead with what ended as a 26-10 run over nine minutes to lead 75-45 with 4:55 remaining. Beloit got no closer than 18 points with 8:32 left.
A major issue in the loss was 16.7% shooting from the field in the opening half and 27.6% for the game while misfiring on all 11 of their three-point attempts.
Lana Wieseman led the Buccaneers with 21 points while Lauren McNanna had 14. Kandace Fox had a double-double with ten points and ten rebounds.
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As we noted last time in Gold Defying Expectations…and Gravity, we've seen gold and U.S. stocks marching in lockstep, in perfect opposition to the moves of the dollar.
So why does a weaker dollar translate to strength in gold and equities? Because, on balance, a weaker dollar is a lubricant for a U.S. economy saddled with debt and low growth. It eats away at debts; it helps boost trade, and generally makes for a more ebullient economic environment.
But I believe that one of the primary reasons behind this relationship has escaped most analysts. Namely, the fact that economic growth will help burst open the dam holding back enormous U.S. bank reserves.
Investors are watching closely for any signs of an economic recovery because such a recovery could unlock the U.S. credit market… and unleash a flood of liquidity that—so far—remains safely dammed.
U.S. bank excess reserves have skyrocketed to truly unprecedented levels. (Essentially, excess bank reserves are reserves on deposit with the Fed over and above what the bank needs to meet its reserve requirements.)
Now, these reserves don't impact the money supply—as long as they aren't loaned out by the banks and thereby put into commerce. And these funds by and large have not yet been put into commerce, and therefore have had no effect on the supply of money or the prices of goods and services.
That may not last for long, however, as economic growth in the U.S. would, eventually, lead banks that are now risk-averse to begin lending. This, in turn, could quickly burst the dam holding back the enormous excess reserves of the U.S. banking system.
Some argue that the Fed's newly gained power to pay interest on banks' reserves will forestall any unwanted increase in lending. In practice, however, this will have little effect, unless the Fed is willing to pay interest at rates far above the Fed funds target rate.
As Frank Shostak, chief economist of M.F. Global, notes, "We… suggest that paying interest on bank reserves is not going to stop banks from expanding credit… After all, there are always opportunities to lend money at much higher interest rates than the federal-funds rate.
"We can thus conclude that the massive increase in banks' excess reserves is a potential threat for an explosive credit creation some time in the future. Contrary to popular thinking, we suggest that the new setup, which gives the Fed total freedom to pump money, can only destabilize the financial system and the economy."
Of course, this isn't the last word. Only time will tell how we exit the precarious monetary situation that the crisis, and the Fed's response to it, have created.
But those who argue that the Fed will be able to mop up the massive liquidity they've poured onto the economy ignore the fact that this institution, and governments in general, have never been able to escape from a monetary expansion without significant inflationary after-effects.
And because the Fed is now treading new ground in many ways, they cannot rely on past experiences to clearly guide them.
If we pull back from the economic intricacies and simply look at the big picture, does it seem remotely feasible that the U.S. and the world can employ such monetary and debt expansion without considerable inflationary consequences?
While I have many reasons to be doubtful that we'll see 70s-era price inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), I am absolutely confident that we will see price inflation in commodities and other assets.
And that will be good news for investors in gold and resource stocks.
Fed Admits Hiding Gold Swap Arrangements
Our friends at the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) have scored another huge coup. In response to a freedom-of-information (FOI) request, the Fed has essentially admitted that it has gold swap agreements with foreign banks that it doesn't want publically acknowledged.
GATA had requested from the Fed any information or correspondence on gold swaps, which are transactions in which monetary gold is temporarily exchanged between central banks or between central banks and bullion banks.
But GATA's request was denied, and the organization's appeal was answered by a Sept. 17 letter from Federal Reserve Board member Kevin M. Warsh, who was formerly a member of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets.
Warsh wrote that, "In connection with your appeal, I have confirmed that the information withheld under Exemption 4 consists of confidential commercial or financial information relating to the operations of the Federal Reserve Banks that was obtained within the meaning of Exemption 4. This includes information relating to swap arrangements with foreign banks on behalf of the Federal Reserve System and is not the type of information that is customarily disclosed to the public. This information was properly withheld from you."
As GATA secretary and cofounder Chris Powell notes, "The disclosure contradicts denials provided by the Fed to GATA in 2001 and suggests that the Fed is indeed very much involved in the surreptitious international central bank manipulation of the gold price particularly and the currency markets generally."
GATA has the right to further appeal through the legal system, and plans to do exactly that. A federal lawsuit will be quite expensive, but well worth it for gold investors who need market transparency to unlock gold's true value in today's uncertain world.
As you may know, I've never been a big believer in day-to-day manipulation of the gold market by the "powers that be." But I do believe that governments have and are acting over the long term to keep gold in chains. They've done it before, both covertly and openly. And they currently manipulate every other investment market. So why wouldn't they also do it in gold, the very measuring gauge of their performance?
So I urge all serious gold and resource stock investors to help GATA out. It's not just their cause—it's a cause for all of us. GATA is recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a nonprofit educational and civil rights organization and contributions to it are federally tax-exempt in the United States.
Just as important, you can help by bringing this issue to the attention of news organizations and other investors. With the U.S. dollar at a crucial turning point, and with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other official organs needing to keep the gold price suppressed, it has never been more important to make the gold market open, transparent and honest again. To learn more about GATA, this issue and how to donate, visit www.gata.org.
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