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Foul play? Yates in controversy again
Carla Swank
Earlier this season, Houston (Texas) Yates earned national headlines - and some national condemnation - when it scored 100 points in the first half on the way to a 170-35 victory.
Earlier this week, some questioned whether Yates showed unsportsmanlike behavior when it seemingly tried to get 100 points in a game.
The scrutiny never stops when you're the No. 1 team in the RivalsHigh Top 100 boys basketball rankings - and don't mind putting up a lot of points. Here's how the latest episode went down.
Was it an attempt to extend the game and get more possessions to reach 100 points for an eighth-straight game (which would have tied the state record)?
Yates head coach Greg Wise said, 'No.'
"We purposely fouled for practice into the playoffs," he said. "I told the guys that this game is the best possible practice for this week for the playoffs later on.
"We had some guys do some other things too with the trap and steal or foul and put them on the line. So, down the road, when we get to the end of a close game, we're not trying to foul on purpose but trying to get the steal."
Westbury did not return repeated phone calls seeking comment.
Wise, however, did. And he does have a point. Yates has only had one tight game all season - a 97-96 victory over No. 8 Philadelphia (Pa.) Neumann-Goretti. And only three of its 17 wins have been decided by single-digits.
As for the state-record streak?
"We didn't even know about the record until someone told us about it," he said.
Wise laughed at the idea of reaching 100. He said his senior-dominated team that has won 43 straight games over two seasons could have reached the century mark a few more times if it really wanted to.
Last year: "We had at least 10 or 15 games last season where we scored 90 and could have scored 100."
This year: "In the first game in the Alabama tournament (an 82-62 win), we could have scored 100 at that game. We were trying to keep some guys fresh for later games in the tournament."
Against Westbury: "We didn't start our leading scorer. (Joseph Young, who Wise said is averaging 28.5 ppg, didn't see playing time until the second quarter.) The kids weren't worried about not scoring."
Wise isn't worried about his point totals - or what others think of him and his team.
"Our goals at the beginning of the year were to try to go undefeated, win the state title, and be the best team in the country," he said.
To do that, Wise said, his team needs to play every game like it's a two-point game.
"I tell my guys to play until the end,'' he said. "If we slow up at halftime, we won't be ready to play a full game later.
"Come playoff time, they'll realize what we're doing. Playing half a game doesn't help us into the playoffs."
Though it may bring a few more wins in the court of public opinion.
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Ryan Stevenson seals comeback victory for Partick Thistle over Inverness
Partick Thistle fought back from behind to claim all three points against Inverness and move further away from the bottom of the Ladbrokes Premiership.
It was the Highlanders who enjoyed the best possible start to the game when Miles Storey fired them into the lead early on.
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This is a lovely country house hotel in a pretty setting.
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Ex-Formula 1 Champ Raikkonen in Talks to Join Nascar Team
Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 Formula One champion, is considering an offer to join a team in the Nascar auto-racing series, his agent David Robertson said.
Robertson declined to identify the team the 31-year-old Finn was talking to.
"Negotiations are ongoing but nothing is guaranteed," Robertson said by telephone. "Somebody had come to us with an offer and we are considering it."
Raikkonen is set to join a new team, ICE1 Racing, in the Truck series before moving to the Nationwide and Sprint Cup categories, Autosport.com reported, citing Finland's Turun Sanomat newspaper.
One of the team's partners is Foster Gillett, the son of George Gillett, according to Autosport.com. George Gillett is the former owner of the Liverpool soccer team and the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team.
Raikkonen was the top-earning athlete after golfer Tiger Woods in 2008 with $45 million in income, according to Forbes magazine.
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Spinach Crab Chicken Recipe
I altered a friend's recipe for crab-stuffed chicken to include one of my favorite vegetables- spinach. Now my husband requests this elegant entree all the time. Served over rice, it's special enough for company. -Vicki Melies Glenwood, Iowa
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
- 1/4 cup finely chopped celery
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 cup 2% milk
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 ounces each)
- 1/8 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
- 1 can (6 ounces) crabmeat, drained, flaked and cartilage removed
- 12 fresh spinach leaves, chopped
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
- Hot cooked rice
- 1. For sauce, in a large skillet, sauce the onion, mushrooms and celery in butter until tender. Stir in flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt until blended. Gradually add broth and milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat.
- 2. Flatten chicken to 1/4-in. thickness; sprinkle with pepper and remaining salt. In a large bowl, combine the bread crumbs, crab, spinach and parsley; stir in 1/2 cup sauce. Spoon 1/4 cup down the center of each chicken breast half. Roll up; secure with toothpicks. Place seam side down in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Top with remaining sauce.
- 3. Cover and bake at 375° for 35-45 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Sprinkle with cheese. Broil 4-6 in. from the heat for 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Discard toothpicks. Serve with rice. Yield: 4 servings.
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Dh and I have frequently discussed this. He grew up calling his friends parents and his parents friends Mr and Mrs. While I grew up calling most of them by their first names and all of my parents friends were called by their first names.
Dh feels that this is disrespectful as they are tech. elders. He also says that our kids friends will call him Mr. Jacobson. While I am the opposite and do not feel that calling me Michelle in any way is disrespectful to me and do not wish to be called Mrs. And our dd calls some of my close friends Aunt and Uncle and the rest of them by their first names.
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Unleashed in the early hours of Sept. 1, 1939, Germany's "lightning war" -- the blitzkrieg -- quickly pierced Poland's border forces and sliced through the Danzig Corridor. As the German Luftwaffe hammered Poland's air force, panzer divisions smashed Poland's army, leaving its units scattered and surrounded.
Yet Poland continued to resist. Britain and France joined the war on Sept. 3. Sept. 17, however, sealed Poland's fate, as Russian forces invaded eastern Poland -- the "stab in the back" by Joseph Stalin. Poland collapsed.
The sensation, however, that Poland had succumbed to a "new kind of war" shocked a world still mired in World War I, where bunkers, trenches and firepower stymied offensive operations. From 1919 to 1939, France and Britain had prepared for a repeat of "the last war," with France's Maginot Line the literally concrete expression of that preparation. The Maginot Line was a bunker complex perfected, complete with underground train lines and turreted artillery covering broad minefields.
German Nazis touted the blitzkrieg's success as an example of Teutonic superiority. They also delighted in the terror blitzkrieg sowed. The Stuka divebomber had a siren that emitted a piercing scream as the plane plunged toward the earth -- a psychological weapon intended to frighten troops beyond the blast of the bomb.
German "storm troop" infiltration tactics used in 1918 are a blitzkrieg predecessor. However, improved communications was the key to "new war." Radios linked the tank on the ground with the aircraft and with commanders. During the interwar years, officers in several nations (including Britain, France and Italy) understood the power of this network. Germany, however, acted on the ideas.
To the awed press and stunned populations, the blitzkrieg that devastated Poland appeared to be a "magic bullet." When Germany attacked France in May 1940 and flanked the Maginot Line by invading the Low Countries, the dark magic worked again. In 1941, the magic seemed to work in Russia, as panzer spearheads approached Moscow.
Then the magic began to fade.
Britain adapted. The combined arms terror of blitzkrieg couldn't bridge the English Channel. The British withstood the "London blitz" (of aircraft only). Russia adapted, employing General Winter and forcing the Germans to besiege big cities. The United States -- surprised by Japan -- adapted. The U.S. and Russia developed mobile forces supported by overwhelming firepower. In 1945, Germany became a Poland crushed between superior armored and air forces. Germany circa September 1939 never anticipated that outcome.
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DragonDon wrote:I don't think just putting the most hours in means you should get most points, really. That's a truly flawed thinking!
As I repeatedly said, it's a matter of LIFESTYLE more than anything. Some people's lifestyle wish to rather spent it on socialing activities, or adventures outdoors than spending time on a computer editing maps.
If an Olympic athlete wants to achieve the metal round, don't they have to put in the time and effort training and building up for that? I am not saying editing is the only source of contribution, but your comment that a person's lifestyle permitting major contributions to Waze should not be taken into account seems flawed to me.
Time and effort that is given to Waze to make it better should be some gauge of contribution and therefore points. Time is money. All the time spent by editors has a dollar value. If Waze was spending their cash to get people to do all this effort, how much would they pay each activity? I don't have the answer, but I'm just pointing out the differences.


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Trip time charter — rate of interest on unpaid hire
A trip time charter was entered into. The vessel was registered in Panama and managed by a company registered in Greece. Neither the owners, charterers, managers or brokers were English. The charterparty was concluded in Antwerp. The voyage did not concern England. The charterparty stated that it was subject to English law and London arbitration.
Charterers withheld hire, and owners commenced arbitral proceedings. The tribunal held that the charterers were liable to pay the hire, together with interest under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998. The rate of interest under the act is at present fixed at eight per cent above base rate, i.e. at 12.75 per cent. Charterers appealed against the interest rate, arguing that the 1998 act did not apply.
Mr Justice Popplewell allowed the appeal: the 1998 act did not apply. Where English law applies to a contract by reason of the choice of the parties, the act will apply: (1) if there is a 'significant connection' between the contract and England; or (2) if the contract would be governed by English law apart from the choice of law…
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Glen has a beer-belly
Pass 'em over.Originally Posted by libra1022
I really like Jenny she is so fun-loving
My "tall" daughter didn't appreciate the guys don't like to date tall girls remark.
4 people in an hour! What is it a 3 am elimination!
If you don't date a woman whose taller, whose gonna dip you when you tango....?
He's got to get rid of that dingbat blonde....
It was me. I let the dogs out.
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Awwww, man. All I have is Lucky Charms.
ugh. I don't get time to watch TV anymore, much less hang out at the FORT.
But don't you worry, I'll be back in full force on or about November 3rd.
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Athersys (ATHX) All I Smell Is A Pre-clinical Rat Model And Further Executive Awards After All These Months
Given all the awards - the stock has progressively degraded for the past months
The "pre-clinical" research, conducted using a standard heart transplant model, also demonstrated that the transplanted organ retained its immunologically privileged state during a subsequent transplantation procedure into a naive <animal> recipient, illustrating the durability of the effect. The risk of rejection and the requirement for long-term immunosuppression are key challenges in donor organ transplantations, which … "could" … be addressed by administering the clinical MAPC product, MultiStem(NYSE:R), to transplant patients.
"The immunological attributes of MAPCs make them a promising candidate for providing immunomodulatory support after organ transplantation," explained Marc Dahlke, M.D., Ph.D., a lead investigator in the study that appears in the current issue of STEM CELLS Translational Medicine. "In contrast to other cell types, MAPCs can be expanded in a manner that makes them amenable to large scale production, potentially making them an optimal choice for routine clinical use - especially in the so-called 'third party' scenario in which the cell donor is unrelated to the organ donor and recipient."
When long-term accepted heart grafts were recovered from the MAPC-treated … animals … and re-transplanted into yet another group of untreated … animals (genetically identical to the first group of recipients), they engrafted successfully, without triggering rejection, even when no immune suppressive drug was administered. This <animal> finding demonstrates that an immune-privileged state, or "regional immune tolerance," had been induced in the graft that can be carried into another untreated animal.
"In the <animal> group with no treatment, the grafts were rejected in less than two weeks; short-term immunosuppressive drug treatments kept them intact just a few days longer. However, ratsgiven a combination of short-term immunosuppressive treatment and MAPCs exhibited a high percentage of prolonged survival, even after treatment with immune suppressive drugs was stopped, indicating a promising pathway for clinical immunotherapy - still TOO EARLY!
The full article can be accessed at: http://www.stemcellstm.com/content .
The research effort was led by a team of renowned transplant specialists at the University Hospital in Regensburg, Germany, working in collaboration with scientists from Athersys and the U.S. National Center for Regenerative Medicine, located in Ohio. Other members of the team included scientists from Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
The Bottom Line: Is that the best ATHX can do since the Q1/13 <5/14/13> earnings were announced. Who cares - it is still too … early to propose this data as relevant! But, the key words were … <ATHX> is <still> working in collaboration with Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) to complete an ongoing P2 clinical trial in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Genzyme (Sanofi) did the same work … 10 years ago … with hearts and islet cells. Works beautifully in mice, however … Seriously … old news!
But, management did … accelerate vesting of awards <6/18/13> in the event of involuntary termination of a participant's employment <by the Company> without cause, and to clarify that restricted stock units may vest over the restriction period. And, on 6/20/13 … entered into <further> incentive agreements with each of its named executive officers establishing an incentive program , which provided the officers financial participation in the event of certain merger or acquisition or asset sale transactions. One-time grants of restricted stock units (RSUs) in the following amounts were granted to the named executive officers for their past service and performance, and in exchange for the termination of their incentive agreements:
695,040 for Dr. Van Bokkelen; 570,551 for Dr. Harrington; 573,640 for Mr. Lehmann; 491,162 for Dr. Deans; and 369,607 for Ms. Campbell. The RSUs will vest ratably and quarterly over a three-year term. In addition, the named executive officers were granted routine, annual stock-based awards in 6/13.
ATHX closed at $1.65 and has progressively degraded since 4/30/13 and still NO further partners and an increasing burn rate. I would hide on a Caribbean Island!
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NeoStem's (NYSE MKT: NBS) PCT, Enters Into 2nd Manufacturing Agreement With IMUC
With ImmunoCellular Therapeutics (NYSE MKT: IMUC)
NBS' subsidiary, Progenitor Cell Therapy (PCT), and ImmunoCellular Therapeutics (NYSE MKT: IMUC) ("IMUC executed a Services Agreement under which PCT will provide cGMP manufacturing services to support R&D of IMUC's ICT-121 cell therapy product candidate, a dendritic cell vaccine targeting CD133 cells.
The Bottom Line: PCT currently provides manufacturing services for IMUC's lead product candidate, ICT-107, a dendritic cell-based vaccine targeting multiple tumor-associated antigens for glioblastoma, for its P2 clinical trial. With its East and West Coast facilities … PCT has unique expertise in manufacturing, regulatory, logistical transport and commercialization for therapeutics development.
NBS closed on 5/31/13 at $0.56; so expect a few cents <+$0.01 - $0.03 appreciation <look to the last such announcement and up-ward move> on 5/13/13 <Georgetown over 2 days>and as the short interest is at its lowest in over 18 months plus an UP market!
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.Tags: NBS closed on 5/31/13 at $0.56; so expect a few cents on 5/13/13 and as the short interest is at its lowest in over 18 months plus an UP market!
Sangamo Biosciences (SGMO) Gets $6.4 M From CIRM – BUY
Strategic Partnership Award from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
SGMO receives $6.4 Million Strategic Partnership Award From California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to develop ZFP Therapeutic® for Beta-thalassemia funding for IND application and clinical trial of curative approach on the application of its zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) gene-editing technology in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs).
The 4 year grant provides matching funds for preclinical work that will support an IND application and a P1 clinical trial in transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia patients. The grant application entitled "A Treatment for Beta-thalassemia via High Efficiency Targeted Genome Editing of Hematopoietic Stem Cells" won the highest scientific score and was the only application recommended for funding in this round of CIRM's Strategic Partnership Awards.
SGMO is taking a different approach. During development, a fetal form of hemoglobin is made. In infancy, it fully protects beta-thalassemia patients from developing disease symptoms. Later in childhood however, production of fetal hemoglobin ceases and is replaced by synthesis of adult-type beta-globin chains that are defective in beta-thalassemia patients. SGMO's approach enables the permanent production of therapeutic fetal hemoglobin to achieve normal levels of hemoglobin and RBCs, with the goal of eliminating, or greatly reducing, the need for chronic blood transfusions. Moreover, by performing this genome editing in HSCs isolated and returned to the same patient (so called autologous BMT), SGMO's approach eliminates both the need for a matched donor and the risk of GvHD.
The Bottom Line: Adding to our coverage list as SGMO's ZFN-genome editing technology enables modification of a patient's own stem cells and potentially provides a safer approach to current therapies for hemoglobinopathies such as beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease. the persistence of fetal hemoglobin beyond the newborn stage mitigates the severity of these hemoglobin disorders. If successful, this could eliminate the need for life-long medications and red blood cell transfusions that are currently the standard of care for these disorders."
SGMO closed on 5/23/13 at $7.43 on a low volume <450> day and had traded as high as $10.80 on 5/3/13. This is definitely an actionable event and I project a $0.10 to $0.20 jump for SGMO even in a DOWN and vacation weekend market on the non-dilutive CIRM funding - it might even spill over into Tuesday. The 50 day moving average is $9.28 followed by the 200 at a low of $8.10.
Beta-thalassemia is a genetic disease of the blood caused by mutations in the beta-globin gene. This gene defect leads to impaired production of hemoglobin, the iron-containing protein in red blood cells (RBCs) that carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissues. Individuals with thalassemia are dependent on blood transfusions for survival as they fail to make sufficient healthy RBCs. The unmet medical need in transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia is significant, with reduced life expectancy due to multi-organ failure caused by iron overload, blood-borne infections and other disease complications. A bone marrow transplant (BMT) of HSCs from a "matched" related donor (allogeneicBMT) is curative.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.Tags: I project a $0.10 to $0.20 jump for SGMO even in a DOWN and vacation weekend market on the non-dilutive CIRM funding – it might even spill over into Tuesday. The 50 day moving average is $9.28 followed by the 200 at a low of $8.10.
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In his speech, Paul called for a return to "hard money" economics and bashed government institutions like the Federal Reserve.
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But by the time you understand the meaning of its title, Sabiha Sumar's film has delivered an emotional punch.
Stirring on religious and humanitarian levels, and very timely notwithstanding its 1979 setting.
It highlights a still shadowy moment in the creation of Pakistan that saw the abduction of nearly 100,000 Sikh and Muslim women in both India and Pakistan.
The fact that these atrocities are not well known in the West is a good reason for this film to exist.
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They are hot, they beautiful, they are the sexiest actresses in the world. They draw us to the movie theaters and leave us glued on the silver screen until the last scene. Here are the sexiest actresses in the world.
- Salma Hayek – She is a Mexican actress, director and producer of Lebanese descent born on the 2nd of September 1966. Her latest role was in the 2010 movie Grown ups.
- Angelina Jolie – An American actress born on the 4th of June 1975 and married to Brad Pitt. With an academy award, two screen actors' guild awards and three golden globe awards, she is one of the best actresses in Hollywood.
- Halle Berry – She is one of the most beautiful Hollywood actresses. She was born on the 14th of August 1966 and has starred in very many Hollywood productions.
- Katrina Kaif – She is one of the leading lights in Bollywood. Born on the 16th of July 1984, she was thrice voted the hottest woman in the world by Eastern Eye in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
- Jessica Alba – She is one of the sexiest Hollywood actresses currently. She was born on the 28th of April 1981. Her latest role was in the action movie Machete where she starred alongside Danny Trejo and Lindsay Lohan.
- Priyanka Chopra – She is one of the most noticeable Bollywood faces. She is a an actress and former miss world born on the 18th of July 1982. She has starred in various Tamil productions and won various awards too.
- Scarlett Johansson – She is an American Actress and singer born on the 22nd of November 1984. Her best known movies are Eight Legged Freaks, An American Rhapsody and Home Alone III.
- Megan fox – She is an American actress and model born on the 16th of May 1986. She was voted the sexiest woman in the world in 2008 by FHM readers. Her best known movie is Transformers.
- Aishwarya Rai – Another Bollywood star that ranks among the sexiest in the world. She is a former miss world who was born on the 1st of November 1973. She has acted in more than 40 Bollywood productions.
- Eva Mendes – She was born on the 5th of March 1974 and has acted in various movies including the popular Hollywood movies Ghost Rider, 2 fast 2 furious, and Hitch.
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Maybe I am weird, but I never pick a movie because of people who play in it (though I might decide to avoid it for this reason). Though, it might be caused by the fact that I can see many beautiful women whenever I go out around here (and in most other parts of Slovakia).
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Interesting decisions made. Some I agree with, some I don't but that's down to each one's taste I think. But anyway an interesting order and selection.
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Good info, very interesting.
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A good list again Leo cheers
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Mine favorite is Salma Hayek
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hmmmm my top 10 would be very different
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They're all good looking.
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An inspirational list of beautiful actresses, thanks for the share.
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I only know half of the list. Glad to know the other half.
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A very good list. I wonder how many women would hate on Jessica Alba if they saw this picture of her.
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Pretty women.
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I think the lesser you wear, the more people like? Frankly, I don't hate them, though I'm not their fan even 1%, though agree they are all pretty, hot, sexy, bla bla bla.
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Great Choice Jimmy, Eva Mendes is sexy.
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One of the group's members is Teresa, who has a small but well-stocked bodega which, through a lot of sacrifice and hard work, she is striving to make successful. She is a very hardworking person who is fighting to get ahead.
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Una de las integrantes es la Sra Teresa, quien tiene una pequeña, pero bien surtida despensa, la cual con mucho sacrificio y esfuerzo está sacando adelante. Ella es una persona muy trabajadora que lucha por salir adelante.
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About Fundación ParaguayaFundación Paraguaya is a financially self-sustaining social enterprise that promotes entrepreneurship in urban and rural areas through microfinance, education programs, and more. Its focus on agriculture has helped many farmers boost their crop yields. And a number of other borrowers have taken out loans to start and grow social businesses that have helped deliver eyeglasses, medicines and other helpful services in their local communities.
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Los Angeles – With UCLA starting full contact drills today, the Bruin staff remained cautious with sophomore starting quarterback Kevin Prince.
Prince attempted no throws during Thursday's practice because of a strained oblique muscle, and UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel raised the possibility that Prince could miss Saturday's mini-scrimmage as well.
"I don't know," Neuheisel said when asked when he expected Prince to participate in drills. "We want that muscle to calm down. It's one of those things with muscles; if it's not healthy and you rip something, you throw and you rip it again, now you're back to square one. So you probably go more days than you think necessary. I would say if not Saturday then certainly Sunday or Monday."
With Prince watching in cleats, shorts, a jersey and a cap, sophomore Richard Brehaut filled in Thursday. Brehaut played in six games in 2009.
"He knows what he's doing, at least most of the time," Neuheisel said of Brehaut's performance in the preseason. "It was a 50 percent proposition last year. And he's one of those kids that just nods at you, I got it, I got it. He's a fearless guy, but you can't play this position without having all the tools and knowing everything is certainly necessary in your tool box."
Junior offensive lineman Jeff Baca (Mission Viejo High) spent Thursday's practice with a boot cast on his right leg. Baca, who started all 13 games last season at left guard, has been declared academically ineligible by the NCAA and is awaiting a ruling on his appeal of his status.
"Somebody doesn't want me to play," Baca said.
Baca did receive some good news Thursday. An MRI Thursday morning revealed that the injury is a stress reaction and not a fracture, which, Baca said, "could cut two weeks off" his recovery.
Baca said doctors are uncertain how long that recovery will take.
"We don't know yet," he said. "These things are real tricky. It all depends on how my body feels."
Defensive end Datone Jones said he hopes to be able to return from foot surgery in time to play in the second half of the 2010 season.
Jones undergoes surgery this morning to repair a fractured right foot. Jones suffered the injury in Tuesday's practice.
"The time frame is six to eight weeks, but I should be good to go for the second half of the season," Jones said.
Jones suffered the injury during a non-contact drill.
"I was just running, just planted the wrong way; it just popped, bad break, you know," he said. "Tough luck. Guess I wasn't drinking enough milk."


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Irish fiddler Eileen Ivers, famous for playing a blue violin, will perform carols and holiday classics along with Irish reels and jigs on Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall at the University of Georgia.
Ivers is a nine-time All-Ireland fiddle champion and a star of the show "Riverdance" as well as a founding member of the Celtic group Cherish the Ladies. Included among her numerous movie scores is "Lament for Stalker Wallace" for "Gangs of New York." Her most recent CD release is "An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas,"
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How can oil get into the radiator of my 1995 Chevy C1500 Pickup?
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July 1, 2011.
Is it engine oil, or transmission fluid? The transmission oil cooler is in the radiator, and if it has a leak, the cooler pressure is higher than the cooling system pressure, and forces oil into the radiator. The same applies if it has an engine oil cooler in the radiator, not all vehicles do. Another possibility is a leaking head gasket, or a crack in the block or head, it would have to leak in a specific location near a pressurized oil passage.
The pressure in the air conditioning/heating system won't go down. It's super high.
And we know it's not because the engine block is cracked. We already checked that.
And we know it's not because the engine block is cracked. We already checked that.
Pressure in the air conditioning/heating system, are you talking about refrigerant pressure, or cooling system pressure? By 'super high' what do you mean? If it is cooling system pressure, the cap should let off at 15-16 psi. If you checked for a cracked block, was the method used able to rule out blown head gasket? If it was a block test for hydrocarbons in the cooling system, if the leak is not in a combustion chamber(or near), you may not have a positive result. Are you confident that it is engine oil, and not transmission oil, or does it have an engine oil cooler integral to the radiator? You only have a few possibilities in this case, either oil was put in the cooling system physically, it is transmission oil from a leaking cooler in the radiator, it is engine oil from a leaking oil cooler in the radiator(if equipped), or it is a mechanical engine condition where pressurized oil is passing into the cooling system.
I have no clue. I know nothing about vehicles. And my fiance said he checked to see if the engine block was cracked. I haven't actually seen it, not that I would know what to look for. I think it was the refrigerant pressure that my dad tested for us. We have a can of refridgerant that has a pressure gage and on the truck, it was in the red, which it says on the can, is too high. He never told me if it was engine oil or transmission fluid, but I think its the oil. But he told me he's going to go have the whole thing looked at.
It would be advised to have it looked at. Realistically, there are only a few possibilities. If for one, it has an automatic transmission, it has a cooler in the radiator. Even if it has an auxiliary cooler in front of the radiator, it also flows through the radiator cooler. An auxiliary could have been added as an additional for towing. The only other means of oil/coolant interaction is with an engine oil cooler in the radiator, or internal engine architecture. Hope I have been some help.
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Passerby observes the "Cool Globes" display in Copenhagen, an exhibit on combating global warming and climate change.
Bill Radke: In other news, it is day 5 at the U.N. Summit in Copenhagen, where the world is grappling with the issue of climate change. Marketplace reporters Stephen Beard and Sam Eaton are there. This morning, our coverage continues with the rift between rich and poor countries continuing to widen. Today, developing nations are accusing the U.S. of endangering the world by refusing to give them more cash to fight global warming. From the summit in Copenhagen, here's Marketplace's Stephen Beard.
Stephen Beard: The numbers just keep getting bigger. Developing nations now demand $200 billion a year to help them combat the effects of climate change.
Their chief negotiater at the Copenhagen summit says the U.S. should stump up the bulk of the cash. He addressed his appeal to American politicians. He said: "You approve billions of dollars in defense budgets. Can't you approve $200 billion to save the world?"
Clement Kalonga is a delegate from the southern African state of Malawi. He also says the U.S. should pay up after ignoring the problem of climate change for so long:
Clement Kalonga: We believe it's time now that the U.S., as they come on board, they need to come with a huge contribution to make up for that, you know, lagging behind for the past years.
The Europeans are under pressure to pay up, too. And today after an all night meeting in Brussels, the E.U. came up with its initial offer of cash: $3.6 billion a year, and only up until 2012.
In Copenhagen, this is Stephen Beard for Marketplace.


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Hoping to make sure that every child can feel the joy of opening a special package this holiday season, Westchester County's Department of Social Services (DSS) is once again organizing a gift drive for local youngsters living in a foster home or residential center.
"Westchester residents are always generous during the holiday season" said County Executive Rob Astorino. "I know this year's toy drive will be as successful as those in the past."
New and unwrapped gifts are being sought for more than 800 children, infants to age 21, who don't have parents to present them with packages for the holidays. Collection boxes open to the public will be placed in county offices from Nov. 15 through Dec. 15. WFAS radio is helping publicize the drive and will also offer collection boxes.
Because more than half the youngsters are teenagers (who appreciate the ability to make their own choices), the donation of gift cards is also encouraged.Read more
The Youth Council of the New Rochelle Youth Bureau, The City School District of New Rochelle and the Police Association of New Rochelle are sponsoring their Annual Give a Gift event on Sunday, December 18, 2011. This event provides Holiday cheer and gifts for New Rochelle families in need.
Anyone interested in sponsoring a gift for a child from the Wish List please contact Michelle Oliveros at (914) 654-2048, Monday through Friday, 8:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. on or before Wednesday, December 7th.Read more
Please mark your calendar and join us for my annual Toys for Tots event on Saturday, December 10 from Noon to 3pm at On the Waterfront, 2 Pelham Road, New Rochelle, NY.
This is always a fun event that will surely get you in the holiday spirit. We are very lucky to have so many awesome friends that drop off toys and gift cards for kids in need each year. We are proud to work on this event with the Marine Corps League. The toys will be given to needy kids in the Westchester area. And this year we are adding to the fun with "Karaoke Christmas Carols," so stay for some refreshments and belt out your favorite Christmas song! Jean and I will be doing a duet.
Please bring unwrapped toys for kids of all ages. We note there is always a need for gifts for teenagers and gift cards and donations are very helpful. You can also drop off gifts before December 10 at The Cut Above, 2122 Boston Post Rd, Larchmont, NY or at my county legislative office in White Plains.
Please call 914-813-1402 if you have questions. See you on December 10!
Jim Maisano
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At about Noon this past Sunday, December 26th, the 6th-worst deluge of snow fell on the New York City Metropolitan area. In the area surrounding New Rochelle, NY 22 inches fell while Staten Island and parts of New Jersey received 29". In time, autos and buses stopped rolling as the drifts reached 4-5 feet. Even rail transportation saw severe delays and even cancellations as the day wore on. New Rochelle and other municipal governments declared snow emergencies for the blizzard conditions at hand.
On Monday the 27th, Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road cancelled their commuter service. Metro-North had hourly Sunday service initially but eventually gave up the ghost as switch and signal woes befelled the New Haven line and was followed by the Harlem and Hudson before long. The Long Island Rail Road cancelled their schedule for the first of two days.Read more
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UPDATE: Wow! These are some great photos! We received more than 250 photos from all of you. Thanks. It took a while to organize and upload all of them but there here is the entire set (so far) in a slide show format along with a few of the more spectacular photos you took over the past 24 hours below.Read more
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Did you know that the local New Rochelle Humane Society (which services 17 neighboring towns) is offering a 50% discount on all adoption fees for those wonderful senior (slightly older but really lovable) homeless pets or those who have been in the shelter for 4 months or more?
It's also not too late to post your beloved pet's name in the Memory Tree which will be on display at the New Rochelle Humane Society from December 1 through January 4! With only a $5 donation, the Humane Society will write the name of your loved one (or a friend's loved one) on a white or red ribbon and place it on the tree. Or, you can make a donation in a friend's name and the Humane Society will send a card to the lucky recipient.
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The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here's what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.
What is the Islamic State?
Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York Times published confidential comments by Major General Michael K. Nagata, the Special Operations commander for the United States in the Middle East, admitting that he had hardly begun figuring out the Islamic State's appeal. "We have not defeated the idea," he said. "We do not even understand the idea." In the past year, President Obama has referred to the Islamic State, variously, as "not Islamic" and as al-Qaeda's "jayvee team," statements that reflected confusion about the group, and may have contributed to significant strategic errors.
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan on Tuesday announced the arrival of their daughter and pledged to give away 99 percent of their Facebook shares.
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan announced the birth of their daughter Max on Tuesday in a long and heartfelt note on Facebook. The birth announcement was accompanied by something that quickly eclipsed news of their bundle of joy: A pledge to give away the majority of their fortune to a charitable initiative that will focus on "personalized learning, curing disease, connecting people and building strong communities."
We will give 99% of our Facebook shares -- currently about $45 billion -- during our lives to advance this mission. We know this is a small contribution compared to all the resources and talents of those already working on these issues. But we want to do what we can, working alongside many others.
Without the financial support that many white families can provide, minority young people have to continually make sacrifices that set them back.
The year after my father died, I graduated from grad school, got a new job, and looked forward to saving for a down payment on my first home, a dream I had always had, but found lofty. I pulled up a blank spreadsheet and made a line item called "House Fund."
That same week I got a call from my mom—she was struggling to pay off my dad's funeral expenses. I looked at my "House Fund" and sighed. Then I deleted it and typed the words "Funeral Fund" instead.
My father's passing was unexpected. And so was the financial burden that came with it.For many Millennials of color, these sorts of trade-offs aren't an anomaly. During key times in their lives when they should be building assets, they're spending money on basic necessities and often helping out family. Their financial future is a rocky one, and much of it comes down to how much—or how little—assistance they receive.
In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don't like. Here's why that's disastrous for education—and mental health.
Something strange is happening at America's colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense. Last December, Jeannie Suk wrote in an online article for The New Yorker about law students asking her fellow professors at Harvard not to teach rape law—or, in one case, even use the word violate (as in "that violates the law") lest it cause students distress. In February, Laura Kipnis, a professor at Northwestern University, wrote an essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education describing a new campus politics of sexual paranoia—and was then subjected to a long investigation after students who were offended by the article and by a tweet she'd sent filed Title IX complaints against her. In June, a professor protecting himself with a pseudonym wrote an essay for Vox describing how gingerly he now has to teach. "I'm a Liberal Professor, and My Liberal Students Terrify Me," the headline said. A number of popular comedians, including Chris Rock, have stopped performing on college campuses (see Caitlin Flanagan's article in this month's issue). Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Maher have publicly condemned the oversensitivity of college students, saying too many of them can't take a joke.
Scores of highly qualified students are failing to secure spots at the Golden State's public universities.
Monday was the deadline to apply for a coveted spot as a University of California student. For certain UC hopefuls, that deadline marked the culmination of years of sleep deprivation and SAT prep, writing-center visits, new extracurriculars, and one last frenzied Thanksgiving break.
But a majority of this year's UC applicants won't be admitted. That's true for both in- and out-of-state students; even some of the brightest and most qualified of the bunch won't make the cut. The UC system famously ranks among the Ivies and other elite colleges when it comes to selectivity. California's 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education built exclusivity into the university's brand, guaranteeing tuition-free admission to the top 12.5 percent of California's public high-school graduates. Today, even as California's high-school population grows in size and in ability, the plan's enrollment thresholds remain fixed in place. The Campaign for College Opportunity, a nonprofit that advocates for access to higher education for all Californians, released a report on Monday suggesting the state is far from providing every in-state student a chance to pursue such education. And according to Michele Siqueiros, the CCO's president, that means "students need to be virtually perfect to get a spot at the University of California."
Critics of the HIV-prevention pill say it's not as good as safe sex. That's a false comparison, and a dangerous one.
On Monday, August 3, I tested positive for HIV.
That night, I sat on the sofa in my friend's high-rise apartment in downtown Miami, peering down at the grainy, sodium-vapor-lit sprawl. I related the story of an older friend who'd tried to console me by saying HIV-positive people stay healthy. His words, while well-intentioned, only served to amplify the generational difference between us: Gay Millennials, when they think of HIV, think more about dating than about death. On my way over, I'd seen couples walking together and thought about how I'd likely never have that—so many people I might have coupled with, all lost opportunities now.
For men in America with access to health care, HIV isn't usually fatal. But it's stigmatizing, expensive, and permanent.
Welfare reform has driven many low-income parents to depend more heavily on family and friends for food, childcare, and cash.
Pity the married working mom, who barely has time to do the dishes or go for a run at night, much less spend a nice evening playing Boggle with her husband and kids.
But if married working parents are struggling with time management these days, imagine the struggles of low-income single parents. Single-parent households (which by and large are headed by women) have more than tripled as a share of American households since 1960. Now, 35 percent of children live in single-parent households.
But while the numbers are growing, the amount of help available to single mothers is not. Ever since the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Law (generally referred to as welfare reform) placed time limits and work requirements on benefits in an effort to get welfare recipients back into the workforce, single-parent families have had a harder time receiving government benefits. Some states have made it more difficult for low-income single-parent families to get other types of assistance too, such as imposing work requirements and other barriers for food stamps. According to a recent New York Times column, between 1983 and 2004, government benefits dropped by more than a third for the lowest-income single-parent families.
Mass-market success often leads critics to dismiss even high-minded novels as overly sentimental.
It's fairly easy to see how well a movie does financially: Box Office Mojo is an open and available breakdown of Hollywood profits by movies that makes for fascinating reading. It's not as easy for books. The closest approximation for Box Office Mojo in the literary world is Nielsen BookScan, a semi-accurate database available to authors, via Amazon, and libraries, media types, and publishers, via subscription. If a lay consumer wants to find out whether a particular novel has sold 10,000 copies or only 150, there is no reliable way to do so.
That may be for the best, though, as the results would be disheartening. The vast majority of books published today lose money. One article in Forbes speculates that "99% of titles printed will never sell enough copies to recover all the costs associated with creating and publishing them." But when a "serious" work of fiction, against these odds, happens to achieve mass success, critics often seem eager to strip its author of his or (more often) her literary credentials.
Managers who believe themselves to be fair and objective judges of ability often overlook women and minorities who are deserving of job offers and pay increases.
Americans are, compared with populations of other countries, particularly enthusiastic about the idea of meritocracy, a system that rewards merit (ability + effort) with success. Americans are more likely to believe that people are rewarded for their intelligence and skills and are less likely to believe that family wealth plays a key role in getting ahead. And Americans' support for meritocratic principles has remained stable over the last two decades despite growing economic inequality, recessions, and the fact that there is less mobility in the United States than in most other industrialized countries.
This strong commitment to meritocratic ideals can lead to suspicion of efforts that aim to support particular demographic groups. For example, initiatives designed to recruit or provide development opportunities to under-represented groups often come under attack as "reverse discrimination." Some companies even justify not having diversity policies by highlighting their commitment to meritocracy. If a company evaluates people on their skills, abilities, and merit, without consideration of their gender, race, sexuality etc., and managers are objective in their assessments then there is no need for diversity policies, the thinking goes.
Why are so many kids with bright prospects killing themselves in Palo Alto?
The air shrieks, and life stops. First, from far away, comes a high whine like angry insects swarming, and then a trampling, like a herd moving through. The kids on their bikes who pass by the Caltrain crossing are eager to get home from school, but they know the drill. Brake. Wait for the train to pass. Five cars, double-decker, tearing past at 50 miles an hour. Too fast to see the faces of the Silicon Valley commuters on board, only a long silver thing with black teeth. A Caltrain coming into a station slows, invites you in. But a Caltrain at a crossing registers more like an ambulance, warning you fiercely out of its way.
The kids wait until the passing train forces a gust you can feel on your skin. The alarms ring and the red lights flash for a few seconds more, just in case. Then the gate lifts up, signaling that it's safe to cross. All at once life revives: a rush of bikes, skateboards, helmets, backpacks, basketball shorts, boisterous conversation. "Ew, how old is that gum?" "The quiz is next week, dipshit." On the road, a minivan makes a left a little too fast—nothing ominous, just a mom late for pickup. The air is again still, like it usually is in spring in Palo Alto. A woodpecker does its work nearby. A bee goes in search of jasmine, stinging no one.
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More than 4,000 Caenorhabditis elegans worm were sent from the University of Nottingham to the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral.
They will spend 11 days in orbit more than 200 miles above the Earth, travelling 4.5 million miles, as part of a study on the muscle-wasting effects of space travel, the Times reports.
Known to scientists simply as C. Elegans, the species shares as much as 80 per cent of its genetic material with humans. Such similarities make it a reasonable laboratory model for research into human physiology.
Muscles do not have to work against gravity while in space, so they become weak. With astronauts destined to spend years at a time off the planet manning long-term missions to destinations such as the Moon and Mars, scientists are keen to establish how such degradation might be prevented.
"There's a reasonable amount of variability in the muscle mass that's lost due to space flight, with some losing 50 per cent, though on average it's 5 to 15 per cent," Nathaniel Szewczyk, of the university's Institute for Clinical Research, told the paper.
"We need to figure out how we can deal with some of the medical problems associated with space flight, how do we deal with muscle atrophy and radiation? That's what these worms will be helping us to do."
The worms will be exposed to a drug that has been approved recently for use in preventing muscle wastage among cancer patients. The study is likely to pave the way for testing the drug on astronauts during future missions.