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A method to maintain and propagate pluripotent human ES cells
Human embryonic stem (hES) cells are pluripotent such that they can differentiate into all three germ layers, thus potentially all different types of tissues of the body. Pluripotency is characteristic of only embryonic cells, but it can also be achieved by reprogramming differentiated cells by transferring nuclear contents into unfertilized, enucleated oocytes or by fusing with ES cells. To achieve the initial embryo-like state, it is a pre-requisite to be able to maintain and propagate these ES cells in culture conditions in vitro. Currently, such recipe exists for mouse ES cells. Surprisingly, similar media components for hES cells do not work. This very first technical barrier needs to be overcome in order to realize full clinical potential of stem cell therapy. We propose to develop a novel recipe of chemically defined culture media and culture conditions to grow and maintain pluripotency of hES cells. The media we will evaluate are combinatorial mixtures containing only recombinant proteins, chemically synthesizable reagents, or human source factors. To achieve new sets of recombinant protein reagents known to be involved in controlling differentiation and pluripotency of embryo-like cells, we will develop a novel biochemical strategy of producing a set of target protein reagents effectively in test tubes. To screen conditions using these chemically defined components and various culture conditions, we will develop a new cell line containing a reporter gene (GFP) recombined into human Oct4 gene. Human Oct4 gene is the prominent marker for stemness of the hES cells. There are three specific Aims for this proposed study. They are, 1) production of the media components biochemically, 2) development of two Oct4-reporting hES cell lines, and 3) screening of culture media and conditions for maintaining pluripotency of hES cells. These experiments will be carried out in parallel as collaboration between two laboratories {REDACTED}. Once Aims 1 and 2 are completed, we will evaluate these hES cell lines in various culture conditions systematically (Aim 3). In doing these high-throughput assays for functional characterization, we will also conduct screening of known chemical library of selected drugs and metabolites to glean into their potential ability to augment or inhibit actions of the engineered biologic reagents in controlling the growth and pluripotency of hES cells. From the screening using these two cell lines, we will establish the firm method of propagating and maintaining pluripotency of hES cells for subsequent clinical applications.
Establishing the methods to promote and maintain pluripotency of human embryonic stem cells is a groundwork absolutely necessary to facilitate stem cell research in general and to be adopted for its immediate clinical applications. For instance, the proposed study will generate essential data to facilitate biotechnological approaches to scale up to meet the industrial demand of the much needed protein reagents to culture hES cells. These reagents we established are also critical for basic research of developmental and cell biology, structural biology, and drug discovery. So scientific and industrial benefits to California are enormous.
The proposed study requires combination of extensive biochemistry and developmental biology expertise. Development of new techniques and reagents for the maintenance and proliferation of pluripotent hES cells are fundamentally essential in order to fully exploit therapeutic potentials of hES cell therapy. We believe that the prime benefit from results of the proposed study is to add substantially to the body of knowledge on growing, maintaining, and finally guiding hES cells to the differentiated states as needed to develop effective therapeutic means.
Full clinical potential of human ES (hES) cell therapy can be achieved when one can grow hES cells effectively while maintaining full pluripotency. We have focused on developing stem cell culture media by which we can maintain pluripotency of human ES (hES) cells. It is critical to determine and develop a chemically defined media that are animal product-free and feeder cell-free conditions so that the media can be standardized throughout stem cell research and in clinical situations.
One major recombinant protein component we will use in developing chemically-defined media is a set of TGF-beta signaling ligands, receptor domains, and ligand-specific antagonists. We have established a new method of generating a diverse array of these ligands, including BMPs, Activins, inhibin, and their heteromeric ligands of the BMP/Activin class ligands. Some of these heteromeric ligands possess their signaling properties unlike their homodimeric counterparts. These reagents include Noggin, BMP2, BMP3, BMP6, GDF6, BMP2/6 heterodimer, and their derivatives. These reagents have been engineered by chimeric recombination. They were also further modified by site-specific mutagenesis, and by combinatorial heterodimeric assembly to create and modify protein-specific binding affinity to their binding counterparts. Several of these reagents are now available as recombinant protein in sufficient quantity for large-scale screening for media composition.
To establish the functional characteristics and optimal culture combinations using these new reagents, we have used an established hES cell, H9. We have cultured H9 cells in various compositions of culture media containing some of the engineered reagent and followed expression of several differentiation markers to monitor for pluripotency of hES cells, and also for their differentiation-guiding and pluripotency-maintaining abilities. We have first examined effect of aforementioned reagents: Noggin, BMP2, BMP3, BMP6, GDF6, BMP2/6 heterodimer, BMP3 S28A mutant, in our standard culture media mTeSR condition, which does contain bFGF, for proliferation and differentiation of hES cells. In these assays, hES cell line H9 was cultured and reagents were added at varying concentration (1-100 ng per ml) over 1-5 days culture period. Reagents were added in new media during the course of cell culture. We have used morphological change and the presence of markers as a means to follow the differentiation. Ectoderm markers are Nestin, Cdx2; Mesoderm by Brachyury, HBZ; Endoderm markers by CXCR4, Sox17, Gata4, HBF4 alpha, Gata6, AFP. Two BMPs had pronounced effects in inducing cells to endoderm. We have followed up by analyzing the efficiency using FACS. Up to 60% of cells have undergone to endoderm-marked cells. With the availability of a cell sorter, we evaluated pluripotency by means of proliferation rate, morphology, fluorescent signal in the reporter lines by visual inspection and FACS, then we further characterized the factors by real-time PCR for stem cell markers and karyotyping.
It is known that high concentration of FGF can suppress the action of BMPs, so we planned to repeat the experiments in mTeSR media with lowered levels of FGF to re-evaluate the effects of BMPs on cell differentiation abilities. After these tests were completed, we established a protocol performing these assays in high-throughput manner. We are currently in the process of writing this work for publication (Valera et al., in preparation).
Towards the development of chemically defined culture media to maintain pluripotency, we have then tested various newly-engineered reagent to replace a protein component in TeSR media. We have established a combination of protein factors known to maintain established hES cells without using nonhuman products except human albumin, which include basic fibroblast growth factors (bFGF), and a bone morphogenetic protein derivative known as AB2008. We have termed this new media as CAV media. We are currently in the process of writing this work for publication (Valera et al., in preparation).
- PLoS One (2010) BMP-2/6 heterodimer is more effective than BMP-2 or BMP-6 homodimers as inductor of differentiation of human embryonic stem cells. (PubMed: 20567515)
- Mol Endocrinol (2010) Bone morphogenetic protein-2 and -6 heterodimer illustrates the nature of ligand-receptor assembly. (PubMed: 20484413)


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There have been some excellent presentations on the issue of Project Management and Private Public Partnership.
Microsoft has presented on Private Public Partnerships and the various scenarios.
Excellent presentations have been made by Deloitte on the need to adopt formal project management practice in government and indeed private sector.
Cisco has presented on the upcoming ICT based connectivity and the opportunities presented by the connected world. A strategy for a digital nation.
Issue of culture as a driver of effective or ineffective project delivery have been highlighted. The national attitude towards time. The quality of 'yes', as demonstrated via high level of national optimism that manifests itself in many people saying yes when they mean no. I suggested that culture change was perhaps beyond the scope of the workshop.
The permanent secretaries present have spoken to the need for an enhanced engagement with private sector on better project delivery, capacity transfer in government.
Telkom Kenya Orange have also made an interesting presentation on their strategy globally and locally for green IT. The idea that IT can be deployed in a manner that is environmentally sustainable.
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I've noticed that all text in HTML e-mails gets the same font size when the message is printed, although the font sizes are rendered correctly when viewing the e-mail inside Zimbra.
I've composed various messages on my server and sent them to my Zimbra account; I have tried to format the font size with CSS, in pixels and points and ems, I even put a 'style="font-size:15px;"' in every HTML tag - but whatever I try, I only get an overall 8pt (or whatever size I select in my orions) for everything. Colors, bold/italic etc. work fine, just the font sizes are ignored...
Is there any way to convince Zimbra to accept the font sizes in incoming HTML e-mails when printing them?
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WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messaging app which allows you to exchange messages with your friends and contacts without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is cross platform and available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Nokia and yes, those phones can all message each other! To send and receive messages, WhatsApp utilizes your existing smartphone internet data plan: 3G / EDGE (or Wi-Fi when available).


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There are other ways to catch a fishing license
We're past Jan. 1 now, when new fishing licenses are required anytime you visit a waterway and dunk a line in hopes of being bit and bringing home fresh fish for the table.
However, what it now takes to purchase a license is a royal pain, and I forecast license sales are going to plummet.
Many anglers are going to consider it not worth the hassle. Or, they'll go fishing without a license knowing the warden staff is spread so thin the chance of being checked is rare and worth the risk.
Numerous anglers fish so rarely, such as once or twice a year for something like rock cod, that they'd purchase a one-day license aboard the boat. But with the new requirements to purchase a license, some party boat skippers won't be selling them.
If you do want to be legal and have a license in your possession, the first trick is to find a store that carries the license. What stores now must go through to sell you a license – even major sporting goods stores – has become too burdensome, and many no longer sell them.
If you want to find a store, start calling around.
The second option is to visit the Department of Fish and Game's website and purchase the license online.
You also must have a credit card. After filling out the required information, you can print out a temporary license for immediate use; the permanent license will be mailed to you.
The last option is to buy the license at the License and Revenue Branch of the DFG on Market Street in Sacramento's North Natomas area.
Whether purchasing a fishing license is worth the pain is a decision you'll have to make.
The DFG can use every justification in the world for what you have to go through to purchase a license, but there is virtually no justification for making it that much more difficult for anglers to enjoy their sport.
I've been telling the DFG directly, to the director. I suggest you do, too.
Pig hunts available by drawing
Joice Island is in the Suisun Bay region of Solano County. To keep the wild pig population in balance to their environment, a permit-only hunt is allowed.
Because the terrain is flat, only shotguns using slugs and archery equipment is allowed. The area covers 2,150 acres consisting of thick cattails, tulles, brush and standing water.
The first weekend hunt, March 5-6, is reserved for what's now called "apprentice hunters," a new term for "junior hunters." Only those 12 years of age and over with junior licenses will be allowed to hunt.
The other hunt dates are March 12-13, March 19-20, March 26-27, April 2-3, April 9-10, April 16-17 and April 23-24.
Because the acreage is limited, three hunters will be drawn for each weekend hunt. Maps and permits will be mailed to successful applicants. If you hunt solo, you may bring along one non-hunting partner.
To apply, send a standard postcard with your name, valid hunting license number, address, phone number and requested hunt date. If you apply for the apprentice hunt, the junior hunter's application must include the name of the adult chaperone.
Send the postcard to Joice Island Pig Hunt, 2548 Grizzly Island Road, Suisun, CA 94585.
Be forewarned: You may only apply one time and for one hunt. Apply for more than one, and your applications will be thrown out.
There is no fee for the hunts.
Annual Sportsmen's Expo coming
It's always a welcome event and heavily attended in the middle of winter, when outdoors-oriented folks are chomping at the bit to enjoy their sport but are limited by the weather.
The International Sportsmen's Expo is slated for Jan. 20-23. Stay posted here for information as it becomes available.
Current fishing
A week of decent weather finally is on tap. Sun. But the early mornings are downright chilly. Because of consistent rainfall, rivers are running high and it would be advisable to stay away for now.
Folsom Lake: The lake is muddy because of heavy inflows, and while fishing opportunities are outstanding, the chance of getting bit even once is rare. It will take awhile before the lake clears enough.
Lake Oroville: The lake was in great shape last summer but dropped significantly by fall. With all the rain so far, the lake quickly has risen to about 60 percent again. Yet, toss spinnerbaits in the backs of coves and you can still get into a good bass bite. Small Coho's are slamming small Kastmasters, and you can pull a pretty easy limit of 10- to 12-inchers in the Lime Saddle region, easily accessible from Highway 70.
New Melones: The lake is being planted weekly so there remains a good bite for boaters and shore slingers. Though planters are the most on stringers, there's always a holdover or two in the two-pound class to be had. From around the Glory Hole boat ramp area, you can soak Power Bait, crawlers or eggs with one rod and cast-retrieve lures with a second.
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Out of the blue, I can no longer send e-mail to a particular domain that we have been sending to without issue for months.
Here is an extract from /var/log/zimbra.log
Aug 2 16:14:19 webmail postfix/smtpd[22763]: initializing the server-side TLS engine
Aug 2 16:14:19 webmail postfix/smtpd[22763]: warning: 10.2.0.8: address not listed for hostname localhost.localdomain
Aug 2 16:14:19 webmail postfix/smtpd[22763]: connect from unknown[10.2.0.8]
Aug 2 16:14:19 webmail postfix/smtpd[22763]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[10.2.0.8]: 550 <firstname.lastname@example.com>: Recipient address rejected: regional1.ca; from=<email@example.com> to=<firstname.lastname@example.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<webmail.avmax-internal.net>
Aug 2 16:14:19 webmail postfix/smtpd[22763]: disconnect from unknown[10.2.0.8]
The Zimbra server has no issues resoloving the domain regional1.ca and can find the MX record via a: host -t MX regional1.ca command.
I have verified the recipient address and it is indeed correct.
Below is my /etc/hosts file:
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(USATODAY) -- Insurance companies contacted by USA TODAY say they will continue paying for annual mammograms amid widespread fears that new breast cancer screening guidelines from a federal task force could lead women to lose coverage for those tests.
The guidelines - suggesting that most women under 50 don't need routine mammograms and that women over 50 need them only every other year - were issued Monday night by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Q&A: Experts answer questions about the new guidelines
CANCER FORUM: Share your mammogram experiences
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius tried to ease women's fears by affirming her support for mammography and noting that government policy won't change. Medicare is required by law to cover one mammogram for women from 35 to 39 and annual screenings after that. Sebelius can change that coverage after consulting with the head of the National Cancer Institute.
Although task-force experts are government-appointed, "they do not set federal policy and they don't determine what services are covered by the federal government," Sebelius said in a statement.
"I would be very surprised if any private insurance company changed its mammography coverage," she said.
Leaders of the American College of Radiology and the Society of Breast Imaging issued statements Monday that the new recommendations looked like an effort to cut costs.
At least so far, however, insurance plans have not proposed changing their coverage, says Susan Pisano, a spokeswoman for America's Health Insurance Plans, which represents 1,300 companies covering 200 million Americans.
Some of the companies that told USA TODAY that they will continue paying for mammograms for women in their 40s include Kaiser Permanente, Aetna, Cigna, Geisinger Health Plan, Group Health Cooperative and WellPoint, which operates Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans in 14 states.
Together, these plans cover more than 73 million people.
A spokeswoman for Kaiser Permanente, Farra Levin, says, "We believe that focusing on prevention and early detection is critical in improving women's health and saving lives."
That doesn't mean that companies are totally ignoring the task force's advice.
A spokeswoman for WellPoint, Jill Becher, says the company considers the task force's recommendations, but also weighs advice from the American Cancer Society and American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, which still recommend annual screenings beginning at age 40.
Group Health Cooperative, among others, plans to look at the task force's recommendations next year, says spokesman Michael Foley, but it would still pay for the screening.


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Thank for you dropping by Brusalk.
What your saying about Demonology makes total sense, and while I'd like to think I'm an average Destruction player, I would say I'm below-average in Demonology. It's nice to hear that there *is* room for me to grow though, and that with enough time and effort spent I'll be rewarded. It's no surprise my Demo DPS is so bad then.
If you could recommend me two resources to up my Demo game, what would they be? The Demo FAQ here on MMO? Maybe a guide on Icy Veins or EJ?
Finally if your saying that (roughly) the results for Demo are 30, 60 and 100 based on skill with the spec, what would you rate Affliction?


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LORTON, Va. (WUSA) -- Fairfax County Police say a man was arrested who is accused of involvement in an explosion and fire at a sandwich shop in Lorton on Feb. 6.
Twenty five year old Horace Thompson was arrested by police in D.C. on a fugitive from justice warrant after being released from the Washington Burn Center on Thursday. He will have an extradition hearing and then be transferred to Fairfax County. Police say Thompson will then be served with warrants for arson of an occupied building and aggravated malicious wounding.
The shop's owner was injured in the explosion at 9504 Richmond Highway in Lorton on Feb. 6 at about 10:30 a.m. Early in the investigation, police said that a man was seen running from the scene who may have suffered injuries.
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-- Amid a challenging fiscal and personnel climate, the Air Force recently created a Community Support Coordinator position at 71 Air Force installations to help Airmen and their families withstand, recover from and grow in the face of stressors and changing demands.
The position was developed to operationalize the four pillars of Comprehensive Airmen Fitness -- mental, physical, social and spiritual. In response to the follow-on report from the Fort Hood, Texas, incident in 2009 where 13 people were killed and 29 others were injured, the Air Force wanted to create a focal point for installation resilience programs.
The primary responsibilities of the CSC are to serve as the executive director of the installation Community Action Information Board, chair of the Integrated Delivery System, and act as focal point for Comprehensive Airman Fitness to include all things resilience.
The objective of the CAIB is to identify and resolve issues impacting the readiness of the Air Force members, civilians and their families. The primary focus is to promote a positive way of life while enhancing the ability to function as productive Air Force community members. Top leadership chairs the CAIB (vice commanders at Air Force and MAJCOM; wing commanders at installation level), allowing for high visibility and the capability to maintain well-informed perspectives on a multitude of human factors affecting the Air Force environment. The IDS is the working group formed as the action arm of the CAIB. These two structures exist at the Air Force, MAJCOM and installation levels, drawing together a multidisciplinary team working in collaboration to resolve and impact readiness issues.
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"Installation CSCs will be a tremendous asset to Airmen and their families," Treat said. "But the RTAs serve as a familiar face, right from your own unit, trained and ready to help."
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – One of the two teenage Chinese girls who died in the Asiana plane crash at San Francisco airport on Saturday was run over by a fire truck rushing to the scene, a police department official said on Friday, though it is not known whether she was still alive at the time.
"The passenger was underneath the fire retardant foam and when the fire truck repositioned itself to battle the flames aboard the fuselage, the passenger victim was discovered in the tire track of the fire truck," said Albie Esparza, public information officer at the San Francisco Police Department.
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The coroner in San Mateo County, where the airport is located, has said he will release results of the girl's autopsy in about two weeks.
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This Feb. 27, 2012 photo released by the State Attorney's Office shows the Kel-Tec PF-9 9mm handgun used by George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin. The photo and reports were among evidence released by prosecutors that also includes calls to police, video and numerous other documents. The package was received by defense lawyers earlier this week and released to the media on Thursday, May 17, 2012.
Valdosta, GA - Should guns be allowed in church? They're banned in Georgia, and the nation's highest court ruled Monday that the ban will stay in place.
The ban on guns in church and other places of worship in Georgia is here to stay. The United States Supreme Court refused to reconsider the ruling Monday made by a lower court. Meaning, the nation's highest court will not overturn the Georgia law.
The ban also includes government buildings, polling places, etc. The push to appeal the decision came from Atlanta-based "GeorgiaCarry.Org". Organizers say the ban violates people's religious freedoms.
Georgia Carry's law suit actually started with a reverend around the macon area who said he wanted to have a gun for protection while working in the church office.
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Don't Miss: November Events
by nycgo.com staff, 10/22/2012
(From left) Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade photo by Joe Buglewicz • Bryant Park Holiday Market photo by Malcolm Brown
The holiday season in NYC kicks into full gear in November, with a number of recurring events such as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting, the New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show and George Balanchine's The Nutcracker—to name just a few. Other returning favorites include the New York Chocolate Show, the ING New York City Marathon and the Margaret Mead Film Festival. New this November are The Scream at MoMA and The Art of Scent 1889–2012 at the Museum of Arts and Design. View the full slideshow for additional information on the month's many happenings. For more, visit our weekly "Free in NYC" and "Top Five Events" features; check out our concert, fashion, art, nightlife and sports listings; see our roundup of annual events; and search for an event in our calendar.


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Two men report being robbed at gunpoint
Published: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 4:16 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 4:16 p.m.
Two men were robbed at gunpoint as they met with a third man Monday night in the Walmart parking lot in Summerfield.
The men did not specify why they were meeting the third man, only known as "Jesse," at just before 10:30 p.m. but said the man wanted to have the pair drive him to another location in the same parking lot, according to Marion County Sheriff's Office reports.
When the two men protested, "Jesse" jumped into the backseat of the car and a fourth man also got into the car. The men in the back reportedly pulled handguns and put them to the heads of the men in the front seat and demanded money, reports state.
After taking $200 in cash and the men's cellphones, the two gunmen got out of the car and ran away, according to reports.
Anyone with information about the case can call the Sheriff's Office at 732-9111 or Crime Stoppers at 368-STOP.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- WUSA 9 Sports' Dave Owens reports that cornerback DeAngelo Hall has been released from the Washington Redskins. The Associated Press reports that Hall had two years remaining on the six-year, $54 million deal he signed at the end of the 2008 season. Twenty-nine-year-old DeAngelo Hall was due to make $7.5 million in salary in 2013, reports AP.
Tuesday, free agency is set to begin. The Redskins have to get under the NFL's salary cap by Tuesday, after being docked $18 million for a penalty concerning the way the team structured contracts during the 2010 season.
Saturday, fullback Darrel Young and tight end Logan Paulsen agreed to three-year contracts to remain the Redskins.
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Video: Alfred Morris' 1991 Mazda gets refurbished
Video: WUSA 9 Interview With Alfred Morris
CHANTILLY, Va. (WUSA) -- It's just after 10 a.m. on Tuesday when Washington Redskins running back Alfred Morris strolls up to the Mazda dealership in a 2014 rental. The car company loaned Morris the vehicle while they graciously refurbished his 1991 626 model.
Morris is greeted by close to 50 Mazda employees. Brunch is served on three tables. Nearly a dozen cameras are rolling on the event. ESPN flew in reporter Josina Anderson for a sit down. The NFL Network was on hand. Several auto magazine outlets flocked towards Morris.
After a brief introduction, the folks at Mazda pulled off the black sheet covering Morris' car, unveiling all new features. The engine, windows and dashboard were replaced. 'Bentley' as Morris affectionately calls his car -- which he bought for $2 from his pastor -- also now has GPS navigation, Bluetooth connection and a brand new sound system.
"I got my baby back!" roared Morris to applause and laughter from the crowd.
As fantastic as a job the Mazda crew put into the car -- 275 hours of manual labor and 450 new parts -- the real story is the growing legend of Alfred Morris.
In terms of superstar running backs, Redskins fans are used to the attention-seeking type. John Riggins was known for his beer drinking, brash commentary towards Supreme Court justices and outrageous locker room shenanigans. Clinton Portis' claims to fame were his flamboyant press conference costumes, his distaste for practice and feuds with short tenured coach Jim Zorn.
Morris, 24, is drastically different than Riggins and Portis. He totes a simple wooden cross necklace, a boyish southern drawl and a contagious laugh heard whistling through the speakers in Chantilly. Morris refuses to buy Nike Jordan brand shoes, because "everyone wears those." Unlike his famous predecessors, Morris has won over the people with his warm persona and willingness to shake everybody's hand. His rags to riches success as a sixth round pick is the cherry on-top. The second-year player has to pinch himself sometimes.
"Who would have ever thought all this could happen? I just be myself each and every day. What you see is what you get," Morris said, analyzing his growing status. "It's not like a hoax or a phony. This is me. This is who I am. I'm down to earth. I'm fun. I'm loose. If you want to have some fun, come hang," he joked.
In a sense, Morris' 1991 Mazda really represents who he is: something that wasn't supposed to last this long.
Entering training camp in 2012, the thought was Morris' only chance to make the roster would be switching his position to fullback. Roy Helu, Evan Royster and back then, Tim Hightower were a typical yet formidable Mike Shanahan trio of overachieving backs. And like his chances of making the 53-man roster, teammates clowned on his car when they first saw it. "'That's you in that piece of crap?'" Morris recalled.
But we all know the fairy tale which unfolded last season, as the Redskins road Morris to an NFC East title.
Ten years from now Morris still plans on driving 'Bentley' around town. "It might not be my primary car, but it will still get driven a lot. That wasn't a joke either," laughed Morris.
Ten years from now it's hard to imagine how big Morris' legacy will be in Washington. It wouldn't be a shock if he one day broke Riggins' franchise rushing record.
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NEWINGTON, Va. (WUSA9) - Virginia State Police say one person is dead after a crash involving motorcycle and a tractor trailer on northbound Interstate 95 just before the Fairfax County Parkway.
The crash happened at approximately 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. The motorcyclist died in the collision, say state police. State Police later identified him as 68-year-old Timothy Halpin of Dumfries, Va.
Police say Halpin lost control while in the left lane and his motorcycle slid onto the left shoulder. Halpin slid into the center northbound lane, say police, and was hit by a tractor-trailer.
Police say the tractor-trailer failed to stop at the scene and witnesses were not able to describe it. Police want anyone with information to call them at 703-803-0026.
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The Goosinators are driven on land and on water. They scare the birds away.
After the geese learn what the Goosinator is, the apparatuses can simply be parked - which will intimidate the birds to stay away from the park.
The City wanted to buy the Goosinators because of ongoing complaints received from park-goers regarding the condition and usability of the park due to the presence of geese and the "gifts" they leave behind. The presence of goose feces is also a health hazard to animals and children who may be near it.
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Calif. health exchange upholds policy cancelations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The board overseeing California's health insurance exchange voted unanimously Thursday to stick with its current year-end deadline of phasing out more than 1 million individual health insurance policies that fail to meet requirements of the federal health care overhaul, turning aside a plea by President Barack Obama to let those policies continue.
In voting 5-0, Covered California board members said allowing the older polices to continue would undermine the new insurance marketplaces. Those policies are being ended because they do meet the more extensive requirements for essential benefits under the federal Affordable Care Act.
"There's no way to make the federal law work without this transition to ACA-compliant plans," board member Susan Kennedy said. "Delaying the transition isn't going to help anyone; it just delays the problems. I actually think that it's going to make a bad situation worse if we complicate it further."
The state insurance commissioner has said that 1.1 million Californians are receiving notices that their current individual health insurance policies will be discontinued in 2014, a deadline previously agreed to by the exchange and insurers. Nearly 220,000 policies will be extended until March because the companies failed to meet regulatory deadlines for notifying policy holders.
The cancellations have angered some policy holders, many of whom will see their monthly premiums and deductibles rise sharply under new plans. They also fly in the face of promises Obama made repeatedly when he said people who liked their current health insurance policies could keep them under his health insurance reforms.
The president has since backtracked and has asked states to allow insurance companies to extend those older policies.
But many insurance companies oppose extending the policies, saying doing so would undermine the new markets being set up under Obama's law. They also said they did not have enough time to rebuild policies they already had discontinued.
Officials described myriad complications if the board had agreed to modify the existing policy cancellation contract Covered California has with insurers, including how much premiums could rise, whether consumers might be subject to two deductibles in one year and the tight timeline in which to make a decision, with the end of the year quickly approaching. Insurance companies would need to notify customers that they were re-offering the old plans and process customer payments before Dec. 31.
Charles Bacchi, executive vice president of the California Association of Health Plans, said higher premiums for some consumers are inevitable, "whether it's today, whether it's three months from now or whether it's next year." But he said a delay in the policy cancellations was unnecessary because California's marketplace website is operating pretty much as planned.
"Because of that option, because people can buy coverage and it's working, we think that we should continue this transition of folks into ACA-compliant policies," he said.
No matter what action the board had taken Thursday, Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee said the state cannot force any insurance companies to extend their already expired plans.
Because of the confusion over cancellations, the board on Thursday also extended the deadline to purchase an insurance policy for coverage to start in the new year, from Dec. 15 to Dec. 23. The deadline to make the first payment on that policy was extended four days, to Jan. 5.
California is the latest state to respond to the president's about-face on the policy cancellations. The response to Obama's plea for an extension of those older policies has been mixed, with many states that run their own health care exchanges saying they will not follow the president's advice and will let the older policies expire.


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Professor Sophie Smyth joined the Temple Law School faculty in Fall 2007. Before coming to Temple, Professor Smyth was an international finance lawyer in the legal department of the World Bank and taught law for two years as a Visiting Professor at American University, Washington College of Law, while on sabbatical from the Bank.
Prior to working at the World Bank, Professor Smyth worked as a litigator. She served as Special Assistant to the Director of Appeals in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit and, subsequently, as a Trial Attorney on the Banking Litigation Defense Team of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division. Before entering law practice, she served as judicial law clerk to Judge Hugh Bownes on the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
Professor Smyth's scholarship explores the legal challenges posed by public-private collaborations in international development finance that involve contributions from governmental, non-profit and for-profit sources. In particular, she focuses on the creation of initiatives such as the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund, the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis, and similar funds. Her research addresses the inadequacies of the international legal and institutional framework to guide and govern such initiatives.
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Loudon, NH (Sports Network) - Defending Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski claimed the pole for the Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Keselowski set a new track qualifying record at this 1.058-mile oval with a lap at 135.922 mph. He earned his third career Sprint Cup pole. His first pole in the series came here in September 2010. Keselowski's most recent pole victory occurred in May 2011 at Charlotte (78 races ago).
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|Swimmers end reg. season; state up next
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Holyoke swimmers finished out a strong regular season at the Conference meet at Greeley Rec Center Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6-7.
Senior LeAnne McWilliams and sophomore Briar Bergner finalled in their individual events at conference, with McWilliams and Jordan Zeiler finalling in relays, as well.
McWilliams will advance to state as the backstroke swimmer on Sterling's 200 medley relay and also as a member of the 200 free relay.
Zeiler will serve as a 200 free relay alternate at the state competition Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-14 at Mountain View High School in Loveland.
Holyoke coach Adria Colver said she felt LeAnne swam her best meet ever. She had to fill in for a Sterling swimmer who had a car accident, and swam the event in a new personal best time with great technique and focus. "She had an outstanding day," said coach Colver.
McWilliams finalled in every event she swam, including the 200 medley relay, which placed third; 200 free relay, placing fifth; 200 Individual Medley, placing 14th; and the 100 back, placing fifth overall.
Colver was especially pleased with McWilliams' fifth place in the backstroke, her highest conference placing ever, as she placed 16th in the conference meet the last two years.
As for McWilliams' finish in the 200 I.M., Colver noted she just recently began swimming the event, and did very well to place 14th.
Bergner finalled in the 100 breaststroke and finished 15th overall.
Zeiler swam on the 200 free relay "A" team (with McWilliams and two Sterling swimmers), which also finalled at the conference meet, placing fifth.
Additionally, Pamela McWilliams swam another personal best time in the 100 butterfly, finishing a very strong season, noted coach Colver.
Freshman Amy Krogmeier swam both free and backstroke sprints and swam "exhibition" in finals on the Sterling 200 medley relay "B" team.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The District of Columbia is going to spend $30 million renovating playgrounds throughout the city.
The mayor's office says the renovations announced Friday are the largest playground reconstruction in the city's history. Of the 78 playgrounds in the city, 32 will get improvements.
City officials said about half of the cost of the improvements are coming from cost savings and unspent funds from the city's budget in the 2012 fiscal year. The improvements are supposed to be finished by September 2013.


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6JSC/ALA/6 Revision of RDA 184.108.40.206 (Recording Associated Institutions) and 220.127.116.11 (Recording Affiliations)
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Proposal says: "While the proposal calls for the use of the preferred name, use of the authorized access point might become a PCC policy or best practice". The latest decision from Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Task Group to Formulate or Recommend PCC/NACO RDA Policy on Authority Issues on Associated Group (includes Affiliation element) (RDA 9.13; 11.5) is "Prefer controlled vocabulary". It has been incorporated into RDA training materials and DCM, and gives even more weight to the option of using the authorized form of name for affiliated/associated institutions.
I support that "The most effective consistent form would be the authorized access point representing the body – which is unique – rather that the preferred access point – which might not be."
Larisa Walsh CC:DA, Oct. 22, 2012
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Summary: All constituencies agree to the proposal.
The Library of Congress suggests eliminating the exception for conferences at 126.96.36.199 and using the preferred name of the associated institution. ACOC and DNB agree; CCC disagrees. ALA position needed.
While acknowledging the added workload, our NACO coordinator believes this would not prove a undue burden on our catalogers and at the end, would be extremely beneficial to have. Adolfo Tarango (CRS) 10/11/2012
We should go along with the CCC objection to LC's proposal. --John Hostage 10:00, 17 October 2012 (PDT) (AALL)
I think I am in favor of following LC's suggestion because it would bring greater consistency (but I am a bit afraid of the consequences in terms of added workload). –- Dominique Bourassa, CC:DA, Oct. 19, 2012
The language of the PCC proposal is OK with me as long as the exception is retained. The exception should be retained for the reasons stated by CCC. Requiring the preferred name under the exception circumstances is especially onerous given the already existing requirement to create a NAR for each iteration of the conference. I don't see the necessity of establishing the name of every hotel in Davos. If it was required to establish 111 $c in order to create an authority record for a conference, I would recommend locally that our catalogers not create an authority record and not contribute the bibliographic record as pcc. I would find marginally acceptable using the preferred name if established and otherwise following the exception but coding the NAR as provisional (and not establishing the name of the institution), but even so this would result in access points such as 111 … ($c University of Michigan. Library) which is not, in my opinion, user-friendly. By extension, the LC rationale would require that we establish 111 with $d using ISO standards for dates.
- Glennan (PCC) for Steven Arakawa, Yale University 10/23/12
I have really mixed feelings about it. I like the ideal of having everything controlled (and potentially linkable), but I can already see that the workload created by many RDA changes may push us into another efficiency phase of choosing which attributes and relationships we will start leaving out in a new PCC floor.
But the way we will create RDA conference heading strings won't often include naming an associated institution, will it? Most often it will still be a geographic place? So in this particular instance, the extra workload won't happen with all conference headings. I see some light in that.
- Glennan (PCC) for Diana Brooking, University of Washington 10/23/12
NLM would like to keep the exception.
We are ok with recording the name of an institution associated with a conference in the authorized form as long as that institution is already established. If the institution has not already been established we do not think we should be required to establish it based on it being used as a location for a conference. 11.2.2 says to establish the preferred name based on resources associated with the corporate body. The use of an institution as a location on some conference proceedings is not a resource associated with the corporate body. The body had nothing to do with that publication and however its name appears may not be the form in which it should be established. This can be particularly tricky for institutions in foreign countries. For example, a publication in English about a conference held at a Turkish Institution would have the name in English, and we would not want to spend the time to figure out what it should be in Turkish just to say that it is associated with this conference.
- Glennan (PCC) for NLM, 10/24/12
My major problem with the current exception is that it essentially *forbids* the cataloger from using the authorized form-- the cataloger must use a form found in the piece, and finding/chosing that form can be more trouble than simply using the authorized form. I'm making up the following example, but I've seen things like it, and it has been really annoying to try to base the $c from it: "This conference was held in Urbana on the campus of the University of Illinois ..."
I would be fine with an exception that uses the preferred form when easily available or something to that effect.
- Glennan (PCC) for Sara Shatford Layne, UCLA, 10/24/12
I think the major question is whether CCC is correct in asserting that removing the exception would require finding or establishing the preferred form of name. There's a significant difference in effort between recording what a cataloger assumes will be the preferred form of name and actually creating an authority record to support that form.
The additional PCC catalogers I've queried on this topic are split on the issue of retaining vs. removing the exception as LC has suggested. Sample comments:
Keep the exception:
Whenever possible you should use the authorized form, but if there is no authorized form you should not be required to create it. This is particularly true with respect to conferences, which are often hosted or associated with corporate bodies that are not and may never be established. Removing the exception will not create greater consistency it will just discourage people from recording anything if it's not already established.
While it is true that geographic headings are the ones most seen, nevertheless I've seen just too many hotels and resorts used as associated institutions in conference qualifiers. I don't feel that this is worth making catalogers go through the hoops of establishing them. Having the exception in place is a good safety net.
Remove the exception:
Justification - the confusion this has caused for years in AACR2 NACO training, where this type of exception has been the standard policy for conferences.
When I was cataloging lots of sci-tech conference proceedings it seemed to me it was sometimes more work to determine which form to record (multiple forms found in the piece ) in the $c of the access point than it would have been simply to record the preferred form.
One additional reason for using the preferred name is that it will work better in the future linked data environment than the form of the name that appears on the resource.
Another comment from my "focus group": There seems to be agreement that if there is no authorized form we need not "establish" it. If, however, we are still required to formulate it using RDA conventions, i.e., the preferred form, the same problem remains as previously stated for the 3XX fields and for conferences. The form of name used by a publisher on the t.p. for an author's affiliation or the form of name included on conference proceedings may not be in the preferred form (e.g., the English language conference proceedings that include the name of the Turkish institution in English or the author's French institution is given in English on the t.p.). We do not want to have to research to determine the preferred form.
-- Glennan (PCC), 10/23/12 (updated 10/24/12)
CCC notes the need to update examples at 184.108.40.206; I agree.
DNB prefers to treat Associated Institutions and Affiliations as relationships, rather than as elements. This is part of a larger issue, and I don't think ALA needs to respond.
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Genre emerges as a result of communication in a discourse community. A genre is what makes people who are socially connected able to convey and perceive information in a more efficient and productive manner because both the form and the content are merged into a recognizable package that is understood by participants in that community.
While the genre concept has gained currency in the information field over the last decade, there remains considerable disagreement about its value and application. But as collection sizes of digital libraries grow, access to materials through keyword-based searches becomes more problematic. Can genre help? The research has investigated several aspects of using digital genre for improving information retrieval. Work has included proposals for what constitutes a digital genre, the automatic and manual classification of documents by genre, users ability to recognize the shape of digital documents, the solicitation of users genre terms for digital documents (e.g., personal homepages or blogs), and users ability to recognize and agree on the genre of digital documents. Yet, no one has been able to show that retrieval by genre can be effectively implemented. Why not? What directions should research take to bring this seemingly intuitive concept to a working reality?
Researchers, with interests and experience in the examination of genre structures in document design, use, and retrieval, will engage in a spirited and lively discussion with each other and the audience in an attempt to develop a more cohesive sense of the genre concept and its utility in digital libraries. The session aims first to establish an understanding of what we know about genre, and then to discuss what the remaining questions are and how we can find answers. Between the panelists ideas and contributions from the audience, we hope to develop a research agenda for the future.
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As noticed in previous versions, sometimes a single quote alone (like ') made things to crash. Therefore I use \u00b4 everywhere (it looks like an accent without a letter below).
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Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel was involved in two car crashes and reported neither, and one of the crashes may have violated federal campaign finance law. During a March accident, Mandel, a Republican, was riding in a vehicle owned by his 2012 U.S. Senate campaign months after he lost to Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown. Federal law states Senate campaign property can't be used for personal use or to campaign for a different office, such as state treasurer. Mandel's state treasurer campaign says it rented out the car from the Senate campaign, but The Associated Press found the check didn't clear out until June 30 — seven months after the Senate campaign and four months after the crash — and the rent wasn't fully paid for until reporters started asking questions.
Republican state legislators are drafting a bill that would overhaul Ohio's Medicaid program. The legislation isn't the Medicaid expansion, which Ohio House Speaker William Batchelder now says isn't a good idea. Instead, the upcoming bill would make changes to attempt to control Medicaid's rising costs, which have put an increasing strain on the state budget in the past few years. Batchelder says the bill will be introduced in the fall and likely voted out of the House by the end of the year.Mayoral candidates John Cranley and Roxanne Qualls are rolling out their latest endorsements. Yesterday, State Rep. Alicia Reece said she's backing Cranley. On Friday, Qualls touted support from Equality Ohio, the Miami Group of the Sierra Club, the National Organization of Women Cincinnati, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 392 and the Ohio-Kentucky Administrative District Council of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsworkers. Endorsements rarely influence the outcome of elections.
The Ohio Parole Board rejected a killer's plea for mercy.
Harry Mitts Jr. is scheduled to die by injection on Sept. 25 for
killing two men, including a police officer, at an apartment. Court
records claim Mitts uttered racial slurs before killing his first
victim, who was black. Mitts' defense says he was blacked out from
alcohol the night of the slayings and didn't know what he was doing.
With the board's rejection, Mitts' fate is now up to Gov. John Kasich,
who could commute the sentence to life in prison.
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Three former employees are suing Cincinnati-based Jeff Ruby eateries for allegedly taking tips from staff, which supposedly caused employees to earn less than minimum wage.
Between Sept. 19 and Sept. 30, Cincinnati's Horseshoe Casino will become the first venue in Ohio to host a World Series of Poker circuit event.
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The Ohio Democratic Party is asking both state and federal prosecutors to look into allegations that a major coal company is coercing its employees to donate to political causes against their will.
The ODP on Monday sent letters to U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Steven Dettelbach and Acting Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty asking them to launch a criminal investigation into Ohio-based Murray Energy Corporation.
The letters allege that Murray Energy "may have engaged in a pattern of illegal activity, extorting millions in financial contributions from employees and vendors for Republican candidates running for public office."
Murray Energy fired back in a Monday statement, saying the allegations "are simply an attempt to silence Murray Energy and its owners from supporting their coal mining employees and families by speaking out against President Barack Obama's well known and documented War on Coal."
The allegations stem from an Oct. 4 investigation by left-leaning magazine The New Republic.
The article is based on the accounts of two anonymous former Murray managers and a review of letters and memos to Murray employees. It suggests that employees are pressured into making donations to Republican candidates and contributing to the company's Political Action Committee.
"There's a lot of coercion," one of the sources told the magazine. "I just want to work, but you feel this constant pressure that, if you don't contribute, your job's at stake."
ODP Chairman Chris Redfern told reporters during a conference call that party research found that Ohio political candidates — including all current statewide officeholders — had received almost $750,000 from Murray Energy, its subsidiaries and employees.
Neither Dettelbach or McGinty returned CityBeat calls for comment on any pending investigations.
Murray Energy in its statement called The New Republic biased and radically liberal. The company's characterization in the article is incorrect and untruthful, according to the statement.
Murray had previously come under fire when Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney held a campaign event at one of its mines. Some workers claim they were pulled out of the mine early when it closed for the event and forced to attend without pay.
Even though he has criticized super PACs in the past, President Obama has decided he will allow a pro-Democratic one to assist him in his reelection bid. Priorities USA Action, a super PAC founded by two former White House aides, will help Obama counter the deluge of money being raised by GOP groups during the 2012 election cycle.
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney told a conservative radio talk show host on Monday that he doesn't support funding for Planned Parenthood and believes Susan G. Komen for the Cure should have stuck by its original decision to pull grants from the organization.
Now that the Jan. 31 filing deadline with the Federal Election Commission has come and gone, media outlets have had time to pour over the paperwork and discover how large a role "super PACs" are playing in this year's presidential race. The short answer: Pretty large.
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Being a bit of a fanboy it is hard to review a Bose headset, but then it is also hard not to review a new offering from one of the worlds most loved audio companies. The latest from Bose is a set of earphones and headphones that look more vibrant and young than the sober, but fantastic, range of headphones the company has been selling so far. The new Bose FreeStyle earbuds and SoundTrue around-ear and on-ear headphones mark a change in the companys design philosophy.
Design: My review unit was an on-ear headphone, smaller than most other units of this type. The set folds enough to fit in the palm of your hands. The earcups can turn 180 degrees to let it fold flat, making this a good choice for people who like to hear their music the way they want it even when on the move. The set is also extremely lightweight at 140 grams with the cable, which can be detached and stashed away for storage. The set comes with a small leather case.
The design is supposed to be young, but the purple and mint combination of the review unit felt a bit too young for me. I would like to stick to the all-black finish, for I feel the white and mint combinations would not be very conducive to Indian conditions. I felt the mint earcups on the unit I had was accumulating dust within a week of exposure to Delhi conditions. I would not want that to happen to a set of headphone that cost as much a mid-range smartphone.
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Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - Goran Dragic poured in 19 points and dished
out seven assists to lead the Phoenix Suns past the Cleveland Cavaliers,
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Michael Beasley added 15 points and Luis Scola had 14 off the bench for the
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Anderson Varejao scored a game-high 20 points and pulled down 18 boards while
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Villa v Fulham: Lambert - Humble Weimann becoming a fan favourite
Paul Lambert has hailed level-headed Andreas Weimann - as the Austrian striker gets set to try and sink Fulham for the second season running.
Weimann burst on to the Barclays Premier League scene just over 12 months ago with a dramatic stoppage-time winner to give Villa a priceless win over the Cottagers.
Since then, the 21-year-old's stock has continued to rise and he is now a regular in the claret and blues starting line-up.
Weimann, who has scored 11 goals in all competitions this term, has also become a favourite among the Villa Park faithful.
Lambert reckons the academy graduate's humble nature allied to his impressive work rate have helped him become a success.
"That's one thing about Andi, no matter what he does with his career - how good he goes to become, or what he wins, what he makes - what you see now is what I think Andi Weimann will be like when he finishes playing," said Lambert.
"You look at the crowd with him as well. The crowd love him. When you see that sort of thing, the crowd identify because he's been through the ranks."
Lambert has been delighted with the way Weimann has seized his opportunities in his first full season in the senior ranks.
And he says the Vienna-born hotshot is enjoying every minute of his time on the top-flight stage.
"I think when you see somebody like that the thing that strikes you is his work rate," the boss added.
"If you concentrate on people's strengths and not be negative all the time then hopefully you'll get an extra percentage out of them and I think that's what's happened. We've got the best out of him.
"I think he's really enjoyed his football. He's broken into the international team as well and that's a great thing for him.
"He's playing almost every week here. It's his first real throw of the dice at this level. That's a big thing.
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Good vs. evil, the Parker way
Award-winning mystery writer T. Jefferson Parker wraps up his first series with 'The Famous and the Dead'
"The Famous and the Dead" is Fallbrook crime novelist T. Jefferson Parker's 20th book, a nice round number, a milestone in a much-lauded career spent exploring the dark underbelly of sun-splashed Southern California.
There's another number, though, that marks this publishing moment as significant for him: Six.
That's how many books he's written in a row about one character, the soft-spoken, big-hearted Charlie Hood, outnumbered and outgunned as he tries to stem the flow of firearms across the Mexico-California border. The new book concludes the series.
Before Hood came along, Parker defied the conventional wisdom that says the way to last in the mystery game is with a recurring star. Sue Grafton with Kinsey Millhone. Michael Connelly with Harry Bosch. Robert Crais with Elvis Cole.
Instead he created an ever-changing cast of memorable heroes, many of them damaged, almost none of them the world-weary, wisecracking cynics that populate the genre.
T. Jefferson Parker
Born: Los Angeles, raised in Tustin
College: UC Irvine, majored in English
Family: Married, two sons
Notable books: "Laguna Heat" (1985); "Pacific Beat" (1991); "The Triggerman's Dance (1996); "Silent Joe" (2001); "California Girl" (2004); "L.A. Outlaws" (2008); "Border Lords" (2011)
Trivia: The "T" in his name doesn't stand for anything. His mom thought it would look good when he became president. He goes by Jeff.
Signing: Friday, 7 p.m., Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
He started with Tom Shephard, a homicide detective, in "Laguna Heat," his 1985 debut, which took him five years and as many drafts to finish while he was working days as a newspaper reporter in Orange County, where he grew up.
He had Russ Monroe in "Summer of Fear," a crime writer whose wife was dying of cancer, written while Parker's first wife was dying of cancer.
He had Joe Trona, an orphan with an acid-scarred face, in "Silent Joe," which won Parker the first of his two Edgar awards for best novel, the top prize in mystery writing. (He's one of only four writers who have won more than once in almost 60 years of competition.)
"I think one of Jeff's greatest gifts." said Maryelizabeth Hart, co-owner of the San Diego bookstore Mysterious Galaxy, "is the ability to connect readers with his well-rounded, believable characters, even those who make choices most of us wouldn't, or encounter extraordinary circumstances, or live with special traits that in lesser hands might be character tics rather than part of their humanity."
The one-hero-at-a-time approach never seemed to hurt Parker. He had best-sellers. He won awards. Critics praised his "moral intelligence" and called his work "some of the finest writing you'll ever read." But five years ago, he decided it was time to try something different.
"I'd never written a series before, and I thought it would be a real interesting challenge for me," he said one recent afternoon in his home office, filled with books and leather chairs and decorative nods to two of his passions, fly-fishing and snakes.
"This was my stab at creating a character people would like and sticking with him. And in Charlie's case, throwing him into a situation that I thought was meaningful."
'That whole caldron'
Parker, who is 59, has traveled on vacation south of the border all his life. "I've always loved Mexico," he said, "the culture, the language, the beer, the fishing, the people, the music, the literature, the geography — the whole thing."
About eight years ago, as he watched Mexico descend into drug-fueled madness — 50,000 dead and counting — he knew he would eventually write about it. "I just thought it was a terrible thing happening to a beautiful country," he said.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's campaign is working hard to chip away at President Barack Obama's advantage among early voters, and there are early signs the effort is paying off in North Carolina and Florida, competitive states that the Republican nominee can ill afford to lose. Obama is doing better in Iowa, another battleground state.
Obama dominated early voting in key states in 2008, giving him a big advantage over Republican John McCain before Election Day even arrived. Romney's campaign says Obama will not build such a big lead this time.
Early voting for the presidential election has started in more than 30 states. No votes will be counted until Nov. 6. But in early returns, Republican voters outnumber Democratic voters in Florida and North Carolina, while Democrats outnumber Republicans in Iowa.


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Birth Place: Augusta, Georgia, USA
Born Terry Bollea in Tampa, FL to a construction worker dad and homemaker mom, Hogan was always athletic, wrestling and playing Little League in his youth. His fast-growing frame required more food than normal - a typical breakfast consisted of 10 eggs, 12-ounces of hamburger and a quart of orange juice. By the time he graduated Robinson High School, Hogan was 6'7" and weighed over 300 pounds. While in high school, he began playing bass in local bands, earning $300-400 per week at clubs and parties. He later attended Hillsborough Community College, then the University of South Florida, where he studied music and finance. But Hogan wanted to play music rather than study, so he quit college to... Continue Bio >>
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