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Release Date: August 22, 2008
Running Time: 86 mins.
MPAA Rating: PG
Box Office: $11,508,423.00
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sports
When Curtis Plummer, a down on his luck former high school football star, takes the only job he can find--babysitting his misfit niece Jasmine--he discovers that she has the skills that once made him a great quarterback. The only place these two opposites get along is on the field, so Curtis is determined to turn Jasmine into the star of the local team, The Minden Browns, and get his own stride back by becoming the coach. The boys on the team don't want her but when this girl quarterback shows them she's got the skills, she'll turn their whole world upside down.

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DITTMER, Mo. (KSDK) - Jefferson County Sheriffs Deputies were dispatched to the 9200 block of Highway WW in Dittmer, Missouri for a reported residential fire Monday evening.
The only occupant of the home was unaccounted for was deputies arrived.
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I realized my problem when making dungeon maps. When I try to access SS2A or B while using the DD3 Color template for the map, I do not get the drawing tools for them. In addition, when I find them and add them manually, they're not in high quality bitmaps, the resolution drops entirely for some weird reason.
So the question is, exactly how do I have access to all drawing tools on whatever map I am working on in addition to havig those high quality maps?
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Portions of New York City and the East Coast are getting back to normal. The New York Stock Exchange reopened Wednesday along with some of the museums in Washington, D.C. Hurricane Sandy roared into New Jersey and caused extensive damage up and down the coast. (Photos from US PRESSWIRE and GETTY IMAGES)
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What if CW had been released for the PS3 or Xbox 360?
What if CW had been released for the PS3 or Xbox 360?
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I know it must be quite pointless to think matters like this but what do you think about it? I always thought that if Rockstar had made three several episodic contents for Grand Theft Auto IV they would've made Chinatown Wars as their third DLC for GTA IV among TLAD and TBOGT. I'm not saying the game sucks on the DS, PSP or iPod but maybe R* could've made more profit with the game if it had appeared with the GTA IV graphics and stuff. We all know CW's sales weren't that great when the game was first released for the Nintendo DS which prompted Rockstar bringin the game for the PSP in the first place. I envy all the PSP-owners because I wont dare to buy a PSP only for one game even if it might be a great game. My opinion is CW+GTAIV game-engine= Great game.
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What if they will release it for, let's say PSN and XBox Marketplace as a port, but with the same engine as the original CW's only with a bit sharper graphics (Full HD).
At least I think that sounds more likely (maybe not the HD-part) - if it ever happens...
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Twenty years ago when I started out as a manual tester, the quality assurance team was the gatekeeper. We would decide whether or not a product was ready to ship and it was pretty stressful. What were the criteria for the go/no go decision? We had lots of metrics and more evolved over the years, but ultimately the defect count and severity, as well as "gut- feel" were often the inputs to the decision.
As the saying goes, "we've come a long way, baby." Quality is a whole team concern. And not just in agile development teams. There are lots of initiatives to improve quality like
- Stakeholder feedback, after all if it's not what they want why ship it?
- Slick, easy-to-use, intuitive functionality
- Requirements traceability
- Test driven development and/or no code is delivered without automated tests
- Continuous integration builds
And any other "fail early" technique you can think of. These really do improve quality. But how are we measuring quality? What metrics matter?
If quality is delivering what stakeholders want, what is the measurement for that? They just say so? Or proof that their requirements are met? Number of "likes" on a mobile app? Does it vary based on who the stakeholders are and what is being delivered? For example, when the stakeholder is a mobile app user getting something for free, is quality only that it basically works? Maybe that there's no really bad problems (like crashing the phone)? Bug fixes are delivered in a matter of minutes? For any software that's not free, and certainly for mission-critical software, organizations must have quality criteria. But what are they and how are they tracked?
Do those two circumstances cover your situation? What is your organization's definition of quality and what are you using to measure it? Are you tracking things like
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- Requirements rate of change?
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Tympanoplasty is a surgery done to repair the eardrum and middle ear bones. The eardrum and bones are necessary to hear.
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Tympanoplasty. Northwest ENT Associates website. Available at:
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a reference to which attributes to use, like First Name, Last Name, Display name, etc.
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BUFFALO, New York (WGRZ)--Instead of getting a mammogram every year, or every other year, what if there was an easier way to detect early signs of breast cancer?
It's something they're working on at Niagara University.
"We've started to look at urine, which is a much easier thing to get from people," says Dr. Mary McCourt, leading the research.
"Instead of getting a mammogram every year, you go for your annual physical and instead of having to schedule a mammogram as well, you give a urine sample and they do an analysis on it," Dr. McCourt explains.
It certainly sounds easier and less invasive and uncomfortable.
"People that have different kinds of diseases will have different kinds of products that come out of their body- and out in their urine. So, you should be able to test people's biology, biological samples, and say, ok this indicates you have heart disease, this indicates you have something else," McCourt says.
Dr. McCourt and her students will spend the next two years looking at samples from healthy women and women with breast cancer.
Using a machine that acts like a big magnet, a urine sample will go into the machine and interact with the molecules inside. A "read out" of some sort would then determine if further screening is necessary. The next step could be ordering a mammogram.
"So ideally would this at some point replace a mammogram or be an earlier test?" Kristin Donnelly asks.
"The idea initially is that initially it would be an earlier test, sort of a pre-screen for a mammogram," McCourt says.
The research will be funded by a grant from the Avon Foundation for Women, for $150,000 dollars. That money could be extended in two years. It was presented to Dr. McCourt in front of hundreds of breast cancer survivors.
"These people are really needing this. They really want this, they really need this. Sometimes researchers are really far removed from that experience. It was very very moving for me," McCourt says.
If successful, this test could also monitor the success of various treatments for breast cancer.
The formal study began November 1st and will last two years.
Niagara University is also planning a new state-of-the-art science building with help from billionaire businessman Tom Golisano. His $10 million dollar investment kick-started the campaign and the hope is this new cutting edge research will eventually end up in a new cutting-edge center.


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That was a cheap ploy for me to work in a comment about how excited I am that Austin is well on it's way to getting a Formula 1 track (Statesman).
Shameless? Or brilliant? You make the call
Anyhow, the title is a pun on the Random Access Compression Engine™ (RACE) architecture that is a part of the Storwize offering that IBM recently acquired.
I want to welcome all the Storwize employees to IBM (hello!) and let our customers know that this is some pretty tight technology and it's worth reaching out to your IBM sales rep or business partner to learn more about it.
In short:
Storwize provides real-time data compression technology to help clients reduce physical storage requirements by up to 80%*, which improves efficiency and lowers the cost of making data available for analytics and other applications.
Here are three good links for more details on the aquisition as well as a quick video featuring Doug Balog, Vice President of IBM Storage.
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Cyclones Unveil 2014 Outdoor Track & Field Schedule
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State director of track and field and cross country Martin Smith announced the 2014 outdoor track and field schedule this morning. The current schedule features 13 events, spanning 10 states.
The Cyclones will open outdoor competition Mar. 21-22 with a trip to Tempe, Ariz., where the men's and women's teams will compete at the Baldy Castillo Invitational.
The month of April will feature six meets for the Cyclones. Iowa State will split runners on the weekend of April 4-5, competing at one of two meets. Some will travel to a familiar site at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif., while others compete at the Tiger Track Classic hosted by Auburn University. After competing at the Jim Duncan Invitational (April 11-12), Iowa State will again split student-athletes at the Kansas Relays and the LSU Alumni Gold meet April 18-19. The Cyclones will then close out the month of April competing at the 105th running of the Drake Relays.
Postseason competition kicks off in May, following the Musco Twilight and the Payton Jordan Invitational (May 2-4). The Big 12 Outdoor Championships are slated for May 16-18 and will be hosted by Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. Following the conference championships, Iowa State student-athletes will travel to Fayetteville, Ark. for the NCAA West Preliminaries May 29-31, where the Cyclones will attempt to qualify for the NCAA Championships. The national championships will be held in Eugene, Ore. and are scheduled for June 11-14.
The Cyclones' 2013-14 indoor track and field schedule has also been restructured. The first change will come Jan. 18, when teams travel to both the Big 4 Duals in Iowa City, Iowa and also to State College, Pa. for the Nittany Lion Challenge. January 25th, the teams will compete at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational in Boston, Mass.
Iowa State has added the David Hemery Valentine Invitational to the schedule on Feb. 8. The Cyclones will split runners for the weekend of Feb. 21-22. Student-athletes will run either at the Dome Open in Cedar Falls, Iowa or at the Alex Wilson Invitational in South Bend, Ind.
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BBC's 'Red Riding' Trilogy Delves into the Darkness of Real-Life Nightmares
Heavy with gloom and so pervasively violent that a single misstep might have reduced it to macabre comedy, Red Riding: 1974 has the feeling of a nightmare. This is no accident.
Director Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane) favors his lighting dim and his skies oppressively bleak, mitigated only by illuminating flashes so brilliant as to be blinding. If they seem to suggest a break from the grim reality of Tony Grisoni's story, about a journalist investigating a series of child murders in Yorkshire, the illusion is fleeting. At no time is 1974, the first episode of the Red Riding trilogy released last year for BBC television, anything close to cheery


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TEMPLE HILLS, Md. (WUSA) -- Fire investigators say they believe a couple left their electric space heater on while running errands and it sparked a fire in their Temple Hills home.
According to Prince George's County fire officials, the fire happened in the basement of a house in the 2800 block of Curtis Drive. Firefighters were able to put out the fire in about 15 minutes.
No one was injured during the fire, but the couple, who are in their 80s, will be displaced due to the estimated $75,000 worth of damage to their home.
Prince George's County fire officials say that it's the second house fire of the day on Thursday. The other happened in the 3500 block of Everest Drive, and left a woman in critical condition.


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Orioles Advance to 15-9 with Series Wins Over Blue Jays and Athletics
The Baltimore Orioles were simply on fire throughout the fourth week of the season, beating the Toronto Blue Jays, 2-1, in a home series to open the week before sweeping Oakland Athletics to close out the week. The successful week pushed the Orioles to a 15-9 overall record.
O's Soar Above Blue Jays in Series, 2-1 (April 22-April 24)
The Orioles took Game One with right fielder Nick Markakis' RBI hit in the ninth inning, sending first baseman Chris Davis in for the game-deciding run in a 2-1 victory. Davis, fifth batter in the lineup, was hit by a pitch that got him on base, and shortstop J.J. Hardy hit a sacrifice blunt to push Davis to second base. Markakis' RBI single then sent Davis home for the win.
Baltimore followed up with another impressive win in game two; they scored all four of their runs in the second inning, and then relied on outstanding pitching from their bullpen to hold off the Blue Jays for a 4-3 win. Orioles closer Jim Johnson picked up his eighth save of the season, but he wasn't the only relief pitcher to pitch well. Relief pitcher Darren O'Day kept Toronto scoreless in the seventh inning and Pedro Strop pitched a scoreless eighth inning before Johnson took over in the ninth.
Unfortunately, the O's fell short of the series sweep as they allowed Toronto to steal game three with a 6-5 win. Jim Johnson uncharacteristically blew a save when he gave up a walk with the bases loaded in the 11th inning.
Baltimore Sweeps the A's for Three Straight Wins (April 25-April 27)
With no days off, the Orioles headed west where they smacked around Oakland, 10-2 in game one of the series. After falling behind by two runs early on, the bats came alive for Baltimore in the third inning starting with Manny Machado's RBI single and Markakis' RBI single. Chris Davis later hit a single home run in the sixth inning. Baltimore recorded 15 hits total in the game.
The Orioles had far less success at bat in game two, recording just seven hits with three runs. They went scoreless for the first six innings. But Baltimore got lucky with an unearned run in the seventh inning and Nate McCloud hit a RBI in the ninth inning, followed by a sacrifice fly by Markakis that put the game away, 3-0.
Markakis continued his success at bat in game three with a two-run homer. Adam Jones also hit a home run as the Orioles won, 7-3.
Player of the Week: Nick Markakis
Markakis has been the most consistent batter for the Orioles this season and his consistency helped deliver them five wins in week four. He recorded seven RBI's, six hits, three runs and one homerun during the week.
The Orioles will face the Seattle Mariners on the road in a four-game series from April 29 through to May 1, and then will travel to Los Angeles on May 2-5.
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MIAMI -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches the state.
Scott said the goal was to make sure every local, state and federal agency "has the exact same information" on the storm and preparations in order to make informed decisions. He issued the state of emergency Saturday during a media briefing in Broward County.
The state is also focusing on preparations ahead of the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Scott said delegates were being information on how to remain safe during a storm. Officials in the Tampa area were also being kept informed of issues that may occur due to Isaac, such as storm surge and bridge closures.
Tampa airport remained open Saturday.
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CINCINNATI (AP) - Attorneys for a group of Amish men and women found guilty of hate crimes for cutting the hair and beards of fellow members of their faith are arguing that the group's conviction, sentencing and imprisonment in separate facilities across the country violates their constitutional rights and amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, according to recent court filings.
The filings in federal court in Akron seek the release of seven of 16 Amish convicted in September in the 2011 eastern Ohio attacks, which were meant to shame fellow Amish they believed were straying from strict religious interpretations.
Although six of the requests were denied by the trial judge, one is pending, and the judge could at any time order any of them released as they await the outcomes of their appeals, expected to be filed this summer. Defense attorneys may also appeal denials of the release requests to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
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The Amish group's leader, Samuel Mullet Sr., was sentenced to 15 years in prison, while the rest of the group got sentences ranging from one to seven years.
The Amish have been sent to different prisons across the country, placing an overly harsh burden on their relatives, who, because of their religion, cannot travel by plane and have to hire drivers for car travel, the group's attorneys argue.
For instance, for Mullet's wife to visit him and three sons convicted in the case, she'd have to travel to Oklahoma, Louisiana and two prisons 160 miles apart in Minnesota.
The Amish "are being treated much more harshly than the typical federal prisoner, including those with much worse criminal histories and offense conduct," Mullet's attorney, Edward Bryan, wrote in a March 29 filing. "The manner in which their sentences are being carried out by the Bureau of Prisons is cruel and unusual."
Prosecutors, in their response filed on Friday, pointed out that Mullet has unsuccessfully argued to be released five times throughout the case, and they cited comments from federal Judge Dan Polster that Mullet showed no remorse for the attacks and "enjoyed receiving prompt reports about the violent assaults, and even received a bag of hair as proof that one such assault was successful."
The prosecutors also said that as recently as Feb. 8, the judge noted "Mullet's dangerous hold" on his community and that Mullet had shown "a blatant disregard for the law."
They rejected that the Amish's placement in different prisons is cruel and unusual and said moving him would be a waste of taxpayer money.
The prosecution's filing does not address other arguments being put forth by the defense that are far broader, largely uncharted territory in the courts and could eventually land in the U.S. Supreme Court, according to attorneys involved in the case and constitutional law professors contacted by The Associated Press.
Defense attorneys for the Amish are attacking the group's prosecution under the federal hate crime statute, passed in 2009. The statute stipulates that to constitute a federal violation, the crime has to involve crossing state lines or using "an instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce."
In this case, government prosecutors successfully argued that the scissors and hair clippers were an instrumentality of interstate commerce.
That argument is an abuse of federal power and is unconstitutional, the defense attorneys argue.
Bryan pointed to last year's landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court over President Barack Obama's federal health care law.
The court found that the individual insurance mandate at the heart of the law was not enforceable under Congress' power over interstate commerce but rather as a tax.
Bryan said that case, decided after the Amish were indicted, shows a willingness by the nation's highest court to narrow Congress' authority over interstate commerce, and could guide the 6th Circuit in its consideration of the Amish group's appeal.
Bryan and the other defense attorneys in the case also argue that the assaults didn't amount to a hate crime under the federal statute, arguing that the law wasn't meant to prosecute a given religious group's dispute among its own members.
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Worst X Factor Performances From "Thanksgiving" on November 21, 2012
With great power comes great responsibility, which is why we blame Mario Lopez for the B- performances in this week's X Factor. While most of our contestants managed to sing their hearts out like Maria Von Trapp, three performers were slightly less than impressive. And why do we blame Mario? Because these hapless souls were clearly too transfixed by his dimples to sing.
Also, we'd like to remind everyone that tomorrow is Thanksgiving, which means your ultimate fantasy of binge eating pie while looking at Simon Cowell's chest hair is about to come true.
1. Arin Ray
Look, we love ourselves some Enrique Iglesias. Especially "Hero," because it brings us back to a comforting-yet-frightening era in which Jennifer Love Hewitt starred in music videos. But Arin's performance was slightly pitchy, not to mention snooze-worthy. Demi's fuzzy eyebrows do not approve. And also, we woke up in a puddle of drool and pizza grease, that's all we're saying.
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The Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi will come this century
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|3 January, 1956
|Sudan declared its independence as a republic.
|20 March, 1956
|Tunisia achieved independence from France.
|23 March, 1956
|Pakistan became the world's first Islamic republic.
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|Morocco declared independence.
|Religion lessons were started to be taught in secondary schools.
Muhyiddin ibn Arabi, in his book called "al-Jawab al-Mustaqim" (The Straightforward Answer) has written to answer the questions asked by Tirmidhi in his book of "Khatm al-Awliya" (Seal of the Saints):
He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] does not speak Arabic very well, but he is no different to him in moral terms. He will be of medium height. The age of property will come to an end with him, and sovereignty will end with him. He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will have a helper called "alive". His essence is spiritual, his appearance is humane. (Muhyiddin IbnArabi, al-Jawab al-Mustaqim amma Seele anhu al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi, Bayazid, no: 3750, leaf 242b)
"...Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his followers will...capture Rome with tasbih (praising of Allah) and takbir (declaration of the greatness of Allah)...The walls of that city [THE VATICAN] will collapse... [by an earthquake]..." (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 204)
The walls of the Vatican were damaged as a result of an earthquake in Italy. Many buildings in Rome collapsed.
Some people will come from the East and prepare the sultanate of Hazrat Mahdi (as). (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar , p. 21)
A community will come from the East and assist the sultanate of Hazrat Mahdi (as). (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 60)
... They will come down to Jerusalem and prepare the sultanate for Hazrat Mahdi (as). (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 47)
I WILL STOP EARTHQUAKES FOR HIS [(HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS)] SAKE. (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 70)
The Companions of the Cave (Ashab al-Kahf) will be Hazrat Mahdi's (as) followers. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 59)
Hadith refers to the rising of different opinions about Hazrat Mahdi (as). Many different opinions concerning Hazrat Mahdi (as) will gradually coincide in a single true opinion. Hadith accounts for the establishment of the rights of Muslims, who are brothers, with an uphill struggle, by means of Hazrat Mahdi (as). It is understood by this expression that Muslims would be living in an environment of oppression in this period. By Allah's inducement of Hazrat Mahdi (as), there will be an environment of justice, compassion and security in the world. This expression tells us that before Hazrat Mahdi's (as) cause, injustice and lovelessness will rule the world. Allah's consent and gladness will rise by means of Hazrat Mahdi (as). Religion of Islam will turn to its roots and Islamic moral values will prevail.
The owner of the time Al-Mahdi [Hazrat Mahdi (as)], whom different views shall combine to follow, and shall join between various minds, through him the rights of your intimate friends shall be extracted, through him you shall retaliate the evils of your enemies and fill the earth with good and justice, through him Allah shall expand His servant's favor and gratefulness. The fact will be returned to its place with honor and prais and the religion shall be reestablished through his hand. (Selected Supplications from al-Sahifah al-Mahdiyah, Sayyid Murtadha Mujtahidi Sistani, Nashr Almas Publications, p. 343)
I said to him, when will he [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] come out? He said: when you see armies from the city of Anbar in Iraq at the banks of Euphrates, Shiraz and Tigris, and the tower of Kufah is destroyed, and burning of some houses in Kufah, when you see all this, Allah will act according to His wish, no one can subdue the commandment of Allah and no one can review His judgment. (Falahi Sa'il: 199; and in Al-Misbaah: 51 and Al-Baladul Ameen: 35 with slit difference)
In the hadith it is referred to the portents of Hazrat Mahdi (as)'s appearance. During the occupation of Iraq, which is one of the events in the End Times, the rule of American army in the city Anbar in Iraq has taken place widely in newspapers and television. The rise of terror near the banks of Euphrates and Tigris also took place in this period. Shiraz, which is mentioned in the hadith is the name of a city in Iran as well as the previous name for the city Tahran. The greatest conflicts in Iran took place in Tahran when Reza Shah Pehlevi was abdicated by a coup. In the hadith it is also referred to the conflicts in the city of Kufah in Iraq. Infights between the American rule and local resister groups have taken place frequently in the media. Our Prophet (saas) mentioned the important events to take place in the End Times, 1400 years beforehand. No one is able to hinder the events in the destiny, created by Allah, Allah will fullfill His order.
It appears from this truth that; THIS BLESSED PERSON WHO WILL COME LATER WILL DISSEMINATE AND IMPLEMENT THE RISALE-I NUR AS A PROGRAM … (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, The Ratifying Stamp of the Unseen, p. 9)
In this extract, Bediuzzaman is once again expressing the glad tidings of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and saying that he will make use of the works of Bediuzzaman who describes himself as "a forerunner preparing the way for Hazrat Mahdi (as)."
Bediuzzaman also uses the term "WILL COME" here, which he repeats in a great many passages referring to Hazrat Mahdi (as). Bediuzzaman says in these passages that Hazrat Mahdi (as) had not come in the time of earlier mujaddids (revivers) or in Bediuzzaman's own day; he says that this holy individual will come "AFTER" them all. In addition, Bediuzzaman uses a very explicit language here, not only with a verb in the future tense, but reinforcing that with the word "AFTER."
Bediuzzaman also specifies the word "PERSON" and sets out "WHAT KIND OF PERSON" Hazrat Mahdi (as) is. Bediuzzaman says Hazrat Mahdi (as) is a "BLESSED PERSON." The word "BLESSED" means "possessed of Divine goodness." With the title "blessed" he employs here, Bediuzzaman is praising Hazrat Mahdi's (as) faith and the tasks he will perform. With all these details he provides, Bediuzzaman describes Hazrat Mahdi's (as) moral virtues and struggle and describes how this individual with such superior virtues can be recognized.
In his works, Bediuzzaman describes himself as "a forerunner of Hazrat Mahdi (as)" and "a pioneering soldier preparing the background for him," since he was the mujaddid (reviver) of the century preceeding Hazrat Mahdi (as). In another extract he says that "the seeds he sows will be developed by Hazrat Mahdi (as) and will be made to flourish by means of this holy individual." This means that he will be doing "preparatory work" prior to the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as). In this passage, Bediuzzaman says that the Risale-i Nur Collection will be a preparatory work that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will use in preaching the word. Bediuzzaman says that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will find the Risale all ready for him when he comes and that he will be enlightened by it in his work of saving the faith. By these words, Bediuzzaman makes it absolutely clear that he is not Hazrat Mahdi (as), and that "HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL COME AT A TIME AFTER HIS OWN."
Abu Bashir says: I heard Imam Muhammad Baqr say: "... He said: When Hazrat Mahdi (as) appears he will follow in the path of the Messenger of Allah (saas). ONLY HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL EXPLAIN THE WORKS OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH..." (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 191)
This hadith particularly refers to the End Times. Since it is Hazrat Mahdi (as) who will personally know the truth of these hadiths it is he who will most accurately elucidate the hadiths of our Prophet (saas) concerning the End Times.
Amr ibn al-'as related that: "Our prophet (saas) uttered so that: "I AM THE FIRST OF THIS COMMUNITY. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS COMMUNITY. THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) IS THE LAST. AND THERE IS A CROOKED OLD MAN BETWEEN US." (Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 51, Kitab al-Ghaybah, Allama Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi, p.132)
In this hadith our Prophet (saas) referred to Darwin who is the mastermind behind the Darwinism, which set the foundations for the irreligious systems that cast the world into blood, atrocity and sorrow. As it is known, it is prophezied as the signs of the End Times in our Prophet's (saas) hadiths that, before the emergence of Hazrat Mahdi (as), the world would be in harj [utter confusion and disorder] where great wars, holocausts and devastations would be witnessed, egoism, lovelessness, disbelief would reign, an epoch would be lived when people grow apart completely. Darwin and Darwinism, which arose from his ideas, have had a huge effect upon this atmosphere to take shape. But with the emergence of Hazrat Mahdi (as) all the irreligious ideologies like Darwinism, materialism, communism and fascism will collapse and the Prophet Jesus (as) will descend. Epochs of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as) will be so that, people will live in peace and properity and flood into the religion of Allah and Islamic moral values will reign; effects of the Darwinism will vanish away. This Golden Age, as stated by Master Said Nursi, will last till Hijri 1506. (Allah knows the truth.)
In one of the hadiths speaking of the portents of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) the years 1997 and 1999 are indicated:
People will prosper until the ninety-fifth year, that is, their business will prosper. In the ninety-seventh and the ninety-ninth year, their possessions will go to waste... (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 54)
The term "the ninety-fifth year" in the hadith in all probability refers to the year 1995. Until 1995, people led relatively easy lives, and conditions were not that hard. But after that, various difficulties began arising. Various political problems arose in 1997. The earthquakes in the Marmara region and across Turkey in 1999 led to the worst loss of life and property of recent years.
He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] WILL EAT PLAIN FOOD, like Ali, the Commander of the Faithful... (Bihar al-Anwar, V.52, p. 279)
Imam Sadik said: "... By Allah, HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) FOOD HAS NOTHING ADDED TO IT." (Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 52, p. 354)
Imam Ali (ra) says: The Messenger of Allah (saas) told me: "HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL WEAR RADIANT CLOTHING..." (Bihar Al-Anwar, Vol. 36, p. 337; Vol. 51, p. 108)
Hasan bin Mahbub-i Zerrâd says: Imam Riza (ra) told me: ... HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL WEAR RADIANT CLOTHING. (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 207)
The words "he will wear radiant clothing" indicate that Hazrat Mahdi's (as) clothing will be very bright. 'Radiance' indicates 'a source of light' or 'a reflection of light.'
In the Qur'an it is also indicated in the 16th verse of Surah Nuh that the Sun is a source of light and that the Moon reflects that light; 'and placed the Moon as a light in them and made the Sun a blazing lamp?'
Aban ibn Taglib says: I heard Imam Jaffar Sadik say, "It is as if I can see the Qaim [Hazrat Mahdi (as)], he will gird the white armor of the Messenger of Allah (saas) behind najaf, and after girding that armor, his body will expand, just like the body of the Messenger of Allah (saas). Clothing made from the silks of paradise will cover his armor ... (Imam Mahdi, Ali Irfan, Velayet Press, p. 94)
Imam Jaffar Sadik, one of the grandsons of Hazrat Ali (ra), reveals in a hadith handed down from our Prophet (saas) regarding Hazrat Mahdi (as), who will appear in the End Times, that like the Prophet (saas) he will wear, white, clean and bright clothing. The reference to the silk of Paradise means it will look clean and bright. The reason for the use of the reference to the silks of Paradise is to emphasize the radiance and cleanliness of Hazrat Mahdi (as). Otherwise, the silk of Paradise is a fabric unique to Paradise alone. In addition, this hadith indicates that the body of Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be broad and majestic, like that of our Prophet (saas).
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is moderate of virtue and excellent of creation... HIS STEED WILL SHINE LIKE A FULL MOON IN THE DARK. HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL GO AT THE HEAD OF THE MOST AUSPICIOUS COMMUNITY. They are enfolded by Allah's religion; they will seek to approach Allah with him... (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 171)
In the hadith it is suggested that "cars" will be one of the technical vehicles available in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as), and that these will have headlights and interior lighting. It appears from the information provided in the hadith that the headlights of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) car will also shine brightly.
In addition, the fact that it is emphasized in the hadith that Hazrat Mahdi's (as) steed will shine "like fullmoon" is an astonishing detail. The term indicates a large, oval and entirely illuminated source of light in Hazrat Mahdi's (as) car, a detailed description of its headlights.
The words "He will go at the head of the most auspicious community" indicate that Hazrat Mahdi (as)'s car will be at the head of a convoy consisting of his own students.
Alternatively, the term "he will go at the head" may refer to Hazrat Mahdi (as) being seated at the front of this vehicle.
Aban ibn Taglib says: I heard Imam Jaffar Sadik say: "It is as if I see the Qaim [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] at Najaf in Qufa ... HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL THEN MOUNT ON A BLACK AND WHITE STEED WITH THE SPACE BETWEEN HIS EYES SHINING LIKE A LIGHT..." (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, Part 19, Hadith no: 4; http://www.al-shia.org/html/tur/books/book1/027.htm#link28)
This hadith indicates two headlights on the two sides of the car and that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will use black and light-colored cars.


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Alexander Kutskiy / Business Wire"The science is absolutely clear that polar bear needs protection under the Endangered Species Act," said Andrew Wetzler, director of the endangered species program at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
[COLOR=#999999! important]By Kenneth R. Weiss, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
12:15 PM PDT, May 14, 2008 [/COLOR]
The Bush administration today designated the polar bear as threatened with extinction, making the big arctic bear, whose fate clings to shrinking sea ice, the first creature added to the endangered species list primarily because of global warming.
The designation invokes federal protections under the Endangered Species Act, the nation's most powerful environmental law that requires designation of critical habitat to be protected as well as forming a strategy to assist the bear population's recovery.
Archive: Polar bears in peril Graphic: On thin ice
The decision came only after a U.S. District Court in Oakland forced the Bush administration's hand by imposing a May 15 deadline for the decision that was supposed to have been completed by Jan. 9.
It was the first time in more than two years that the Interior Department extended protections to another species under the Endangered Species Act -- the longest hiatus of new listings by the department since President Richard Nixon signed the law in 1973.
Pressure has been mounting from inside and outside the government. Various congressional committees have held hearings to nudge the administration to protect the bear and complained about delays on the decision. Meanwhile, the government marched ahead on Feb. 6 to open offshore oil fields to exploratory drilling in prime polar bear habitat.
The court's deadline evolved from a lawsuit seeking a court order to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to comply with the legal deadline for the decision and another suit challenging the offshore leases. And then the Interior Department's inspector general opened an investigation into allegations that the decision had been detained by "inappropriate political influence."
The yearlong clock began ticking when Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on Dec. 27, 2006, announced that there was sufficient scientific evidence of the bear's melting habitat to officially propose that the polar bear join the list of species threatened with extinction.
The proposal did not include designating critical habitat. Nor did it include a scientific analysis of the causes of climate change, which Kempthorne said was beyond the scope of scientific review under the Endangered Species Act. He directed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to work with the public and the scientific community to broaden understanding of what is happening to the species.
Since then, the arctic sea ice last summer retreated to record levels -- a retreat that about half of the climate modelers did not think would happen until 2050.
In September, scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey released a comprehensive nine-volume analysis of the science and reached a dire forecast: Two-thirds of the bear's habitat would disappear by 2050.
Polar bears are experts at hunting ringed seals and other prey on sea ice. But they are so unsuccessful on land, they spend their summers fasting, losing more than 2 pounds a day.
This forced fast is an average of three weeks longer than it was 30 years ago, according to studies in Canada's western Hudson Bay. This gives the bears less time to hunt and build up fat reserves they need to make it until they can resume hunting with reformation of the ice in the fall.
As bears have become thinner, the reproductive rates of female bears has declined. The survival rates of cubs have fallen, too. Overall, the western Hudson Bay population has dropped by 22% since 1987.
These bears in the Hudson Bay are among the best studied populations. Scientists don't know if similar trends exist elsewhere in the arctic, which is a vast and forbidding place to conduct field world. Surveys have shown other problems, including bears swimming and drowning in open waters left by ever-increasing gaps in the sea ice and cannibalism among hungry bears.
Overall, scientists believe the global population of 20,000 to 25,000 bears remains robust. But virtually all polar bear experts predict rapid population declines in the Arctic, which is warming faster than anywhere else in the word, and changing too rapidly for the bears to adapt and find another source of food.
A group of Canadian scientists last month declared the polar bear as a "species of concern," but stopped short of saying it was "threatened" with extinction -- a designation that could have restricted hunting by Canada's Inuit people.
Canada has about two-thirds of the world's polar bear population. Interior Secretary Kempthorne joined Canada's environmental minister last week to sign an agreement that the two governments would form an intergovernmental group with tribal government to consider "the best available scientific information and aboriginal traditional knowledge."
The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, which operates in Canada's far north, recently proposed reducing the quota of polar bears hunted in Baffin Bay, a proposal opposed by Inuit trappers and hunters saying their traditional knowledge reveals there are too many bears in the area.
Meanwhile, in the United States, conservation groups in recent months have urged the Interior Department to give the polar bear a higher designation, one of "endangered with extinction," rather than mere "threatened."
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I thought that I had been seeing less of these over the last couple of years in Iowa.
Good thing Sawyer nailed it before the act went into effect.
If polar bears tasted good, they wouldn't be on the ESL.... but since they must not taste too good... they could go the way of the dodo bird.
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We can always keep some polar bears in the zoo for safe keeping. They do take a lot of ice to provide adequate habitat to survive - like several square miles...
It's all the Coca-Cola they drink around Christmas...........soft drinks kill, man, soft drinks kill.
Since the majority of the polar bear population lives in Canada, does this really do a darn thing...buddy?
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Since the majority of the polar bear population lives in Canada, does this really do a darn thing...buddy?
I'm not your Buddy,... Friend
32 years later and I am still riding on the back.
I don't sweat the petty things,... I pet the sweaty things
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He's not your friend, guy!
The Bush administration today designated the polar bear as threatened with extinction, making the big arctic bear, whose fate clings to shrinking sea ice, the first creature added to the endangered species list primarily because of global warming.
I'm so confused. Polar bears are dying, their habitat is shrinking. But everyone on this board tells me global warming isn't real. Who do I believe!?!?
It's Bushbama!
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Originally Posted by joefrog
I will admit, I am to blame in sometimes making mountains out of molehills.
I though it would be about being married and sex
What I have seen discussed on here alot is the cause of global warming, not really if it is real or not. I think most people agree that global warming is happening in some effect. But they can't agree on what causes it and what should be done if anything to prevent it.
Originally Posted by bostinelosd
Good thing Sawyer nailed it before the act went into effect.
Funny, my mind went to LOST quickly also...
Perhaps those damn bears need to learn to adapt.
Originally Posted by tim_redd
He's not your friend, guy!
I'm not your guy, buddy!!!
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Explains chemical property and chemical reaction.
Illustrates a chemical change by showing the dramatic reaction that occurs when Zinc and Sulfur are given enough energy to react. The resulting reaction forms Zinc Sulfide.
Reviews the definitions of a chemical property and a chemical reaction, as well as the distinction between chemical and physical changes.
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For those that do not use boots that can be recrafted, how long do the soles last on your glued/welded footwear? I'm really not keen on dropping $300 for boots that last for one season.
For those that do not use boots that can be recrafted, how long do the soles last on your glued/welded footwear? I'm really not keen on dropping $300 for boots that last for one season.
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i wore resole boots for about three years. three years of fire seasons and hunting. went with the mountaineering style boot and i will never look back. there is a ton of them. sportiva, lowa, kennetrek. i have a pair of sportivas that cost a lot less than my resolable boots and have been going on them for three solid years. and they see some nasty terrain. a lot of lava rock and chuckar country in my neighborhood. best of luck and happy new year
Thanks. I'm going up to Cabela's in the morning to see what they've got.
Check with Lathrop and Sons on Hanwag boots. They are mountaineering/hiking style boots AND are resoleable.
Best new gear I had this year.
I was looking at the Alaska model earlier. Almost choked at $344 price tag. They also sell Danners which I like and they're running a special on those with their Synergy insoles.
Plus I can try on Danner boots at Cabela's. I'm kinda reticent to spend that kind of cash on footwear I can't try on first. Is Lathrop & Sons good with returns?
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Last edited by Matthew; 01-05-2013 at 06:11 PM.
Mendel (sp?) by Cabelas is quite impressive. I'm on my 3rd year and love them. If you're headed there, probably worth checking out.
Will do. I had looked at a Meindl hiker - Perfekt(?) - for general hiking out here so I'll see what's on their wall for more hunting-related stuff.
if your not liking them. check out backcountry.com. they are one of the best warrany and return place i have purchased from. i know they have a wear them for a year, if you don't like them 100% refund polocy. also, make sure it has a heel on it. (not a flat sole) for carrying weight is a must
That's nice to hear.
Cabela's was almost a waste of time. Maybe due to the end of the season sale, or just it being in Phoenix, but the selection was pretty slim. The Cabela's/Meindl Alaska Hunter they had on display didn't even have another pair in back to try on. I only tried on two pair since the place was swamped with people.


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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA9) - In Fairfax Station, Virginia, health inspectors shut down the Smoothie Bar at Gold's Gym on Ox Road. Officials cited the gym because it had no one trained in food safety and it didn't track employee diseases that could be transmitted through food.
Inspectors also cited the Rite Aid on Washington Boulevard in Arlington because none of its workers were certified in food safety.
Loch Lomond Bakery and Catering on University Bouldevard in Hyattsville, Maryland was shut down because health inspectors found a mouse infestation and repeated health violations. The exterminator was on the premises when WUSA9's investigative reporter, Russ Ptacek, arrived however the bakery remains closed.
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A complaint brought Prince George's County Health Department inspectors to the Hyattsville McDonald's on Annapolis Road. They cited waste water on the kitchen floor leaking from a grease trap. In a statement, McDonald's said it is committed to operating its restaurants in compliance and its re-inspecting equipment to ensure that it is properly functioning.
On Chillum Place in Northwest DC, inspectors closed Far East Taco Grille which is better known for stocking food trucks. Inspectors cited the place with ten violations. Among them food stored at the wrong temperature that could make you sick, and no hot water that reached the required 110-degree minimum.
When WUSA9's Russ Ptacek checked the water temperature at Far East Taco Grille, the thermometer read less than eighty degrees. The manager insisted the hot water heater just needed a little time to catch up from all the dish washing done before WUSA9's cameras showed up.
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Based on what WUSA9 found, DC officials did a follow up inspection and found Far East Taco Grille's water at the proper one hundred ten degrees.
At the Chinese Dragon Carryout on Rhode Island Avenue, NW, DC inspectors hit the place with 16 violations including food at potentially dangerous temperatures and rat droppings described as fresh.
Since WUSA9 visited, all the businesses passed re-inspection and are back in business except for Loch Lomond Bakery.


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Research News
September 2005 Issue
Table of Contents:
Revised Routing Sheet and Proposal Submissions
Research Equipment Sharing Corner
NIH Manuscript Submission System - New Policy
Research Support Services 2005 Workshop Series
Revised Routing Sheet and Proposal Submissions
Due to the increasing compliance requirements by federal and non-federal sponsors, we have revised the internal routing sheet ("Request for Review and Approval of Proposal").
Effective October 1, 2005 , this routing sheet must be completed and signed prior to proposal submission. The Office of Sponsored Research and Programs will not submit proposals received without the routing sheet. You can find the revised routing sheet on our website at: http://www.grad.iit.edu/research/OSRP/routingsheet.html
Proposal submissions continue to be on an upward trend (348 in FY03, 408 in FY04 and 435 in FY05). Many funding agencies are requiring that proposals be submitted via their specialized electronic system. Not all sponsors use the same systems. In addition, some electronic systems have required additional processing steps and software which are subject to delays due to server problems and/or internet connection problems.
The Office of Sponsored Research and Programs is committed to providing high-quality service. Therefore, we are requiring that final and COMPLETED proposals be submitted to the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs (OSRP) as follows:
Agencies requiring the submission of hard copy proposals:
Close of business, three (3) business days prior to the funding agency deadline
Agencies requiring electronic submission:
Close of business, two (2) business days prior to the funding agency deadline
Any proposal not received by these deadlines stands the risk of not being sent. In addition, if OSRP is still able to submit the proposal, without having adequate time for review, the proposal may be administratively withdrawn if later review indicates that the proposal is non-compliant with IIT and/or funding agency policies and procedures.
Please note that all administrative portions of ANY proposal must be finalized a MINIMUM of five (5) business days before funding agency's deadline date . Administrative portions include:
- budget and justification
- current and pending support
- facilities and resources
- biosketches
- representations and certifications
- subcontracting negotiations
- compliance issues such as human or animal subject involvement, biosafety
- cost share and match (which is the responsibility of the PI to secure)
If you are planning a proposal submission (including pre-proposals, new submissions, continuations, renewals, and supplemental proposals), we ask that you inform OSRP about your intention to develop a proposal as soon as possible. Information, such as the funding agency, deadline for submission and a copy of the guidelines (or a website to obtain them directly), is essential.
Assistance with budgetary preparation, completion of agency forms, and questions regarding agency guidelines is available. OSRP also duplicates and mails proposals to the agency.
Research Equipment Sharing Corner
Research equipment is expensive, but sharing it reduces costs and helps the IIT research enterprise. Sometimes, faculty join together as a group to submit a proposal for extramural funding for research equipment. If you are interested in such an effort, please know that ORCPD would be happy to help broadcast your intentions and will help you seek others who would be interested in participating with you.
Please check out current equipment and announce what you have to share.Recent IIT Awards
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NIH Maunscript Submission System - New Policy
A new functionality in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) system ( http://www.nihms.nih.gov/) for the NIH Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research (Public Access Policy).
Now a third party (e.g., assistant, librarian, publisher, etc.), with the author's permission, can upload Public Access Policy related manuscripts to the NIHMS system on behalf of the author. To do so, click on "MyNCBI" from http://www.nihms.nih.gov/.
A list of Policy resources is given below. A brief description of the Policy and manuscript submission process is further down the page.
Policy Resources:
NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) System: http://www.nihms.nih.gov/
- eRA Commons (for NIH Extramural principal investigators, grantees or applicants
- NIH Login (for Intramural NIH scientists and staff)
- MyNCBI (for third party submitters)
Authors' Manual: http://www.nih.gov/about/publicaccess/publicaccess_Manual.htm
- Specific details about the submission process
Public Access Policy Website: http://www.nih.gov/about/publicaccess/
- Public Access Policy, Resources and tools, News Releases, and more
Questions and Answers:
- Do you have questions about the Public Access Policy? Refer to Public Access FAQ
- Do you have questions about the submission process? Refer to the NIHMS FAQ
Public Access Policy Mailbox: firstname.lastname@example.com
National Institutes of Health's Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research
(Public Access Policy).
What does the policy say?
The Policy requests and strongly encourages all NIH-funded investigators to make their peer-reviewed author final manuscripts available to other researchers and the public at the NIH National Library of Medicine's (NLM) PubMed Central (PMC) ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov) immediately after the final date of journal publication. Authors are given the option to release their manuscripts at a later time, up to 12 months after the official date of final publication. NIH expects that only in limited cases will authors deem it necessary to select the longest delay period.
NIH is requesting that authors submit manuscripts resulting from 1) currently funded NIH research projects or 2) previously supported NIH research projects if they are accepted for publication on or after May 2, 2005. The Policy applies to all research grant and career development award mechanisms, cooperative agreements, contracts, Institutional and Individual Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards, as well as NIH intramural research studies. The Policy applies to peer-reviewed, original research publications that have been supported in whole or in part with direct costs from NIH, but it does not apply to book chapters, editorials, reviews, or conference proceedings. Publications resulting from non-NIH-supported research projects should not be submitted.
How do authors submit their manuscripts?
- Go to the NIH manuscript submission (NIHMS) system ( http://www.nihms.nih.gov/) [Principal Investigators can also submit manuscripts from the eRA Commons in the "Publication" section under "Personal Profile"].
- Select the appropriate login option (Note: the same login should be used for all subsequent visits to the NIHMS system):
- NIH extramural investigators select "eRA Commons" (see " What is the NIH eRA Commons?" in the Authors' Manual ( http://www.nih.gov/about/publicaccess/publicaccess_Manual.htm)).
- NIH intramural employees select "NIH."
- 3 rd parties select "MyNCBI."
- Provide basic information, including the journal title, PI, contact information, and associated NIH award number(s).
- Upload the complete text of your manuscript(s). The NIHMS supports a wide variety of file types (MS Word, Word Perfect, PDF, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.).
- Upload any corresponding, supplemental image files that contain figures, tables, or supplementary information along with the manuscript. Just as provided to publishing journals, submit high-resolution images to ensure that they can be viewed properly in PMC. Any supplemental material submitted to the accepting journal in support of the manuscript will be accepted also. The NIHMS will generate a receipt of the uploaded files in PDF format. The PDF receipt summarizes the information entered into the system and merges the manuscript's files into one viewable document.
- Confirm that the manuscript and any additional supporting documents have been successfully received by NIHMS, and verify the document.
Note: Authors must complete the remaining steps. 3 rd party submitters have completed the upload process at this point.
- Authors must confirm that the manuscript and any additional supporting documents have been successfully received by NIHMS, and verify the document.
- Review and approve the Submission Statement and specify the timing of posting of the final manuscript for public accessibility through PMC (this must be completed by the PI). Authors and/or their institutions should ensure that their final manuscript submissions to PMC are consistent with any other agreements, including copyright assignments that they may have made with publishers or other third parties. Upon approval of the submission by the PI, the manuscript will be converted into XML - the standardized digital format used by PMC.
- Review the XML manuscript as it will appear in PMC once the conversion has taken place (PIs will be notified by e-mail when the document is ready for review) and correct any errors, if necessary. After PI approval, the article will be publicly accessible through PMC after the time-delay specified by the PI.
How will authors benefit from submitting their full text articles to PMC?
By submitting their peer-reviewed manuscripts, authors will enjoy several benefits of the Policy. First, PIs and institutions can use the manuscript submission as an alternative means to fulfill the existing requirement to provide publications as part of progress reports. Current NIH grants policy for progress reporting requires that one copy of each publication not previously submitted, including manuscripts submitted or accepted for publication, be provided to NIH. Beginning with progress reports submitted August 1, 2005 (i.e., progress report submissions for Fiscal Year 2006 funding), a reference to the PMC submission identification number may be included in progress reports in lieu of submitting a hard copy of the publication. If this method of submission is chosen by the grantee, this will replace the hard copy submission for any "published" or "accepted for publication" manuscripts. Please note that other aspects of annual Progress Reporting cannot be completed through the NIHMS system. Those materials must be submitted through the normal Progress Report submission process.
Second, by adding their manuscripts to PMC, which is a comprehensive, integrated, biomedical information technology system, authors will benefit from the modern information technology tools already available (e.g., PubMed, GenBank, Genome Map Viewer, Molecular Database, MedlinePlus, Clinical Trials, Taxonomy, Small Molecules (PubChem), DNA, Protein Sequences, and Protein Structures, etc.) that are being used currently with thousands of full text articles already submitted by 178 journals. These tools will help scientists explore information across scientific fields or within narrow topical areas. This data mining and cross-linking of information should lead to new lines of research, as well as more comprehensive approaches to understanding the diverse and ever expanding amounts and types of scientific data.
Lastly, authors will have the ability to ensure timely public access to their research manuscripts. Once their manuscripts are electronically available to the public and researchers through PMC, authors will benefit from higher visibility of their research. In addition, publishers can submit the full text journal article and any publisher links to the article or article corrections for posting on PMC.
Research Support Services Workshop Series for 2005
Mark your calendars! IIT Graduate College Research Support Services will offer the following workshops in 2005. Workshop Descriptions are as follows; dates are below:
Fund Searching workshop: Learn to search for funds for your research program. Set up automatic alerts so you learn of new solicitations in your field of research as soon as possible!
Compliance workshop: Learn about IIT's review committees: IRB (Institutional Review Board) for human subjects research; IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee) for research involving animal subjects; and IBC (Institutional Biosafety Committee) for research involving biological materials and other potentially hazardous agents. Find out how to apply and how to make sure your project complies with institutional guidelines.
Proposal Writing workshop: Learn to craft a high-quality, compelling, competitive research proposal.
Budgeting Basics workshop: The workshop will cover budget item definitions and what a good budget justification should include. Participants will develop a typical budget used in proposal submissions.
Tentative Schedule of Workshops, 2005:
Budgeting Basics workshop, September 16th;
Fund Searching workshop, September 23rd
Proposal Writing workshop, November 11th.
The above are tentative dates; please watch for emails and future issues of Research News describing exact time, location, and signup procedures.Acknowledgements
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The Teastick is made entirely of kitchen-grade 304 stainless steel and is dishwasher safe. Proven in the demanding environments of restaurants and tea shops, The Teastick is made for a lifetime of home use.
Since its debut in 2005, The Teastick has been featured in over 100 publications and praised by tea and design experts alike. It is sold in tea shops, kitchen and home stores and gift boutiques around the world.


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Since the mid 1990's, every division vice president of a US pharma company has watched as each of the major parts of the organization—brand marketing, sales force, and managed care—has expanded and competed for resources. Growth in the spending of each of these areas now exceeds revenue growth. Industry's spending on all parts of its promotional arsenal—professional detailing, direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising, and managed care discounting—has increased so significantly that it now finds itself stumbling under the weight of these investments. It's time to cut back. But how?
There are quick, obvious ways to reduce the cost of selling. Some companies, like Wyeth, will cut sales forces across the board. Others (think of TAP and its Prevacid brand) will slash DTC advertising or "just say no" to the trend in managed care rebates. These solutions may reduce costs, but they make no distinction between promotional investments that produce a high return and those that don't. Perhaps the worst solution of all: Some firms reduce sales territories through attrition, leaving opportunity-rich field positions unfilled while racking up costs for less productive positions.
These business-planning approaches consider sales force, DTC, and managed care rebates as levers that can be pulled in an integrated way to drive company profits. However, they do not yet exist throughout the industry. Instead, they are the necessary future for companies that want to reallocate promotional spending in a way that focuses on value—not volume—and offsets the growth of other sources of controllable spending.
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You can't underestimate how important it is to control promotional spending when you consider that pharma has deployed between 90,000 and 100,000 sales reps and increased its spend on DTC to over $4 billion since 1997.


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After completing practice on Friday, Oregon Coach Chip Kelly and some Duck players met with the media to discuss their preparations for the Wildcats in the Fiesta Bowl.
Oregon Post-Practice Quotes
Pinnacle High School - Friday, December 28, 2012
Oregon Coach Chip Kelly:
Q: How does it help a head coach to keep his staff together for as long as you have?
A: "It always helps. Our meetings are a lot shorter; we're all on the same page. Everybody understands the vision we have for this football program, and it makes things go a lot smoother."
Q: Who are a couple of defensive players who have improved since the beginning of the year?
A: "I think a lot of them have. Dion Jordan, Michael Clay, Kiko Alonso, Taylor Hart, Troy Hill, Terrence Mitchell, Brian Jackson, Erick Dargan – I mean, there's a whole ton of them. That's why we've played really well on the defensive side of the ball."
Q: Who are a couple of offensive players who have improved since the beginning of the year?
A: "Marcus Mariota, Kenjon Barner, Colt Lyerla, Tyler Johnstone, Kyle Long, Hroniss Grasu…a good list."
OL Kyle Long
Q: What's it like to finish your career on a team that has had a season like this?
A: "Being a part of something like this is very rare. You look around the locker room and I love every one of these guys. Those two guys over there, Tyler (Johnstone) and Marcus (Mariota), are great examples of just great teammates, great people, guys you want to go out there and execute for and with. I wouldn't trade this experience for anything. I've really loved it here, playing under Coach Kelly."
Q: How has the experience of the bowl been so far?
AMLB : "I was really giddy about it the first few days. The first day we got here, running around, but you kind of settle in. This is my first bowl game. But for a lot of these guys, they're vets when it comes to this. You just try to look to the older guys like Dion (Jordan) and Isaac Remington, and you lean on those guys for guidance and kind of look to see where they're going, what they're doing, and you follow suit."
Q: Are they all business right from the start?
A: "Oh yeah. Guys like Dion and Isaac are 100 percent business."
MLB Kiko Alonso
Q: How much have you matured?
A: "I think I matured a lot, just going through things, going through experiences like playing games, off-the-field stuff, on-the-field stuff, it just helps you mature as you get older."
Q: What are you majoring in?
A: Sociology.
Q: What are you planning to do after football?
A: "I haven't really thought about it, but I was planning on moving to Puerto Rico. That's where my family lives, on my dad's side, so I'm going to go move over there. Maybe open up a gym. That would be my dream after football."
SS Brian Jackson
Q: (Inaudible.)
A: "The circumstances are a little different, but it all feels very similar, and it's a lot of fun, especially going back to the same practice field. I remember certain spots where I was in that field just doing certain plays during practice, and I feel like when I step out on that other field, when the game comes, I'll have a couple of flashbacks, a little bit of déjà vu. It's been great just to have that familiar presence, and I definitely felt comfortable as soon as I got here."
Q: What did you see in the Baylor game as far as a defense stopping K-State?
A: "You've got to take into account what all the teams have done. I mean, just because Baylor won the game, that doesn't mean they're the only team that was successful on defense. We have quite a few games that we have that we can watch, and of course Baylor's one of those that we should take a look at…There's a lot of things that you've really got to watch. All teams played Kansas State differently, so when we think about certain defenses that we'll run, we'll watch this certain team. It's never just one team that you should watch to get a full understanding of how to beat someone else."
Q: No magic formula then?
A: "There's never a magic formula. You have things that you can look at to help, but it really boils down to how will you perform when you're in that situation?"
Q: Beyond the game, is there anything else about being out here (inaudible)?
A: "I know for a fact that I really want to go back to Fogo De Chao. I had a lot of fun there. Other than that, I thought the mall was pretty cool. But besides that, it's been a lot of fun just to be back here, period. I like this place a lot. There's a lot of open space. You can walk around, just hang out in the sun. I've had a good time here so far."
QB Marcus Mariota
Q: Talk about the big stage of the BCS?
A: When we come in, it's 100 percent football when we're out on the field. It's just the time also to enjoy a little of this. Not a lot of guys get to go through this, but for me, this is my first time playing in it and I'm just really excited. I really can't wait. But I can't get overanxious because I'll play outside of my game. My focus is just to go out there and to play my game."
Q: Does K-State resemble any teams you played this year?
A: "They're very disciplined. That's one thing that stands out to me. They're a good defense. They all hustle to the ball. It's all the minor things that they're really good at. They like to funnel their stuff to Arthur Brown. He's one of those guys who's an All-American. He's one of those guys that really just makes a lot of plays for them."
TB De'Anthony Thomas
Q: Does anything stand out on film of K-State's defense?
A: "They're a very physical team, very disciplined. Our offense is great, so we've just got to do what we do and make plays and we should get the win."
Q: Do you look at the Baylor game (a 52-24 victory over K-State)?
A: "Not really. I don't really watch too many other teams. I only focus on the Oregon Ducks."
Q: What was it like getting back to practice after holiday break?
A: "This is our second day. I feel like everyone's getting their motors back. It's great. I just feel like we've got to get better and better every day when we're out here."