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It's not just a cliché to say that Sonic Youth and Stereolab have altered the "vocabulary" of semipopular music. It is, at best, a half-true cliché. Let's say instead that these bands created freestanding dialects within the rock language itself. Each assembled a coherent pattern of communication out of various preexisting but formerly unfashionable strains of musical patois and slang and cant. Each toyed with an easier intelligibility just when "alternative" was positing itself as an Esperanto for countless noisy musical subsets. And once that jerrybuilt Tower of Babel crumbled, each returned to puzzle out its own private language, its grammar intrinsically altered by flirtations with publicity (see "Mothers of Invention").
Or, to set such fancy talk aside, let's say that both bands offer up what has been the essence of rock 'n' roll since Sam Phillips added slapback echo to "That's Alright Mama." No, not giddyup momentum, nor orgasms measured in three-digit decibels, not even pouty boys in tight pants. Just a Sound. And within the internal construction of that sound lies the meaning of the songs themselves.
Sonic Youth's return to avant noise was documented, if not trumpeted, on last year's Goodbye Twentieth Century (SYR), a respectable nod to "serious" composers they admired (John Cage, Steve Reich, et al.). Though admirably shorn of the false humility mere rockers sometimes adopt when they approach Genuine Art, the tribute was slightly redundant nonetheless. After all, if Sonic Youth surpassed former benefactor and no-wave guitarist Glenn Branca by the time of 1986's Sister (when they first learned to write songs), they surpassed Cage and Co. by the time of 1998's A Thousand Leaves (when they relearned how not to).
Their latest, NYC Ghosts & Flowers (DGC), digs even deeper into the expressive qualities of scratchy guitar industrialism, yielding its full panoramic potential. Critic Rob Sheffield once suggested that Television made music like skyscrapers, but that overlooks the vestigial European tinge retained by those seminal art punks. (Not for nothing did their boss dub himself Verlaine.) Instead, Sonic Youth are to Television as skyscrapers are to cathedrals--retaining the intimidating size but scrapping the protective gloss of grandeur. And NYC is a series of reflections of the everyday, distorted in the sheer glass wall of the corporate monoliths that stretch along the avenues of its urban namesake--all the more dreamlike for being recollected from the tranquillity of Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore's current Massachusetts pastorale.
Still, the sturdiest steel girder is composed of racing ions, and, for all its structural heft, NYC is far from static. The band maps a seething city of noise beneath an ambient veneer, marked by echoes that seem louder than the clamor that instigates them, the vermin and filth and other ghosts of New York's past preserved within the translucent amber of gentrification. Rather than building to a head, these compositions scurry, their ebb and flow disorienting for that half of the race doomed by biology to expect single, gushy, linear climaxes. Think Kristeva's Stabat Mater with a snazzier rhythm section, a swirl of womanist aesthetics that Gordon encapsulates with the pithy, "Boys go to Jupiter/Become more stupider/Girls go to Mars/Become decade rock stars."
The propulsion provided by Gordon's bass and Steve Shelley's drums, and augmented by Chicago studio-ling and guest producer Jim O'Rourke, make all talk of "post-rock" here fatuous--nothing in this backbeat would puzzle Earl Palmer or even Billy Joel--and it is elitism to say they've "matured" beyond pop form. But the band has wriggled out of pop's strictures, evincing that their alt-era songcraft was a catalyst rather than an end in itself. When Sonic Youth first emerged in the early Eighties, their free jams were as unintelligible as DJ Spooky's extended forays into Greater Esoterica, and the band seemed to be practicing to become fluent in gibberish. Instead they allowed themselves to be disciplined by songcraft, and they emerged on the other side with an internal set of rules--a grammar--that allowed the band members to speak to one another without confining themselves within a private language. They kept within the lines, and now they've earned the right to scribble in the margins.
Stereolab also learned how to write songs as a kind of invigorating exercise: Bouts of intense shoe gazing grow tedious even for those with the most intricate footwear. Melody had always been second nature even in their infancy as a unit, but after several years of baroque drone, 1995's Emperor Tomato Ketchup seemed like an apex of sorts at the time--their most coherent, funky, and self-contained set of songs--and a way out of postpunk's endgame.
Sadly, Stereolab's pop flirtation was a one-sided love affair: Pop music never reciprocated the affection. Hindsight shows they had mastered the tricks of composition without carrying off the intended illusion--that all manner of contradictions lurked beneath their faux banality--and the pretense faded with the binary tedium of 1997's Dots and Loops. The lull was all.
So what becomes of a dream deferred? Judging by The First of the Microbe Hunters (Elektra), it washes out to sea amid irrelevant Flora Purim intervals, all bad vibraphones and ambivalent vibes. It would be shortsighted to judge Stereolab on the basis of this latest tossed-off wisp of an EP. And yet wispiness and tossed-offedness is so integral to the band's aesthetic that it's tempting to do so anyway. The nadir is "I Feel the Air (Of Another Planet)," which wanders about in orbit of a staccato keyboard chirp before Laetitia Sadier tries to pass off a simple descending scale as a melody.
If coherence is supposed to arise from chaos in the Sonic Youth soundscape, then, for Stereolab, multilayered repetition supposedly yields an unexpected abundance of prickly hooks. For years it has been considered a compliment to remark on how seamless Stereolab's synthesis of Krautrock drone and French pop doodly-doo is. But it's becoming increasingly evident that this band could stand to show more seams. Last year's Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night, with actual polyphony replacing ersatz noodling, was a step in the right direction. Microbe Hunters is a cautious shuffle backward.
What makes Stereolab maddening is the way they continue to dilute their compositional smarts with a mix of the demure and the pretentious. Either one or the other is acceptable; the combo is deadly. It's no coincidence that Cobra and Phases was tautened by none other than (him again?) Jim O'Rourke, who's never shy about flaunting his artiness. Like one of O'Rourke's Chicago ensembles--or even more like Miles Davis's mid-Sixties quintet, or the Dead on a good night--Sonic Youth have an idiosyncratic communal interplay based less on musical structure than on each player being receptive to the group. Yet each musician, strengthened by forays into solo improvisation with others, retains a healthy sense of rock 'n' roll ego. Stereolab still confuse communal creativity with anonymity.
Is this all just a matter of taste? That's the relativist danger that arises when you start talking about criticism as a matter of translation--you can forget that ideologies well worth judging are encapsulated in the grammar of every language at its structural core. Like Nietzsche said, Europeans never started thinking of themselves as distinct individuals until first-person pronouns came into effect. Before that, the classical languages enclosed the subject within the verb itself--amo, amas, amat, and all that. There's a sea of difference between "cogito ergo sum," where the actor is a part of the action, and "I think, therefore I am," where he stands heroically outside, astride the verb.
The same goes for musical languages, where the music's grammar often says more than all those distracting lyrics. All clamorous cross talk and arty thread-dangling and romantic nihilism, Sonic Youth harbor a complexity of composition that justifies their foolishness. Meanwhile Stereolab's benign despot Tim Gane struggles to lose himself behind a façade of musical interaction that is, in fact, primarily his handiwork, and the one-dimensional sheen of that language speaks for itself. Or does that go without saying?
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Postmenopausal women who consume a traditional Mediterranean diet may have a lower risk for breast cancer, according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
A traditional Mediterranean diet—one that is rich in fish, olive oil, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and legumes and lower in red meat and dairy—has been associated with a lower rate of heart disease and cancer, including breast cancer. This recent study was the first to evaluate the purported benefits of the Mediterranean diet within a Mediterranean country—in this case, Greece.
Researchers followed approximately 15,000 women in Greece for almost 10 years. Participants' diets were assessed by questionnaire, and a score ranging from 0 to 9 was given based on the extent to which the women followed a traditional Mediterranean diet. A higher score indicated greater adherence to the diet. During this time, 240 women were diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Deacon Maury Hall held a noon service as more than 100 people gathered at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Port Clinton, one of several services held by the church Wednesday.
"It marks the season when we call people back to the faith," Hall said. "We do that by praying, fasting and alms giving."
A few dozen gathered for an afternoon mass at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oak Harbor. The Rev. John Stirewalt delivered the sermon.
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As a leading law firm, Clayton Utz believes it has a professional obligation to environmental sustainability as part of its larger commitment to corporate social responsibility.
In comparison to other organisations our environmental footprint is quite small as we are a provider of professional services. Even so, our aim is to minimise our use of resources, maximise reuse and recycle where possible.
Clayton Utz is proud to be a founding member of the Australian Legal Sector Alliance (AusLSA), an industry led association working collaboratively to promote sustainable practices across the legal sector.
You can download a full copy of our environment policy here.
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Understanding our impacts
As an AusLSA member, Clayton Utz is committed to the AusLSA principles which includes measuring, monitoring and publically reporting yearly on our environmental sustainability performance.
Reporting on our consumption enables the firm to understand the key areas making up our carbon footprint and allows us to in more detail to identify trends locally in each office and as a national firm. By following the AusLSA principles it shows our commitment to continually improve our sustainability performance, especially considering that our yearly results are reported publically.
We have now implemented the certified AusLSA Environmental Management System (AEMS). This allows us to understand and manage our environmental risks, and make remedial plans to minimise our impacts.
Strategic decision-making
The firm is committed to incorporating sustainability as part of its strategic decision-making framework.
In June 2011 we relocated our Sydney office to 1 Bligh Street ‒the first high-rise building in Sydney to achieve a 5 Star Energy Rating and a 6 Star Green Star Office Design v2 Certified Rating. The relocation to Sydney's greenest high-rise reflects the firm leadership in environmental sustainability and will continue to support our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint well into the future. In December 2012 we relocated our Canberra office to the NewActon Nishi building which is one of Canberra's most environmentally sustainable large-scale office buildings, designed to meet five-star NABERS and six green star ratings.
Procurement policy
We have incorporated into our procurement policy consideration of the sustainability of the products and services which we buy, and the manner in which they are supplied. We seek to encourage our suppliers to adopt a more sustainable approach to the provision of goods and services.
For example, our printing and copying paper is Australian made and is PEFC certified and our letterhead is Australian made and FSC certified. Our procurement contracts include using recycled content products such as note pads and file note pads as well as encouraging the reuse of stationery products in our stationery cabinets.
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Our largest single source of carbon emissions is electricity which we are committed to reducing nationally. Our new offices in Sydney and Canberra have moved to energy efficient fit-outs which has resulted in electricity reductions of over 30% in Sydney and 40% in Canberra. Other Clayton Utz offices have reduced their electricity use by installing more energy efficient globes and de-lamping office floors where possible and nationally we have employed smarter technology to reduce carbon emissions per unit. We hope to make similar reductions in our Melbourne office in 2016 and have set a target of reducing our carbon emissions by a further 10% for FY16/17.
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Through our building managers in each office we participate in comprehensive recycling programs including paper, cardboard, bottles/glass, aluminium/cans and where possible organic waste. Our toner cartridges are recycled through Close the Loop or similar programs.
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Our superseded IT equipment is donated to our Community Connect partners or purchased by our employees if it is viable. Alternatively, it is sent for environmentally friendly disposal or if possible, recycled.
We recycle unused or second hand stationery supplies through the establishment of "Green Cupboards" in our offices, and encourage our employees to use these in preference to new stationery supplies.
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In 2006, Clayton Utz established a "Footprints Committee" to drive and lead change in sustainability.
Our Footprints Committee conducts both firm-wide and local awareness campaigns which encourage staff not only to participate at work but to be environmentally aware outside the workplace and implement what they can at home. An intranet site for Footprints operates nationally and includes information on sustainable practices at work and home. The site also provides ready access to data on the firm's ongoing emissions performance.
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The Music Scene Lesson Studio is open seven days a week. We offer lessons on just about every musical instrument from accordions to zithers. Whatever your music lesson needs are, we have a staff of instructors ready to teach you how to play today.
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Music Scene is the #1 provider of band instruments to Andover schools as well as schools in the surrounding communities. We offer both new and used instruments for sale, and we have a superior rental program too.
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Sgt. Wallace Lytle, a rifleman and Wooster, Ohio, native with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, teaches a class on various patrolling techniques and formations during the Alternate Mission Rehearsal Exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 13, 2013. The AMRX is the final training step for the Marines and sailors of SP-MAGTF Africa pre-deployment training. The Marines conducted training for theater security cooperation, noncombatant evacuation operations, and embassy reinforcement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Joyner/Released)
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Angelo, it is a work from 2011 and I captured this field of dried rape full of cornflowers in the area of "Rheingau":) So you have to visit the lovely Rhine and you will see lots :o)
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Wyoming County Court Notes 7/27/2013
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- Lee David Jamison, to Richard Machamer, Eric Hubbard, Justin W. Dixon, property in Falls Twp. for $1,232.50.
- Aarron Nichols, Jennifer Bethel, Jennifer Nichols, to Robert D. Graham Jr., Tamara Graham, property in Tunkhannock Twp. for $129,900.
- George D. Henley, Margaret E. Henley, to Aarron M. Nichols, Jennifer Lynn Nichols, property in Exeter Twp. for $120,000.
- Robert W. Clark, Betty Clark, to Kenneth C. Gavek Sr., property in Laceyville Borough, Braintrim Twp. for $100,000.
- Chad Hazelton, to 264 Point Road LLC, property in Overfield Twp. for $511,000.
- Robert A. Hontz, Carol Lynn Hontz, to Sandy Sue Traver, property in Monroe Twp. for $8,500.
- Laura E. Eastman, Laura F. Lunger, Kirk A. Lunger, to Robert A. Shewokis, Colette M. Heffron, property in Monroe Twp. for $162,500.
- Tracy Lee McDermott, to Ellen J. O'Connell, property in Noxen Twp. for $75,000.
- Dean H. Stang, Doris Jean Stang, Ronald P. Stang, Michele C. ODowd, Todd P. Stang, Theresa M. Stang, Peter C. Stang, to Todd P. Stang, Theresa M. Stang, property in Lemon Twp. for $2,144.55.
- Mary Joan Ervine, late of Tunkhannock Borough, Wyoming County, letters testamentary to Jennifer J. Ervine and H. Clayton Ervine Jr., c/o Attorney for Estate, James E. Davis, Esquire, of Farr, Davis & Fitze, 7 Marion Street, P. O. Box H, Tunkhannock, PA 18657.
- Forrest K. Dunlap, Forkston, to Carolene M. Chamberlain, Forkston.
- Dustin Lee Scouton, Noxen, to, Daynal Allison Rubendall, Noxen.
- Richard A. Miller, Tunkhannock, to Julianne B. (Folmar) Stare, Tunkhannock.
- Anthony J. Brown Sr., Factoryville, to Cindy L. (Payeski) Carter, Factoryville.
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Over at VentureBeat, Dean Takahashi serves up a terrific Q&A-style interview with ESA CEO Mike Gallagher (left).
The interview comes on the eve of E3 and Takahashi fires some tough questions at Gallagher.
Highlights include:
VB: How did you choose the Texas governor, Rick Perry, for the other keynote?
MG: It makes complete sense Gov. Perry would be an invitee. Texas is a leading state when it comes to game development. They have an environment where they welcome the video game publishers and developers. They are reaping the economic benefit because of that… We're delighted for the first time to bring such a high level politician to E3. It's a sign of respect for the industry and maturity.
VB: The industry still has its share of political battles regarding censorship. How are those going?
MG: We are winning those but we are not out of the woods… There are many in the state and federal arenas that operate off a broken, flawed historical stereotype. That problem is a top priority for us. We're trying to set a positive image for this industry and to make sure politicians understand it…
VB: Would you say Jack Thompson (the crusading Florida anti-game attorney) embodies your opponents and their views?
MG: He is in the rear view mirror… The bright future that lies in front of us does not include Jack Thompson…
VB: Some companies have dropped out of the ESA. There seem to be several reasons. Some may not get along with you. Some don't like the higher dues…
MG: Who says they don't get along with me?
VB: I can't specifically answer that.
MG: I would press you on your sources. I haven't heard that element come through where there is a personal disagreement with me, or, more importantly, there is a disagreement with the ESA's mission. Every company that has left has embraced the ESA's mission… When it comes to the ESA mission… we are making sure that the states and federal constituencies understand it…
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Anglers will be allowed to use two rods for salmon and steelhead at six spots in Southwest Washington during various times of the year.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved sport fishing with two rods at the following spots and times:
Wind River — May 1 through June 30 from the white buoy line to the BNSF railroad bridge.
Drano Lake — May 12 through June 30 and Sept. 15 through Dec. 31.
Camas Slough — Aug. 1 through Dec. 31. The slough is the portion of the Columbia River that flows between Lady Island and the Washington shore.
North Fork Lewis River — Year-round from the forks to Johnson Creek.
Lewis River — Year-round from the BNSF railroad bridge to the forks.
Cowlitz River — Year-round from the Lexington Bridge to Toledo Bridge.
The new sport-fishing regulation cycle begins May 1.
The 2010 Legislature approved a two-pole endorsement, which for $14.30 permits anglers to fish with a second rod. So far, it has been limited mostly to lakes and reservoirs.
State officials presented a list of 10 Columbia River tributaries where two rods might be feasible at a public meeting in mid-March.
Spots culled from that list include the Klickitat, Washougal, Kalama, Grays, Elochoman and Deep rivers.
Pat Frazier, regional fish program manager, said the initial list included some steelhead fisheries, while the final selections target on coho and chinook.
"We also picked places where we have hatchery production to support the fishery," he said.
None of the two-pole locations are subject to catch guidelines or quotas.
"We're trying a couple of river mouths, a couple of rivers, mostly bigger waters with space so this doesn't create problems," Frazier said. "We also picked time frames past the peak of the fisheries where the effort is starting to fall off."


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There seems to be a solution to the problem: iDoorCam:
Before digging into the whole iPad domotica topic I wanted to give you a little background information.
My girlffriend and I use some shared calendars so we can schedule things perfectly, therefore, our paper calendar ended up in the rubbish bin and this was the trigger for my idea. It's not revolutionary but I'm surprised nobody has started developing descent solutions.
To replace our 'old paper calendar' I started playing with the idea to mount a screen on our wall and write a web app that could fetch everything we needed. I could show our appointments, a small clock and maybe some other things too. As most of the sideprojects this one died a silent death too until yesterday… Yesterday, I was sitting at my desk and saw my iPad (1st gen) which I barely use and I started thinking that everything I wanted to show on my webapp dashboard was already an app on the iPad. Even better was the fact is had a touchinterface, allowing us to add or alter scheduled events in our calendar. Bonus points for the image slideshow, because after some time of inactivity it would simply show some of our beloved pictures. Extra bonus points for the remote app and our airport express in the kitchen. We could stream our music and even radio stations to our stereo (which I wanted to replace by a Zeppelin for quite some time now). How's that for a paper calendar replacement ;-)
After seeing the light I went down to check some empty spaces on our wall where we could mount it. Maybe in the same place the old calendar: next to our intercom for our doorbell… So why not replace the stupid intercom with a nice wifi video intercom solution that could stream our doorbell right to our iPad using push notifications? So I started my search but I couldn't find any thing that satisfies my needs, I only found 1 crappy solution that doesn't support push notifications and costs a gazilion!
So what is it I want?
Well, imagine having a doorbell with a camera. You're sitting in your sofa and someone rings the door. You go to your iPad, check out who's there have some small talk or even allowing them to come in by unlocking the door with a swipe or any other gesture you can think of. That would be a good start, even better would be that if you're not at home, the sytem sends a push alert to your iPhone and maybe a snapshot (or video if you're on wifi) of the person in front of your door, allowing you to do the same as if you were at home: talk to the person and maybe let him/her in. (e.g. we have 2 dogs and it would be nice if my mother in law could enter our house if we're stuck somewhere so she could feed them or let them out).
All of the above would be splendid, following extras would make me a happy man:
- integrate RFID keys, swipe your card over the doorbel and enter (instead of using the key). Not really necessary, but nice to have, especially if you would use it as a company
- Show a log of the video conversation with a timestamp for every time someone rang your doorbell. Even if you're on a holiday you could still see who needed you
- If we could integrate the RFID we could even show the log of when someone came at work.
Maybe there are already solutions doing (some) of these things, if you know about it feel free to share!


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Use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs during pregnancy and risk of preeclampsia
Version of Record online: 30 OCT 2012
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21807
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Palmsten, K., Hernández-Díaz, S., Kuriya, B., Solomon, D. H. and Setoguchi, S. (2012), Use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs during pregnancy and risk of preeclampsia. Arthritis Care Res, 64: 1730–1738. doi: 10.1002/acr.21807
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- Issue online: 30 OCT 2012
- Version of Record online: 30 OCT 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: 9 JUL 2012
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- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Grant Number: K02-HS017731
- US Department of Health and Human Services
To describe patterns of disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) use during pregnancy in a population-based cohort, and to evaluate the association between autoimmune disease, DMARDs, corticosteroids, and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and preeclampsia.
Using health care utilization databases from British Columbia (1997–2006), we compared the risk for preeclampsia among 44,786 women with and without autoimmune disease with study drug dispensings before pregnancy (past users) and before and during the first 20 gestational weeks (continuous users). Relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were estimated.
Only 414 women (0.1%) had a DMARD dispensing during pregnancy. The incidence of preeclampsia was 2.3% for past DMARD users, 2.7% for past corticosteroid users, and 2.9% for past NSAID users. Compared to past users, the continuous DMARD user RR was 2.29 (95% CI 0.81–6.44), and was 0.89 (95% CI 0.51–1.56) for corticosteroid and 0.84 (95% CI 0.63–1.10) for NSAID users. Compared to women without autoimmune disease, the delivery year–adjusted RR was 2.02 (95% CI 1.11–3.64) for women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The DMARD results were attenuated when antimalarials were excluded, and the delivery year–adjusted RR was 0.95 (95% CI 0.25–3.55) when the DMARD analysis was restricted to women with autoimmune disease.
Few women were exposed to DMARDs during pregnancy. We observed a 2-fold increased risk of preeclampsia among women with SLE and a nonsignificant increase in risk in DMARD users. The DMARD and preeclampsia association was attenuated when antimalarials were excluded and null when restricted to women with autoimmune disease, which suggests the association is likely due to greater autoimmune disease severity in DMARD users.


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The Ohio County Circuit Court is changing the computer software it uses to keep court records, and it's the first step toward the implementation of a computerized court filing system in the county expected to save local courts thousands of dollars each year.
In September, the county learned it was one of 14 West Virginia counties selected by the state Supreme Court to participate in a pilot project in which all of the county's hard copy case files would be digitized and stored electronically. The system also will allow attorneys to eventually e-file court cases with the county from their own computers at any time.
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will be funding the new system, and assuming the cost of hardware and maintenance changes.
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Ohio County Circuit Clerk Brenda L. Miller said records in the office will be digitized as part of a new e-filing system mandated by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
Currently local circuit courts pay for their own computer hardware, software, maintenance and updates, according to Ohio County Circuit Clerk Brenda L. Miller.
"Once this transition takes places, the finances will be switched over completely to the West Virginia Supreme Court," she said. "Every county that does this - it will benefit their county residents."
Ohio County's initial switchover of data to the new system, and the necessary training of court employees, will cost the high court about $200,000, according to Miller. After this, the move will save the county about $30,000 it pays annually for maintenance and software upgrades.
The Ohio County Circuit Clerk's Office then will have a smaller budget once the change is complete, she said.
The Supreme Court in August 2013 mandated there be a uniform court filing system among counties in the state after it was discovered differences in their filing systems were leading to confusion among court officers.
This resulted in some cases being wrongfully dropped.
Marion and Jefferson counties already have started its e-filing systems, and Ohio County has been slated to be third county to go online.
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For a time, the county will likely run both its current and the new computerized filling systems, Miller said.
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|NAGAYAMA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. Patent applications
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|T-NUT - A T-nut includes a cylindrical shaft section that opens at both ends and includes an internal thread at an inner peripheral surface thereof; a flange that extends outwardly from a first end portion of the shaft section; and a sealing member that seals the first-end-portion-side opening of the shaft section, and is formed of elastomeric resin. The sealing member includes a circular cylindrical portion and a dome-shaped cover, the circular cylindrical portion closely contacting the inner peripheral surface and opening at a first-end-portion side, the cover being formed continuously to an edge of the circular cylindrical portion at a second-end-portion side, a top of the cover facing the second-end-portion side, an outer peripheral surface of the circular cylindrical portion having an externally threaded long-and-narrow protruding portion that seals a space at a root of the internal thread.
|APPARATUS FOR NAILING T-NUTS - There is provided an apparatus for nailing t-nut. The apparatus of the invention has a first nailing device. The first nailing device has a push bar; a rotation motion transmission mechanism; a first servo motor for moving the push bar up and down by means of the rotation motion transmission mechanism; a retaining portion to hold a t-nut; an alignment supplier to supply the t-nut to the retaining portion; and a receiving portion to hold a board. The apparatus further has a control device to control the rotation of the servo motor. The t-nut is release by the retaining portion when the push bar moves down. The upper end of the to-nut is pushed by the push bar. The push bar moves down at a speed faster than that of free fall of the t-nut when the retaining portion releases the t-nut, so as to nail the t-nut into the board.
|INSERT NUT AND INSERT T-NUT - There is provided an insert nut comprising a hollow shank in a polygonal shape. A metal plate is provided. The metal plate has a first region. The first region has a rectangular shape having a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The first region is pressed to form a plurality of convexes discontinuously aligned. The convexes are not formed at bend strips parallel to the vertical direction. The press process can be done by using, e.g., a die and a punch. The first region is bent at the bend strips to form a hollow shank. Thereby, the convexes serve as a female screw on an inner surface of the hollow shank. The hollow shank of the present invention has a cross section at a face perpendicular to an axis of the hollow shank. The cross section is polygonal.
|SYNTHETIC RESIN MEMBER HAVING A FEMALE SCREW - There is provided a synthetic resin member, having a screw formation portion and synthetic resin body. The screw formation portion has: a cylindrical metal portion having a first end and a second end, a female screw part being formed on the cylindrical portion; a release prevention portion formed at the first end; a flange portion formed at the second end, the flange portion having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a rotation prevention portion formed on the first surface. The synthetic resin body has: a body portion perpendicularly extending to have a third end and a fourth end, the body portion having a screw engagement portion perpendicularly penetrating the body portion. The cylindrical metal portion is inserted into the screw engagement portion. The release prevention portion is caulked with the third end of the body portion. The rotation prevention portion is engaged with the synthetic resin body at or near the fourth end of the body portion.
|INSERT NUT - There is provided an insert nut, having an outer hollow portion made of a resin material and an inner hollow portion made of a metal material. The outer hollow portion has a projection functioning as a male screw or wedge formed on an outer surface thereof. The inner hollow portion has a female screw formed on an inner surface thereof. The inner hollow portion is press-fitted to the outer hollow portion by inserting one end of the inner hollow portion into the outer hollow portion to reach a final position. Further insertion of the inner hollow portion is prevented beyond the final position. Said one end of the inner hollow portion is caulked with the outer hollow portion.
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I received a communication last night that discussed a buzz going around that Google is going to shake up how it deals with backlinks. Specifically that Google is going to give less weight to less relevant linkage. This source also heard from another direction that a big change was coming in the next few days.
Anyone know anything?
I'll continue to watch and gather data given that I don't have a clue about what changed at G.
brinked, there may be something in what you say but I think that there is more to it than that. There's one page in the SERPS of a term that I watch that has simply bought sitewide links in a few blogs. In some it is in the blog roll, in others there is a paragraph of text in the left or RH column with links to the site. In each case they use the exact 2 word term.
If these paid links are relevant google happy about it. When I look at some sectors the entire Top 1000 is spammed with sites buying links big time. Just the ones at the top buy on-topic links and sites below buy any links.
Now I see that the typical grey/black hat is working the hell way better than honest marketing within the Google guidelines.
It's like anything works right now.
For some of the keywords our site used to be on page 1 for years, now we have squidoo, thin affiliate (affiliate links being hidden though), ABSOLUTELY not content nor updates but very high density of keywords and their variations.
I am appaled when I see 1 site, that has 1 backlink from 1 squidoo page and not only the squidoo page ranks on page 1 but the site does as well.
I also see websites with heavy onsite SEO, with every keyword variations but not much of any other content ranking really high and steady for a few days. They actually started doing well a few week ago if I remember correctly but never that well.
Last I'd say that all penalties on link sculpting have been removed. They must have been removed somehow from what I see.
Also the actual theme of website my god, you can have websites that talk about cars setup an SEO landing page for pet food right now and it works.
Sitewide links seem to do well again.
And some sites that were penalized somehow back approximetaly 2 years ago are back in the game, they still are built for SEO, they are still spamming in my opinion, but now it's working again for them.
Not sure what Google's cooking but it looks like any bold SEO trick is working WAY better than it did in the past 3 or 4 years.
Well guys, black hat and bold cheap SEO tricks are back big time in my industry.
I actually am livid looking at some SERPs. I would have bet all I have that the some of the pages that are currently ranking so well would never make it through even close to the top 200. But they do now. wow!
They all look like disposable websites to me.
Not sure what can be done on our end. Users used to find what they were looking for and liked it, when they would find it....for years.
I don't even think that it's anything we do wrong, I think that cheap sites just got a boost and only so-called authorities keep their rankings high right now.
By the way, I was on the phone with a competitor yesterday. They got demoted thanks to another competitor trying and succeeding to harming their site. Well, Google don't tell me that it's almost impossible to harm a site, it's in fact very easy now that I see it anyone can demote any site with little effort as long as you're not trying to demote a super authority type of competitor, the Wikipedia or a .gov!
I myself don't see the polluted serps as your describing but then again I am not in ever sector and can only look at the nitches I am working under
Clearly the cistern broke at googleplex and now the mess is everywhere and the the stench is rising along with mounting disgust among observers...
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It has been my observation followgreg when the serps get like what you describe above this is what G wants to happen so the Review team and Mats team can put the necessary data in place that will deal with what your describing. It is easier to review a site when they are on page 1 verses page 200 and G knows what filters were relaxed that would allow for the "New" 1st page ranking to pop up.
Good point. As Yogi Berra once said, it's "deja vu all over again." If history is any guide, we'll be hearing furious complaints from a different set of members when the new, improved filters are in place.
This is the perfect time of year for major tweaks, and one should never assume that what happens today is a new standard for tomorrow or next week.
This is the perfect time of year for major tweaks, and one should never assume that what happens today is a new standard for tomorrow or next week.In the past, that probably was a good strategy for the goog, because there really wasn't an alternative. To bad this time they did this right around the time that there actually is an alternative engine that is actually providing a better quality search experience. It's peeled off quite a few supporters.
Is this thread about SERP changes or a comparison to Bing (which is really just Live.com with some lipstick)?
Yes, I agree.
please keep your focus on how crappy the SERPs are, people!
lol, sorry couldn't resist =P
I'm loving this update.
very fun =)
These newcomers seem oddly random -- some are quite good, some are complete crap with no content at all, some are subsections of larger, unrelated sites. Some appear to be heavily SEO'd, others don't have unique titles for their subpages. They seem to be keyword-specific -- that is, I'm not seeing the same new site across all keywords, but rather different new sites for each keyword.
Quite strange. I doubt this will last.
Give Bing a try, it is returing far better results than Google.
Perhaps they are a bit more natural because very few have bothered to optimize for Bing. There algo looks even easier to spam than Google though.
Back to Google. There have been some major experiments this year that have been short lived and I think (really am hoping) what we are seeing now is another short term test and we will go back to something more palatable in the last week of the month.
Meanwhile I'm finding ways to pull run of site links out of template hot spots (like the footer) and into content. Those Textpattern custom fields will be finding a very useful purpose. This could be a good thing and make us a bit more creative and on-topic with each page.
I have seen sites lose natural search rank but keep allinanchor rank. Not sure what that means if anything. Do penalities usually affect allinanchor rank?
I guess at the beginning of this thread tedster said a change in evaluating links occurred.
Do people think its going after paid links in an algorthimic way or if its penalizing sites for lots of small crappy links? Or is it ignoring links from sites that are off topic?
Like maybe a site about widgets links to a site about some other unrelated topic. And that link would be devalued.
shouldn't the whole site getting kicked-off
Maybe. It could be that trust is now variable by phrase. Possibly less competitive (or less monetised, if there's any difference) KW phrases, require lower trust standards.
Whatever criteria used for variable trust levels, this differential would have two effects, which could be easily confused:
1) High trust sites get swamped as low trust sites get propelled above them on "low trust allowed" phrases.
2) Lower trust sites lose rankings as they no longer make the grade on "high trust required" phrases.
On the crappy SERPs, are you looking at vanity or long tail phrases?
How would you gage that? If your link building strategies have always been the same, basic stuff like, some recips, related sites only, article marketing etc...and they were okay to rank for months, it is possible that suddenly 1 year later trust was lost and the site got banished?
Also, can a site be sandboxed if it is over 1 1/2 years old? Is that considered new enough to work into the sandbox theory?
As far as I'm concerned trying to discuss "the sandbox" blurs the discussion rather than focusing it. I don't know if trust is a direct factor in the yo-yo or not, but I re-framed the question that way because it seemed a better focus.
What is trust - in Google terms? That's a thread on its own, or several threads.
Put simply, my understanding is that trust calculation begins with a hand-picked group of seed sites -- and it then measures the link distance from those seed sites. If a new set of seed sites gets chosen, then the trust of any linked domains can shift. And if a site is removed from the seed set, then trust may fall away from those sites it links to, with further repurcussions for the second- and third-generation sites in the overall web graph.
It does seem to me that a yo-yo ranking (especially on and off the first page) could be a way of saying "we are not sure whether to trust this url for this keyword". So it gets shown just some of the time until the data makes things clear.
Now just because that makes sense to me in an abstract way does not mean that Google is really doing this, but the idea does have a kind of logic. Deep changes in content might upset a trust value. Suddenly getting impressions for a search term where a site never ranked before also might raise questions about why that happened.
If the company is "big", does that mean they are always "trusted"? Clearly not. But might such a company get at least a little benefit of the doubt - enough to yo-yo in and out, just to see what the users think?
[edited by: tedster at 9:41 pm (utc) on July 8, 2009]
I agree with tedster. There is no such thing as a sandbox. If only it were that simple. There are many reasons and factors why a page will not rank for its targeted keyword(s). Either there is some kind of penalty (over optimization, keyword stuffing etc) or simply because your site does not have the content/back link authority it needs to be competitive in your industry.
People who fail at something and don't want to try again to succeed will give up and blame it on something other than themselves.
Some people now confusingly use the word to mean "my rankings dropped badly", which is both confusing and unhelpful. Large ranking drops can occur for several unique reasons, with no common relationship between them.


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The private group hoping to purchase Music Hall for $1 is now asking for $10 million in city contributions to its effort to update the historic building, double the initial $5 million it asked for. The Music Hall Revitalization Co. says failing to strike a deal before June 1 will jeopardize the proposed $165 million renovation. Among the updates the city is being asked to fund are $75,000 buffers to block noise from the streetcar and a $150,000 escrow account to pay for any future disruptions due to the streetcar.
City Council yesterday spent some time considering ways to fix the city's retirement fund deficit. Cincinnati's retirement board wants the city to contribute $67 million to the pension system this year, though Council has reportedly contributed only about half of that.
CVG today will unveil its updated Concourse A, which has undergone a $36.5 million renovation. It is part of the airports attempt to lure a low-cost airline to the hub that formerly housed Delta.
Cleveland is the first Ohio city to open one of the state's four new casinos, drawing about 5,000 to a grand opening last night. Cincinnati's casino is expected to be the last of the four to open, with Hollywood casinos scheduled to open in Toledo May 29 and in Columbus this fall. Cincinnati's' Horseshoe is scheduled to open next year.
Barack Obama's Super PAC is airing TV ads questioning Mitt Romney's business record, specifically his commitment to workers.
Prosecutors today decided to bring charges against former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks, who along with her husband and four others will be charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice. The alleged incidents occurred in response the phone hacking allegations, and the charges are apparently quite embarrassing to Rupert Murdoch and British Prime Minister David Cameron.
JP Morgan today said, "Surprise! We lost a bunch of money!" Two years after congress tightened regulations on Wall Street, the industry now fears that regulators will now listen to their fears even less as they enact stricter reforms.
Humans are consuming more resources than the earth can replenish, according to the World Wildlife Fund's Living Planet Report for 2012.
Lady Gaga yesterday cancelled a cold-out Indonesia performance in response to conservative protests over her clothing and dance moves.
National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar, responding to the pressure, said Tuesday that the permit for her June 3 "Born This Way Ball" concert had been denied.
Indonesia, a nation of 240 million people, has more Muslims than any other. Although it is secular and has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe has become more vocal in recent years.
Hard-liners have loudly criticized Lady Gaga, saying the suggestive nature of her show threatened to undermine the country's moral fiber. Some threatened to use physical force to prevent her from stepping off the plane.
Lawmakers and religious leaders, too, have spoken out against her.
If you care about politics, no doubt you've heard by now that birth control opponent Rick Santorum scored upset victories Tuesday in the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses and Missouri's non-binding primary. No delegates were awarded in any of the races, but the showing further undermines presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney's efforts to solidify his image as Republican frontrunner.
One of the best number crunchers around, Nate Silver at the FiveThirtyEight blog, says the latest results mean Romney will have a long slog to win the party's nomination. Given history and voter demographics, Romney should've easily won in Minnesota and Colorado and the fact that he didn't should serve as a warning for him, Silver adds.
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.
Meanwhile unemployment in Cincinnati dropped to 7.5 percent in August, down from 8.2 percent in July. Unemployment in Hamilton County dropped to 6.8 percent in August, down from 7.3 percent. The Greater Cincinnati's jobless rate for the month was 6.7 percent, putting it below that of the state (7.2 percent) and the nation (8.1 percent).
Speaking of numbers, a new poll released today shows Obama leading Romney in Ohio – the third such poll in the last four days. The Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times Swing State Poll shows Obama leading Romney 53 to 43 percent in Ohio, and by similar large margins in the battlegrounds of Florida and Pennsylvania.
The typically media-shy Republican Ohio Treasurer and Senate candidate Josh Mandel proposed three new rules for members of the U.S. Congress in a rare Tuesday news conference. He said he wants members of Congress to lose their pensions if they became lobbyists, be limited to 12 years in the House and Senate and not be paid if they failed to pass a budget. Mandel says his opponent, sitting Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, broke his promise to voters that he would only serve 12 years in Congress. Mandel himself promised to fill his entire term as state treasurer, but would leave halfway through if he wins the Senate race.
The governors of Ohio and Kentucky continue to move toward jointly supporting a financing study for a replacement of the functionally-obsolete Brent Spence Bridge, and both governors favor a bridge toll to fund construction. The Kentucky Legislature would have to approve a measure to allow tolling on the bridge.
Forty percent of Hamilton County's septic systems are failing, and homeowners and utilities are arguing over who should foot the $242 million bill. The Enquirer has an analysis of the ongoing battle.
The Associated Press reports that Andy Williams, Emmy-winning TV host and "Moon River" crooner, has died.
The Enquirer is still doing all it can to keep the Lacheys relevant instead of letting them die off like all bad 90s trends like Furby and Hammer pants. The paper blogged that Lachey finished in the bottom three in the first week of the new Dancing with the Stars: All Stars.
Speaking of those replacement NFL refs, apparently some of them were fired by the Lingerie Football League for incompetence. Yes, there are totally unrelated pictures of women playing football.
Northern Ohio counties are starting to receive $19 million from Cleveland casino tax revenue. Cincinnati and Hamilton can expect a similar revenue boon next year when the Horseshoe Casino opens on Feb. 2013. Of course, the casino (and its revenue) could have been coming this year, but Gov. John Kasich blocked construction last year to protect his tax plan.
The Enquirer over the weekend did an investigative piece on ER "superusers" — individuals who can sometimes cost the health-care system as much as $1.3 million due to a lack of health insurance. Hospitals have said that this "charity care" could be curtailed by Obamacare's Medicaid expansion and save the state money, but Kasich claims the Medicaid expansion is too costly for the state.
The Ohio Board of Regents is considering banning smoking on all public
campuses. Smoking is already banned in buildings, but health concerns
may lead to a bigger ban.
Toledo Public Schools used "scrubbing" to improve report card scores. The Board of Education claimed such cheating could be a "state-level problem."
Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown and his Republican opponent Josh Mandel have settled on a day to debate: Oct. 15.
Former Reds shortstop Barry Larkin was inducted into the Hall of Fame Sunday. Here's CityBeat's C. Trent Rosecrans' column offering current players' thoughts on Larkin.
The Great Ohio River Swim was postponed Saturday because of high bacteria levels. Not very surprising.
In science news, a European agency became the first in the Western world Friday to approve a gene therapy treatment for a rare genetic disease.
President Obama's Cincinnati bridge visit is an attempt to literally and figuratively connect Mitch McConnell and John Boehner. No word on whether the top two Republicans in Congress will show up, but Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer is reportedly going to pop in.
An organization called Citizens' League Against Subsidized Sports is gathering signatures for a ballot measure that would add a tax on Reds and Bengals tickets. Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartmann says he knows that the county's lease doesn't allow it to institute a ticket tax but that it doesn't say anything about a citizens' initiative.
Police costs are rising even though the force is shrinking, partially because it hasn't hired any new officers since 2008 while the top ranks have held steady.
The SB 5 debate is expected to draw a high voter turnout, which could bode well for school levies as voters come out to vote "no" on Issue 2.
Plans to put a culture tax in front of voters have been put on hold due to a potential conflict with a Cincinnati Zoo tax renewal levy that will be on the 2013 ballot. Backers of the culture tax — a 0.25 percentage-point sales tax increase that would raise $30 million annually — fear that overlapping the tax increase and levy could be confusing and potentially hurt the chances of either to be approved. The culture tax will likely be put on the 2014 ballot.
City Council this fall will consider a new form-based development code that will allow individual neighborhoods to create their own codes that supporters say will reinforce neighborhoods' existing urban fabric while aiding in development. Supporters include the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Cincinnati Inc. "For developers, there is more predictability and basically no battles. And once they know the parameters, (developers) can really turn their creativity loose," David Ginsburg, president and CEO of Downtown Cincinnati Inc., told The Enquirer.
The Enquirer on Sunday checked in on
the state's higher education situation, finding that many recent
college graduates and families of potential college students are
wondering if college is even worth it considering the high cost —
"total student loan debt is nearing $1 trillion, or more than
$20,000 for each graduate" — and lack of guaranteed return —
"government data this year show that fully half of graduates 25 or
younger are either unemployed or working in a job that doesn't use
the skills they learned in college." No word on whether Enquirer-endorsed Gov. John Kasich thinks his kids should skip college and go straight into the service industry.
A record number of participants ran in this year's Flying Pig Marathon over the weekend. The winners were Californian Sergio Reyes, who also won the men's race in 2009, and Rachel Bea, a Kenwood resident.
Joe Biden says he is "comfortable" with same-sex marriage, though he doesn't know the answer to the question of whether a second-term Obama administration would come out in favor of legalizing gay marriage.
Europe's election results have gone and spooked the markets, due to political uncertainty in Greece and the defeat of French President Nicolas Sarkozy by Socialist Francois Hollande.
Vladimir Putin is back in business in Russia, amid protests.
Al-Qaeda has released a video of an elderly American hostage who says he will be killed if President Obama doesn't agree to Al-Qaeda's demands, which include ending military strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen.
An ad campaign linking global warming believers to terrorists only lasted a few hours before public outcry forced the Heartland Institute, a libertarian organization funded by a bunch of corporations who don't want to stop polluting the earth, to take them down. One billboard included Ted Kaczynski's mug shot with the words: "I still believe in Global Warming. Do you?"
Poll watch: "Romney polling well with independents as Obama campaign kicks off."
The supermoon was in full effect over the weekend, reportedly "wowing" viewers.
The Ohio Department of Education is caught in a bit of a mess. This morning, the state auditor's office announced it would be conducting a probe into the Ohio Department of Education over school test and attendance data. Yesterday, Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction Stan Heffner said the Ohio Department of Education will be investigating more schools for possible instances of fraudulent data reporting. The superintendent's announcement came on the same day Lockland School Districts were found to be reporting false attendance data for better test results.
Delta Airlines announced it will be closing down Comair, which is headquartered in the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport. The move could have a significant impact on jobs in the region.
Only 6,000 out of 140,000 eligible Ohioans have initiated a foreclosure review process, according to Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown. The review could potentially save Ohioans a lot of money.
The Ohio Supreme Court still thinks Ohio's smoking ban is constitutional.
Skype is making chat and user data more accessible to police.
There is now a reason to be jealous of Kansas City. Google will be offering its ultra-fast Internet service in the area for only $70 a month.
Nearly one in five voters thinks President Barack Obama is a Muslim.
Mitt Romney had a bad couple days during his trip to London: An aide allegedly made racist comments about Obama's commitment to "Anglo-Saxon heritage," Romney questioned if London is ready to host the Olympics, and he talked about meeting with the leader of MI6, the British intelligence agency. And he said he's excited to return the "bust of Winston Churchill" to the Oval Office. Whatever that means.
Nobody has a case of the Mondays, according to a new study in the Journal of Positive Psychology.
Scientists have found a way to temporarily restore eyesight in blind mice. But it requires a direct chemical injection into the eyes.


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Can anyone recomend a waterproof (not water resistant) jacket that can be warn comfortably in warm weather? I am not trying to spend allot of cash on it! the few i have found that claim to be breathable, and waterproof are very expensive (over 100 bucks). I have no problem buying online (that is where i get most of my stuff anyway) Another problem, everytime i find something decent, they don't sell big enough! i would need XXL or preferably XXXL.
Something that can be folded up and stowed away taking up very little space would be ideal.
i commute every day, and it can rain quite a bit here in florida (with obviously high temperatures). If i must spend allot... as long as it will last for a long time i will consider it.
Please, with your recomendations, include a price, and if you purchased online, a link to it.
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A suspect in the gruesome murder of an Onslow County man had his first court appearance Monday morning.
Fifty-year-old James Days Junior is charged with murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon in the death of 66-year-old Jerry Pickett. Pickett was found dead in his home on September 18th of this year.
The medical examiner determined Pickett bled to death after his throat was slit.
The Pickett family says the arrest is a blessing. Pickett's wife Dianne says, "It won't bring him back but it's a relief for the family."
Days wife tells WITN he was defending himself. No bond was set in this case. Days next court date is scheduled for December 13th.


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By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm:
The TED phenomenon is very interesting to me. The niche involves hosting 20-minute talks by innovative individuals, some famous some not, in order to share "ideas worth spreading" on technology, entertainment, and design -- very broadly defined, those three areas form the acronym for TED. The idea that in today's day and age, someone standing on stage giving a speech could be attention grabbing is a little refreshing to me. In fact, secretly (or not so secretly, I guess, since I am writing it in my blog), I would love to give one myself someday ("Trial Persuasion Lessons for Everyone..." --- think about it, TED-people). But not all TED talks are created equal. I don't think we've ever seen a bad one, but some of the talks achieve stratospheric levels of hits through viral sharing, and others don't. According to an innovative new study, the differences may be explained to a surprisingly large extent by physical delivery. What the speaker is doing with her hands and body seems to mediate a large part of the reaction. That has some clear implications for attorneys trying to hold the attention of jurors and judges in court.
A human behavior consultant with the firm Science of People sought to look at the question of what makes some TED talks more popular than others. Crowd-sourcing the task, Vanessa Van Edwards polled 760 volunteers. The panelists watched the talks under varying conditions, and answered a series of questions on content, credibility, and charisma. Matching those results with the physical delivery of the TED speakers, Van Edwards concludes that the speaker's body language from the stage accounts for a large part of the difference between those that go viral and those that don't. She distills the results down to five pieces of advice. In this post, I will share each of the five and also comment on how these principles can be applied in court.
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