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As you may know, I run a small press – a little independent publishing company. Even in this new, rapidly-changing publishing environment, I believe that writers need publishers. I'm primarily a writer myself, after all. So Ghostwoods Books was set up with the idea of being the sort of publishing company I would want to publish with. A fair one.
Ethical publishing shouldn't be controversial. Sadly – just like music and acting – a lot of publishing is quite predatory. This is a bad thing. It's bad for everyone, not just authors. As the business gets nastier, the books get diminished and… well, just like Hollywood, it turns out bland pap.
I don't know why publishing thinks that driving readers away with bland pap is a good business model. I sure don't want to have to be exploited horribly because I write things.
Ghostwoods Books is trying to make a difference. We believe there's a place for fair trade in publishing, particularly now, when books are becoming digital. One digital file can be sold infinitely. Paper books have a cost per copy, as well as development costs; eBooks don't. It's time to play fair.
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Children's craft events include making new home items from common recyclables.
Learn about Hydrangeas from St. Louis Master Gardener Anne Kirkpatrick, who will speak from 11-11:45am.
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Intellectual Property & Technology Law
The Advanced Legal Research–Special Topics course on intellectual property is a one credit course exploring how to research patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, right of publicity, and other areas of intellectual property law. The course covers the following resources and topics, with an emphasis on intellectual property: treatises and other secondary sources, statutes, legislative history, case law, digests, regulations, agency publications, state law, international law, efficient and effective online searching, and research strategy.
This course is structured around a semester-long, simulated negotiation exercise in which the students in this class will represent a multi-national pharmaceutical company (KJH Pharmaceutical Corporation) and the students in a similar class at Georgetown University Law School will represent an African agricultural production company (Malundian Cassava Corporation). The two companies are interested in working together to exploit a new technology developed by KJH Pharmaceutical that uses the cassava produced by Malundian Cassava Corporation. The form of their collaboration could be a joint venture, a licensing agreement or a long term supply contract. The negotiations will take place through written exchanges and through live negotiation via videoconferencing. Substantive law issues related to the transaction, as well as negotiations strategy and related issues, will be addressed in this class.
The goals of this course are (i) to introduce students to transactional law, (ii) to provide negotiations training in the context of transactional practice, and (iii) to further practical legal skills. The focus is on having students apply their legal and non-legal knowledge in the context of serving as a lawyer negotiating an international business transaction within the controlled environment of the classroom.
The thrust of this course is class participation and active involvement in the negotiations process. Students are expected to spend time outside of class, working in teams, to prepare for class discussions involving the written exchanges as well as preparing for the live negotiations. Class discussions will focus on the strategy for, and progress of, the negotiations, as well as the substantive legal, business and policy matters that impact on the negotiations. Grades will be based on participation in the exercises, students' diaries, and a final paper (see, "Course Requirements," below).
NOTE: In addition to the 2-hour Wednesday evening classes, this class has five Friday afternoon sessions, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The Friday sessions are devoted to the live negotiations with Georgetown and will be held at Accenture's Legal Headquarters located at 161 N. Clark Street. Due to the Friday sessions, the Monday sessions will end earlier in the semester. The seminar will meet on the following Fridays: 9/9/16, 9/16/15, 9/30/16, 10/7/16, and 10/21/16 (this session will end at 5pm to allow for a de-briefing session with Georgetown).
Rigorous Writing
This is an advanced writing course offering students an opportunity to continue developing their writing and analytical skills while focusing on the legal issues that arise between the holders of valid trademarks and copyrights and those who infringe upon their rights using a practical approach of replicating the litigation process. Topics covered include the remedies found in the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1114, et seq, and the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 501, et seq, as well as the growing complications presented by global demand and the internet. The course also focuses on the perspectives of those innocent or non-willful infringers in deciding when and how to best protect and advance the client's interests. Students will study examples of registration applications and other related documents, as well as analyze case law as they vigorously represent clients in federal court.
Knowledge of trademark and copyright principles would assist the student; however, the Intellectual Property survey course is not a requirement.
This seminar focuses on the interface between Intellectual Property (IP) and antitrust law. Patents, copyrights and trademarks and other IP regimes confer exclusionary rights. Exclusive rights provide incentives and serve other ends, but their exercise can also impede competition distort otherwise competitive markets. This seminar will address the intersection of IP and Antitrust with respect to issues such as standard setting, licensing, corporate strategy, product design, efforts to increase market share and mergers and acquisitions.
Prerequisite: Intellectual Property, Copyright or Antitrust Law or instructor permission
Experiential Learning
The Business Law Clinic (the "Clinic") represents entrepreneurs and community members who, respectively, wish assistance in forming small businesses and not-for-profit corporations in the Chicagoland area. Students typically work with several Clinic clients during the course of a semester, under the supervision of at least one member of the Clinic's faculty. The Clinic also includes a weekly seminar (Tuesdays from 5 to 7 p.m.), which addresses relevant substantive law, ethical issues and pragmatic lawyering skills, such as drafting, negotiating and counseling clients. The work in the Clinic is transactional in nature. The Clinic does not handle litigation matters.
Participation in the Clinic requires both a significant time commitment (a minimum of 6 hours per week, in addition to the time in the seminar), as well as a certain degree of flexibility in the student's schedule. All students are expected to have an initial meeting with their clients and to meet with them thereafter, as needed. In addition, the students are expected to communicate with their clients regularly, efficiently and effectively perform the related transactional work under the supervision of the Clinic's faculty, maintain their client's files in an organized and professional manner, regularly attend the seminar classes and participate in various seminar exercises.
Prerequisite for the course is Business Organizations. Federal Income Tax is highly recommended. Other recommended courses, in order of preference, are Corporate & Partnership Tax, Sales, and Securities Regulation. Class is limited to 10-14 students and instructor permission and an application is required. (Stone)
The purpose of this course is to provide exposure to contract drafting and negotiation to students with an interest in transactional law. During the course of the semester we will examine the purpose and process of drafting documents. We will also spend time discussing the business side of transactional law and how best to work with and counsel clients. In some instances, we will start with form documents borrowed from prior transactions (precedent) and we will revise these documents to reflect the particular facts and circumstances surrounding our transaction. In other instances we will work through drafting a document from scratch. Finally, we will spend time reviewing and revising existing documents and discussing the logistics of working through a variety of business transactions. The course will include numerous drafting exercises and some negotiation. By the end of the semester, students should have a basic understanding of how and why contracts are drafted and negotiated. In addition, each student should be able to draft a precise and practical document for a basic business transaction. (Dunck)
This 3 credit course addresses foundational issues in copyright law, including eligible copyright subject matter, formalities and duration, authorship and ownership, reproductions and derivative works, copyright infringement, fair use, summary judgment and remedies for infringement.
Some of the more advanced issues addressed include copyrightable characters; copyright protection of compilations, databases and computer software; copyright in architectural works; photography; sound recordings; the scope of direct liability on the internet, and for cloud computing; digital technology and fixation; and the non-expressive use of copyrighted works by copy-reliant technologies.
This is a stand-alone course. You may undertake this class without any prerequisite. Students planning on taking multiple IP courses should consult with Prof. Ho or Prof. Sag as to the best sequence given their individual needs and interests.
The emergence of the Internet and digital technologies that enhance human abilities to access, store, manipulate, and transmit information has brought with it a host of new legal issues that lawyers preparing to practice in the 21st century will need to understand and address. This survey course will introduce and explore specific problems in applying law to issues arising on the Internet. Topics expected to be covered include the bounds of jurisdiction, privacy, governance and regulation, online commercial transactions, content protection (through intellectual property, contract, and technological means), and cybercrime. There are no prerequisites. Grades for the course will be based on a take home exam and class participation. (Das)
This seminar will introduce students to the real world(s) of sports and entertainment law, examining the separate and distinct bodies of law and practices of both, while giving due to the many commonalities between the two fields, from intellectual property to professional contracts. As legal issues in both sports and entertainment law frequently appear in the headlines, this course will address up-to-the minute issues, while covering the seminal topics and cases within each, both in litigation and transaction. Guest lecturers may participate, as their schedules permit. As there will be efforts made to accommodate guests relevant to this course, the syllabus will be in flux. Further, attendance and class participation are required, making up a significant portion of the grade along with a take-home final examination. Reading assignments can be significant on a weekly basis relevant to the upcoming week's topic. (Epstein, Saper)
599 – Externship – Intensive Field Placement Chicago (2-3)
Experiential Learning
Full-time students who have completed all required first year courses and part-time students who have completed a minimum of 28 credit hours may apply for an externship at an approved field placement. Certain field placements may limit eligibility to students who have completed certain course work or who have obtained their Illinois Supreme Court Rule 711 license. Students enrolled in an externship may receive 2 or 3 hours of non-graded credit for supervised work performed at an approved field placement coupled with their attendance and participation in the classroom component of the course. The classroom component has been designed to complement the externship experience with a focus on professionalism, ethics, and practice based skill building. There is no final examination in this course. This course is offered each semester. (Gough, Kieffer)
599 – Externship – Intensive Field Placement Washington, DC (2-3)
Experiential Learning
Full-time students who have completed all required first year courses and part-time students who have completed a minimum of 28 credit hours may apply for an externship at an approved field placement. Certain field placements may limit eligibility to students who have completed certain course work or who have obtained their Illinois Supreme Court Rule 711 license. Students enrolled in an externship may receive 2 or 3 hours of non-graded credit for supervised work performed at an approved field placement coupled with their attendance and participation in the classroom component of the course. The classroom component has been designed to complement the externship experience with a focus on professionalism, ethics, and practice based skill building. There is no final examination in this course. This course is offered only during the summer semester. (Gough, Poll-Klaessy)
Experiential Learning
A student after the first year may receive two or three hours of credit per semester for supervised work done in chambers under the supervision of a federal judge and his or her clerks. (Gough, Kieffer)
Perspective Elective
This course considers how patents impact access to medicine in today's global economy. While there are many issues that impact access to medicine, patents are the highlight here because patents are often poorly understood, yet have an enormous impact on access to medicine. After all, the existence of a life-saving or sustaining drug is essentially of no utility if it is priced beyond reach. This class aims to broaden students' consideration of different views of patents in the context of exploring a growing web of international agreements that require nations to adopt specific types of patent laws that have implications for the cost of drugs. No prior knowledge of patents or international law is required, although students will learn some aspects of each by the conclusion of the course. Student grades will be based on class participation and a final project that does not require outside legal research; there will be no final exam.
Experiential Learning
This seminar examines the laws and legal system of a different country each year and consists of a semester-long class and a required field study and service component over spring break. Past countries of study have included Tanzania, India, Thailand, South Africa, and Turkey. This unique team-based experience actively engages students in the learning process. Students, working in teams under faculty direction, conduct research, make class presentations, organize the field study and service components of the course, develop group research proposals, and produce scholarly papers, several of which have been published.
This course covers the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the statutory and regulatory framework for the privacy and security of health information. Students will learn about the historical basis of privacy and global comparisons. Topics will include data privacy, security, oversight, and breaches of protected health information.
The course is an introduction to the law of intellectual property. This course is a pre-requisite for advanced courses in IP, but also a good survey of the area for students interested in pursing other legal careers. The focus of the course is on understanding the distinctions and similarities between the various aspects of intellectual property law. The predominate focus on the course is on trademark, patent and copyright law (in about equal proportions), with some attention also devoted to the law of trade secrets. No technical background is expected or required. (Ho, Das)
This a unique course offered once a year to a select group of students from Loyola and Chicago-Kent. Enrolled students read and discuss draft articles of nationally renowned professors in the field of intellectual property; the articles are typically draft law review articles. The discussions are focused on helping the professors to refine and improve their articles, such that a strong foundation of intellectual property is expected, even though there is no official pre-requisite. This course meets every week, but the students only meet in person roughly half the time, with the other half of the sessions done by videoconference. Three of the in-person classes will be at Chicago-Kent; for those days, the class will begin at 4:10 pm and end by 5:50pm to allow students adequate travel time. There is no final exam or research project required for this class. Instead, students are required to attend and actively participate in all classes. Students are selected based on an application that is available at www.chicagoip.com.
Experiential Learning
(This class is limited to 16 students)
The course uses as a focus the Willem C. Vis International Moot Arbitration Competition. Sponsored by Pace Law School, the Vis Moot is based on a problem governed by the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). In the spring, an oral competition is held in two different venues, Vienna and Hong Kong. Recently, Loyola has been able to send a different team of students to each of the venues. The course includes about three weeks of study of the CISG, as well as approximately three weeks of study of international commercial arbitration, including basic laws and rules, how to draft an arbitration clause, how to choose an arbitrator, and how to participate in an arbitration as an advocate and as an arbitrator.
While the first half of the semester is spent learning about the CISG and arbitration, the second half is spent putting that knowledge into practice. When the problem on which the Moot Competition is based comes on line in October, students work collaboratively to draft Claimants' and Respondents' memoranda. The Claimant's memorandum is due in early December, and the Respondent's memorandum is due in late January. Students also present an oral argument before arbitrators from Chicago law firms, at the offices of the respective law firms. At the end of the semester, a second oral argument is held at the law school, after which students are chosen who will have the opportunity to compete in Vienna and Hong Kong during the spring semester, for an additional two hours of credit.
Through the emphasis on both brief writing and oral arguments, students make significant progress in their skills as advocates, as well as their understanding of dispute resolution in an international context. Their accomplishments have been well recognized in both competitions. More information about the Vis Moot is on the Pace Law School Website: www.cisg.law.pace.edu/vis.html.
Eligibility: If a student is part of a moot court team that will be arguing in the fall semester, he or she is not eligible to take this course, since this is a skills-based course requiring substantial out of class effort in both brief writing and oral argument. If a student is part of a moot court team that will be arguing in the spring semester, he or she is eligible to take the course in the fall, but will not be eligible to compete to be an oralist in the Vienna or Hong Kong competition. Corboy Fellows are not permitted to take this course. The course is not open to LLM students, unless they wish to audit.
Important: Permission of the professor is required. In order to apply, please submit a resume and a statement of interest to Professor Moses, email@example.com explaining a little about your background, and why you are interested in taking this course. (Davis, Moses)
This course serves as an introduction to the growing area of health law known as "life sciences." The theme for this course centers on the regulatory issues involved in the research, development, and sale of pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, and biologics and the role of the FDA and other government agencies in regulating these industries. Topics covered will include the approval process for pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, and biologics, genomics, personalized medicine, the FCPA, basic patent and intellectual property issues, as well as fraud and abuse and compliance issues for these industries.
This course serves as an introduction to the growing area of health law known as "life sciences." The theme for this course centers on the research and development of pharmaceutical drugs and devices and the role of the FDA in regulating this process. Topics covered will include genomics, personalized medicine, the FCPA, basic patent and intellectual property issues, and financing. Students will learn to analyze the FDA approval process.
This course will teach students the fundamentals of traditional media law with a particular focus on the intersection between injury law and constitutional speech and press protections. This area of study poses intriguing questions about the American balance between the rights of individuals to protect their reputation and privacy and the rights of those who speak via media - whether traditional mainstream news reporters or citizens using social media platforms such as Facebook or Google Glass. In the words of former New Republic counsel Scott Gant, "we're all journalists now." As a result, it is almost inevitable that even lawyers whose practice does not focus on media will confront questions about rights and liabilities arising from client speech. In addition to discussing defamation and privacy doctrine, we will cover statutory regimes that apply to public speech, such as the privilege to protect sources and rights of access to government institutions and documents, and consider whether and how those statutes apply to both old and new media speakers. We will conclude with a comparative survey of media law. The United States takes a dramatically different approach to speech questions than other countries, and as speech increasingly crosses geographic boundaries, choice of law questions in speech cases are multiplying.
This is an advanced patent seminar course that uses a simulated litigation format to develop further the basic concepts introduced in the survey IP class. The goal is to provide students with "real world" patent litigation experience and precedent. Students are divided into plaintiffs and defendants and will participate in various aspects of an actual patent dispute including discovery, claim construction (Markman) and summary judgment. Through this process both practical and substantive aspects of patent litigation practice are covered.
Prerequisite: Intellectual Property or Patent Law Seminar except with permission from instructor or Director of Intellectual Property Program: Prof. Ho
This course offers an introduction to the art and science of preparing patent applications and prosecuting patent applications in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. While a discussion of selected statutory requirements and Patent Office rules will be incorporated in the lectures, the focus of the course will be on hands-on drafting and strategy. In-class exercises and homework assignments include drafting claims and various parts of a patent application, as well as preparing responses to Office Actions. There are no pre-requisites for this course, although a technical background or comfort with describing technology would be desirable. (Freeman, Hetz/Genin, Nethery, Penn)
This course builds upon the trademark concepts discussed in the intellectual property survey class. The focus of the class will be an advanced and applied understanding of trademark law. The course will cover various areas of trademark law and practice, including clearance and prosecution of trademarks, as well as infringement, dilution and licensing. The final grade will be based upon class participation, and assignments, including a final project; there will be no final exam. Prerequisite: Intellectual Property or permission of instructor. (Nanette Norton)


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Update, 3:23 p.m. EDT: Princess Cruises has now said that it will offer passengers on impacted Sapphire and Star Princess cruises (which were to call only in Mexico) a future cruise credit of 50 percent of the fare paid, good toward any sailing through April 2011.
(2:27 p.m. EDT) -- It's no surprise that cruise lines have universally decided to drop port calls in Mexico, due to a near-pandemic swine flu outbreak. But, when it comes to compensating and assisting passengers on impacted sailings, their approaches couldn't be more different.
As we reported previously, Carnival is leading the pack as the only line offering some sort of assistance to all of its passengers on upcoming sailings by allowing them to opt for a future cruise credit (or, in some cases, a cash refund) if they do not want to sail. In the middle of the road is Royal Caribbean, which is encouraging guests on its most-impacted ship, Mariner of the Seas, to contact their travel agents or the cruise line directly for compensation and rebooking options. Then, you have the likes of Princess, which has said that it will offer no compensation or rebooking options -- period.
We wanted to know what you thought cruise lines should be offering to affected passengers. More than 1,000 members stopped by to vote in a poll that ran, overnight, on the Ask a Cruise Question forum. The consensus? Carnival's got the right idea.
According to the poll results, hassle-free rebooking and no-fee cancellation options are at the top of the wish list for passengers who haven't yet embarked, garnering 70 and 72 percent of votes, respectively.
Nearly half of respondents also believe that shipboard credit or credit toward a future cruise would be appropriate for passengers who have already set sail.
"If I were onboard right now, I'd be tickled to death if I were offered a future cruise credit, maybe $50 - 100," says member fridayeyes. "As someone who is supposed to board May 4, I would like the option to cancel or rebook penalty-free. I might opt to sail anyway, but I would like the option."
But, not everyone is sure whether passengers should be compensated. Member It is torn: "I think that when one cruises they should expect the unexpected, hurricanes, illness, etc. The cruise line is not at fault."
Ikelmay believes compensation would be nice but might be unfair, since it "…pushes the financial burden on to the cruise lines…" Genessa agrees and wonders: "Why should the cruise line recompense anyone for a situation they had no part in creating?"
One interesting response came from cordovalady, who said she would like cruise lines to negotiate with airlines so that passengers can take advantage of alternate sailings without incurring change fees or cancellation charges for their flights to and from turnaround ports. (Many major airlines -- including Delta, Continental, United, US Airways, American, Aeromexico and Air Canada, among others -- have already relaxed their policies for flights to Mexico.)
It remains to be seen how other lines will respond to the issue, but -- whether you want a full refund or, like cb at sea, think that "staying virus-free seems compensation enough" -- we'll keep you posted.
Haven't voted yet? There's still time to voice your opinion here.
--by Ashley Kosciolek, Copy Editor, and Melissa Baldwin Paloti, Managing Editor
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Sheriff Richard Jones of Butler County, Ohio announced today that he will be opening up a temporary warming center. "No one should be forced to stay outside or in vehicles during these extreme low temperatures," Sheriff Jones stated.
Anyone from Butler County needing temporary relief from the cold for the next few days is permitted to "warm up" in the main lobby area of the Butler County Jail, 705 Hanover Street, Hamilton, OH, 45011. Southwest Ohio, along with most of the mid-west, is in the middle of a blast of winter weather that includes blowing snow and bone-chilling cold temperatures that this area has not experienced in several years. The temperature over the next 24-hours in Hamilton will range from -2 to -5 with above zero temperatures not expected until Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Wind chills are extremely dangerous and can reach -40 degrees in some locations.
"If you are cold and don't have any place to go, you are certainly welcome here in our lobby," said the Sheriff. "These temperature conditions can be life-threatening. At least you can have someplace to get a little relief. We do have restroom facilities available, and the temperature inside is guaranteed to be warmer than what it is outside," he continued. "I don't want anyone to fear freezing to death. Come in and warm up, even if it's just for a little while," he said.
It is anticipated that the severe weather conditions will improve toward the middle or end of the week. Sheriff Jones hopes that providing this temporary "warm-up service" can keep some people warm, and provide some help to other, more traditional shelters that may be overcrowded, under staffed, or otherwise not able to assist someone that is left out in the cold.
Sheriff Jones wants to remind everyone that these temperatures are extremely dangerous for people, pets and livestock. Pets need to be inside or properly sheltered. Anyone looking to report a pet that's been left outside without proper shelter, call your local police or sheriff's office non-emergency number.


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What does it tell you when your dog is aggressive toward another human being or an animal? Why does your dog pull at his or her leash? Why does your dog experience separation anxiety, excessively bark or appear to be hyper all the time? Is your dog stressed out?
As a pet parent, wouldn't it be great to know what your canine is thinking? Since your dog is not verbally capable of telling you, it is important for you to understand what their body language is trying to say.
Expert opinion tells us how to interpret what a dog is trying to communicate to its pet parent by looking at the dog's anatomy. If you look at:
· A dog's tail - A dog's tail is used to communicate strong emotions, including happiness, as well as anger and agitation. To accurately get the bigger picture the dog's wagging or tucked tail is trying to tell you, look at the rest of his/her body language. If his/her ears are pinned forward or back, or her or she has stiffened muscles and dilated pupils, these are all signs your dog needs some space.
· A dog's ears - A dog will hold his/her ears naturally when he/she is relaxed and comfortable. When he or she is alert, he/she will raise them higher on his/her head and direct them toward whatever is holding his interest. If his/her ears are pulled back slightly, it's a signal his/her intention is friendly. And if your dog's ears are completely flattened or stuck out to the sides of his/her head, he/she is signaling that he/she is frightened or feeling submissive.
· A dog's body - When your dog is scared, he/she does his best to look small. Often, his/her body looks hunched, with his/her tail held low or tucked between his/her rear legs and his/her ears flattened back on his/her skull. The muscles of his/her body and face will be tense and rigid. He/she might even cower close to the ground or try to escape.
With all of this information in mind, Dr. Roger Mugford, a pet psychologist and the trainer to the Queen's Corgis, has some insight to offer; insight that could quite possibly ease your pet's qualms in a very holistic fashion. He suggests the light-weight Anxiety Wrap; a product Tufts University has studied extensively and quoted as being 98% effective for anxious pets.
Some dogs fear certain sounds (like thunderstorms or fireworks), being in crowds, or being left alone. To help ease their various fears, the original, patented Anxiety Wrap gives a calming, hug-like sensation – activating and maintaining key pressure points that better enable pets to relax. Helping your dog keep calm can even prevent behavioral issues. (For additional notes on how the one-of-a-kind product works, click here to see helpful Anxiety Wrap graph and notes.)
According to Dr. Roger Mugford, Pet Psychologist and Founder of The Company of Animals, "Fear and anxiety are at the root of many canine behavioral problems." Unaddressed, these fears can result in aggressiveness, leash pulling, separation anxiety, excessive barking, and hyperactivity. "We've been using and recommending the Anxiety Wrap in The Company of Animals' own British Behaviour Centre for years," continues Mugford.
A recently published Tufts University Clinical Research Study, titled "The Effectiveness of Anxiety Wrap in the Treatment of Canine Thunderstom Phobia: An Open-Label Trial," even deemed the product 89 percent effective! The Anxiety Wrap was especially called out as "safe and effective treatment for canine thunderstorm phobia." The study has since been published, and the Anxiety Wrap cited, in such respected journals and resources as The Journal of Veterinary Behavior and ScienceDirect.
The Anxiety Wrap starts at $39.95 and comes in 11 canine sizes – to properly fit each age and breed. There are even Calming Face Wraps for dogs, and specialty made feline Anxiety Wraps, available too. For the full product selection by The Company of Animals, visit www.CompanyofAnimals.us.


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Wanna find out if you're a ferocious, brave fearless and athletic? OR are you a cute and cuddly pussycat? Then take Gerry's 'Tiger or Pussy Cat" Quiz!
QUESTION ONE: When you're on the sports field what's your number one aim?
A) Win at all costs.B) Have fun.
QUESTION TWO: When the going gets tough do you?A) Get going.B) Not get going.
QUESTION THREE: is your fur:A) Orange and Stripy.B) Soft and fluffy like a cat.
QUESTION FOUR: what sort of food do you enjoy?A) Wild gazelles running free on the savannah.B) Chef.
QUESTION FIVE: How would you describe your dress style?A) Sporty and Cool.B) Stylish and Fun
QUESTION SIX: Where do you live?A) In the tiger enclosure at Auckland zoo… Ok that's another literal one there…
For those of you who got mainly A's Congratulations, you're a tiger!
If you got mainly B's then good for you you're probably a bit of a Pussy Cat.
The truth is we should all aim to be a bit of a mix. On the sports field it pays to be a tiger, aggressive and driven but at school it pays to be a cat, gentle and considerate of others as always the key is to find a balance!
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Plants chilled, not killed
SUN PHOTO/CINDY LANE Native landscaping planted
between Anna Maria City Hall and the Island Playhouse
lost some leaves during the prolonged cold snap
earlier this month, but is expected to survive.
Dead fish washing up onto the beaches is the most obvious evidence of the prolonged cold snap earlier this month, but plants may fare better.
That is, if people leave them alone, plant experts say.
Don't trim cold-damaged plants until at least Valentine's Day, say the master gardeners at the Manatee County Extension Service. That's because trimming makes the plants produce new growth, which could be killed by frost until around the middle of February, the last time frost is predicted in our area, according to the National Weather Service. A plant whose new growth is hit by freezing temperatures after being cold-stressed a month earlier might not survive.
Don't dig up brown plants just because they're brown. Many plants naturally turn brown in winter and revive in spring, and if you don't know what you're digging up, you could ruin perfectly good foliage.
Many species that don't normally turn brown have done so after nearly two weeks of unusually cold temperatures, but give them a chance, says Mike Miller of perfectisland.us, who landscaped Anna Maria City Hall with native plants.
"Don't do anything but watch them turn brown and watch the leaves fall off," he said, adding that most will revive. "The key thing to expect is no matter what you have, the likelihood that it's dead is very, very low."
The chances that a plant will drop its leaves after a cold snap depends on how much farther south the plant actually belongs, Miller said. For example, a few days after the cold snap, sea grapes on the Island defoliated almost overnight. The native plant thrives farther south, and Tampa Bay is practically its northernmost boundary, he said.
Still, it will survive, if left alone to recover.
The same goes for chopping off brown palm fronds – don't – as they protect the green fronds growing underneath. Palms damaged by cold should not be pruned until the new fronds fully emerge. State landscaping guidelines recommend that palm trees should not be trimmed back to the popular look of a half-dozen fronds protruding nearly vertically from the top, because the severe cut, and the shaving of the brown boots below that often goes with it, makes the tree vulnerable to pests and disease. Generally, brown palm fronds should not be trimmed until new fronds appear, as the brown fronds protect the new growth.
Do not pull out brown sea oats from the beach – they will recover, and are federally protected, Miller said, adding that other beach plants including purple-flowered railroad vines, which normally lose their leaves in winter, and yellow beach sunflowers also will bounce back.
If another cold spell is predicted, water the ground around your plants – not the plants themselves – before it arrives, Miller recommended, as dehydration and cold are a deadly combination.
As for trimming guidelines in normal weather, an Island gardener's rule of thumb should be "Don't trim anything that's not in your way," Miller said.


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A California egg law has caused Missouri's attorney general to get the federal court involved. ABC News reports Feb. 5 that Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has filed a lawsuit to fight a 2015 regulation in California that eggs cannot be sold within the state if hens have been raised in cages. The state has put higher mandates on the humane conditions of chickens by giving them more space to live in.
Koster's concern is that the California egg law is "setting up a cross-country battle that pits new animal protections against the economic interests of Midwestern farmers." He said that the new law imposes "new requirements on out-of-state farmers."
This is what Koster had to say about the egg regulations in California:
"If California legislators are permitted to mandate the size of chicken coops on Missouri farms, they may just as easily demand that Missouri soybeans be harvested by hand or that Missouri corn be transported by solar-powered trucks."
Koster's lawsuit was filed in Fresno, Calif. Monday at the U.S. District Court.
The Humane Society of the United States pushed the ballot. They say that states have the right to pass laws they see fit for their residents when it comes to health and safety. Human Society Senior State Director for California, Jennifer Fearing, said hens laying eggs in "battery cages" have more risk for salmonella contamination.
"Attorney General Koster's lawsuit targeting California's laws, filed just to curry favor with big agribusiness, threatens state laws across the country dealing with agriculture and food safety," Fearing said.
In 2008 voters in California passed a ballot that demanded chickens, pigs, and cattle have enough room to lay down, stand, and move around freely. Farmers have until 2015 to meet new state standards.
As of now, Missouri's hens are crammed in smaller cages and they would not meet California's standards. The state produces about 1.7 billion eggs a year and sell one-third of them. Missouri is reportedly the second-largest egg exporter to California after Iowa.
Koster said with the California egg law, it would translate to Missouri needing to spending around $120 million to "remodel their cages or forgo sales to one of their most important markets, which could force some Missouri egg producers out of business."


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Mudslide Closes US 89by Lindsay Joy, email@example.com
WYDOT geologists are currently trying to decide what to do about a landslide that closed US 89 in the Snake River Canyon. The highway was closed this weekend after mud and debris started to cover the road.
According to WYDOT, the slide is now almost 30 to 40 feet and runs for about a quarter mile up the hill. On Monday, the department stopped trying to remove the debris from the road because it seemed to be making the problem worse, but Public Affairs Manager Doug McGee says they're actively working toward a long term solution.
McGee said he can't speculate on exactly when the road will be re-opened because there are too many variables, but for now WYDOT is encouraging drivers to take alternate routes such as US 26.


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Success in the business world and life isn't a given. The combination of hard work, desire, and determination fuel the fire to succeed. A handful of women are driving excellence.
During the Chicago Auto Show Woman's Day, a few trailblazing women were honored for their achievements as Women Driving Excellence. These six honorees exemplify the characteristics of starting, accelerating, fueling, and steering others to excellence. The 2014 honorees were Karyn Calabrese, Sherren Leigh, Susana Jung, Mary Cuzin, Natalie Martinez, Lisa Stone, Jory Des Jardins, and Elisa Camhort Page. During the event, these successful women in their respective fields shared stories about their journey to excellence.
While each woman's story was unique, the key component to their success was the desire to set themselves apart from others. Each of these women believe in their ability to fill an important void. For example, Mary Cuzin, CEO of Chicago Toy and Game Fair,is leading the way to show that games can promote creativity, enhance learning, and bring families together. Her annual event at the start of the holiday shopping season is a family favorite.
Each story of success sought to inspire other women to strive for their dreams. Whether it is tangible, short term goal or a lofty dream yet to be finalized, the stories show that success is within reach. The only obstacle between success and reality is doubt.
The Women Driving Excellence programming was part of the women's day at the Chicago Auto Show. In addition to celebrating the 2014 Trailblazing Women, ladies were treated to musical performances, special programming and a day focusing on women's priorities.


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Mir Expedition EO-17. Docked at the Mir forward port at 00:28 on 1994 October 6. The Mir crew of Viktorenko, Kondakova and Polyakov boarded Soyuz TM-20 on January 11, and undocked from Mir's front port at 09:00 GMT. The spacecraft withdrew to about two hundred metres from Mir and then redocked in a test of the automatic Kurs system, which had failed in Progress M-24's attempted docking. Redocking came at 09:25 GMT. Soyuz TM-20 landed 22 km northeast of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan at 04:04 GMT on March 22, 1995.
Narrative (adapted from D S F Portree's Mir Hardware Heritage, NASA RP-1357, 1995)
On 6 October, 1994, Mir Principal Expedition 17 (Alexandr Viktorenko and Yelena Kondakova) arrived at Mir together with ESA astronaut Ulf Merbold aboard Soyuz TM-20, Valeri Polyakov was again to remain aboard on his record duration flight. During final approach, Soyuz TM-20 yawed unexpectedly. He assumed manual control and completed docking without incident. Kondakova, the mission rookie, was the third Russian female cosmonaut and the first female to take part in a longduration flight. Ulf Merbold was a physicist and veteran of two U.S. Space Shuttle missions. The month-long Euromir 94 experiment program was considered a precursor to the ESA Columbus module planned for the joint U.S.-Russia-ESA-Japan-Canada space station. Merbold's program was planned rapidly, final agreement between ESA and Russian having been concluded in November 1992. It was also constrained by funding limitations—ESA budgeted only about $60 million for Euromir 94. Because of these limitations, Merbold relied heavily on equipment left on Mir by earlier French, Austrian, and German visitors to the station, as well as the Czech-built CSK-1 materials processing furnace. He also used equipment delivered by Progress M-24 and Soyuz TM-20. Merbold's experiment program included 23 life sciences, 4 materials sciences, and 3 technology experiments.
On October 11 the six cosmonauts aboard Mir were unable to activate a video camera and TV lights while recharging Soyuz TM-20's batteries. A short circuit had disabled the computer which guided Mir's solar arrays, forcing the station to drain its batteries. The cosmonauts used reaction control thrusters on the Soyuz TM-spacecraft docked to the station to orient it so its solar arrays would point toward the Sun, and switched on a backup computer. Normal conditions were restored by October 15. According to Yuri Antoshechkin, Deputy Flight Director for Mir Systems, speaking in December at JSC, the shortage afflicted only the Mir core module. Antoshechkin stated through an interpreter that unspecified minor crew error, coupled with a long period out of contact with monitors in the TsUP (caused by Altair/SR relay satellite "prophylactic work") during a crew sleep period, contributed to the base block discharging its batteries unnoticed, and that an automatic alarm awakened the crew when the power shortage reached a critical level.
Ground teams rescheduled Merbold's experiments to allow completion of those interrupted by the power problems, and moved experiments using large amounts of electricity to the end of Merbold's stay. In addition, the Czech-built CSK-1 furnace malfunctioned, forcing postponement of five of Merbold's experiments until after his return to Earth.
On November 3 Malenchenko, Musabayev, and Merbold undocked in Soyuz TM-19 and withdrew to a distance of 190 m. They then activated its Kurs system, which successfully guided the spacecraft to an automatic docking with Mir's aft port. The cosmonauts then went back into Mir. The test was a response to the Progress M-24 docking problems. If it had failed, the Soyuz TM-19 cosmonauts would have made an emergency return to Earth.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on an 11-day atmospheric research mission on November 3. French astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy was aboard as a mission specialist. In remarks made after Atlantis' launch, ESA Director-General Jean- Marie Luton stated that there was "a French astronaut flying on an American Space Shuttle to perform experiments from U.S., French, German, and Belgian scientists....Meanwhile, on Russia's Mir space station, ESA astronaut Ulf Merbold is completing a month-long mission, the longest in European spaceflight. By the end of the decade, this level of cooperation will be routine aboard the international space station."
On November 4 Merbold again squeezed into the Soyuz- TM 19 descent module, together with the EO-16 crew of Malenchenko and Musabayev, and 16 kg of the life sciences samples he collected during his stay on the station. Additional samples -- including materials processing samples to be produced when the Principal Expedition 17 cosmonauts carry out the experiments Merbold was to have conducted during his stay -- were to be returned to Earth by Space Shuttle Atlantis in mid-1995. Soyuz TM-19 undocking, deorbit burn, reentry, and landing occurred without significant incident.
On November 13 Progress M-25 arrived. Viktorenko stood by at the remote control panel on Mir during approach, but manual intervention was unnecessary. Polyakov, veteran of the Progress M-24 problems, called Progress M-25 "an ideal freighter." Among other cargoes, Progress M-25 delivered replacement parts for the failed CSK-1 materials processing furnace. 50,000 orbits. On November 18 the Mir base block completed its 50,000th orbit of the Earth, having covered about 1.9 billion km since launch on February 20, 1986.
AKA: Vityaz (Knight ); Soyuz TM-20 (Kondakova, Viktorenko).
First Launch: 1994.10.03.
Last Launch: 1995.03.22.
Duration: 169.22 days.
Estimated time of docking to Mir:
Result of calculations estimate the docking time of Soyuz-TM20 to Mir on 6.10.94 at 0013 UTC, ESA (still) sticks to 0030 UTC. Soyuz-TM20 has to dock to the forward (P.Kh.O.) axial docking port of the Mir complex.
Progress-M24: This freighter still occupies that docking port and has to get away before the arrival of Soyuz-TM20. It might be possible that after the separation the Russians will check the system Kurs of Progress-M24 during some dummy approaches as to reveal the causes of malfunctions during recent unsuccessful docking attempts. Progress-M24 does not carry a VBK (ballistic return capsule) and will burn up in the atmosphere over an area in the Pacific.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.
Soyuz-TM20 docked at the forward axial docking port (transition section) of the complex. At a distance of 130 M. from the Mir complex Viktorenko had to take over manually due to a malfunction of an on board computer. During the radio traffic in orb. 49328, 0005 UTC, V. reported the progress of the operation. The Soyuz-TM20 was in a distance of 151 M., approach speed of 3 cm/sec just before LOS at 001148 UTC. From a distance of appr. 50 M Viktorenko had started the final approach and his skill amazed the observers in the ESA/EAC facility in Cologne: very quickly, with only a few corrections, he accurately moored his ship. During the next pass in orb. 49329, 0143 UTC, the new crew already was in Mir's base block preparing a TV-session. One of the first persons to congratulate the crew, especially the Euromir94 astronaut Merbold, was the Dir. General of ESA, Luton. Everybody in Cologne was pleased with the excellent physical condition of the newcomers. During the pass in orb. 49330, 0317 UTC, the cheerful meeting of both crews could be heard. Again there was a TV-session also with Kondakova. During the next window in orb. 49331, 0449 UTC, Viktorenko reported that he did all what he had to do with his ship Soyuz-TM20. Progress-M24: This naughty freighter had to withdraw before the arrival of Soyuz-TM20. Progress-M24 separated from Mir on 5.10.-
94 at 1853 UTC. Probably she flew some orbits autonomously before burning up in the atmosphere over an area in the Pacific. There have been no reports about extra manoeuvres with Progress-M24.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202
The inserted test flight of Soyuz-TM19 will take place on 2.11.94. The ship will separate from at 1100 UTC and execute some approaches to check the automatic Kurs system.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202
Euromir94: In spite of power problems in the beginning of this mission all medical-biological experiments during which Ulf Merbold, the ESA-astronaut, was the main guinea-pig have been successfully concluded. Merbold is sure that the samples did not suffer damages from the period in which the refrigerator was switched off. The material-processing experiments had to be cancelled due to the malfunction of an oven. The materials for these experiments remain on board Mir and after the repair of that oven the Russian crew will do the experiments. Spare parts for that oven will be delivered to the complex by the next Progress-M freighter.
Estimated landing time Soyuz-TM19:
The landing has been put forward a little bit and is expected to take place on 4.11.94 at 1055 UTC.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165-A-UK3202.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.
Progress-M25 delivered to the Mir-station new supplies of water, fuel, food, spare parts for repair (among which parts for the furnace to be used for the conclusion of the Euromir94 materials processing experiments) and post. Progress-M25 has not been equipped by a VBK (Ballistic Return Capsule).
Jubilees: In the early morning of 18.11.94 Mir -that is to say the first part, the base block, launched on 19.02.1986- will make her 50000th orbit around the Earth. From that early beginning I tried to monitor as much as possible all passes within range. If I was a robot and had been able to monitor all passes this number would be 12500. But not being a robot I needed holidays etc. Nevertheless at a rough estimation I must have been monitoring Mir's radio traffic during 10000 passes. Homage to my poor ear-drums!
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202
Spacewalks (EVA-s): The long awaited EVA's have been put back again. The EVA in which Viktorenko and Polyakov have to replace a docking system inside the transition section obviously is no longer on schedule. The important EVA for the transfer of the solar panels of Kristall to Kvant-1 has been put back to May 1995.
Communications: The geostationary Kosmos-2054 (Altair) on 16 degr. West is still operational but seldom in use for Mir-TsUP traffic. Sometimes the channel on 10.835 GHz is in use for other 'customers'. Possibly the Russians use another channel for Mir-TsUP communications. On 16.12.94 at abt. noon a new geostationary satellite, Luch-1 has been launched from Baykonur. This Luch-1 will be used for Mir-TsUP communications over 95 dgs East. Possibly this satellite will be operational in January 1995. Long ago 95 dgs East was in use for Luch satellites (Cosmos- 1700 and 1897). For the Russians it would be very useful to place a 2d Luch on 160 dgs. West. Luch-1 on 95 dgs East will help to fill up the gaps after the loss of the tracking stations in Tblisi and Yevpatoriya. There still is a third tracking station near Russia's weak underbelly: Dzhusaly not far from Baykonur, but the status of this station is vulnerable as it is located in Kazakhstan. A lot of unpleasant events during the last years proved that this country does not always appreciate the Russian presence on its territory.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202
This geostationary satellite to be used for Mir-TsUP communications in the near future is standing over 95 degrees East, but is not yet operational for TDRS purposes.
Chris van den Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202
Rendezvous Discovery (STS-63) with Mir: On 2.02.1995 at 0549 UTC STS-63 will be launched for a flight in which the most important operation will be a rendezvous with the Mir-complex. Somewhat earlier, on 4.02.1995 at 1221- UTC Mir and Discovery will be able to establish radio contact. From Discovery cosmonaut Titov and the female astronauts Collins and Voss will speak with the crew of Mir. On 5.02.1995 at 1828 UTC the rendezvous operation will begin and STS-63 will approach Mir in a distance of 10 meters.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.
Radio traffic during the days before the launch of Discovery and before the rendezvous: A lot of traffic was related to the preparations of the rendezvous. For the Mir-crew this meant a lot of work to install TV- and Photo camera's and training in communication procedures. Conversations about these subjects could be monitored during communication sessions via Altair. Also via Altair the Mir-crew regularly spoke with cosmonaut Titov on K.S.C. where he was waiting for the launch.
After the rendezvous: Unfortunately the passes of Mir and Discovery for our position occurred during the night hours and the cosmonauts stuck to their normal day- and night routine. This made it impossible for us to monitor direct radio traffic between Mir and Discovery being not far from each other for a long time. During all possible windows for visual observations dense clouds made these observations impossible.
Mir-routine now: Now the Russians are again among themselves. This will not often be the case in 1995 and 1996. (To be continued in the next MirNEWS).
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.
Progress-M27: The launch from Baykonur of this freighter is on schedule for 15.02.1995 at 1647 UTC. If all goes according to plan Progress-M27 can be monitored in our vicinity (Western Europa and UK) that day at about 1950 UTC. Frequencies: 922.755, 166.130, 166.140 and 165.873 MC.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.
Progress-M26 launched:
The freighter Progress-M26 has been launched from Baykonur on 15.02-
.1995 at 164827 UTC. During the pass between 2252 and 2259 UTC the transmissions in the 166, 165 and 922 Mc band could be monitored. Progress-M26 has to deliver new supplies to the Mir station, i.e. water, fuel, oxygen, oxidisers, food, but also materials for the extension of the on board systems, repair material for the drinking water installation, post and a new board documentation, medical goods, underwear etc. and an amount of 132 KG hard- and software for the experiments of the American Thagard. The enormous cargo made it impossible to equip Progress-M26 with a VBK (ballistic return capsule). Progress-M25: This freighter will separate from Mir on 16.02.1995 at 1303 UTC and will be deorbited at 1606 UTC for decay in the atmosphere over the Pacific. In this way the aft (Kvant-1) docking port of the complex will be made available for the arrival of the Progress-M26.
Estimated docking time: Progress-M26 has to dock to the Mir station on 17.02.1995 at 1821 UTC.
Mir: On 10.02.1995 at 183542 UTC the orbit of Mir has been corrected a little bit. With an impulse of 2m/sec the period changed from 92.3 mins to 92.39 mins. New Keplers: Epoch 95043.6810782, decay rate: 0.00046585, incl 51.6467, raan 61.6530, ecc. 0.0005015, arg per 116.1404, ma 244.1203, mm 15.57626647, rev. nr. 51354.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.
Decay of Progress-M25: Progress-M25 left the aft docking port on 16.02.1995 at 1303 UTC. After two autonomous orbits the Progress-M25 got an impulse at 1606 UTC to enter the dense layers of the atmosphere. She decayed in a for that purpose designated area over the Pacific East of New-Zealand. Progress-M25 did not carry a VBK (ballistic return capsule). The Russians do not equip Progress-M ships with such a capsule if the landing has to take place in the winter.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.
Progress-M26 separated from Mir on 15.03.1995 and decayed that day in a designated area East of New Zealand at abt. 0600 UTC.
Return to Earth of the 17th Main Expedition (Viktorenko, Kondakova and Dr. Polyakov) on 22.03.1995 with the Soyuz-TM20.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.
Dr. Polyakov fulfilled 438 days in space during 1 flight, so 72 days more than Titov and Manarov (366 days at a stretch). Kondakova was 169 days in space.
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Now that you've applied for Medicaid and the Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) you probably have questions. What happens next? What's covered? How do I get care? This Guide to Medicaid and CHP+ will answer your questions.
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Sisqo's ode to thong undies helped him win big at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Tuesday, as the Dru Hill crooner took home six awards and left 'NSYNC, Destiny's Child and the Dixie Chicks in his wake.
But Destiny's Child and 'NSYNC captured the night's top prizes, with the R&B girl group nabbing Artist of the Year and the pop heartbreakers scoring Album of the Year for their record-setting third album, No Strings Attached. The awards, held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and broadcast by Fox, are based on record sales and radio airplay as published in industry trade magazine Billboard.
Sisqo, whose "Thong Song" hit #1 on both the pop and R&B charts, won Male
Artist of the Year, New Artist of the Year and R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year, along with three other awards.
Of all his trophies, Sisqo said the one that meant the most was his Male Artist of the Year nod.
"It's kind of like saying you were the illest male this year," he said backstage. The singer pulled out a pair of black thong underwear from his pants pockets to show reporters, declaring, "This is my date tonight."
Onstage, Sisqo thanked God, fans, his Dru Hill mates, his lawyer and "Thong
'NSYNC, who co-hosted the show with actress/comedian Kathy Griffin, won three other awards in addition to their Album of the Year honor, including Top 40 Artist of the Year and an award for the biggest sales week. No Strings Attached shattered the sales record by selling 2.4 million copies in its first week of release in March; it is now certified 10-times platinum.
Though the Florida-based 'NSYNC were all smiles as they strolled down the red carpet before the ceremony, Chris Kirkpatrick said he wasn't exactly at ease. "We have to perform, we're hosting and we're up for some awards, too," he said. "All that adds to the tension I'm about to crack."
In addition to Artist of the Year, Destiny's Child picked up Group of the Year, Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year and Hot 100 Singles Group of the Year. The Texas trio, whose personnel changes at times overshadowed their music this year, are currently at #1 on the pop singles chart with "Independent Women, Part I." Their song "Say My Name," off their multiplatinum The Writing's on the Wall, also topped the pop singles chart.
"This is definitely important to us because the awards are based on record sales and airplay," lead singer Beyoncé Knowles said backstage. "You know you made it when you win a Billboard award especially when you win Artist of the Year. It's such an honor for us."
The Dixie Chicks won Country Artist of the Year, Country Group of the Year, Country Album of the Year and Country Albums Artist of the Year for their smash Fly.
Faith Hill reeled in Hot 100 Single of the Year for her crossover hit "Breathe," Female Hot 100 Singles Artist and Female Country Artist of the Year.
"It's been a year that if I had kept a journal day by day and were to go back and read it two years from now, I wouldn't believe it," Hill said backstage.
Creed, who last week won four trophies at the My VH1 Music Awards, were named Billboard's Rock Artist of the Year for the second consecutive time. Their sophomore album, Human Clay (1999), has sold more than 6 million copies and produced the hits "With Arms Wide Open" and "Higher," the latter of which the band performed for the ceremony atop a nearby hotel.
"It's a respect thing for us," singer Scott Stapp said of the band's week of wins. "We're finally getting the sense that people respect us for who we are and what we do and what we have accomplished."
Britney Spears was named Albums Artist of the Year, for her second album Oops! … I Did It Again, while Christina Aguilera won Female Artist of the Year.
Son by Four cleaned up in the Latin categories, taking home the Latin Tracks Artist of the Year honor as well as four more awards for their song "A Puro Dolor."
Veteran singer/songwriter Randy Newman received the previously announced Century Award for distinguished creative achievements. Don Henley presented him the honor, calling Newman "our modern-day Mark Twain."
"I'm glad I stayed alive to get it," Newman said onstage, before giving advice to the younger artists in attendance. "Try not to live what you write. Lie."
Among the performance highlights was former "Brady Bunch" actor Barry Williams singing his single "The Real Greg Brady," a spoof of Eminem's hit "The Real Slim Shady." Williams mimicked the rapper's performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in September, walking down the aisles with several other Greg Brady look-alikes who wore curly brown wigs and polyester.
"It's a tribute to him I think Eminem's got a really important place in music, letting the kids blow off some steam," Williams said backstage.
Ricky Martin, 3 Doors Down, Dixie Chicks, Mystikal and Faith Hill also performed during the show.
Baha Men, who won World Music Artist of the Year and World Music Album of the Year for Who Let The Dogs Out, opened the event with their album's hit title track (RealAudio excerpt), while dogs ran down the aisles of the arena.
Host Griffin, who joked throughout the show that she was trying to determine which member of 'NSYNC she should marry, at one point handcuffed herself to Justin Timberlake. Spears, who is dating the 'NSYNCer, quickly came to the rescue, chiding Griffin: "Easy, skank, step off."
"Ladies, don't get your panties in a wad," Timberlake said. "There's plenty of Justin for everybody."
2000 Billboard Music Awards Winners:
Artist of the Year:
Destiny's Child
Male Artist of the Year:
Female Artist of the Year:
Christina Aguilera
Male Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year:
Female Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year:
Faith Hill
Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year:
Destiny's Child
Hot 100 Singles Duo/Group of the Year:
Destiny's Child
Duo/Group of the Year:
Destiny's Child
Albums Artist of the Year:
Britney Spears
Albums Duo/Group of the Year:
R&B/Hip hop Artist of the Year:
New R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year:
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Artist of the Year:
Female R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year:
Toni Braxton
Female Country Artist of the Year:
Faith Hill
Country Album of the Year:
Dixie Chicks, Fly
Country Duo/Group of the Year:
Dixie Chicks
Country Artist of the Year:
Dixie Chicks
Country Albums Artist of the Year:
Dixie Chicks
Modern Rock Track of the Year:
3 Doors Down, "Kryptonite"
Rock Artist of the Year:
Rock Track of the Year:
3 Doors Down, "Kryptonite"
Hot 100 Single of the Year:
Faith Hill, "Breathe"
New Artist Duo/Group of the Year:
3 Doors Down
New Artist of the Year, Male:
New Artist of the Year, Female:
Album of the Year:
'NSYNC, No Strings Attached
World Music Artist of the Year:
Baha Men
World Music Album of the Year:
Baha Men, Who Let the Dogs Out
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Track of the Year:
Joe, "I Wanna Know"
Top 40 Artist of the Year:
Top 40 Track of the Year:
Vertical Horizon, "Everything You Want"
Adult Top 40 Artist of the Year:
Vertical Horizon
Hot 100 Songwriter of the Year:
Rob Thomas
Latin Tracks Artist of the Year:
Son by Four


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My first-ever finisher's medal. Photo by Daniel Mosher
1. Kilometers are better than miles.
At the "Around the Bay" 30K last Sunday, I ran 5:28 splits for the first time in my life. Okay, that's because the race was in Hamilton, Ontario, where they believe in the metric system, but just let me have my moment.
2. I still don't know how to dress for a long race.
I love running, but I hate running in the rain. Maybe someday I'll buy a nice rain-proof running jacket, but until then, I use a windbreaker that my aunt and uncle gave me for Christmas when I was in high school. It's not designed for running, and if I zip it up for more than 15 minutes my core overheats, but it keeps me dry.
The forecast on race morning called for showers, so I tied the windbreaker around my waist. I was also a little chilly when I got out of the car in Hamilton, so I made a mistake I really shouldn't be making anymore: I put on an extra shirt. Less than 5K along the route, I had already started sweating through both shirts. I didn't want to stop, though, so I managed to pull off a trick I'm rather proud of. While running, I was able to: take off the two shirts I was wearing, pull the long-sleeve-shirt out from under the short-sleeve shirt, unpin the pin that was holding them together, re-pin my number, put the short-sleeve shirt back on, and tie my long-sleeve shirt around my waist.
I never needed the windbreaker.
3. When ya gotta go, you gotta go.
In 7th grade, I stopped during a 3200 and tied my shoe (I still won). In college, I dropped out of a 5000 because I couldn't breathe. Other than that, I've never stopped during a race. Ever. Not even when I sprained my ankle halfway through my first varsity cross-country meet. I ran past my coach and pointed at my ankle and said, "It really hurts!" He said, "Keep going." I did. Talk about blind obedience to authority.
Balloon Man makes it easy for friends to find him. Photo by Daniel Mosher.
So the idea of stopping during a race is just odd to me. The way I've always seen it, if you're not running, you're wasting time, because no matter what you do with your wristwatch, the race officials won't stop the clock so you can tie your shoe, grab a Gatorade, or use the bathroom.
But I hydrated during the race—I learned from the big mistake I made during the Lockport Y-10—and by 12K, I really had to pee. As I approached a bank of port-a-potties (they were called something like "Jimmy on the Job"), I had to accept that I couldn't safely hold it anymore. Neither, unfortunately, could a dozen other runners.
The restroom break, especially the wait in line, cost me 3 minutes. It was worth it.
4. In a long race, it's also okay to walk for five seconds while drinking Gatorade.
Because then you'll get more Gatorade into your stomach than down the front of your shirt.
5. Buffalo-area runners Jon French and Elizabeth Randall are wicked fast.
Once I was back home, I browsed through the race results online and saw their names—names I often hear at the award ceremonies for local road races, usually at the end of sentences beginning, "And your overall winner is…"
French ran 1:44:30—that's 5:36 a mile--to take 8th place out of the whole darn race. Randell finished in 2:04:52, 12th of all the women and 146th overall. To put that in perspective, 5,702 runners officially finished.
I got 2217th, and I was delighted.
6. I'm about as fast as I thought I was (but a little slower than I'd hoped).
I pride myself on the fact that the overall winner of a race has never quite been twice as fast as me. I managed to continue this streak (if you can call it that) at the "Around the Bay"—I crossed the 15K at 1:24:47, and the men's champion, Reta Alene, crossed the finish line in 1:32:21, whopping 7 ½ minutes later. I rule.
The finish area in Copps Coliseum. Photo by Daniel Mosher.
Before the 30K (about 18.6 miles), the furthest I'd ever raced was 10 miles, which I did in Lockport this February. I had trained up to 17.5 (slow) miles and done several 12-15 mile runs, but most of my training consisted of 4-7 milers and only a few speed workouts. I set myself the vague goal of running between 2:45 and 3:00 for the Around the Bay and approached it as part race, part distance workout. My chip time was 2:44:35.
If I'm being, honest, though, I guess I was hoping vaguely for a time a little closer to the high 2:30's. My mile splits (chip time) were 8:50, which is already twenty seconds slower than the pace I'll need to maintain over 26.2 if I want to qualify for Boston. My goal for my first marathon is to break 4 hours, but after that I'll shoot for a Boston qualifier because, well, why not? I believe a 2:30-ish 30K and 3:40 marathon are within my reach, but I realized on Sunday that it's going to take a lot more work.
7. DeFeet running socks = the best 8 Canadian dollars I ever spent.
Most of my running socks are cotton or cotton blends, because those are the least expensive kind around. At the pre-race expo, however, I splurged and bought an 8-dollar pair of specialty running socks to wear during the race.
I did not get blisters.
8. If you show your finisher's medal to a nonrunner, they might think you won.
On our way home, Dan and I stopped for lunch at a little strip-mall restaurant called "Two Cougars and a Café, LLBO." I assume the "LLBO" is the Canadian equivalent of the American "LLC." Dan says it stands for "Long Lost Burger Oasis."
Anyway, we asked our waitress to take a picture of us. As she readied the shot, I said, "Wait, I have to hold up my medal." I was talking about the bronze finisher's medal they give to everyone who comes in after 2:30 (for women; 2:15 for men).
"Whoa!" she said. "You won a medal!"
"Yeah," I said, without thinking. "They give one to everybody."
But really, I could have just told her I took 3rd place.


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As you know, the Helmholtz decomposition theorem is as follows.
Let $\Omega$ be open and simply connected, and bounded region in $\mathbb R^3$. Then the smooth vector field $E : \Omega \to \mathbb R^3$ can be expressed by $\operatorname{grad}(f)+\operatorname{curl}(A)$ for some $f(\text{scalar field})$, $A(\text{vector field})$.
I found the following proof.
Text: Mathematical analysis-Several variables(Springer)
Proof. In fact, let $u\colon\Omega\to\mathbb R$ be the solution of the Neumann problem
$$\Delta u = \operatorname{div} E\text{ in }Ω\quad \text{and}\quad \frac{\partial u}{ \partial n}= E\cdot n\text{ on }\partial\Omega,$$
then $\operatorname{div} (E − \nabla u) = 0$ in $\Omega$, which one can prove to be of class $C^\infty(\Omega)$. There is a field $H\colon \Omega\subset \mathbb R^3\to\mathbb R^3$ of class $C^\infty(\Omega)$ such that $E −\nabla u = \operatorname{curl}H$.
But, I can't prove the existence of the solution of that PDE (Neumann problem PDE). If we prove that existence, the proof of the HDD is so simple.
Does that PDE have a scalar field solution?


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Not only did Yoenis Cespedes' home runs come in towering bunches during Monday's Home Run Derby, but at least one of them was particularly well placed.
Cespedes cranked a ball off the hood of one of the two Chevy trucks parked in centerfield during his 32-home-run barrage. Many players flirted with hitting the truck — as ESPN play-by-play guy Chris Berman so hoped during the broadcast — and a few did, namely Michael Cuddyer and Chris Davis. But it was Cespedes, the man whose home run prowess knew no bounds on Monday, who did it AND got to take home the truck as the derby winner.
Here's a GIF version:
Chris Perry, Chevy's VP of marketing, said of the homer:
"That was an exciting part for us. But that's the reason we put it out there; To give them a target to aim for. Bouncing it off the hood was pretty exciting."
Also exciting: When the Chevy dude called the winning slugger "Yespin" — which sounds either like a new ESPN network or a "Star Wars" planet.
On a happier note: Because of the 103 homers hit in the derby — including five Gold Ball home runs worth $23,000 each — Chevy and MLB are donating $529,000 to charities, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
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Given is a one-parameter family of lines,
$$L(t) = \{ a(t) + \lambda w(t) : \quad \lambda \in \mathbb{R} \}$$
in which the base point $a$ and the direction vector $w$ vary smoothly with a parameter $t$ (you may assume that $|w| = 1$ and $w' \neq 0$).
There is a unique line segment that joins two nearby lines $L(t)$ and $L(t + \Delta t)$ orthogonally. Let $C$ be the center of this line segment.
My question: what is the position of $C$ in the limit, when $\Delta t \rightarrow 0$?
EDIT: I realize I should have mentioned that the lines are in $\mathbb{R}^3$, and therefore $L(t)$ and $L(t + \Delta t)$ are supposed to be skew lines. Also, the solution $C$ is known to be located at
$$ \bar{\lambda} = -\frac{a'(t) \cdot w'(t)}{w'(t) \cdot w'(t)}$$
for a given $t$. I just don't know how to prove this.
EDIT 2: Based on robjohn's answer below, I've got the following:
Let $t_1$ and $t_2 = t_1 + \Delta t$ be two nearby values of the parameter $t$, corresponding to two lines $L_1$ and $L_2$.
The perpendicular that joins $L_1$ and $L_2$ has the direction $w_1 \times w_2$, and the plane containing $L_2$ and the perpendicular therefore has the normal
$$w_2 \times (w_1 \times w_2)$$
which means that, for any point $x$ in the plane, we get
$$(x - a_2) \cdot (w_2 \times (w_1 \times w_2)) = 0$$
We need to find the point $a_1 + \bar{\lambda} w_1$ at which $L_1$ intersects this plane, therefore
$$(a_1 + \bar{\lambda} w_1 - a_2) \cdot (w_2 \times (w_1 \times w_2)) = 0$$
$$\bar{\lambda} = \frac{(a_2 - a_1) \cdot (w_2 \times (w_1 \times w_2))}{\Vert w_1 \times w_2 \Vert^2}$$
This yields $\bar{\lambda}$ for any finite displacement $\Delta t = t_2 - t_1$. For $\Delta t \rightarrow 0$, the expression gets indeterminate (because $w_2 \rightarrow w_1$ implies $w_1 \times w_2 \rightarrow 0$)...
I believe I am close, but I don't see how to obtain the correct limit from this.


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I am looking into going into triathlons and I was wondering wearing a trisuit improves your performance in triathlon.
I would suspect the primary benefit is time saved in transition. Usually shirts are required in races, so after the swim you have to do something to cover up. (I suppose you could wear stuff under a wetsuit, but I do not use wetsuits).
If you do not have to change anything in transition it can help. Other than that, I suspect it is comfort.
One of the advantages comes in the swimming leg. Depending on the quality of the suit, it may have less drag in the water than the normal human body, theoretically increasing your speed. Many high-end suits advertise this advantage: http://www.trisports.com/trspsu.html
As for disadvantages, I don't see many.
I'd sum this one up as it's an advantage if it saves you time, and it's a disadvantage if it doesn't:
All my experience is in warm sub-tropics so NO WETSUIt swims. I imagine I'd stick with just tri shorts for wetsuit swims anyway but a tri suit under the wetsuit is sure to have some advantages.
Adv - don't have to put on a T-shirt or singlet after the swim - this takes me 3 secs and while many quibble over 3 seconds in transition I find the 3 secs gives me time to get my breath back after the swim hell.
Disadv - why part with $80 - $160 for something you wear a couple of times a year.
6 years ago, very few people were wearing tri suits. I have recently returned to the sport and think out of 60 in my age group, I and one other are not in tri suits.
Just remember, this industry is all built around money..... tt bikes, tri suits, gu's are a marketer's dreams.


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McCoy Tyner: Song of the New World
Song of the New World
McCoy Tyner (piano)
Song of the New World (Milestone)
McCoy Tyner (piano), Hubert Laws (flute, piccolo), Sonny Fortune (flute),
Harry Smiles (oboe), Juney Booth (bass), Alphonse Mouzon (drums).
Composed by McCoy Tyner.
Recorded: New York, April 6, 1973
Rating: 88/100 (learn more)
This Latin-fueled number starts with McCoy Tyner's signature use of cluster chords and bass notes. It follows the motif of many songs heard on this album, but shows Tyner's diversity as an arranger with his inventive use of flutes. Sonny Fortune and Hubert Laws give this song the brightness that drives the melody, yet at times Tyner's piano drowns out the flutes. Parts of Tyner's solo remind me of the way an electric guitarist would phrase, with his rapid use of notes, giving the listener little time to think about what he has played. Still, this song is very much a gem on this oft-overlooked but experimental album from the piano master.
Reviewer: Jared Pauley
Tags: 1970s jazz · piano
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