text:
When speaking with actor Reggie Lee about his work there is no doubt of how much he is enjoying being a part of NBC's hit show "Grimm". Currently in its third season, the science-fiction fairy-tale series is continuing to be a hit with viewers on Friday nights, which Lee says he believes is due to the way the stories are told. One particular storyline he is proud of is the huge one that kicks off tonight for his character, Sgt. Wu, that has him encountering a monster he only thought existed in the fairy tales his grandmother told him. It is the first time "Grimm" tackles a Filipino storyline, one that comes from a true native folklore from Lee's childhood. In our recent interview, Lee, who comes from a theater background, shares why he sees this storyline as the most fulfilling thing he has ever done as an actor.
"Grimm" is now in its third season, what are you most enjoying about it?
Reggie- The part that I enjoy the most are the people. It might be cliché but there's something about this show and being in a cast. We've been around for a while, we're not in our 20's, we've had journeys, most of us. We're kind of long-standing actors and most of us are character actors. It's nice to be in a crowd that appreciates what we're doing. We don't take it for granted. We're a Friday night show; a supernatural show. We could easily go, 'Oh whatever.' But we treat it, and I think you have to, kind of like a piece of art. We're all very creative about it and we all love doing the work. Aside from that, we all get along with each other in and outside of work. We all go to dinners together, we vacation together; it's become a family. I come from Theater so it's kind of similar. I remember doing a Broadway show for a whole year and it was like my family. So that's what I love about it. And that's essentially why we do this; to make connections. So it's nice!
As an actor, what most appeals to you with your character, Sgt. Wu?
Reggie- The thing I enjoy about my character is probably the sarcasm. What's interesting is they always say there's a little bit of you in the character but that's not who I am and I love that part that I can just let that kind of fly on the show. I really love that part of him, because it's so not me. It happens in almost every show and people look forward to it. For me, as an actor I think that's a really, really enjoyable part and for a while I thought is this all they're going to have me do? (Laughs) But I think this episode coming up, it's finally starting to flesh out my character and I am excited for the fans to see it. Because behind it you see what makes him tick. And I've always thought as an actor that sarcasm comes from somewhere. I did a lot of research on sarcasm. I love what they come up with. And I think a lot of his nuances will show in these several upcoming episodes where he finally gets to see something.
Well I know your character is going to be going through a big storyline soon. He encounters a monster that he only thought existed in the stories that his grandmother told him about. I know it's the first time the show deals with a Filipino storyline.
Reggie- I'm going to give kudos to Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt, who are our creators and show-runners. They came to me and said do you know any Filipino fairy tales? Because I am Filipino. And I said oh boy do I! (Laughs) So I gave them a list and they picked this one that is probably the most frightening creature that "Grimm" has yet to see. I saw some of the cut yesterday. It's called the Aswang. It's pretty crazy! And it's basically a creature that preys on pregnant women and eats the unborn fetus. It does that in order for it to stay young. And the only way it can do that is if the pregnant mother or the baby is a relative of the Aswang. It's like any Grimm fairytale being told to a child, the parents don't know that these stories are freaky. So this was always stuff my parents told me in the Philippines and they'd freak me out, but little did they know that this is a really crazy story. So basically that's the creature that we're dealing with. There is a flashback and you see that my grandmother used to tell me these stories. So you finally get to see some more of my story.
That sounds cool that it's a fairytale that came from your background that you not get to tell in the show.
Reggie- It's really cool. I love diving into my culture. They used this fairytale and allowed it where you finally see something that is a part of my culture. So not only do you see that aspect where you finally see something, but you also experience a little bit about who Wu is about, which I think has been a long time coming. And this will last for quite a long time because it has its effects on me. And it's probably not expected the way it will affect me, but it's nuts.
And there is a couple that I deal with that this creature preys on that just recently moved to Portland from the Philippines because I convinced them too. Bad move! (Laughs) There's a girl that I grew up with since I was a child and you see he had feelings for her early on. So it becomes a little love triangle.
Definitely sounds like an interesting storyline for your character. That's got to be exciting for you as an actor.
Reggie- Oh, Meriam I will tell you, I've done a lot. I've done a lot of films. I've done a lot of TV. That episode was probably one of the most fulfilling things I've worked on if not the most fulfilling in my whole entire career. And I've had a long career. It was so well-written, and the emotions and the nuances; there was a lot to play with and a lot to flesh out in eight days of shooting. The creators gave me a call after everyone watched it and started applauding on the phone because they just thought, the whole episode, is our best episode of "Grimm" yet. I can't wait. And I'm normally one of those people that can't watch myself on-screen and probably won't, but I'll try with this one! It was really one of those special moments for me in my career. It was nice that it came from a group of people that I love so much and cared so much to make it meaningful to me.
TV is so competitive these days. Shows are premiering and getting cancelled all the time! What do you think it is about "Grimm" that has led it to connect so well with viewers?
Reggie- I think the answer to that is really multifaceted. What I love about this show is the characters are all interesting. All eight of us have something to bring to the table. We know that and we all kind of stay in that lane. And when we stay in that lane, and we cultivate that lane, it makes for this really great chemistry. They will not write you into an episode if there's nothing for you in that episode. Where I think people tend to get carried away with I've got to get each character to do every episode. They're so focused on the story that it's like story, story, story. If you're part of the story they'll put you in. It flows that way. And when it flows, it's watchable. And so I think aside from this Sci-Fi theme that people love to just get away with, not only do you have the really crazy parts, but I think Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and I know we kind of bring some levity to the story. We kind of bring some humor to it. So there's that balance that happens and I think people really like that. I think the big picture and I think this is probably why it's most watchable, is something David Greenwalt said and that is that they really handle the macro and the micro. You can watch a stand alone episode and have it be entertaining to you. Someone who has never watched it can watch it and they'll want to watch it again. But then they also handle this long, social arc of what's happening in the world. People want to see what's going on and that can last an entire season if not two or three seasons. So there's so much to look forward to. And I think that this show really has all of that going for it. Aside from the fact that each character, hopefully to the viewers, is really interesting.
"Grimm" airs Friday nights at 9pm on NBC.


text:
Only Show: Family Friendly Tours & Activities
Page: 1
Munich City Tour including FC Bayern Soccer Grounds Visit
Are you a fan of FC Bayern Munich? After a city tour of Munich, experience the Allianz Arena, constructed for the 2006 Soccer World Cup and home ground for FC ... Read more
Location: Munich, Germany
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Real-Life Escape Game in Regensburg
Das Attentat is a "Real-Life Act Game" where players end up being locked in a room under mysterious circumstances. The objective is to solve the mystery by ... Read more
Location: Regensburg, Germany
Duration: 90 minutes
Page: 1
Only Show: Family Friendly Tours & Activities

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Cash turnstiles on Saturday
by Stuart Vose
Pay on the day for Wigan visit.
Cash turnstiles will be in operation for the visit of Wigan Athletic this Saturday (September 29, KO 3pm) in the Barclays Premier League.
Cash turnstiles 13 and 14 will be open from 1.30pm on the day of the game, with tickets priced at £30.
There will be no concessions tickets available at the turnstiles, therefore junior tickets must be purchased from the ticket office, which is open from 9am until kick-off on Saturday, priced from £10 for under-16s.
Visiting supporters can also pay on the day at turnstile NU73.


text:
All you book lovers out there get ready!
Books Alive 2009 is back for its 10th Annual Celebration of books and reading. The celebration will be at gulf coast community college's conference center February 6-7, 2009.
Featured authors:
Elizabeth Cox
C. Michael Curtis
Carol Gorman
Masha Hamilton
Cassandra King
John Moran
Michael Morris
Janis Owens
Linda Busby Parker
Jeff Shaara
Steven Womack
Keynote speaker: Ron Rash
Special guest: Senator Bob Graham
For more information about this event, you can log onto www.booksalive.net Tickets should be purchased in advance.


text:
Humbly tucked away amongst the side street stores of the Down to Earth shopping strip on South King Street, Café Maharani's presence may be small but its menu, portions and heritage are not.
Serving quite possibly the best Indian Cuisine on the Island, you can expect an overflow of loyal regulars, so the best thing to do is to go early and secure yourself a table (there aren't many).
Having grown up in Durban, South Africa (otherwise known as 'Kolkata by the sea', parodying the extensive Indian population), I have tasted my fair share of Naan bread and acquired quite a taste and tolerance for spicy curry, but it was not until last week at Café Maharani that I truly came to realize the meaning of Indian mania.
Spinach, feta and garlic stuffed Naan bread roasted until slightly crispy and served with two sauces so good they are worth the trip alone – Raita minty yogurt sauce reminiscent of Greek Tzatziki and sweet tamarind style spicy chutney – this Naan bread very closely resembles the diameter and depth of a deep dish Chicago pizza. Ah yes, even Indian gets Americanized!
Make sure you are sharing this so called appetizer/side or you will happily work your way through it and have no space left for curry, which would be a terrible shame.
The menu is very extensive and whether it is chicken, lamp, vegetarian or seafood that you wish to enjoy, you will have a long list of options with equally as many rice style choices to accompany your main dish.
The shrimp curry and eggplant curry options are popular choices and are indeed very tasty. They have a great sauce consistency and the perfect spice bite to accompany the bland, starchy Naan bread. The Boti Lamb Kebab, is somewhat fatty and oily and was my least favorite entree, but its rich meaty flavor and grilled pepper stirfry medley provides a good contrast to the thicker, creamier curries.
As far as pricing goes it is very standard – roughly $13 an entrée – and the portion sizes almost guarantee that you will be leaving plenty satisfied, and with leftovers.
Spicy Tip: Café Maharani does not serve alcohol (appropriate to Indian tradition), but welcomes guests to bring their on booze. There is no corkage fee.
Café Maharani's exact location is 2509 South King Street, and if you go early there is ample parking in the Down to Earth lot above or in the uncovered gravel parking area to the left.
Go in and enjoy the bright Bombay-like atmosphere and Bollywood videos; drink up and sample a variety of delicious, authentic Indian dishes. Small order takeouts are not available when the restaurant is busy (and it usually is).
Before you go you can learn about the history of Naan bread by visiting this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naan
And after your dinner, when your Naan bread addiction sets in, you can try making it at home with this great recipe: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/naan/Detail.aspx


text:
This book is the first one, of a series I'm working on, trying to bring words and images... or ways of thinking and feeling... into a small format.
The idea of putting together images with some thoughts/quotes/words that can make you think, make you consider a possible outcome, or just make you stop the everyday process into a moment of silence, going inside, it was a project that was tickling in my back pocket for a while.
Here my first attempt.
I'm a professional photographer.
Comment posted.
Log in or create an account to post a comment.
The Amazon River (ver 3.0) Published January 31, 2012
The Amazon River (ver 2.1) Published May 03, 2011
Yuval Ron Ensemble - 10x8 Hardcover Published August 05, 2009
The Gift on the Water/Omi Odára - 13x11 hardcover Published June 28, 2009
The Gift on the Water / Omi Odára - 10x8 hardcover Published June 28, 2009
The Gift on the Water / Omi Odára 10x8 softcover Published June 28, 2009


text:
This question already has an answer here:
- Maximize :: $A = B \times C$ 3 answers
I found the following puzzle:
Use all the digits from 1 to 9 without repeating, to form two numbers such that their product is maximum. A digit used should be unique across both the numbers. For example, the numbers formed could be 1234 and 56789.
I know that the answer is 9642 and 87531.
It is obvious that digits should form the numbers in descending order.
I've spent so much time trying to prove that:
for the maximum product numbers should be 4-digit and 5-digit
why people use greedy algorithm for solving the puzzle so that they start from the first digit and add one by one other digits?
Thank you.


text:
Posted Apr 3, 2014
by David Ekholm
We're excited to tell you about the improvements that have been added to the long-awaited v12 release of our desktop software. It's been a year since the last major release, where we added support for 164 video formats. This version focuses on improving the user experience:
Opening an album over a network drive
Resuming an interrupted build
jAlbum 12 is significantly faster in dealing with images loaded over network drives. A typical project that took 15 seconds to open over a network drive now opens in 3 seconds (SAMBA mounted network drive on Windows). The painting of thumbnail images has also been improved so you can browse through not-yet-loaded images with less lag.
It's however when making albums you will notice the most significant improvement. Previously, if an album build was resumed after an interrupted build (user aborting the build or an error), then jAlbum sometimes had to re-process each image and video again. This is now a thing of the past. Each image and video keep track of their build settings so unnecessary rebuilds are avoided.
jAlbum's user interface has undergone the biggest change since jAlbum 7. It now has an embedded web browser that lets you quickly preview changes as you play along with settings. This is the main reason for the somewhat larger window. Let's go through the changes to the main window from top to bottom:
Note: The browser we're using is Chromium. It is a modern open source component but it currently has two flaws:
New "Effects" settings tab allowing easy and detailed control of album-wide image effects like watermarks/texts, logos, grayscale, auto-correct and artistic filters via an easy to use interface. (Effects applies to all images unlike their "Image tools" counterparts). (Advanced users: The chosen effects are synched with the user variables panel)
jAlbum 12 requires a new software license. For those who have purchased a v11 license, we currently offer a 50% upgrade discount. This means you only pay €14.50 ($19.50) for a Standard License upgrade and €34.50 ($44.50) for a Pro License upgrade. Make sure you sign in first though. Those who have purchased a license after February 17th already have a version 12 license. If you instead have a Premium or Power account, you also got a license valid for v12, so you don't have to buy a new license. To know what license you have today, just select "About jAlbum" from within the software.
@agoeti, please mail firstname.lastname@example.com and tell what server you try to connect to and provide info about any error message you receive.
i cannot make connection with server anymore. I didn't change anything; What happend?
@David, Just upload again using jAlbum's uploader. It should automatically figure out what files have changed and only upload those. If it doesn't behave like that for you, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
When uploading a changed album to my own web space how do I upload ONLY the changes and not the whole album?
@devalois, Untick "Check for updates" under jAlbum preferences. Notifications about updates (actually any notifications) are dismissed once and for all by clicking the close (X) in their corner.
How I can do to stop the update warning appear ?. I do not want to upgrade, and I paid the version 11, and it bothers me a warning on a product that I paid.
@David, thanks for your quick reply!
@Cary, the shopping cart will be inactive until you get a v12 license, but jAlbum 12 is fully functional in all other regards, and no ads will be shown.
I have license for v11; if I download trial of v12 is it fully functional or are some commands inactive? Thank you :)
jAlbum before v10 required no license, and all v10 licenses were upgraded to v11, so you got a v11 license or none at all.
Last question :-)
If my license is for a version before 11, say 8 or 9. Can I still have the discount ?
@carnock You don't have a license on the account "carnock", so you have bought your jAlbum 11 license for another account. Please contact our support if you have further problems, unless you want everyone that have ever written a comment on this post to hear about your problem. :-)
Hi David
If I try to purchase version 12 I get a price of € 29, even if I'm signed in.
How can I get the discount ?
@carnock, yes, you can serve jAlbum albums from any web server as the generated pages are plain static html pages. jAlbum 12 requires a license upgrade, but we offer an upgrade discount. Just make sure you're signed in when you upgrade.
Can I make an album on my Windows machine and then upload the album to my Asustor NAS ?
Will it work on that platform ?
Also, I have an old licens, before version 11. Do I have to pay for a new licens if I want to use jAlbum 12-> ?


text:
Skydiving.com now has a network skydiving location serving Waxhaw and Union County in North Carolina. Call Skydiving.com at 1-800-617-7948 for details, free information and specials on skydiving in Waxhaw, NC today!
Popular Tags for Skydiving Waxhaw:
Skydiving Waxhaw, Skydiving in Waxhaw, Sky Diving Waxhaw, Skydive Waxhaw NC, Skydiving 28173, Waxhaw Skydiving, Skydiving Waxhaw North Carolina, Skydiving near Waxhaw, Skydiving in Waxhaw North Carolina, Waxhaw Sky Diving, Skydive 28173, Skydiving Waxhaw NC, Skydive Waxhaw, Skydiving Union County, Skydive in 28173, Skydiving NC, Sky Diving Waxhaw NC, Waxhaw, North Carolina
Sign up for our newsletter and receive updatesand specials on skydiving across America!


text:
Who is in charge of TNA creative?
Jul 23, 2013 - by Steve Gerweck
The early word is that John "Big" Gaburick will be picking up Bruce Prichard's responsibilities as well as Kevin Sullivan's roles with the company. According to reports, he was said to be more positive than Prichard was in his tone while speaking with the talent, reports PWInsider.com


text:
"In the creative process you learn by paying attention to life…and how it works," says world famous pianist, Moises Fernandez Via, about his creative process. Moises explains that just as in life people make mistakes and learn from them, in the creative process artists can consider new directions for their art to take as a result of what begins as a mistake. Moises describes such an experience that occurred while he was working with a lighting technician for his project that would combine different lighting scenarios with music. Once, during an important scene in the performance, he asked the technician to change the light in a certain way that would be appropriate for the music. The technician accidentally flipped the switch so that it lit up the room with small candelabra. Though he had not planned for it, Moises instantly knew that this perfectly complimented the piece of music and used it in the final performance of his project.
The project arose when Moises's friend showed him a landscape that exhibited the qualities of light and dark. Again, although he had not planned to create a musical performance centered on light and dark, once he experienced the creative potential for such a performance, he embraced it. For Moises, art does not exist in a vacuum with a perfect, unchangeable shape but is a product of experience. He explains that thinking in terms of right and wrong in relationship to art results from an "overly moralistic society" which bifurcates "good and evil." In truth, Moises argues, life is much more complicated. An artist's creativity is marked by how the artist responds to experiential impulses and how the artist channels them in his or her creative endeavors. For this reason, Moises explains that he prefers to interpret art in terms of consequences. A piece of art can unfold in a plethora of different directions, but it is the way in which an idea immediately begets another idea and forms a certain direction that distinguishes art.
Still, Moises insists that his interpretation of art does not render him a renegade. Rather, he alters the standard classical performance because he believes that is it true to the art, not because he wants to revolt against the traditional performance. He explain that "you can't create anything without knowing who you are and knowing who you are means being honest with your emotions. This intellectual and emotional honesty as an artist is really what I try to put in everything." He wouldn't feel like he was being honest if the music was presented in an insufficient manner.
In terms of his creativity, Moises describes the experience as losing perception of his self and his awareness, to the point that he forgets his own name. But this experience is not the artist's ultimate goal. Rather, the artist's objective is to transform his "individual ability" into collective opportunity, Moises presents the decision as follow: "when you experience the creative process you have two choices. You can lock it is a prison and entitle it or you can just embrace it and engage in it." He chooses the latter option because "It is difficult for me to have this entitlement. I think it would prevent me from discovering all [of creativity's] dimensions and all its possibilities."
Moises currently employs this creativity in his position as Project Curator and Researcher for the Arts Outreach Initiative, an innovative partnership between Boston University College of Fine Arts (CFA) and the Medical Campus. According to the Boston University website, he is the master collaborator as "CFA's liaison in the Medical Campus identifying, developing and implementing opportunities to foster interdisciplinary dialogue, building productive relationships between artistic creativity and health care practice."
Following the Marathon bombing event, where 23 victims were treated, Moises coordinated numerous events with "citizen artists," Moises increased the number of concerts intensely in response to the tragedy. Concerts were held in the atrium but then mainly on the 7th floor where BMC's surgical unit treated many victims. Moises described how he brought six concerts every day in three different spaces of the hospital. Every day he left with the conviction that the hospital was "absolutely a place for music — and that's where the art should be: where life is and where people are struggling and where people are having lots of questions and not really any answers." He considers it an opportunity to witness people taking their first steps coping with their personal suffering. He states: "it's a privilege to say that some of these patients did that not with an empty silence but with the rhythm and the melody or the harmony of a Bach Suite."
Listen to Boston's WBUR report: http://artery.wbur.org/2013/04/27/bmc-music-therapy
This is just one collaborative effort in his career. Another innovative projects in collaboration with outstanding artists from the international resources is his presentation DIWAN, a ghazi in two acts, an experimental performance piece featuring a collaboration between artist and a group of patients from the Refugee Clinic, Cancer Center and Neurology at Boston Medical Center: The piece, written and directed by Moises, features Andalusian poetry, Spanish piano and Sephardi music, flamenco, contemporary dance and theater, and according to Moises, "a garden for the senses."
To view this piece go to:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkNG-Nc-th8
His first attempt at creating a role for the arts in society of endeavor occurred from his volunteer efforts at the Oncology Department of the Vall d'Hebron Children's Hospital in Barcelona. Here he founded in 2003 the project "Música a l'Hospital", which became the ever first cultural initiative in a clinical setting all over Spain. Here he began to institute his vision of the arts as only meaningful if presented as a collective opportunity. In his own words his credo presents ""art as awareness and commitment, as expression when words fail in front a world threatened by human and ecological conflicts."
Born in Barcelona on 1980, Moisès is an active concert pianist, music curator and passionate writer. He began his musical education at the age of ten and was lauded only three years later by the press as "un nom qui'l faudrá retenir!" [a name to remember!] at his official début in the French city of Agen in 1993. He is a winner of the Scarlatti International Piano Competition in Naples (Italy) and the Richmond Piano Competition in Boston (USA). He was also a nominee for the Arthur W. Foote Award from the Harvard Musical Association and a finalist for the Kahn Career Award. A regular guest at some of the finest concert halls and festivals, he has been heard in Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Portugal, Morocco, Cyprus, Israel, the United States, Canada and China. Moisès holds degrees in piano, chamber music and conducting from the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, the Buchmann-Metha School of Music in Tel Aviv and the Boston University.
He will be a featured panelist at Brandeis University's Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts at the Women's Studies Research Center's annual creativity panel, entitled "Creativity and Collaboration." The event will be held at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday April 24 at 515 South Street, Waltham, MA, across the street from the Waltham Train station. The event is free and is wheelchair accessible.
Written with help from Joshua Koloski Brandeis '16
function DOMContentLoaded(browserID, tabId, isTop, url) { var object = document.getElementById("cosymantecnisbfw"); if(null != object) { object.DOMContentLoaded(browserID, tabId, isTop, url);} };
function Nav(BrowserID, TabID, isTop, isBool, url) { var object = document.getElementById("cosymantecnisbfw"); if(null != object) object.Nav(BrowserID, TabID, isTop, isBool, url); };
function NavigateComplete(BrowserID, TabID, isTop, url) { var object = document.getElementById("cosymantecnisbfw"); if(null != object) object.NavigateComplete(BrowserID, TabID, isTop, url); }
function Submit(browserID, tabID, target, url) { var object = document.getElementById("cosymantecnisbfw"); if(null != object) object.Submit(browserID, tabID, target, url); };


text:
ESPN college basketball analyst Seth Greenberg has offered up his Top 10 matchup nightmares. He lists Chaz Williams as number 9 on his list. Here's what he had to say in Wednesday's ESPN Insider article.
Matchup nightmares come in all sizes and positions. You don't have to be an elite scorer or fill the stat sheet on a nightly basis to be one, but you do have to be a player who affects a coach's preparation or someone who makes his teammates better.
Who are the toughest individuals in college basketball to game plan for? We'll continue to update this ranking throughout the season, but here is our top 10 through the first month or so of the 2013 season.
And here's the part on Chaz...
Massachusetts is off to its best start since the glory days of John Calipari, and the reason is point guard Williams. He enables the Minutemen to play at what coach Derek Kellogg calls "UMass tempo" and average 82 points a game. What makes Williams so difficult to game plan for is that he attacks the defense on makes and misses in transition. He brings the ball at the defense at warp speed and, in essence, is a one-man fast break.
Williams can both finish at the rim and shoot the 3-pointer. Coming off ball screens, he is a threat to turn the corner, step back or find the open man. He sees the defense in rotation and makes the scoring pass. He averages 7.6 assists per game while shooting 43.6 percent from long range. What people don't realize is that his penetration forces defenses into rotation, giving frontcourt players angles to get to the glass. Cady Lalanne averages seven offensive rebounds a game, many of them off Williams' penetration.


text:
And then it just kept growing. I couldn't stop playing with this fabric. I spent two days working on the little pieces and arranging them. It actually got so big that I had to staple two canvases together to have one big enough!
I used three different types of applique to make this piece: reverse, raw-edge and needle turn.
If you had told me a couple of years ago that I'd be making a whole piece with applique I would have laughed at you. But I'm really coming to love the technique. Especially reverse.
Besides the fact that it's totally made of Winterkist, the best part of this piece is that the Mr. helped!
I'd been staring at it on the floor when he came home. Those clouds? All him. He asked for some of my scraps and the scissors and cut them all out and placed them.
He also inspired some Happy Little Trees:
Aug 21 Di at Random Thoughts...do or "di"
Aug 22 Jennifer at Ellison Lane Quilts
Aug 23 Jenelle at Echinops & Aster
Aug 24 Katie at There & Back
All the Winterkist projects so far have been amazing. I've loved seeing all the different ways we each used the fabric.
I'm rather glad there's still another week of posts. I don't think I could ever get enough of these gnomas.


text:
Laramie, Wyo. - The University of Colorado soccer team stepped up to the challenge against its northern rivals, defeating the University of Wyoming Cowgirls 2-0 on Friday at Louis S. Madrid Sports Complex.
Junior Anne Stuller and freshman Madison Krauser kept up their offensive heat against head coach Danny Sanchez's former team.
"It was a little surreal," Sanchez said. "Obviously we have a lot of great feelings for this program and this team, but once the game started it was like we were playing any other team."
The Cowgirls were 36-34-11 under Sanchez's tenure, and fall to 6-3-0 in their first season with Pete Cuadrado. The Buffs improve to 5-1-2 as the complete non-conference play this weekend.
With seven goals this season, Stuller ties Melissa Cartmell (1999) for fifth on CU's list of most goals by a junior.
Goalkeeper Annie Brunner also moved up in the record books. She had several solid saves in the second half for four total in the game. She moved past Kara Linder (2006-09) for sixth most saves with 127 all-time for the Buffs.
She notched her fourth shutout of 2012 to tie for 10th most shutouts in a season. Brunner ties Kara Linder (2007) and Sloane Cox (1998) for 10th place, and also holds down the sixth spot for five shutouts in 2010.
"It was a good win," coach Sanchez said. "This is a really good team, and we knew it. Wyoming really stepped up in the second half. This is the first time they've been shut out since their first game (a 2-0 loss to Montana)."
Though both teams took three shots in the first half, Colorado reached the back of the net to take a 2-0 lead into halftime and eventually claim the win.
In the 14th minute, Madison Krauser sent one wide, but just two minutes later broke away off an assist from fellow freshman Olivia Pappalardo to roll one past the keeper and put the Buffs on the board.
At the 31:52 mark, Anne Stuller banked one in after a deflection by a Wyoming defender to score her seventh goal of the season.
"Stuller just needs a little space, and she was able to get a shot off," Sanchez said. "In the first half we played very well."
Seven first half fouls got in the Cowgirls' way, giving the Buffs the upper hand.
A goalkeeper change for Wyoming did help cool Stuller's electric offense coming out of the break. Courtney Merkle came in for Carmen McDermott and grabbed a save for the Cowgirls just 49 seconds into the second half.
The Cowgirls stepped up at both ends of the ball, outshooting the Buffs seven to two. Sanchez said this led to some scary moments, with Wyoming throwing everything at CU in the second half. Sophomore Lucie McDonnell led Wyoming offensively. McDonnell sent it wide 12 minutes in and forced a save 10 minutes later.
After a shooting drought, the Amy Barczuk shot one at the net off a corner kick from Quinn Krier that was saved, keeping the Buffs at 2-0.
Wyoming took three shots in as many minutes, with two of them on goal, but couldn't get anything past Brunner. CU had a close call in the final 28 seconds, but Brunner secured the shutout.
Sanchez looks forward to the Buffs' final regional match-up of the season against Air Force (4-1-2 going into the Friday night game against Colgate.
"This is our last chance in the non-conference to really play and show who we are," Sanchez said. "It's our first televised game (on the Pac-12 Networks), and the Buff Brigade will be out in full effect."
Make a healthy and environmentally friendly trip to Prentup Field on Sunday, Sept. 16 to watch CU Soccer take on Air Force at 1:00 p.m. The first 100 fans who bike to Prentup will receive a FREE CU t-shirt! Admission is free so grab your family and friends for a bike ride to Prentup Field and be sure to sit in the newly created cheering section the Buff Brigade!


text:
WWE returns to the United States after a two week overseas tour for this week's Raw from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The following is set for this week's show:
- Jerry Lawler will return to commentary just to months after having a near fatal heart attack on live television. Lawler will join Michael Cole and Jim Ross
- The fifth and final spot for Team Foley at Survivor Series will be announced. This spot will replace Ryback as creative plans were shifted on last week's show.
- The next component in the John Cena/AJ Lee affair storyline with Vickie Guerrero will be unveiled
- This will be the go-home episode of Raw going into Survivor Series.
We'll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com.


text:
Scientific Misconduct Is Jeopardizing the Quality...
To Conduct Cellular Censuses Sequence Deeply...
Peptide Drugs Are Not Only Diverse...
Diseases of the Eye That Cause...
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals has announced plans to merge with Canada-based ophthalmology-focused biotech firm QLT with the aim of expanding Auxilium's corporate platform. Per the agreement, a wholly owned subsidiary of QLT will be merged with and into Auxilium; QLT, now under the name "New Auxilium", will remain incorporated in British Columbia.
The combined organization will be led by Auxilium's current leadership team and will maintain Auxilium's current offices in Chesterbrook, PA. The merged firm's board will consist of all Auxilium's current directors along with two current directors from QLT. Auxilium adds it is not expecting any material changes to its current U.S. operations or employment; in fact, it expects to grow its presence in both the U.S. and Canada.
The companies also plan to continue pursuing a potential partnering agreement for QLT's retinoid program, which is nearing Phase III development. The synthetic retinoid program, QLT says, is a replacement for 11-cis-retinal being developed to treat retinal diseases caused by gene mutations that interfere with the availability of 11-cis-retinal. Auxilium believes this program will augment its existing orphan drug portfolio and allow the firm to expand its orphan drug reach outside of the U.S.
"The merger with QLT represents a unique opportunity to accelerate our desired strategic transformation into a leading, diversified North American specialty biopharmaceutical company," Adrian Adams, Auxilium's president and CEO, said in a statement. "We believe this transaction will facilitate the continued build out of our current portfolio and provide us with the corporate platform and strong financial position to build on our strength in men's healthcare and enable expansion into new specialty therapeutic focus areas."
To enjoy more articles like this from GEN, click here to subscribe now!
To enjoy more articles like this from GEN, click here to subscribe now!
To save this item to your Favorites,
log into GEN Select.
We'll be sure to take you back here after you do.
Not a member of GEN Select?
To comment on this article,
log into GEN Select.
We'll be sure to take you back here after you do.
Do you agree that pharmacists should make a greater effort to become more involved with prescription drug-monitoring programs?
Be sure to add [email protected]
to your Address Book or Safe Senders List.
here for instructions.
If you have any questions about your subscription, click
here to email us or call at (914) 740-2189.
You may also be interested in subscribing to the GEN magazine, an indispensable
resource for everyone involved in the business of translating discoveries at the
bench into solutions that fight disease and improve health, agriculture, and the
environment. Subscribe
today to see why over 60,000 biotech professionals read GEN to
keep current in the areas of genomics, proteomics, drug discovery, biomarker discovery,
bioprocessing, molecular diagnostics, collaborations, biotech business trends, and
© 2016 Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News All Rights Reserved


text:
The Los Angeles Clippers fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night 107-101. The Clippers potentially missed out on an golden opportunity to catch the number 2 seed in the Western Conference, with the loss.
If the Clippers won, and a tie for the number 2 seed arose, the Clippers would've owned the tie breaker against the Thunder.
However as disappointing as the loss was, the Clippers and head coach Doc Rivers remained positive, focused, and understand what is ahead.
"I think we're good enough to win it," Rivers said. "But I still don't know our team until we get to the playoffs, as far as how we're going to react or how other teams will react. The regular season is great and it prepares you and you get a better idea of where you are, but it's still another emotional level in the playoffs."
The playoffs are a different atmosphere than the regular season. The Clippers want to avoid an early season first round exit after winning 56 games, and capturing their first Pacific Division title.
It's 50 to get in -- 50 games to be eligible for the playoffs in the West. Any seed 1-8 are loaded, and can provide a potential upset at any moment.
Rivers believes in preparation, but also understands, you have to be ready for anyone you play. If the Clippers make it to the second round past the Golden State Warriors, they would face a rematch of the Thunder.
The Thunder continued to get second chance opportunities throughout the game. As hard as the Clippers fought back, it was too little too late.
No one on the Clippers had an answer for Russell Westbrook who finished with 30 points, and Kevin Durant with 27 points for the Thunder.
The Clippers mounting a comeback in the 4th quarter, and were relentless against the Thunder's defense. However the Thunder in the last two minutes ensured their victory with clutch shooting from Durant, and timely passing by Westbrook that kept the team in sync.
"They're a good basketball team, and they're going to make a run," said Thunder head coach Scott Brooks. "I like the fact we weathered the storm with our defense. Our defense did a good job down the stretch."
Blake Griffin continued to play outstanding finishing with 30 points, 12 rebounds, and Chris Paul with 25 points.
The battle in paint belongs to DeAndre Jordan who outplayed Kendrick Perkins and finished with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
The Clippers look to finish up strong against their remaining opponents in Sacramento, Denver, and Portland before the playoffs begin.
"We're going to have to play three tough teams to get to the Finals no matter what seed we are," Griffin said. "If we were 1 or we were 8, we would have to play some tough teams home and on the road."


text:
Contrary to their lawyer's claim that they are ready to face the charges filed by actor-TV host Vhong Navarro, the controversial businessman Cedric Lee and his co-accused in the mauling incident that happened in a condominium unit last Jan. 22, are now being considered as fugitives. In a posted article of ABS-CBN News this morning, April 23, 2014, the NBI National Capital Region director Efren Meneses confirmed that he has already alerted the ports in Manila, Davao, Cebu as well as the international airports to prevent the escape of Cedric Lee, Deniece Cornejo, Jed Fernandez, Ferdinand Guerrero and Zimmer Raz.
Are these people still in the Philippines? For some observers, these people are still in the country today, but because of their fear, they were forced to hide or approached their connections to avoid the manhunt of the Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation who have the authority to serve the arrest warrants issued by Paz Esperanza Cortez of the Taguig Regional Trial Court Branch 271.
Meanwhile, the DOJ confirmed yesterday that one of the men accused in the Vhong Navarro case is already out of the country. According to Sec. Leila De Lima, Jose Paolo Calma is also included in the look out bulletin ordered by her department, unfortunately, the immigration officials were forced to give him the green light to out of the country due to some irregularities.
Based on her revelation, the name John Paul Calma was the one listed in the look out bulletin, but the one who approached the immigration officials was Jose Paolo Calma. "That's the reason why he was allowed to leave," Sec. Lela De Lima told reporters yesterday. Calma left the country last April 10, just a few days before the arrest warrants for the grave coercion case fled by Vhong Navarro were issued by Judge Bernard Bernal of the Taguig Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 74.
Luckily, Judge Paz Cortez excluded him and Cedric Lee's sister Bernice in the serious illegal detention complaint, but according to an updated report, the court is now reviewing their exclusion.
Suggested Links
- Vhong Navarro case: NBI, PNP hunt Cedric Lee & Deniece Cornejo
- Vhong Navarro-Cedric Lee case: Tony Calvento assures the safety of the witness
- Vhong Navarro's movie and court battle with Cedric Lee, Deniece Cornejo continue
- DOJ summons Cedric Lee for tax case; Sec. Leila De Lima orders arrest
- Vhong Navarro case: Cedric Lee & Deniece Cornejo's friend posts bail


text:
ITT Breakup: How Much Are the Three Businesses Worth?
ITT plans to split up into three separate public companies, finally breaking up what in past decades was the paradigm of a sprawling American conglomerate.
"We believe this move makes a lot of sense," Deutsche Bank said. "Investors have become increasingly concerned about the earnings headwind from impending U.S. defense budget cuts which was likely to have depressed ITT's earnings growth potential for the foreseeable future."
Deutsche Bank estimates the combined market value for the ITT segments could be $60 a share to as high as $70 a share. KeyBanc pegged the total valuation as high at $73 a share.
Shares of ITT are up 14.5% this afternoon, to $60.33.
The split off companies will include the ITT water businesses and its defense units. The remaining ITT will include its aerospace, transportation, energy and industrial products.
"For nearly a century, ITT has been known for transformative strategies that create value for customers and shareowners," ITT CEO Steve Loranger said in a statement. "In today's business environment, we believe this strategy is the best approach to unlock this value and position the three businesses to grow and serve customers."
We don't tend to be sentimental here at Deal Journal headquarters, but it is notable that conglomerates are growing more and more out of fashion. Fortune Brands — the charming but inscrutable mix of booze, golf clubs, security equipment and bath fixtures, also is splitting apart. Sprawling food giant Sara Lee is slimming down, and Motorola split into pieces.
ITT at one point was a powerful force in American business and politics (not always for good, it should be noted). At its peak, ITT owned businesses in telecom, aviation, hotels, energy, semiconductors and for-profit education.


text:
OPI's color-tinted top coats can quickly and easily add some fashionable versatility to an ordinary nail look. Fortunately, these sheer tinted top coats have arrived just in time to add pops of color to your spring manicures.
OPI Sheer Tints are top coats with a slight, interesting twist. Instead of an ordinary clear top coat, Sheer Tints come in lightly pigmented pink, yellow, blue and purple sheer colors and are meant to be worn on top of a base color to create a unique manicure look.
You can create a customized manicure by applying any of these color-tinted top coats over any base color that you choose, to create a limitless amount of combinations. You can even wear a color-tinted top coat alone to create a very lightly colored, sheer nail look.
The colors in OPI's Sheer Tints collection include: I'm Never Amberrassed- yellow, Be Magentale With Me- pink, Don't Violet Me Down- purple and I Can't Teal You Like Me- Blue. Check THIS video out to learn more about how these top coats work and to see examples of each of the colors.


text:
You limited your search to:
Access Rights: Use restricted to UNT Community
Partner: UNT Libraries
Department: College of Education
Attitudes toward Research and Teaching: Differences Between Faculty and Administrators at Three Saudi Arabian Universities
Date: May 2000
Creator: Alsouhibani, Mohammed A.
Description: This study is an investigation of the perceived attitudinal differences between administrators and faculty toward research and teaching at three Saudi Arabian universities, King Saud University (KSU), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), and the Islamic University (IU). The researcher also investigated the effect of several variables, such as rank, university, and academic field on administrators and faculty members' attitudes toward teaching and research. Little Attention has been given to studies that examine the differences between faculty and administrators with regard to their attitudes toward the priorities of teaching and research in Saudi Arabian institutions. Also, little research has been conducted regarding the effects of rank and academic field on faculty attitudes in Saudi Arabian institutions. The author used a mail survey and collected 518 useable responses from a total of 710 questionnaires distributed. Factor analysis, MANCOVA, MANOVA, and ANOVA were the statistical methods employed in data analysis. Five attitudes were identified as a result of factor analysis: (a) attitudes toward teaching; (b) attitudes toward research; (c) mission; (d) promotion; and (e) interest. Results indicated that there was a significant difference between faculty and administrators regarding teaching and resea4rch. Administrators showed stronger attitudes toward teaching than faculty at ...
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Parents' Beliefs and Knowledge Regarding Child Development and Appropriate Early Childhood Classroom Practices
Date: May 2000
Creator: Hughes, Tina M.
Description: The intent of this study was to assess low-income parents knowledge and beliefs regarding child development and appropriate classroom practice and to compare their responses with those obtained from a previous survey of upper-income parents (Grebe, 1998). This study group (N=21) consisted of parents or guardians with children in a federally subsidized child-care center. Results indicated a high level of knowledge regarding developmentally appropriate practice and child development. Overall, there were no significant differences in the knowledge between the two income-levels, however, responses to several questions revealed slight differences in beliefs.
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Virginia Carter Smith: Her Career and Contributions to Advancement in Higher Education
Date: May 2000
Creator: Russell, Kimberly A.
Description: Most research studies of women in the college and university advancement profession measure the number of women in advancement positions, report their corresponding salaries and reflect on the differences between male and female employees in the same position. Little research explores how women achieve high ranking advancement positions and very few provide an analysis of the characteristics, influences and careers of successful female advancement professionals. This dissertation describes the life and work of Virginia Carter Smith, founding editor of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's award winning publication CURRENTS. The career and contributions of Virginia Carter Smith are relevant and helpful to advancement professionals in colleges, universities and K-12 institutions. This study explores Smith's formative years as a child, describes her educational and extra-curricular preparation and identifies individuals who influenced her life and provided direction for her future. It also examines Smith's role in the formation and direction of CASE and CURRENTS. Smith successfully launched CURRENTS in 1975 when few women held senior-level positions in advancement-related fields. With Smith's contributions, CASE became the dominate professional organization for advancement professionals working in educational institutions, and CURRENTS continues to be an exemplary professional development periodical for individuals working in advancement. ...
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Curriculum Analysis in Teacher Preparation Programs at the College of Basic Education in Kuwait
Date: August 2000
Creator: Bufarsan, Fawzi A.
Description: Preparing quality teachers is a continuing issue and concern in discussions about the future of schools in many countries. This study described and compared the stated goals and perceived outcomes of teacher preparation programs at the College of Basic Education (CBE) in Kuwait. This information will assist educational decision makers in Kuwait to align teacher preparation at the CBE and decide what is needed to make the programs more effective. The study assessed the perceptions of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of student teachers, new teachers, and instructors toward the existing program at the CBE in Kuwait. The discussion of teacher preparation in Kuwait was used to set a cultural and historical context. The literature reviewed recommendations from the United States to develop a framework of five common standards for analyzing the teacher preparation curriculum: content knowledge, instruction, diversity, professional development, and field work. In addition, research and evaluation of teacher education programs were reviewed for perceptions of student teachers and new teachers about their preparation and for methodology. Document analysis techniques were used with current documents from four major teacher preparation programs in the CBE. Five standards from U.S. recommendations were also found in the CBE curriculum. However, the analysis ...
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Relationship Between Flow Experience, Flow Dimensions, and the Equivalence of Challenges and Skills in the Web-Based Training Environment
Date: August 2000
Creator: Catino, Robert J.
Description: This study applied components of Csikszentmhalyis flow theory to the Web-based Training (WBT) environment. Specifically considered were how the equivalence of a learners perceived challenges and skills for an activity can effectively predict the emergence of flow in the WBT environment. Also considered was the ability of flow dimensions defined in flow theory to predict and model the occurrence of flow during WBT activities. Over a period of about one hour, students (n=43) from a southwestern US university engaged in WBT learning activities pertaining to on-line coursework or self-study. A special Web-based software installed on the students computers sporadically reminded them to complete a series of on-line questionnaires which collected data on their flow experience, learning activities, and flow dimensions. The data collection method employed by this study is effectively an electronic, Web-enabled version of, and functionally equivalent to, the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) used in other flow studies. This study employed questionnaires used in prior flow studies to collect data regarding respondents flow experiences and flow dimensions, and developed an on-line instrument to collect data on students learning experiences based on instructional events found in computer-based lessons from Gagné. Significant findings (p<.05) from this study suggest that, ...
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Social Skills and Problem Behavior Assessment of General and Special Education Vocational Students
Date: August 2000
Creator: Monahan, Michael
Description: The purpose of this study was to analyze students' specific ITP-related social skills goals, student self-reported social skills, and the relationship between teacher and employer ratings of vocational students social skills and problem behaviors. This study examined (48) vocational students, (24) general education vocational students and (24) special education vocational students in grades nine through twelve. The students' vocational teachers and employers also participated in the study. This represented (144) individual assessment of social skills and problem behaviors utilizing the Social Skills Rating System -Student version (SSRS-S) and the Social Skills Rating System Teachers -version (SSRS-T). The findings indicated no specific social skill goals were deliminated in the students' ITP's. However, the findings did indicate the general education vocational students rated themselves higher, on average, on the empathy subscale than did the special education students. The analysis of data comparing standardized social skill scores, social skill subscale scores, standardized problem behavior scores, and standardized problem behavior subscale scores between teachers and employers for general and special education vocational students indicated employers rated special education students higher on the cooperation subscale only. No other differences were found.
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Juvenile Justice Sentencing: Are There Alternatives?
Date: December 2000
Creator: Youngblood, Michelle K.
Description: Research indicates that states have implemented juvenile justice reforms to enact harsher punishments, to transfer greater numbers and younger juvenile offenders to adult criminal court, and to restrict discretion of the juvenile court judges. Social science studies have found that harsher punishments, transfers to adult criminal court and other measures do not work, but that comprehensive approaches which address the numerous major factors contributing to juvenile offending have been successful. This study examined the legal status of the juvenile justice system by focusing upon ten diverse sample states and analyzed the social science research on factors contributing to juvenile offending and on prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation approaches. The study was accomplished by legal research, qualitative social science research, and analysis of both. Findings indicated: a) state statutes require and allow adult punishment of juvenile offenders, transfer of juvenile offenders to adult criminal court, and direct filing of charges against juveniles in adult criminal court; most states begin these proceedings at age 14, some have no age minimum; b) social science research indicates numerous factors contribute to juvenile offending with most of the factors categorized into the major factors of early antisocial behavior, deviant peers, parents and family, sociomoral reasoning, biological ...
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
The Effect of Faculty Development on Active Learning in the College Classroom
Date: May 2001
Creator: Evans, Cindy
Description: This study examined the effect of active learning seminars and a mentoring program on the use of active learning teaching techniques by college faculty. A quasi-experimental study was conducted using convenience samples of faculty from two private Christian supported institutions. Data for the study were collected from surveys and faculty course evaluations. The study lasted one semester. Faculty volunteers from one institution served as the experimental group and faculty volunteers from the second institution were the comparison group. The experimental group attended approximately eight hours of active learning seminars and also participated in a one-semester mentoring program designed to assist faculty in application of active learning techniques. Several individuals conducted the active learning seminars. Dr. Charles Bonwell, a noted authority on active learning, conducted the first three-hour seminar. Seven faculty who had successfully used active learning in their classrooms were selected to conduct the remaining seminars. The faculty-mentoring program was supervised by the researcher and conducted by department chairs. Data were collected from three surveys and faculty course evaluations. The three surveys were the Faculty Active Learning Survey created by the researcher, the Teaching Goals Inventory created by Angelo and Cross, and the college edition of Learner-Centered Practices by Barbara ...
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Burnout Among Student Affairs Professionals at Metropolitan Universities
Date: August 2001
Creator: Murphy, Lynda
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the level of burnout among student affairs professionals at the 52 U.S. member institutions of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities. Packets containing the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the Moos Work Environment Scale (WES), and a demographic survey were mailed to 371 senior student affairs administrators at the member institutions, with a completed response rate of 58.22%. The senior student affairs administrators surveyed included the chief student affairs officers and the professional staff who reported to them. The research design employed t-tests, analyses of variance, and Pearson's Product Moment correlations. The scores obtained from the MBI and WES subscales were compared overall and along 9 independent variablestitle of position, size of institution, appointment, salary, years in current position, years in profession, age, gender, and highest degree attained. Average levels of burnout were found on each of the MBI subscores. Contrary to earlier studies, women did not suffer from statistically significant higher levels of burnout than men, and burnout levels decreased with age and years in the profession for both sexes. Lower scores on the MBI depersonalization subscale were found in employees in mid-career and in professionals from smaller schools. Emotional exhaustion ...
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
A Comparison of Five Robust Regression Methods with Ordinary Least Squares: Relative Efficiency, Bias and Test of the Null Hypothesis
Date: August 2001
Creator: Anderson, Cynthia, 1962-
Description: A Monte Carlo simulation was used to generate data for a comparison of five robust regression estimation methods with ordinary least squares (OLS) under 36 different outlier data configurations. Two of the robust estimators, Least Absolute Value (LAV) estimation and MM estimation, are commercially available. Three authormodified variations on MM were also included (MM1, MM2, and MM3). Design parameters that were varied include sample size (n=60 and n=180), number of independent predictor variables (2, 3 and 6), outlier density (0%, 5% and 15%) and outlier location (2x,2y s, 8x8y s, 4x,8y s and 8x,4y s). Criteria on which the regression methods were measured are relative efficiency, bias and a test of the null hypothesis. Results indicated that MM2 was the best performing robust estimator on relative efficiency. The best performing estimator on bias was MM1. The best performing regression method on the test of the null hypothesis was MM2. Overall, the MM-type robust regression methods outperformed OLS and LAV on relative efficiency, bias, and the test of the null hypothesis.
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries


text:
I bought an Epiphone Masterbilt DR-500MCE not even a week ago, and already one of my strings broke. That wasn't a terrible surprise as I wanted to replace the strings anyway, but I wasn't happy when…Continue
Tags: DR-500MCE, Masterbilt, Breaking, Epiphone, Strings
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jon Lloyd Sep 6, 2012.
I've been playing for a few years, and I've almost exclusively used light (.12) strings, but lately I've been experimenting with lower tunings. My strings seem to go out of tune rather easily, but…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael T. Swisher Jul 12, 2012.
© 2016 Created by Acoustic Guitar. Powered by


text:
Universal Fit
Ultimate Ears 200vi Noise-Isolating Headset, Grey
"Introduction - I found these at Wal-Mart (surprisingly), and they were selling for 20 bucks, so i could not turn them down. Design & Build - The design of these earphones are a bit plain. The earpieces have this two-tone, color of matte black and gloss gray. The cable feels very soft and pretty thick. It is not overly thick, and it does not feel cheap to me. The ear tip design is..." --zach8278
Unique Melody SE530x6
" If you are a fan of the Shure sound and have a broken pair of Shure SE530, or would like to try custom IEM but stay with a familiar sound signature and not spend 1000$ right away, the SE530x6 is the way to go. I am having a hard time finding anything wrong with them as I do not have better customs, but they challenge the best headphones I have (ATH ES10). These IEMs are quite easy to drive,..." --Mimouille
Ultimate Ears 985-000359 Logitech 350vm Noise Isolating Headset - Grey
Ultimate Ears 350vm Noise-Isolating Earphones, Grey


text:
Tufa Girl submits
Score (list provide by Tufa Girl, my comments are in red)
- Cute mill-style birdhouse appropriate since they live near a stream. (cute but functional): 0 points
- 3 feeders one with a glass thingy (maybe it glows in the dark!) (all this claiming of glowing but never any proof): 1 point
- one that looks like a air-dried jellyfish: creepy and so disturbing: 1 point
- Seahorse birdbath (kitsch factor and lovely): 3 points
Creativity Bonus
I have a well document weakness for seahorse birdbaths but I detest tree jellyfish. You are walking around all unaware, you bump into one and then someone has to pee on you... I hate that: 2 points
Total: 7 points
and out of the trees


text:
by Jerome du Bois
There's an amazing sculpture up now at the Heard Museum, part of a new show called La Realidad, by some artist with a forgettable name. Anyway, the sculpture:
It's a 20-foot statue, made of papier-mache, of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Although she's fully clothed, it's obvious she's visited a breast man in BevHills. The traditional needles of light have been replaced by syringes, like the Acid Queen from Tommy, and, like Her, she bears a look of wide-eyed fanaticism. Most tellingly, she is lifting her right leg and foot to send a bunch of little brown Indians flying northward to the USA. Inscribed on the base: Andale! Andale! Reconquista!
Heck. You don't believe me. And you're right not to. Who could get something so un-PC past some piss-elegant committee at the Heard? But if you're American citizen (born here) Hector Ruiz, who loathes the USA, you may do stuff like this:
Like the King Kong blonde, who clutches a tiny, hapless businessman in her manicured hands. Misogyny? Nah, because no one in this tableau comes off as noble. Not the lasso-wielding Dubya-esque cowboy straddling the airplane piloted by Jesus. Nor the Stetson-hatted Hoss who sits behind him, clutching a missile as if it were a spear. Not even the Statue of Liberty gets off Ruiz's hook. In his version, Lady Liberty's foot is raised as if she's about to kick the shit out of the huddled masses yearning to be free.
He's not just a typical clichéd leftist artist. He's a whiner, too.
"America is so appealing to the rest of the world," Ruiz says . . . But the things that are appealing are so in your face, so harsh."
Awww. Somebody got in his little sensitive face. Somebody was harsh to him. Maybe more than one person. Maybe --we need to hear this-- maybe more than once! Horrors! And this:
Ruiz, 34, says his take on his native land comes from spending two years abroad and experiencing a sort of reverse culture shock when he returned home. He says he could suddenly see Americans the way the rest of the world sees us. "There's this arrogant American [persona] that comes across as stubborn and unbending," says Ruiz.
I've been asking myself which countries this guy travelled to. Australia? I doubt it. Too brash, stubborn, unbending, and in-your-face. Israel? No, for the same reasons. Maybe England, where it's illegal to defend yourself against muggers and burglars. They bend over good there. Same with most of Western Europe. Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands . . . nothing harsh there except the muffled cries of the dhimmis being strangled by Islam. He probably didn't notice, or didn't care, if he had been anywhere there.
I don't give a rat's patootie which country or countries he has or hasn't been to. He has his head up his own ass if he prefers any other country to this one, which raised and educated his parents, his siblings, and himself without so much as asking for a thank you. It's part of what the country does for its citizens. And all it asks is an acknowledgement of the mutual achievement between the citizen and the rule of law, the giant invisible structure which makes this whole sonofabitch's life possible. (God! People!)
And I guarantee you that the United States of America has never harmed this man. Tell me I'm wrong, pendejo. But don't thank Liberty, Hector, and all the men and women who stood on a wall for you and yours. Instead, make fun of Her, belittle Her, as you probably do to the real women in your life. (If the misogyny fits . . .) Other so-called artists have done worse. You couldn't possible think that you are original in those images above. It's idiotarian boilerplate, and it's getting soooo old.
Catherine just reminded me that this ungrateful man --and Mark Newport, from the previous post-- are the same age that my father was --34-- when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, about twenty miles from where he lived with his new bride and infant daughter. To protect them, and the country, he went away to fight, and fought as a hero. A real one. He kicked ass all over the Pacific Theater. He prevailed, came home, and started his life over.
So what the fuck are you wankers whining about?
You know, when you get a life, a real life, when you do something besides papier-mache --isn't that so fourth grade, Hectorette?-- when you can make art that takes on Reality, one-on-one, not your made-up MoveOn mash-up Spanglish fantasy-- until then you're just part of the problem, mucking about in the rebarb.
By the way, did you visit Mexico, Hectoroonio? They just published these stamps about Memin Pinguin (HT:Malkin), who makes L'il Black Sambo look like Louis Farrakhan. Why not, this first Friday --yeah, I know it's short notice-- why don't you feature this series in the half-gallery-space you usually devote to Minority Artists?
By the way twice, I'm descended from French Protestants who came here in 1650. I'm pretty sure I qualify as a member of a minority. But somehow, I doubt you'd turn over half your oozy brown gallery to me.
LIke I'd take anything from you, Hector Ruiz.Posted by Jerome at June 30, 2005 06:30 PM | TrackBack


text:
We just got back from an ASUS motherboard technology seminar in Taipei today where we were introduced to its upcoming range of next-gen Intel motherboards.
Right at the end of the presentation, ASUS announced that it will be offering a full game bundle of Battlefield 3 with its upcoming next-gen Rampage IV Extreme ROG motherboard.
ASUS were not prepared to release any details on pricing at this stage, but they did mention that you would save a lot of money by selecting the bundle version. ASUS will also offer normal versions of the motherboard without BF3 bundled.
The BF3 ROG bundle will begin selling at the same time as the rest of the ASUS next-gen Intel boards begin shipping, which shouldn't be too far in the future.


text:
What is the eGFR?
Can the GFR be measured directly?
Why not just use the s-creatinine or s-urea?
The relationship between s-creatinine and GFR is not linear. Thus, large changes in renal function are reflected by small changes in s-creatinine. In fact, s-creatinine will detect changes in renal function only after the GFR has declined by 50%. In addition, because s-creatinine is influenced by age and muscle mass, a set of at least 10 separate reference intervals would be required to accurately define normal adult function.
Why report the eGFR?
When should an eGFR be requested?
What is a normal eGFR?
What is an abnormal eGFR and what do I do with a patient who has one?
Is the eGFR the same in different laboratories?
Are there factors that can cause false eGFR results?
Yes; there are
some general and specific limitations, as follows:
General Limitations (calculation not necessarily valid)
Increase in serum creatinine (decreased eGFR)
Decrease in serum creatinine (increased eGFR)
effect (though effect previously reported)


text:
I've always pointed out that I trust experts in the energy debates and shale in particular. Not being one myself, I go for majority opinion and generally don't believe in outliers.
I'm saying that by way of apology/explanantion for my recent elusiveness. Ever since my return to London early last week, I've been sicker than I have been in years, and I've had some drastic medical experiences as a control. That doesn't stop me going sleepless for a week in Texas and Pennsylvania, finished off by having a drink or dozen with the shameless old hippies I went to high school with in New York. Whether that, or a simple chest infection has made me ill, the result has been for most of the past week here has been horizontal, wondering "When are the drugs going to kick in?" I've done real good with the NHS in my time and I don't second guess doctors of all people. However the doctors only just noticed that the drugs I've been on have been contra indicated by the usual collection of pills that rattle around in me. Result, back to square one for me, and patience dear readers for you.
I'll spend the next few days separating recent information from delirium and expect full service to resume very shortly. Let this warn you: they say read the label for a reason.
Or did I actually get sick from drinking the water in Dimock PA? Some are hoping I'm sure.


text:
Permanent URL to this publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.5167/uzh-19391
Trachsler, J; Glück, Z; Dickenmann, M; Gauthier, T; Brünisholz, M; Martin, P Y; Brunier, M; Wahl, C; Wüthrich, R P (2009). Parameters for successful monthly extended dosing of darbepoetin-a in patients under going hemodialysis. Clinical Nephrology, 71:697-702.
- Registered users only
Aim: To document the feasibility and report the results of dosing darbepoetin-a at extended intervals up to once
monthly (QM) in a large dialysis patient population. Material: 175 adult pa tients treated, at 23 Swiss hemodialysis centres, with stable doses of any erythropoiesis-stimulating agent who were switched by their physicians to darbepoetin-a treatment at prolonged dosing
intervals (every 2 weeks [Q2W] or QM).
Method: Multicentre, prospective, observational study.
Patients' hemoglobin (Hb) levels and other data were recorded 1 month before conversion (base line) to an extended darbepoetin-a dosing interval, at the time of conversion, and once monthly there after up to the
evaluation point (maximum of 12 months or until loss to follow-up).
Results: Data for 161 evaluable patients from 23 sites were included in the final analysis. At 1 month prior
to conversion, 73% of these patients were receiving darbepoetin-a weekly (QW) and 27% of the patients biweekly (Q2W). After a mean follow-up of 9.5 months, 34% received
a monthly (QM) dosing regimen, 52% of the patients were receiving darbepoetin-a Q2W, and 14% QW. The mean (SD) Hb concentration at base line was 12.3 ± 1.2 g/dl, compared
to 11.9 ± 1.2 g/dl at the evaluation point. The
corresponding mean weekly darbepoetin-a dose was 44.3 ± 33.4 μg at baseline and 37.7 ± 30.8 μg at the evaluation point.
Conclusions: Conversion to extended darbepoetin-a dosing intervals of up to QM, with maintenance of initial Hb concentrations, was successful for the majority of stable dialysis patients.
4 citations in Web of Science®
4 citations in Scopus®
Google Scholar™
1 download since deposited on 22 Jun 2009
0 downloads since 12 months
Detailed statistics
Additional indexing
|Item Type:
|Journal Article, refereed, original work
|Communities & Collections:
|04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Nephrology
|Dewey Decimal Classification:
|610 Medicine & health
|Deposited On:
|22 Jun 2009 15:13
|Last Modified:
|05 Apr 2016 13:16
|Dustri-Verlag Dr Karl Feistle
|PubMed ID:
Users (please log in): suggest update or correction for this item
Repository Staff Only: item control page


text:
McDonald's Helps Starbucks; Bon Appetit Supper Club Coming Soon
Plus: no more free rides to the Ikea Cafe, and a source for masa, all in our morning news roundup.
• Starbucks partly credits McDonald's for it's recent bump in sales, saying that the new McCafé brand brought more attention to the general coffee category. [Ad Age]
• This year's Bon Appetit Supper Club will open earlier than usual and feature Jose Andres and Rick Bayless. [The Life Vicarious]
• No more free rides on the Ikea water taxi to eat at the café. The store will start charging all passengers who don't pony up at least $10's worth of receipts. [Brooklyn Eagle]
• Queens' Tortelleria Nixtamal is New York's only source for masa. [NYT]
• Bronx Flavor, a Bronx food show, is shaping up to be a minor hit for its public-access station. [NYT]
• Now that the New York State ban on growing black currants has lifted, the tart berries are popping up at farmers' markets and restaurants like Dressler. [NYT]
• A new Jews for Jesus pamphlet makes prominent use of Food Network personalities. [Fork in the Road/VV]
• Kirsten Gillibrand introduced a senate bill that would ban trans fats from school lunches nationwide. [Crain's]
• Dumbo residents who liked the hidden exclusivity of Dumbo General Store are bummed that the restaurant has put up a sign. [Brooklyn Paper]
• Contrary to appearances, Park Slope's Grecian Corner is closed just for renovation, not closed forever. [Brooklyn Paper]


text:
Support Stanton Fink on Patreon!Journal Entry: Sun Oct 11, 2015, 7:04 PM
Support me on Patreon!
In the MeanwhileJournal Entry: Sun Sep 27, 2015, 7:59 PM
While I figure out what to do for commissions next month, I'm going to post the themes for each day of Inktober now.
1) Pumpkin Monster
2) Watermelon Vampire
3) Dinosaur Ghost
4) Virus Monster
5) Witches
6) Mask Monsters
7) Sarcophagus Monsters
8) Vampire Sphinx
9) Werelion
10) Terrorbirds
11) Undead Fish
12) Candy Monster
13) Scary Tree
14) Fungus Demon
15) Spider Monster
16) Satan eurystomus
17) Scary Trilobite
18) Frankenlizard
19) Alien Monster
20) Mutant Fish
21) Werehyena
22) Oni
23) Tiger-Rat Chimera
24) Bat Monster
25) Werewolf
26) Ayakashi
27) Nucklavee
28) Owls
29) Scarlet Emperor
30) Evil Sorcerer
31) Evil Cat
Tell me what you think of this list.
MeanwhileJournal Entry: Fri Sep 18, 2015, 9:32 PM
Of those who read my journal, do you think it would be a good idea for me to have a commission-themed Inktober, or would that be yet another one of my stupid pipe dreams?
Thank YouJournal Entry: Tue Dec 23, 2014, 8:31 AM
Thank you to the anonymous donor who extended my membership. It's extremely appreciated.
That Was a Bust, As UsualJournal Entry: Mon Dec 22, 2014, 12:04 PM
Why am I so stupid as to think people would be willing to pay for my crappy art? I should have my head examined.
A Year OlderJournal Entry: Sat Jun 14, 2014, 2:43 PM
So much has changed for me in this past year.
Ground Rules AddendumJournal Entry: Mon Feb 24, 2014, 12:41 PM
I don't block people for being clueless. I do, however, block people who are ornery in their cluelessness, or who make it clear to me that they're not interested in picking up the clues and hints and explanations I give them.
Some Ground RulesJournal Entry: Sun Jan 5, 2014, 9:42 AM
I don't block people nor hide their comments for asking forbidden questions, I don't even block people for being Creationists or adherents of Kosher or Halal. I do, however, block people and hide their comments for being rude and or petulant assholes.
If someone wants to know something from me, all they need to do is to follow the sacred magic ritual George Lucas laid down for the various writers writing in the Star Wars extended Universe: "ask in a nice and or polite way, using the holy words 'please' and 'thank you.'"
Happy New Years From OregonJournal Entry: Wed Jan 1, 2014, 9:34 PM
Among other things, I resolve to be more ambitious this year.
See You AroundJournal Entry: Tue Sep 3, 2013, 10:54 PM
This is my last journal entry from California. See you guys later.
Because Life is ExpensiveJournal Entry: Sat Mar 30, 2013, 10:03 PM
Especially when you need to pay for another try at taking the State Acupuncture Board Test...
So, I had an idea this afternoon, where I would offer "sketchbook commission," in that I would have a potential customer go through my collection of lineart, and select 40 or so pieces, which I would then compile together and print as a personalized sketchbook.
So, what do you guys think? Feasible at 30 dollars per book?
Happy Easter, I ThinkJournal Entry: Sat Mar 23, 2013, 6:34 PM
Actually, yes, this is one of several reasons why I'm uncomfortable eating chocolate bunnies.
Back in Saint Olaf'sJournal Entry: Tue Mar 12, 2013, 7:43 PM
All creatures must learn to coexist! Back where I come from, they do. That's why the brown bear and the field mouse can share their lives and live in harmony! 'Course they can't mate, or the mice will explode.
-Rose Nylund
Merry ChristmasJournal Entry: Tue Dec 25, 2012, 6:01 PM
A little something from Judy Garland
UpdateJournal Entry: Sun Dec 2, 2012, 8:45 AM
Tlaquanaru will go live this Tuesday at the Alphadog Studios homepage
Happy Thanksgiving!Journal Entry: Thu Nov 22, 2012, 10:52 AM
I hope all of my American deviant friends and watchers are having a good Thanksgiving.
The first page of Tlaquanaru will be up the first Wednsday of December if all goes as planned.
Happy Halloween!Journal Entry: Wed Oct 31, 2012, 9:49 PM
I hope those of my friends, watchers and watched on the East Coast are safe after Hurricane Sandy's passing.
I haven't updated much this month, as I've been working on my webcomics, which will eventually be posted on Alphadog Studios' homepage within November...
Expect some promotional art later this week.
Wish Me LuckJournal Entry: Wed Sep 26, 2012, 8:37 PM
I will be at Mid-Ohio Wizardcon, Columbus, this weekend with the rest of my studio mates at Alphadog. If you're in the neighborhood, stop by and say hi.
Phyllis Diller Passed AwayJournal Entry: Mon Aug 20, 2012, 6:57 PM
Phyllis Diller passed away today at age 95.
Here's a tribute to her www.youtube.com/watch?v=slcYxZ…
Ray Harryhausen's BirthdayJournal Entry: Fri Jun 29, 2012, 7:46 AM
So, apparently today is the birthday of special effects pioneer, Ray Harryhausen.
Go watch the original "Clash of the Titans"
Also, a critter that was named in his honor


text:
Bosley Defense Thickening Treatment for Normal to Fine, Color-treated Hair
Bosley Defense Thickening Treatment volumizes and thickens normal to fine hair. LifeXtend complex contains Algae Extract which helps reduce the action of D.H.T., a primary cause of thinning hair and hair loss. Biotinyl-GHK helps protect and repair hair follicles. Apple Stem Cell Extract may support healthy hair function. Rice Amino Acids and Vegetable Protein helps fortify and nourish roots. Kelp Extract helps protect from photo-aging, frequent washing and damage due to brushing. ColorKeeper helps extend color.
Guaranteed AuthenticGuaranteed Authentic
Folica is an authorized distributer of this product and guarantees its authenticity.Close
- Volumizes and thickens normal to fine hair
- Helps reduce the action of D.H.T.
- Fortifies and nourishes roots
- Protects against daily environmental and styling damage
- Protects and repairs follicles
- Protects color-treated hair
Apply evenly to scalp and hair. Do not rinse. May cause temporary redness.
Warning: For external use only. When using, keep out of eyes. Rinse with water to remove. Stop use and ask a doctor if rash or irritation develops and lasts. Keep out of reach of children.
Water/Aqua/EAU, Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Cocamidopropylamine Oxide, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Menthol, Acrylates/Vinyl Neodecanoate, Crosspolymer, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Dimethicone Propyl PG-Betaine, Panthenol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Myristoyl Pentapeptide-17, Soy Amino Acids, Plankton Extract, Serenoa Serrulata Fruit Extract, Fragrance (Parfum), Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, BHT, Sodium Benzoate, Glycerin, Hexyl Cinnamal, Tris (Tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol) Citrate, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Blue 1 (CI 42090), Red 33 (CI 17200)


text: Larkfield House Bed & Breakfast Quick Specs View Large Interactive Map Address BallycasheenKillarney, Ireland Web http://www.larkfieldhouse.com Phone + 353 64-663-4438 Fax Toll-free Email OverviewMeeting Specs Description Larkfield House Bed & Breakfast Meeting Rooms & Events Hoteliers! Is your listing up to date? With over 130,000 hotels in our database, no other source compares to our depth of information. Click here to review and be sure the travel professional knows your hotel's latest details.


text:
March 13, 2013
LAS VEGAS - The Northern Illinois women's golf team continues its spring break trip in the desert when the Huskies travel to Las Vegas, Nev. to compete in the Lady Bison Spring Classic Thursday at Paiute Golf Club.
"The last tournament was a great tournament, but we know it's a new tournament and anything can happen," said NIU head coach Kim Kester. "We had a good practice yesterday. The thing with this course we're at now is it's a little breezy. As long as we keep the ball in play, we'll be alright."
NIU will be part of a 12-team field, including in-state rivals Western Illinois and Southern Illinois. In addition to host Bucknell and the three Illinois schools, Boise State, Creighton, Idaho State, North Dakota, Old Dominion, Radford, Villanova and Youngstown State.
Northern Illinois looks to build its strong performance in the Rio Verde Invitational where the Huskies posted a 618, including a season-low 307 in the first round. Jenny Niemiec (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East) and Allie Parthie (Marinette, Wis./Marinette) paced NIU finishing 22nd after shooting a 152.
Niemiec fired a career-low 75 in the final round to climb 13 spots in the final round of play. Casey LaBarbera (Marinette, Wis./Marinette) posted her career low, shooting a 78 in the final round of play to finish the tournament with a 162 and a 78th place finish.
"I just want to see consistency," Kester said of Niemiec. "I think she's now realizing she can compete at a high level. She's always known she can compete, but she's playing more shots than she's ever played before. It's a whole new game for her."
NIU will tee off at 12:30 PM (CT) on Thursday for its first 18 holes. Final round action will take place Friday and will consist of 18 holes.


text:
It is illegal in the United States to buy a human organ but it seems that some people know how to cut in line to get one quicker as was in the news about Steve Jobs getting his liver transplant in 2009 and Mickey Mantle's liver transplant in 1995.
There have been bioethical debates on how people should be selected to be recipients. Using liver transplants as an example, there are 127 liver transplant centers in the U.S. to which a needy patient's doctor will refer them. There they are evaluated, scored based on illness severity and added to the waiting list if considered a candidate. The center list feeds into the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) national database, a nonprofit that contracts with the federal government. UNOS works with 58 organ procurement organizations (OPOs) who coordinate distribution in their region. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) manages U.S. transplant policy.
When a liver becomes available, the OPO looks for a local match based on things like blood type, severity score and time on the waiting list. Neighboring regions are searched if a local match is not found. Since some regions have as many as 15 times more people on their list, patients in smaller OPOs are more apt to get a liver. The national average for a wait is a little over a year but in some it can be over three years.
UNOS does transplant center audits periodically to ascertain that preferential treatment is not happening. However, there are several ways wealth enters into the equation:
- A liver transplant costs about $519,600 which excludes about a third of Americans because they do not have enough insurance or any insurance to cover that. About five percent of liver transplants are paid for out of pocket.
- UNOS requires that transplant center tell candidates they can be evaluated to get on the list of more than one center or transfer their care to a different center without losing their time on the waiting list, but to do that people must be able to afford flying around the U.S. to be evaluated. In the case of Jobs, Apple CEO and billionaire, due to heavy competition in his home state of California, he got on a second list in Memphis, rose to the top of the list quickly and could afford to fly on his private jet to Memphis for the transplant.
- Some insurance companies will not cover these multiple evaluations and at least one company only covers the transplant center it owns.
- Since being able to afford the transplant is a condition of being evaluated at a center, the preapproved rich can afford to shop the centers to find the one where they have the best chance of getting a liver.
- The committees who decide if the patient gets on a center's waiting list has full access to financial as well as medical history. In countries with national health-care like Switzerland, finances is not such a priority in organ access.
- Some physicians of the wealthy may put their patients on the waiting lists before the condition is that severe just to get their place in line early.
- One teen was turned down for a heart transplant because he had bad grades and been in trouble with the law. The reported concern was that he would not take his meds or come for follow-ups.
Age can be a factor in that recipients under 18 are preferred, making up 16 percent of heart transplants in 2011. But about 12 percent of heart transplants in 2008 went to those over 65 since heart size can mean a child will not be a good fit. Medicare costs were about a million dollars per transplant. A national law that required children under 12 to wait for a pediatric organ resulted in lawsuits by parents wanting their children to be placed on adult lists too in an effort to save their lives. OPTN has opted to allow for case-by-case review.
Not having a job can be a help as in the case of Jim Holahan who in his fifties got a liver transplant in 2012 at Duke University Hospital in N.C. He had no job but had disability payments of $48,000 tax-free yearly and Medicare, could move to N.C., and only had to wait one week on a list.
Some people think social worth should be considered. Some examples are parents with several young children getting preference over single people, an older research scientist prioritized over a high school drop out, and heavy drinkers who damaged their liver possibly even being ineligible for a transplant. Livers are in very short supply with about one-third of the 16,000 people on the liver wait list becoming recipients in a year.
The UNOS board of directors is looking at ways of improving the system, particularly with kidneys where it was proposed that 20 percent of the best kidneys would go to 20 percent of the healthiest patients. The other 80 percent would be based on age and donor and recipient could be no more than 15 years apart. View the details of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2013 OPTN proposals. In November 2013, the OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors approved substantial revisions of the national kidney allocation system policies. Read the February 2014 OPTN Transplant Evaluation Plan.


text:
Blue Sky Velo Cup
Blue Sky Velo Cup
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 ... (yes, Holloween!)
Xilinx Campus Longmont, CO
Hosted by Blue Sky Velo
* Day 1 of the Colorado UCI Cyclocross racing
UCI Cat 2 Event • ACA/BCR/BCT
* Part of the The North American Cyclocross Trophy(NACT) Series
* Registration: coming soon .....
* Race Flyer coming soon .....
* View course map ... coming soon
* View info for Day 2 of the Colorado UCI Cyclocross Weekend (Sunday) by DBC Events Boulder Cup Cyclocross
Pre-Registration: $40.
Register online at BikeReg.com by Thursday, October 29th at 10PM MST. Number Pickup: Friday, October 30th 5p-9p at the Xilinx Retreat building located at 3100 Logic Drive in Longmont. No mail-in registration.
Race Day Registration: $50 ($10 late fee).
Onsite at the Xilinx Retreat building. Onsite registra- tion opens at 7:00am and closes 30 minutes before start time.
Brand new spectator-friendly course on the legendary Xilinx campus. Includes sand, run-up, and double-sided pit. Neutral pit. The Blue Sky Velo Cup opens up a weekend of top level racing on Halloween in Longmont, just a few miles from Boulder. The Blue Sky Velo Cup was the highest attended cyclocross race in Colorado in 2008 with close to 600 racers. Saturday's race at the Xilinx campus is a Colorado favorite and host of past national level racing and the Colorado state championships. The course is physically, technically, and mentally demanding and who knows what ghosts and goblins will be lurking around.
UCI/USAC: The Elite Men, Elite Women, U23 Men must have a current UCI recognized license. (not 2009).
ACA: An ACA license required for all other categories
Your UCI/USAC/ACA racing age is your age as of December 31st, 2010
UCI rules apply for UCI catego- ries and ACA rules apply for ACA categories. All racers must present the appropriate license (UCI or ACA) at registration. A accident waiver must be signed by all racers or parent/guardian for anyone 18 or under. Call-ups are 10 minutes before start. Races will not be re-scheduled if there is bad weather. Field Limit: 100 for each category
From Denver/Boulder: US-36 W toward Boulder. Exit onto CO-157 N/Foothills Pkwy. Continue on CO-119 N. Left onto Fordham St.
From Fort Collins: I-25 South, Exit 240, Right onto CO-119 (Ken Pratt Blvd), Follow through town onto Diagonal Hwy, Right onto Fordham St.


text: Methods of analyzing the relationship between new business formation and regional development Volume 6 Jena Economic Research Papers 2012-11-26 2012 2007 2012-064 Entrepreneurship new business formation employment regional development The paper reviews the approaches that have been followed for analyzing the effect of new business formation on regional development. It begins with an outline of how start-ups may affect regional development. In dealing with different ways of empirically assessing these effects, I particularly stress the importance of indirect effects and of accounting for sufficiently long time lags. Finally, I discuss the issue of causality as well as avenues for further research about this important topic. jportal_jpjournal_00000016 2012-11-26T08:28:43.711Z 2012-11-26T08:28:22.995Z


text:
Latest update : 2013-09-24
A daily update on the latest business and economic news. Live on weekdays at 8.15 am Paris time.
2016-06-30 François Hollande
Hollande pledges tax cuts ahead of France's 2017 elections
The French president has pledged to implement a tax cut of up to €2 billion in the next year to help middle-class households. François Hollande told the Les Echos newspaper that...
2016-06-29 Brexit
Vodafone warns it could move HQ out of UK
In the wake of the Brexit vote, the telecoms group Vodafone has said it can't make a long-term decision about where it will locate its headquarters, which are currently in...
2016-06-28 Brexit
$3 trillion wiped off global markets since Brexit
Three trillion dollars have been wiped off the value of global shares in two days of trading since the UK voted to leave the EU last week. Stock markets have slumped on the news,...
2016-06-27 economy
Osborne: UK public finances will need adjustment after Brexit
The British finance minister says the UK's public finances will need an adjustment after the vote to leave the European Union, but that the details will be decided by the next...
2016-06-24 Brexit
Markets, pound plunge on Brexit vote
The UK's vote to leave the European Union had an immediate effect on the markets, with the pound sterling dropping to its lowest level in 30 years. Jane Foley, Senior Currency...