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How's your stock of bat's blood and graveyard dirt? Got enough cowrie shells to whip up a hex or two? Never mind because 7Horse has already cast the spell for you with their forthcoming album "Songs for a Voodoo Wedding." Full of stripped-down cosmic country-tinged blues rock, the new record was inspired by a fixation on classic country music as made by men named Cash, Haggard and Jennings, a fondness for the funky musical stew of New Orleans and, you guessed it, an actual voodoo wedding.
Formerly of the band Dada, they of a successful 20-year career and hit single "Dizz Knee Land," Joie Calio and Phil Leavitt have left their past behind to gallop on as 7Horse and so far the duo's backing a winner. First album "Let the 7Horse Run" produced the hit "Meth Lab Zoso Sticker," thanks in part to the song being featured in the Martin Scorsese film "The Wolf of Wall Street." Sophomore effort "Songs for a Voodoo Wedding" packs a powerful whammy too with enchantments like the "Exile on Main Street"-inspired "Carousel Bar," the otherworldly blues of "Before the Flood," the airport paranoia of single "Flying High (With No ID)" and the self-explanatory single "A Friend in Weed."
Leavitt called from Los Angeles to answer a few questions about the musical witchery of 7Horse's "Songs for a Voodoo Wedding" in advance of the album's June 10 release date.
You and Joie have stated that 7Horse is about burying your musical past. Is that basically a way to say you're finished with Dada?
It's about moving away from that. Even if you officially end something there's always a chance you're going to come back. But having said that, we're looking to do something completely new and kind of put the past behind us. A lot of people want to talk about stuff you did a while ago; they don't want you to move on. For us we have to put that in the rear view mirror and move into a new phase in order to keep on being creative and to keep doing something fresh. Neither one of us wants to get trapped into resurrecting something from 20-years-ago as our only musical outlet. That really isn't why we do this. We made it a point to not even mention Dada in our new bio.
Tell me about the voodoo wedding ceremony that you attended and how it inspired "Songs for a Voodoo Wedding."
A couple of friends of mine got married in Mexico and their marriage license was in Spanish and there was some question about whether or not that marriage license was actually legit. So they decided to get remarried in New Orleans and they booked this voodoo wedding ceremony at the home of a voodoo priestess. She had this room that had all kinds of paraphernalia in it; altars where you'd offer up certain offerings to these gods, and we had a live snake that was part of it. It was a real, traditional I guess, voodoo wedding ceremony. She happened to have a drum there and I ended up playing the drum during the ceremony; usually there's music involved. The couple get their hands bound together and they're presented little idols and the snake is wrapped around their necks; it's all about binding their souls together. It's not all super serious; you're having fun with it. We spent several additional days hanging out in New Orleans and I just got inspired down there. It's very easy to do. I heard some great musicians down there and I was inspired by the whole celebration of life and the ability to sort of embrace the dark side a little bit; I like to write about that. It was just a great trip and I took some things out of there and it just seemed natural to call the record "Songs for a Voodoo Wedding."
You busted up your nose pretty good during the album's recording sessions. What happened?
We had recorded a track that is actually not on the record but there was something about it that wasn't making us totally happy. We couldn't figure it out. I was sleeping on the floor of the performance room and Joie was in the other room on the couch. This studio is in a town called Forestville up in Northern California and it's not really a live-in studio but when we go up there we just camp out there. So I'll bring an air mattress and I'm sleeping on the floor. Sometimes it's hard to turn your brain off; I went to bed at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning but that song was really bugging me. It dawned on me that maybe it was that the lyric needed to be tweaked. Knowing that the lyric sheet was in the control room, I got up and tore to the control room and forgot that I had closed the glass door. I walked just dead into it, flush. Right into it. What a shock! To be half asleep and run into that thing. It's like hitting a brick wall; it's soundproof glass two inches thick. The blood was copious and it turned out my nose was fractured. I found that out when I got back to Los Angeles. We made a change to the lyric but we still didn't use the track.
On "Before the Flood" you sound positively scary. Do you have to be in a certain mood to sing with such an ominous tone?
You know when I'm working on a track all day long, by the time I get to the vocal it's kind of easy. When you're living in that vibe, you've been creating that vibe for 10-hours, you're definitely in there with it. There's definitely a mood but I've already been thinking for hours and hours about what the song is supposed to sound like. It comes pretty naturally.
"A Friend in Weed" is a countrified ode to marijuana that you wrote on the way to a performance at a festival in Weed, California. Tell me about that.
We were rolling down the highway. We'd been to Weed one time before; there's a recording studio there with a great engineer. Weed is named after this guy Abner Weed, one of the city fathers and a lumber magnate. But of course all the souvenirs there have pot leaves on them; there are pot leaf coffee cups and weed bumper stickers so they're definitely making the most of that connection. Coming into town we thought it would be so great if we could have a song that we could play specifically for these people. We had just been pounding the country music, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens. We were super into classic country on the road; there's something about being on the road and listening to country music that totally makes sense. So we started writing the song in the van and we played it that night with a lyric sheet in our hand. People really liked it. It went over big.
Since it's just the two of you in 7Horse, are you able to replicate your songs in a live situation, or do you need to add a couple sidemen?
We're not doing that at all right now. We have a friend of ours who plays harmonica and he's come out and joined us before. But right now, as far as going forward we're just going out as a two-piece. Some songs are easier than others, the really stripped-down guitar and drums stuff, but other things that we've kind of expanded on a little bit, then when we go out we have to reconfigure a little bit.
If I'm at the track, why should I bet on the seven horse?
Well, this particular 7Horse, we're kind of doing something that most people wouldn't do. We've been around a long time but we still have energy for it; we're not jaded. We're not burned out. We have a tremendous amount of experience and we still look pretty! And we kick ass. It's a good bet to make
Purchase album "Let the 7Horse Run" at iTunes.
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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund today completed the first review of Peru's economic performance under a 26-month Stand-By Arrangement originally approved on June 9, 2004 (see Press Release No. 04/112). The Board also approved the modification of a structural performance criterion and a waiver for the nonobservance of a performance criterion.
The completion of the review makes available for drawing a total equivalent to SDR 126.06 million (about US$191.2 million), but the Peruvian authorities intend to continue treating the arrangement as precautionary.
Following the Executive Board discussion, Agustín Carstens, Deputy Managing Director and Acting Chair, said:
"The Peruvian economy continues to perform well. Economic activity is robust, inflation remains low, and the external position is strong. The outlook for next year and the medium term is positive, as prudent macroeconomic policies and structural reforms are expected to continue to be implemented. Peru has built important buffers to mitigate vulnerabilities, including a comfortable level of international reserves and a well-capitalized banking system. The national consensus on prudent policies and reform needs to be preserved in order to further reduce the vulnerabilities associated with Peru's public debt and financial dollarization, and thereby help set the basis for Peru's strategy for exiting from Fund-financial support.
"Preserving macroeconomic stability and promoting poverty reduction continue to be
co-objectives of the authorities. The 2004 fiscal target is well within reach and the draft 2005 budget aims at further fiscal consolidation. Since wage pressures are expected to remain strong in the months ahead, it will be important to prepare contingency measures to ensure compliance with the 2005 fiscal targets.
"The central bank remains committed to keeping inflation low. Allowing the exchange rate to move more freely is important, among other things, to limit the costs of sterilized intervention and avoid the risks associated with one way bets to capital inflows.
"Several growth-enhancing reforms are under way, and the authorities are committed to addressing the delays registered in some areas of the structural reform agenda. The authorities' focus has been on awarding infrastructure transportation in concession to the private sector and reforming the preferential public pension regime. The planned establishment of a commercial court by end-2004 will help enhance the business climate. In addition, private sector investment is expected to be boosted with the awarding of two major roads in concession by end-April 2005. Other important structural areas in which progress has been made include completing a census of government employees and pensioners and taking the first step toward reducing labor costs by eliminating the special payroll tax by year-end," Mr. Carstens said.


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Intelligent, intimate, honest & sensual. Josh's easy flowing melodies, coaxed along by his cherubic rasp, are as natural as each breath and equally as important. Josh Rouse's roots exist from life in Nebraska, Nashville, New York and now Spain.
This Midwestern native has been crafting atmospheric folk-pop for over 10 years. His music fits comfortably in the context of countless TV shows and movies, and recent records have found him absorbing the sound and culture of his new home in Spain. Josh's latest recording, The Happiness Waltz, was released Spring 2013.
Field Report is the creation of Chris Porterfield, who cut his musical teeth with DeYarmond Edison (the other members of which were Justin Vernon/Bon Iver and Megafaun). After that band broke up, Porterfield started work on a solo record, which took him nearly five years to create. The result is a haunting set of songs that's crafty, lyrical, and poignant.
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"… effortlessly catchy melodic pop songs" -Contact Music
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Vantec has given us the heads up on its upcoming NexStar SATA to USB 3.0 Adapter (codenamed CB-SATAU3) which does exactly as the name implies.
As you've probably already worked out, this device allows the user to connect a SATA based hard disk directly to it which can then be connected to a USB 3.0 port for SuperSpeed transfer rates.
Both 3.5" and 2.5" SATA HDDs of up to 2TB capacities are supported and it comes with an AC Adapter which I would imagine is only required in conjunction with larger more power demanding mechanical HDDs.
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Below is our complete Temple Nightside news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Temple Nightside Streaming New Song
Today the sepulchral death metal cult Temple Nightside premieres new track "Fortress of Burden and Distress." The song is culled from Temple Nightside's second album, "The Hecatomb," set for international release on August 5th via Iron Bonehead Productions and featuring the following track listing:
1. Graven
2. Adrift in Sepulchral Entropy
3. Ossuary (Commune 3.1)
4. Fortress of Burden and Distress
5. The Murderous Victor (Commune 3.2)
6. Within the Arms of Nothingness
7. Tempest
8. Burial Adoration (Commune 3.3)
9. Charnel Winds More...
Temple Nightside Releasing "The Hecatomb"
Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets August 5th as the international release date for Temple Nightside's second album, "The Hecatomb."
For the last five years, Temple Nightside mainman IV has been pursuing a bleak 'n' oblique vision of death metal. Although rooted in the vast and vibrant Australian black metal scene, the mysterious IV invested the blackest of arts into ancient metal of death, initially self-describing Temple Nightside as "Ritualistic Death Metal Necromancy.
Check out advance track "Adrift in Sepulchral Entropy" below. The album's full track listing is as follows:
1. Graven
2. Adrift in Sepulchral Entropy
3. Ossuary (Commune 3.1)
4. Fortress of Burden and Distress
5. The Murderous Victor (Commune 3.2
6. Within the Arms of Nothingness
7. Tempest
8. Burial Adoration (Commune 3.3)
9. Charnel Winds More...
Vassafor Announces New Split Release
Once again, Iron Bonehead brings together two of the black/death underground for a split LP: Vassafor and Temple Nightside now combine forces for "Call Of The Maelstrom," due out February 23rd. Iron Bonehead Productions comments:
"Aptly titled, 'Call of the Maelstrom' unites both bands not simply by geography - Vassafor hails from New Zealand, while Temple Nightside hails from Australia - but rather, a shared sensibility and strive to explore the abyss, whatever plane it may manifest itself.
"Widely revered in the underground for their serpentine sonic sorcery, Vassafor here deliver four of their most direct tracks to date, grinding forth with utter barbarism that nevertheless retains the band's characteristically mesmeric quality - and a certain hideous hypnosis.
"On the flip, Temple Nightside carry forward the bestiality with two soul-rending shards of gnawing, beyond-sepulchral metal of death that, over their more extended length, frequently drive deep into totally doomed territory." More...
Temple Nightside Announces "Condemnation" Release
Cult metal stronghold Nuclear Winter Records announces September 6th as the international release date for Temple Nightside's "Condemnation" CD/LP. The following press release was issued about the album:
"Hailing from the currently untouchable Australian black metal scene, the mysterious Temple Nightside remain rooted in the blackest arts whilst performing the ancient Metal of Death, self-described as 'Ritualistic Death Metal Necromancy.' And indeed, that's precisely what the Oz duo offer up on their highly anticipated debut album, Condemnation. Churning, gnawing, throbbing, Condemnation is blackened DEATH-fucking-METAL with its soul ripped asunder.
"Each strike upon stretched animal skin and amplified barbed wire, each slice of atmosphere forever descending, each cacophonous bellow from depths unknown - all are in service to infernal forces beyond human comprehension. Temple Nightside give you the keys to your Condemnation. Dark Descent Records is handling the North American release of Condemnation."
The track listing is as follows:
1. Shrine of Summon (The Great Opposer)
2. Exhumation; Miseries Upon Imprecation
3. Abhorrent They Fall...
4. Pillar of Ancient Death (Commune 2.1)
5. Dagger of Necromantic Decay (Eater of Hearts)
6. Ascension of Decaying Forms
7. Command of the Bones (Commune 2.2)
8. Miasma More...


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M.A. University of Western Ontario (Art History), 1999
B.A. University of Western Ontario (Political Science and Visual Arts), 1997
Cinematic installation art, new media, cultural memory and nostalgia in visual culture, the relationships between film and the visual arts, contemporary American cinema.
Hitchcock and Contemporary Art (forthcoming 2014)
This book is a study of contemporary art that engages the cinema of Alfred Hitchcock. Through a series of case studies, it makes a claim for the value of such practices and their contributions to our understanding of the significance and cultural legacy of Hitchcock's films and, more broadly, to the cinema itself. I argue that these artworks, motivated by both cinephilia and epistemophilia, have the capacity to produce and complicate knowledge about the cinema and to perform a kind of film theory in the process. By orienting my focus on art about Hitchcock, I also expand the purview of scholarship on the "cinematic turn" in art to include practices beyond the moving image, which involve sculpture, installation, drawing, photography, and sound art, among other forms.
The Fifties in the Cinematic Imagination: 1970 to the Present
This research is concerned with the various ways in which the Fifties (as a construct that is somewhat mythic, largely nostalgic and, to a point – I would argue – historical) has been mobilized in films released since the 1970s. My research into the social, cultural and political implications of this construct is motivated and structured by several interconnected questions: What sort of entity is this category we call the Fifties? How do we begin to make sense of something that pervades so many aspects of life? Something recognizable, identifiable and thus generating a degree of consensus about what it is, but at the same time rife with contradiction and ambiguity. Something fluid, evolving, and existing in multiple forms and used in the service of multiple agendas. How do we circumscribe the Fifties, or justify the parameters used to include its constituent parts? And if indeed a working definition or general ontology is possible, how might we set about assessing its functions and significance, historically and historiographically speaking? Part of this project involves identifying and analyzing some of its key manifestations including the 'Lounge Fifties', 'McCarthyite Fifties', '(Meta)cinematic Fifties', 'Levittownesque Fifties', etc.
Screening Nostalgia: Populuxe Props and Technicolor Aesthetics in Contemporary American Film (Oxford: Berghahn Books, January 2009); Paperback, 2011.
Hitchcock and Contemporary Art. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, in press, forthcoming 2014.
"The Future of History in Dennis Potter's Cold Lazarus", in Tobias Hochscherf and James Leggott, eds. British Science Fiction Film and Television, McFarland, 2011.
"Complicating Camelot: Nostalgia and Deliberate Archaism in MadMen" in Scott F. Stoddart ed. Analyzing MadMen: Critical Essays on the Television Series, McFarland, 2011.
"The Vestiges of Vertigo in Contemporary Art: Cindy Bernard, David Reed and Douglas Gordon," in Douglas Cunningham ed. The San Francisco of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo: Place, Pilgrimage, and Commemoration, Scarecrow, 2011.
"Cinema and the Visual Arts." In Oxford Bibliographies in Cinema and Media Studies. Ed. Krin Gabbard. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
"David Reed: Thinking Through Cinema," Conspiracies of Illusion: Projections of Time and Space, ed. Mark Cheetham, McMaster Museum of Art, 2012. (Exhibition Catalogue)
"'In a Hundred Years of Cinema…': Cultural Memory and Musealization in Harun Farocki's Workers Leaving the Factory in Eleven Decades," in Gabriele Muller and Peter McIsaac, "The Past on Display: Museum, Film, Musealization," forthcoming.
"Past Failures and Future Promises: Mark Lewis' Children's Games, Heygate Estate", in Bridget Elliott, ed. Breaking and Entering: The House Cut, Spliced and Haunted, forthcoming.
Mark Cheetham, Andy Patton, Christine Sprengler, Conspiracies of Illusion: Projections of Time and Space, August 28 – November 3, 2012, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario.


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In his compelling inaugural address a couple weeks ago, President Obama urged America to take action in response to the risks that climate change poses to us and future generations.
Today at 9 am, leaders of six national scientific societies sent the President a letter asking him to convene a national summit on this urgent challenge and offering to organize the event. The summit would be designed to identify policies and actions that can be taken by each Federal agency and by state and local governments to address the causes and effects of climate change.
Momentum is building to hold an event like this. A considerable number of organizations have now called for a climate change summit and the recent draft report of the National Climate Assessment underscores the need for high-level attention to this issue


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IMF Approves ESAF Loan for Mauritania
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a three-year loan for Mauritania under the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF),1 equivalent to SDR 42.49 million (about US$56.53 million) to support the government's 1999-2002 economic program. The first annual loan will be disbursed in two equal installments, the first equivalent to SDR 6.07 million (about US$8.08 million) will be available immediately.
In commenting on the Executive Board's discussion of Mauritania, Shigemitsu Sugisaki, Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, made the following statement:
"Directors commended the authorities for the significant progress made over the past few years in improving macroeconomic conditions and social indicators. They welcomed the policy response to the external shocks experienced in 1998, allowing Mauritania to maintain financial stability in the face of export shortfalls. While recognizing external vulnerabilities and the need to preserve macroeconomic stability, they considered that there was room for some gradual reduction of the overall fiscal surplus and of interest rates. Directors also underscored the need to take advantage of the favorable fiscal position to implement a program of fiscal reform, and to pursue a more active role of the private sector in the economy in order to stimulate economic growth and help in further reducing poverty.
"Directors stressed the importance of preserving government revenue by strengthening tax administration and reducing exemptions particularly in view of the expected decline in trade taxes. They welcomed the reform of direct taxation and further trade liberalization, both of which will contribute to private sector development and a more efficient allocation of resources. They also welcomed efforts underway to strengthen targeting and monitoring of government spending in social sectors. Directors were encouraged by the authorities' decision to further develop indirect monetary instruments, to continue to ensure the soundness of the banking system and the steps underway to promote competition among financial institutions.
"Directors commended the authorities for embarking on an ambitious and comprehensive structural reform program and encouraged a sustained effort. They noted that the proposed policies to foster private sector development, liberalize markets and promote competition are essential for accelerating the rate of growth and creating employment. In this regard, they emphasized the importance ofproceeding rapidly with the privatization of state enterprises, further liberalization of the foreign exchange market, and the improvement of the legal and regulatory framework.
"Directors reaffirmed their support to Mauritania's request for assistance under the HIPC Initiative, and considered that the approval of the ESAF should mark the beginning of the track record period leading to the completion point. They were also pleased to note the intended increase in education and health outlays, and the adoption of a Poverty Action Plan, which would benefit from budgetary resources freed by the prospective debt relief under the HIPC Initiative."
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The medium-term strategy will focus on consolidating macroeconomic stability; deepening structural reforms; redefining the role of the government, while improving governance and increasing transparency; liberalizing markets and promoting greater competition; creating a supportive environment for private sector investment; and implementing a far-reaching social development agenda. The 1999 program2 aims at raising GDP growth to 4.1%, reducing inflation to 4%, containing the current account deficit to 11.2% of GDP, and increasing official reserves to the equivalent of 5.1 months of imports of goods and nonfactor services.
Given the volatility of the external environment on the export sector, the government is targeting a budget surplus of UM 4.4 billion, or 2.2% of GDP in 1999, to achieve its macroeconomic objectives. Tax revenue is projected to decline from 15.7% of GDP in 1998 to 15.4% in 1999, mainly on account of the impact of the tariff reform on trade taxes and a lower projected growth rate.
Several key structural reforms will be implemented in the first year of the program, encompassing the exchange market system, the restructuring of the public sector, and the development of the rural sector. In addition, reforms are to be implemented in the financial sector in the determination of petroleum prices, and in the tax and tariff regime. The first phase of the direct tax reform, involving the minimum lump-sum tax and the general income tax, will be introduced in the budget law for 2000. The government will also implement in January 2000 the fourth stage of the trade liberalization program, lowering the maximum tariff rate to 20%.
Although social indicators have improved in the last decade, poverty is still widespread, affecting over 50% of the population, and health and education needs remain high. The program aims at significant further poverty reduction and the development of the country's human capital through an extensive range of actions whose priorities are to increase both enrollment rates and the quality of education, widen access to primary health care, extend the provision of water and electricity to rural areas, increase labor-intensive public works, and promote savings and loans cooperative schemes.
Mauritania joined the IMF on September 10, 1963, and its quota is SDR 64.4 million (about US$85.68 million). Its outstanding use of IMF financing currently totals SDR 74.96 million (about US$99.73 million).
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Friday felt like a fresh new beginning for the Liberal Bee Jays. With six new players on the team and the start of a five game road swing, the BJ's won their first game of that stretch 5-1 at Vulcan Field in Haysville.
After the BJ's loaded the bases in the fourth and did not score, the Heat plated a run in the bottom of the inning. But OCU's Cody Crabaugh pitched out of a first and third no out jam to keep the score at 1-0. The BJ's plated three in the sixth when OCU's Johnathan Sigado doubled home Wichita State's Dayne Parker and Wichita State's Tyler Baker. Oklahoma State's Ryan Schilhab grounded out to score another run.
Louisiana Tech's Stephen Gandy blasted a solo homer over the left field fence to lead off the sixth and make it 4-1. The boys in blue added a run in the eighth.
Crabaugh, making his first start, was solid for five and 1/3 allowing one run and four hits. Tennesse Martin's Trevor Lundgrin and Coffeyville's John Branum both pitched 1 2/3 scoreless before Texas Arlington's Zach Thompson recorded the last out.
Liberal's defense was much better turning three double plays. They committed three errors but two came in a scoreless ninth.
Liberal is 4-2 and 2-2 in the Jayhawk while Haysville is 2-5 and 0-3 in the Jayhawk.
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Dragon Age Inquisition is setting up to be an extremely ambitious title and to make that even more true, BioWare is considering adding in some additional functionality with the SmartGlass, Kinect or PS Move, perhaps.
While they are not confirming any features quite yet, Dragon Age: Inquisition producer Cameron Lee said they are closely monitoring features from upcoming games and will gauge consumers' reactions to those new techniques.
"We've thought about it, we've looked at it, the SmartGlass stuff, the Kinect, the PS4's Move and all that. One of the advantages of shipping a year after everyone else is that we get to see how everybody responds to these things, during the new generation.
"So, we want to take the time to look at how they work, and how players react. We don't just want to jump in and say this is what we're going to do, because it may not be what players want, it may not be a good experience.
"We have the luxury of time, to see how people respond and then craft something where if we want to do that, it's the right thing to do. So we'll see where we land with it, and we'll take it from there," Lee said.
It's interesting that Lee brought up SmartGlass because it is a tool that we will no doubt see more of as we progress through this generation. Project Spark is a game that immediately comes to mind when thinking about how future games will utilize peripherals like SmartGlass.
Besides, BioWare is no stranger to implementing features with the Kinect and making them successful. They did that with Mass Effect 3 and it worked out incredibly well.
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Newcastle manager Alan Pardew is still hoping to secure a new deal to keep Demba Ba at the club.
Talks with the striker, aimed at replacing a £7.5million release clause, have stalled in the last month, with Arsenal and Liverpool monitoring the situation.
After Ba took his season's tally to 10 with two goals in last night's 3-0 win over 10-man Wigan, Pardew said he is confident Ba will stay beyond next month's transfer window.
Pardew said: 'He loves it here, he understands it is a football city. We have tried to do a deal to take the clause out and we have not managed to do it yet so it is hanging over us and it makes it difficult for me, for Demba and the club in the next window.
'He is inspirational and has been brilliant for us. He has never looked me in the eye and said he wants to do anything other than stay. I hope he does.'
The victory ended Newcastle's run of four straight losses and Pardew added: 'It was a massive victory. Four defeats in this city is not easy.'
Ba's first - from the penalty spot on 13 minutes - also saw Maynor Figueroa sent off.
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez was understandably frustrated at the decision but reacted calmly.
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The following is an excerpt from the new book: Cats and Dogs: Living with and Looking at Companion Animals from Their Point of View.
This book is a collection of work written about understanding cats and dogs. It is about beginning to understand how these companion animals in our lives experience their own individual worlds. It is about stopping to consider what that experience might be like, how it might feel to be a cat or a dog and knowing that on some levels we can never fully know this. Hampered by our own human constraints we take our own experience of being as our starting point. We will never see in the dark the way a cat or dog does but we do see some in the dark, we can make out the foot of the bed at night and what is on the nightstand beside us, if we start with that we can imagine what it might be like to see more. We can never hear all the sounds that cats
or dogs do but we do hear the baby crying, the alarm clock starting to go off, the boom box on the street and we can imagine what more sounds in our world might be like. We can never smell the richness of the world the way a dog or cat can but we do smell goodness in savory cooking smells and stench in garbage and from this we can imagine that everything might have such strong important odors as well. And because we know how important it is to process information about our own world by the things we see, because we see so much,
we might, if we try very hard, try and imagine a world where smell or sound means just as much as seeing does.
Along with beginning to understand how non-humans experience the world this is also about beginning to understand how to live with each other. The practical approaches, guidelines, strategies and tips for successful intra species coexistence. Here, once again, our own human experience can hamper our understanding of other animals. Dogs jump up on each other when excited to see each other. Cats amble toward each other with upraised tail and touch noses and muzzles. Humans smile and embrace or shake hands. Each species is different in how they communicate. This then requires more than imagination, it requires rethinking from the unique cat or dog perspective or natural behavior. Successful coexisting with our cats and dogs also calls for making room for their own natural behaviors in a human dominated existence.
I wrote most of this in response to the actual questions I would receive from the students and clients I worked with. People who wanted to learn how to approach and work with animals or why their animals were acting the way they were and what they could do about it. Questions like: How to get a dog to stop pulling or barking or biting? How to help your resident cat accept the new kitten or stray or just use the litter box every time? The answers would help people to take better care of the pets they would work with and better live with their cats and dogs and oftentimes to keep them. Inappropriate elimination with cats and behavior problems with dogs are some of the main reasons owners ask professionals for assistance and surrender their pets. Getting the right assistance to an owner makes the difference between a successful living situation and a stressful or temporary one. Assistance that starts with allowing for much of what we already know. Cats in their natural environment routinely bury their waste in the outer reaches of their territory, using a new spot each time. When we ask our cats to alter natural behavior and use a litter box the appeal is the texture and the condition of the box. Getting your cat to use a litter box regularly works best by keeping the box clean because cats naturally want to dig in a soft space free of waste to deposit their own. By approximating conditions in the cat's natural environment we successfully enable the cat to alter their natural behavior in a man made environment. It works. It also works because these animals in our lives are precious to us. Behaviorist's questionnaires for prospective clients (mine included) often ask "Why have you kept this animal in spite of the issues you are encountering?" The responses are all about how valued and loved and precious this pet is. That is the why. And this too works.
-Excerpted from Cats and Dogs: Living with and Looking at Companion Animals From their Point of View by Frania Shelley-Grielen available at Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and animalsbehaving.com


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The Seward softball team wrapped up their spring break trip with a win over #16 Odessa and a loss to South Mountain in Phoenix on Thursday. Seward beat Odessa 5-4 but lost to South Mountain 9-5. Seward is 19-6 overall after a 6-2 spring break in El Paso and Phoenix. Seward hosts Barton at Lady Saints Field Tuesday at 2 p.m.
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Today I saw this bumper sticker on a Toyota that said, "I am not voting for McCain, I am voting for Palin!" and when we got up along side it was this ghetto looking black woman with her hair all frizzed out and a pic sticking in the side wearing a sweatshirt with the neck cut out of it and no bra. I couldn't see her bottom half but I would bet she was wearing flip flops.
It made me LOL. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I wouldn't believe it.
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As intensely popular as the iPhone 4 is, the antenna issues that plagued the phone was enough to turn many buyers away that didn't want to have to use a bumper to better their call signal. It looks like Apple is searching for ways to avoid this mess in the future with their latest patent filing.
According to the filing, it looks like Apple is attempting to find a way to install the antenna behind the Apple logo both on the iPhone and Macbooks. With this new "logo antenna," the device's signal should be unaffected by the way a user grips the phone on the sides. But what about the bighanded types that cover up this new logo antenna with the back of their hands? Apple has thought of this, haven't they? We'll have to wait and see.


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The last time the New Orleans Saints ventured to the Pacific Northwest, they came up short in the NFC wild-card round of the playoffs against the Seattle Seahawks after the 2010 regular season.
It isn't the playoffs yet, but the "Monday Night Football" clash between the top two teams in the NFC will be huge. This showdown at CenturyLink Field will give one team an edge in the battle for home-field advantage and for two teams that are invincible at home, the stakes couldn't be higher.
It would appear the 10-1 Seahawks, who are coming off a bye week, are the favorites to hold serve at home, where second-year quarterback Russell Wilson has never lost in his career. Seattle, which is on a six-game winning streak, has won 13 straight games at CenturyLink Field, including all five this season.
The Seahawks and Saints (9-2) are similar in that they both have explosive offenses that can put up points, and they both have opportunistic defenses that get after the quarterback.
The strength-on-strength matchup between the Seahawks' secondary and the Saints' passing attack has been heavily anticipated. The Seahawks are the No. 2 pass defense in the NFL, while the Saints boast the second-best passing offense in the league.
The matchup pits Saints receivers Marques Coltson, Lance Moore and tight end Jimmy Graham, versatile running back Darren Sproles and quarterback Drew Brees against a physical Seattle secondary that includes cornerback Richard Sherman and safeties Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor. But the matchup took a little bit of hit earlier this week with the news that starting cornerback Brandon Browner is being suspended for a year after reportedly testing positive for a banned substance and his backup, Walter Thurmond, is facing a four-game ban for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy.
Browner would not have played Monday because of a groin injury. But with Thurmond possibly out, the Seahawks are scrambling to replace him. There is always the chance Thurmond could be in the lineup Monday night if he appeals the suspension, but indications are he won't fight it so he can be available for the playoffs.
But the showdown should still hold plenty of excitement. A key area will be in the ground game, where Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch is having an outstanding season. The Saints have shown signs of improvement stopping the run in recent weeks, but Lynch will be the best back they have faced this season.
The Seahawks have some explosive pieces like receivers Golden Tate and Percy Harvin along with Lynch. But make no mistake, Wilson makes this offense go as a dual-threat quarterback.
Wilson is having the type of season that has him in the NFL MVP conversation along with Peyton Manning and Brees. Wilson is coming off an outstanding performance against the Minnesota Vikings in which he had a passer rating of 151.4 (out of 158.3). He currently holds the fourth-best passer rating through the first 11 games at 105.1. Wilson is completing 64 percent of his passes and has thrown 19 touchdowns and six interceptions, but he also has six fumbles.
Wilson's job has been made a little easier now that Harvin, who was acquired from Minnesota in an offseason trade, made his debut against the Vikings after having hip surgery in August. The speedy Harvin makes the passing offense that much more explosive with Tate off to a hot start with 42 catches for 600 yards and four touchdowns. Wide receivers Doug Baldwin (36 catches, 586 yards and three touchdowns) and Jermaine Kearse (13 catches, 246 yards, four touchdowns) along with tight end Zach Miller (22 catches, 248 yards, three touchdowns) also have put up impressive numbers. Six of the Seahawks' receiving targets have caught at least two passing touchdowns.
The offense is all the more dangerous because of Lynch. He is the NFL's third-leading rusher with 925 yards and nine rushing touchdowns while averaging 4.4 yards per carry. Lynch is coming off a three-touchdown performance against the Vikings. The Seahawks' offense has been helped with the return of Pro Bowl left tackle Russell Okung and right tackle Breno Giacomini a couple of weeks ago from injuries.
Confusion rules when it comes to the Seahawks' defense. Is it a 4-3 or 3-4 alignment? It is hard to tell. And that's exactly the goal.
The Seahawks' multiple fronts and physical secondary have made it difficult for offenses. Seattle leads the league with 26 takeaways and is tied for the lead in interceptions with 16. The front is led by linebackers Bobby Wagner and K.J. Wright and defensive linemen Tony Daniel and Red Bryant. The Seahawks pressure quarterbacks and against the Vikings, they all but shut down dynamic running back Adrian Peterson in their 41-20 win. Peterson was limited to 65 yards on 21 carries, while Wagner and Wright both registered nine tackles each. Wagner also recorded sack and an interception.
But the heart of the Seahawks' defense is its secondary, where Sherman, Thomas and Chancellor dominate. They have the size and speed to avoid any matchup problems against a big-time receiving threat like Graham. The Seahawks rank second in the NFL in yards allowed (293.3 yards per game) and passing yards yielded (180.4).
Reserve cornerbacks Byron Maxwell and Jeremy Lane will likely fill Thurmond's void, but the there is a chance the Seahawks could bring back veteran Antoine Winfield, who was in their camp this summer and then retired after being cut. Longtime Seahawk Marcus Trufant was also given a tryout Monday.
Peter Carroll's willingness to allow starters to contribute on special teams has served to make Seattle's units among the best in the NFL.
Tate ranks fifth in punt return average at 12.9 yards per return. While others have handled the kickoff return duties, Harvin showed his explosiveness when he made a 58-yard kickoff return against Minnesota.
The Seahawks have amassed 395 yards in punt returns, while they have allowed opponents a total of only 15 yards. A lot of that has to do with gunners Heath Farewell and Jeremy Lane.
Kicker Steven Hauschka is 24-of-25 on field goal attempts, his only miss a block against the Indianapolis Colts. He leads the league in points with 104. Punter Jon Ryan is averaging 43.4 yards and netting 40.4 yards; he has pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line 18 times.
Jan. 8, 2011, Qwest Field
It was already an insult that the Saints, the defending Super Bowl champs and a team with an 11-5 record, had to hit the road against a 7-9 Seattle squad that had become the first team in NFL history to win its division with a losing record.
But it only got worse as the Seahawks and quarterback Matt Hasselbeck rallied from deficits of 10-0 and 17-7 and then held on for one of the biggest upsets in NFL playoff history -- a 41-36 victory -- in their NFC wild-card matchup.
The Seahawks outscored the Saints 24-3 during the second and third quarters. Hasselbeck finished with 272 yards passing and four touchdowns.
Lynch finished with 131 yards on 19 carries and had the play of the game, maybe of the playoffs, on a 67-yard touchdown run. Lynch broke at least six tackles on the run, which included stiff arming cornerback Tracy Porter to the turf on the way into the end zone, to put the Seahawks up 41-30 late in the fourth quarter and all but seal the game.
The Saints' defense allowed the Seahawks to rack up 415 yards of offense and 6.8 yards per carry.
Brees completed a playoff-record 39 passes on 60 passing attempts for 404 yards and two touchdowns. Brees seemed on the verge of rallying the Saints before Lynch's 67-yard scoring run.


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September 19, 2014
Archimedes, the scholar and mathematician of antiquity, was quoted as saying, "Give me a place to stand and a large enough lever, and I will move the earth." That's debatable, but some pretty big and heavy things can be nudged into motion with a lever – and trailers are among them, says an inventor in Ohio. Tom Berg has the story in his Trailer Talk blog.
September 17, 2014
A new book has been published that details the history of the Fruehauf Trailer Company.
September 16, 2014
Thermo King has integrated its TracKing temperature and asset management solution with McLeod Software's LoadMaster Symphony product.
September 15, 2014
Demand for vocational trucks and trailers continues to be pushed by oil and gas producers, road building and municipal business, according to truck manufacturers and researchers. Revivals in housing and commercial construction are also factors as vocational Class 8 retail truck sales are up 9.2% through July compared to last year, and should be up by 16.4% for all of 2014.
September 5, 2014
Ridewell Suspensions is adding a series of 13,200-pound-capacity trailer suspensions to its RSS-233 product line, designed to reduce weight without sacrificing overall durability.
Bill Miller Equipment needed a trailer of higher capacity, with axle configurations and versatility to haul it through numerous states. Talbert built one. Tom Berg has the story in his "Trailer Talk" blog.
August 28, 2014
The California Air Resources Board has issued a reminder there are just a few days left before the Aug. 31 deadline for ordering new transport refrigeration units, known commonly as reefers, and engines, if you want to qualify for an extension.
August 27, 2014
Trailer orders fell month-over-month in July, but were up 37% compared to a year ago, according to fictures from ACT Research.
August 26, 2014
Phillips Industries has introduced new single and dual pole liftgate sockets with swivel and automatic disconnect features.
August 22, 2014
SmartTruck's new TopKit system aerodynamic device is a "nearly invisible" system for improving fuel efficiency on dry-van and refrigerated trailers.
August 20, 2014
"Now why would a trucking company that hauls booze advertise it?" I mumbled. "That's asking for a hijacking." Senior Editor Tom Berg investigates in his "Trailer Talk" blog.
August 19, 2014
Philips Industries is now offering a liftgate dual pole installation and conversion kit to help fleets that are seeing an increasing need to have a ground return system versus a chassis ground system for the supplemental power requirements of liftgates.
August 13, 2014
Carrier Transicold now has APX remote panels that can be mounted in easily accessible locations to control transport refrigeration units.
August 11, 2014
Noregon Systems has released a new trailer diagnostic adapter for analyzing trailer ABS issues.
August 8, 2014
Reflect Scientific says a Cryometrix CB-40 transport refrigeration unit made history by delivering its first commercial load of frozen foods using a new pollution-free refrigeration technology.
August 6, 2014
Pulltarps offers three tarping systems for Belly Dumps, a traditional pulltarp, automatic arms, and a cable system.
August 1, 2014
A leading transportation researcher has characterized a report prepared for the railroad-funded Railway Supply Institute on the safety of larger trailers in trucking as fatally flawed.
July 31, 2014
Senior Editor Tom Berg branches out a bit in his Trailer Talk blog this week to talk about how much trailer load heavy pickups can haul. In a demonstration a couple of weeks ago, Ford pitted a pair of Power Stroke-powered F-450 pickups against a Ram 3500 dually pickup with a Cummins Turbo Diesel to demonstrate towing capacity.
July 29, 2014
Webb Wheel OEM has redesigned its ductile-iron TN-model trailer hub to make it lighter and to simplify brake drum installation. The hub now weighs 35 pounds, which Webb claims is the lightest ductile iron hub available for 25,000-pound-rated TN trailer axles.
July 24, 2014
Net orders for trailers are up 45% for the first half of the year, despite June net orders dropping slightly from May, reports ACT Research. June orders of 22,000 were off 1% month over month, but up 42% year over year, led by a surge in liquid and bulk tank trailer orders.
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Master Key Entertainment presents an event called the Front Row Series on Jan. 25, 2014 at 8 p.m. at Will Call Miami. This will be the first of a monthly series featuring the best young musicians in the South Florida rock scene. The goal is for Will Call to resemble established rock clubs in places such as New York, California and Seattle.
Master Key Entertainment, a boutique entertainment and management company, is putting on this event as part of their Rock Religion community. The purpose of Rock Religion is to be a pay-it-forward rock community that spotlights young up-and-coming South Florida bands. Rock Religion bands Scary Iowa, Sungshots, Turnaround Sunshine, Raggy Monster and Wyld Fly will be playing. Two of the bands, Turnaround Sunshine and Sunghosts, will be using this as an EP release party. There will be giveaways from Inspiration Longboards as well.
The show is all ages before midnight and goes until 1 a.m. There will be a cover charge of $15 for anyone under 21 and $10 for anyone over 21. It is also recommended to bring $5-10 for parking. Will Call Miami is located at 700 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33132. For more information, contact Master Key Entertainment at 786-536-7871 or email@example.com.


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I did not have the pleasure of meeting Mark's Dad. But the story goes that these were one of his favorite cookies. It's been told that, several years, Mark's Mom had to make more of these right before Christmas day because Mark's dad had eaten them all! Ummm-hmmmm ... they're that good.
And they're only 7 ingredients.
Layered in a pan.
That's how they got the name 7 Layer Cookies.
You probably hadn't figured that out, had you??
Now, all snug in the baking pan, these cookies look all innocent, don't they? But ...
... once you cut into them, their layered awesomeness is revealed! And layered awesomeness it is. Truly. Mark's Dad wouldn't steer us wrong!
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7 Layer Cookies
Source: My Mother-in-Law
(Printable recipe)
1/2 c. butter
1 1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs
1 c. flaked coconut
1 c. (6 oz.) chocolate chips
1 c. (6 oz.) butterscotch chips
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk (fat free works just fine)
1 c. chopped pecans
1. Lightly spray a 9x13" baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Melt butter in the bottom of the baking dish. Add remaining ingredients in layers, in the order listed, sprinkling each ingredient evenly over the previous layer.
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College Planning Guide
Glossary of Common Linfield Terms
- Academic Scholarship – A financial award in recognition of a student's prior academic achievement. Grades, courses completed, and standardized test scores are used to determine eligibility.
- Colloquium – A one-credit paracurricular course required of all new first-year students at Linfield College. The course covers important topics related to becoming a successful college student.
- Competitive Scholarship Day (CSD) – An opportunity (by invitation only) for qualified high school seniors to compete for a scholarship by taking one of more than 30 exams offered by Linfield's academic departments. To be eligible for invitation to CSD, the student must have completed both the application for admission to Linfield and the registration process for CSD by December 1.
- Early Action –The application option that allows students to resolve their college choice early in the senior year. The Early Action deadline at Linfield is November 15 (postmark). Choosing this option is not a commitment to enrolling at Linfield College.
- Financial Aid –Funding that enables students to attend college. Both academic merit and financial need are considered. Depending on their qualifications, students receive these financial awards in the form of scholarships, grants, loans and campus employment opportunities.
- FAFSA – The Free Application for Federal Student Aid that must be completed by a student applying for financial aid. Linfield's priority filing deadline is February 1.
- Grant –A financial award that is given to assist with payment of tuition, room and board expenses. A grant is awarded without requirement or expectation of repayment.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences –The philosophical basis for Linfield's approach to education. This approach is designed to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills rather than occupational or vocational training. Many graduates pursue specialized and/or professional studies after earning the Bachelor's degree at Linfield.
- Linfield Curriculum – The general education requirements that must be completed in order to graduate from Linfield College. These courses span the arts and humanities, the natural sciences, and the social-behavioral sciences.
- Loan – A financial aid award that must be repaid to the lending agency, which may be either the college itself or a bank that agrees to provide the funds.
- Need-based Aid – Financial assistance in the form of grants or loans that is determined by submitting the FAFSA.
- Official School Transcript – An original document produced by a school office which includes records of all courses taken in that school and the grades awarded. To retain its "official" quality, the transcript must be received by Linfield in the sealed envelope in which it was placed by the office which produced it.
- Official SAT/ACT Scores – Examination results as reported on the original documents produced by the testing agencies or on a student's official transcript. (SAT = Scholastic Aptitude Test. ACT = American College Testing program.)
- Peer Advisor – A student who has been at Linfield for one year or more, and has been selected to assist a faculty Colloquium advisor helping new students make a successful adjustment to studying at the college level.
- Priority Deadline – The date after which there is no guaranteed consideration for admission, scholarship or financial aid, and housing. The deadline dates may be different for each of these processes, and can be found in the relevant application forms, brochures and web pages.
- Regular Decision –The application process that does not provide an early estimate of scholarship and/or financial aid awards. The Regular Decision Priority Deadline is February 15.
- Resident Advisor (RA) – A Linfield student employee who lives in a residence hall and is trained to assist new students with the transition to campus life. The RAs also organize and lead residence hall programs and activities throughout the year.
- Work Study/Campus Employment – An opportunity to earn additional financial aid by working in any one of the many departments of the college that hire students. The student is responsible for finding such a position by contacting and applying directly to the department.


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April 25, 2013
CHICAGO – The UIC women's tennis team (14-5, 6-1 HL) heads to Indianapolis, Ind., in hopes of coming away with its 17th-consecutive conference title at the Horizon League Championship, running Friday through Sunday. After receiving a first-round bye, the No. 1 Flames will face No. 4 Detroit or No. 5 Milwaukee at 11 a.m. (CT) Saturday at North Central High School, weather permitting.


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Blake Boles, author of College Without High School and Better Than College, is Kickstarting a new book The Art of Self-Directed Learning, a new book with 23 illustrated stories about giving yourself an unconventional education in a conventional world.
The Kickstarter project has over 200 backers with 5 days to go. $1 minimum pledge. $7 to receive an ebook.
From the author
My last two books—College Without High School and Better Than College—showed you how to get a higher education without a formal background. Unlike them, The Art of Self-Directed Learning is a more general-interest collection of the best stories and insights I've gathered from a decade of working with self-directed learners of all stripes: unschoolers, world travelers, small business owners, freelance creatives, and the founders of innovative camps, schools, and retreats.
I'm excited to get this book into world because there's a lot of confusion about self-directed learning that I want to help clear up. Many people think it means doing everything on your own (it doesn't), that's it's only for people blessed with self-discipline (it's not), or that it's all about online learning (quite the opposite). Such a powerful approach to education—and life in general—deserves more thoughtful consideration.
About the author
Blake Boles is an author, educator, and entrepreneur who took a 180-degree turn in college from studying astrophysics to get involved in the world of alternative education. Read more about him on blakeboles.com.


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- 1tsp
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mixture to a separate bowl.
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Prostate Cancer – Brachytherapy Treatment
Brachytherapy is a therapeutic method used in curative dedicated localized prostate cancer. Worldwide, practiced frequently by urologists: for over 20 years in the U.S. and approximately 10 years in developed countries in Europe.
The term "brachytherapy (brachy) comes from Greek and is to place radioactive sources very close to or in contact with tissue, and which produced energy to destroy tissue. In brachytherapy for prostate cancer therapy may be the only way or can be used in combination with external irradiation, depending on each patient's clinical situation.
What is brachytherapy ?
American Brachytherapy Society recommends this procedure for prostate cancer in early stages with a PSA (prostate specific antigen) of less than 10 ng / ml. In combination with external radiotherapy as method, brachytherapy can be used in more advanced stage, when the PSA value is less than 20 ng / ml. In the therapy of localized prostate cancer with brachytherapy using radioactive isotopes: Paladium Iodine 125 and 103. Low dose brachytherapy is a procedure that involves implanting these "seeds" of radioactive size of a grain of rice into the tumors of the prostate gland. Radioactive isotopes – iodine and palladium – are locked in a small shell of titanium. When radiation is released from the "seeds", the tumor shrinks and is destroyed.
Ketamine abuse may cause urinary tract dysfunction
A study in New York has shown that regular use of the club drug ketamine alters the functioning of urinary bladder. The symptoms which often occur are urgency and pelvic pain. The drug is sometimes commonly known as Special K. Dr. Siu-king Mak from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and colleagues said that the symptoms might persist for a period of a year or more even after a person stops taking the drug. Dr. Mak and colleagues have published their findings in Journal of Urology in the August issue. The journal is now available online. In an e-mail sent to Reuters Dr. Mak also said that it is likely that the functional changes which occurred might get reverted in a year or more after the abstinence from ketamine.
Remedies Tips For Ovarian Cysts
Ovarian cysts, as the name clearly indicates, develop in the ovaries of a woman. Basically, these are small fluid-filled sacs that are mostly benign in a majority of cases. However, some of these cysts may be quite painful and even cause problems such as excessive bleeding during menstrual cycle and rupturing.
In such a case, doctors often advise surgical removal of these cysts. However, if an ovarian cyst appears due to changes in menstrual cycle, it is most likely to disappear on its own, without any treatment, within a few months time. In either case, you need to take these cysts seriously and can follow some easy home remedies for Ovarian Cysts along with prescribed medication to dissolve them.
How To Treat Wart Virus Infection
Warts are caused by a virus called the human papilloma virus (HPV). There are over 80 types or strains, and new ones are being identified all the time. Each different strain prefers to grow in certain areas of skin and is rarely found in others.
HPV has been the subject of a lot of confusion and misinformation. When the HPV infects the skin it may cause a wart to grow, but it can be present in the skin without causing warts. Almost all of us will have HPV on some part of our body, but many of us will never have had a wart.
HPV passes from person to person and place to place by skin-to-skin contact. In the genital area most HPV is associated with sexual contact. It was once thought that warts around the anus in children always meant sexual abuse had occurred, but this has been shown not to be so.
Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer
Hormone treatment is chosen by physician depending on the type of hormone receptors and their number and age and hormonal status of women (pre-or post-menopause). Hormone therapy is usually indicated after surgery, but it is useful preoperative.
Types of hormonal therapies
Hormonal therapies are currently used in several ways:
- Therapy after which ovarian function blocks – before this is done Ovariectomy (surgical removal of ovaries). Prescription medications in the therapy of ovarian estrogen production blocks.
- Antiestrogen therapy – it blocks the function that records the presence of estrogen receptors. Treatment is done with Tamoxifen.
- Administration of progesterone, a hormone that blocks estrogen receptor affinity.
- Aromatase inhibitors (Aromasin, Aminoglutetimida) – they block the formation of the precursor hormone estrogen synthesis.
Seborrheic Dermatitis Scalp and Treatments
If you see your head is scaly, flaky, and looks greasy you need to be more detailed in taking care of your hair daily, as it starts to show the symptom of seborrhoeic dermatitis scalp. In common term, we usually called it as Dandruff. The seborrhoeic dermatitis scalp could also occurs in babies ( cradle cap ). Unaware to most people, this symptom can also happen in other parts of the body such as cheek, face, and chest.
The seborrheic dermatitis scalp has been pretty much common occurs in babies up from 3 months onwards, and adult between 30 and 60. Such dandruff problem seems affect more man than women. The cause seborrheic dermatitis scalp has not been identified yet but some experts suggest that it is related to hormones. Some other experts suggest that the dandruff is caused by fungus called malassezia. The dandruff is causing several disturbances such as itchy feeling. The dandruff also ruins your personal hygiene and appearance because you will always scratch your hair and you have to comb it every time.
Natural Remedies for Migraines
Migraine is mainly a neurological disorder or syndrome which is characterized by severe pain in the head. The pain is like an intense throbbing sensation which can even be followed by nausea. Some of the other symptoms include vomiting, dizziness and so on. Migraine is a very common disorder and millions of people across the world suffer from it. Apart from conventional medical therapies, there are also some natural therapies which have proved effective against the disease.
Causes of Migraines
The exact cause of migraine is not really known. However, according to physicians, the complication is mainly caused by some type of spasms which take place in the blood circulating arteries to the brain. Migraines are also caused by stressful and fast lifestyle, lack of proper nutrition and sleep, changes in blood pressure and sugar levels, hormonal imbalance and so on.
Bacterial Vaginosis – Symptoms and Treatments
What is Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)?
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is caused for vaginal infection. It is sometimes referred to as vaginal bacteriosis. It is generally caused by an inequity of naturally occurring bacterial flora.
What are the symptoms and signs of BV?
The most frequent sign of BV is an irregular homogeneous white vaginal discharge, especially after sex. It has a disagreeable fishy smell. Cases of bacterial vaginosis are uncomfortable as well as painful. If you maintain the following suggestions, you will easily be able to cure Bacterial Vaginosis
- Suitable sanitization: It is essential to clean the vaginal region carefully. You can use a mild cleanser combined with purified water in order to cleanse the zone.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Disease – Symptoms & Treatments
If a person has been detected with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), he has to be extremely cautious and careful. Initially, the person may not be aware of such symptoms and signs. If you undergo multiple sclerosis or see others suffer from this problem, you have to first notice the changes which occur in the first instance. There are various types of treatments available as well. But before proceeding further, let's have a brief insight on Multiple Sclerosis.
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
It is an autoimmune disease and as a result of this disease, the cells and tissues of the body get affected. The cause of this multiple sclerosis still remains unknown. If the immune system doesn't act in response generally, it attacks the nerve fibers. The nerve fibers in the optic nerves, brain and spinal cord get affected.
Study Reveals Mammogram is Valuable in Treatment of Breast Cancer
An international team on Tuesday concluded that regular mammograms help in preventing deaths due to breast cancer and the number of deaths prevented increase over a period of time. This study was the longest study conducted on breast cancer screening. A total of 13,000 women were involved in the study, they belonged to two different communities in Sweden. The results observed were that 30% lesser women who were in the screening group died due to breast cancer. The results that were observed persisted for years. Finally after conducting the study for 29 years the researchers concluded that the number of women who were saved due to mammogram increased every year.
Asthma in Children – Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
It has been found that more than five million children in the US are suffering from asthma. In each year nearly 200,000 of them have been taken into hospital due to severe asthma attacks. In most of the cases, the disease starts before the age of 10. The lung, the chief respirator organ, is by and large affected by this disease. An asthma attack makes the air passages narrower and as a result the muscles around them tighten.
What are the symptoms of Asthma in children ?
Some of the following symptoms are noticed in children suffering from asthma :
- Panting
- Chronic or recurring cough
- Chest pain
- Shortness of breath
- Sporadic talking
- Anxiety
- Hyperinflation
Prostate Cancer Symptoms And Warning Signs In Men
With age, the prostate of a man can grow in size. Without being something abnormal, though sometimes that happens to block the flow of urine. So there are some problems with the prostate that can strike men, especially those older than 40 years:
* Benign prostatic hyperplasia, in which urine flow is restricted and therefore there will need to urinate more often, especially at night;
* Acute and chronic prostatitis in the prostate gland becomes inflamed. It is estimated that 35% of men may experience chronic prostatitis in life and manifest symptoms that are frequent and painful urination, decreased libido or erectile failure;
* Prostate cancer that affects the prostate gland cells and can block urinary flow. It's early detection and treatment necessary to prevent the extension of cancer cells in other parts of the body.
Cancer Treatment Heading Towards new Dimensions with Molecular Movement
Researchers at University of London have come up new studies that reveal that the molecular movements can aid in treatment some of the aggressive types of the cancer. It is found that Met, a molecule, is the main reason to trigger and spread cancer as it relocates the negative part of the cell. It is the movement of these molecules from the inner side of the cell to the periphery that could stop the development of the cancer cells and can also lead tumours to shrink. Usually, Met molecules are active in wound healing and embryo formation but are also found in different types of cancers as well like lung cancer, breast cancer etc. Due to the presence of these molecules the cells grow uncontrollably turning into the tumours of highest levels.
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
About Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is a serious chronic disease, with minimal chance of cure if diagnosed in advanced stages. Cervical cancer is the 2nd leading cause of death among women after breast cancer, (…) in the world every two minutes a woman dies of cervical cancer.
Also, it says that by the age of 50 years approximately 80% of women experience an infection with one HPV strains and at 60 months of first intercourse between 67-70% of teens have HPV. They have identified over 100 strains, most of them rated safe and asiptomatice and 15 of these lead to cancer, two to a form of malignant cancer (16, 18) and the rest to a benign form of cancer."
Together, cancer-causing HPV types 16 and 18 are responsible for 70% of all cervical cancer cases worldwide.
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Risk Factors
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma begins to develop in the white blood cells called lymphocytes. For reasons unknown white blood cells begin to multiply abnormally, then collects in the lymph nodes and continues to multiply, appearing as a tumor.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is a form of cancer that develops in lymphatic tissue, which is located in various parts of the body: the lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, adenoids, tonsils and bone marrow. For this reason the lymphatic system, an important part of the immune system plays an essential role in defending the body against infection.
Annually, over 1200-1300 persons are diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, this type of cancer being among the top 10 diseases in the world. . Worldwide, approximately 1 million people living with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but every year 200,000 people die from this disease.
Positive Effect Of Radiation Therapy In Cancer Treatment
Chemotherapy, surgery and radiation therapy are three words quite common to people suffering from the life threatening ailment known as cancer. Though chemotherapy is popularly known to people, radiation therapy is being widely accepted worldwide today to treat the cancer patients.
The four types of radiation therapies include the conventional and the conformal, the intensity modulated radiation, the 'stereo tactic' radio surgery ('SRS') and the image guide radiation therapy ('IGRT'). Conventional and conformal therapy is utilised in simpler cases, wherein the cancer causing cells are removed with use of two beam directions. The 'IMRT' or Intensity Modulated Radiation ensures that higher doses are focused on the cancerous cells minimising the side effects.
Treatment Of Coronary Disease
When the blood flow through the coronary arteries is sufficiently restricted to cause angina, there are two basic ways of helping: either the needs of the heart can be reduced so that and inadequate blood supply becomes adequate, or the arteries themselves can be treated to increase the blood supply. The former method is achieved with medicines and the latter, usually, with surgery.
The medicines work by lowering the hearts needs. They do this by slowing the heart rate, reducing the blood pressure (hence the "resistance" into which the heart has to pump) and also the force with which the heart contracts. There are three groups of drugs which are effective in this way; they are called beta-blockers, nitrates and calcium antagonists. To a minor extent they may dilate narrowed coronary arteries where "spasm" has narrowed them over and above the thickening in the walls.
How To Prevent Irritant Contact Dermatitis At Work
Irritant contact dermatitis is more common than the allergic type, generally accounting for about 75 per cent of cases. If the stratum corneum (the outer barrier layer) of the skin is visualised as bricks and mortar, then the effect of skin irritants is to destroy the mortar. This then dissolves the stratum corneum and ultimately destroys the whole epidermis (outer skin layer). Initially this causes skin dryness and scaling, but with the triggering of an inflammatory reaction there is progression to redness, itching, and even blistering.
Irritant contact dermatitis may be further sub-divided into acute and chronic types. Acute irritation usually arises from contact with a single, strong chemical such as a cleaning agent. More common is chronic (or cumulative irritant) contact dermatitis. In this case repeated exposure to single or multiple agents combine to damage the skin. These agents can seem innocuous, such as water, soap and detergents, but through their repeated effects on the skin a low-grade irritant contact dermatitis may develop.
Other substances contacted within the home such as laundry detergents, bleach, and sterilising solutions all accentuate the problem. In addition, solvents, oils, greases, dust, fibreglass and wool are all recognised causes of skin irritation. Once dermatitis has occurred, complete recovery may take some time, often months. Even when the hands look normal after an episode of dermatitis, they may take three to four months to recover fully. Until complete recovery the skin will remain susceptible to further irritation.
Hygiene And The Vulva
We are often taught that 'squeaky clean' skin is the way to go! In the same way, because the vulva is a moist area where natural fluids are produced and urine and faeces may be present, many women feel that they must apply this 'squeaky clean' philosophy even more strictly to their vulvas. I never cease to be amazed and sometimes horrified by what women do to themselves in the mistaken belief that this is a dirty area. If, in addition, they have problems such as itch or discharge, then they think this means they must be dirty with the result that they clean over-zealously. Remember:
– In normal women, vaginal secretions contain bacteria which help to protect us from thrush and other infections. Douching to remove these has no place in routine daily hygiene and is potentially harmful.
– Vaginal secretions don't build up within the vagina: they constantly, gently seep through the introitus and onto the surface. This not only helps keep the vagina naturally clean, but is important during sexual arousal to make sure lubrication is adequate.
– The tissue of the vestibule is like the tissue of the mouth. You don't wash your mouth out with soap every day, and in the same way you don't need to use soap on the vulva. The vestibule is meant to be moist!
Understanding Sensory Issues in People with Autism
People who have been diagnosed with autism or other types of pervasive developmental disorders have a very hard time understanding and processing sensory input.
Lots of children in the United States, as well as throughout the world, are being born with the signs and symptoms of autism. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20 out of every 1,000 kids was diagnosed with autism last year, which is a nine percent increase from children who were being born with this awful disorder four years ago.
Holistic Benefits of Bamboo Massage
Massage therapy centers are always abuzz with baby boomers seeking to relieve anxiety, tension and the stress of their busy lifestyles. Yet, they keep coming back to be massaged and pampered in their never ending battle to remain youthful and fit. This means spas must carry a cornucopia of massage treatment supplies, like oils, lotions, creams, and bamboo massage tools. This way the spa has something to offer all clients or when boomers decide to try new massage techniques.
It is thought that as many as 42 percent of Americans use alternative medicine to compliment traditional health care. Massage, chiropractic, and yoga are widely used in addition to traditional medicine to relieve stress, depression, sore muscles, and skeletal problems.


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For the past week or so, opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline have been crowing about a "new" report from the Stolkholm Environment Institute. It claims that reports by the US State Department have underestimated the potential growth in greenhouse gases four times over.
But as it turns out the report isn't so new. It's so much a rehash of a 2013 report written by SEI that essentially all they've done is slap a new cover on it.
A column by Bringham A McCown published on Forbes.com covers many of the flaws of this old report, passed off by its authors as a new report. Same old report, same old flaws. One in particular stands out:
"In early 2008, the company planning on building and operating the pipeline split the KXL project into a Northern leg and a Southern leg. President Obama approved the Southern leg, running from Cushing, Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast on March 22, 2008. The only remaining section of the pipeline, which remains under consideration, is the Northern leg. Running from Alberta, Canada to Steele City, Nebraska, KXL North is only capable of transporting 450,000 Bbl/d, of which approximately one-quarter is designated for U.S. Bakken crude.
In other words, the most Canadian oil KXL could bring is 325,000 Bbl/d. For comparison, the United States currently consumes 18.89 million barrels of crude. The addition of the oil from Keystone XL amounts to less than 2% of daily U.S. consumption."
There's more. While the addition of oilsands synthetic crude via the Keystone XL pipeline would increase US oil consumption by only 2%, the 2% added stands to potentially replace oil imports from Mexico and Venezuela. In a recent report by the California Low-Carbon Fuel Standards administration, the carbon content of each of these blends was found to be higher than that of Access Western Blend.
So. Keystone XL will increase US oil imports by no more than 2%. And that oil is of a lower carbon content -- ergo, is "cleaner" by the rhetorical standard of the anti-oil lobby -- than oil that is already in use.
Looks like we can shelve this "new" report under "yesterdays news."


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- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon minced shallot
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon ground ancho chili pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 salmon fillet (1 pound)
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- In a small saucepan coated with cooking spray, saute garlic and shallot until tender. Add orange juice and vinegar. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes or until reduced to 1/4 cup. Stir in the honey, chili pepper, salt and pepper.
- In a large ovenproof skillet, brown salmon in oil on both sides. Brush with 1/4 cup sauce. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 8-10 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
- Brush with remaining sauce and sprinkle with cilantro. Yield: 4 servings.
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Reviews for Scrumptious California Salmon
"I was looking for something different and this was. I guess I don't love orange flavor with salmon. It was good, but not amazing to me."
"This is a great recipe. Easy, yet it has a sophisticated flavor."
"This is a very tasty sauce for salmon-my favorite. I don't have a stove top so used an electric skillet to reduce the sauce. Microwaving to reduce was a fail. The first time I made this, I cooked it in my Sharp Steamwave along with asparagus from the garden. Today, we're going to cook it on the grill."
"We left out the salt and pepper since the balsamic vinegar had lots of flavor, and the ancho pepper had enough spice. It was evry pretty. We added orange slices as a garnish. But next time, we will try adding chopped pineapple. Thanks for the recipe."
"I had a great time making this recipe. This was so good!! I doubled the recipe because I had to feed 7 people, 5 of which are kids. When you have 11,12,two 13, & a 16 year old saying how this was the best fish dish I've made for them...that's saying a whole lot!! Thank you for sharing. 5 stars for sure."


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One of the best parts about buying a new vehicle is the fact that it looks new. The paint is shiny, damage free, and easy to keep clean. Unfortunately, paint doesn't stay that way forever, but you can help it look new longer with following a few simple tips.
Try to wash your car at least once a week. Some people have extremely busy schedules that don't allow much time for car washes, but try to make time if possible. Every time you drive your car down the road you're driving through dirt, leaves, bugs, and other debris on the road. It builds up very quickly, and can be damaging if you do not address it relatively quickly. After you are finished washing your car, be sure to dry it off.
Try to repair any rocks chips as soon as you notice them. Not only do they look bad, those chips can begin to rust and become an even larger eye sore. To repair a rock chip, you can simply purchase some touch up paint from your local dealership. The dealership will need to look up your paint color by VIN, so make sure to have that number handy when you go.
It is also recommended to give your paint a wax job at least twice a year. This process can be a little time consuming, but will provide protection that will make it worth your time. Wax can help prevent some substances from sticking to your paint, and can make car washes a little easier to do. You can find wax at an automotive parts store, or stores such as Walmart or Target. They also have wax on the market that comes in spray form, and can be done quickly when you don't have much time.
Rust proofing your vehicle is also a wise idea, but many car makers are now taking precautionary measures of their own to prevent rust. Many auto makers are now putting vehicles through a process called galvanization. Simply put it is a protective zinc coating that is applied to the chassis to prevent rust from occurring.
We all know about the morning dew that covers our cars every morning when we head out to work. Most people do not know that it can be potentially harmful to your paint. This dew sis acidic, and should be hosed off if possible. In coastal areas where there is a lot of salt in the air, you should also make sure to spray the dew off to ensure that dirt and salt doesn't stick to it. Many people will drip a little gasoline on their paint after filling up, not knowing that it can also be damaging to your paint. Try to rinse that surface with water as soon as possible.
Do not use any abrasive towels or cloths on your vehicle.
Ice scrapers are not made to be used on your vehicle's paint. Those are only to be used to remove the ice and snow from your windows. Some ice scrapers come with a soft brush, which is typically okay to use on your vehicles paint, but always double check.
It is possible to have a car go it's whole life without needing a new paint job. Everybody is concerned with the mechanical maintenance, but many overlook the importance of maintaining their vehicle's paint.