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PRINCETON, N.J. (8/12/13) – Princeton head men's soccer coach Jim Barlow '91 has announced that MLS veteran and Princeton graduate Jesse Marsch '96 will join the staff as an assistant coach.
"Princeton soccer is very lucky to have someone like Jesse join our staff," said Barlow. "With his incredible playing and coaching experience, together with his knowledge of what it is like to be a student-athlete at Princeton, he has so much to offer. We can't wait to get started."
"I'm excited to return to Princeton and work with Coach Barlow, the staff and the team for the upcoming season," Marsch said. "It's a great opportunity to give back to the University and to keep learning about the game. I know it will help me to continue to improve as a coach, and I look forward to the interactions I'll have with the players on the field every day."
One of the most decorated and respected players in the MLS, Marsch won three MLS Cup titles and four U.S. Open Cup medals during his 14-year MLS career. Drafted in 1996, Marsch was a member of DC United (96-97), the Chicago Fire (98-05) and Chivas USA (06-09). The midfielder played in 321 career games, ninth most by a field player in MLS history. He made 286 starts and scored 31 goals and 40 assists in 25,642 minutes. Prior to his retirement in 2010, Marsch was one of just four remaining MLS originals and was the first player to win three MLS titles.
Following his playing retirement, Marsch was hired by Bob Bradley '80 as an assistant coach for the US Men's National Team. Bradley was Marsch's coach at Princeton, at the Chicago Fire and Chivas USA. Marsch helped the US win its group at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the first time the team won its pool since 1930, before finishing in 12th place. The US was the runner-up at the 2011 Gold Cup, losing to Mexico in the final.
In August 2011, Marsch was named the first head coach of MLS expansion team the Montreal Impact. He parted ways with the Impact in November 2012 after leading the Impact to the most successful inaugural MLS team record since Seattle's record 12 wins in 2009.
Since then he and his family, wife Kim, daughter Emma, 11, sons Maddux, 9, and Lennon, 6, have been traveling throughout the world in what Marsch called a "trip of a lifetime." Beginning in Hong Kong, the Marsch's visited Singapore, many countries in Southeast Asia, India, Nepal, Dubai, Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Europe. Read more here http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/08/07/after-cathartic-vacation-jesse-marsch-eyes-another-opportunity-mls
An All-America at Princeton, where he totaled 29 goals and 15 assists in four seasons, Marsch finished 1994 and 1995 as the Ivy League's leading scorer and was on the all-Ivy team both years. He led the Tigers to an NCAA appearance during his senior year, when he scored 16 goals.


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Over the past decade, social media has dramatically changed the way people communicate and network. In the second half of the decade, businesses started to feel the pressure to join the social media movement. Many business owners have taken advantage of the qualities that social media has to offer to help brand themselves and grow their business. They are learning from their customers by listening and using that information to generate advocacy, increase brand value and create loyalty through a two-way conversation.
Although online networking provides many opportunities, in-person networking is equally if not more important. The Leadership Team at National Networking Month says, "The pursuit to become successful through social media and online marketing has created a disconnect between online networking and in-person networking. Some business professionals are losing those vital communication skills that are needed to network in person." Although social networking allows you to expand your reach and connect with more people, it will never be as meaningful as the face to face interaction you get from in-person networking. Networking Month also believes, "In-person networking is the single, most effective way to connect with others for optimal results."
When networking in person, it is important to keep a few "best practices" in mind.
1. Create your elevator speech
Develop a short pitch (around 30 seconds) of who you are and why you are worth getting to know. Make sure your pitch is flexible so that you can easily adjust it depending on your audience.
2. Find a common interest
It's very important to identify common interest when talking to other people. If you talk about a topic only you are interested in, you risk being forgotten. The key, in my opinion, is to ask open-ended questions and then listen carefully for clues as to what topics may be of interest to you both.
3. Take Initiative
Often we need to take the initiative to get to know people; and some people are worth making an extra effort to get to know. In fact, it is normally the case that the more a person is worth establishing contact with the more initiative you have to take.
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Making an effort to keep in touch with people really is worth it. So don't be afraid to ask for a person's business card, phone number or email address. This allows you to be able send a brief email, phone call, or even plan a lunch meeting.
Challenge yourself and continue to develop your communication skills. No matter how much technology advances, in-person networking will always be very important.
Visit www.networkingmonth.org for more information. It encourages professionals to build interpersonal relationships with each other, and highlights the importance of doing so. It also ensures that people have the tools they need to network confidently and effectively.

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According to Crates of Pergamon and Varro, there existed in the vicinity of Parium on the Hellespont a race of men called Ophiogenees (the Serpent-Born) who were able to cure poisonous serpent-bites with a mere touch of the hand.
Strabo, Geography 13. 1. 14 (trans. Jones) (Greek geographer C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"The city Parion is situated on the sea [the Hellespontos]; it has a larger harbor than Priapos . . . Here is told the mythical story that the Ophiogeneis are akin to the serpent tribe : and they say that the males of the Ophiogeneis cure snake-bitten people by continuous stroking, after the manner of enchanters, first transferring the livid color to their own bodies and then stopping both the inflammation and the pain. According to the myth, the original founder of the tribe, a certain hero, changed from a serpent (ophis) into a man."
Aelian, On Animals 12. 39 (trans. Scholfield) (Greek natural history C2nd A.D.) :
"Halia (Sea Brine), the daughter of Sybaris, was entering a grove of Artemis, the grove was in Phrygia [Mysia], when a divine Drakon appeared to her--it was of immense size--and lay with her. And from this union sprang the Ophiogeneis (Snake-born) of the first generation."
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This week Nebraska faces an Idaho team that is much more experienced and talented than the competition the Huskers faced last Saturday. The Vandals are coming off an eight win season and their first bowl game since 1998. Nebraska has repeatedly gotten bashed for their "cupcake" schedule this season, but the Vandals are not a team to take lightly.
In the team's opener Idaho made quick work of North Dakota, trouncing the Fighting Sioux, 45-0. The shutout was the Vandals first in nearly 13 seasons, setting the tone for the team both offensively and defensively.
The Vandal offense focuses around quarterback Nathan Enderle. The Nebraska native (North Platte) has thrown for over 7,000 yards in his career along with 54 touchdowns. The Huskers typically don't have too much trouble with pocket passers, but Enderle also does a great job of getting yards with his feet when needed. Princeton McCarty is a solid running back for Idaho, but the key for the Blackshirts will be shutting down the passing game.
I wouldn't be surprised if Enderle is able to put a couple touchdowns on the board against the Huskers, but I also think this could turn into a sack-fest as well. What's probably consider the biggest weakness for the Vandals is their depleted offensive line. Idaho returns just one starter up front are easily facing the best defensive line they will see all season. Nebraska had some communication and assignment issues last week, but Pelini seems confident those are ironed out, which is very bad news for the opposition.
The player the Huskers will most have to keep an eye on when on offense is safety Shiloh Keo. The veteran leader of the Vandal defense, Keo helped shutdown his own team's offense a couple weeks ago when in a scrimmage the senior tallied three interceptions and a forced fumble, according to the Spokesman-Review.
The Huskers shouldn't have too much trouble consistently moving the ball. Not only does Taylor Martinez and his dual-threat abilities make it tough for the opposition to game plan around, there's still the idea Nebraska might throw three different quarterbacks into the game. I also believe Watson will give all the running backs more carries in preparation for the game in Seattle next week.
A great amount of the run plays in the first game for Nebraska were out of the zone-read. It appears as if that's the play Shawn Watson wants to base the offense around and we should see plenty of it ran again in Lincoln this weekend. Taylor Martinez is the perfect quarterback for this system, not only because of his elusive running ability but because of his sneakiness as well. Time after time Martinez stuck the ball in the running back's gut, only to keep it himself and take off for a big gain. The freshman also showed off his arm last week which could become a big threat on zone-read fakes.
Overall the Huskers shouldn't have a hard time taking care of this one. The Vandals are a solid team and could hang with Nebraska throughout the first half, but the speed, athleticism, size and depth of the Big Red will eventually be too much for Idaho to overcome. Even though I expect Enderle and the offense to put a few points on the Blackshirts, I think the lack of time the quarterback will have in the pocket will cause some turnovers and some sacks for the Blackshirts. Nebraska, as expected, will be 2-0 heading into their anticipated match up with Washington.
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New Method That Boosts IVF Success Rates Found
by VR Sreeraman on June 3, 2012 at 8:01 PM Research News - G J E 4
Researchers have identified a new method to choose the healthy eggs and avoid abnormal ones which will ultimately improve in vitro fertilization (IVF) success rates.
Only a few Oocytes (eggs) per IVF treatment cycle are able to result in pregnancy because many eggs have the wrong number of chromosomes.
AdvertisementIf the egg is missing a chromosome or has an extra chromosome, it is an abnormal or aneuploid egg.
This condition is referred to as aneuploidy and the problem only gets worse as women age.
Cells, known as cumulus cells surround oocytes. Cumulus cells regulate and assist the process of egg maturation.
In this study, Yale Fertility Center director Pasquale Patrizio, M.D., and Dagan Wells of the University of Oxford analysed genes expressed in the cumulus cells.
They were able to recognize a set of genes that are less active in cells that are associated with abnormal eggs.
The researchers characterized two genes - SPSB2 and TP5313 - and found that the expression of these genes was consistently underrepresented in cumulus cells that surrounded abnormal eggs, while these same genes were normally expressed in eggs with the correct number of chromosomes.
"The identification of these genes in cumulus cells can serve as a novel, non-invasive marker to identify abnormal oocytes and thus ultimately improve IVF success rates," said Patrizio, professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale.
"We can use cumulus cells surrounding the eggs to gain insight into the health of an egg. These cells are now able to inform us about the chromosomal makeup of an egg. This can help us know if it is the 'right egg' to be fertilized and produce a baby," he said.
"This finding opens up the possibility of a safe, effective, and inexpensive way of identifying healthy eggs, potentially lowering the risks of miscarriage and Down syndrome," said Wells.
"By conducting these tests before eggs are fertilized, ethical concerns about analysis of human embryos are avoided," he added.
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If you've always craved a conventional, and nostalgic soft-top convertible, and since only a few are being made today, now's the perfect time to wrestle a good deal on one. And with this being the holiday week and years end, it's a time when dealers need to move the iron. And if you can find one, Chrysler's 2013 200S convertible would be a steal.
Their 200S convertible is extremely spacious compared to its limited cloth top competition. And with the 3.6L, 283-hp (260 lb/ft of torque) V6 offered as standard on the S model trim model, there's plenty of power to move this 3,575 pound ragtop that rates EPA mileage figures of 19 city, 29-highway mpg. With the standard 6-speed automatic transmission, the combination has been 0-60 tested at 7.5 seconds.
On lesser trim levels, a 2.4L, 173-hp (166 lb/ft of torque) is standard.
The Chrysler 200 is offered in LX, Touring and Limited hardtops, while the convertible comes in Touring, Limited and, as tested, S trim levels.
On sedan models, the 200 comes with side curtain airbags while the convertible gets front-seat mounted side airbags with head protection.
Lowering the top into the trunk takes 25 seconds with a hard plastic tonneau covering the assembly, not a separate button-down cloth cover like those of yesteryear.
Upon lowering the top, it folds nicely into a protected cradle of sorts. As such, trunk space is impressive and can hold a medium size duffel bag. With the top up, the cradle folds flat allowing two medium or one super-size roll-a-long or one golf bag.
Inside the cabin, the S model gets a touch of faux sueded door panels and perforated seat inserts that allow quick heating in winter and better breathability in summer. The motif blends nicely with the heavily cushioned, semi supportive leather front seats and overall upscale quality.
HVAC controls are large rotary dials that are easy to see and use. And the 5.5x3-inch LCD screen shows audio and GPS functions but is void of a rearview camera that would be nice to have even with the top down. With the top up, half moon shaped rear headrests allow some rear visibility through a condensed sized window, again, here's where a rearview camera would be helpful.
Ingress into the back seat is a bit of a squeeze for large adults and legroom is somewhat limited for tall folks, especially with the front seats racked well rearward. But shoulder room is ample.
As a soft top, outside noise with the top up and windows closed is noticeable - as it is with most other similar ragtops. If you desire more silence, opt for the hardtop convertible version that comes with an understandably higher price tag.
The ride on Goodyear 18-inch tires is exceptionally smooth and stable with no windshield shimmy when traversing unimproved railroad crossings or unseen potholes. It's a solid ragtop with above average handling traits.
The 200S base priced at $32,820 but rose only slightly to $34,610 with delivery and the 27S Preferred Package that adds Chrysler's Uconnect, Satellite radio, voice command with Bluetooth, 40GB hard drive, GPS nav and more.
Standard features are lengthy, encompassing and include such goodies as keyless ignition, remote start (nice to have on a cold winter day), power everything, stability/traction control, halogen headlamps, LED tail lamps, tilt/telescoping steering wheel and much more.
Added to all this, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the 200 convertible a "Good" rating in frontal-offset and side impact tests.
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Labour MP Calls on Brown to Step Down
Labour lawmaker John Mann on Saturday became the first to call for Prime Minister Gordon Brown to resign after Thursday's general election left Labour as the second party in Parliament behind the Conservatives.
With Labour still hoping to form a coalition with the smaller Liberal Democrats and others if talks between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats break down, Mr. Mann said that Mr. Brown was an obstacle to any such deal.
"Gordon Brown's continuation as the Party's leader rules out the credibility of a Lib/Lab pact that has to prioritize the modernisation and reform of the antiquated U.K. political systems, the continued stabilisation of the economy in partnership with the need to protect front line public sector jobs and services," he said in a statement on his website.
There was no immediate comment from a spokesman for Brown. Mr. Mann said that Mr. Brown had a "good run" as prime minister but is seen by voters as "out of touch and aloof."
"Whatever happens in the next few days, Gordon Brown should not lead Labour into any future election," he said.
Mr. Brown has been Labour leader since he took over as prime minister from Tony Blair in June 2007. Since then he has survived a series of coups against him. Mr. Brown also came under pressure during the election campaign — at first for not engaging with ordinary voters and then for a major gaffe when he was caught on a live microphone describing a voter he's met as a "bigoted woman."
However the prime minister won praise from some in his party for the resilience and fight he showed in the final days of the campaign, with some seeing Brown's endurance as one reason why Labour avoided a complete electoral collapse.
On Friday, Mr. Brown showed no signs of stepping aside as the results showed Labour finished a distant second in terms of popular vote and won 258 seats compared to the Conservatives 306. However, the Conservatives do not have the 326 seats needed to form a majority.
Mr. Brown said if talks between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats break down, he was willing to work with other parties. Brown called Clegg late Friday. "For my part, I should make clear that I would be willing to see any of the party leaders," Mr. Brown said.
However Mr. Mann's comments are likely to fuel the internal debate within the Labour Party. One former Labour minister and open Brown critic, who declined to be named, said it is only a matter of time before Mr. Brown is asked or forced to step down and said that some current ministers are currently positioning themselves through phone calls to succeed him.
However others, particularly on the left wing of the party, are less sure. Many say it is wrong to be talking about changing the leader given the political situation is so in flux.
"I call on John Mann to step down," said Ronnie Campbell, a Labour MP in the north east of England. "Gordon Brown will do the right thing by the party and he is the leader of this party," he said.


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"They're not paying us enough to survive," McDonald's worker Raymond Lopez told Salon in a pre-strike interview. Lopez said he decided to join today's strike because "This company has enough money to pay us a reasonable amount for all that we do … they're just not going to give it to us as long as they can get away with it. I think we need to be heard"...
Dramatic actions took place on Black Friday, when workers leafleted and demonstrated at major companies and dropped a banner inside of Macy's (they also joined pickets in support of local Wal-Mart workers). "We're getting all the workers together and we're standing up against CEOs," said WOCC member Brittney Smith. "Because there's more workers than there are CEOs."
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Freshman: (2011-12): Ferreri was a versatile swimmer for the Cowboys during his freshman season. He earned his way to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships. He swam in the 400-yard individual medley, 1650 freestyle and 200 butterfly. His best finish came in the 1650 free placing 16th with a time of 15:59.11. He also recorded a top-20 finish in the 400 IM, placing 19th with a time of 4:04.15. Ferreri's best meet came at the Houston Cougar Classic recording four top-10 finishes. His best finish in Houston came in the mile swim (1650 freestyle) taking first place with a personal-best time of 15:57.51. In the 200 butterfly, Ferreri placed eighth with a time of 1:57.65. His other two top-10 finishes came in the 500 freestyle (ninth, 4:41.36) and in the 400 IM (10th, 4:09.09). At a home meet against Air Force he swam both distance races for the Cowboys finishing fourth in the 1000 (10:11.68) and 500 freestyles (4:55.81). He also had an excellent meet at the Citrus Classic placing second in the 1650 free (16:26.68) and in the 200 butterfly (1:59.13). He earned his first letter as a Cowboy.
High School: Ferreri was a terrific distance freestyle and individual medley swimmer out of Mission Viejo Natadores. He was on the cusp of qualifying for Junior Nationals in the 1000 freestyle, the 200 butterfly and the 400 IM. Ferreri placed second in the 2010 Gold Summer Sectionals 5K open water race. He helped lead his high school to the 2010 California High School State Boys Swimming Championship. Ferreri also helped win consecutive CIF Southern Section Division I Championships in 2009 and 2010. He is an excellent student and he was on his school's Superintendent Honor Roll this past year. He also made the Principal's Honor Roll four times in high school (2008-2010).
Personal: Ferreri was born in Downers Grove, Ill., on Feb. 24, 1993. He is the son of John and Sandi Ferreri. He has two younger sisters, Kelsi and Jillian. He is majoring in business administration while at UW.
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SEATTLE - It's been an eventful summer for Michael Callahan. Coming off a National Championship season, the fifth-year UW coach hustled from one European venue to another, both to recruit new student-athletes and to watch Husky oarsmen compete at the U-23 Championships. Somehow he also managed to squeeze in his own wedding.
Now Callahan is back in his office at Conibear Shellhouse in preparation for the upcoming 2011-12 season, which officially began with Thursday morning's practice. And while the whirlwind summer has waned into the routine of the fall, Callahan has not lost the competitive edge needed to keep the Husky Crew program focused on their season's goals.
It's no secret the Huskies enter the year with a bull's eye on their backs. Washington has not won repeat IRA titles since 1940-41, and the competition this year is loaded with potential challengers. Callahan said his team will need to dedicate an extraordinary effort towards eclipsing the speed of archrival California, as well as Harvard, Wisconsin, Princeton and Brown.
"I'm really excited about the year. But there's a lot of firepower out there with our competition," Callahan said from his office overlooking Union Bay. "These crews are filled with talent, and we have a lot of question marks on our end."
Most notably, Callahan will have to find a replacement for Conlin McCabe. The highly decorated senior oarsman is taking the 2011-12 season off to concentrate on making Canada's eight at the 2012 London Olympics. This leaves a void of power on the port side of the Huskies' varsity eight, and presents a challenge for another oarsman to step up.
"It's going to be a challenge," Callahan said. "We're trying to figure out what our strengths are as a group. We don't have the oarsmen like Conlin McCabe and [recent graduate] Hans Struzyna, names that resonated with the rowing community, anymore. It's going to be a considerable task for us as coaches to get ready to compete at the level we expect to."
Overall, the Huskies lose four rowers from the varsity eight that captured gold at IRAs. Now the difficulty lies with how well the coaching staff can synchronize power and technique and develop young rowers over the course of the next eight months. The returning Husky oarsmen did their parts over the summer: competing internationally, working out in small boats, and maintaining fitness.
Earlier this week, Callahan and freshmen coach Luke McGee met with rowers to lay out the fall training schedule. But there is no easing into the season with this group. On Thursday morning, Callahan had his oarsmen compete in a lengthy pair race, with the 10 best pairs selected to compete for seats in next month's Head of the Charles. The egalitarian selection process to the prestigious fall head race has been a mainstay of the Husky program since Callahan took over following the 2007 season.
At the HOCR, which takes place on Oct. 23, the Huskies will face several of their principal rivals, including Cal and Harvard, in what should amount to an early season litmus test.
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Graham: We've got plenty of talent
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Striker sees bags of potential in colleagues.
Danny Graham is determined to make an impression amongst what he feels is already a strong attacking line-up.
There's places up for grabs and I will be working hard on the training ground to show the manager what I'm about
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The £5m signing has boosted Martin O'Neill's striking options, with the boss keen to provide more support for top scorer Steven Fletcher.
Graham is looking forward to teaming up with Fletcher and the pair boast 17 goals between them already this season.
But he knows hard work is the only way he is going to establish himself as a first-team regular.
"Fletcher's come in and been a breath of fresh air," Graham said.
"He's scored a number of goals and probably repaid most of his transfer fee already.
"We've got Sessegnon in behind and Connor Wickham too.
"There's places up for grabs and I will be working hard on the training ground to show the manager what I'm about."
Graham, who will be hoping to make an immediate debut against Reading this weekend, is also looking forward to building up an understanding with Sunderland's wide men.
"As a striker you thrive on service from the wingers," he said. "Players like [Adam] Johnson, [Seb] Larsson and [James McClean] will provide plenty of ammo.
"I'll be looking to get into the box as often as I can and get on the end of some deliveries."
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How to prove that for any matrix $A\in \mathbb R^{m\times n}$ ($m\geq n$) such that $rank(A)=r$ there exists a nonsingular matrix $P$ and an orthogonal matrix $U$ such that, \begin{align*} A=U\Gamma P^{-1}, \end{align*} where, \begin{align*} \displaystyle\Gamma=\left(\begin{array}{cc} \textrm{diag}(\gamma_1, \ldots, \gamma_r)&0\\ 0&0 \end{array}\right), \end{align*} and, \begin{align*} \gamma_i=\sqrt{p_i^TA^TAp_i},\ i=1, \ldots, r. \end{align*} If those matrices indeed exist I can prove the equality for $\gamma_i$ using SVD, but I wasn't manage to show they really exist..
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I am not sure if I understand your question correctly. However, if you are not questioning the existence of SVD, then the SVD of $A$ already gives you the required decomposition, doesn't it?


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Cowboy Cop Makes the Conservative Case for Marijuana Legalization at CPAC
It's going better than you might expect.
Wearing a giant fat suit or a Captain America costume is one way to get attention at CPAC. Wearing a cowboy hat and a T-shirt that reads "COPS SAY LEGALIZE POT. ASK ME WHY" is another.
Howard Wooldridge is a retired police detective who now lobbies Capitol Hill for his group "Citizens Opposing Prohibition" — the prohibition on marijuana. He made the New York Times in October of 2005 for riding a horse for seven months from Los Angeles to Times Square as a way to bring publicity to the absurdity of anti-marijuana laws. This weekend he's pleading his case at CPAC, and it's going better than you might expect.
"The reactions have been almost 100 percent in favor of what I'm doing," Wooldridge, who claims he hasn't smoked marijuana in thirty years, tells me. "I've had about three people in the last two days out of about 200 who do not like it." Particularly with this conservative crowd, Wooldridge debates his naysayers in terms of conservative principles. "Personal freedom, personal responsibility, and limited government are what conservatives believe in," he says. "And that's what I believe in. And thats what we should do with marijuana policy. I say, 'Give me a conservative reason to keep it going,' and they dont have any."
Progress is slow for Wooldridge, but rewarding. He's been coming to CPAC for the past six years, and says that four or five people have approached him over the past couple of days to tell them that, after mulling over his arguments from past CPACs, they now oppose marijuana prohibition as well. "I know from the feedback I'm getting that I'm making small gains every time I come here," he says. "If nothing else, I create a bone that people chew on after they leave."
I vastly underestimate Wooldridge's optimism when I ask the 60-year-old whether he thinks he'll see marijuana legalized in his lifetime. "I have medium confidence, if the economics stay roughly the same, five-to-eight years." And "if the economy gets worse," he suggests, and people start to realize how much revenue could be generated from regulating and taxing marijuana, "we might reduce that to three-to-five."
Not that Wooldridge wants the economy to get worse. But the end of Pot Prohibition wouldn't be a bad silver lining.


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HILO — After six years of testifying before the County Council, Kohala Councilwoman-elect Margaret Wille will soon take a seat on the other side of the dais. Her biggest priority: getting the Community Development Plan committees the respect she says they deserve.
The CDPs were created to give the public more input in how their communities should look. But CDP action committees have increasingly run afoul of the county Planning Department because of misunderstandings between the two bodies over how much power the CDP committees actually have.
"They're the most quasi-local government these communities have," Wille said.
Wille envisions the CDP action committees as similar to the neighborhood boards on Oahu. On that island, the neighborhood boards vet and provide input to the Honolulu City Council on proposed developments. She said she doesn't think the county ordinance needs to be changed as much as there needs to be an educational process for communities and the administration.
"I feel that the legislation is there, but they're not being given their due," Wille said. "Right now, I don't think we need another law, but we need to more effectively use the one we have."
But Planning Director Bobby Jean Leithead Todd disagrees that the County Council ever contemplated giving CDPs so much power when they were created during the Mayor Harry Kim administration. Leithead Todd said each of the island's CDPs have evolved differently, but she hopes to see them recommending amendments to the county's general plan as well as recommending capital improvement projects to the County Council.
"They were never intended to be mini-planning commissions," Leithead Todd said, adding that the county added the CDP process about the same time it split the Planning Commission into Leeward and Windward Planning Commissions to make them more responsive to community concerns.
The conflict has escalated into a lawsuit over the Kona CDP.
Richard and Patricia Missler are fighting a proposed planned unit development called Waikakuu Ranch in South Kona. Last month, they filed a lawsuit in 3rd Circuit Court, naming the county Planning Department and Board of Appeals among other defendants, because those agencies declared CDPs have no say over planned unit developments.
Both Wille and Leithead Todd want to keep the communication channels open.
"I can help educate other council members and the administration to appreciate and understand the value of the CDPs," Wille said.
Leithead Todd said her department has recently changed its procedure in order to share information with the CDP committees in a more timely fashion. Previously, the Planning Department shared semimonthly listings of applications; now it's started to send out cover sheets on variance and other applications that require notification of neighbors. That way, the CDP committee can review the file if the application is of interest, she said.


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Ode to a Gitmo TerroristBy Thomas JoscelynAugust 14, 2008
Film star and social activist Vanessa Redgrave was born January 30, 1937 in London, England. Her father, the Shakespearean stage actor Sir Michael Redgrave, and her mother, film and television actress Rachel Kempson, had three children -- Vanessa, Lynn, and Corin -- all of whom pursued careers as actors. Vanessa Redgrave's acting career began in 1958 when she played the role of Pamela Gray in the movie Behind the Mask. Since then, she has played roles in nearly 90 films, including As You Like It (1963), A Man for All Seasons (1966), Camelot (1967), Julia (1977), and Mission: Impossible (1996). She has won numerous prestigious awards for her work, including the English Academy Award, the Cannes Best Actress Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, the Golden Globe Award, and the Emmy Award. Redgrave has been a longtime, outspoken hater of Israel, condemning the Jewish state for its alleged crimes against the Palestinian people. In 1977 she filmed a documentary titled The Palestinians, which showed her in a PLO training camp, dancing as she waved a rifle over her head. In her acceptance speech for an Oscar award in 1978, Redgrave railed at Israel's "Zionist hoodlums." In 1980 Redgrave proclaimed, "The State of Israel must be overthrown, there is no room for such a state." In December 1981 she told the publication Arab Perspective, "The Zionist state is the cause of conflict and violence in the Middle East." On at least one occasion, she warmly embraced PLO leader Yasser Arafat. When Redgrave was in Jerusalem as a UNICEF "Goodwill Ambassador" in July 2004, she told reporters that Israeli soldiers routinely used the heads of Palestinian children for target practice. "An Israeli sniper will shoot at a classroom full of Palestinian children who are in their uniforms and scarves," Redgrave said. "Any Palestinian mother or schoolchild knows that a schoolchild who is dressed in a uniform can be and is frequently shot in the head -- not in the chest, not in the legs, in the head." When asked to name her source for this claim, Redgrave cited a documentary by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Huda's Story. According to UNWRA's spokesman in the Gaza Strip, the film's featured child, who lived in Gaza, "was indeed wounded in the head, but by a ricochet bullet." No one knows whether that shot was fired by an Israeli or a Palestinian. Redgrave has condemned Israel's security fence in the West Bank, calling it "a barrier higher than any wall I've seen and even higher than the Berlin Wall." "I see a government [Israel's] that is deliberately trying to destroy the peace," she adds. Redgrave was a longtime supporter of the Communist Workers' Revolutionary Party. She left the Party in the course of a Trotskyite split and helped establish another proletarian vanguard, the Marxist Party. In 1962 Redgrave became one of the first celebrities to visit Fidel Castro's Communist Cuba, where she was rumored to have had an affair with Castro. In 1967 she took out a full-page ad in a United Kingdom publication, denouncing the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. In the 1980s she was active in the nuclear freeze movement (a Soviet-sponsored initiative that would have frozen Soviet miltary superiority in place), and she protested American policies in Central America -- especially U.S. opposition to the Communist Sandinistas. Prior to the 1991 Gulf War, Redgrave demanded the "withdrawal of U.S., British, and all imperialist troops from the Gulf." In September 1998 Redgrave was a signatory to a public statement -- co-signed by such feminist leaders as Betty Friedan, Patricia Ireland, and Eleanor Smeal -- opposing the possible impeachment of President Bill Clinton. "Some of those leading the charge against Clinton are among the worst foes of women's rights," the statement said. "The opponents of the President have a political agenda that will harm women long after the scandal has faded." In 2002 Redgrave made a £50,000 bail payment for the Chechen separatist Akhmed Zakayev, who had helped plan a Moscow theater hostage-taking by armed Chechen rebels earlier that year -- an event that resulted in the deaths of at least 129 innocent people. In 2003 Redgrave appeared regularly as a featured speaker at antiwar protests in London. Said she of the proposed effort to remove Saddam Hussein from power by military means: "The British and American governments are about to destroy all hopes for peace anywhere in our world, forever." In 2004 Redgrave and her brother, Corin Redgrave, founded the Guantanamo Human Rights Commission (GHRC) -- a prisoners' rights group that advocates on behalf of enemy combatants who were captured by U.S. troops during the war on terror and were transported to prison camps in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In June 2004 Redgrave charged that President Bush was operating a "concentration camp" in Guantanamo, where prisoners were routinely subjected to "torture." Also in 2004, Vanessa and brother Corin co-founded the Peace and Progress Party, a British political entity professing a commitment to "conflict resolution, fair trade and economic and social justice." Chief among the Party's concerns are: ending "the occupation of Iraq"; closing all nuclear bases leased to the United States; canceling all debts owed by poor nations; ending internment without trial; freeing all Guantanamo detainees; fighting "global warming"; and ending the "humanitarian crisis" facing the Palestinian people at the hands of Israel. In the 2005 British general elections, Redgrave's Peace and Progress Party nominated British Muslim and suspected terrorist Babar Ahmad, who had been arrested in August 2004 on charges of raising funds for Islamic terrorists in Chechnya and Afghanistan. In 2005 Redgrave was a signatory to a letter addressed to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, charging that "the U.K. Government and the U.S.A. in coalition partnership" were guilty of: (a) "planning and conducting an aggressive war using deceit, including deliberately falsifying reports to arouse passion in support of this war"; (b) "political persecution by initially sacking all Baath party members, thereby very severely reducing the administrative and professional class who had been obliged to be members"; and (c) "failure to treat P.O.W.'s humanely, especially those held in the open in the sun." In 2006 Redgrave lamented the New York Theater Workshop's decision to "postpon[e] indefinitely" My Name is Rachel Corrie, a play honoring the late International Solidarity Movement activist, due to public criticism about its anti-Israel themes. Redgrave,who was one of the production's financial backers, called the cancellation an "act of catastrophic cowardice," and urged producers at the Royal Court Theatre, where the play was first performed, to sue the New York Theater Workshop for "censorship of the worst kind." In December 2007 Redgrave donated £25,000 to cover half of the bail payments for two terror suspects who were being released from Guantanamo Bay -- Jamil el-Banna (who was accused of producing extremist propaganda for Osama bin Laden) and Omar Deghayes (who has been linked to a terrorist cell called the Islamic Alliance). "It is a profound honor and I am glad to be alive to be able to do this," said Redgrave. "Guantanamo Bay is a concentration camp. It is a disgrace that these men have been kept there all these years." Portions of this profile are adapted from the article "Tinseltown's Marxist Anti-Semite," written by Don Feder and published by FrontPageMagazine.com on July 14, 2004.
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To say this is the most important summer of Garth Snow's young career as an NHL GM would be a gross understatement. In fact, it may be the most important summer this franchise has ever seen
As Snow and coach Scott Gordon prepare for their third year guiding the Good Ship Islander together, the rebuilding program has reached a critical stage. An 18-point improvement in the standings was nice but it still didn't get the team into the NHL playoffs. Figure it will take at least an additional 12 to 14 points on top of the 79 they grabbed this season to make the postseason a reality in 2011.
In a very balanced Eastern Conference that could be a big mountain to climb for what will still be a very young roster. Can this club take the next step? If they head into the season with essentially the same roster that finished this season, we think not.
On the other hand, while changes need to be made to get this team to the next level, we don't think they are monumental.
Here's a brief look at five things we think need to be on Snow's "To Do" list between now and the time the first leaves hit the ground in early October. In true Letterman-esque style, we'll start with No. 5 and count down.
5 – Draft Wisely: Snow is in a good position for the June draft; with the fifth pick in a fairly deep pool he should have a crack at either an impact forward or defensemen—one that may be able to step in and contribute right away.
The most recent buzz surrounding the June draft is Prince George right wing Brett Connolly has recovered from a hip injury and is now in the mix as a potential top five pick. While this probably won't change the fact Taylor Hall and Tyler Seguin will go 1-2, it does make the next three picks very interesting as two highly-touted defensemen, Cam Fowler and Erik Gudbranson might go 3-4, leaving Connolly available for Snow. From what we've been told Connolly is the power forward NHL GMs dream about selecting.
We'll breakdown the 2010 draft a little later this Spring, but if Connolly is available Snow should grab him. The team hasn't had a winger like this since Clark Gillies.
4 – Add some size up front: As hard working a team as they were there were too many nights this past season where the Isles looked overmatched physically. The Rangers completely changed their on-ice identity at the end of the season by adding Jody Shelley and Brandon Prust. While the Rangers might bring Prust back, our guess is Shelley will be available—grab him. And if not Shelley there are quite a few UFAs that fit the bill for some body banging up front like Boston's Shawn Thornton , the Stars' Krys Barch and Tampa Bay's very tough Zenon Konopka.
3 – Goaltender-Go-Round: Dwayne Roloson had a solid season but he turns 41 just as the 2010-2011 season starts. The Isles have to start looking at life without Rick DiPietro long-term, so adding a very capable back-up for Roloson is a huge key this summer. We can't imagine Martin Biron will come back after what he just went through this year so Snow has to take a look at what is a fairly impressive list of UFAs on the goalie front including Johan Hedberg, Patrick Lalime, Manny Legace, Peter Budaj, Marty Turco, Jose Theodore and Michael Leighton. The organization's young prospects are not ready yet; grab one of the above.


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NOVELLA REVIEWS: The Asylum Interviews: Bronx & Trixie by Jocelynn Drake
The Asylum Interviews: Bronx/Trixie by Jocelynn Drake
(The Asylum Tales #0.5/#0.6) | Harper Voyager (2012)
Ebook, 100 pages | Urban Fantasy
In the run up to the release of the first novel in a new series, Angel's Ink (The Asylum Tales #1), Jocelynn Drake realeaed two ebook prequel novella's. What follows are my reviews of each of the books.
For a 100 page novella, Drake has created a short story that is both entertaining and complex. Not once did I feel as if this was a "deleted" scene from her forthcoming full length novel, Angel's Ink. This was very much a taster for things to come.
The story is very fast paced, opening in of all places, the ladies bathrooms in a club. The overall plot of the story is all about how Gage, a warlock who is trying not to use magic for fear of being executed by his ex-superiors, tries to fix a tattoo that is causing his best friend Parker, an incubi, to make everyone hump like bunnies in spring.
Though this is the main plotline, the subplot seems to be how the troll Bronx, ends up getting a job in Gage's tattoo parlor, Asylum Ink.
The characters are all very complex and I instantly warmed to the lead. To me, he sounds like he has a lot in common with another literary wizard named Harry Dresden. Both are trying to keep their noses clean with their respective ruling councils. Both end up getting in over their heads when trying to help their friends. Yet, Gage is trying to hide his abilities for reasons that are not made clear. It is hinted that he disagreed over something with the Ivory Tower (the place where all warlocks and witches study from what I can gather). Gage is also under some sort of probation where he is not allowed to use his abilities unless it's for self defence. This hinders his ability to attack or use his powers to locate Parker, when he goes missing.
From what I can gather, the purpose of this story is to show you how Bronx came to work for Gage, especially as Troll's and Warlocks don't normally mix well. Bronx is very much an enigma throughout the story. We know that he has left his previous employer because he was worried he would lose his license.
When I read the description of him, all I could keep thinking of was the late actor Michael Clark Duncan, from the Green Mile. He comes across as a big guy, but with a lot of depth and secrets. He also seems like the type of character who would be your friend from life. Bronx is the Ying to Gages Yang. The Brawn to Gage's Brains.
This is a great introduction to a new series and I really enjoyed this short a lot. Sometimes you can feel short-changed with small novella's but this is one book that has a story that is self-contained enough to stand alone, but also leaves you anticipating the novel.
Like the previous novella, this one is just as action packed and tightly written. This time the main subject is a Pixie, named Trixie who is hiding her real identity under a glamour. By the end of the book we are still unclear on why she is doing this. I have a feeling that this may be explored further in the series.
Trixie is introduced to Gage through an ex-girlfriend named Jo, who just happens to be a vampire. As what is becoming the norm, Gage is dragged into other people's problems. This time Trixie uses the job interview to voice her concerns about the nest that Jo is a member of.
It seems the leader of the nest is an abusive jerk and he seems to be keeping a very tight leash on Jo. Trixie mentions the fact that Jo has been punished for meeting and talking to her. Gage being the chivalrous bloke that he is, vows to free Jo from her nest. This isn't without its complications all tied with the way vampires are regulated.
Trixie comes off as aloof at first, but I really ended up liking her. It was really sweet that she put Jo's interests over her own. She even makes a sacrifice in order to try and save Jo, when she thinks that Gage won't succeed.
The story didn't end how I expected it to and I do suspect that there will be ramifications in the future. What these will be, I don't know. What I do know is that this is another brilliant short.
Both of these novella's could stand as individual stories. Drake introduces her new series by providing enough details to keep you satisfied with the conclusion of the plots, but still leaves you hungry for more. Every character in the two novella's seemed to pop of the pages. Each one had their own personality and flaws, which is difficult to achieve in this length of book.
To be honest, I had expected this to be an Urban Fantasy series with a female lead, so it was really surprising to find that it was actually a male. I can see this series giving Jim Butchers Harry Dresden series a run for its money. For 99p each these are brilliant little shorts.
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More people in the United States die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. This is true for both men and women. For more information, visit Cancer Among Men and Cancer Among Women.
In 2012 (the most recent year numbers are available)—
- 210,828 people in the United States were diagnosed with lung cancer, including 111,395 men and 99,433 women.*†
- 157,423 people in the United States died from lung cancer, including 86,689 men and 70,734 women.*†
*Incidence counts cover about 99% of the U.S. population; death counts cover about 100% of the U.S. population. Use caution when comparing incidence and death counts.
†Source: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999–2012 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2015.
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1. Background
Bayan Telecommunications, Inc provides Kamusta.PH service under this Terms of Service.
By clicking on the ACCEPT button or installing and using the Kamusta.PH you are entering into a legally binding contract and agree to be bounded by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Applicable Law and Competent Court
: This Terms of Service shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Philippines and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the district of Philippines.
Language: Terms of Service is available on English version only.
2. Definitions
Bayan Telecommunication, Inc:
Bayan, is leading telecommunications company in the Philippines which is located
at address below.
Bayan Corporate Center Malingap cor Maginhawa Sts Teacher's Village East, Quezon City PHILIPPINES
These Terms of Service, as may be renewed, modified and /or amended from time to time.
The internet telecommunication service provided by Bayan under this Agreement.
3. Use of the Kamusta.PH Service and Restrictions
You explicitly agree with all terms stated below when you use Kamusta.PH Service.
No reselling:
Bayan grants you a limited, personal, non-commercial, non-transferable use of Kamusta.PH Service.
Bayan will make every effort to operate the service without disruptions, delays or communication-related errors. However, Bayan cannot guarantee that all your communication will always be delivered to other users without disruptions, delays or communication-related errors.
No Access to Emergency Services:
You expressly acknowledge and agree that the Kamusta.PH Services are not intended to support Emergency calls. For Emergency Calls, you acknowledge that it is your responsibility to obtain, separately from Kamusta.PH Service, traditional wireless or fixed line telephone service that support such calls.
Content of communications:
Bayan does not control, or have any knowledge of the content of any communications spread by the use of the Kamusta.PH Service. You acknowledge that the contents of any communications sent or received using the Kamusta.PH Service is exclusively the responsibility of the person from whom such communication or content originated. Telecommunication facilities to use the Kamusta.PH
Use of Kamusta.PH Service, in addition to the cost of Kamusta.PH Service, may require you to contact, set up and pay for the internet service, telecommunication handset, and other telecommunication facilities. You hereby agree that you are solely responsible for all such costs.
You represent and warrant that you comply with this Agreement, applicable laws, regulations and other policies.
You are required to provide Bayan your personal information to use Kamusta.PH Service. You represent and warrant that you only provide true, accurate, and up to date and complete personal information.
4. Rate and Payment
Management of User Account: You are solely responsible for any activities using your User Account and must keep your log-in information private. User is allowed to create up to 3 different user accounts per UDID (Unique Device Identifier).
The duration of a call shall be based on one-minute increments. Fractions of minutes will be rounded up to the next minute. For example, even when you talk for 2 minutes and 30 seconds, you are charged for 3 minutes.
You agree to pay tax as required by Philippines taxation laws when you use Kamusta.PH service, if applicable and to any other destination.
The service fees are indicated in Japanese yen. Buying of credits and purchase of subscription-based services can be done via Apple or Kamusta.PH website.
Refund Policy:
Please be aware that no refund is available in any circumstances. Even if you have not already begun to use the service, no refund is available.
Change of Charge and Rates:Bayan holds the right to change the rates at any time without prior notice to you. Please always check the up to date charges on the Rate page.
5. Term and Termination
This Agreement will be effective from the date on which you accept it by clicking on the ACCEPT button or your first use of the Kamusta.PH service, and will remain effective until terminated by either Bayan or you as stated below.
(i) You may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect at any time.
(ii) without prior notice to you, Bayan may restrict your use of Kamusta.PH service, block your access to Kamusta.PH website, and/or suspend or cancel your User Account and/or User ID, with immediate effect, if Bayan reasonably believes you have failed to comply with this Agreement and/or other Bayan policies, and/or you have infringed someone else's intellectual property rights, or engaged in any fraudulent, immoral or illegal activity.
Bayan reserves the right to modify this Agreement at any time by notifying you by publishing the modified Agreement on the Kamusta.PH Website. The modified Agreement shall become effective as soon as the publication.
6. Bayan's liability to you
Limitation of liability:
You agree that Bayan, its related companies and the Bayan staff will have no liability, whether in contract, warranty, tort (including negligence), product liability or any other form of liability, including for
(i) any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages; and
(ii) any loss of income, business opportunity, or profit (whether direct or indirect)
The limitation of Bayan's liability to you above shall apply even if Bayan, its related companies or the Bayan staff have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Bayan, its related companies and the Bayan staff harmless from and against any and all liability and costs, including reasonable attorney's fees in connection with or arising out of (i) Your violation of this Agreement or any applicable law or regulation (ii) Breach of any rights of any third parties related to the use of the Kamusta.PH Service (iii) Use or misuse of the Kamusta.PH Service.
Technical improvement and maintenance:
Bayan may change technical features in order to keep pace with the latest demands and technological developments or to comply with any regulations.
Bayan may have to improve and /or upgrade the Products and this may require us to restrict, limit, suspend, interfere and /or interrupt the Products. You agree that the entire risk arising out of those stated above remains with you.
7. Additional terms for the use of Virtual Number
You agree that you fully understand and consent the use condition of phone number stated in this Agreement and the website.
Purchase of Virtual number:
you can purchase multiple phone number of the same country/region.
Unable to use Virtual number(s) after expiration:
In case that you don't renew the usage of phone number(s) and your usage right is expired, you cannot make/receive any calls until you completes renewal or application for another plan.
Retention period:
In case that you don't renew the usage of phone number(s) and your usage right is expired, your phone number(s) will no longer be available for your use. The Virtual number will be invalid after its expiration date. In order to continue using the Virtual number, please subscribe/renew while the phone number before the expiry date.
Change of virtual number(s):
Once you apply for a Virtual number, you cannot change it to another virtual number of the same country/area, until the usage period and the retention period (stated in the next question) ends. After this period ends, you need to apply for a new number. You can apply for additional virtual number(s) any time.
Limit of continuous call:
Please bear in mind that the maximum time of continuous call is 2 hours. After 2 hours, the call will automatically be cut.
Limit of call time: Please bear in mind that maximum call time (including all kinds of calls such as Kamusta.PH to Kamusta.PH call, make and receive calls) is 5000 minutes per month per user. After you use up all minutes, your call will automatically cut off.
Calling number display:
Please bear in mind that when you make a call using Kamusta.PH, depending on the condition of international telephone line, your phone number may not be displayed on the receiver side even though the calling number display is enabled. Also, when you receive a call on Kamusta.PH, depending on the telecommunication carrier, calling number may not be displayed even though the calling number display is enabled.
Inbound call charge: Virtual number of specific countries is charged inbound calls plus sales tax. Please make sure to check the countries which charge for inbound calls and its rate before you purchase a Virtual number.
8. Additional terms for rate plans
You agree that you fully understand and consent the calling rate and its notes stated in this Agreement and the website.
Individual use only:
The rate plans are for individual use only. Each plan is to be used by one user only and is not to be shared with any other user.
Withdraw and change:
Bayan may withdraw or change the plans at any time. If Bayan withdraw or change the plans, Bayan will let you know by publishing notification on the Kamusta.PH website.
In the event that there is, or Bayan suspects that there is, any fraudulent activity or misuse of your rate plan, Bayan reserves the right to terminate your plan with immediate effect without a refund.
You may terminate your plan at any time. Even in the case you terminate your plan before its expiration date, no refund is available.
Bayan reserves rights to suspend service of virtual number usage for certain reasons at any time even when the virtual numbers are in use.
Invalidation of call balance:
Unused call balance will be valid only for 1 year even after usage of virutal number(s) is expired. After 1 year, Bayan holds right to invalidate the remaining balance.
When you don't apply for auto-renew but renew the plan manually, the new period starts from the next date of the last date of the existing period. For example, let's assume that your current plan expires on May 31th. Even if you apply for renewal on May 15th, the new period starts on June 1st, not May 16th.
9. General Provisions
Entire Agreement:
This Terms of Use shall constitute entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to rights and obligations hereunder and all prior agreement and understandings relating to the subject manner of this Terms of Use, whether express or implied, oral or written, shall be superseded by this Terms of Use.
Partial Invalidity:
Should any term or provision hereof be deemed to be invalid, void or unenforceable, this shall not affect the other terms of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
No Waiver:
The failure or delay by Bayan to require performance of any provision hereof shall in no manner affect its right at a later time to enforce such provision, or act as a waiver.
Bayan may assign this Terms of Use or any rights or obligations hereunder to any person, without prior notice. You shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder.
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The Family Advisory Council is a group of parents whose children have been patients at Cardon Children's Medical Center.
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Goofing Up Breakfast with Low-Calorie
The key to an extraordinary diet is a simple formula: H = N/C.Now, most people don't get this concept, even the so-called experts. For example, take diet dunce—oops! I mean "Diet Detective" Charles Stuart Platkin. Here're his picks for the healthiest fast-food breakfasts. I know, a real oxymoron. Check it out anyway:
Health = Nutrients/Calories
Your health is predicted by your nutrient intake divided by your intake of calories. H = N/C is a concept I call the nutrient-density of your diet. Food supplies us with both nutrients and calories (energy). All calories come from only three elements: carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Nutrients are derived from non-caloric food factors—including vitamins, minerals, fibers, and phytochemicals. These non-caloric nutrients are vitally important for health. Your key to permanent weight loss is to eat predominantly those foods that have a high proportion of nutrients (non-caloric food factors) to calories (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins). In physics a key formula is Einstein's E = mc2. In nutrition the key formula is H = N/C.
Every food can be evaluated using this formula. Once you begin to learn which foods make the grade—by having a high proportion of nutrients to calories—you are on your way to lifelong weight control and improved health.
McDonald'sThis is only a sampling of Platkin's picks, but as usual, Charles's main criteria for "good food" is calorie content. In his mind, the fewer the calories, the better the food—not always true. Just look at all the bread, sodium, and saturated fat in this junk. This quote from Dr. Fuhrman seems fitting:
English muffin (no butter): 140 calories, 1.5g fat, 0g saturated fat, 0g trans fat, 260 mg sodium, 27g carbs, 2g fiber, 5g protein.
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Croissan'wich Egg & Cheese: 300 calories, 17g fat, 6g saturated fat, 2g trans fat, 740 mg sodium, 26g carbs, 1g fiber, 12g protein.
Reduced-Fat Turkey Bacon, Cholesterol-Free Egg, Reduced-Fat White Cheddar Sandwich: 350 calories, 11g fat, 4g saturated fat, 0g trans fat, 820 mg sodium, 41g carbs, 4g fiber, 20g protein.
Ham & Cheese Croissant: 274 calories, 12g fat, 7g saturated fat, 0g trans fat, 842 mg sodium, 22g carbs, 1g fiber, 13g protein.
The combination of fat and refined carbohydrates has an extremely powerful effect on driving the signals that promote fat accumulation on the body. Refined foods cause a swift and excessive rise in blood sugar, which in turn triggers insulin surges to drive the sugar out of the blood and into our cells. Unfortunately, insulin also promotes the storage of fat on the body and encourages your fat cells to swell.Clearly Platkin's recommendations are more harebrained than health-conscious, but he's not alone. IateApie has concocted the list of the top ten low calorie breakfast cereals. Yeah, because refined cereals are loaded with nutrients—sigh. Anyway, here's the top three:
1. Kashi Mighty BitesI think this list and Charles Stuart Platkin's drivel will only confuse people into believing these processed and fast foods are wise choices. It seems to me that calorie driven diet advice does little to satisfy Dr. Fuhrman's formula of Health = Nutrients/Calories. More from Eat to Live:
Calories: 120 | Sugar: 5 grams
2. Kashi Organic Promise Strawberry Fields
Calories: 120 | Sugar: 9 grams
3. Lucky Charms
Calories: 120 | Sugar: 13 grams
If you attempt to follow the perverted diet that most Americans eat, or even if you follow the precise recommendations of the USDA's pyramid—six to eleven servings of bread, rice, and pasta (consumed as 98 percent refined grains by Americans) with four to six servings of dairy, meat, poultry, or fish—you would be eating a diet rich in calories but extremely low in nutrients, antioxidants, phytochemicals, and vitamins. You would be overfed and malnourished, the precise nutritional profile that causes heart disease and cancer.Personally, I seldom get caught up on calorie-content. Sure, I avoid junk foods like these, but I judge all my food by its nutrient content. Take avocados for example, they might be high in calories, but they pack the nutrients my body craves and needs; avocados' Wikipedia page.