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Add shine to your horse's coat, mane and tail with Absorbine® ShowSheen® Hair Polish & Detangler. ShowSheen detangles manes and tails for quick brushing, and it coats hair shafts to reject stains.
Mane 'N Tail® Conditioner nourishes and conditions your horse's hair and skin to aid in healthy hair growth and help create a lustrous, silky look. It also moisturizes hair to help eliminate itching and scaling caused by common external irritants. Qt.
Condition your horse's coat and get a high gloss shine with Carr & Day & Martin® DreamCoat Shine®. This hair polish for horses covers with minute sized droplets for a perfect, even finish every time. Scented with lemongrass, it leaves a non-slip finish. 35 oz.
Cowboy Magic® Detangler instantly works on all types of hair knots and tangles. This effective horse hair detangler penetrates the surface and helps restore moisture. The horse's hair is strengthened and left with a natural shine and soft texture. 1/4 pt.
Bring out highlights and brightness in light colored horse hair. Exhibitor Laboratories® Quic Silver® Shampoo is ideal for gray, gold or white horse hair. It also helps to eliminate tough stains.
Use Mane 'N Tail® Detangler to eliminate tangles and knots in your horse's mane and tail. The formula conditions and fortifies hair and helps keep it manageable for grooming and braiding. Qt.
Shapley's™ Original M-T-G helps relieve skin problems in horses quickly and efficiently while it encourages hair re-growth. Just rub it on, there's no need for rinsing or water. 32 oz.
The micro-enriched protein, pH balanced formula in Mane 'N Tail® Shampoo thoroughly cleanses horse hair without stripping natural oils. Gentle and non-irritating, this shampoo leaves hair soft, shiny and manageable. It can be used on horses, dogs and even humans. Qt.
Canter® Mane & Tail Conditioner from Carr & Day & Martin® offers long-lasting, oil-free shine and powerful detangling. This original, award-winning mane and tail detangler disperses in a fine spray for the ultimate results. It also helps reduce mane and tail breakage. 1 liter (33.8 oz).
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Carr & Day & Martin® Gallop Color Enhancing Shampoo does not use dyes to bring out the color of coats that have faded or dulled in the sun. 500 ml.
Farnam® Vetrolin® Shine for horses puts a brilliant shine on coats, manes and tails and helps with detangling. Qt.
Farnam® Vetrolin Bath horse shampoo cleans, conditions and helps protect skin and coat. A great shampoo for dogs, too. Leaves hair manageable and shiny. 32 oz.
Healthy Haircare Moisturizer is a leave-in formula with no silicone or alcohol. Daily use helps to control dandruff and dry skin making it great for helping with blanket rubs, mane and tail itching.
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POSITION: Defenseman
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Elk Point, AB, CAN
DRAFTED: NJD: 1994-71 overall
|WHL West Second All-Star Team (1996) Played in NHL All-Star Game (2004, 2007, 2009) Traded to Montreal by New Jersey with Josh DeWolf and New Jersey's 2nd round pick (later traded to Washington, later traded to Tampa Bay Tampa Bay selected Andreas Holmqvist) in 2001 NHL Draft for Vladimir Malakhov, March 1, 2000. Missed remainder of 2001-02, and 2002-03 due to wrist injury vs. Tampa Bay, November 17, 2001. Signed as a free agent by Farjestad (Sweden), September 22, 2004. Signed as a free agent by Edmonton, July 12, 2007. Missed majority of 2007-08 due to shoulder injury at Vancouver, October 13, 2007, February 8, 2008. Missed majority of 2009-10 due to head (October 8, 2009 vs. Calgary) and hand (January 30, 2010 at Calgary) injuries. Loaned to Hershey (AHL) by Edmonton, October 6, 2010. Signed as a free agent by Dallas, July 1, 2011. Signed as a free agent by Anaheim, July 1, 2012. Missed 2013-14 due to wrist injury in off-ice workout, July 17, 2013 and resulting surgery, July 25, 2013. Officially announced his retirement, July 2, 2015.
|2012-13: Appeared in his 14th NHL season, his first with Anaheim…scored 7-10=17 points with 52 PIM and a +19 rating in 44 contests…led Anaheim defensemen in goals, PPG (2) and GWG (3) while ranking second in points and tied for second in assists among Ducks blueliners…his +19 rating on the season co-led the club (with Beauchemin) and ranked tied for 11th overall in the NHL…among league defensemen, his +19 rating ranked tied for first, while his three GWG was tied for second…in addition, his +13 rating on the road in 2012-13 ranked tied for seventh overall in the NHL…completed the season with 1-5=6 points in his last 11 contests…had three multiple-point games this season (one multi-assist)…recorded a plus-or-even rating in 40 of 44 contests…his .39 points-per-game average was highest mark since the 2008-09 season with Edmonton…collected his 300th career point with an assist on David Steckel's goal, Apr. 17 vs. CBJ…earned First Star honors, scoring the GWG in a 2-1 win, Mar. 29 @ CHI…was the game's Second Star, scoring a goal at 15:52 of the second period in a 4-0 shutout, Apr. 8 vs. CGY…had a three-game goal streak from Feb. 2-6 (3-1=4), matching his career high (third time)...had back-to-back GWG Feb. 4 vs. SJ (First Star) & Feb. 6 @ COL, the first time the feat was accomplished by a Ducks defenseman (his first back-to-back game winners since Dec. 22-26, 2008 w/EDM, two games)…scored his second PPG of the season in Anaheim's 7-4 win, Feb. 2 vs. LA…in his Ducks debut, scored his 50th career PPG and notched an assist on Teemu Selanne's second goal, Jan. 19 @ VAN.
CAREER: Signed a three-year contract with Anaheim through 2014-15, July 1, 2012…signed as a free agent with both Edmonton (July 12, 2007) and Dallas (July 1, 2011)…is a three-time All-Star, having appeared in the mid-season classic in 2004, 2007 (as a starter) and 2009…won the Hardest Shot at the 2004 All-Star Skills Competition, along with Adrian Aucoin (recorded 100+ mph slap shots at all three All-Star appearances)…recorded (unofficially) a 106.7 mph slap shot at the 2009 Edmonton Oilers' Skills Competition, a then-NHL high (Chara recorded a 108.8 mph slap shot at 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend)…also holds the NHL record for most single-season PPG by a defenseman with 19 in 2006-07…2011-12: Appeared in his 13th NHL season, his first with Dallas…scored 6-15=21 points with 73 PIM in 64 contests, ranking tied for second among Stars blueliners in goals and fourth in points…co-led Dallas defensemen and ranked tied for fourth on the club with a +11 rating…led all club defensemen with 179 shots…had three multi-point games on the season (one multi-assist)…played a season-high 26:40, Dec. 1 vs. OTT…had a season-high four-game point streak (2-5=7, +5), Oct. 29-Nov. 8…became the 84th defenseman in NHL history to reach the 100-goal milestone, Nov. 4 vs. COL…scored the GWG (his first goal as a Star) in a 4-2 Dallas triumph, Oct. 15 vs. CBJ…made his Dallas debut on Oct. 7, 2011 and went on to record points in five of his first six games as a Star (1-4=5)...2010-11: Appeared in 40 contests with the Hershey Bears (AHL), collecting 4-15=19 points with 85 PIM and a +10 rating…ranked fourth among club defensemen in points-per-game (.47)…also appeared in six Calder Cup Playoff contests, earning 1-1=2 points…2009-10: In his third season with Edmonton, scored 4-9=13 points with 65 PIM in 37 games…had his season cut short due to a broken hand (suffered on Jan. 30 @ CGY, missed the final 29 games of the season)…also suffered a concussion at the start of 2009-10, forcing him to lose 16 games from Oct. 10-Nov. 11…despite his injuries, still led all Oilers defensemen in shots on net (113)…2008-09: Reached the 20-goal plateau for the second time in his career, finishing the season with 23-30=53 points and 98 PIM for Edmonton…among NHL defensemen, ranked second in PPG (12) and shots (268), and tied for second in goals…also ranked tied for eighth in defensemen scoring…among team leaders, ranked tied for first in goals and tied for first in GWG (5)…was named to his third career All-Star Game and earned second star honors at the mid-season classic…earned his 200th NHL point, Oct. 17 @ CGY…had a career-tying three-game goal streak (3-1=4), Dec. 22-28…appeared in his 600th NHL contest, Mar. 17 vs. STL…logged a career-high 31:55 TOI, Feb. 14 @ LA…2007-08: In his first season as an Oiler, scored 3-7=10 points in 26 contests…missed 55 games due to a shoulder injury (two separate occasions)…had arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder on Feb. 8 and sat out the remainder of the season…2006-07: Set personal bests in all major categories, including 19 PPG, a single-season record among NHL defensemen all-time…his 26 goals on the season led all NHL blueliners, the most since Sergei Gonchar (w/WSH) in 2001-02…ranked third in defensemen scoring...made his second career All-Star appearance at the 2007 festivities in Dallas…among league leaders, ranked second overall in PPG and fifth in power play points (48)…ranked first among NHL defensemen in goals, PPG and PPP…became the fifth defenseman in Montreal history to register a 20+ goal season…had a career-best seven-game point streak (4-3=7) from Feb. 14-26 and a personal high five-game assist streak from Dec. 7-19 (2-9=11)…earned his 100th career NHL assist, Dec. 19 @ BUF…2005-06: His most recent playoff appearance included setting a Montreal club record for most goals scored by a defenseman in one playoff series (3)…scored 3-2=5 points in six CQF contests vs. CAR…scored 12-27=39 points in 75 contests, a then-career best…scored 7-14=21 PPP throughout the season…2004-05: Appeared in 39 contests with Farjestad of the Swedish Elite League, scoring 9-8=17 points with 117 PIM and a +9 rating…2003-04: In his fifth season with Montreal, scored 15-20=35 points in 63 contests…was a nominee for the Bill Masterton Trophy, returning to achieve career highs in goals, assists and points after missing the entire 2002-03 season with a wrist injury…had a career-high six-point game (1-5=6), Jan. 10 vs. PIT…was named to his first career NHL All-Star Game, collecting one assist in the contest…collected his first career hat trick (3-1=4), Dec. 18 vs. NSH…recorded a then-career high in assists (0-3=3), Dec. 13 @ TB…had his first multi-goal game (2-0=2), Oct. 25 vs. OTT…2002-03: Sat out the entire NHL season with a wrist injury…2001-02: Scored 3-5=8 points in 34 contests for Montreal…missed the second half of the season due to a fractured wrist…returned for 12 contests in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, recording one assist…helped the Canadiens advance to the CSF, besting Boston in six games (lost to Carolina in six contests in the CSF)…2000-01: Appeared in 52 contests with Montreal, scoring 0-8=8 points with 70 PIM…missed the first 29 contests of the season with a muscle injury…1999-00: Split the season with New Jersey and Montreal…was acquired by Montreal on Mar. 1 in exchange for Vladimir Malakhov…recorded 3-8=11 points in 71 combined contests…1998-99: In his second NHL season, scored 1-7=8 points in 70 contests…had his first multi-assist game (0-2=2), Feb. 6 vs. TOR…collected his first multi-point game (1-1=2), Dec. 16 vs. NYR…1997-98: Made his NHL debut with New Jersey…scored 3-7=10 points in 60 contests…scored his first NHL goal (Muzzatti) which served as the game-winner, Dec. 16 vs. NYR (4-3 NJ win)…earned his first NHL point, an assist, Nov. 12 @ NYR…made his NHL debut, Oct. 17 @ OTT…in three playoff contests in his Stanley Cup debut, earned one assist in the club's CQF series vs. OTT…Miscellaneous: Represented Canada at the 2005 IIHF World Championship in Austria, earning 1-1=2 points in nine contests…was a member of the WHL's Second All-Star Team for the Western Conference in 1995-96.
PERSONAL: Resides in Malibu in the offseason…has two daughters, Valentina (9) and Scarlett (5)… Lists Scott Stevens and Chris Chelios as his favorite NHL players growing up…has one sister, Shannon…his first job was washing truck parts at a mechanic shop…cites Pearl Jam, Dierks Bentley and Jason Aldean as his favorite bands…says his favorite people to follow on Twitter are Barbie Blank and Phoenix Coyotes forward Paul Bissonnette…considers Mastro's Steak House and The Cannery his two favorite OC restaurants …enjoys paddle boarding, mountain biking and golfing in his spare time…spent a majority of last summer golfing.

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LOS ANGELES - A German man who had masqueraded as a Rockefeller heir will stand trial starting March 11 in the 1985 killing of a San Marino man.
Attorneys for Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, 51, aka Clark Rockefeller, said Wednesday they plan to build their case around the possibility that the dead man's wife was the culprit.
Both John and Linda Sohus disappeared in February 1985. John Sohus' remains were unearthed in 1994 by a work crew digging a pool in the backyard of a home in San Marino. Sohus, 26, at the time of his disappearance, was the son of Gerhartsreiter's one-time landlady.
At the time of the body's discovery, Gerhartsreiter was living in New York as Clark Rockefeller, a bon vivant who bragged about his modern art collection and was preparing to marry Sandra Boss, an up-and-coming superstar in New York's financial world.
"We're seeking to argue that Linda Sohus, the wife, is potentially a reasonable (suspect) or conceivably the murderer in this case," Boston defense attorney R. Brad Bailey told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge George Lomeli.
Wearing a blue jailhouse jumpsuit - shirt neatly tucked into frayed, long pants - Gerhartsreiter sat silently through much of the 15-minute hearing.
The parties appeared in court to settle several pre-trial issues including whether statements Gerhartsreiter made to police and reporters following his 2008 arrest on suspicion of parental abduction could be presented to a jury.
In motions filed by Bailey and attorney Jeffrey Denner, Gerhartsreiter's attorneys painted a picture of their client as having deep psychological problems that prevented him from acting rationally.
Psychologist Catherine Howe of Massachusetts said her review of statements made by Gerhartsreiter showed him to be suffering from a deep-seated mental illness.
"It is my opinion that the severity of his disorder rendered him unable to refrain from making incriminating statements," Howe wrote. "This disorder of thought and judgement impaired his capacity to protect himself, to recognize the need for self protection and to recognize the potential consequences of the statements that he made."
The motion also contains a statement from Gerhartsreiter - signed Clark Rockefeller - in which he says he was never evaluated by mental health professionals prior to his TV and newspaper interviews.
"It was not my decision to appear for these interviews with the media," he wrote. "I am told that I made inculpatory statements in these interviews."


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United States Mint to Launch New Limited Edition Silver Proof Set
WASHINGTON - The United States Mint is pleased to announce the release of the first-ever 2012 United States Mint Limited Edition Silver Proof SetTM. Sales for the new set will open at noon Eastern Time (ET) on November 27, 2012.
Coins in the 2012 United States Mint Limited Edition Silver Proof Set are as follows:
The American Eagle One Ounce Silver Proof Coin is the collector version of the official United States Mint American Eagle Silver Bullion Coin. The coin contains .999 fine silver and bears the "W" mint mark of the United States Mint at West Point. The quarter-dollar, half-dollar and dime coins are struck in 90 percent silver - generally referred to as "coin silver" - and bear the "S" mint mark of the United States Mint at San Francisco.
The 2012 United States Mint Limited Edition Silver Proof Set is priced at $149.95. Production is limited to 50,000 sets. Orders will be limited to two sets per household. The bureau will re-evaluate the household limit weekly and will extend, adjust or remove it as needed.
To place an order, customers may visit the bureau's online catalog at http://www.usmint.gov/catalog or call 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment may order at 1-888-321-MINT (6468). A shipping and handling fee of $4.95 will be added to all domestic orders. Please note: Shipping is expected to begin in late December.
The United States Mint was created by Congress in 1792. This year marks the bureau's 220th anniversary. The United States Mint is the Nation's sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage and is responsible for producing circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce. The United States Mint also produces numismatic products including proof, uncirculated and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; and silver and gold bullion coins. The United States Mint's numismatic programs are self-sustaining and operate at no cost to the taxpayer.
Note: To ensure that all members of the public have fair and equal access to United States Mint products, orders placed prior to the official on-sale date and time of November 27, 2012, at noon ET, shall not be deemed accepted by the United States Mint and will not be honored. For more information, please review the United States Mint's Frequently Asked Questions, Answer ID #175.
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You can encourage your kids to create their own Numberland adventure when you craft this simple shoebox castle using our templates and a few recyclables. Every castle has a king, so when this craft is complete, be sure to print the King of Numbers and other character puppets; including Milli, Geo, Bot and all their new Numberland friends!
Weekdays on Nick Jr.
Print all of the castle templates, decorations and Numberland characters, and be sure to keep them in separate piles.
Start creating the castle by cutting out the castle templates and pasting it onto the shoe box. The shoe box opening should be faced down on the surface with the lid opened (see photo for reference). Trim the template to fit it on the box.

 Cover the top of the box with the bricks template. Add the top brick accent to the castle, by simply folding the bottom tab back and gluing it onto the top of the box (see photo for reference).
Cut the lower tier templates out and wrap the tower printables (1 through 4) around the toilet tissue rolls. Create the steeples for the towers by folding the circular templates into cone shapes and affixing them to the tops of the toilet tissue rolls. Fold the number flags down the center, apply glue and slide the toothpicks in between, and then stick the flags into the top of the steeples.

Paste the door onto the center of the shoe box and then glue the towers onto the shoe box (see photo for reference). Decorate castle with windows.
Cut the upper tier templates out and follow the same directions included in Step 3. In addition, cover the paper towel roll with the brick template included with the upper tier printables.

 To create the number 8 portion of the castle, attach the two tabbed printables together, then fold along the solid lines until a box shape forms. Apply glue to tabs. Stick the number three flag into the box as shown in photo.

 Affix the upper tier towers to the top of the shoe box with glue (see photo for reference).
Once the castle is complete, create the foreground by cutting out the castle decoration templates. Paste the number road printable to the top of the box lid (see photo for reference). Decorate the lid with the number trees and mushrooms. To create, simply fold back the tabs as indicated on the printable.
Set the castle aside to dry, and cut out each of the characters. Create the base of the puppet by folding up the solid black line, then fold the character down the center, apply glue to one side and firmly press both sides together. This will create a double-sided puppet that stands (glue should not be applied to the base of the puppet).

 When the puppets dry, your child's journey through Numberland can begin!
Make movie night Umi-rrific with Team Umizoomi popcorn holders!
Invite your child's favorite Nick Jr. friends to the kids table with this printable craft
Racers get ready to take off with this simple spin-to-win printable board game!
Make a new memory game in minutes with our easy printable templates
This goody bag is dressed up for Dad's special day!
Dress up cones with cute Nick Jr. characters!
Vroom, vroom! Look who's racing across Umi City with a special birthday greeting
Make a door sign that will bloom in any room!
Shower your little flower with quality crafting time!
Give your sweet a bag full of Umiriffic treats!
Make a do-together craft kids can proudly display on their door
Turn paper bags into your favorite math-loving team!
This print-and-fold craft is an umirrific way to make your tree look spectacular!
Extend-o the holiday cheer with this special craft for UmiFriends
Welcome guests during the holidays--or any day--with this easy-to-make decoration.
Create a SUPER shaped ornament to hang on your tree this year
Make VROOM, VROOM on your tree this year for UmiCar!
Make matching tees and a card to show Dad he's umirrific!
Spring into action to create a high-flying hanging craft
Build your child's not-so-bad bandit, with our simple cut & fold printables!
With a few simple folds these printables take the form of Milli, Geo, and Bot
Milli spins her pattern powers into a string of dreidels this holiday season
Beep, beep! The Umi Team's four-wheeled friend is here and ready for action!
Geo used his SUPER SHAPES to create this pirate, now UmiFriends can too!
Kids can take on Zilch's challenges, collect keys and rescue the King of Numbers!
These easy-to-assemble 3-D paper characters will be ready for action in no time!
Transform a recycled tissue roll & cereal box into a cool craft for kids
Make a dainty box to fill with sweet surprises
Make party favors with lots of flavor!
There's no better way to say "Happy Birthday" than with a banner!
Transform a paper bag into Alana from "Dora and Friends"!
Transform a paper bag into your child's favorite explorer, Dora!
Transform a paper bag into Emma from "Dora and Friends"!
Transform a paper bag into Pablo from "Dora and Friends"!
Transform a cereal box into a soccer field!
Make this simple paper puppet and play soccer with Dora!
If you've got duct tape and envelopes... you've got this craft in the bag
Turn a paper towel roll into the PAW Patrol tower!
Turn a cereal box into a craft that will aMAZE your kids!
Kids are going to have sew much fun with this cute embroidery craft!
Tick, tock, Dora and Boots are inside this clock!
Turn a cereal box into a cute storage box for kids
Kids will be blown away by this beautiful outdoor decoration!
Transform a paper bag into your child's favorite guppy!
Turn paper bags into your favorite math-loving team!
Turn a cereal box into a barnyard and host a big bash with Benny & friends!
Kids can hop on over to the Christmas tree to hang this charming decoration!
Rabbits are brave and he�s no exception! Add Benjamin to your x-mas collection.
Peter has a new gift for you to see. It's round, and blue, and hangs on a tree.
Turn a cereal box into a swimsational storage place for your Guppy's fish tales!
Kids can make this craft in no time!
Surf's up! The Guppies can ride the waves in this cool movable craft!
Dive into Dora's Mermaid Kingdom with this simple cereal box theater!
Set the scene for marvelous missions with this majestic shoe box craft!
Ready to play some music? Hit it!
Beep, beep! The Umi Team's four-wheeled friend is here and ready for action!
Kids can take a ride with the Unicorn King on a hobbyhorse made out of a sock & broomstick!
Kids can start their own magical adventure when you put together this charming shoebox theater!
Here's the perfect party parting gift to celebrate the ending of a great day!
Transform a recycled tissue roll & cereal box into a cool craft for kids


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La. 308 near Thibodaux reopens after overturned cane truck removed
Published: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 10:26 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 4:01 p.m.
La. 308 near Thibodaux is back open after an overturned cane truck was removed, State Police say.
Police say the truck's inexperienced driver ran off the road and over-corrected, throwing the truck off balance.
The driver was not hurt and no other cars were involved, police say.
The road was closed between La. 182 and the St. Charles Bypass Road around 9:30 a.m. and was opened shortly before 3 p.m.
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Bone Marrow Transplant
|Study ID
|Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGVHD)
|Phase II
Purpose This phase II trial studies how well cyclophosphamide works in preventing graft-versus-host disease after donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant in patients with hematological malignancies. Giving chemotherapy and total-body irradiation before a donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells. It may also stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. When the healthy stem cells from a donor are infused into the patient they may help the patient's bone marrow make stem cells, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Sometimes the transplanted cells from a donor can make an immune response against the body's normal cells. Giving cyclophosphamide after transplant may stop this from happening.
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in first complete remission (CR1) with high risk features defined as evidence of adverse cytogenetics such as t(9;22), t(1;19), t(4;11), or mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) rearrangements or presence of minimal residual disease
- Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in CR1 with high risk features defined as:
- Greater than 1 cycle of induction therapy required to achieve remission
- Preceding myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) other than myelofibrosis, secondary AML
- Presence of fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 (Flt3) mutations or internal tandem duplications
- French-American-British (FAB) M6 or M7 classification or adverse cytogenetics for overall survival such as those associated with MDS, M6, M7 leukemia
- Complex karyotype [>= 3 abnormalities], inv(3), t(3;3), t(6;9), t(6;11), t(11;19)(q23;p13.1), + 8 [alone or with other abnormalities except for t(8:21), t(9;11), inv(16)]
- Acute leukemia in 2nd or greater CR (CR >= 2)
- Refractory or relapsed AML with =< 10% bone marrow blasts and no circulating blasts or proven extramedullary disease
- AML transformed from myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
- MDS with following high risk features:
- Poor cytogenetics (7q- or complex cytogenetics)
- International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) intermediate (INT)-2 or greater
- Treatment-related MDS
- Any phase of MDS if patient is < 21 years of age
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) beyond 1st chronic phase or resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (adults) or any phase (pediatric < 21 years)
- Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
- Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative disorder
- Lymphoma: relapsed chemotherapy-sensitive (complete or partial response) Hodgkin or non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Multiple myeloma-stage III
- The donor or legal representative must be able to understand and give written informed consent
- DONORS: The donor must be a genotypically HLA-identical sibling, a phenotypically HLA-matched first-degree relative, or an unrelated donor who is molecularly matched with the patient at HLA-A, B, C, DRB1
- DONORS: Donors must meet the selection criteria for administration of G-CSF and apheresis defined by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cell Therapy (FACT) and will be screened per the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)
- DONORS: Donors must be capable of giving informed consent
- Prior autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplant
- Performance status > 2 (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group [ECOG])
- Uncontrolled infection; the protocol principal investigator (PI) will be final arbiter if there is uncertainty regarding whether a previous infection is under adequate control to allow enrollment in the study
- Positive serology for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1, 2 or human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV)-1, 2
- Left ventricular ejection fraction < 45%; no uncontrolled arrhythmias or symptomatic cardiac disease
- Symptomatic pulmonary disease; forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), diffusion capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) =< 50% of predicted (corrected for hemoglobin)
- Measured serum creatinine clearance =< 60 mL/min
- Total serum bilirubin more than twice upper normal limit
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) more than 3-fold higher than laboratory upper normal limits
- Female patient must have negative beta-human chorionic gonadotrophin (beta-HCG) pregnancy test (all women of child bearing-potential must have test performed)
- DONORS: Potential donors who for psychological, physiological, or medical reasons cannot tolerate administration of G-CSF or apheresis
- DONORS: Donors who are allergic to filgrastim or Escherichia (E.) coli-derived proteins
- DONORS: Donor-related risks to recipients
- DONORS: Positive anti-donor lymphocytotoxic crossmatch
- DONORS: Donors who are positive for HIV
See this trial at ClinicalTrials.gov
Access protocol and consent forms at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Please remember:
- Talk to your health care providers first before making decisions about your health care.
- Whether you are eligible for a research study depends on many things. There are specific requirements to be in research studies. These requirements are different for each study.


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In a video recording on Vine for 5-year-old Miles Scott, President Barack Obama said, "Way to go, Miles! Way to save Gotham!"
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Keri Russell gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Emmy Nominations 2016
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Before we get to the nominations, let me just point out how much more energy and excitement there is when the West Coast doesn't have to wake up at 3:30 AM. Whether that's good or bad is up to the nomination show's producers, I guess. The more excited Anthony Anderson Full Story
Ginnifer Goodwin's great baby name leads to Americans withdrawal
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Ginnifer Goodwin and her husband Josh Dallas named their new baby Hugo Wilson Dallas. I really, really love Hugo, even though one of my strongest aural memories of it is Perpetua 'yars'-ing the name in Bridget Jones's Diary. It's a good name, works well with their first son, Oliver Finlay, and, though I'm not personally a Goodwin or Once Upon A Time fan, I appreciate that there's no-muss-no-fuss about the announcement. Full Story
Keri Russell: MET Gala green feathers
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"Do you want to do Keri Russell?" Lainey asks. She knows I'll say yes, because I love Elizabeth Jennings so much, and weirdly because none of you are watching the show, it seems as though The Americans is my personal secret, and further seems as though only I can write about women who pronounce their names "Carrie" today. Full Story
The Hollywood Reporter: Important Actresses – Television
So the pendulum swings all the way to the other side. These Hollywood Reporter articles where we're in conversation with actresses are so enlightening. Officially there must be men's ones too, but you'll notice they never get tweeted all over like the women's ones do. Full Story
Keri Russell's co-star romance?
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Keri Russell announced 3 weeks ago that she and husband Shane Deary had separated. Like Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr, they confirmed that they'd been apart for a few months, since the summer. Now Page Six Full Story
The B.I.C. goes to the doctor
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The B.I.C. went to the doctor with her mother and her grandmother yesterday. You can see some of her hair popping up. Are people grossed out when babies are born with a lot of hair? I was. So is that nasty or something? Also, as I've heard from many of you, people are really pissy about Beyonce wearing blue all the time. Full Story
Most Hungry: Renee Zellweger & Keri Russell
I interviewed Keri Russell at Sundance for Waitress. She had just announced her pregnancy and she was beautiful. Lovely skin, lovely healthy glow, sweet shy demeanour … at the risk of sounding cheesy, I was totally enchanted. Then she arrived last night full of bones and not much else. We were right behind her when she was posing at the 2nd photo wall and I swear the shoulder blades could have cut glass. Full Story
Lindsay Lohan: abuses self, abuses dogs?
Mistreats her own body? Fine. sh-ts all over her own career? Fine too. But ruin the lives of 2 dogs on a whim? Check out the hardpartying Lilo on the cover of the new GQ, rehabilitated and clubbing every night, and graduating from water to mystery liquid to champagne as seen by practically everyone in New York. Full Story
Nicole & Keith: Happy on Vacay, captured on film
Amazing isn't it? Every time these two go on holiday, somehow the pappies find out where. Even their honeymoon and now in St Barts. Coincidence or conspiracy or the continuation of a tumultuous contract? Whatever it is, they're workin' it. And if it wasn't for the rumblings coming out of Nashville and the amusement that ensued following her dominating interview with Russell Crowe during the Oprah Oscar special, I'd almost be inclined to believe. Full Story
Sidney, Julia, George, Brad, Russell, and Nicole
Julia Roberts is like Grey's Anatomy for me. Bitch grates on my last nerve but I can't. I can't seem to look away. And every time she laughs, every time she honks, every time that mouth opens and those equine teeth go flying I'm like – please stop, but don't stop...you know what I mean? Last night, the Oprah Oscar Special – Oscar winners interviewing each other, Julia and Clooney kicked it off at his Hollywood Hills home. Full Story
Russell Crowe: Leaf Nation Everywhere
Russell is a grumpy f&ck, no news there. But there are 2 things I love about Russell Crowe, three if you count his impressive acting chops. 1. I hear he likes the number 3. His wife too. and 2. He always wears his Maple Leaf cap. The Toronto Maple Leafs. I was born in Toronto. Maple Leaf blue is in my blood. Full Story


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Shipbuilder seeks workers
Published: Friday, June 21, 2013 at 4:14 p.m.
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Edison Chouest Offshore will conduct a job fair June 28 in Houma.
It's scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fletcher Technical Community College campus, 310 St. Charles St.
Applicants are being sought for the LaShip shipyard in Houma. The company needs workers with two to five years of shipyard experience as welders, pipe fitters, ship fitters, electricians and carpenters. Starting wages range from $15-$20 an hour. Work shifts are 10 hours.
LaShip plans to hire 250-500 skilled employees in the next six to eight months. Information: www.chouest.com.
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National Recognition
Graduation procession, 1990s. Courtesy of New England School of Law Library Archives
Under the guidance of Dean John F. O'Brien and a closely involved board of trustees, New England School of Law continued to rise in prominence. The accomplished faculty helped establish groundbreaking international programs. A long-standing commitment to diversity deepened with the creation of new scholarships and support programs for minority students.
In 1998, New England School of Law received a great honor: membership in the Association of American Law Schools. In 2008, the school honored itself, with a multi-event celebration of its centennial.
1988: O'Brien is awarded deanship
1989: Lending support abroad and within
1991: Sandra Day O'Connor visits
1993: Purchase of 46 Church Street
The school buys a building in the city's Bay Village neighborhood. The new property will house administrative offices.
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1994: Facilities get an upgrade
1996: Aiding the prosecution of war crimes
1997: Groundbreaking collaboration
1998: A prestigious honor
2002: Planning for the future
2008: Centennial
Click here to access 12 short videos of alumni describing their New England School of Law experiences and reflecting how the school has shaped their lives.Play Clips
- Michael Scharf Professor of Law and Director of the Center for International Law and Policy
- Andrew Cornell New England School of Law, 1994
- Julia Frost-Davies New England School of Law, 1995
- James Donovan New England School of Law, 1998
- Lopa Patel Zielinski New England School of Law, 2002
- Natashia Tidwell New England School of Law, 2003
- Janine Brown-Smith New England School of Law, 2005
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I am always interested in people who are doing innovative things. Cora Poage is a health and wellness coach. In a recent conversation, she shared with me that she has had a life-long dream and has just implemented it. She put up a sign in New York City that said "Free Listening." She and her friend, Theresa Venezia, sit for 1 ½ hours and just listen to people. No strings, no gimmicks, no marketing ploy. They simply listen.


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3.16-1 Negligent Misrepresentation
Revised to January 1, 2008
The plaintiff claims that the
defendant made a negligent misrepresentation that <insert alleged
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failed to exercise reasonable care in obtaining or communicating the
information. Third, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant supplied the
information to induce the plaintiff to act on it. Fourth, the plaintiff must
prove that the plaintiff justifiably relied on the information to (his/her/its)
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766, 791-94 (1999); D'Ulisse-Cupo v. Board of Directors of Notre Dame High
School, 202 Conn. 206, 217-219 (1987), citing 3 Restatement (Second) Torts §
552 (1979).
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My installation :
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My CPL3 got 2 RJ45 ports to plug my 2 devices (ps3 & airport express)
if i disconnect my aiport express, then PMS can see my PS3. everything is alright
if i connect my Airport Epress, PMS cannot see my PS3 et i can't connect to PMS on my PS3
strange because i can ping the ipadress of the PS3 on my computer and i can see all the device connected (with the good ipadress) on my CPL soft (called softplug)
I checked lots of topics like this one :
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PMS show me "The server should now appear on your renderer"
i checked on my aiport express settings because i thought it created another network but everything seems to be clear.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Anyone arrested for a felony crime and even certain misdemeanors would be forced to submit a DNA sample under a bill being considered in the Oklahoma Legislature.
A Senate committee is scheduled to hear the bill by Republican Sen. Clark Jolley of Edmond on Thursday.
The bill would require anyone arrested on a felony complaint to submit a DNA sample, even if charges aren't filed. The bill also applies to misdemeanor arrests for certain crimes, including drug possession, assault and battery and domestic abuse.
Under current law, a conviction is required before a DNA sample can be taken.
The Oklahoma chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is opposed to the measure, describing it as an "attempt to build a database with the DNA of innocent Oklahomans."
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The photograph of a shirtless FBI agent in the case that forced CIA Director David Petraeus to resign abruptly was sent to a variety of people and shows him posting with target dummies on a shooting range.
The Seattle Times says FBI agent Frederick Humphries sent the photograph to friend and Florida socialite Jill Kelley and others, including one of the paper's own reporters, in an email Sept. 9, 2010.
The subject line read: "Which one is Fred?" The newspaper says it shows "Humphries -- bald, muscular and shirtless -- standing between a pair of equally buff and bullet-ridden target dummies on a shooting range."
The photograph helped land Humphries in hot water. The FBI is investigating Humphries for talking with Republican lawmakers about the investigation into harassing emails that Kelley received from Petraeus's biographer and mistress.


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- The Kids Are All Right is the heartfelt new comedy from acclaimed director Lisa Cholodenko, starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, and Mark Ruffalo. Two teenaged children (Alice in Wonderland's Mia Wasikowska and Journey to the Center of the Earth's Josh Hutcherson) get the notion to seek out their biological father and introduce him into the family life that their two mothers (Bening and Moore) have built for them. Once the donor (Ruffalo) is found, the household will never be the same, as family ties are defined, re-defined, and re-re-defined. The New York Times raves that it's "a generous, nearly note-perfect portrait of a modern family," and Entertainment Weekly calls the movie "funny, smart and sexy!"
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - Sales in Snowmass Village were up 9.2 percent in January, according to a report from the town Finance Department, and sales tax revenue was higher than even January 2008.
Sales tax revenue in January of this year totaled $315,955.51. General-fund revenue in January 2008 was $275,511.80. The general fund is supported by a 1 percent town sales tax.
The winter season is also on a strong track, with sales tax revenue pacing 5.7 percent ahead of the November-to-January period last year.
Sales in every industry category saw increases on the report. Lodging was up 6.9 percent; restaurants 13.6 percent; sports equipment and clothing 11.7 percent; food, drug and liquor stores 12 percent; general retail 9.3 percent; and utilities 6.8 percent.
Lodging contributed to 48.6 percent of the total sales tax revenue in January.
The lodging tax fund saw a 7.3 percent increase over January 2012. Lodging tax is 2.4 percent on top of other applicable taxes.
The real estate transfer tax fund collected just 0.26 percent more than it did in January 2012.


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OXCGN's Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Review (Single Player)
Is the story sacrificed on the multiplayer altar?
by Kent Sobey
© 2012 Kent Sobey
Love it or hate it, the fact is that there's never been a more successful franchise in the history of gaming. Some people might disagree, but Call of Duty has gone from strength to strength – especially when you look at the number of copies sold and the size of the multiplayer community.
Like it or not, Call of Duty is probably going to be around for a while yet.
Fortunately for me, I love it, and have done since the first release of Call of Duty so I expect a lot more from each new release to keep me hooked.
Black Ops 2 may be the sequel to 2010's Black Ops, but release-wise, it is following Modern Warfare 3.
Since this is a single player review only, I will say that following Modern Warfare 3 will not be easy because it was fantastic.
We have a Black Ops down, a Black Ops down
Things kick off shortly after the end of Black Ops. Alex Mason and his buddies saved the world and now of course a new threat has emerged. You jump between Alex Mason in the late 80's and his son, David Mason, in 2025.
The story is set out very nicely, giving you background information from the past, which you then follow-up in the future. The biggest downside of this is that it becomes somewhat convoluted, and only towards the end of the game do you really figure out what's really going on – much like the first Black Ops game.
For some this might be what keeps you invested in the game, but personally I didn't like the complexity of it and would have preferred a simpler story.
That's not to say that it is by any means bad, because the opposite is actually true, it is in fact very well written and gripping. David S. Goyer, who some of you might know from The Dark Knight Rises film, was involved in the writing of the story, so it's no surprise that it's not half bad.
The link between this game and its prequel is about as tenuous as the one between Black Ops and World at War. About the only thing that really matters is that some of the same characters are in both – that's it.
There are a few references to what happened in Black Ops but if you haven't played it you probably won't even notice them, and it won't make the slightest difference to you.
It's a nice way to tie the two games together, but ultimately pointless because let's face it, people would have bought it whether it was Black Ops 2 or not.
You jump between the past and the future a lot, which gives the player a chance to play with vastly different weapons and tech along the way which is something lacking in a lot of games.
Sometimes all assault rifles start to feel the same, but this gap in technology really separates the weapons. New scopes, grenade types, attachments and vehicles all add something special to the Call of Duty franchise. It's going to be difficult for them to go back in time after this, that's for sure.
Graphically the game is about what you would expect – pretty much in line with the last 2 COD titles.
There is nothing ground breaking here, but what can be said is that there are very few graphical glitches, which isn't true of most new games these days (…cough… Assassins Creed 3).
I would happily sacrifice a little realism in the graphics to have a glitch free experience any day, as long as the game still looks good, which this one does.
More of the same?
Some might argue that the game play here is the same as all previous COD games, but I would then submit to them that could in fact be true of any military shooter.
Like I mentioned earlier, the new tech and weapons do change things up a bit, however, for the most part it is still a Call of Duty game – which is something I am very thankful for. It's fun to play, it's not stupidly difficult on a normal setting (which some people like, but I don't at all) and the story moves at a good pace so I can get through it quickly.
Don't get me wrong, I like a long game and a long story sometimes, but it's not what I am looking for in a COD game. The extra hours I need from the game will all come from the Multiplayer or Zombie modes.
The point I am making here is that they haven't changed the franchise so much that I don't recognise it anymore, but they have changed enough to keep me interested – which is exactly what I ask from them each and every year.
If you are sitting on the fence about this one then I would happily stick my neck out and say give it a chance.
You're not likely to be disappointed, unless you're looking for Call of Duty to have changed.
The old saying, 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' comes to mind.
It deserves a solid 8.5 out of 10


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I have a lot of "shuttering Audio / video" I assume it is mostly because because my router is only 802.11B. My goal with this program is to stream internet radio and not necessarily video. I understand that I can get the higher speeds wired, but not sure that will ever be an option since I'm using a laptop. I do need a new router and was wondering if something like the Airport Extreme would help. If I can get get good quality audio, I'm happy. I can copy video to the PS3 if needed.
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All Sorts of Weird Stuff offers news and information about George R.R. Martin, in particular about his A Song of Ice and Fire series.
"When I was young, I read all sorts of stuff. One week it would be Lovecraft, the next Vance. It was all imaginative literature, or as my dad called it 'Weird Stuff.' It was all 'Weird Stuff.'"
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We recently had the pleasure of meeting John J. Miller—one of the many fine writers involved in the creation of the Wild Cards series of books—in Glasgow during the Worldcon. When we heard that he had some books for sale, we decided to contact him to ask about that, as well as any news we have. First, news about forthcoming Wild Cards books:
"I handed in the new Wild Card novel (DEATH DRAWS FIVE) last December. I have heard conflicting dates of publication, but it looks like either Jan. 2006 or March 2006. George is close to handing in a proposal for three more volumes, a traditional Wild Card triad in which there will be a linked theme for the first two anthologies and a full-blown mosaic novel to cap it off. Keep your fingers crossed."
Regarding books he has for sale:
"Wild Card Books Available from John J. Miller:
Notes: TPB is trade sized paperback, all other books are mass market unless noted. All are pretty much in Near Fine to Fine condition, like new. If a specific volume has any problems I'll you know before you have to pay for it.
And speaking of payment, all paperbacks $4 (or equivalent), DEUCES DOWN hardback is $6, GURPS worldbook (which is somewhat scarce and commands a bit of a premium is $15. I'll sign on request, and if you're patient for a week or so (or maybe more) I could probably get other signatures of local writers as well. Foreign readers can pay me via paypal; U.S. readers paypal or check, whichever. Postage is extra and will be exact cost, or pretty close to it.
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"Revolution" Ends, "TMNT/Batman:TAS" Begins in IDW's November 2016 Solicitations
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Image Comics will release "The Manhattan Projects" #19 on March 26, taking science to the third power in an issue by Jonathan Hickman & Nick Pitarra.
According to "Avengers" scribe Jonathan Hickman, "Original Sin" fully restores Captain America's memory, previously altered by the Illuminati.
CBR presents exclusive previews of Jonathan Hickman and Simone Bianchi's "New Avengers" #15 and Mark Waid and Chris Samnee's "Daredevil" #!
"She-Hulk" prepares for a big day, Jonathan Hickman's still got a "Secret," "The Auteur's" cover is eye-poppingly odd and more.
Death finally tracks down someone who knows where his son has been hidden in Jonathan Hickman & Nick Dragotta's "East of West" #10 from Image Comics.
Jonathan Hickman & Ryan Bodenheim reveal the hidden connection between the CIA, KGB and modern security companies in Image Comics' "Secret" #6.
The Atlantis/Wakanda conflict continues in a new preview of Jonathan Hickman and Rags Morales' "New Avengers" #16.NOW, on sale March 26.
It's Avengers vs Avengers action courtesy of the "Avengers" creative team of Jonathan Hickman and Salvador Larroca!
This week, CBR presents exclusive previews of Marvel's all-new "X-Force" #1 and the A.I.M.-threatened "Avengers" #26!
Check out a preview of "Secret" #5, the only Image Comics series "guaranteed to completely peel your head back," by Jonathan Hickman & Ryan Bodenheim.
Marvel Comics has provided CBR News with exclusive previews of Hickman & Bianchi's "New Avengers" #15 and Spencer & Lieber's "Superior Foes" #8!
The Ranger and Death finally clash in Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta's "East of West" #9, on sale Jan. 29 from Image Comics!
Nick Spencer defines the mission statement of "Avengers World," and his and co-writer Jonathan Hickman's plans for Marvel's global superteam.
Marvel has released a dragon-tastic preview for "Avengers World" #3, by Nick Spencer, Jonathan Hickman and Stefano Caselli.
Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer & Stefano Caselli focus in on Smasher in "Avengers World" #2, an issue that's "entertaining from start to finish."
Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer and Stefano Caselli pit Shang-Chi against the Gorgon in an exclusive "Avengers World" preview!
Check out the exclusive reveal of Dustin Weaver's second round of interlocking covers for Jonathan Hickman's "Avengers" #25, #26 & #27.
At Image Expo, Jamie McKelvie, Chris Burnham, Paul Azaceta, Wesley Craig and Nick Dragotta discussed artistic methods with Image co-founder Erik Larsen.
Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer & Stefano Caselli debut issue of "Avengers World" "sets up a number of plots bubbling with potential."
Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer and Stefano Caselli's "Avengers World" #1 debuts Jan. 8, and CBR has an exclusive preview!
Jonathan Hickman's "Avengers" #24.NOW is satisfying for longtime fans, but may prove problematic for new readers despite the giant #1 on the cover.
Anti-war cartoonist Leon Kuhn dies under train. Hickman and Brevoort talk "Avengers" #24.NOW! A look at Viz Media's 2014 announcements! Plus much more!
Jonathan Hickman and Sal Larroca pit hero against time-crossed hero in "Avengers" #25!
"Avengers" #24.NOW is the beginning of writer Jonathan Hickman's next groundbreaking Avengers arc, featuring art by Esad Ribic and more, on sale Dec. 24!
In "East of West" #8, Jonathan Hickman & Nick Dragotta's "creation of this strange alternate-history is intriguing" and makes for a strong issue.
Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta catch up with the three horsemen to figure out what plans they have for the Chosen in "East of West" #8.
"Avengers World" clashes with A.I.M. in the second issue of Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer and Stefano Caselli's new series.
Jonathan Hickman & Tom Brevoort join CBR for commentary and insight into "Infinity" #6 and "New Avengers" #12, the final chapters of Marvel's "Infinity" event.
Jonathan Hickman and Tom Brevoort discuss what lies ahead for Earth's Mightiest Heroes in the wake of "Infinity." Plus, exclusive art!
Marvel's "Avengers" franchise gets even bigger in 2014, and here's an unlettered look at new ongoing series "Avengers World," debuting Jan. 8.
Jonathan Hickman & Jim Cheung's "Infinity" #6 closes the event in "a most satisfying manner, presenting a solid template for future events."
In a bonus INFINITE WAR REPORT, artist Jim Cheung talks about bookending Marvel's "Infinity" with issues #1 and #6 while sharing exclusive art!
Mike Deodato's "New Avengers" #12 cover features a throwback to a past Thanos moment and may hint at the character that finishes the Mad Titan.
CBR has exclusive previews of "Infinity" #6 and "New Avengers" #12, both written by Jonathan Hickman with art by Jim Cheung and Mike Deodato.
Executive Editor Tom Brevoort takes a thorough look at "Avengers" #23, the latest chapter in Marvel's "Infinity" event -- and ahead to the finale!
Death begins his great hunt and the Ranger tracks his prey as "The Quest" comes to "East of West" #7 by Jonathan Hickman & Nick Dragotta, on sale Nov. 6!
Jonathan Hickman and Tom Brevoort provide commentary and insight into "Infinity" #5 and "Avengers" #22, as the heroes prepare to face Thanos.
Thanos Vs. the Avengers for the fate of Earth. Jonathan Hickman and Jim Cheung conclude the Marvel epic in "Infinity" #6. It all ends November 20!
The Avengers return to our solar system while Thanos' forces make their presence felt in Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Yu's "Avengers" #22, on sale Oct. 30!
The heroes of Earth rally to defeat Thanos in Marvel's "Infinity" #5 by Jonathan Hickman, Jerome Opena and Dustin Weaver, on sale October 30!
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The Academy Awards are glitzy, no doubt, but Oscars' equivalent in the cookbook world is the IACPs. For the last 27 years, the International Association of Culinary Professionals has rolled out the red carpet for the glitterati of the culinary stage, awarding prizes for best cookbook in categories ranging from best baking to first book.
IACP announced the 2013 awards finalists Wednesday, yielding a list IACP executive director Meredith Deeds called "some of the greatest works by food and culinary professionals throughout the industry." The awards ceremony will be April 9 in San Francisco.
You'll find many familiar names on the list of finalists, including Charles Phan from San Francisco's Slanted Door and Thomas Keller of French Laundry and Bouchon Bakery fame.
Phan's book, "Vietnamese Home Cooking" (Ten Speed Press, $35, 256 pages), is a finalist in the best chef/restaurant cookbook category. It's also a finalist for the Julia Child Award for best first book, a distinction shared with Atherton native Nancy Singleton Hachisu and her book, "Japanese Farm Food" (Andrews McMeel, $35, 400 pages).
Thomas Keller and Sebastien Rouxel's book, "Bouchon Bakery" (Artisan, $50, 400 pages), is a finalist for best chef/restaurant cookbook and best food photography.
San Francisco food writer Andrea Nguyen is nominated in the single subject category for her book "Asian Tofu: Discover the Best, Make Your Own and Cook It at Home" (Ten Speed Press, $30, 240 pages).
Other names - for example, Diane Morgan, Martha Holmberg and Liz Gutman - may ring a bell because they have been featured in our food and wine coverage so recently.
In the noncookbook categories, San Francisco-based Chow.com is a finalist for best culinary website, and food writer and restaurateur Joanne Weir - co-owner of Copita in Sausalito - is a finalist for culinary tour operator of the year.
The major categories are listed below. For a complete roster of this year's awards finalists, go to www.iacp.com.


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Offices to be first in the area to achieve both LEED and WELL Building certifications.
A trip to Orlando reveals trends in healthcare design
Pay attention to these four leading issues
How can you make smarter decisions that drive this principle?
A simple question about the future of our planet has sparked serious debate; we offer an explanation as to why it should be over already.
The global sustainability movement has gained some fashionable allies as of late, but the A&D community still has a leadership role to play.
It will be held in Denver, September 2016
The IIDA Leaders Breakfast: then and now
We interrupt this program to bring you the state of design
Save these dates!
We give you an exclusive preview of the most innovative products that will be making their debut at the annual NeoCon show in June.


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Fladlien wrote: Thanks for the read.
SneebDotCom wrote: It's just... ok.. I go to this art college and every other person I see is pretentious as fuck about these things... and Ive seen a million kids talk about protesting and shit like this and in the long run it has nothing to do with the protest and it has everything to do with the fact they get to tell the story of the protest to the hot hippie chick with the vagina. You know?


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MAA and Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013
MAA is a participating partner in Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013, a year-long program to publicize and promote the role of mathematics in developing a better understanding of dynamic processes affecting Planet Earth, ranging from geophysical systems governing climate to economic and financial activity. Read more.
2013 JMM Highlights
A roundup of videos, photos, and news coverage of the 2013 JointMathematics Meetings in San Diego. Check out what our members are saying.
Undergraduate Student Poster Abstracts and Results for JMM 2013
Congratulations to the winners of the Outstanding Presentation Award!Click here to view 2013 Outstanding Presentation Award winners.
Read the abstracts of the 2013 MAA Undergraduate Student Poster Session Abstract Book.
Who's That Mathematician?
Loci: Convergence presents images from the Paul R. Halmos Photograph Collection. Article. We invite you to send us information about photographs of mathematicians taken by well-known mathematician, friend of the MAA, and inveterate photographer Paul Halmos (1916-2006). New photos will be posted every Monday morning.
21st Century Mathematics
The Center for Curriculum Redesign is organizing 21st CenturyMathematics: "What should students learn in the 21st Century?" in Stockholm, April 22-24. Michael Pearson and a number of prominent MAA members will be speaking at the event. This conference will discuss top-level changes in the Math school curriculum, in terms of what topics and branches should be added, and just as crucially, what should be removed. The overall goal of the conference is to explore what students should learn to effectively address the challenges society faces, to participate fully as informed citizens, and to make effective personal choices for health care, finance, etc.
Scholarships of the Actuarial Foundation
The Actuarial Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2013-2014 school year. The guidelines and application are available online. To learn more about all five of the Foundation's scholarships, click here.
Mathematics Magazine Editor Search
The MAA seeks to identify candidates to succeed Walter Stromquist as Editor of Mathematics Magazine when his term expires in December 2014. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, the names of three references, and a statement of interest containing a vision of and ideas about the journal. Nominations are welcome.
Review of applicants will begin March 15, 2013, with appointment as Editor-Elect to commence on January 1, 2014. The five-year editorial term runs January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019. Read more here.
JMM 2014 Deadlines Approaching
It's not too late to propose a session for the Joint MathematicsMeetings in Baltimore. All MAA members are encouraged to consider submitting proposals for sessions. Deadlines for Contributed Paper Sessions and Minicourses have passed but there is still time to for Panels, Workshops, and Poster Sessions. Submissions are due April 9, 2013. Guidelines and instructions may be found here.
2013 MAA Travel Study Tour to Alaska: July 9-17, 2013, Sitka, Hobart Bay, Juneau, Glacier Bay & More
Class C cabins are all sold out! Space is very limited! View the study tour itinerary and then book for best choice of cabins and cabin classes. Prices will increase after January 31, 2013. Booking will continue subject to availability. Learn more here.
MAA Grant Programs Deadlines
Deadlines for MAA grant programs are approaching. Please checkDolciani Mathematics Enrichment Grants, Tensor Women in Math, andTensor-SUMMA: Underrepresented Minorities in Math (applications due February 12, 2013), as well as National Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (applications due February 22, 2013) for details.
David Bressoud discusses his journey into closing the semester of his multivariable calculus class and discovery of How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching by Ambrose, S. A., M. W. Bridges, M. DiPietro, M. C. Lovett, M. K. Norman. Article.
Devlin's Angle
Is mathematics about to die? More precisely, are we rapidly approaching a time when progress in mathematics effectively comes to an end? Keith Devlin discusses changes in higher education initiated by technological innovations and the emergence and rapid growth of MOOCs (massive open online courses) Article.


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Bollywood street food: Preeti Mistry, the "Top Chef" Season 6 chef-testant and former chef at Google and the deYoung Museum, is opening her eagerly-anticipated Juhu Beach Club in Oakland's Temescal neighborhood on Friday. The name is a nod to Mistry's favorite Mumbai city beach, known for its chaat stands, airborne kites and Bollywood celeb-sightings.
Here, Mistry is doing creative street food, curries and pavs -- slider-sized sandwiches such as a Sloppy Lil'P (spicy veggie sloppy joes) and Chowpatty Chicken (grilled green chile with a tangy slaw) -- using sustainably sourced, mostly local and organic ingredients. Wash it down with lassis, coolers or chai, with beer and wine to come. Did we mention dessert? Try Straus soft-serve vanilla sundaes with toppings such as sea salt-curried peanuts, chai-spiced candied pecans and passion fruit syrup.
It's lunch only for the time being, with dinner service coming soon. Details: 5179 Telegraph Ave. (look for the entrance on 51st Street, though, it's the old SR24 spot); http://juhubeachclub.com.
Oakland olé: If you're an East Bay fan of San Francisco's Tropisueno, here's some very good news. Owners Erin Brooks and Michael Sopher just opened El Gusano in Old Oakland. Like its San Francisco sister, El Gusano is a taqueria by day and restaurant by night, but this is no burrito joint. Brooks hails from La Folie, Aqua and Farallon. The decor is hacienda style, with reclaimed wood, abstract paintings and Mexican blankets, and the tostadas, enchiladas and tamales are made with Creek Stone Farms steak, Niman Ranch pork and organic, free-range Rocky Jr. chicken. As for the bar, think mezcal -- El Gusano means "the worm," after all -- and margaritas, rimmed with "artisanal salts." Open 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for lunch on weekdays, and from 5:30 p.m. on for dinner Mondays through Saturdays. Details: 1015 Clay St.; www.el-gusano.com.
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Kim Sajet (Sayet), the president and CEO of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, was named to the post Tuesday. Beginning April 1, she will oversee a collection of 21,000 objects, including famous images of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and other prominent figures in American history.
In Philadelphia, Sajet previously was deputy director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the nation's oldest art museum and school. She played a lead role in the purchase of Thomas Eakins' painting "The Gross Clinic" for a record $68 million to keep the artwork from leaving the city.
Sajet was born in Nigeria, raised in Australia and it a citizen of the Netherlands.


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Thanks to all those members who made contribution of time and resources and hard labor and sweat to pull off our booth at the 105th Old Settlers Reunion earlier this month. Your newsletter editor took a week off afterwards to recover, but just couldn't stay away any longer, and that's why you are being bombarded with posts now.
The booth was a success from many viewpoints including lots of folks saw we were active and many stopped in to talk or inquire about research or relatives or just to look at our exhibits. We didn't get all visitors logged, but we had between 60 and 70 people sign up for our free drawing and others who signed the registration tablet.
A good number of our members showed up to work and also stayed to visit. Thanks again to all of you for braving the heat, sand, and humidity.
We learned a few things which will help us in future endeavors of this nature. My personal opinion is that we had an "A number 1 booth" and were an asset for the Old Settlers Reunion.
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O2K wrote: I bought the Galaxy Nexus on Thursday and let me say that this phone is boss! I love it. It is hands down the smoothest Android yet. Plus its a Google phone so it'll get the updates first and you don't have to wait for the manufacturer to push out the updates if I am not mistaken.
Eric B wrote: O2K wrote: I bought the Galaxy Nexus on Thursday and let me say that this phone is boss! I love it. It is hands down the smoothest Android yet. Plus its a Google phone so it'll get the updates first and you don't have to wait for the manufacturer to push out the updates if I am not mistaken.
I've heard battery life is horrendous. How is it going for you so far? I want this phone!
squirtisblow wrote: I am loving the Gnex as well. The battery isn't really that bad, but i was coming from an old phone that could only hold like an 8 hour charge, now i'm around 20 hours or so, i may get the extended battery as it's only 25 bucks on the verizon site right now.
I have all my music on the cloud, just signed up for netflix and watching movies on this thing is a dream, the big 720p screen is nice and it's pretty cool once you see the button disappear and the whole screen is playing the movie. Has a nice little equalizer for music. 4g is fast as shit, just as fast as my home cable connection. I really like what they did with the new OS, everything is pretty easily navigable, smooth, and i find pretty easy to use.
The on screen keyboard works well and guesses my mistakes right and words i'm not finished spelling yet. I was really worried about this because i always used my keyboard on my regular droid as i hate on screen keyboards. I have pretty large hands so the on screen keyboards on those little screens are really tough for me to use. The learning curve for using this keyboard has been pretty easy for me. I thought i was going to have to use swype or something, but i don't even think i'll need it.
My personal opinion is that this is the best phone on the market right now. Perhaps it's not the best gaming device, but i'd say it's the best at being a solid phone.
*Edit* As O2K said the multi color LED is awesome and very informative and i don't have to turn on my phone everytime i want to check what message i got or something. This is really useful while driving.
Asterax wrote: Alright, I am writing out what I want for a replacement smartphone here. If anyone has suggestions, I'm listening. I'd call myself a power user in that I drain the power out of every smartphone I have.
Smartphone usage (Droid Incredible 2), prioritized from most to least important:
- Send/receive SMS messages in Handcent / Whatsapp / Skype
- Take/upload photos into Picasa Web Albums
- Listen to music via Google Cloud ("Google Play" now) / Pandora
- Use GPS-powered fitness apps like Cardiotrainer / Endmondo
- Watch clips via Youtube / Browser
- Share stories from NewsRob via Facebook / Email
- Write short non-work emails in built-in Gmail app
Since restarting my smartphone research, features I'd want
- Better battery life
- HDMI/Mirror Mode
- Gingerbread 4.0
Edit: I posted this because I feel like my needs are general to fit with any recent Android or iOS-based phone that came out in the past 6 months. As an Android guy, I first looked at Verizon's Android phone offerings. I have been overwhelmed by the number of Android phones available. This consistently happens as I am sure most folks on the forums have probably experienced shopping for Android products.


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Food Prices Are Soaring And Washington Doesn't Care
Today's economy is driven by Washington in more than just determining the location of Maserati dealerships. We see the ramifications of current government policies in numerous obvious ways. Make full-time employment more expensive with required benefits, and suddenly there are more part-time jobs; provide ample benefits and low eligibility standards for defining disabled workers, and suddenly there are more long-term unemployed going on SSDI; keep interest rates at zero, and suddenly there are more elderly workers; end unemployment insurance, and suddenly you see people accepting jobs they were reluctant to take; and as we've seen at the state and local level, raise the minimum wage, and suddenly teens are struggling to find work.


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At its walk-in centers, Lansing Board of Water and Light employees were taking down addresses, trying to give customers the best estimation of when their power will come back on.
What a lot of people found out, was that their homes may have been passed up completely.
"Basically, they're going to get back in touch with me if there is indeed something they can do to help me," said Fred Whiting, who showed up to the BWL Headquarters looking for answers, only to find out the company didn't know he was still without power.
Spokesman Stephen Serkaian knows that's not what customers want to hear, but that's a big reason why the company opened three walk-in centers.
Not only does it allow BWL employees to give direct information about power restoration. It also shows the company which areas were missed.
"Because of the unprecedented number of outages, some customers, quite frankly, have fallen through the crack," he said. "This is all part of the process, in order to make sure we can get to a complete power restoration."
For those who packed the BWL Customer Service Center, that day can't come soon enough.
With health issues to deal with, Pamela Bellamy says the lack of communication between BWL and its customers is inexcusable.
"There has been no one, who has brought us up-to-date, who has addressed the issue of these pockets of people who do not have electricity nor heat," she said. "No one should have to live like this."
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United Way of McPherson County is working to build a stronger community by addressing issues related to health, education and income. We believe conversations and intensive listening are the best ways to understand the real problems and move beyond short-term solutions. Community change can be accomplished through broad participation and collaboration. We encourage McPherson County residents to be involved with their community through giving, advocating and volunteering. By working together we can make a larger impact on the issues at hand.
Wow! A friend shared the following soup recipe with me. It's healthy and delicious!Piquillo peppers are pimiento-type peppers high in vitamin C, E, A and B Complex. The sweet, flavorful piquillo pepper is what makes this soup so yummy. They are sweet and flavorful, not spicy hot. "Piquillo" is the Spanish word for little beak, which is the shape of the pepper. Grown in northern Spain, these peppers are hand picked, roasted over an open fire, then peeled and packed in their own juices. Roasting the peppers enhances their rich piquant flavor.
Creamy Piquillo Pepper and Chickpea Soup with Chicken
1 cup drained piquillo peppers (8 ounces), 1/4 cup cut into thin strips
3/4 cup hummus (7 ounces)
2 cups chicken or beef stock
1/2 cup cooked white rice, homemade or store-bought
1 cup shredded rotisserie chicken
Freshly ground pepper
2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
Olive oil, for serving
Hot sauce, for serving
In a blender or a food processor, combine the whole piquillos with the hummus and stock and puree until smooth. Transfer the soup to a medium saucepan. Add the rice and chicken, season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with the parsley, sliced piquillos, olive oil and hot sauce. YUM!


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Washington High School English teacher Teri Hu believes school board prejudice has denied her the chance to teach thought-provoking, outstanding literature. Board members insist they are protecting vulnerable children and sensibilities in diverse Fremont.
In what's becoming an annual showdown that's uncommon in the liberal Bay Area, the Fremont Unified School District board overruled Hu and rejected novelist Dorothy Allison's "Bastard Out of Carolina" for the AP English supplemental reading list. While the book detailing horrific childhood abuse will remain in school libraries, it can't be taught in class.
That has Hu and others bringing up charges of censorship by the three-member board majority.
"I'm challenging them on their biases," said Hu, who twice before submitted Allison's semiautobiographical novel and National Book Award nominee for district approval. Even with the endorsement of a district textbook committee, the board voted it down, as it did in 2009 and 2010.
Last year, the board rejected her nomination of Tony Kushner's "Angels in America," a Pulitzer Prize-winning play about AIDS in the 1980s.
Board members deny that their decisions are politically motivated. Instead, they say the books are too violent, shocking or disparaging of certain groups.
"I didn't feel it was of substantial educational value," board President Lily Mei said about Allison's book about a young girl who is beaten and raped by her stepfather.
The board has approved other books dealing with sensitive topics; the difference is how the subject is handled, she said.
" 'The Color Purple' is more uplifting," Mei said. And in other books, "there are characters out there that go through rape and abuse and have better endings."
As for last year's rejection of "Angels," she said the play "doesn't portray certain cultures in a very positive light," specifically Mormons.
Trustee Larry Sweeney, who also voted against both books, didn't respond to requests to explain his stance. However, last year he cited concerns about "a group of people who feel very much that their belief system is not being tolerated."
Hu, who has taught for 14 years in Fremont, called those arguments specious. "Angels" depicts complex, complicated and sympathetic characters, she said, showing that "Mormons are three-dimensional people, just like the rest of us."
Trustee Ivy Wu said Allison's work is too graphic, even for AP English students. Only a minority of 12th-graders take AP English -- together, the district's five high schools last year offered 29 classes. While students may be academically prepared, Wu said, "emotionally they may not be."
Some students disagree.
"People are going to have to face stuff like that," said Kyle O'Hollaren, 17, a Washington High senior and nonvoting student representative to the board. "They should be allowed to read the book."
Mazin Mahgoub, 18, said the board doesn't realize what students already see. "Look at the kind of movies we watch," said Mahgoub, who just graduated from Mission San Jose High. "There are 13-, 14- and 15-year-old kids watching things on the Internet far beyond what we are reading."
Proponents said by assigning reading on uncomfortable and controversial issues, skilled teachers can help students understand tough subjects and their own lives as well. Trustee Lara York, who supported adding both books to the reading list, said, "Our students are better served reading it within the context of a class with rich discussion."
Joseph Hill teaches "Angels in America" at Carlmont High in Belmont -- but after school, so non-AP students may also attend. He called the book one of the five most important plays in American theater. "It teaches us what it means to be a human being in any age." Allison's book, he added, belongs to a select group "so inherently powerful and exquisitely written that they're not just about great ideas, they're also great art."
However, Wu said she worries about sensitivities of parents, many of them immigrants. "Parents look at education as academic. It's not about social issues," she said. "The explicit, graphic depiction of incest and rape is not something we need to educate our students about."
The dispute has drawn attention from advocates outside the K-12 district.
The New York-based National Coalition Against Censorship argues that the board has violated constitutional principles. "It's problematic for government officials to decide against the recommendation of educators and professionals, for what seems to be personal politics or objections to content," said Acacia O'Connor of the coalition's Kids' Right to Read Project.
Fremont's controversy doesn't fracture neatly along political lines.
"I'm a Southern woman and a victim of childhood sexual abuse," said parent Gail Bryan, who considers herself "left of liberal." "I don't think we need that type of literature with such a negative message and negative portrayal to be required reading."
She has no problem with families reading such books on their own. She said she will probably have her son, who's entering fourth grade, read Allison's book on his own when he's in high school.
Elsewhere, some schools make controversial content optional. The Fremont Union district, which has high schools in San Jose, Sunnyvale and Cupertino, asks teachers to offer an alternate assignment and alert parents to sensitive material, Assistant Superintendent Kate Jamentz said.
In Fremont Unified, the books' proponents say the board puts its students at a disadvantage. Past AP tests have mentioned both Allison's and Kushner's works.
"Colleges are looking for AP classes to include challenging material about sensitive topics, and really expect students to be able to handle that," said Dianne Jones, a mother of three students. "The issue is censorship."
Contact Sharon Noguchi at 408-271-3775. Follow her at Twitter.com/noguchionk12.


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Headlines for Thursday:
- From elsewhere: Linux: a social experiment 00:14
- Secret Santa exchanges the Web way 00:42
- Squidoo now on public beta 00:58
- To write well, one must have leisure 01:47
- Two years ago 01:55
- Ruby: Turn bash.org quotes into a fortune file 18:27
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1. From elsewhere: Linux: a social experiment
Would be tempted to do something similar if I also had a stack of Ubuntu CDs.
Or--evil thought!--sneak into Microsoft dev event with button that reads "Ask me about what I geek out about" and a bag full of Ubuntu CDs... ;)
(Convert the world one geek at a time! ;) )
On Technorati: linux, open source, advocacy
2. Secret Santa exchanges the Web way
Incidentally, the organizer can rig it. I didn't, though. ;) It would be fun to have it randomized. Of course, nothing's stopping us from writing letters for _everyone_, if we feel particularly diligent... =)
Check out Elfster and set up your Secret Santa gift exchange soon!
On Technorati: christmas, barkada, friendship
3. Squidoo now on public beta
I'm personally a little underwhelmed, although I can see how something like this might be useful for all the niche site probloggers who don't have their own server/space or who want to take advantage of extra visibility through squidoo, although I'm not sure how much better that would be compared to, say, making a new website that's indexed by Google.
On Technorati: web2.0, web 2.0, squidoo, social, social computing
4. To write well, one must have leisure
One of the reasons I want to figure out how to retire early or enjoy great work-life balance. =)
Discovered via a comment left by purpleslurpee on charlesatan's essay on writer's block.
5. Two years ago
For the record, I'm _soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo_ glad that I got into Linux. =)
6. Ruby: Turn bash.org quotes into a fortune file
require 'rss/1.0' require 'cgi' require 'net/http' host = Net::HTTP.new('bash.org', 80) if ARGV[0] then resp, data = host.get('http://bash.org/xml/?top&below=' + ARGV[0], nil) else resp, data = host.get('http://bash.org/xml/?top', nil) end parsed = RSS::Parser.parse(data, false) parsed.items.each { |x| puts CGI::unescapeHTML(x.description.gsub('<br />', "\n")); puts "%\n" }
Call like this:
ruby bash-org-to-fortune.rb > bash; strfile bash; fortune bash # or to get the top quotes with score < 1000 ruby bash-org-to-fortune.rb 1000 > bash; strfile bash; fortune bash
On Technorati: ruby, code, programming
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teleport is a simple prefpane utility to let you use one single mouse and keyboard to control several of your Macs. Simply reach the edge of your screen, and your mouse teleports to your other Mac! The pasteboard can even be synchronized between the computers.
teleport is currently a Public Preview. Please feel free to contact me for comments, suggestions, bug reports, etc.
teleport uses Bonjour to find available hosts. For controlling them, it catches the events of the master computer, sends me on the network using TCP, and uses some native CoreGraphics calls on the slave computer.
Warning: teleport pr3.7 does NOT encrypt data transfers. Therefore, be sure to have a safe network before sending sensitive keystrokes, such as passwords, on a slave computer.
Required OS: not specified
Tags: mouse , keyboard , sharing , utility , productivity , screensharing
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Easy to setup and just works fine.
Wow....I'm not sure how this actually works but I have my desktop machine connected to a university VPN and the laptop disconnected from the VPN, but Teleport still works. Magical.
Wow - this is slick. Just tried DropCopy for a few hours & found it ok but awkward in a lot of ways for just working between a desktop and laptop on the same desk. So far Teleport is great - takes me back to dual-monitor days on Windows 98 without all the annoyances that entailed :)
UPDATE: had to uninstall and re-install a few times on both machines - not sure what finally made the difference, but its working.
FYI support forums are here;
Having trouble keeping this enabled on a Snow Leopard machine. I enable 'activate teleport' and then when I close and reopen system preferences, it is disabled again.
No issue on a Leopard (10.5.8) machine.
EDIT: My mouse moves with Teleport, even when I am not touching the mouse. Weird.
Very good app but on my Tiger computer, my mouse seems to move to the side of the screen (activating teleport on the other computer) and messing up someone's Photoshop work. Sometimes, when the mouse teleports back from the other computer, my mouse is invisible. Not good. :-\
After that glowing review of teleport, I'm back to using Synergy (turns out I forgot to forward the port on my new network).
While what I previously wrote is still all true, there was one problem that I couldn't deal with: Teleport cannot automatically reset the positions of the screens when displays are added or taken away.
Case in point: I have one laptop with connected monitor, and 1 laptop without connected through Teleport. When I leave and take my main laptop with me (disconnecting the monitor), upon return and reconnection, teleport ceases to work. This can be fixed by going to the prefpane and resetting the screen positions, but doing this every time I come back home is tedious (and not worth scripting IMO).
I will miss the Drag&Drop (I've recently started using DropBox to alleviate this), and look foward to the developer fixing this issue (seems to be well reported in dev's forums).
I've long been a fan of the CLI Synergy, but since updating to 10.5.5, it has been broken. It was hard initially setting it (CLI Synergy that is) up to begin with, and after trying to tinker with it for an hour, I gave up and started searching for alternatives. I tried KMSynergy, but I faced the same problems (segmentation fault). So I finally tried Teleport (which I had been avoiding in order to prove to myself my 1337ness).
Just like a mac, it just works.
Until I have to control a non-mac (and until a fix is found for whatever went wrong), I don't think I'll be turning back.
And yes. The Drag & Drop feature is amazing.
Wow! I've been using Synergy for a couple years, but it's a little screwed up in Leopard. I just found Teleport. It's not cross-platform like Synergy, but as a Mac-only user that doesn't matter to me. Teleport is way easier to setup and use, and drag and drop of files across Macs is amazing!
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Some big changes in trash pickup are on the way for folks in Augusta.
These changes affect lots of people living in Richmond County.
First, if you live in the Goshen area or off Jimmy Dyess Parkway, you may be used to paying a private company to pick up your trash. Now you are included in the city's pickup route and you'll have to switch over and pay the $276 yearly fee to have your garbage picked up.
And for downtown businesses, instead of having trash picked up three times a week, that will now be cut to two days, and your fee will no longer be included in property taxes.
And a change for everyone in Augusta: if you have yard waste that needs to be picked up, make sure you have it in paper bags, not plastic, or the city won't pick it up...and there will be a limit to how much bulk waste they will take.
Why all the changes? Augusta's Solid Waste Director Mark Johnson tells us, "These were things as we went into the new contract, we needed to fix, process improvement, lessons learned, things that became cost prohibitive."
There's one other change to mention; that's holiday pickup. Instead of trucks not showing up during holidays, pickup will always resume the day after the holiday. That means if a holiday is on a Friday, there will be pickup on Saturday, even though Saturday may not be a normal pick up day.
Most of these of service changes won't take place until June.


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Electrical Hatches & OutletsIt is amazing how quickly we take electricity for granted. When out on the road we routinely hook up to full electric and water. But what happens when you get home? Unless you have a separate, outdoor outlet box, your RV can sit for months without power. That is reason enough to invest in a 30 or 50 amp circuit for your home.
It doesn't take much to keep all of your RV systems dry and free of mold and mildew. Just plug in your camper before you store it for the winter and you don't have to fill the system with anti-freeze. Leave the heat set high enough to avoid freezing and your winterizing is done. Add a couple of lockable electrical hatches and you can protect your cords when they aren't in use between warm weather trips.


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Elections officer to discuss SC's new voter ID law
Published: Friday, February 22, 2013 at 11:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 22, 2013 at 11:02 a.m.
Spartanburg County Voter Registration and Elections Office will have public information sessions on South Carolina's new voter photo identification law at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. today in council chambers at the county administration building.
During the sessions, Voter Registration and Elections Director Henry Laye will discuss the different forms of ID voters can use to fulfill the law's requirement, and the procedure for obtaining ID if needed.
The voter photo ID law went into effect Jan. 1.
The first local election it will effect will be the re-do mayoral election in Woodruff.
The law will be enforced countywide for the Nov. 5 election.
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I find myself constantly looking up server variables (and manuals and changelogs) for MySQL, MariaDB, and XtraDB, which versions they are in, and so forth. So I finally created a couple pages which contain the links to all of these various bits of information across the various flavors of MySQL.
I've been using them every day, so I thought some others might want to bookmark these as well.
I've created the following:
o Changelogs
o Documentation
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