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December 14, 2012
British consumers are glued to the box and spend hours browsing, posting, shopping and tweeting on smartphones, tablets and laptops. That's the picture emerging from Ofcom's seventh International Communications Market Report, which looks at the use of technology across 17 major countries.
The UK is way ahead of countries such as Japan and the USA for catching up with TV online and using new technology such as smart TVs and digital video recorders (DVRs).
The Ofcom report also shows that internet shopping is now more popular in the UK than in any other major country, and this is increasingly driven by the use of mobile devices.
In fact, UK consumers spend more online than any other country surveyed. In 2011, the UK per-head spending on e-commerce was £1,083. Australia spent £842 and Sweden was third, spending £747.
The findings also show that:
James Thickett, Ofcom's director of research, said: "Our research reveals that the UK leads the way in using the internet on the move. Increasingly, it's mobile devices like smartphones and tablets that are driving this growing demand for data — and in the UK it seems to be social networking sites that are behind this in particular."
Digital divide grows
However, a new survey by consumer researchers Intersperience shows that there are three distinct types of gadget user in the UK. So-called "device junkies" (29%) use seven or more devices at home. The majority of people (53%) have between four and six devices. And those that lag behind, with three devices or less, account for 18% of respondents.
"We are seeing a new phase in the digital divide," said Intersperience's CEO Paul Hudson. "The implications are potentially far-reaching. On the one hand, businesses have to invest heavily in technology to support the device junkies, whilst simultaneously continuing to invest in supporting the rest of the population who may not be adapting as quickly."


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Residents of Kansas can ring in the New Year with 100 free flowering trees by joining the Arbor Day Foundation any time during January 2013.
By becoming part of the nonprofit Arbor Day foundation, new members will receive two white flowering dogwoods, two flowering crabapples, two Washington hawthorns, two American redbuds and two goldenraintrees.
To become member, send a $10 contribution to TEN FREE FLOWER TREES, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68410, by Jan. 31, 2013 or by joining online at arborday.org/january.
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I made this for my hubby' lunch box today . I got these recipes from Tarla dalal's website.Both the recipes were given under Protein rich , low calorie , healthy food category. So i chose these recipes for our lunch.I made some slight changes to the actual recipe according to our tastebuds.It was nice & filling too.. Thanks to tarla dalal…About the raita , i should have named this as beetroot raita because the color of beetroot is predominant here. I've added carrots and cucumber to the raita. But its not visible .So adding beetroot is purely optional. If u want a nice color , please omit or add less beetroot pieces.Please find the raita recipe below.
To temper
Lime juice – few drops
Coriander leaves – to garnish
- Cooked carrot and beetroot cubes – 1/2 cup
- Cucumber pieces - few
- Fresh curd – 1/2 cup
- Green chilly – 1/2 no (Chopped finely)
- Roasted jeera powder – to sprinkle
- Water – as needed to dilute the curd
- Salt – as reqd
- Cube cut carrot and beetroot into small pieces.Cook them for 1 whistle adding little water.
- Mix the fresh cucumber pieces with the cooked vegetables.
- Add the thick curd , reqd water and salt.( sometimes water may not be needed as the water in the cooked vegetables may be enough)
- Finally sprinkle the roasted jeera powder..
Serve with parathas and pulao !!
Green gram arose in North-eastern India and there is a long history of its use throughout Asia. Its popularity stems not just from its medicinal and nutritional properties, but also from its adaptability to drought conditions and inferior soils. The nitrogen fixing bacteria in the plant's root help replenish the nitrogen content of the soil, which makes it a valuable inter-crop in rice and sugar cane cultivation.
Nutritional value of Green Gram (Per 100 grams)
Energy : 30 caloriesHealth benefits
Unlike other pulses, green gram is free of flatulence-causing agents. This makes it an acceptable food for convalescents and pleasant weaning food for babies. The protein is especially rich in the amino acid, lysine, but it is somewhat deficient in sulphur-containing amino acids. The seeds are rich in calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, potassium, folate and other B Vitamins. They also contain appreciable amounts of Vitamin C.
Raw seeds are rich in trypsin-inhibitors that block the effects of protein digesting enzymes in the gut. Sprouted green gram has lower amounts of these inhibitors, but the best method to eliminate trypsin inhibitors is boiling. Cooking does not affect the protein profile of this seed.
Food Uses
Green gram's use in creating dishes is widely prevalent all over India. It is eaither used whole or split into dal. Whole green gram is the most popular sprout worldwide. Green gram in its split form is used to make khichdi, dal, barfi, payasam (a sweet dish) and other sweets. Deep fried and salted moong dal (green gram) is a popular Indian snack. Processed green gram is a common soup base, and gram flour is a common ingredient in many fried snacks.
Medicinal Uses
Chinese medicine uses green gram as a remedy for oedema, fever, headache and generalised anxiety, and as a diuretic. It is also a folk remedy for arsenic poisoning and other mineral toxins.


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Q The missus and myself have been wondering for quite some time what the deal is with red rear turn signals vs. amber. Has this been brought up before? If not, could this be a topic for some good ole-fashioned Roadshow debate?
Brian Durbin
San Jose
A Sure can. But what are your thoughts?
Q My thought concerning what color is best -- amber or yellow. I have lost count as to how many times that I have not seen the blinking of a red rear turn signal, LED or incandescent, as it is washed out by the sun. Once I realize that the other driver wants over, I usually slow down and let them change lanes, if safe to do so.
But I can't help but wonder if the other driver wonders why I'm waiting so long to let them in. Why isn't yellow the official color of rear turn signals? And what can be done to make it the official rear turn signal color?
Brian Durbin
A For years, there has been mixed data on which color is safest. The latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study suggested that amber has an edge in terms of safety. As a result of its findings, NHTSA recommended that amber be used for turn signals on all cars in the U.S. It is the standard in Europe. Stay tuned.
Q Just as the Prius bashing seems to have died down, I'm afraid the Nissan Leaf will take its place. I'm not complaining about the occasional Leaf doing 50 mph on the freeway trying to max out the miser meter, but rather, the Leafs driving around with their headlights off during dawn and dusk to eke out an extra mile.
Sure, it may save a few watt-hours, but it is unsafe and probably illegal. They don't even have daytime running lights on. Anyone else notice this phenomenon?
Ken Nishimura
A A few others have made similar comments. In the 1980s, it seemed BMW drivers were the most despised. In the '90s, SUVs were No. 1 on the hate list, followed by Prius owners in the past decade.
Are Leaf owners next? I don't think so, as they are just one group of a growing number of electric car owners. ChargePoint, a Campbell-based company with the nation's largest electric vehicle charging station network, rates the Bay Area as the top region in the country for EV owners, followed by Seattle, San Diego, Austin, Texas, and Honolulu. While Los Angeles has the most total EV drivers (more than 17,000), the Bay Area is tops per capita with nearly 15,000 EV drivers and nearly 4,000 stations.
Q Since I'm so good about complaining, thought I'd send a nice email.
I recently drove the newly paved portion of Bird Avenue between Alma and Willow streets in San Jose. Amazingly smooth! I've been a Willow Glen resident for over 35 years and honestly can't remember a time when that portion was this drivable. I'll bet the residents are super happy that all that construction is finally done.
Gay Rose
San Jose
A Almost done. Portions of Bird will be closed to through traffic from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through February for a storm sewer project.
Look for Gary Richards at Facebook.com/mr.roadshow, follow him at Twitter.com/mrroadshow or contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 408-920-5335.


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NEW: For a prettier blog interface, see the Wordpress version!
- Official website for OSC-Ph 2005 01:54
- Congrats to teams who competed in Java Cup and Quizzardry! 02:14
- Under-leg loops 23:57
|Merge patch for planner-diary stuff : E-Mail from Jody Klymak (2005.03.08 planner feature)
|Fix planner-appt bug : E-Mail from Jim Ottaway (2005.03.08 planner bug)
|Remove Greenbelt contact info : E-Mail from Harvey Chua (Adphoto)
|Set up IBackup account for Adphoto (Adphoto)
|Reply about blogs : E-Mail from Rychus Cortina
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1. Official website for OSC-Ph 2005
Official website for open source conference to be held in Cebu on March 14 and 15:
On Technorati: opensource, conference, cebu, philippines
2. Congrats to teams who competed in Java Cup and Quizzardry!
Ealden wrote:
Congratulations to the teams who competed in the recently concluded Java Cup and Quizzardry competitions! The Java Cup was held last 3 Mar 2005, while the Quizzardly was held the next day, 4 Mar 2005. The teams competed from those sent by DLSU, iAcademy, UPD, AMA, FEU, Chang Kai Shek, and UA&P.
The said events were part of the 20th Computer Science Week of the University of the Philippines, Diliman, and were both organized by the UP Association of Computer Science Majors (UP CURSOR).
Champion: Ateneo 3
- Miguel Arguelles (4 CS)
- Allan Espinosa (3 ECE)
- Michael Tan (2 CS, alternate)
Second runner up: Ateneo 2
- Joseph Noel (4 CS)
- Paul Rivera (4 CS)
4th place: Ateneo 1
- Erik Uy (4 CS)
- Charles Yeung (4 MIS)
- Ramon "Akie" Mejia (3 CS, alternate)
Champion: Ateneo 2
- Mark Punzalan (3 CS)
- Vanessa Gonzales (3 CS)
- Randolph "Zippy" Espinosa (3 CS)
Second runner up: Ateneo 3
- Erik Uy (4 CS)
- Marc Lihan (3 CS)
- Erwin Lee (3 MIS)
Ateneo 1
- Ealden Escanan (3 MIS)
- Gil San Pedro (3 CS)
- Robin Yu (1 CS)
Pictures: http://www.engg.upd.edu.ph/%7Ejoyce/csweek/index.html ;)
Congrats! :D
Ealden Esto E. Escañan
Outgoing CompSAt President
E-Mail from Ealden Esto E. Escañan
On Technorati: contests, ateneo, programming
3. Under-leg loops
Can now make the diabolo loop around one leg. Back catch still needs improvement, but can be dramatic finish. Must practice with higher ceilings! Diabolo good exercise.
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Revered by old-time waterfowlers as the King of Ducks, the noble canvasback has every trait a duck hunter can admire. It is large bodied, yet sleek and elegant. The scarlet head of the male is held high, and its striking blood-red eyes are unmistakable. The name "canvasback" is derived from the dusty white feathers on its back and sides. English settlers along the Atlantic coast thought these feathers looked like white canvas fabric. Photo by Ron Charest
With swift wing beats, canvasbacks are one of the fastest ducks in the sky, but the trade-off is that they are very slow and clumsy on land. Because their feet are placed far back on their body for swimming and diving, the canvasback has difficulty walking on land and cannot quickly lift off the water like a mallard. Instead, the canvasback must flap its wings and get a running start over the water's surface before taking flight. Photo by Kim Taylor
Most canvasbacks breed in the Prairie Pothole Region, but some will nest as far north as Alaska. Canvasback hens prefer to nest on heavily vegetated ponds with deep enough water to provide some protection from land-based carnivores like skunks and foxes. DU Photo
With conservative regulations in place to help ensure a sustainable harvest, fewer people hunt "King Can" than once did. But because of the species' restricted distribution and the challenge of hunting their wide-open haunts, cans were never everyman's duck like mallards are. But everyone should witness once in their lifetime the thrill of a flock of cans ripping over decoys on a crossing wind. Photo by Ryan Askren
Conserving canvasbacks is all about conserving wetlands—something Ducks Unlimited has been doing in the United States and Canada since 1937. On the prairies, DU is working with many partners to protect small potholes and larger wetlands that support the majority of breeding canvasbacks and many other waterfowl species. Photo by Robert Whitney
On key canvasback migration and wintering areas, DU and partners are working to improve water quality in high-priority watersheds like the Great Lakes; Chesapeake Bay; the Illinois and Mississippi rivers; coastal North and South Carolina; San Francisco Bay, and the Gulf Coast. Good water quality ensures healthy production of submersed aquatic plants and abundant canvasback food. Photo by Mark Lasnek
May we always have the opportunity to meet these legendary birds up close and personal! But this shall only be so if we look after the wetlands that sustain canvasbacks across our continent. Just like a flight of cans arrowing through an autumn wind, our course is clear. Let us not fail the birds, or future generations, in our resolve. Photo by Ron Charest
For more information on how you can help conserve vital wetland habitat for canvasbacks and other waterfowl, click here. Photo by Richard Lewis


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- May 10:
- 49ers: Rookie Tank Carradine bonds with teammates while knee mends
- Jim Harbaugh: 49ers rookie Marcus Lattimore's knee 'good structurally'
- 49ers: Nate Montana learning West Coast offense that father mastered
- San Francisco 49ers: Harbaugh excited about rookie crop
- San Francisco 49ers' new safety Reid: 'I want to earn it'
SANTA CLARA — One practice into his football career, former British Olympic discus thrower Lawrence Okoye is excited to forge ahead in his improbable bid for a 49ers roster spot.
Okoye wasn't the only rookie making mistakes as their three-day minicamp got underway Friday. But he's the most internationally known.
"I got a couple calls wrong but it's all part of the learning process," said Okoye, a 6-foot-6, 305-pound defensive end. "As it went on, I got more and more comfortable.
"When we went up against the O-line, it got a bit more difficult but I adjusted. That's what's going to keep happening. I'm going to go up and down, up and down, as I carry on learning how to play this position, how to play this sport."
Okoye, 21, hasn't thrown a discus in four months. It's a sport he took up when he was 18, and two years later, he qualified for the finals of the London Olympics, only to place 12th.
Having grown fond of American football while watching it on television in his London flat, he impressed teams at pre-draft combines before signing with the 49ers last week.
"There's a lot of prep we have to do in the classroom before we get on the pitch — or the field, or whatever you guys call it," Okoye said. "I'm just trying to learn as much as possible, as quickly as possible. They're being great with me. They're not going to force feed me."
Okoye opted to play defense rather than offense largely because of his body type, a physique compared to "an Adonis" by coach Jim Harbaugh. Okoye also believed defensive end might be an easier position to learn, and he's excited to study under 49ers line coach Jim Tomsula, who coached nine years in the NFL's now-defunct Europe league.
"Coach Tomsula has been like, 'Take each minute as it comes. Just enjoy it. Don't worry, just work,' " Okoye added. "That's what I'm doing. I'm not worrying when I get things wrong because I'm going to get a lot of things wrong, more than today, more than tomorrow."
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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Combine blueberries and cream cheese to make a super shaped sandwich that looks just like Geo.
Weekdays on Nick Jr.
Tint the cream cheese light blue with blue food coloring. Spoon 2 teaspoons of the cream cheese into a small plastic resealable bag.
Use the rim of a glass or a large round cookie cutter to cut the bread into a 3-inch and a 4-inch circle. Spread the softened cream cheese on one side of the larger circle. Using a round cookie cutter or rim of a glass, shape the cheese slice into a circle. Add the cheddar cheese on top of the cream cheese. Press the smaller bread slice on top, slightly askew to be able to see the slice of cheddar cheese.
Snip a small corner from the bag with the cream cheese. Pipe bangs on top of the bread. Add the blueberries as eyes and the gum drop for the mouth. Add the cut cherry tomato halves as Geo's antennae on either side of the top edge of sandwich. Cut the small red fruit leather and flatten into a 1- to 1/2-inch long semicircle for Geo's mouth.
Kids will love counting and crunching on these delicious digits!
Here's a mighty healthy lunch idea--go on, take it for a spin!
On a mission for an umirrific cake? It's Bot to the rescue!
Bake a cake to look just like your kid's favorite pattern-powered Umi friend!
Shape a cake to look like Geo!
Your Umi fan will say 'Great Gigabytes' when you make this avocado & cheese sandwich
Make a mighty cute sandwich for your little Milli fan
Pizza for dessert? It's umirrific!
Great gigabytes! Kids will love taking a bite out of this cookie!
Bake a batch of Umirrific sugar cookies with your Umi fan
Kids will love making a sweet treat that looks just like Milli!
Take your little Umizoomi fan for a sweet ride with this easy homemade cake
It's a-Bot time for these yummy cupcakes!
Shape up with these math-minded cupcakes from Geo!
Make way for Milli's mighty good cupcakes!
Get on board and make these shipshape Geo cupcakes for your Halloween party!
Kids will want Bot's cupcake mummy in their tummy!
Your little bumblebee will buzz with anticipation for Milli's super special cupcakes!
Here's a mighty healthy lunch idea--go on, take it for a spin!
Make a sandwich look just like Peppa!
Make a fin-tastic sandwich that looks like your kid's favorite preschool teacher
Your Umi fan will say 'Great Gigabytes' when you make this avocado & cheese sandwich
Here's a peanut butter and jelly fish-shaped sandwich for your little guppy!
Make a mighty cute sandwich for your little Milli fan
Make this a-DORA-ble sandwich for your sweetheart!
What time is it? It's time for a new twist on classic macaroni and cheese!
Make some-bunny smile with this cute & healthy lunch
Turn a hot dog into a...hot "DOG!"
Kids will get a kick out of making Boots from bread and bologna!
Your little star will love exploring this healthy pasta salad!
Share this snack with your little explorers. They're sure to swipe it right off the kitchen table!
Ham it up for lunch!
Please your little one with little bites of pizza
Look no further for a simple yet zesty pizza sauce
There's a surprise inside these triangle-shaped pizza snackers
These towers are a surefire way to get those veggies in
Serve up Mediterranean flavors in this pizza on a pita
Serve up some new flavors with this quick and easy recipe
Delivery? No, delicious!
Hooray--it's pizza night!


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Thursday, 11/16/1989
Pearl Street Ballroom, Northampton, MA
Set 1: Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, GinBathtub Gin, Foam, Oh Kee PaThe Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > SuzySuzy Greenberg, MSOMy Sweet One, Reba, YEMYou Enjoy Myself, Frankenstein
Set 2: SlothThe Sloth > BagAC/DC Bag, Tela > BowieDavid Bowie
· Take the 'A' Train tease in David Bowie
Noteworthy Jams: Reba
Average Song Gap: 2.73
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Trey teased 'A' Train in Bowie. According to the December 1989 Phish Update that followed this gig, "[a] number of unfortunate events occurred" at this show. Reportedly the unfortunate events began with a failed attempt by the venue to divide drinking-age fans from underage fans using a velvet rope. Adding to the confusion was an explosion on or near the stage during David Bowie (possibly a flash pot or fireworks) which pushed the crowd over the edge. The show was cut short when the house lights were turned on and bouncers quickly evacuated everybody from the venue. The source of these show notes is phish.com.
Song Distribution:
4 Lawn Boy
3 Junta
3 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
2 The White Tape
1 Stash
Songs by Debut Year:
This show was part of the "1989 Tour."
Too bad it's an abbreviated second set because it sounds like they started to really get it together with an ok Sloth, and a solid Bag. The newly reworked Tela was a bit rough, and a smoking Bowie gets cut off on the recording and ended the show from what I've read here.
Check this one out if you need to hear the first reworked Reba and Tela.


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Vermont State Police say fire that destroyed a boat in Burlington was intentionally set.
Firefighters responded to the fire at 234 Penny Lane on Friday afternoon.
The boat, owned by the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center, was valued at $9,000.
The Burlington Police Department and the state police are asking anyone with information about the fire to call the Arson Tip Line at 1-800-32-ARSON. A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest.


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Sunday, March 16, 2013
AIKEN, S.C. – The nationally 13th-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken baseball team put on an offensive show in its Peach Belt Conference doubleheader sweep of Young Harris on Saturday afternoon at Roberto Hernandez Stadium.
USC Aiken (19-5, 8-3 PBC) won game one 18-8, while the Pacers garnered a 13-4 victory over Young Harris (10-11, 2-9 PBC) in game two.
Already assured the series victory, the Pacers and Mountain Lions will play the final game of their three-game league set at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 17 at the 'Bert.
Game One: #13 USC Aiken 18, Young Harris 8
The USC Aiken offense exploded for 19 hits in a 18-8 game one victory over Young Harris.
The explosion featured six extra-base hits for the Pacers with Bill Gerstenslager (Solon, Ohio/Mercyhurst) and John Fidanza (Prospect, Ky./Coastal Carolina) both doubling twice in the game.
Ty Barkell (Denver, Colo./Palmer Ridge HS) homered in the game and Ryan Metzler (Glen Burnie, Md./Siena) tripled.
The score was just 7-6 entering the bottom of the sixth inning, but the Pacers then collected 11 runs over the course of the next two innings to claim the emphatic 10-run win.
USC Aiken placed a six-spot on the board in the bottom of the sixth frame, while the Pacers scored five in the bottom of the seventh.
Eight Pacers finished with multiple hits in the game one win with Bryce Baur (Moncks Corner, S.C./Florence-Darlington Tech) leading the way with three hits. Baur was 3-for-3 with four runs scored in the contest.
Seven Pacers ended their efforts with two hits with Gerstenslager, Fidanza, Metzler, Barkell, Josh Miller (Chapin, S.C./Chapin HS), Branden Millhouse (Summerville, S.C./USC Upstate) and Sean Miller (Crofton, Md./Archbishop Spalding HS) each finishing with two hits in the game.
USC Aiken overall out-hit Young Harris, 19-18, in game one.
Pacer reliever Ben Black (Augusta, Ga./Lakeside HS) pitched one inning in relief of starter Ryan Milewski (West Boylston, Mass./West Boylston HS) to acquire the win on the mound. He is now 1-0 on the year.
Young Harris reliever Cody Beck took the loss in game one. He allowed eight runs in 1.2 innings pitched.
Game Two: #13 USC Aiken 13, Young Harris 4
Young Harris plated a single run in the top of the first to take an early lead, but once again the formidable Pacer offense would get going in the home half of the inning as they plated five runs.
The five-spot was part of nine runs over the course of the first two innings for the Pacers.
USC Aiken from there would score four more runs to take the nine-run win.
USC Aiken out-hit Young Harris, 18-5, in the second game.
Seven Pacers recorded multiple hits in game two with Josh Miller and Barkell both obtaining three hits.
Miller was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI, while Barkell was 3-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored.
Barkell has now hit in 15 straight games for the Pacers.
The Pacers had 10 extra-base knocks in game two with Barkell and Metzler both hitting dingers.
Six different Pacers acquired doubles with Miller and Gerstenslager both obtaining two doubles in the USC Aiken win.
USC Aiken's Millhouse, Baur, Gerstenslager, JJ Loker (Elkton, Va./Spotswood HS) and Ben Donath (Aiken, S.C./Middle Georgia) all had two hits in the game.
Pacer starter Derek Beasley (Harlem, Ga./Harlem HS) dealt five strong innings in claiming the win on the hill. Beasley (6-0) fanned six in obtaining his fifth win of the year.
Young Harris starter Adam Moore (2-2) pitched the first four innings, allowing nine runs.
Game One: http://www.pacersports.com/sports/bsb/2012-13/boxscores/20130316_qgg9.xml
Game Two: http://www.pacersports.com/sports/bsb/2012-13/boxscores/20130316_g94q.xml


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January 16, 2006
Friends and family say Robby Kasten and Bobby Kotz were wonderful young men. Within hours of their deaths Sunday night, phone lines lit up and friends gathered to mourn. News 12 has the story of two lives cut short.
Sunday evening the two boys were driving along this road. They Highway Patrol says they were going too fast. It looks like when they hit this curve, they lost control, slammed into a tree and were killed. Friends and family say both of these boys were talented and had big plans for the future.
Family says Robby Kasten and Bobby Kotz were leaving band practice Sunday night when their Camero hit this tree, killing both boys. The teenagers were students at North Augusta High School. Bobby Kotz swam on the school's swim team.
Bobby's cheerful personality had an impact on his team members who gathered at their coach's house to remember him.
"He worked very hard when he was in the water, but he had a good time when he was out of the water. He liked to laugh and joke and if someone was down in the dumps he'd make sure they were smiling by the end of it," said Joy Collins, Kotz's swim coach.
Friends say Bobby also enjoyed fencing, martial arts and ROTC. The senior, just a few months from graduation, planned to go to college and study computers.
15-year-old Robby Kasten is best described as a music lover. Robby played the violin, viola, electric guitar and trumpet. Just last week, Robbie was asked to play music at Cambridge in England.
"You don't have students come around like that all the time. It's seldom you have a student like Robby," said John Bradley.
John Bradley directed Robby in the ASU Jazz Band and most remembers his positive attitude and great talent.
"I was looking forward to Robby becoming one of my better trumpet players because he was so young," Bradley said.
Two young lives with so much to live for.
As for the funeral plans, Robby Kasten's visitation is Tuesday night from 6-8 at Stephen Posey Funeral Home. There will be a vigil to remember him at Christ Baptist Church at 9 p.m. Tuesday night. And Robby's funeral will be Wednesday afternoon at 2 at the Posey Chapel. He'll be buried Thursday in Reedsville, North Carolina.
Bobby Kotz's viewing is Wednesday from 6-8 at Stephen Posey Funeral Home. His funeral is Thursday at 3:00 in the Posey Chapel.
Robby Kasten is survived by his parents and younger brother. Bobby Kotz is survived by his parents and two older brothers.


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Alabama asks Supreme Court to review part of immigration law
Published: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 1:54 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 1:54 p.m.
MONTGOMERY | The state of Alabama is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review part of its law cracking down on illegal immigration.
The state asked the judges Tuesday to review a section of the law that makes it a crime to assist, harbor or transport anyone who's in the country illegally.
Opponents of the law have called the section inhumane, but the state says it doesn't conflict with federal law. It also says the justices haven't reviewed a similar law in other states including Arizona.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stuck down parts of Alabama's law last year, including the section that prohibits harboring illegal immigrants.
The state argues the provision is constitutional.
Opponents of the law said Wednesday they're disappointed the state is appealing.
Reader comments posted to this article may be published in our print edition. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re-published without permission. Links are encouraged.


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But that's just where Tammy Kautzer is biding her time with her husband and 3-year-old daughter, quarantined after suffering a bout with suspected monkeypox linked to the burrowing rodents.
"They said we can't leave until the scabs fall off the sores," said Kautzer, 28, of nearby Dorchester in central Wisconsin. "I only have a few more scabs to fall off. My daughter's are gone."
Health officials were working to contain the spread of the monkeypox virus, which is related to smallpox and apparently never before found in the Western Hemisphere.
The disease in humans is not usually fatal but causes rashes, fevers, chills and sores
In all, 33 cases of monkeypox are either suspected or have been confirmed in three Midwest states. In Wisconsin, 16 cases are suspected and three were confirmed; health officials have not identified who the confirmed cases are.
Thirteen cases are suspected in Indiana. And in Illinois, there are four suspected and one confirmed case.
Investigators say a shipment of prairie dogs likely was infected with the virus by a giant Gambian rat, which is indigenous to Africa, at a Chicago-area pet distributor, Phil's Pocket Pets. Federal and state health officials were trying to track down 115 customers - both individuals and pet stores - that bought animals since April 15 from the business.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could not say how many people or animals may have come in contact with the virus.
The distributor, Phillip Moberley, said Monday that he voluntarily quarantined his home-based business and has destroyed 70 prairie dogs. A 24-year-old employee of Moberley's was Illinois' confirmed monkeypox case.
In Wisconsin, state officials had accounted for two-thirds of the 30 prairie dogs shipped to the state and issued two more quarantines barring people from moving mammals on their property to help stem the spread. Health officials also issued an emergency order banning the sale, importation and display of prairie dogs.
Eileen Whitmarsh, who fell ill after handling an infected prairie dog at her suburban Milwaukee pet store, said at first one of the animals just seemed fatigued. But then the symptoms spread to another prairie dog in the store.
"Nobody knew. Everybody thought, 'Oh, just a prairie dog not feeling well,'" Whitmarsh said.
Kautzer said she bought her two 6- to 8-week-old prairie dogs at a Mother's Day event in Wausau for $95 apiece. Two days later, the eyes of one crusted over and swelled up.
"I figured it had a cold," she said Monday in a telephone interview from her home. By then, she said, the animal had bitten her daughter on the finger.
Kautzer eventually took the animal to a veterinarian, who diagnosed a swollen lymph node. Then her daughter began running a 103-degree fever - and the prairie dog died May 20.
"I just threw it in the garbage. I didn't think nothing of it," Kautzer said.
That day, she took her daughter to a doctor and mentioned the bite. "That started a scare, especially since they found it had died," she said.
Health professionals had her retrieve the animal's body for testing.
By May 22, her daughter was admitted to a hospital; the child began feeling better by the fourth day. The quarantine of the Kautzer home and five-acre hobby farm was ordered last Friday.
The second prairie dog - named Chuckles - also got sick but is recovering and is being kept in a pet carrier, she said. Health officials will decide his fate.
"Why get rid of it because it caught something like we caught something? It is not its fault that it caught it from a rat," Kautzer said.
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Symptoms can be accompanied by diarrhea, swollen lymph nodes, a sore throat and mouth sores. In some cases, a victim may experience trouble breathing. Symptoms are at their worst for 3 to 7 days, after which the fever lessens and blisters begin to form crusts.
Monkeypox is a viral disease with a clinical presentation in humans similar to that seen in the past in smallpox patients. Smallpox no longer occurs, following its worldwide eradication in 1980, whereas monkeypox is still seen as a sporadic disease in parts of Africa.
The virus responsible for monkeypox is related to the virus that used to cause smallpox (both are orthopoxviruses). Vaccination against smallpox (no longer necessary) also gave protection against monkeypox. Before the eradication of smallpox, vaccination was widely practiced and protected against both diseases. However, children born after 1980 have not been vaccinated against smallpox and are likely to be more susceptible to monkeypox than older members of the population. The death rate from monkeypox is highest in young children, reaching about 10%.
Most cases occur in remote villages of Central and West Africa close to tropical rainforests where there is frequent contact with infected animals. Monkeypox is usually transmitted to humans from squirrels and primates through contact with the animal's blood or through a bite.
Following reports of ongoing cases of human monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("DRC", formerly Zaire) representing a new pattern of the disease, the Ministry of Health in DRC and the World Health Organization (WHO) organized two investigations in February and October 1997.
In the past, an outbreak of monkeypox in DRC would have been limited to the village and would not last long because it did not spread extensively after the first patients recovered. However, the present study indicates that monkeypox disease is changing its pattern of infection in humans. The outbreak had a much higher rate of person-to-person transmission than seen previously, and spread through many generations of transmission, thus maintaining the outbreak for more than a year.
Previous studies over a twenty-year period had shown that the rate of transmission of monkeypox within households was low, suggesting that the disease had a low potential for transmission from person to person. Outbreaks were generally self-limiting after one or two sequential transmissions. However, the two recent WHO studies have to-date shown that:
The ending of vaccination programs against smallpox in the late 1970's has probably led to an increase in susceptibility to monkeypox and could explain the larger size of the most recent outbreak, the higher proportion of patients aged 15 and over, and the spread through many generations of transmission.
WHO is concerned that monkeypox could pose a public health problem in this region of DRC and therefore vigilance must be maintained by strengthening detection systems for monkeypox and completely investigating future outbreaks.
Further WHO studies are planned in the region to determine the need for additional risk-reduction measures.
In May 1996, the 49th World Health Assembly decided that the last remaining stock of smallpox virus held in two research centers in the Russian Federation and the United States of America should be destroyed as the last step in the complete and final global elimination of smallpox. It also decided that WHO would keep 500 000 doses of smallpox vaccine (which is also effective against monkeypox). The smallpox vaccine seed virus (vaccinia virus strain Lister Elstrea) will be maintained in the WHO Collaborating Centre on Smallpox Vaccine at the National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection in Bilthoven, Netherlands, so that new stocks of vaccine can be produced if needed.
Source: http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact161.html
Pet Safety
Pet owners who suspect their animal may have an illness compatible with monkeypox should immediately isolate the animal from humans and other animals and contact their state or local health department. In most cases, evaluation by a veterinarian will be recommended. Owners should notify the veterinarian before transporting the animal to the clinic so that appropriate infection control precautions can be implemented prior to arrival.
Owners should consider wearing a mask and gloves when handling the animal. The animal's bedding should be collected and bagged and brought with the animal to the veterinary clinic for disposal as medically regulated waste. Soiled bedding should not be disposed of as household trash. Following identification of an animal with suspect monkeypox in a household, any animals (including dogs and cats) who may have come in contact with the sick animal should be closely observed for signs of illness for a period of one month following the last date of exposure. Contaminated household surfaces should be cleaned and disinfected. Standard household cleaning/disinfectants may be used in accordance with manufacturer's instructions.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov (Center for Disease Control Web site) contributed to this report.


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Stray shopping carts have blighted Torrington's image for years, and things haven't improved of late. In recent weeks, the Republican-American and Sunday Republican have chronicled work done by Spirits of '76, a local activist group, to round up stray carts and return them to their owners. In one day, the group discovered three dozen carts across the city.


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Handy way to prevent XEmacs from interpreting the rest of your .emacs.
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After lunch, I got several bug closes back from happy Planner users. I just love it when that happens. =)
I also e-mailed someone with Japanese page about emacs-wiki. I told him about the change of maintainers and the new way of getting versions. =) It was a good opportunity to practice translation, and I'm slowly getting the hang of it. I love practicing with documentation of my own software... ;)
I met some people from my host company this afternoon. Apparently, there aren't a lot of Linux projects these days, so they're changing our training program. I'll be learning Delphi instead. That should make Ranulf quite happy. I'm looking forward to learning Delphi. =) (It's a heck of a lot better than working with VB, and there's always Kylix for us Linux geeks...)
Managed to survive using Japanese. Understood most of what they said. Way, way, cool.
Practiced poi. Took video of what I think might be a fountain. Video will be uploaded to http://www.adphoto.com.ph/sacha/ eventually. (Probably today.)
Tonight is planner packaging night. After that, I'm going to upload my poi videos and relax before tomorrow's cramming session.
2. Meeting with MSI people
We will study a little bit of Delphi. 10/20 TKC. Uematsu-san will guide us. 10kagetsu~ Java?
Go to the Borland site and find out more about Delphi and Internet programming. Get the Personal Use downloadable version of Delphi and try it out. That might be good.
1. I wonder what this means: 13:00
Planner's Plans directory has been forcibly combined with Wiki. I'm not sure if this is a good thing. I guess it's okay.
I'd love to hear about any questions, comments, suggestions or links that you might have. Your comments will not be posted on this website immediately, but will be e-mailed to me first. You can use this form to get in touch with me, or e-mail me at [email protected] .


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Dinamo Zagreb have secured the services of Angelo Henriquez on loan from Manchester United, with an option to make the move permanent.
The Chilean, who has three caps for his country, signed for United from Universidad in his homeland two years ago.
He failed to make an impact at Old Trafford, however, and is yet to make an appearance for the first team.
After a brief loan spell to Wigan Athletic during the 2012-13 season, the 20-year-old spent last term in Spain with Segunda Division outfit Real Zaragoza, scoring six times in 25 appearances.
Currently leading the Croatian top flight with a perfect record after four matches, Zagreb face Petrolul Ploiesti in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League play-off clash a week on Wednesday.
And Henriquez is thrilled at the prospect of helping his new side reach the first round proper.
"I'm happy with my arrival at Dinamo and I want to do good things," he told the club's official website.
"I have a lot of motivation and I want to prove myself, and I believe that Dinamo is a great club for it.
"I want to help the club enter the group stages of the Europa League, and then make the right result."
|Allardyce confirms Rooney retains England captaincy
|Hart to join Torino – agent
|Sanches withdrawn from Portugal squad
|Sporting CP issue Adrien Silva clarification amid Leicester links
|Watford confirm Okaka signing
|Manchester City outcast Zuculini seals Rayo Vallecano loan switch
|Dembele offers something different - Deschamps
|Sunderland would just love to get rid of me - Lens
|No Casillas in Spain squad represents a ´new era´, says Ramos
|Zenit defender Criscito could return to Italy, claims agent
|Barcelona reveal Messi hamstring injury
|Modric named new Croatia captain
|Napoli announce Rog signing
|De Boer is building something at Inter - Morratti
|Keane eyes coaching career after international retirement
|Bravo left out of Chile squad for family reasons
|West Brom announce Chadli signing
|Former Dodgers owner set for Marseille purchase
|Ferdinand: I reached out to Wenger
|Holgate has big quality for a young player - Koeman
|Manchester United want to keep Rojo, says agent
|Low not concerned by captaincy as Germany bid farewell to greats
|Aguero pulls out of Argentina squad
|Howedes: Germany must prove themselves all over again
|Ventura close to tears on first day of Italy training
|Torino interested in City outcast Hart
|Adrien Silva hoping to seal ´exceptional´ Leicester switch
|Boufal joins Southampton from Lille for club-record fee
|Villa outcast Lescott joins AEK Athens
|Milner: I´m learning left-back role as fast as I can
|Allardyce ready for Hart transfer disruption
|´Door always open´ for Barkley - Allardyce
|Xhaka like Petit, claims Wenger
|Coric: I was a medical away from joining Liverpool
|Pasalic keen to put injury troubles behind him at Milan
|Guardiola delighted with Sterling form
|Rooney should retire from England duty - Shearer
|Hazard can ´decide´ the title - Ivanovic
|Allardyce hails ´outstanding´ Antonio
|Belgium can make history - Henry
|Nice president: Call Balotelli and tell him we need a striker
|Modric would like to see out career in Madrid
|Geromel replaces Caio in Brazil squad
|Mustafi: Ozil convinced me to join Arsenal
|Pardew confirms ´one or two´ more signings
|MLS Review: Kaka brace denies NYC top spot, Timbers beat Sounders
|Mihajlovic: I won´t waste anymore breath on Maksimovic
|Okon named Central Coast Mariners coach
|´Special´ Rashford will get chance - Rooney
|Injury forces Schurrle out of Germany squad
|Burke snubs Premier League interest to join RB Leipzig
|Guardiola: Nasri has a future at City, if he wants it
|Klopp confident ´all will be good´ with Sturridge
|Emery confident PSG will bounce back
|Athletic may strengthen squad - Valverde
|Fabregas dismisses exit rumours, committed to Conte and Chelsea
|De Boer encouraged as Inter´s wait continues
|Barca ´strengthened´ by Luis Enrique´s 100th win
|Fekir to undergo knee operation
|Monaco 3 Paris Saint-Germain 1: Ligue 1 champions suffer early loss
|Aguero facing possible Manchester derby ban
|Athletic Bilbao 0 Barcelona 1: Rakitic strike extends Barca´s strong start
|West Ham´s Antonio handed first England call-up
|Guardiola ´so optimistic´ after Man City´s perfect start
|Inter 1 Palermo 1: Icardi gets De Boer´s men off the mark
|Credit Guardiola for boost in form, says Sterling
|Manchester City 3 West Ham 1: Hosts stay perfect under Guardiola
|Cavani won´t return to Napoli - De Laurentiis
|Pulis puts 48-hour deadline on Berahino future
|Zaza awaits ´new adventure´ at West Ham
|Karanka open to transfer ´surprises´ after strong Middlesbrough start
|Dost completes Sporting move
|Allardyce wanted N´Zonzi for England
|World Cup could be expanded - Infantino
|West Brom 0 Middlesbrough 0: Booed Berahino benched for dour draw
|Gyan´s ´destiny´ in England, Sunderland return an option
|Zidane wanted Pogba and Madrid are weaker without him - Raiola
|Juventus end Matuidi pursuit
|´He´s freaking amazing!´ - Balogun hails Dortmund´s Dembele
|Thohir thrilled as Inter confirm Joao Mario signing
|Fabinho expects Monaco stay despite Manchester United links
|Infantino has Blatter wine cellar removed as part of FIFA reform commitment
|West Ham seal Zaza loan
|Joao Mario posts heartfelt thanks to Sporting after record-breaking Inter move
|Aguero: I´m not competing with Ibrahimovic
|Mihajlovic: Maksimovic is dead to me
|Risdon replaces Wright for Socceroos
|MLS Review: DC United in goal-fest, Impact stun Toronto
|Schmeichel to undergo surgery
|Milik revels in ´dream´ brace as he ignores Higuain shadow
|Rossi to join Celta Vigo
|Ayestaran: Barcelona target Alcacer unable to compete
|Simeone: Winless Atletico must remain calm
|Griezmann: Atletico must improve or face relegation fight
|Sterling ´feels the love´ at City - Guardiola
|Stones glad he did not end up at Chelsea
|James impact earns Zidane´s praise
|Montella bemoans AC Milan´s indiscipline
|Leganes 0 Atletico Madrid 0: Returning Griezmann fails to inspire turgid visitors
|Everton fan passes away after taking ill at Goodison Park
|Napoli 4 AC Milan 2: Milik and Callejon at the double against Montella´s nine men
|Aubameyang eyes Lewandowski duel
|International break timely for Hull recruitment - Phelan
|Real Madrid 2 Celta Vigo 1: Late Kroos strike saves hosts
|Mourinho worry over Fellaini back injury
|Allegri marvels at ´exceptional´ Khedira
|Mourinho promises more chances for matchwinner Rashford
|We didn´t play our best - Tuchel
|Rashford: Setbacks part of football
|No hiding, Arsenal want the title - Cech
|Hull City 0 Manchester United 1: Rashford´s late show thwarts Phelan´s battlers
|Bamford nearing Burnley loan
|Leicester proved they are still one of the best - Guidolin
|Pardew stands by unsettled Zaha
|Koeman sympathises with Hughes´ frustration
|Lazio 0 Juventus 1: Khedira nets again as Allegri´s men prevail
|Moyes defends Pickford after late howler
|Conte: Hazard can still improve
|Hughes bemoans confusion over new refereeing directives
|Howe regrets Bournemouth caution
|Home draw leaves Puel frustrated
|´A goalscorer never forgets´ - Ranieri thrilled as Vardy returns to form
|Derby sign Vydra from Watford
|Wenger flags imminent arrival of Mustafi, Perez
|Crystal Palace 1 Bournemouth 1: Dann late show denies Cherries
|Southampton 1 Sunderland 1: Pickford howler costs Black Cats two points
|Chelsea 3 Burnley 0: Hazard shines in dominant win
|Everton 1 Stoke City 0: Joy for Koeman at Given´s expense
|Leicester City 2 Swansea City 1: Vardy and Morgan give champions first win
|Watford 1 Arsenal 3: Sanchez inspires Gunners´ first win of the season
|Borussia Dortmund 2 Mainz 1: Aubameyang double seals winning start for Tuchel´s men
|Klopp defends benching Sturridge
|Pochettino satisfied with Liverpool draw
|Milner: Liverpool didn´t do enough after leading
|Lahm ready to run the hard yards for Ancelotti
|United have the fear factor back - Shaw
|Tottenham 1 Liverpool 1: Rose denies Klopp´s men victory
|Donnarumma called up as Ventura turns to youth
|´Unique, exceptional work´ - Luis Enrique hails departed Bravo
|Luis Enrique won´t rule out Munir exit
|Portugal´s powerhouses divide to conquer once more
|Ter Stegen, Mascherano in Barcelona squad for Athletic clash
|Guardiola passion infectious, says Bravo
|Palermo confident of Balotelli deal
|Bayern are free of Guardiola´s chains, says Scholl
|Ronaldo: I´ll be back in no time
|Colombia name squad for Venezuela, Brazil qualifiers
|Pellegrini becomes Hebei China Fortune coach
|Klopp has ´no doubt´ over Henderson´s Liverpool future
|Lallana understands questions over Liverpool displays
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After more than 30 years as an attorney, El Dorado County Chief Public Defender Rick Meyer has seen his share of high-profile cases.
There was his defense, along with attorney Steve Tapson, of Herbert Coddington, who was accused and convicted in 1988 of murdering two women and sexually assaulting two teenage girls.
There was also his defense of Lisa Platz, who was convicted in 2003 of murdering her 9-year-old daughter following a standoff at Campground by the Lake.
But the everyday work of defending people accused of all manner of crimes is just as, if not more, rewarding than the attention-grabbing cases, Meyer said during a Thursday interview at his office across from the courthouse in South Lake Tahoe. Meyer is set to retire today.
"It isn't just the big cases - the high visibility cases - it's the day-to-day stuff of standing up for folks," Meyer said of why he stuck with public defense work, an area of law he never expected to pursue when he graduated from McGeorge School of Law in 1978.
But he was drawn to the intellectual challenge of defending people's constitutional rights and working with those in need.
"I like the idea of standing up for other people," Meyer said.
He quoted former associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Louis Brandeis when talking about his, and his colleagues', feelings toward the sometimes misunderstood work of defense attorneys.
"The greatest threat to the liberty of citizens is not the common criminal, but rather, well-meaning, self-righteous officials cloaked with authority," Meyer recalled Brandeis as saying.
Of the thousands of people he's defended during his career, Meyer estimated less than 50 are really hardened criminals. Most of the time, those he represents are very good people with common problems that leave them in bad situations, Meyer said.
Even if the evidence is available to show a client's guilt, it doesn't paint the whole portrait of a person, Meyer added.
"If the evidence is there, we try to present their story, who they are," Meyer said. "When we meet our maker, we want them to know the whole story."
In Coddington's case, Meyer said it was clear he was guilty. But Meyer recounted Coddington's family desperately wanting people to know he wasn't always the killer he became.
The case was very challenging, very emotional and would shape Meyer's opposition to the death penalty.
"When you get to know them, you have a different perspective," Meyer said.
Defense attorneys don't often hear the words "not guilty," Tapson said during a Thursday phone interview, but Meyer has heard it more than a few times.
He has been able to stay friendly with prosecutors and police, even after questioning their truthfulness in the courtroom, Tapson said.
"Some defense lawyers are not able to do that," Tapson said.
Meyer's work has extended outside of the courtroom as well.
He has been the board chair for the Family Resource Center, which provides a variety of services for low-income and Latino communities, since about 1999.
Delicia Spees, executive director of the center, said Meyer is an especially genuine person who is very influential in the community, but does not advertise his good works. He was an instrumental part of a group that helped create a soccer field near Bijou Community School, after noticing kids playing on hardpan dirt, Spees said.
"He has a passion for whatever he does," Spees said. "He always reaches out to people in need, and he doesn't need to do that," Spees added.
As for his retirement plans, Meyer said he hopes to continue teaching political science at Lake Tahoe Community College, as well as work part-time as a defense attorney in Alpine County.
The 59-year-old also plans to spend more time with his two grown children and two young grandchildren. He'll work on his admittedly terrible guitar playing, and, at some point, he hopes to point his 1987 Volkswagen Vanagon south with his wife, Elisbeth, to see where the road leads.
The rearview mirror is certain to reflect plenty of memories.
"It's been a great run and it's been very rewarding," Meyer said. "I had no idea I would be here 29 years. It worked out."


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-From April 1-29, The Gallery at Chant Realtors LV will have an art exhibit displaying the work of Linda Kreckel. It will be open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
An award winning artist, Linda Kreckel's attraction to watercolor inspires her to paint rural landscape, scenes from her travels and flowers from her garden.
The artist, challenged by the medium is motivated to design and create one of a kind unique works with a focus on strong values and light.
Linda joins the roster of artists who have exhibited at The Gallery at Chant Realtors LV. Her April show is a colorful welcome to Spring.
The gallery is located at 632 Rte 739 Lords Valley and can be reached at (570) 775-7337.
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Alright, that explains that part. Thanks.
However, I'm still not sure how to make use of this plugin. Does anyone have screenshots of what it looks like on the TV? Where are things being stored? I feel like since I'm running the MLX extension and my folder hierarchy is completely customized, I'm not allowing the right folders to be displayed.


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I wouldn't care either if all my games were top-sellers.octavio posted:
I wouldn't care either if all my games were top-sellers.octavio posted:
If he wasn't so fat I wouldn't have to make these fat jokes about him.Vedicardi posted:
We should make him lose some weight for his own good so people will get their fucking games on time.venn177 posted:
If you weren't such a dick you wouldn't have to make them either.venn177 posted:
Didn't he lose a lot of weight? If Gabe makes games like these I wouldn't care if he was as big as mount everest single handedly putting McDonalds out of business, I might starve without a McDonalds but at least I'll have my good games!
Quit delaying the TF2 update, guy.
YoMother posted:
Yes, I feel like sending him a fat joke now. But I won't because he is my idol.
I can't.Smirnoff Joe posted:
Gabe's using his psychic fat to tell me to delay it more, so they have more time to work.
I think we should make fat jokes about you! Fatass!venn177 posted:
I lol'dSpasticPinoy posted:
This is from a while ago:
Greetings, Michael Boharsik.
?????HolyCrusade posted:
I have an autograph by him! Those 5 seconds were awesome!
Don't try to cover that shit up, I saw your post before you edited it. You complimented me for finding your name.kidwithsword posted:
It's not like it matters if we know your name Michael.
Why are people so fucking wishy washy about their name on the internet?kidwithsword posted:
Because you can, duhXcoliahX posted:
oh my god did gabe reply back yet?
f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5
nope :(
What?Teh_Cheese posted:
This post makes no sense..
You can hide your identity on the internet if you want.XcoliahX posted:
That's what I'm saying.
You don't think Spambots are smart enough to translate [at] to @ these days?TheLinxV3 posted:
My First Name is Thomas OH NO !
My first name doesn't matter, but my last name blows my cover, man. Gotta keep this info on the DL.HolyCrusade posted:
Crap I can't find the "I answer emails" quote.
Found it.
Huge spoiler regarding Episode 3
The Gnome Man.
Makes sense.
It's a conspiracy!
Jesus Christ!Probydoby posted:
Put that shit in [sp][/sp] tags.
Someone ask them to describe EA in one word.
Just askedBenny2kk8 posted:
He hasn't replied back! :(fragmaplas posted:
Because nowadays when you apply for a job, the first thing they do is googling your name.XcoliahX posted:
I don't want my future boss have a look at my Facepunch account to be honest.
Gabe still hasn't replied back. I guess it's the timezones, but you cannot be sure.
Maybe he knew that I'd post it here!
Maybe he is among us!
the plot thickens...Zezibesh posted:
I thicken...NotYou3 posted:
The only phrase that popped up when you said that.
Also it seems that he takes a long time to reply to emails and ussually replies with only 1-3 words. Like i asked a while ago(maybe 6 months ago?) if he cared about the leak anymore and his reply was Yes and no.
Gabe never replies to my emails. The only time I have ever gotten a response it was from our very own Jeep Barnett.
well he does have to answer a whole lot of emailsdeadoon posted:
Gabe has a big list with all the good and bad boys just like Santa and if you haven't been a good boy he won't reply to your emails.
Fuck, what did I do :(


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Evidence for the Implementation of the Final Solution: Electronic Edition, by Browning, Christopher R.Table of Contents
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C. Documentary Evidence concerning the Camps of Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka.
If the documents concerning the Einsatzgruppen and the "special trucks" speak openly about the methods of killing, i.e. shooting and gassing, such is not the case with the documents concerning the camps located in the three tiny villages of Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka, to which most Polish Jews were deported. Nonetheless, the quite scant surviving documentation makes clear that these were neither labor camps nor transit camps, and Jews were sent there simply to be killed.
In March 1942 the Nazi regime began two simultaneous programs: the deportation of Jews from the Third Reich and Slovakia into the General Government, and the deportation of Jews in the General Government (initially from the districts of Lublin and Galicia) to a camp at Belzec--a small village on the Lublin side of the border between these two districts. The clearing of the Lublin ghetto began on March 16, as noted in a weekly report circulated by the propaganda division on March 21, 1942:
Resettlement of the Jews. Since Monday, March 16, the ghetto of Lublin is being cleared of Jews. Daily some 2, Jews are seized and sent eastward. Only a small Jewish quarter is being preserved for the Jews who still work for German agencies. It is therefore reckoned that the action will be completed by April 1, with the deportation of 35-38,000 Jews.105
In preparation for the simultaneous influx of Jewish transports from outside the Third Reich and Slovakia, Hermann Höfle on Globobnik's staff met with Richard Türk of the Lublin district's Department of Population and Welfare on March 16, 1942, the same day that the clearing of the Lublin ghetto began. Türk reported the results of the conversation:
1) It would be expedient to divide the Jews in the transports coming into the district of Lublin already at the departure station into those capable and those not capable of work. If this separation is not possible at the departure station, one must then switch over to dividing the transport in Lublin according to the above-mentioned viewpoint.
2) Jews not capable of work must all go to Belzec, the furthest border station in Kreis Zamosc.
3) Hauptsturmführer Höfle intends to build a large camp, in which the Jews capable of work can by classified according to profession and requisitioned.
4) Piaski will be freed of Polish Jews and become the collection point for Jews coming from the Reich.
...In conclusion he declared, he could receive daily 4-5 transports of 1,000 at the end station of Belzec. These Jews would cross over the border and would never return again to the General Government.106
On March 20, 1942, Türk again reported on a discussion that had taken place between Höfle and two Kreishauptmänner (county heads) in the Lublin district.
Kreishauptmann Weienmeyer has as yet been able to learn nothing about final outcome of the deportation; all that is known is the existence of a collection camp some distance from the Belzec train station on the district border, that is entirely closed off, and the arrival of a SS-commando of some 60 men.107
After the clearing of the Lublin ghetto, deportations were carried out in various parts of the Lublin district. For instance, the Kreishauptmann of Pulawy reported on May 13, 1941: "In the period from May 6-12 inclusive, 16,822 Jews from the Kreis Pulawy were expelled over the Bug on the instruction of the SS and Police Leader." (The Bug River was the demarcation line between the German and Soviet occupation zones in 1939-41 and formed the boundary between the districts of Lublin and Galicia thereafter.) With the exception of sick and old Slovakian Jews in the ghetto of Opole, only working Jews remained.108
In short, the German documents make clear that tens of thousands of Jews were being sent to the camp at Belzec in the spring months of 1942. There was no pretense that this was a work camp, for only non-working Jews were sent there. There was no pretense that such numbers of Jews could all remain in Belzec, in a tiny village guarded by a mere 60 men. Thus the explanation given by the SS was that these Jews were "expelled over the Bug," that is sent across the border into the district of Galicia, with the guarantee that they would never return. Two factors make the acceptance of such an explanation utterly untenable.
First, on March 27, 1942, shortly after the clearing of the Lublin ghetto began, Josef Goebbels confided to his diary about the fate of the non-working Jews, i.e. precisely those sent to Belzec:
Beginning with Lublin, the Jews in the General Government are now being evacuated eastward. The procedure is a pretty barbaric one and not to be described here more definitely. Not much will remain of the Jews. On the whole it can be said about 60 percent of them will have to be liquidated whereas only about 40 percent can be used for forced labor.109
Second, German documents from the district of Galicia make clear that not only were Jews not arriving in their district from the Lublin district via Belzec, but on the contrary, Jews were simultaneously being deported from the district of Galicia westward to Belzec. The Oberfeldkommandant in Lwow (Lemberg) reported on March 19, 1942:
Within the Jewish population of Lemberg a noticeable unrest has spread in regard to a deportation action that has begun, through which some 30,000 elderly and other unemployed Jews shall be seized and allegedly transferred to a territory near Lublin. To what extent this evacuation can be equated with a decimation remains to be seen.110
The Oberfeldkommandant reported the following month:The deportations from Galicia broke off during the months of May, June, and July 1942, but resumed in August. In October the Oberfeldkommandant reported again:
The Jewish population displays the deepest depression, which is completely understandable because on the one hand in various locations in the district the well-known actions against the Jews occur again and on the other hand in Lemberg the temporarily interrupted resettlement of Jews resumes; in the meantime it is whispered also among the Jews that the evacuees never reach the resettlement territory that is alleged to them as the destination. 111
The resettlement actions continue undiminished. The Jews are informed of their fate. Indicative is the statement of a member of the Lwow Jewish council: We all carry our death certificates in our pocket--only the date of death is not yet filled out.112
The trains deporting Jews from Galicia did indeed go to Belzec, as can be seen in the report of Reserve Lieutenant Westermann of the 7th company of Police Regiment 24, whose men helped round up the Jews in Kolomyja and nearby towns and then guarded two transports to Belzec on September 7 and 10, 1942. The first contained 4,769 Jews in 50 train cars and went without incident. The second involved 8,205 Jews. Many had been held for days without food and force-marched 35-50 kilometers to the train in blistering heat. They were then packed into train cars, in many cases 180-200 per car, virtually without ventilation. As Lieutenant Westermann concluded: "The ever greater panic spreading among the Jews due to the great heat, overloading of the train cars, and stink of the dead--when unloading the train cars some 2,000 Jews were found dead in the train--made the transport almost unworkable." Nevertheless the train that left Kolomyja at 8:50 pm. on September 10 finally crawled into Belzec at 6:45 pm on September 11.113
As in the rest of Hitler's Europe, the Germans in Galicia were busy insuring that their district was becoming free of Jews. The SS and Police Leader, Friedrich Katzmann, reported that as of November 10, 1942, 254,989 Jews had been resettled. By June 23,1943, the total had reached 434,329 Jews "resettled" (ausgesiedelt) with only 21,000 Jews still in labor camps.114 In short, the allegation that Belzec was a transit camp through which Jews were expelled from Lublin into Galicia is totally disproven by German documentation. Month after month, in train after train, tens of thousands of Jews were taken to the little village of Belzec, and the trains came from both Lublin and Cracow to the west and Galicia to the east. If Höfle clearly lied about the purpose of Belzec, in one regard he told the truth: with the exception of a handful of escapees, the Jews sent to Belzec never returned.
The camp at Treblinka was located in a tiny village just off the main railline between Warsaw and Bialystok near the eastern border of the General Government. Massive deportations from Warsaw to Treblinka began on July 22, 1942, as can be seen in the letter from the State Secretary for the Transportation Ministry, Albert Ganzenmüller, to Himmler's adjutant, Karl Wolff: "Since July 22, one train with 5,000 Jews departs daily via Malkinia to Treblinka. Moreover, twice per week a train with 5,000 Jews departs Przemysl for Belzec."115 When deportations from the city and surrounding district of Warsaw came to an end in early October, the district governor Fischer reported that a total of 400,000 Jews had been deported.116 Surviving fragmentary train schedules also show that Jews were deported from northern Lublin district, Radom district, and the Bialystok district to Treblinka as well.117 The deportations from Bialystok, a district east of Treblinka, are of special significance for two reasons. First, these deportations from Bialystok make clear that Treblinka was not a transit camp for the expulsion of Jews eastward from the General Government. Rather the tiny village of Treblinka, like Belzec, was a point at which transports of Jews converged from east and west. Moreover, the fate of the Bialystok Jews in the fall of 1942 was clearly stated in Himmler's report to Hitler of December 31, 1942. The Jews of Bialystok were among the 363,211 "Jews executed." The fate of the Jews sent to Treblinka is also reflected in a report noted in the October 10, 1942, entry to the War Diary of the Oberquartiermeister of the military commander in Poland.Ostrow, it should be noted, was some 20 kilometers from Treblinka.
OK Ostrow reports that the Jews in Treblinka are not adequately buried and as a result an unbearable smell of cadavers pollutes the air.118
The documentary evidence makes clear that Belzec and Treblinka were camps to which hundreds of thousands of Jews were sent to be killed, though without specifying the method of killing. The scant surviving documentary evidence concerning the purpose of Sobibor indicates that the Germans considered it in the same category as Treblinka and Belzec, but that it was inaccessible due to railline repairs during the peak months of the killing campaign of July-October 1942. Like Belzec, Sobibor received transports of Jews deemed incapable of work, as can be seen in the report of Lieutenant Fischmann of June 20, 1942. Fischmann commanded the police guard that accompanied a train that departed Vienna with 1,000 Jews from Vienna for the Lublin district. SS-Obersturmführer Pohl of Globocnik's staff met the train in Lublin on June 16 and selected 51 Jews between the ages of 15 and 50, who were deemed capable of work. On June 17 Lieutenant Stangl took delivery of the remaining 949 Jews in Sobibor.119 In the same letter in which Ganzenmüller informed Wolff of the daily transports from Warsaw to Treblinka and the twice-per-week transports from Przemysl to Belzec, he also noted that further transports to Sobibor were not possible until October due to construction on the railline.120 The protocol of a meeting in Berlin on September 26 and 28, 1942, to plan allocation of transportation for the future "evacuation of 600,000 Jews" of the General Government noted:And in his promotion recommendations to Himmler's chief of personnel, Herff, Globocnik included Franz Stangl, the commandant at Sobibor who was then transferred to Treblinka. According to Globocnik, Stangl was "the best camp commander, who had the greatest share of the entire action...." Included on the list of promotion recommendations for the SS-Sonderkommando "Einsatz Reinhard" were personnel from all three camps of Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka.122 Clearly, Sobibor was a camp no different in purpose than Belzec and Treblinka.
After the completion of the restoration of the line Lublin-Chelm, probably from November 1, 1942, the other urgent transports can also be carried out, namely: 1 train per day from the district of Radom to Sobibor; 1 train per day from the northern Lublin district to Belzec and 1 train per day from the central Lublin district to Sobibor....121
105. Weekly report of Haubtabteilung Propaganda, 21.3.42, in YVA, O-53/134/1813. (Aussiedlung von Juden. Seit Montag, den 16.3.42, wird das Ghetto in Lublin von Juden geräumt. Täglich werden rund 2000 Juden erfasst und nach Richtung Osten geschafft. Es bleibt lediglich ein kleiner jüdischer Wohnbezirk erhalten für die Juden, die noch für deutsche Dienststellen arbeiten. Er wird damit gerechnet, dass bis zum 1.4. die Aktion beendet ist. Mit einer Aussiedlung von 35-38,000 Juden wird gerechnet.)
106. Türk Vermerk, 17.3.42, in YVA, O-53/79/470-1, printed in: DiM, II, 32-33. (1) Es wäre zweckmässig, die in den Distrikt Lublin kommenden Judentransporte schon auf der Abgangsstation in arbeitsfähige und nichtarbeitsfähige Juden zu teilen. Wenn diese Auseinderhaltung auf der Abgangsstation nicht möglich ist, müsste man evtl. dazu übergehen, den Transport in Lublin nach den obengenannten Gesichtspunkten zu trennen.
2)Hstuf. Höfle ist daran, ein grosses Lager zu bauen, in welchem die einsatzfähigen Juden nach ihren Berufen karteimässig erfasst und von dort angefordert werden können.
3)Piaski wird von polnischen Juden freigemacht und wird Sammelpunkt der aus dem Reich kommenden Juden.
...Abschliessend erklärte er, er könne 4-5 Transporte zu 1000 Juden mit der Zielstation Belzec aufnehmen. Diese Juden kämen über die Grenze und würden nie mehr ins Generalgouvernement zurückkommen.)
Piaksi is a small town southeast of Lublin on the rail line between Lublin and Belzlec.
2)Hstuf. Höfle ist daran, ein grosses Lager zu bauen, in welchem die einsatzfähigen Juden nach ihren Berufen karteimässig erfasst und von dort angefordert werden können.
3)Piaski wird von polnischen Juden freigemacht und wird Sammelpunkt der aus dem Reich kommenden Juden.
...Abschliessend erklärte er, er könne 4-5 Transporte zu 1000 Juden mit der Zielstation Belzec aufnehmen. Diese Juden kämen über die Grenze und würden nie mehr ins Generalgouvernement zurückkommen.)
Piaksi is a small town southeast of Lublin on the rail line between Lublin and Belzlec.
107. Türk Vermerk, 20.3.42, in YVA, O-53/79/476. (Krieshauptmann Weienmeyer hatte über den Endablauf der Aussiedlung noch nichts erfahren können; lediglich bekannt ist das Vorhandsein eines Sammellagers in einiger Entfernung von Bahnhof Belzec an der Distriktgrenze, das aber völlig abgeschlossen ist und die Ankunft eines SS-Kommandos von ca. 60 Mann.)
108. Amt für In. Verw.., Kreishauptmann Pulawy, 14.5.42, to Department of Population and Welfare, Lublin, copy in YVA, O-53/83/115-16. (In der Zeit vom 6. Mai bis 12. Mai einschliesslich sind auf Weisung des SS und Polizeiführers 16,822 Juden aus dem Kreis Pulawy über den Bug ausgewiesen worden.) Documents containing numerous references to the deportation of Jews from towns in the Lublin district in the spring of 1942 can be found in this file as well as O-53/79 and O-53/85
109. Louis Lochner, ed., The Goebbels Diaries, pp. 175-76.
110. Report of OFK 365, 19.3.42, in National Archives, T-501/215/97. (Innerhalb der jüdischen Bevölkerung Lembergs hat eine merkliche Beunruhigung Platz gegriffen mit Rücksicht auf eine begonnene Aussiedlungsaktion, durch die etwa 30,000 ältere und sonstige, nicht im Arbeitsprozess stehende Juden Lembergs erfasst und, wie angegeben, in die Gegend von Lublin verbracht werden sollen. Inwieweit diese Evakuierung einer Dezimierung gleichzusetzten sein wird, bleibt abzuwarten.)
111. Report of OFK 365, 18.4.42, in National Archives, T-501/216/203. (Die jüdische Bevölkerung zeigt tiefste Niedergeschlagenheit, was auch durchaus erklärlich ist, da einmal in verschiedenen Orten des Distrikts die bekannten Aktionen gegen die Juden wieder einsetzten und zum anderen in Lemberg die vorübergehend unterbrochene Aussiedlung von Juden ihren Fortgang nimmt; es dürfte sich inzwischen auch bei den Juden herumgesprochen haben, dass die Evakuierten das Ansiedlungsgebiet, das ihnen als Reiseziel angegeben wird, niemals erreichen.)
112. Report of OFK 365. 17.10.42, in National Archives, T-501/216/1129. (Die Umsiedlungsaktionen gehen unvermindert weiter. Das Judentum ist über sein Schicksal unterrichtet. Bezeichnend ist der Ausspruch eines Mitgliedes des Lemberger Judenrates: Wir tragen alle unseren Totenschein in der Tasche--es ist nur der Sterbetag noch nicht ausgefüllt.)
113. Westermann report to KdO Lemberg, 14.9.42. Copy in: Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen, Ludwigsburg, USSR Ord. No. 116/508-10. (Die immer grosser werdende Panik unter den Juden, vorgerufen durch starke Hitze, Überfüllung der Waggons und den Leichengestank--es befanden sich beim Ausladen der Waggons etwa 2000 Juden tot im Zuge--machten den Transport fast undurchführbar.) A more legible, retyped copy of this document contains the figure 200 rather than 2,000.
114. Katzmann to Krüger, 30.6.43, printed in: IMT, vol. 37, pp. 398 and 401.
115. Nürnberg Document NO-2207, Ganzenmüller to Wolff, 28.7.42. (Seit dem 22.7 fährt täglich ein Zug mit 5000 Juden von Warschau über Malkinia nach Treblinka, ausserdem zweimal wöchentlich ein Zug mit 5000 Juden von Przemysl nach Belzek.)
116. August/September report of the Warsaw district governor to Bühler, in YVA, O-53/113/348-61.
117. Facsimile copies of these train schedules are printed in the appendices of: Raul Hilberg, Sonderzüge nach Auschwitz (Mainz, 1981), pp. 183-86, 198-202, 208-212, 216-17, 222-23, 228.
118. War Diary of the Oberquartiermeister, Mbfh Polen, 1.5..41-31.12.43, in National Archives, T-501/219/461. (OK Ostrow meldet, dass die Juden in Treblinka nicht ausreichend beerdigt seien und infolgedessen ein unerträglicher Kadavergeruch die Luft verpestet.)
119. Fischmann report, 20.6.42, copy in YVA, O-51/163/42-43.
120. NO-2207, Ganzenmüller to Wolff, 28.7.42.
121. Protocol of conference of September 26 and 28, 1942, concerning the evacuation of Jews, copy in: Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen Ludwigsburg, 8 AR-Z 151/59, p.31-32. (Nach der Beendigung der Wiederinstandsetzung der Linie Lublin-Chelm, warscheinlich ab 1. November 1942, werden auch die anderen dringenden Transporte durchgeführt werden können, nämlich: 1 Zug pro Tag vom Distrikt Radom nach Sobibor; 1 Zug pro Tag von Distrikt Lublin Nord nach Belzec und 1 Zug pro Tag vom Distrikt Lublin Mitte nach Sobibor....)
122. Globocnik to Herff, with promotion list, printed in Faschismus-Getto-Massenmord, pp. 301-2. (Der beste Lagerleiter, der den grössten Anteil an der ganzen Aktion hatte)
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Fine Art, Licensing Art, Illustrations
This is a portfolio of artwork by Canadian artist Mia Lane that show the versatility and breadth of this artist in the fields of fine art, illustration and licensing. The artwork is primarily inspired by nature, using techniques from traditional to surreal, in mediums from oils, acrylics, water colours, etchings, to mixed medium and pen and ink. The subject matter includes dogs, cats, country themes, wildlife and experimental.
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Brush With a Tail -original watercolours portfolio
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New Mia Lane e-commerce Web Site
It's open! The new Mia Lane e-commerce web site Paws In Art .com Here you can find my newest prints, some older ones and a whole new collection of Mia Lane greeting cards including those hard to find pet sympathy cards and pet announcement cards. Together with my writer friend Pat Williams from PA who ...
Alpine Dairy Goats
Years ago my husband and I were shepherds, of sheep and goats. The goat world is an entirely separate culture from the rest of society and even from the general farm culture comprised of a lot of hobbyists who own just one or two goats up to the relatively few full-time producers with hundreds of ...
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During my week long painting trip up north, several artists challenged each other to paint a nocturne (night scene painted from life). After painting The Hand of God that afternoon I was inspired to paint the same landscape again that night, just as the orange moon came over the horizon around 9:30pm. With flashlight in ...


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Ramucirumab + Docetaxel for Malignant Solid Tumors
A Study to Evaluate the Potential of Concomitant Ramucirumab to Affect the Pharmacokinetics of Docetaxel in Patients With Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors
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|Malignant Solid Tumor
|Phase II
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of concomitant ramucirumab on the pharmacokinetics of docetaxel in patients with advanced malignant solid tumors.
Patients who do not complete both Cycle 1, Day 1, and Cycle 2, Day 1 according to schedule will be replaced for the purpose of analysis, these patients may continue to receive study therapy. No dose reductions, delayed or missed doses are allowed during Cycle 1 and 2.
Eligibility Criteria (must meet the following to participate in this study)
- Patient has histologic or cytologic documentation of a malignant solid tumor
- Patient has an advanced solid tumor that is resistant to standard therapy or for which no standard therapy is available
- Patient has had 0-1 prior taxane-containing treatment regimens (including taxane monotherapy), which must have been completed at least 6 months before the first dose of study medication. Prior bevacizumab is allowed
- Patient has resolution to Grade ≤ 1 (except where otherwise stated in this eligibility criteria) by the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, Version 4.0 (NCI-CTCAE v 4.0) of all clinically significant toxic effects of prior chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, or hormonal therapy
- Patient has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) of 0 - 2
- Patient has adequate hematologic function (absolute neutrophil count [ANC] ≥ 1500 cells/L, hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL, and platelet count ≥ 100,000 cells/uL) Blood transfusion is allowed but must be completed 48 hours before study drug administration
- Patient has adequate hepatic function (bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal [x ULN], aspartate transaminase [AST] and alanine transaminase [ALT] ≤ 1.5 x ULN
- Patient has serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN. If serum creatinine > 1.5 x ULN, the calculated creatinine clearance [CrCl] should be ≥ 40 mL/min
- Patient's urinary protein is <2+ on dipstick or routine urinalysis (UA) at study entry
- Patient must have adequate coagulation function as defined by an international normalized ratio (INR) of ≤ 1.5 and a partial thromboplastin time (PTT) or an activated PTT (aPTT) ≤ 1.5 x ULN
- Women with childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test. Eligible patients of reproductive potential (both sexes) agree to use adequate method of contraception during the study period and for 12 weeks after the last dose of study medication
Exclusions (conditions that would prevent participation in this study)
- Has a known allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the treatment components
- Are currently enrolled in, or discontinued within the last 14 days from, a clinical trial involving an investigational product or non-approved use of a drug or device, or concurrently enrolled in any other type of medical research judged not to be scientifically or medically compatible with this study
- Has received a therapeutic monoclonal antibody within 42 days prior to first dose of study medication
- Has received radiotherapy within 14 days prior to first dose of study medication
- Has received cytotoxic chemotherapy within 21 days prior to first dose of study medication
- Is receiving concurrent treatment with another anticancer therapy, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormonal therapy (except for androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer), radiation therapy, chemoembolization, targeted or other investigational anticancer therapy
- Is receiving chronic therapy with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents or other antiplatelet agents. (Aspirin use at doses up to 325 mg/day and analgesic agents with no or low bleeding risk are permitted.)
- Has a history of uncontrolled hereditary or acquired bleeding or thromboembolic disorders
- Has experienced any arterial thromboembolic event, including myocardial infarction (MI), unstable angina, stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), within 6 months prior to first dose of study medication
- Has a history of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or any other significant thromboembolism during the 3 months prior to first dose of study medication
- Has experienced a Grade 3 or 4 hemorrhagic event within 3 months prior to first dose of study medication
- Has experienced peripheral neuropathy ≥ Grade 2 at any time prior to study entry
- Has a bowel obstruction, history or presence of inflammatory enteropathy or extensive intestinal resection, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or chronic diarrhea
- History of gastrointestinal perforation and / or fistulae within 6 months prior to randomization
- Has an ongoing or active infection requiring treatment with intravenous antibiotics
- Has a serious or nonhealing wound, peptic ulcer, or bone fracture within 28 days prior to first dose of study medication
- Has uncontrolled hypertension despite standard medical management
- Has symptomatic congestive heart failure, symptomatic or poorly controlled cardiac arrhythmia, or any other serious, uncontrolled medical disorders, which in the opinion of the investigator would make the patient ineligible for participation in the study
- Has known brain or leptomeningeal metastases
- Has known positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related illness
- Has known active drug or alcohol abuse
- Has pulmonary lymphangitic involvement that results in pulmonary dysfunction requiring active treatment, including the use of oxygen
- Has had major surgery within 28 days prior to first dose of study medication or subcutaneous venous access device implantation within 7 days prior to first dose of study medication
- Has an elective or planned major surgery during the course of the trial
- If the primary cancer is non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), there is radiographic evidence of intratumor cavitation, major blood vessel invasion or encasement by cancer, or proximity of cancer to major airways
- Has received prior ramucirumab (IMC-1121B) therapy
- Is receiving concomitant therapy with clinically relevant inhibitors or inducers of cytochrome P450 3A4 and 3A5 and/or isoenzymes
Last UpdatedMay 07, 2013
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Ballot measure: Proposition 38
The measure would increase state income-tax rates for most Californians, generating $10 billion or more a year for 12 years to fund K-12 schools and early-childhood programs.
The Yes on 38 campaign is now running a 30-second TV ad in major media markets in the state.
What's the claim?
"Prop. 38 sends billions in new education dollars straight to our local schools and guarantees the politicians can't touch it." The measure "will restore the education cuts from Sacramento."
Is it true?
Mostly. But the ad doesn't mention that schools face billions of dollars in immediate cuts if rival Proposition 30 doesn't pass -- and that Proposition 38 funding wouldn't materialize until the next budget year, which begins in July. And even though Proposition 38 funds can't be diverted by the folks in Sacramento, legislators still could defer or cut back other funding due schools. So public education may end up with less new money than Proposition 38 generates.
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Elvis tribute artist Dwight Icenhower will bring his show to the Ripley High School Auditorium stage Saturday night at 7 p.m. Dwight is kept busy across the country as a full-time Elvis Presley Tribute Artist. His act is so popular, he has made his tribute to the King a full time job. Dwight prides himself on keeping the King of Rock and Roll in our hearts forever. See his show at the Ripley High School Auditorium on Saturday, September 15, at 7 p.m. Advance Tickers $15.00 - At the Door $20.00 Tickets available at United Bank and by calling Monnie Landis 372-9466, Ollie Harvey 372-9516 or the Main Street Office 372-1637.
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There were 87 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Friday. At that time, there were 1,427 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Robbery: A 60-year-old man was putting air in his vehicle's tires in the 1900 block of East March Lane about 8:30 p.m. Thursday when one man pressed something against his back as another grabbed his wallet. The robbers then got into a black vehicle driven by a woman before fleeing east on March Lane. One of the robbers was described as a black man about 20 years old standing 5 feet 7 inches tall with a skinny build, a dark blue shirt and long, curly hair. The other was described as a black man about 20 years old standing 5 feet 10 inches tall with short hair and a red shirt.
Robbery: A 38-year-old man told police he was walking west on Knickerbocker Drive between 4 and 5 a.m. Friday when he was struck on the back of the head with a blunt object. When he turned to fight off his attackers, he was struck in the face several times. The victim went to a hospital with moderate injuries to his face. There was no description of the assailants.
The California Highway Patrol did not submit an incident report Friday.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 127 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Friday, including eight vehicle accidents and 90 medical calls.
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Requests by RAS Technical Committees
A Technical Committee can identify one of its members to speak at a particular event or location in order to promote its activities, and transmit this request to the VPTA at any time. There is no restriction on the type of speaking activity other than to be justifiable. Routine attendance at conferences would ordinarily not be considered, as the intent is to do outreach to non-RAS organizations in order to enhance a Technical Committee's scope. A regular procedure of the request will be the following.
- VPTA reviews the request in collaboration withThe decision is notified to the TC by VPTA 4 month before the event at the latest. Necessary modifications of the proposed plan are given at the same time.
- The TC contacts with a DL candidate.
The identification of Distinguished Lecturers will be done on a case-by-case basis, and there will not be a fixed pool of Distinguished Lecturers. Once chosen, the Technical Committee will support the Distinguished Lecturer with materials and technical preparation for the visit. Any problems during the preparation should be communicated to the VPTA and VPMA.
Financial Support for Distinguished Lecturer Visits
The total cost of a Distinguished Lecturer's travel will be supported up to $3,000. There is no requirement for matching funds in the case of chapter travel. A request should be made either to the VPMA or to the VPTA as appropriate, and should contain the following information:
- A one-page justification for the request.
- An approximate budget for travel expenses.
After the travel, the Distinguished Lecturer will provide a one-page report to the VPTA on the results of the visit, and will submit a reimbursement form along with original travel receipts to the RAS Treasurer.
IEEE Awards
- IEEE Fellow (est. 1961)
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Technical Field Award (TFA) (est. 2002)
Publications Awards
Recipients of these awards are selected by the editorial boards of the individual publications. Note that K.S. Fu IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation Best Paper Award was withdrawn in 2004 when IEEE-TRA was replaced by the IEEE Transactions on Robotics and the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.
- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering Best Paper Award (est. 2004)
- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering Googol Best New Application Paper Award (Sponsored by Googol Technology (HK) Ltd) (est. 2004)
- IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award (est. 1993)
- IEEE Transactions on Robotics King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award (est. 2004)
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Best Paper Award (est. 2016)
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine Best Paper Award (est. 2016)
Conference Awards
- ICRA Best Conference Paper (est. 1993)
- ICRA Best Student Paper (est. 1988)
- ICRA Best Automation Paper (est. 1997)
- ICRA Cognitive Robotics Best Paper Award (sponsored by KROS) (est. 2010)
- ICRA Best Paper Award on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) (sponsored by ABB) (est. 2015)
- ICRA Best Manipulation Paper (sponsored by Ben Wegbreit) (est. 2000)
- ICRA Best Medical Robotics Paper Award (sponsored by Intuitive Surgical) (est. 2009)
- ICRA KUKA Service Robotics Best Paper Award (est. 2008)
- ICRA Best Video Award (est. 1992)
- ICRA Best Vision Paper Award (sponsored by Ben Wegbreit) (est. 2000)
- IROS Harashima Award for Innovative Technologies (est. 2007)
- IEEE-CASE Spansion Best Conference Paper Award (est. 2007)
- IEEE-CASE Best Student Conference Paper Award (est. 2007)
- IEEE-CASE Best Application Paper Award (est. 2008)
Awards & Recognition
IEEE Robotics & Automation Society (RAS) is a vibrant society with its members earning accolades in the global technical community. Many RAS members are involved in activities, technical and otherwise, that deserve to be recognized. Therefore you are encouraged to take the time to nominate fellow members for annual awards.
These highly prestigious awards draw nominations from all over the world. RAS recognizes outstanding work by professionals who advance the field through exceptional technical achievement and service to the profession and to society. IEEE Awards are valued as among the highest honors a technical professional can receive.
They are an esteemed symbol of the admiration of one's peers—the most prized form of prestige—bestowed upon individuals whose accomplishments have enhanced the global economy while improving the quality of daily life. Nominate a colleague today!


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Lake Wales Police Looking for Suspect in Attack
Published: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 9:16 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 9:16 a.m.
LAKE WALES | Police are searching for a 20-year-old Lake Wales man who they say attacked another man and left him hospitalized Sunday, according to reports.
An arrest warrant, charging Rhyan Morrison of Lake Wales with aggravated battery, has been issued, according to Lake Wales police.
Police said Morrison had been involved in a verbal altercation with 38-year-old Derek Hartman at 340 E. Seminole Ave., a report said. Morrison struck Hartman in the head with an unknown object during the dispute.
Police found Hartman, who was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center for treatment, police said. Although he is in stable condition, the blow has caused permanent damage, police said.
If you have any information about this incident or know of Morrison's whereabouts, call Detective Ive Rodriguez at 863-678-4223 ext. 271, or Heartland Crimestoppers at 1-800-226-8477.
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I need to rotate an object to meet another object (essentially, close a gap). I don't know what the angle is to do this and there doesn't appear to be a manipulator to just drag it around.
I attached a little sample diagram to illustrate. I want to rotate A on the circled point to bring it around and be flush to B. The lines may or may not be the same length, so I can't use point to point. This diagram is greatly simplified, in the actual case the objects are much more complex, the circled point would be more in the middle and closing the gap would swing the top out and create a gap at the top.
Any suggestions? Thank you.