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Aug. 6, 2007 -- An unfortunate combination of two interactive proteins may be behind the familiar redness and irritation of the common skin disease rosacea.
Until now, many of the nearly 14 million Americans who suffer from rosacea could tell you what triggers make their condition worse, like spicy foods, heat, alcohol, or even embarrassment. But researchers say they didn't know what exactly caused rosacea.
A new study suggests that overproduction of two inflammatory proteins results in abnormally high levels of a third protein, which causes rosacea's symptoms, including visible blood vessels, bumps, or pimples.
"It's like having lots of gasoline ... and a match," says Richard L. Gallo, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and chief of the division of dermatology at the University of California, San Diego, in a news release. "A trifecta of unfortunate factors in people with rosacea."
Rosacea is more likely to occur in people with fairer skin. Facial redness and swelling are characteristic features, which can make it be confused with acne.
There is no cure, but treatments are used to help lessen signs of rosacea. These can include oral antibiotics and topical drugs.
Better Rosacea Treatments May Be Next
In the study, published in Nature Medicine, researchers looked at why people with rosacea have elevated levels of small antimicrobial peptides (protein-building blocks) that are part of the body's natural defense system.
They looked at cathelicidin, which normally protects the skin against infection.
People with rosacea had higher than normal levels of cathelicidin as well as another group of enzymes called stratum corneum tryptic enzymes (SCTE).
Researchers found mice injected with these proteins developed increased inflammation in their skin, and these proteins reacted to the same triggers as rosacea.
"Too much SCTE and too much cathelicidin lead to the abnormal peptides that cause the symptoms of this disease," says Gallo. "Antibiotics tend to alleviate the symptoms of rosacea in patients because some of them work to inhibit these enzymes. Our findings may modify the therapeutic approach to treating rosacea, since bacteria aren't the right target."
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SAN JOSE -- Like any good Canadian kids, the Thornton boys covered their rooms with posters of hockey gods. Their household decor included Mario Lemieux, Steve Yzerman and Pat LaFontaine.
The Great One, meanwhile, merited more than a single image -- Wayne Gretzky wallpaper adorned the basement.
"Literally, when I'd go to sleep, I'd dream about those guys," Joe Thornton recalled.
Now grown up into a hockey star himself, the greatest player in Sharks history owns just about every individual accolade the sport has to offer. But he's not done dreaming.
The Stanley Cup -- the only trophy that really matters -- remains elusive, even after 16 years, 1,207 career games, a scoring title and a most valuable player award. Like the Sharks franchise itself, Thornton has mastered regular-season success only to be dogged by early-round playoff exits.
And he's tired of being the poster boy for postseason frustration. As the Sharks gear up for another playoff run, opening a best-of-seven series against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday, the man known as Jumbo is more determined than ever to win The Big One -- and erase his reputation as player who comes up small.
"It's everything. It's everything to Joe," former teammate Jeremy Roenick said of the championship chase. "Nothing else matters."
Thornton is coming off another prolific regular season, finishing second in the NHL in assists and 13th in points. But those who know Thornton best sense a major shift in his game. Coach Todd McLellan said that on the ice, the center takes increased pride in the details -- winning faceoffs, battling hard for pucks along the boards and playing stifling defense against the other team's top offensive center.
Off the ice, Thornton, a captain since 2010, sets the tone for work ethic, as well as the mood in the dressing room.
"I think he's become a better leader over time. He's a little more patient with the team as a whole and his teammates," McLellan said. He added: "I don't think a scoring title is driving him anymore. I think it's the 'win factor' at the end."
Thornton's career already includes a Hart Memorial Trophy as the game's most valuable player and an Art Ross Trophy as the league's top scorer. He once had back-to-back seasons with 90 assists, a feat accomplished previously only by his childhood roommates, Gretzky and Lemieux.
But the championship remains elusive -- his Cup runneth away.
In a career split between the Boston Bruins and Sharks, Thornton has reached the postseason 13 times. In those series, his teams were bounced out in the first round six times and knocked out in the second round five times.
The two Sharks teams to advance as far as the Western Conference Finals were blasted, losing 4-0 to Chicago in 2010 and 4-1 to Vancouver the following season.
That's why, despite six career All-Star appearances, Thornton has a lingering reputation as an underachiever. The charge is leveled more often in Boston, where he spent five seasons as a young captain and faced scrutiny over his leadership skills.
In fact, the reason the 6-foot-4, 220-pounder was traded to the Sharks in the first place is because Bruins general manager Mike O'Connell concluded that the No. 1 overall pick in 1997 lacked the stuff of a champion.
"I asked myself if Joe Thornton could lead us to the Stanley Cup, and my answer was no," O'Connell told the New England Hockey Journal in 2011, not long after the Bruins won it all. "Do you want to rebuild around a player that has character but not the championship character you're looking for?"
To those inside the Sharks' dressing room now, any slights directed at Thornton seem laughable.
Not tough enough? Center Joe Pavelski pointed to a game against the Kings on April 3, when Thornton sent a message to the potential playoff opponent by punishing everything in sight. The Sharks set a franchise record that night with 52 hits.
"I think you could see it in the LA game: The physical play, offensively. And he wins all the faceoffs he gets," he said.
Not focused enough? McLellan said Thornton sets the tone for the team's work ethic by staying after practice for punishing rides on a stationary bike.
Not team-oriented enough? Though still a prolific passer, he can be just as dangerous away from the puck. "I think he's a two-way guy that can play a real physical game," McLellan said.
Not clutch enough? Roenick, a nine-time All-Star who spent his final two seasons with the Sharks, wrote in his 2012 autobiography that Thornton was "part of the solution in San Jose, not part of the problem."
"I think that's even more true now," Roenick, now an NBC analyst, said in a phone interview last week. "He was getting a reputation as someone who struggled in the playoffs, but I think that's long gone. The last three years are the best I've ever seen him in the playoffs."
Thornton understands the fuss surrounding the quest for the Cup. He grew up in St. Thomas, Ontario, a city of 37,905 where hockey reigns supreme. Thornton, and his older brothers John and Alex, played endless games in the backyard and learned a ferocious competitive fire from their father, Wayne. "He tried to fight you even if was playing Wiffle ball," John said of their dad with a laugh.
John Thornton, who is now a sports agent, said that his little brother was a prodigy by the time he was 3. By the time he was in eighth grade, Joe was already 6 feet tall and had the skills to compete with players several years older.
Joe would easily be the biggest star to come out of the town if not for his high school classmate, actress Rachel McAdams.
He was 18 when the Bruins took him with the No. 1 overall draft pick (one spot before the Sharks nabbed center Patrick Marleau).
After sparse playing time as a rookie, Thornton quickly established himself as a hockey rarity -- a mammoth skater with a silky touch. With his deft passing and on-ice vision, he racked up 96 assists one year and 92 the next, making him the third player in NHL history to record consecutive 90-assist seasons. The only others to do it were from those posters on his bedroom wall: Gretzky and Lemieux.
But Thornton's growth as a leader was harder to quantify. He became the captain before the 2002-03 season, at age 23, a promotion that mostly meant he got extra blame for Boston's playoff failures. Most troubling was the way he vanished in the playoffs. In 2004, the year before the Bruins traded him, Thornton went scoreless in a seven-game playoff series. He spent 151 minutes on the ice without so much as a single goal or assist.
None of the Sharks question whether he is ready to be captain now. He is gregarious and charming -- "a free spirit," as Roenick calls him -- but no one questions his commitment to the game. McLellan loves to see young prospects around the club for the first time. "They all have an eye on Joe Thornton," he said. "When you walk into a room, he's the guy they look for."
Thornton credits a career that has enabled him to study from every great leader he's ever been around, whether it's in the NHL or international play. Lemieux. Rob Blake. Paul Coffey. Dave Andreychuk.
The first captain he ever had in the NHL was Ray Bourque, a defenseman who played 22 seasons (and made 20 trips to the playoffs) before raising the hallowed trophy.
Now, Thornton has allowed himself to envision what it would be like to bring a Stanley Cup to San Jose.
"It would be huge," Thornton said. "It would mean the world to the whole Bay Area. They've been waiting for it a long time. It's something we definitely want to do for the city."
And for yourself?
"That's the only reason you play, is getting a chance to win the Stanley Cup," he said. "As a kid, you dream about it."
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It's been a long time since mainstream country music had a convincing and engaging outlaw.
That role has now been filled -- by Eric Church, who is clearly cut from the same cloth as Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr. and other legendary "outlaw country" performers.
Church still has, as he would say, a "Lotta Boot Left to Fill." Yet, every indication points to him living up to his great potential.
The latest sign came Friday night when Church performed at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. The show was a ruckus good time, firmly underscoring all the reasons why the 35-year-old North Carolinian has steadily risen to become one of his genre's top artists.
For one thing, the guy's got guts. One surely needs them to open a show with a grandiose statement like "Country Music Jesus" — and get away with it. The tune came across like a proclamation, despite the fact the lyrics aren't self-referential, and fans were certainly ready to hear the gospel according to Church.
They came looking for salvation, from the bland music being made by all the cookie-cooker cowboys out there, and Church would indeed deliver a nearly two-hour reprieve.
Backed by a full band, and working a fairly bare-bones stage (which really could've benefitted from video screens), Church shuffled the songs from his three studio albums -- 2006's "Sinners Like Me," 2009's "Carolina" and last year's "Chief -- and dealt mostly aces.
"I have extremely high expectations for the show," Church told the crowd early in the night. "I promise I will live up to my part."
And then some. He rocked and rolled through the big party numbers, like "How 'Bout You" and "Guys Like Me" (both from "Sinners"), and then turned deeply romantic for such sweet cuts as "Love Your Love the Most" and "Hell on the Heart" (both from "Carolina").
The concert drew some 6,500 fans, which was a surprisingly low total given that "Chief" is still one of country music's hottest records and recently won the CMA for album of the year. Yet, this is country music's offseason — the time when fans seemingly rest up from all the fun they had at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View over the summer. It's a pretty safe bet that this show would've drawn closer to the (roughly) 13,000 capacity if it had been held in July or August.
Church didn't seem to let the somewhat small crowd dampen his spirits. He just kept singing songs about such idols as Merle Haggard ("Pledge Allegiance to the Hag"), Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams ("Lotta Boot Left to Fill"), and Bruce ("Springsteen"). It's particularly nice to see him recognize the old time greats, since his young fans aren't likely to learn about the legends by listening to contemporary country radio.
The set list was quite strong, containing nine of Church's 10 top 20 country singles (the only one missing was his second single, "Two Pink Lines"). There was only one real stinker -- the sappy love song "Like Jesus Does." That cumbersome track might well be the single worst song I've heard all year -- and, yes, that counts the stuff Madonna played last month at the same venue.
Church's songbook, even after only three studio albums, is already deep enough that there's no reason why a bad tune should make a concert set list. As it stood, he left out some of his best "deep cuts" in San Jose — including the clever "Before She Does" and the anthemic "Ain't Killed Me Yet."
But he did play "Springsteen," his first multiweek No. 1 record, and for some fans that was all that really mattered. It is, indeed, a wonderful number — one of the finest to come along in country music in quite some time -- which underscores that Eric Church is well on his way to living up to his potential.
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1) To identify the optimum selection technique to identify the best performing switchgrass plants (with higher nitrogen use efficiency [NUE]) on marginal land and to identify germplasm of switchgrass that performs best on marginal land in each region;.2)Identify cultivars of switchgrass that perform best on marginal land in each region and identify cultivars that may have broader adaptation across several locations on marginal land;.3)Determine the biomass production of C4 grass and legume mixtures vs. C4 grass monocultures on marginal land in each adaptation region; and.4)Develop new cultivars with improved biomass production for biofuels on marginal land in each adaptation region.
1b.Approach (from AD-416)
Switchgrass cultivars and half-sib families will be evaluated at Hancock and Arlington, WI. The two locations will represent prime farmland and marginal farmland for growing switchgrass as a bioenergy crop. Plots will be planted in 2008 and harvested in 2009-2011.
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February 20, 2013
Clean Energy Highlighted in President's State of the Union
President Obama highlighted clean energy during his State of the Union address on February 12, 2013.
President Obama on February 12 highlighted clean energy and challenged the nation to become even more energy efficient during his State of the Union address to Congress. During the speech marking the start of his second term of office, President Obama spoke about a range of clean energy topics, including cars and transportation, energy efficiency, manufacturing, and wind and solar energy. He called for continued national investment into research, saying "now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race. And today, no area holds more promise than our investments in American energy." He added, "We are finally poised to control our own energy future."
President Obama cited recent advances in wind and solar energy over the past four years, a period which began as "other countries dominated the clean energy market and the jobs that came with it." He noted that conditions in the clean energy market are improving in the United States. "Last year, wind energy added nearly half of all new power capacity in America. So let's generate even more. Solar energy gets cheaper by the year—so let's drive costs down even further."
President Obama also heralded new manufacturing efforts by announcing the launch of three more manufacturing hubs where businesses will partner with the Departments of Energy and Defense "to turn regions left behind by globalization into global centers of high-tech jobs." He said he is asking Congress to help create a network of 15 of these hubs to ensure that the United States remains a leader in manufacturing. As an indicator of progress, President Obama affirmed that now "we buy more American cars than we have in five years, and less foreign oil than we have in 20." Furthermore, he noted that those cars are more fuel efficient. "We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas," he said.
As he cited the benefits of reduced dependence on foreign oil, particularly the decline in carbon pollution as result of increased renewable energy usage, he challenged the nation to become even more energy efficient. "I'm also issuing a new goal for America: let's cut in half the energy wasted by our homes and businesses over the next 20 years." See the full text of the State of the Union address on the White House website.


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PRISTINA, Kosovo (WOMENSENEWS)--Three years ago Nafije Latifi touched a lump in her breast. But she didn't rush to the hospital. She knew they had limited services.
When she did go to Kosovo's main public hospital a week later, she could not even get a mammogram; the machine did not work. So she went to an expensive private clinic to have the mammogram and then returned to the public hospital--where services are less expensive and sometimes free--to have a doctor there read it. She had breast cancer.
"You have a problem and you must be operated," she says the doctor told her. When she insisted on asking about the size and status of the cancer he brushed her off. "When we open (during surgery) we will see and tell you later."
Latifi, 57, decided to look for a different doctor.
With the help of her family she became a health migrant and traveled to Germany for surgery. Her cancer went into remission until 2005. Costs at that point were too high for her to leave Kosovo so she had another surgery in Pristina. She then started a daily commute for five weeks to neighboring Macedonia for radiation therapy, unavailable at home.
Latifi often smiles as she tells her story, but then a shadow passes over her face. "What will happen to another woman who doesn't have the conditions and support I have?"
Since the war in 1998 and 1999 between Albanians, who make up 90 percent of the population, and Serbs, the United Nations and other international bodies have governed Serbia's southern province of Kosovo.
A U.N. proposal to finalize Kosovo's status stipulates supervised independence with protection and empowerment of its Serbian population. It is largely supported by Albanians but rejected by Belgrade, the Serbian capital. The U.N. Security Council began closed-door talks April 3 although there is no set date to vote on the proposal.
But many women like Latifi are tired of the cacophony of politics in far-away corridors of power and endless discussions in the streets.
"Politics, politics is always the main topic," sighs Latifi. "Even primary school students are talking about politics . . . We have to wait in queue for health to be the main topic of discussion."
Support Springs to Life
She and her friend Vera Lumi-Shala, a uterine cancer survivor, last year founded a support-group organization called Jeta-Vita, the Albanian and Latin words for "life." It is the first of its kind in Kosovo.
No one knows how many people have cancer in Kosovo. But even though there is no central cancer registry, many doctors and activists say it is widespread.
In European Union countries, breast cancer affects 1 in 10 women and is the second leading cause of death in all women. In Kosovo, the situation is probably worse. Most women go to the doctor in late stages of the disease when treatment is more expensive and difficult, says Avdyl Krasniqi.
Krasniqi was part of a team of doctors who conducted a retrospective study to measure the incidences of cancer over five years.
"Breast cancer is the most frequent single-organ cancer in Kosovo from 1999 to 2004," he says. Lack of funding, however, meant they could do little beyond establishing that there is an upward trend.
Igballe Rogova, director of Kosovo Women's Network, a coalition of organizations in the area, says the government is remiss in promoting awareness and finishing an oncology institute it started a few years ago.
"I'm so upset with my government," Rogova says. "Every person in government has to have a Jeep at a time when women are dying. We need health care, not Jeeps."
Rogova, Latifi and Lumi-Shala have circulated a petition urging the government to devise a national plan to fight the disease and finish the oncology institute.
They also launched a local TV public service announcement that ran in March encouraging women to perform self-examinations and go to the doctor sooner than later. Now they are struggling to get funding to produce more ads.
No Equipment, No Care
"In the West because they diagnose early and they have good conditions, they are saved. But in Kosovo there's no equipment, no care for this," Rogova says.
Filmmaker Neta Kastrati, her sister, camerawoman Sevdije Kastrati, and gender studies lecturer Linda Gusia made the public service announcement. They say they had to change some of the plans for the airings. Stations, for instance, refused to allow a picture of a woman without breasts.
Widespread stigma, prejudice and ignorance aggravate the life of women with breast cancer, they say.
Some are afraid of surgery. Others can't grasp that they have a serious illness when everything feels and looks normal. To others it is embarrassing.
"They feel ashamed to say they are sick and to talk about their illness," says breast cancer survivor Latifi.
The Kastrati sisters' aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer before they began filming the announcement. Even after surgery, their aunt's immediate family will not utter the "C" word in front of her and pretends there was a misdiagnosis.
People here don't talk about it, says Neta Kastrati. "They talk about it if they die. Not during treatment or recovery."
"Women's health is last on the list of anybody's concerns," Gusia says. "If you have little money you go somewhere else. All my friends go to Macedonia for the gynecologist because it's more humane treatment."
Limited Options
If a woman gets a screening--as the announcement recommends--her options are still limited.
If she has enough money she can turn to some expensive private clinics or, like Latifi, she can go abroad. But women with enough money are scarce in Kosovo, where a third of its 2 million people are under the age of 14 and unemployment reaches 60 percent. The cost of a thorough breast exam in a private clinic is 150 euros, an average month's pay.
Until last year, the mammogram machine in the main hospital was broken. One doctor says there are only three reliable machines in all of Kosovo.
In the public hospitals women might have to wait weeks or months for biopsy results or an operation, says Fisnik Kurshumliu who just finished a four-year pathology residency in a public hospital in Kosovo.
"You need to find a connection to be admitted in hospital and of course you have to bribe nurses and doctors or someone in the administration for admittance or even an operation," he says.
Latifi and Lumi-Shala want their organization to be a place where women can come together to exchange stories, information and comfort. For now it is just an office and the two founders work without pay to keep it afloat.
Since the launch of their campaign they are busy giving local media interviews and hope more women will contact them. But they know most of them will ask for something they cannot offer: help in paying for treatment.
Journalist Cyrille Cartier worked for Reuters in Washington, D.C., and as a freelancer in Iraq for two years before moving to Croatia to cover issues in Southeastern Europe.
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Detox Diaries: My Three Weeks on "Clean"
Think you've got what it takes to detox for 21 days? Here's how one woman did it, why (perfect skin, anyone?), and the info you need to decide if this plan is for you
Total weight loss: 6 pounds
Skin improvements: Wrinkles improved by 22 percent, texture by 14 percent, and pore size by 11 percent. My sun damage and brown spots basically stayed the same (bummer). But my internal hydration (basically how hydrated my cells are) went up by a point. That may sound like nothing, but Cahitas assured me this was remarkable in only three weeks. My sense of self (based on an emotional wellbeing survey they took) also went up a point. Overall I'm pretty pleased with how this whole detox turned out and I think it will motivate me to keep up with the healthy eating -- although it didn't stop me from grabbing a burrito for lunch. And my, how that burrito tasted delicious.
Junger also shared a few tips to keep my post-detox glow going: "The main aspect of maintaining the benefits has to do with how you eat after the program. When you reintroduce foods in the right way, one at a time and correctly spaced in time, you can discover which foods you should stay away from permanently, and which ones you should consume less frequently."
Now that I've had a few post-detox meals, I'm realizing that fried foods do a number on my stomach (imagine that). I'm definitely going to keep these to a minimum and add more juices and fresh fruit and veggies to my diet. It's funny, I'm about three days post-cleanse and I'm actually craving a green juice -- did not see that coming -- but I think it's a good sign that I'll be making some permanent diet changes. I'm also feeling really motivated to work out and take care of my skin; I want to keep this momentum going. Heck, maybe I'll end up looking better at my 20-year reunion than I did at my 10th. A girl can dream, right?
Check out another editor's detox diary: Read My Crazy, Sexy, Diet here.
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Can any please tell me what Detox diet plan is?
by _1990 Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 12:41AM Report as inappropriate
I'm getting ready to start this diet. Where are the recipes?? I didnt see them on the Clean website, just the products they're trying to sell. Help!! :)
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by EricaF123 Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 06:36AM Report as inappropriate
This is a great article on this detox diet, but I don't think I would try this one. Maybe one of the other ones!
by WiccanLady Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 05:06PM Report as inappropriate
I actually tried this! I lasted a whole day and a half.
by Chris213 Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 08:42AM Report as inappropriate
Interesting. Thanks for the info.
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I'm reading through all the detox articles right now and loving them!
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Great ! Sounds like you just needed a little more protein to hold you over till the next meal.
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Amazing dedication. Great job!
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interesting, I'm a chocolate addict too so I feel your pain
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The disguised workers did that and more, sometimes pushing to get message boards to remove critical posts and even setting up pro-Lifestyle Lift Web sites that masqueraded as independent views, Cuomo's office said. The postings dated back to early 2007, the attorney general's office said.
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And, this is what we like to call "Web Wednesday", where we look at the most popular stories from right here our website, wtvy.com. We're sharing some of the ones you are reading and talking about the most.
One story that has people talking is the expansion of highway 52...it ends at Malvern, but the mayor of Geneva says it isn't enough. This story is currently the fifth most-read article on our site.
You can find that story and the comments left on it below under the related links section.
After the tragedy in Newtown Connecticut, the debate over new gun laws is raging in the country.
The White House now says President Obama is "actively supportive" of a ban on assault weapons.
That announcement from press secretary Jay Carney sparked a lot of debate on our Facebook page.
Frances Culver-Small wrote on WTVY's Facebook Page: "There are TOO many guns on the streets and the people that have them can't go to a gun store and purchase one. And don't say they are all stolen. What do one man with 2 arms need with 6 assault rifles?? Hunting??" (Frances Culver-Small, WTVY Facebook)
And, Nicole Green wrote: "I just cannot understand all of this "gun control" stuff. It is not the GUNS that need to be controlled...it is the EVIL people that are getting the guns that need to be controlled!" (Nicole Green, WTVY Facebook)
And, sometimes, you just never know what articles will catch on.
Monday we told you about a voice actress from the series "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" had raised over 16 thousand dollars for a charity ride against cancer.
The article exploded in popularity and was re-tweeted 29 times on Twitter.
Even the actress herself, Andrea Lbman, shared the story on her Facebook fan page.
Bronies, one name for adult fans of the show, gave the article over 200 likes and shared it with friends and fellow fans.
At one point, it was the most popular article on our site. It even made its way to one of the show's most popular fan-sites, "Equestria Daily."
One fan on Twitter even asked Libman if they could donate to the cause after seeing the article and did so.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Police in Savannah police are looking for information about a party where a 20-year-old man was shot to death early Sunday.
Savannah-Chatham County Metropolitan Police say about 100 people were attending a house party in East Savannah when Marray Martin was shot in one of the rooms. He was pronounced dead at Memorial University Medical Center.
Patrol officers responded to the shooting as some people fled. Police worked through the early morning to interview those still at the house.
Police encouraged anyone with information to call Crimestoppers at (912) 234-2020.


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What is it like to be on Jeopardy? Oct 20 2012
Technology journalist Glenn Fleishman appeared on Jeopardy on Thursday and wrote up a piece for Boing Boing on his experience.
The secret of Jeopardy, what defuses the reality-show aspect, is that we all universally wanted each other to win even though we knew that only one person took home the big money and would return to fight again.
Here's Glenn's Final Jeopardy from that night:
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"Amazing America with Sarah Palin" (8 p.m., Sportsman Channel):
The former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate takes another crack at television in this anthology series that plops her into her comfort zone: The great outdoors. The show, we're told, will explore some of the "most original, interesting — and sometimes inspiring — people, places and pastimes connected to America's outdoor lifestyle." Now, all you have to do is find out if you have the Sportsman Channel.
"Suits" (9 p.m., USA): Jamey Sheridan ("Homeland," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent") guest stars tonight as Charles Van Dyke, a former partner at the firm who shows up at his old workplace and, for some reason, has revenge on his mind.
"Parenthood" (10 p.m., NBC): On a new episode, Zeek (Craig T. Nelson) and Camille (Bonnie Bedelia) come to an agreement on the house. They aren't really going to sell, are they? Then again, considering Bay Area property values, they'd be rich.
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- SOLID SMG, real feel. I mostly have real steel items in my vault. Sometimes I need to fill a hole in the collection that just costs too much for a real item, so I return to airsoft for that. Considering a semi-only Mini UZI is $1,200 a $200 SBR stamp, this is considerably more cost effective, AND Full-Auto.
I have had hands on a real mini UZI, and this one feels great. recoil is awesome. more than a .22lr. gas is eaten >FAST<. I have found if you run a mag, let it sit for a bit after you go empty it and it will warm back up and you can get almost another mag out of it on a reload. Buy more mags. I got one extra and I am going to get two more You wanted a real-deal feel; you gotta pay $40 a mag and dump gas out the wazoo to get it. Worth it? wait till this thing starts bucking up n down when it recoils. total smile-maker.
TOTALLY recommended. This IS the V2 version. load up 25rnds and keep it real deal so you can see how fast the mags should go. Orange tip is threaded, glued and plastic. ;)
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- yea its goodI did a longer review on the green version of this gun but for those who have only cheacked this gun out let me give you the run down. First its a great rifle it shoots so accurately its not funny. so let me give you a war story. (different then the green one)
So me and 2 other guys were doing a sniper search. I had this baby and a glock 17 by kwa (awsome)the others had a couple gas pistols i think a revolver a 5.1 hi capa ( very cool) a glock fully auto and a 9 mm. So i was about 150 -170 feet away on a hill behind a rock in a garden. In front of me were a bunch of trees. So they advanced and one guy in no time saw me. But the other guy could not see me at all. so the guy that could see me was trying to tell the other guy where i was. i pulled off a couple shots but he would always be moving back behind the tree. But then a snipers dream he showed i'd say 1/4 his body and i pulled the trigger used the crosshairs as center mass and bam right in the neck. I was so happy. It was not my first kill but by far my most prestigious( cant spell). So the game continued and ended in a draw with us two ending up with both are pistols drawn at each other. My glock 17 and his glock fully auto. We both did not want to punch 21 rounds into each other so we drawed.
My rating:
Accuracy 9/10 always room for improvement but come on neck shot at over 170 feet! and it can do way better up to 210
Preformance 10/10 never jammed
Looks 10/10
weight 7/10 the weight will kill ya trust me this is a beast if ya got trouble holding rifles up then buy another.
funess 10/10
overall:56/60 = 93%
Buy this you wont regret it.
One more thing if put the barrel on something just the barrel it will twist it slightly up and away from the frame. so what i noticed is that it makes the cocking mechanism harder to pull so always use a bypod or put it on the frame never on the barrel.
- i love this gun this is definitely one of the best sniper rifles on the market, it is my favorite gun that i own. this gun has so much power and looks fantastic, the new marine digital camp rocks, i love it. i have never shot a gun with such power and such style as this gun. urge everyone to buy it
- First review seemingly...So I admit that I don't actually own this gun, but I do own the Gen. 3 M324, and it's amazing. Because of this I would assume that a sniper from the same make with a more powerful spring/components would just improve on perfection. From what I've seen this gun is amazing, plus the color is good for desert settings. I hope a legitimate owner actually reviews this soon, but until then enjoy my review I suppose...
- AWESOME!!!Shoots extremely hard. Has awesome range. Very good magazine capacity. When I say its very consistant, I mean that if you shoot at the same mark twice you will hit it both times. For all you snipers out there this is a MUST buy!
Range- 200
Mag Capacity- 23 rds.
Price- $170 (a little much but worth it)
- oh my god.First UTG had the M324, then the MK96, now this! This gun has the insane abilities of its counterparts, while in digital camo! I'm not a big believer in digi camo, but it helps a little bit. I prefer the sandard blob camo. This is a great addition to any airsoft players arsenal, but think about it. This gun costs $5 more than the other two. I'd go with it, but think about it first.
- If you're all about camo, get this, but I recommend black!My friend got this gun a while ago, and still it's the best firearm in our personal lineup. It's got a solid feel, and it feels like a gun that would cost $300 , also it's got a good weight so that it's realistic, but not too heavy to carry in battle. The style of the weapon is incredible, and the stock is very comfortable for long firefights. The power and accuracy of the gun is 5 out of 5, and the only tricky thing is getting your hop-up right. Once your hop-up is adjusted to match the weight of the BB and the scope, you should be easily hitting 1x1 FT targets at 130 ft and that's about the size of someone's head. Comparing this gun to the M324, which I have, I would have to say that this gun outfires my sniper rifle. The power alone is insane, and even though both rifles have about the same effective range, the MK96's BB travels about twice as fast and hits harder. Once, I was playing in a mid-sized backyard at night and my friend snuck up on me and my two buddies. We had a shotgun, aeg, and sniper, and he took us out alone from about 15 feet away. Yeah, we had welts...
I recommend this as a first rifle for anyone who is new to airsoft or wants to become a sniper, or to any veteran sniper who is looking for a powerful, upgraded rifle. My only two complaints: the magazines can be a bitch to reload in combat, but for another 10 bucks just pick up 2 more, and you should be good for battles, and also the bipod is a little weird, i recommend the UTG bipod that comes with the M324.��
- Heres A Lesson On Airsoft Sniping...Ok, as far as the gun goes, this is a great quality weapon. The range is great, and the fps allows you to use digicon .43 gram sniper ammo. The digital camo finish is an amazing touch to an already amazing gun. The bi-pod does swivel a bit as you focus the scope on your target, but this is needed. When you are sniping, 75 out of a 100 times your target is going to be moving. It is extremely difficult to pick up your 9 pound sniper rifle so that you can start to aim again. Before you even think of going on the airsoft field, read your scopes manual. Sniping is a one-shot one-kill class of weaponry. You have to know how to focus your scope. However, if you play outside, I urge you to get an AEG sniper. A few mph wind can throw off your shot, and in the end, give you a few welts from the other teams guns. Although if you have tournaments in a low wind area, or indoors, then this is a great alternative to the $285 Tokyo Mauri Type L96 Warrior. Just remember, this is a clone of Tokyo Mauri, and will never truly copy, or exceed the real brand.
-Get the Tokyo Mauri M3 Benelli shotgun by the way. The new UTG clone preview is under the specials section on ShortyUSA. The ORIGINAL is only $145 (no stock), and also $165 (full stock) on CobraAirsoft.com!
- UTG MK96 Shadow Ops Spring Airsoft Sniper Rifle Army Digital Camo Well first of all, the FPS is amazing. I personaly wouldn't want a bb going faster than 500 fps for an airsoft gun just becuase no one will want to airsoft with you so the gun has just the right fps. Also this gun has great range, no one will be able to get close to you.
Lots of metal parts on the gun, very sturdy so there is no chance this is breaking anytime soon.
This gun comes with a bi-pod and a speed loader (which is awesome) which is an added bonus
The digital camo also look pretty nifty so that is another added bonus.
If you do get this gun I would recommend getting the .3bb's becuase the gun can shoot them at 400fps which is still really fast and it improves the accuracy alot.
anyway great gun :)!
- great rifleWhen i saw the price for this rifle i wasnt expecting much but i decided that id give it a try anyway. I couldnt be more impressed with the accuracy and power of it. ive been playing airsoft for about four years and i am currently the sniper on a team and i can hit targets at about 200-250 ft with ease with this rifle. I have so far used only .3 gram bbs and it easily hits 450 to 500 fps along with great accuracy.
pros- price
realistic weight
acu style camo
close to 500fps
cons- hard to dial in to a scope
- sweetthis is definitely one of the best sniper rifles on the market, it is my favorite gun that i own. this gun has so much power and looks fantastic, the new marine digital camp rocks, i love it. i have never shot a gun with such power and such style as this gun. urge everyone to buy it
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Sarcastro wrote: see, I keep not saying anything here because I know it'll turn into a 12 page thread where no one will agree with anyone else they are arguing with but.............if you really research the matters at hand, child labour and "sweatshops" have a lot of positive factors for the people working in them as well as the country that they are located in.
I'm surprised I'm even saying anything now, and I don't want to have an arguement with anyone, but just research both sides of these "sweatshops" and realize why certain things are the way they are (the salaries, the children working in them, the workers demographics as well as their alternatives to working in sweatshops, the positive as well as the negative effects, etc.)
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Q&A: Game Publisher Ubisoft CEO on the Wii U
The Wii U, Nintendo first game console in six years, comes out on Sunday. Priced at $300, the console sports a controller that is essentially a tablet, transforming gaming into a two-screen experience.
This isn't unfamiliar territory, since a lot of people now own iPads and use them while watching television or movies. That, actually, will turn out to be a big benefit for the Wii U, according to Yves Guillemot, CEO of game publisher Ubisoft.
We chatted with Mr. Guillemot to ask him about Ubisoft's prospects heading into the Wii U launch — and what the company, which has a big lineup of games for the launch, thinks of the new console.
Ubisoft is betting big on the Wii U with games like "ZombiU" and "Just Dance."
Here's an edited transcript of the interview:
What do you think about the buzz surrounding the Wii U heading into the launch?
Mr. Guillemot: What we see is there's a good diversity of games for the machine. We know already that retail stores can't get as many machines as they would like to because they get lots of pre-orders from everywhere. They can't cope with the demand. Those are good signs that will make the launch of that console a very positive launch.
On the game side, we have "ZombiU," "Just Dance" as well as "Assassin's Creed" that will be there for the launch. We will have a good market share and a good level of quality of the games that we will come with. There are seven games, so it's a lot of new products for the machine.
Nintendo has traditionally lived on its own content, but the Wii U seems more directed toward third-party publishers. How do you feel about that as a publisher?
Mr. Guillemot: What Nintendo does, they need time to create the best games possible. In working with third parties, it gives them more time to actually polish the games they want to create. They are very committed to producing high-quality games, sometimes it takes more time.
Going into the launch, your company has a pretty good lineup of games. Are you particularly excited about any titles?
Mr. Guillemot: "ZombiU" and "Rayman." "Rayman" is a game that I think will surprise people. Both games are using a lot of the capacity of the machine. We have also "Rabids," where you have lots of mini-games taking advantage of all the possibilities of the gamepad. Those three games, specifically, in their genre, are really bringing good usage of the possibility of the machine.
Regarding the Wii U's possibilities, and the technical performance, as a publisher how do you feel about the power of the console? Do you think the Wii U catches up with the Xbox and PlayStation 3?
Mr. Guillemot: The approach of the game pad is really bringing a big plus with the asymmetric gameplay. We speak a lot about two screens, but it gives the possibility to have cooperative gameplay, to have different types of experiences for different people. In a family or with a group of people, it can be really fantastic to have that. When I play with my kids, they are better than me — if I can use more of my brain than my capacity to react fast in the game, that is a good thing. I believe that's what Nintendo is bringing, and if it's well used like we do in "Rayman," it can be really appreciated by gamers. It's a completely new way to play.
Graphically can you do things on the Wii U that you can't do on the Xbox?
Mr. Guillemot: There are new capacities but I couldn't go technically into details. They have been very happy with the fact that there is lots of memory, and can do more than on other machines.
Does the proliferation of tablets such as the iPad help push the audience to buy a Wii U because of how similar it is?
Mr. Guillemot: I think it will help, yes, the fact that people are understanding touch screens. When you come with a touch screen that can also go on your big screen that's easy to use. Nintendo did very well with the Wiimotes because it was obvious. Now, because people learned the iPad, they will also very quickly understand what to do with the Wii U.
So, I have to ask: Playing Nintendo games all my life, a question that keeps me up is, why isn't Pokemon on my iPhone? It's a game I would pay a lot of money to have on my iPhone. Do you see a rationale for Nintendo to keep that on the Wii U and not proliferate it out?
Mr. Guillemot: I understand why they do it. All the people that are crazy about Pokemon, they will buy the hardware that is adapted to it. It will help them to have a platform that is a place where they can have their games and where you will follow the rules of that platform. It enables them to have a good ecosystem that works for their brands and allows them to spend more money to create the best quality they can. I think it's a good approach knowing their brands are so big they can make you go and buy the system.
And that helps your company?
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Published: Friday, April 5, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 5, 2013 at 11:11 p.m.
Portions of the following information are based on facts provided by the arrested individuals. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
April 4
Terrebonne Sheriff's Office
Julian Royer Charpentier, 25, 3208 Lorraine Park St., Houma, exploitation of the infirm.
Kevin Darnell Jackson, 44, 221 Royce St., Houma, failure to appear, theft by unauthorized use of access card, theft.
David Paul Pontif Jr., 18, 1216 Lafayette St., Houma, attempted possession with intent to distribute schedule I drug, attempted introduction of contraband into correctional center.
Derrick Joseph Parfait, 33, 4111 Grand Caillou Road, Houma, attempted possession with intent to distribute schedule I drug, attempted introduction of contraband into correctional center.
Emily Kathleen Collier, 29, 418 Commerce St., Houma, possession with intent to distribute schedule II drug, failure to possess drug tax stamp.
Kenneth Brian Woolens, 21, 205 Livas Lane, Thibodaux, two counts failure to appear, attempted second degree murder.
Kenneth Michael Ledet, 38, 115 Corral Way, Bourg, two counts failure to appear.
Houma City Police
Emily Kathleen Collier, 29, 418 Commerce St., Houma, domestic abuse battery.
Edward Lee Roberson, 28, 418 Commerce St., Houma, domestic abuse battery.
District and City Courts
The individuals whose names follow were incarcerated on the order of a court or processed following a judicial determination.
Lakeem Jarrold Paul Price, 22, 1332 South Barbarie St., Thibodaux, probation violation.
Jeremy James Rogers, 33, 124 Bon Jovi Blvd., Gray, probation revocation.
Joshua Aaron Jackson, 27, 204 Tina St., Houma, DWI.
Laddie Paul Graham, 28, 114 Merian St., Schriever, contempt of court.
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Rosa Arabie, 44, 169 Richland Drive, Thibodaux, sale, distribution or possession of legend drug without a prescription.
Kristy Rebstock, 31, 108 W. 72nd St., Cut Off, contempt.
Juan Anderson, 35, 124 Triple O Drive, Raceland, resisting an officer, driving on the right side of the road, possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
Bosco Tran, 25, 1161 Artesa Drive, Marrero, following vehicles, driving on the right side of the road, possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
Eric Ougel, 31, 421 E. 25th St., Larose, contempt.
Treshanda Duncan, 34, 106 Government Circle, Thibodaux, contempt.
Kenneth Boudreaux, 40, 260 64th St., Cut Off, pornography involving a juvenile.
Jonathan Jones, 23, 319 Hobson, Houma, contempt, driving under suspension, headlight violation.
Thibodaux Police Department
Brenden Walters, 22, 4121 Alabama Ave., Apt. F, Kenner, simple criminal damage to property, reckless operation.
Johnny Thomas, 31, 101 Pearl St., Thibodaux, possession of marijuana third offense, fugitive from Terrebonne, fugitive from Assumption, illegal use of controlled dangerous substance in the presence of persons under age 17.
Brylin Morris, 27, 504 Canal St., Napoleonville, two counts fugitive from Assumption.
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Pitbull & Enrique Iglesias Perform "I Like It" on the Latin Grammy Awards [VIDEO]
Posted November 22nd, 2013 @ 9:02am
Wow, we've never seen Enrique Iglesias like this before! We are so used to seeing him come into the studio wearing the same hat that we are shocked to see him without it! Check out the singer's hatless performance of "I Like It" with Pitbull last night on the Latin Grammy Awards!


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Beautiful Photos Of Lights Out As London Commemorates WW1
Tuesday 5th August 2014
These are the breathtaking photos that show London remembering those lost during World War One.
The British Legion organised the Lights Out campaign, commemorating the moment 100 years ago when Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey, who famously remarked: "The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."
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This is a sampling from Bay Area News Group's Political Blotter blog. Read more and post comments at www.ibabuzz.com/politics.
Oct. 22
Amid trying to explain a website snafu that created "personal fundraiser" pages for Twitter followers without their knowledge or consent, House candidate Ro Khanna's campaign tried to get the word out about an upcoming fundraiser with some 49ers flair.
Former 49ers stars Ronnie Lott, Harris Barton, Roger Craig and Dwight Clark will headline a fundraiser for Khanna -- a former Obama administration official who's seeking to unseat fellow Democrat Rep. Mike Honda -- on Monday in Fremont.
"After being part of four Super Bowl winning teams, I know what it takes to deliver results," Lott wrote in an email to Khanna supporters, describing Khanna as someone who "embodies the key principles of hard work and leadership."
"Keeping up with the news in Washington lately has made me deeply frustrated," Lott wrote. "Entrenched special interests have gummed up the works of Congress and nothing is getting done on behalf of the American people. I think it's time for new leadership, and just like there came a time to pass the torch from Joe to Steve, and from Alex to Colin, now is the time to pass the torch from Mike to Ro. We need new energy and bold ideas to confront the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century."
Tickets for Monday's event range in cost from $1,000 to $5,200.
Khanna raised $1.2 million in the final quarter of 2011, when people thought he would run to succeed Rep. Pete Stark; Stark chose not to retire in 2012 and was defeated by Rep. Eric Swalwell, another Democrat. Since entering this 17th Congressional District race in early April, Khanna has outstripped Honda in fundraising in this year's second and third quarters.
The Bay Area Chapter of KAYA Filipino Americans for Progress, a political mobilization group, held a fundraiser for Honda on Monday night in Daly City. His campaign said he will be in Washington for the next week, but he has scheduled campaign meet-and-greets (contributions of $10 to $500 requested by not required) for Nov. 2 in Cupertino and Sunnyvale.
Oct. 23
Rep. Mike Honda is one of the first members of Congress to adopt a new tool that lets lawmakers respond directly to people who have signed Change.org online petitions targeting them.
Change.org on Wednesday launched its "Decision Makers" utility, through which any elected official who is being petitioned can sign up for a verified profile where those petitions are aggregated in one public place. Notifications of responses from decision makers are sent via email to petition signers, who are encouraged to comment and continue the conversation on the petition page.
Honda's page shows there are 125 open petitions to him with 10 or more signers.
"I have always worked to make my office as accessible to constituents as possible, and this system is a hyper-transparent way to see what issues Americans are really talking about," Honda, D-San Jose, said in the company's news release. "It's tools like this that help us do what we came here to do -- make government more accountable to the people who sent us here. I'm proud to be an early adopter of Change.org for Decision Makers, and hope to see other members take part as well."
Others who have already signed up include U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md.; House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis.; and Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, Keith Ellison, D-Minn., and Patrick Murphy, D-Fla.
San Francisco-based Change.org is the world's largest and fastest-growing online petition platform, with 45 million users in 196 countries and growing by 3 million users every month. It plans to roll out a similar tool for business leaders and figures in other sectors.
"For elected officials and business leaders who want to build lasting, productive relationships with their constituents and customers, this product provides a huge opportunity to engage, and it's exciting to see elected officials recognize that right off the bat," President and Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Dulski said in the release.


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A new trial may be granted to all or any of the parties and on all or part of the issues in an action for any of the following reasons:
1. Irregularity in the proceedings of the court, jury or adverse party or any order of the court or abuse of discretion by which either party was prevented from having a fair trial.
2. Misconduct of the jury.
3. Accident or surprise, which ordinary prudence could not have guarded against.
4. Newly discovered evidence, material for the party making the application, which the party could not, with reasonable diligence, have discovered and produced at the trial.
5. Excessive damages or inadequate damages, appearing to have been given under the influence of passion or prejudice.
6. Insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict or other decision, or that it is against the law.
7. Error in law, occurring at the trial. Any motion for a new trial based upon any of the grounds set forth in subdivisions 1, 2, 3 or 4 must be accompanied by an affidavit stating in detail the facts relied upon in support of such motion for a new trial. Any motion based on subdivisions 6 or 7 must set forth the factual grounds therefor with particularity. On a motion for new trial in an action tried without a jury, the court may open the judgment if one has been entered, take additional testimony, amend findings of fact and conclusions of law or make new findings and conclusions, and direct the entry of a new judgment.
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"I Do the Dumping When…"
Have your guy lay face-down on the bed and spread lube on your hands. Massage up and down his groin area using a sawing motion with the side of your hands. This movement stimulates blood flow down there, giving him a better erection.
Spread a warming lube like Durex Play Warming ($17.10, Amazon.com) on his boys. Then, give him oral while lightly massaging his balls.
Slip a few drops inside his condom before he slips it on. The added sensation will feel a-ma-zing for him.
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Does anyone know anything about Sette Bikes?
Hey DaveMichael35,
You may have seen this Bicycling Magazine from a 2011 review of the Sette Forza road bike:
Final summary, the reviewer says: "Still, this isn't a bike for image driven riders. Instead, anyone who prioritizes value and getting the biggest bang for the buck would happily speed over thousands of miles on the Forza."
They've got their own website, too: http://www.settebikes.com/home.html. (And, you've probably already visited there.) I was tempted to get a Sette frame, but I found another no-name frame on sale. Can't say that the Sette brand didn't cross my mind. Budget was the final factor.
If I had the money, I might be tempted to spend several grand on a high-end-big-name bike. A lot of cyclists ride these beauties in my area and I'm occasionally envious. Alas, my bank account and Mrs. Ridester says, "Maybe when you win the Lotto, buy whatever your heart desires...maybe." Is it safe to assume that since you're asking about Sette and not Pinerallo or Merlin that you have some budget restrictions?
In the end, you--the blood-pumping, granola and banana munching engine--losing a few pounds of fat and gaining a few pounds of muscle, and keeping a well maintained drivetrain on whatever you ride will make the greatest difference. It won't carry the bling factor, but who cares if you're hammering riders left and right. The satisfaction of getting there ahead of someone else is still there. I would admire your glistening sinewy calves and drumstick thighs over the carbon frame of which I can't read the name anyways.
IMHO, whatever you end up buying, ride it safely and enjoy it to the max.
El Ridester
PS - I will expect to get shredded by someone with the "you get what you pay for" argument.
I agree with Ridester and I own two Sette framed bikes. I bought two Razzo 29er frames for mountain biking; one is aluminum, one is carbon. I used the first for a SS rigid mountain bike and I have no complaints at all. I turned the carbon frame into an ultra light hard tail with high end components. It weighs in at 23 pounds and is a climbing monster. Both frames have held up perfectly under heavy use. You cannot beat the value of Sette products even if the name is fairly easy to pronounce.
I purchased the Sette Serum Pro XT. Last fall, I had a fall. I'm a 56 year old fart so I don't ride hard. Was going about 2 mph up a trail, lost my line and simply fell over sideways. The bike landed on it's side, like me. Got up and realized that that 'stylized' seat stay (that curves out) took the brunt of the fall and cracked. First fall on a relatively new bike (only about a dozen rides on it). I also have a Trek OCLV and over the past 8 years w/ it have fallen HARD in places like Moab, White Tanks in Phoenix, Crested Butte, Phil's World in Cortez, Canada, NM, ALL over. Anyway - only scratches on the OCLV, never a crack. This bike, one fall and it's toast. I tried posting a review on their site, was polite about it, but they've never posted it. Guess they don't like negative press. The old adage of 'you get what you pay for' is true in this case.
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ST. LOUIS -- You can push them, you can corner them, and you can force them to pitch Barry Zito to stave off elimination.
But you can't kill the Giants, at least not yet.
Really, the worse it gets for them, and the lower they fall, the better the Giants get.
And the more you doubt Zito in a pressure-cooker game, the stronger he gets.
The most stunning development of all: After his sublime Game 5 performance, Zito is now a symbol of this team's passion, pride and perseverance.
Barry Zito: Standard-bearer and season-saver. Of course he is!
"This guy, he is some kind of tough," manager Bruce Bochy said of Zito after the Giants' 5-0 victory over St. Louis on Friday.
Simply put, Zito was astonishing in Game 5; while rarely exceeding 85 mph, he pitched 72/3 scoreless innings, almost single-handedly staving off elimination and extending this NLCS to Game 6 on Sunday at AT&T Park.
The Giants still trail in this series 3-2 and need many more brilliant performances to survive. St. Louis also is an incredibly tough-minded team, with a host of comebacks in its recent history, too.
So this series is bound to bounce back and forth, from guts to glory on a rotating basis. It's just who these teams are.
But at this point, you can only acknowledge the Giants' ability to summon their best at the darkest hours.
Quick summary: The Giants dropped the first two games at home to Cincinnati in the NLDS only to win the last three in Cincinnati.
And ... here they go again, maybe.
"It's tough to say exactly what it is -- we enjoy playing the games," said outfielder Hunter Pence, who gave another pregame speech to rally the troops Friday.
"Wish we didn't wait that long."
Stat of the year: The Giants are 1-5 when not facing elimination, but they're 4-0 in this playoff season when facing elimination.
On Friday, the Giants and Zito held on when the Cardinals threatened in the first and second innings.
Then the Giants broke through against Cardinals starter Lance Lynn in the fourth -- scoring four unearned runs after Lynn botched a comebacker.
As a capper, the fourth run scored on Zito's first career bunt single.
From there, Zito went into total cruise control, and the Cardinals seemed flustered by the development.
But I guess it shouldn't be that surprising -- the Giants have won 13 consecutive games started by Zito, an almost incomprehensible stat given that Zito has thrown in several clunkers over the period.
"Zito, he has been phenomenal for a long time," Pence said. "I feel like we've won every single time ...
"You feed off it. He has this really intense focus. When you see him working that hard, it kind of gets everyone locked in together."
That's the 2012 playoff Giants: They don't give in, they don't give up, and they don't give away anything when their playoff lives are at stake.
Basically, whatever doesn't eliminate the Giants only makes them stronger.
"Everyone counted us out four or five times this year already," said scheduled Game 6 starter Ryan Vogelsong.
"First, when (Brian) Wilson went down, people said we couldn't do it. Then we lost (Melky) Cabrera, unfortunately, people said we couldn't do it.
"The Dodgers made the big trade, people said we weren't going to do it. We go down two (games) to Cincinnati, they said we're not going to do it.
"I think it's the perseverance through the whole season is where we draw the confidence that it's not over until the last out is made."
Again: Can anybody count them out again? Not I. Not anybody who has seen this playoff run from day to day and shout to shout.
Only 11 of 76 teams that trailed 3-1 have come back to win a seven-game series in major league history.
But the Giants sure plan to make it 12 of 77, and now they're coming home for another last stand.
In the NLDS, the emotional jump-start came from Pence's pregame speech before Game 3 -- and the Giants never lost after that.
In the NLCS, the Giants' emotion focused on Zito, who has been so often beleaguered and battered in his time with the Giants after signing a $126 million deal.
They are circling the wagons. They are proudly showing the chips on their shoulders. They are almost impossible to kill off, and growing prouder and prouder about that.
They can throw Barry Zito at you, and if it's with the season on the line, the Giants and Zito just cannot be defeated right now.
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WATERFORD - You could say Waterford played well Thursday night.
All the Lady Wildcats did was hold Wahama to 15 points, force 28 turnovers and shoot 32-for-63 (51 percent) from the floor in a 76-15 blowout win at Waterford High School to improve to 12-3 on the season.
The win comes one night after Waterford dropped a tough 58-55 decision to Warren in a non-conference matchup.
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Waterford's Brooke Drayer, center, shoots as Wahama's Bunni Peters (24) defends during prep girls' basketball action at Waterford Elementary School Thursday night. The Lady Wildcats won 76-15.
JORDAN HOLLAND The Marietta Times
Waterford's Chelsey Paxton (20) passes to teammate Dani Drayer (30) Thursday night.
"We responded well tonight," said Waterford head coach Jerry Close. "Everybody played a lot of minutes. That's good for (the players) to get out there and play."
Close's squad is currently in the midst of a seven-games-in-10-days stretch, which concludes with a home game against Fort Frye Saturday.
"We just need a day off," said Close, whose team had been suffering from illnesses the past week.
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Waterford 76, Wahama 15
Wahama 3 5 5 2 - 15
Waterford 30 26 14 6 - 76
Rachel Roque 3 0-0 6, Kelsey Zuspan 2 0-1 6, Paige Gardner 0 0-0 0, Olivia Hill 0 0-0 0, MacKenzie Gabritsch 0 0-0 0, Bunni Peters 0 0-0 0, Sierre Carmichael 1 0-0 3, Faith Henry 0 0-0 0, Chelsea Adkins 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 0-1 15.
Sam Farley 1 2-2 4, Lakin Tolson 1 0-0 2, Hannah Dailey 7 1-2 15, Taylor Hilverding 2 0-0 4, Chelsey Paxton 2 0-0 4, Brooke Drayer 8 2-2 19, Maddy Sury 0 0-0 0, Dani Drayer 2 0-0 5, Randee Seevers 3 0-0 8, Regan Porter 4 1-6 9, Cassie Reed 2 2-2 6, Mariah Starkey 0 0-0 0. Totals 32 8-14 76.
Team stats
Wahama: Shooting: 6-42 (14 percent); 3-point goals: 3 (Zuspan 2, Carmichael 1); Rebounds: 15 (Roque 4); Assists: 6 (Carmichael 3); Steals: 9 (Carmichael 5); Turnovers: 28.
Waterford: Shooting: 32-63 (51 percent); 3-point goals: 4 (Seevers 2, Dani Drayer 1, Brooke Drayer 1); Rebounds: 29 (Farley 5); Assists: 14 (Porter 6); Steals: 20 (Brooke Drayer 5); Turnovers: 15.
JV: Waterford 43, Wahama 18
Next game: Fort Frye at Waterford at 6 p.m. Saturday.
"Hopefully everybody stays healthy. We've got a huge game Saturday night."
Waterford came out and quickly set the tone of the game, jumping out to a 13-0 lead paced by nine points from Hannah Dailey. Kelsey Zuspan finally hit a 3-pointer to put Wahama on the board, but the Lady Wildcats would not allow another point the rest of the quarter, going on a 17-0 run to close out the first.
Wahama committed 15 of its 28 turnovers in the first quarter alone.
It was more of the same in the second quarter, as Dani Drayer and Randee Seevers hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 36-3. Later, Taylor Hilverding and Dailey closed out the half with consecutive layups to make it 56-8 at the break.
Brooke Drayer came out and hit a 3-ball on an assist from Chelsey Paxton to open the second half. Later, Regan Porter found Seevers open beyond the arch. Seevers proceeded to drain the 3-point attempt to extend the advantage to 70-10.
With the Wildcats just trying to chew up the clock in the final quarter, they scored only six points but allowed only two. Cassie Reed made a strong take to the hole followed by a Lakin Tolson bucket off an assist from Maddy Sury to close out the scoring.
Wahama scored no more than five points in any quarter.
In addition to the 28 forced turnovers, Waterford also notched 20 steals, led by Brooke Drayer's five, and held the White Falcons to just 6-of-42 (14 percent) from the floor.
Waterford, which had been struggling with turnovers recently, committed 15 against Wahama. "We've been turning the ball over a little bit too many times," Close said. "We need to start taking a little bit better care of the ball, and we did that tonight."
Brooke Drayer led everyone with 19 points while Dailey added 15 of her own. Porter contributed nine points and Seevers had eight.
Sam Farley grabbed a game-high five rebounds while Brooke Drayer, Seevers and Porter each chipped in with four boards apiece.
"It was a good team win," Close noted. "Everybody contributed and played hard tonight."
The White Falcons were led by Rachel Roque and Zuspan, who each had six points.
Sierra Carmichael led Wahama with three assists and five steals.
In the junior varsity game, Waterford won 43-18. The Lady Wildcats are back in action Saturday when they host Fort Frye in a non-conference showdown. Fort Frye defeated the Wildcats 57-49 on Dec. 8.


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About the Book
"Unmissable...will have you laughing out loud and melt your heart, all at once."
—Cosmopolitan (UK)
Danny Wallace is a British writer, producer, and award-winning journalist whom GQ (UK) calls, "One of Britain's great writing talents." The man who gave us Yes Man (basis for the Hollywood motion picture starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel) makes a grand foray into fiction with Charlotte Street, a sweet and sharp romantic comedy about finding love, growing up, and making your own fate that fans of the novels of Nick Hornby and David Nicholls are going to adore. With this charming, slightly twisted comic novel about an endearing loser's convoluted plot to turn a brief chance meeting into a once-in-a-lifetime love affair, Wallace proves he has ample heart to go along with the humor.
Jason Priestley (no, not that Jason Priestley) is in a rut. He gave up his teaching job to write snarky reviews of cheap restaurants for the free newspaper you take but don't read. He lives above a video-game store, between a Polish newsstand and that place that everyone thinks is a brothel but isn't. His most recent Facebook status is "Jason Priestley is . . . eating soup." Jason's beginning to think he needs a change.
So he uncharacteristically moves to help a girl on the street who's struggling with an armload of packages, and she smiles an incredible smile at him before her cab pulls away. What for a fleeting moment felt like a beginning is cruelly cut short—until Jason realizes that he's been left holding a disposable camera. And suddenly, with prodding and an almost certainly disastrous offer of assistance from his socially inept best friend Dev, a coincidence-based, half-joking idea—What if he could track this girl down based on the photos in her camera?—morphs into a full-fledged quest to find the woman of Jason's dreams.
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Critical Praise
"Delightful . . . witty . . . The combination of Dickensian plot twists and Hornbyesque humor and hope makes for a thoroughly entertaining read." — Publishers Weekly
"Though lighthearted in tone, [CHARLOTTE STREET] speaks to a nostalgia for a time when photographs were authentic and unsullied by smartphone filters . . . Readers who enjoy the work of Nick Hornby or Stephen Chbosky will enjoy this." — Library Journal
"An amusing tale of an innocuous stalker." — Booklist
"Unmissable... will have you laughing out loud and melt your heart, all at once." — Cosmopolitan (UK)
"One of Britain's great writing talents." — GQ (UK)
"[Danny Wallace is] as funny as Bill Bryson used to be." — The Independent on Sunday, on YES MAN
"Danny Wallace may well have stumbled upon the future shape of spirituality… hilarious." — Daily Telegraph (London), on JOIN ME!
"Another comedy masterpiece." — Bookseller (London), on FRIENDS LIKE THESE
Product Details
- Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
- On Sale: 10/23/2012
- Trimsize: 5.313 in (w) x 8 in (h) x 0.937 in (d)
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OAKLAND -- Andrew Bogut said Saturday that the physical hangover from a hard, 39-minute performance in Game 6 against Denver hasn't been as bad as he expected, considering he required a painkilling injection in order to play.
"I'm feeling pretty good," he said. "I was a little sore (Friday), but I have a couple days to get the body right, and I'll be OK."
That's good news for the Warriors, because as dominant as he was Thursday in Game 6 with 14 points, 21 rebounds and four blocks, Bogut might have to be just as good or better against the San Antonio Spurs and big man Tim Duncan in the Western Conference semifinal series starting Monday.
Bogut admitted to being a fan of Duncan's for a long time, and even though the Spurs star turned 37 on April 25, Bogut doesn't see much drop-off in Duncan's performance level.
"He's one of the best-ever, a Hall of Famer and an NBA legend, and he's obviously found a fountain of youth somewhere along the line. He kind of hit a lull for a couple of years, and then all of a sudden the last couple of years, he's back to his younger form."
So how does Bogut handle a player who not only can post up but also shoot a medium-range jumper with consistency?
"I'm just going battle and try and make him work for everything," Bogut said. "He's going to get his buckets in a series. It's all about how hard he has to work."
Bogut echoes the sentiments of many who believe the Warriors have to play better than they did against the Nuggets to be a factor in the series.
"Obviously, we have that voodoo we need to break in San Antonio, but they're a great team home or away," he said. "If you have lapses like we did against Denver, to be honest, we're not going to beat this team. When they have a 10- or 15-point lead on you, that's like being behind by 30 against most teams.
"Offensively he wasn't Klay Thompson. He was out of rhythm, missed some shots, missed some shots badly," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. "But he was engaged defensively. If you just look at that film, no matter if we needed him to defend Ty Lawson or Andre Miller or Andre Iguodala, it didn't matter. He was our defensive stopper."
The Nuggets clamped down on Thompson with their best defender, Iguodala, for much of the opening-round series, but Thompson said it was more on him than the defense.
"It's not so much how they guard me, I just have to go out and make them," said Thompson, who was 3 for 13 in Game 6 (0 for 6 from beyond the arc) and scored just seven points. "I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing on the defensive side of the ball and hopefully the shot will start falling. It'll work out."
"At least I won't be there in a suit ... that's no fun," he said. "I'll be used for as long as I can tolerate. That may not be at all the first couple of games, it may be a minute or two. The thing I told Coach is I'll give it everything I have whenever he calls on me."
Lee, who tore his right hip flexor in Game 1 against Denver, said he feels about the same as he did before his cameo appearance in Game 6. He is continuing to get treatment and will be re-evaluated after each practice and game.
"I've said it before, it's not our history," he said. "We haven't gotten it done for two years. It's not an easy task, but we're excited about going to San Antonio and facing them. We don't play any attention to what history says, because that body of work is not our body of work."


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- Jan 5:
- Purdy: 49ers beat Packers and the cold
- 49ers notebook: Veteran kicker Phil Dawson delivers his first playoff walk-off field goal
- San Francisco 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree stands out in frigid cold of Green Bay
- 49ers beat weather, Packers in NFC wild-card victory
- 49ers lead Packers 13-10 at halftime
- 49ers' Carlos Rogers won't play, replaced by Tarell Brown
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Colin Kaepernick turned the frozen tundra into his own personal racetrack Sunday.
He ran. The Packers chased. He won.
And, along with many other fascinating subplots, that's how the 49ers won this wild-card round playoff game at Lambeau Field.
Because their quarterback got them to the finish line first.
"Colin Kaepernick is, I think we can all agree, a clutch performer," a giddy coach Jim Harbaugh said after the 49ers' 23-20 victory.
"This is not his first time doing this."
No, it's not, because Kaepernick also raced past Green Bay in the playoffs last season, setting a record for rushing yards by a quarterback in a game.
But this game was, as Harbaugh kept repeating, more about the "clutch" scenarios and surviving despite the constant possibility of a 49ers defeat.
In all the moments when the 49ers' season could have ended, when the Packers had this game in their reach and all other 49ers covered, it was Kaepernick who sprinted away with the ball.
Kaepernick, born in Wisconsin, also did this all without wearing sleeves or gloves in the single-digit weather, despite Harbaugh's entreaties to put on sleeves.
"I'm a little hardheaded at times," Kaepernick said with a shrug of his decision to bare arms.
Or maybe ...
"He has those tattoos he needs to show off," left tackle Joe Staley joked.
"That's part of it," Kaepernick said later, smiling.
But this performance wasn't really about his arm or his fashion sense. It was about his legs and the growing sense that Kaepernick can do almost everything the 49ers need from him.
It was about Kaepernick bouncing back from a first-half interception with an immediate touchdown drive and completing 16 of his 30 pass attempts for 227 yards.
It was about Kaepernick just barely avoiding what could have been a game-ending interception on the last drive when Packers cornerback Micah Hyde couldn't corral a pass intended for Anquan Boldin.
It was also about Kaepernick putting another playoff pelt on the wall and the rest of the team acknowledging it.
"He's Kaepernick-tough," Harbaugh said. "That's pretty awesome."
If Kaepernick can run like this ... and throw efficiently ... who knows what the 49ers can achieve?
And you know that the rest of the NFC is scrambling to figure out how to stop the Kaepernick Express right now.
By the way, Kaepernick is now 3-1 as a playoff starter and 2-0 on the road in the postseason.
On Sunday, with the Packers defense loading the line to stop running back Frank Gore and clinging to the 49ers' receivers, Kaepernick ran powerfully all game.
Then he had two runs at the end that essentially were the difference between winning and losing.
The first one came after the Packers jumped ahead 17-13 early in the fourth quarter and the shivering Lambeau fans rumbled in anticipation of a victory.
On the ensuing 49ers possession, Kaepernick took a quick look down field, then burst for 24 yards on third down to help set up the 49ers' own go-ahead TD.
Then, after the Packers drove again to tie it at 20 with 5:06 left, the 49ers either had to run out the clock to make sure it went into overtime ...
Or just run to the finish line. And they had the guy to do it.
On third-and-eight at the Green Bay 38-yard line, with just over a minute left, Kaepernick got set to throw it to Michael Crabtree, but pulled it down and dashed past linebacker Andy Mulumba around the left side for 11 yards to put the 49ers almost within field-goal range.
A few plays later, Phil Dawson made a 33-yarder as the clock expired, and the 49ers were on to the divisional round, at Carolina on Sunday.
The weather was bad, the field was choppy, but Kaepernick looked like Usain Bolt in shoulder pads out there.
"When we needed a play, he got it, whether it was throwing the ball or running," said Gore, who delivered key blocks on several of Kaepernick's runs.
"Tough guy. A quarterback like that, you'll do whatever for him."
It's not like everything happened as the 49ers planned here Sunday, not at all.
But when everything else was clogged up, Kaepernick ran, and nobody could catch him in time.
"All will," Boldin said of the 49ers' last few drives.
In all, Kaepernick ran seven times for 98 yards, the second-highest ground total of his career -- behind only his record 181-yard total against Green Bay at Candlestick Park in the playoffs last season.
"Our receivers were getting grabbed, and I think Colin saw that and just took matters into his own hands," Harbaugh said.
"He was around the edge a couple of those times so fast that it was 15, 20 yards ... if it was a yard, it was 20, it was unbelievable the way he was getting the edge."
Kaepernick kept running, the Packers kept chasing, and he won the race every time, in all the most important times.
It never looked easy, but that's also part of what made it great.
The larger the moment, the faster Kaepernick went, and the rest of the 49ers happily glided along in the jet stream.
Read Tim Kawakami's Talking Points blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami. Contact him at tkawakami@ mercurynews.com.


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Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) shares rose as much as 16 percent on Friday after the company's better-than-expected quarterly results and forecasts prompted at least eight brokerages to raise price targets on the stock, although analysts said problems at the world's No.1 PC maker were far from over.
HP's upbeat outlook comes as the Palo Alto company cuts costs under CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan in the face of falling PC sales and slowing corporate IT spending.
"Although a number of businesses remain under pressure, the company's blocking and tackling is improving, and the likelihood of the bottom falling out appears diminished," UBS Investment Research analyst Steven Milunovich said in a note.
Milunovich upgraded his rating on the stock to "neutral" and raised his price target to $17 from $12.
HP shares have outperformed all other Dow Jones Industrial Average constituents this year. They closed at $19.20 on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, the highest since August last year, and sold for as much as $19.83 during the session.
Before Friday's gains, the stock was up about 20 percent since the beginning of the year, helped partly by a buyout offer for rival Dell.
HP, like other PC makers, has been hammered as consumers turn to tablets and other mobile devices. Underscoring the severity of the industry's woes, Dell on Tuesday reported a 31 percent drop in profit as sales fell in virtually every major business division.
In addition, HP has suffered internal turmoil with a failed spin-off attempt, a botched acquisition and two CEOs losing their jobs.
J.P. Morgan Securities analyst Mark Moskowitz, who raised his price target on HP stock by $1 to $22, said the company's results and outlook signaled that the worst may be over, but added that there was room for plenty of work to be done.
Whitman, who took over the reins at HP over a year ago, plans to cut an estimated 29,000 jobs, or about 10 percent of the workforce, over the next two years. She has also reversed a decision to spin off HP's PC division.
She had last year warned of a tough 2013, with earnings set to decline steeply, but said on Friday revenue growth is likely to return in 2014.
Eight brokers, including Jefferies, RBC Capital Markets, Evercore Partners and BMO Capital Markets and Credit Suisse also increased their price targets on HP's stock by an average of $4.19.
But some analysts remained more skeptical than the others.
"While consensus will likely view the unchanged FY guidance as conservative after a stronger-than expected H1, we continue to see headwinds," Jefferies' Peter Misek said.
Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore, raised his forecast on the company's shares based on improved earnings outlook, but has a $12 target -- well below HP's current valuation.
Whitmore rates HP a "sell" and said he remained negative, citing continued revenue losses and a weak economy.
"We remain concerned about ongoing weak printer unit shipments and the structural decline of this market, ongoing deterioration across the PC industry on both a unit and pricing basis, poor bookings performance and future contract losses in Services...", he said in a client note.
HP derived over 17 percent of its second quarter revenue from sales of printers, copiers and related services -- a business that has lately borne the brunt of slowing corporate spending.


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While there's no question delivering brown boxes is a huge part of what we do, UPS also transports many items that are not so run of the mill. Even compared to 2011, when we transported a polar bear from Alaska to Kentucky, this year has been full of exciting shipments and logistical triumphs.
Intrigued? Here are just five examples of some of the most offbeat and extraordinary things we moved in 2012:


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Defining Innovation
Blog Series: Defining Innovation
04.01.13 | By Randy Burkholder
We talk a lot about innovation in health care. This week on the Catalyst we'd like to take a step back and look at the big picture. What is innovation? How does it come about? How is biomedical innovation contributing to progress against serious and life-threatening diseases and conditions?
Most people recognize we've made great strides against many serious diseases and conditions over the past several decades, and most would agree that innovative medicines have made important contributions to this progress. Ellen Sigal, PhD, the head of Friends of Cancer Research, summed it up well in a paper last year when she said "There has been enormous impact in recent years, but you don't get there overnight…we have to sustain innovation."
While most people would agree with the idea of sustaining biomedical innovation, I think there is far less agreement about how we define it and support it. My own view is that the traditional policy tools for assessing the value of innovation (comparative effectiveness research and health technology assessment) are not sufficiently aligned with the push for patient-centered care, the emerging science of personalized medicine, or the fundamental dynamics of medical innovation itself.
I outlined some of the reasons for this in a recent presentation to an Avalere webinar conference, which you can access here. One important reason is that our understanding of a new treatment's clinical value emerges over time as further research is conducted and additional treatment options are introduced. For example, one of the first major advances against chronic myeloid leukemia (imatinib) was approved by FDA based on surrogate endpoints showing patient response at the cellular level. Six years later, longer-term trial results demonstrated its dramatic effect on patient survival of CML. This evolutionary, incremental process is fundamental to biopharmaceutical innovation, but it is not well understood. Several recent papers from Boston Health Associates have described how it occurs in the treatment of several cancers, rheumatoid arthritis and HIV/AIDS.
Whatever one's view about how to sustain continued innovation in an increasingly cost-constrained health care system, an important first step is to examine and understand how the process works and how we can best assess the value of new medicines.
Throughout the week we will feature guest bloggers who will look at innovation from various angles. They will examine the research process, how we assess clinical value, and the policy implications, among other topics. I hope you will stay tuned as we dig deeper into this important topic.


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GOP women sponsor 'Roaring '20s Gala'
Published: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 11:50 p.m.
Republican Women of Tuscaloosa County and three other Republican women groups will join for a "Roaring '20s Gala" from 6-10 p.m. April 27 at Hollywood Pools and Spa, 1441 Montgomery Highway in Vestavia Hills.
Participants will be dressed in flapper fashion and dance to 1920s music. The event also will feature a variety of food and drink, a silent auction and an antique car display.
Greater Birmingham Republican Women, Republican Women of the South and Republican Women of Trussville are hosting the event along with the Tuscaloosa chapter. The public is invited.
Tickets for the gala are $35. To order, call co-chair Jo Lawley at 205-750- 8734 or email co-chair Vicki Bailey at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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joggle 1
Move or cause to move with repeated small bobs or jerks: [no object]: the car bounced and joggled on the rough road
More example sentences
- This should reduce the distortion if it gets joggled.
- And with that he stalked off, leaving his friend to rush after him, school bag joggling backwards and forwards on his back.
- He starts up running again, counting his pocket change, wipes his goggles as they joggle up and down his face.
A bobbing or jerking movement.
Example sentences
- But if the fimbriae grip too loosely, the bacteria will detach from the surface of a cell at the slightest joggle.
- The question is whether you can live with the disappointment of hearing the distinctive, ice-cream-wouldn't-melt, joggle and rattle of a black cab.
Early 16th century: frequentative of jog.
Words that rhyme with joggleboggle, goggle, synagogal, toggle, woggle
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Syllabification: jog·gle
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joggle 2
verb[with object]
Join (pieces of stone, concrete, or timber) by means of a joggle.
Example sentences
- It contains three restaurants and a cafeteria, in plan, three strips of accommodation are joggled to provide terraces, privacy and contact with the surrounding landscape.
- The plan is joggled so that these walls do not connect the blocks, but define the court and allow it to connect to the now apparently untouched meadow that surrounds the place.
- The two elements are joggled in plan so that the northern one projects as a shaded deck towards the east.
Early 18th century: perhaps related to jag1.
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Syllabification: jog·gle
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that <name of agent> acted with express, implied or apparent authority to
bind the defendant in the <specify transaction>, the defendant may still
be liable to the plaintiff if the defendant ratified the actions of <name of
To establish that the
defendant ratified the actions of <name of agent>, the plaintiff must
prove all of the following facts:
Ratification can be proven
by direct or circumstantial evidence. Consequently, in deciding whether the
defendant ratified the transaction, you should consider all the facts and
circumstances as to whether the defendant expressed (his/her/its) intent to do
so or whether such intent can be reasonably and logically inferred.
If you find all of these
facts to have been proven by the plaintiff, the defendant is bound by all of the
terms of <specify transaction> and is, therefore, liable to the plaintiff
for <specify>. If the plaintiff has failed to prove any one of these
facts, then the defendant is not liable to the plaintiff.
Russell v.
Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., 200 Conn. 172, 185 (1986); New Milford
Block & Supply Corp. v. N. Grondahl & Sons, Inc., 51 Conn. App. 454,
458, cert. denied, 248 Conn. 901 (1999).
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