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BRUSSELS, 16 April 2012 — United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, today welcomed the European Commission's Energizing Development Initiative to assist developing countries in providing their citizens with access to sustainable energy. The initiative aims to provide energy services to 500 million people by 2030.
"I welcome the commitment by the European Commission in support of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative. Its strong leadership in making energy central to its development policies, and for advancing the issue of energy access, helps place energy at the forefront of the global development agenda," said the Secretary-General during his keynote address to the European Union (EU) Sustainable Energy for All Summit today in Brussels.
During the summit, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, announced that the Energizing Development Initiative will include a new EU Technical Assistance Facility worth 50 million euros over the next two years, which will support those developing partners that "opt in" to the initiative by providing EU expertise in the field; thereby promoting sustainable development and inclusive growth.
The initiative will also focus on refining, expanding and improving energy-related innovative financial instruments and risk guarantee schemes in developing countries in order to unlock greater private investment.
Lastly, in the lead-up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio in June, the EU and Member States will look to mobilize an additional several hundred million euros to support concrete new investments in sustainable energy in developing countries, with the goal of leveraging even greater flows of additional investment from the private sector.
"The link between energy and development is fundamental. Without energy access, we simply will not meet the Millennium Development Goals," said President Barroso. "That's why we've organized today's summit. We are committed to the aim of providing universal access to sustainable energy for all by 2030. By bringing together our partners, the private sector and civil society, we will work shoulder to shoulder to make this aim a reality. With today's strong pledge that we will assist developing countries in providing energy access for 500 million people by 2030, we are demonstrating our own commitment and hope that others will join us in making sure that by 2030, energy access is no longer a privilege but the right of all."
"This is a powerful political commitment. It takes us nearly half way toward achieving the objective I have set of universal energy access by 2030," said the UN Secretary-General. "This objective is critically important if we are to catalyze economic growth, end energy poverty, expand social equity and protect our environment."
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Borat to a Chinese: What's up vanillaface?
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A term used in refering to a white person.
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The Term "borat" uses to refer to the hotel receptionist as a white person.
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A white person.
The term was introduced by Borat.
The term was introduced by Borat.
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Used to describe the colour of ones skin. A term often used by horny Kazakhstan men.
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A derogatory term to describe Anglo-Saxon individuals. Used by other people of Anglo-Saxon ethnicity pretending to be someone of a visible minority (e.g., Borat in his movie).
Anglo-Saxon 1: Hey Man!
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A person who has no distinctive facial features that make them recognizable. These people can be attractive or considered cute, but in the general way that is conventional and boring.
She was cute, but vanillaface.
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A white good-looking male. Usually plays baseball. Listens to hip-hop music and likes to party.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG - A pair of student athletes saved the life of a man who collapsed Sunday afternoon on the Hollidaysburg Area High School track where they were practicing football footwork drills.
Golden Tigers football players Daniel Baker and Caleb Parnell, both 17 and trained in CPR, rushed over to Jerry Jackson, 68, who Parnell saw had fallen to the ground. An onlooker immediately called 911, but for the next 10 minutes, Jackson's heartbeat was in Baker's hands and his breath in Parnell's lungs.
Jackson of Hollidaysburg is an avid runner, husband, father of five and grandfather of 10. He is recovering in the intensive care unit of Altoona Regional thanks to the teenagers' actions, his son Chris Jackson said Monday.
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Caleb Parnell (left)?and Daniel Baker, both 11th-grade students at Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School, performed CPR on a 68-year-old man who collapsed on the school's track and have been credited with saving his life.
"The situation, for him to be at the track, and there are two 17-year-old boys who happen to be trained in CPR - he would be brain dead or dead if it hadn't been for them," Jackson said. "It is truly a miracle."
Jackson said police escorted his mother, Kathryn, to the hospital and told her the story of the two teenagers' actions on the way.
Jackson, who traveled to Altoona from Shippensburg, said his father has begun to speak and is able to say the names of all of his five children and 10 grandchildren, who are with him at the hospital.
Jerry Jackson's granddaughter Aleah, a sixth-grader at Charles W. Longer Elementary School, was eager to thank Baker and Parnell.
"She said, 'I want to give those boys a hug for saving my Pappy,' and this morning at school, she did," Jackson said Monday.
The teenagers acted methodically, with training they had never used in a real situation, to restore and maintain Jackson's pulse for about 10 minutes until paramedics arrived and transported him to the hospital where he underwent heart bypass surgery.
They said they began by turning Jackson onto his side, and Parnell, a member of the Blue Knob Ski Patrol, stabilized Jackson's neck.
Parnell recently placed third in a young adult patrollers competition featuring 46 participants from local ski patrols that offer first aid and volunteer services.
Parnell and Baker checked for Jackson's pulse and found none.
Baker, who completed lifeguard CPR training in March, removed Jackson's dentures and checked to ensure his airway was clear before beginning to perform chest compressions while Parnell ran to his car to retrieve a pocket CPR mask, which he carries because of his ski patrol training.
Baker said he spoke to Jackson, who was making eye contact and gasping for breath.
"Stay with me. Stay with me," Baker said to Jackson as he pumped his chest. Even for Baker, who plays wide receiver and defensive back, performing the textbook 100 chest compressions 2 inches deep per minute was incredibly difficult for 10 minutes. Every 30 compressions, Parnell, a Hollidaysburg Area quarterback, administered two rescue breaths.
They got Jackson breathing, but it was only an occasional gasp for air, they said.
Parnell's father, Tim Parnell, an emergency medical technician and physical therapist who lives near to the track, was called by one of the boys' friends and arrived about five minutes prior to ambulances to assist the teenagers.
When he arrived, Baker stepped aside, but Parnell ordered him and his son to continue administering CPR.
"As soon as they stopped CPR, his pulse dropped off," Parnell said.
"He [Baker] was in a zone," Parnell said. "Never missed a beat."
Paramedics arrived and used a defibrillator to get Jackson's heart pumping, the teenagers said.
Later that evening, Parnell and his parents, Tim and Lisa Parnell, a preschool teacher, visited the hospital with Baker and his parents, Dr. John Baker, a Nason Hospital emergency room doctor, and Kelly Baker, an emergency room nurse.
They didn't know Jackson's name, but it turned out that Jackson's family had been looking for them.
"How do we find these young men who saved our father's life?" Chris Jackson asked.
With directions from a nurse, the student athletes and their parents went to Jackson's room.
"There were a lot of hugs and tears," Chris Jackson said, noting how moved he was that the boys' parents had listed his father's name on their churches' prayer chain as "Pappy" because they didn't know his name.
Jackson said his father's heart has stopped twice since being cared for at the hospital, but he is making progress. Parnell and Baker continue to check in with him.
"I got texts from them saying, 'How is he doing?' 'We are praying for him.' 'Is it OK if we come in to see him?'" he said. "They are just amazing young men, and they want to be doctors."
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The High Plains American Indian Research Institute (HPAIRI) aims to promote positive and productive relationships between the University of Wyoming and regional American Indian communities. Assisting with research, education, and service, HPAIRI intends to facilitate tribal access to University resources and, at the same time, to help UW researchers connect with tribal communities in a coordinated fashion. HPAIRI will facilitate collaborative research among tribal communities, UW and visiting faculty, and UW undergraduate and graduate students. Its research agenda will be based on the needs and interests of Native communities in the region and those communities will be full partners in research endeavors. Additionally, HPAIRI is working toward establishing a collection of informational materials that may assist both tribal and UW researchers with their projects.
In 2011, a survey was submitted to University of Wyoming faculty and staff to learn about research and educational activities between UW participants and tribal partners. The results, shown here, indicate that a variety of UW units do have relationships with tribal communities in the region and a significant number of those relationships involve science, technology, engineering, and/or math (STEM) activities. The survey results will assist with the continued development of HPAIRI and with the implementation of its activities.


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I recently bought and watched this movie, which is based on the book Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko, and I was quite surprised by the fact that I actually enjoyed it. The music was good as was the action; I liked the actors for the most part and thought they did the roles pretty well. The pace was good and I never got bored. I would say that it is a really good movie considering it came from an excellent book. Especially since I usually hate any book to movie scenario. Worth a watch. I hope the second is as good. Have you seen it? If you have what did you think??
I've read the first book, it was good.
I haven't heard about this movie so i thank u for your views and discussion. after reading your views i think its good movie..
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Winners of the Queen's Challenge taro-growing contest did not have to forklift their entries to the East Maui Taro Festival earlier this month like farmers at pumpkin-growing contests on the Mainland at Halloween.
Still, the 9.077-pound wetland lehua maoli variety kalo, or taro, was pretty good size. The corm grown by Jahzyah Cabanilla-Ka'auamo of Keanae, which also was 14.5 inches long and 21.25 inches in circumference, was declared the winner in the wetland division. (The actual growers were the babe's parents, Dustin Cabanilla and Kainani Ka'auamo).
Size alone did not win the prize for Jahzyah in this contest. Quality mattered too. The entry had to pass the water-dunking test, have the right shape and ripeness and not show disease or pest damage, said Penny Levin, board member of the Taro Security and Purity Task Force, the sponsor of the contest.
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Seth Raabe of Kipahulu grew a 5.058-pound taro corm that captured the dryland division of the Queen's Challenge taro contest held at the East Maui Taro Fest on April 20.
Jahzyah Cabanilla-Ka'auamo, shown with his parents, Dustin Cabanilla and Kainani Ka'auamo of Keanae, was named the winner of the Queen's Challenge taro contest in the wetland division. Jahzyah and his family raised a 9.077-pound wetland taro.
In the dryland category, Seth Raabe of Kipahulu won with a 5.058-pound, 10.5-inch long and 17-inch circumference piko 'ula'ula variety entry.
Winners received a $500 cash prize and a copy of Queen Emma's writings on kalo.
The kalo-growing contest was the second sponsored by the task force, formed by the Legislature in 2008 in the aftermath of the controversy over genetically modified kalo and patents, and was the first held on Maui. Last year, the first Queen's Challenge was held at the Haleiwa Taro Festival on Oahu and next year will move to Kauai, said Levin.
Queen Emma Kalanikaumakaamano Kaleleonalani Na'ea Rooke, for whom the contest was named, was the wife of King Kamehameha IV, Alexander Liholiho. The founder of what is now The Queen's Medical Center on Oahu had a green thumb for growing kalo.
"Queen Emma . . . grew taro of great size using traditional Hawaiian cultivation methods," said Levin, whose task force is looking for solutions to problems facing kalo growers, including disease, cost, marketing and obtaining huli.
In an unpublished manuscript titled "Observations on Varieties and Culture of Taro" in the Bishop Museum's archives, the queen detailed her planting methods, her favored varieties and her harvesting practices.
"The size of the roots depend upon the depth of loose soil, and the care bestowed on its cultivation," the queen wrote. "I have produced kalo which averaged 22 inches in length and the same in circumference when it was cultivated under my own eye, but far less in the same locality when the cultivation was somewhat neglected by my konohiki."
Jahzyah's 9-pound kalo was big for its variety, which normally averages between 3 and 5 pounds, said Levin. And it wasn't just big, the kalo was of good quality.
One of the quality tests involved dropping the corm into a bucket of water. Good kalo sinks to the bottom, signaling density and lots of starch, Levin said. If the corm floats, it's watery and not starchy.
"You want a sticky starch," she said. "It makes a beautiful sticky poi."
The contest attracted only five taro growers.
"People feel shy," she said. "They think it is not going to be big enough to win."
Winning, though, was not really the main point of the Queen's Challenge; it was "to celebrate taro growers," said Levin.
The challenge was held to encourage the propagation of old-time varieties of kalo and a return to traditional soil-care practices, Levin continued. In fact, extra points were awarded to kalo grown organically.
Jahzyah's taro was grown using commercial fertilizers but Raabe used organic methods, said Levin. She said that commercial fertilizers have been used by growers since World War II.
But for the 1,000 years before, kalo was grown using composting of dried taro peelings and other green waste. Fields were rotated and allowed to rest, she said.
The historical records indicate "huge" production per patch and "enormous" individual kalo, maybe 20 to 30 pounds she said.
In the days before the arrival of Capt. James Cook in the 1700s, there were an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 acres of taro fields feeding 300,000 to a million people in Hawaii. Today, there are only 600 acres in taro production statewide, Levin said.
"Lots of room to grow," she said.
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Women's Tennis Hosts Butler Thursday
First Serve: Ball State women's tennis will host in-state rival Butler Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center. The Cardinals are 5-1 overall which marks the best spring start for Ball State since the 2007-08 season. The match against Butler will be dedicated to Cancer Awareness with the Cardinals wearing t-shirts to supports the cause.
Last Serve: The Cardinals won back-to-back matches last weekend over Wright State (7-0) and Dayton (5-2) in Dayton, Ohio. True Ball State freshman Courtney Earnest went 2-0 at No. 3 singles. Earnest leads the team with an unblemished 6-0 mark which is highlighted by a straight set victory over Big Ten foe Michigan State when she defeated Olga Chernova 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 3 position.
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Democrats destroying their party
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President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have done what Republicans only dream about. They've beaten the Democratic Party's "brand" to a pulp....
YEs how correct you are. Some dems in WV are leaving the democrat party because of all the destructiveness they've created. Joblessness, millions losing their own insurance that had no problem before paying for it, embassy murders in Benghazi, Hillary's lack of responsibility along with Obama's. It's only getting worse under this radical's administration.
They have destroyed their own party by allowing the radicals like Hillary and Obama and the socialists to take it over. So now the moderate democrats (those with morals/values/responsibility) must leave the DNC so they aren't associated with the rest. Oh there's some progressive radicals on the right too and we must and we will remove them all from office each election. They know this too, as they have already started to change their words/actions and attempt to disassocate themselves from Obama. Well it's too late now. They've already done the damage. I don't think folks will forgive them anytime soon. Especially after Obamacare!
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One of the most beautiful beaches in the world has been without a public shower for the past month and may continue to be without one for a while.
Hamoa Beach, used by the public as well as guests of the Travaasa Hana hotel, has had some trouble with the maintenance and the water bill for its public showers.
"A couple of months ago, the main shower line that runs to the showers broke," said Danny Mynar, general manager at Travaasa Hana. "We made a temporary fix with PVC pipe, but it just wasn't working too well so we had to remove it. It also posed a safety risk because a lot of water was being pumped, and we feared it might break again."
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The public showers at Hamoa Beach in Hana have long been maintained and paid for by Hotel Hana-Maui, which is now the Travaasa Hana hotel, but due to damage to the main waterline and the large water bill, the showers are no longer in service. Travaasa Hana General Manager Danny Minor said that the financial burden is too much for the hotel and he is seeking help from the county.
The structure of the shower is still at the beach, but the waterlines have been shut off and the shower heads have been removed.
Mynar said that the hotel, formerly known as Hotel Hana-Maui, has always maintained and paid the water bill for the showers.
"We did it basically as a public service for the community," Minor said, noting that the hotel has private bathrooms and showers for its guests. "But it's just not fiscally possible anymore."
Mynar said that the water bill ranges from $20,000 to $24,000 a year and that does not include the cost of repair and maintenance of the waterlines. Minor said that it is difficult for any business to incur that type of expense and expect to survive in current economic times.
The hotel's general manager said that he had spoken with representatives with the county about receiving help with the water bill and maintenance and repairs.
"The county is willing to meet with Travaasa Hana to resolve this issue," said county spokesman Rod Antone on Friday.
The park fronting Hamoa Beach is owned by the hotel, which means that the county is not obligated to pay the water bill or maintain the public restrooms.
"Even I was surprised to hear that," said Paul Meyer, deputy director of the county Department of Water Supply about the park being under the jurisdiction of the hotel. "I bring my family to Hamoa Beach all the time and had no idea the hotel paid for the upkeep of the showers."
Meyer said that his department only became aware of the issue after reading a letter to the editor in The Maui News. His department contacted Mynar, who explained the problem with the pipeline and the water bill.
"By ordinance of county laws, we have to charge for the water that is being used," said Meyer. "But I sympathize with Mr. Mynar. That is a tremendous burden for one business to handle."
Neil Hasegawa, general manager of Hasegawa General Store in Hana, has been going to Hamoa Beach since he was a kid and remembers the showers always being there.
"I go at least three times a week," Hasegawa said. "I live right down the road though, so I can rinse off and hose my surfboard down pretty easily. But, I sympathize with the locals that travel over from the other side and don't have a public shower to use."
Hasegawa remembered the temporary fix of the waterline and agreed with Mynar that it posed a safety hazard.
"At one point, I was going to fix it myself," Hasegawa said. "But the main line was dug pretty deep into the ground, and the pipe was big so I thought better not."
Mynar said that he has a nonprofit in place that is ready to make necessary repairs to the showers, but that the water bill is a problem. Mynar hopes that this issue can be resolved as quickly as possible so the public can further enjoy one of Maui's most famous beaches.
Hamoa Beach has been consistently ranked as one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Dr. Beach's list of the best beaches around the world ranked Hamoa No. 5 on his "Top 10 List of 2012." Even the legendary Mark Twain described Hamoa as one of the most beautiful beaches he had ever seen.
Hasegawa tries to remind his children how lucky they are to be living so close to such a scenic beach.
"I tell my kids all the time, 'Can you believe that this beach is right in our backyard?' '' Hasegawa said. '' 'Can you believe it?' I'm not sure if they know how lucky they are."
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* This article includes a correction from the original published on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Danny Mynar is the general manager at Travaasa Hana hotel. His name was misspelled in a story on Page A1 about the public showers at Hamoa Beach being unusable due to the high water bill and a damaged waterline. The Maui News apologizes for the error.


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DuPont Pioneer has launched the "See the T" photo contest as part of the arrival of the new Pioneer® brand T Series soybeans. The 8-week contest runs from July 29 – September 20.
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Altoona's Act 47 consultant on Tuesday presented a financial recovery plan that recommends an increase in earned income and property taxes, a freeze in worker wages and voluntary consolidation of services with various agencies and municipalities.
It calls for no layoffs and only a slight reduction of the workforce through attrition.
Overall, the plan - open for public comment until Nov. 28, when there will be a public hearing - is less radical than it might have been.
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John Fylund prepares to begin his presentation on a series of cost-saving and revenue-generating suggestions to Altoona City Council and staff members Tuesday evening.
"Nothing too dramatic," said Scott Campanaro, the only union president at the meeting.
"Nothing crazy," Councilman Dave Butterbaugh said.
But while lacking in dramatic absolutes, the plan contains lots of opportunities for moving the city toward solvency, provided local officials work at it, officials from the consulting group Stevens & Lee said.
The four-year plan recommends raising the earned income tax rate for residents by 0.25 percentage points.
It recommends raising it for nonresidents by 0.15 percentage points - thus instituting a commuter tax, the rationale for which is that those workers benefit by city services like police, firefighting and streets maintenance.
The increases will be possible because Act 47 allows municipalities to go past state caps on earned income tax.
The increase for the average resident would be $75 a year, and for the average nonresident $62 a year.
The increase for 2013 would bring the total EIT for residents to 0.95 percent and for nonresidents, who now pay only a pension surtax, to 0.35 percent. The plan calls for scaling back between 2014 and 2016 to a total of 0.90 percent for residents and 0.30 percent for nonresidents.
Over four years, these increases would generate about $7.3 million.
The plan recommends raising the property tax for capital borrowing for priority projects - in the category of debt service - by 1.27 normalized mills for next year and 1.41 mills for the three years after that.
The debt service category is uncapped, so the city
doesn't need to be in Act 47 to levy these increases.
Because the city's property tax is based entirely on the value of land, the actual millage increases are 9.912 mills for 2013 and 10.966 mills for the years following.
The increased cost next year for a property with land assessed at $2,000 would be about $20.
Over four years, these property tax increases would raise $1 million for the city.
The plan calls for elimination of the $5 per capita and flat rate occupation taxes as expensive to collect and inefficient.
The wage freezes wouldn't apply to union workers until 2014, when their current contracts expire.
They would apply to non-union workers right away.
The plan calls for maintaining, but not increasing or otherwise altering the "step" increases by which police, firefighters and some public works employees work their way over several years into the wages that apply to full-fledged line workers.
It also calls freezing workers in their current "longevity" slots.
Due to a recent revision of Act 47, these wage restrictions would prevail against any contrary ruling for public safety workers in binding arbitration, Susan Friedman of Stevens & Lee said.
The plan calls for seeking ways to cooperate with other municipalities and agencies on police services, accounting, information technology, health insurance, vehicle maintenance and more.
Generally, residents don't care how a municipality gets its work done, as long as it gets the work done, John Filan, a member of the consultant team, said.
Among the specific suggestions: consolidation of fleet maintenance among the city, the Altoona Area School District, the Altoona Water Authority, Blair County and other local governments "to reduce costs and duplication of facilities" and equipment.
The plan calls for limiting the city's obligation on health care to 5 percent per year, with plan redesign and changes in deductibles, premium shares and co-pays covering the rest of the projected 10 percent annual increases.
The plan calls for a study to determine whether the city can transition legally out of its defined benefit pension plans to defined contribution plans typical of private industry.
It also recommends exploring ways to shrink the city's obligations for post-retirement health care coverage for current workers, while setting up a fund to pay for such coverage.
The plan calls for keeping fees at the maximum - full reimbursement of the city's costs.
It calls for exploring the feasibility of charging for EMS-type services provided by the fire department, which has the potential for becoming a "profit center," Filan said.
It calls for "crime-mapping" by the police pepartment to target its use of officers and increase efficiency.
The plan calls for exploring "market-based revenue opportunities" - which could run the gamut from advertisements on city vehicles to naming rights to festivals put on by Penn State Altoona.
The plan calls for reducing operational expenses by 4 percent, maintaining a fund balance cushion of 5 percent and routine performance measurements.
There are 155 recommendations overall.
Act 47 requires the consultant to monitor performance for four months after plan approval.
But that limit isn't absolute, John Espenshade of Stevens & Lee said.
Council retains principal responsibility for running city government, Espenshade said.
It's all "a bit overwhelming," Councilman Bruce Kelley said.
But the plan includes both the short- and long-term solutions council had requested, and may help the city escape Act 47 before too long, Mayor Bill Schirf said.
"Now the hard work begins," Espenshade said.
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Monoclonal antibodies are among the fastest-growing products in the field of biologics. [Charles River]
Long before the latest hybrid or SUV ends up in the showroom, auto engineers clock hours and hours conducting tests that, to one degree or another, measure the durability of the vehicle. Failing a certain test or failing comparability or even superiority to the leading model on the market can send the vehicle back to the drawing board.
Monoclonal antibodies (mAb)—among the fastest-growing products in the field of biologics—more or less adhere to the same playbook. But the devil is in the details.
Most of the current market-approved mAbs are produced in mammalian cell lines, namely Chinese hamster ovary cells that have proven to be dependable and prolific hosts for the production of therapeutic proteins. Producing generics of these mAbs can take several paths. Some generic antibodies, known as biosimilars, mimic the commercially available mAb, often referred to as an innovator product. Others, known as biobetters or biosuperiors, are enhanced versions of the innovator product. Both of these options offer advantages and challenges for drug developers.
Because they are essentially clones of the original, biosimilars don't need to meet as many testing requirements to get to market. But biosimilars need to be near-identical copies of the innovator products that inspired them—a challenge for a biologic—so gaining regulatory approval has been difficult, particularly in the US where clear standards are lacking. Biobetters have been re-engineered to overcome some of the drawbacks of mAbs, such as the tendency to clear the body so rapidly that frequent injections are required for the drug to be effective. But although biobetters offer obvious clinical benefits for patients, making them more competitive with innovator products, they are also considered entirely new products, thus requiring full-scale testing along the same lines as the innovator.
Not surprisingly, it makes a big difference which strategy developers choose in making their generic and how the in vitro tests—in this case the functional assays—turn out. Functional assays—where compounds are systematically analyzed and compared to well-defined positive and negative controls—measure the biological activity during the entire life cycle of the mAb in order to make sure the drug candidate is safe, effective and of high enough quality to move forward. In fact, regulatory authorities require that functional assays be used to determine a drug compound's mechanism of action (MoA), such as how it binds to the intended target and induces a certain immunological pathway in vivo that makes the drug effective. More importantly, assays that reflect the MoA are important for final clone selection, lot release, and stability testing in order to determine the bioactivity of each individual sample.
Yet choosing an assay that reflects the MoA of a certain antibody-based therapeutic can be highly challenging, especially when the mAb has been modified with regards to how certain chains of carbohydrates attach to proteins, as is increasingly the case in biotherapeutic drug development. Scientists refer to these modifications as glycoengineering, with much of the re-tooling focused on the tail of the antibody—or Fc region—that binds to receptors on the surface of certain immune cells and facilitates neutralization of pathogens. These alterations in the glycosylation pattern impact the bioactivity of the mAb, causing its structure or stability to change, a process known as glycosylation. When this occurs, modified mAbs quite often behave differently compared to the innovator product, based on in vivo data and certain assays.
Fortunately, scientists are becoming more adept at producing better versions of these re-engineered antibodies, and in fact the field is moving increasingly toward developing follow-on biologics that are less glycosylated, but which also enhance biosafety and bioefficacy, and introduce a number of applications. In fact, a few early examples of these follow-on mAb therapeutics are already on the market or in late-stage clinical trials.
As one might imagine, selecting the right assay to assess bioactivity during the entire life cycle of these follow on biologics —from early development until market-released product—is difficult and requires a lot of expertise, in part because there are so many different ways and stages of assessing these compounds in vitro (see image below). Consider Rituximab, a mAb approved for the treatment of lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis. Rituximab works by recognizing a specific protein, CD20, that sits on the surface of B cells. When the mAb targets the protein, it signals the human immune system to kill it.
Four different in vitro tests designed to analyze drug effectiveness—three that reflect potential MoAs and one measuring binding to target—can provide different methods of characterizing how effective biobetters of Rituximab with an altered glycosylation pattern are compared to the innovator.
In a typical example of testing a biobetter of Rituximab, the binding assay showed that the modified mAb was able to bind to CD20—showing that it recognized and docked its target like the innovator mAb. Three other assays that measure how well the mAb reflects the in vivo function on the immune system, mainly how well they target tumor cells, found increasing levels of antibody-dependent cellular cytoxicity (ADCC)—usually an indication of drug effectiveness and potency—and lower levels of complement dependent cytoxicity (CDC) —suggesting lower toxic side effects. The behavior of the follow-on biologic in a direct apoptosis test is moderate but with tendency to enhanced efficacy compared to the innovator mAb.
These different assays all capture important pieces of information about the in vitro evidence for in vivo efficacy in inducing unwanted immune reactions, which goes a long way in determining early on whether a mAb is suitable for further development.
Choosing the most appropriate in vitro test for routine testing throughout the life cycle of the mAb requires an intimate knowledge of how well the drug works in vivo. Or to return to that car analogy, it means lifting the hood and fully vetting the chain reaction of events that make a particular drug run smoothly.
Ulrike Herbrand is a scientific officer in the bioanalytics department at Charles River Biopharmaceutical Services. This article originally appeared on Charles River's scientific blog, Eureka, and was entitled Spoilt for Choice. Reprinted with permission.
Ulrike Herbrand is a scientific officer in the bioanalytics department at Charles River Biopharmaceutical Services. This article originally appeared on Charles River's scientific blog, Eureka, and was entitled Spoilt for Choice. Reprinted with permission.
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5 Satirists Attacked by People Who Totally Missed the Point
White House Correspondents Dinner Appearance by Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert doesn't quite belong on this list. Not because he isn't an amazing satirist. Hell, I'll go on record right now and call Stephen Colbert the greatest living satirist --not only on Earth, but even on the inhabited moons of Rylos 7. No, the reason Mr. Colbert is different from the other entries is because while his satire has been misunderstood, that misunderstanding got him a ticket to the White House correspondent's dinner. In 2006, Colbert took his faux Bill O'Reilly-esque persona and expertly dissected President Bush just feet away from where he was sitting.
What Did Morons Think Was Going On?
Well Bush's handlers must have seen this purveyor of "truthiness," attacking the liberal media and intellectual left and believed him to be one of their own. Or perhaps they knew Colbert was a liberal-minded comic, but because of his satirical conceit, believed he would behave more like his character in order to stay in the good graces of his fictitious hero, George W. Bush. After all, the Colbert character was fond of asking guests whether George W. Bush was a great President or the greatest President. How insulting could he be?
What Was Actually Happening?
Well, as was a surprise to no one who had even a basic grasp of satire, Colbert took the opportunity to eviscerate Bush under the pretense of praising him. It's deliciously painful to watch Bush bristle at the barbs he suffers. So painful that some of you might find it hard to believe that Colbert could have been booked in error. That someone could be surprised that this former Daily Show alum would use comedy to lambaste the sitting Republican President. You might offer that Colbert was merely invited as a sign that President Bush had a sense of humor about himself. Well, to you I say yeah, that sounds like Bush. That's probably why they had Colbert back. Oh, wait. They didn't. They had these guys the next year...
Horse Outside by the Rubberbandits
Two-person comedy troupe, the Rubberbandits, recently reached the top of the Irish charts with their single Horse Outside. I don't mind telling you, I watched this video no fewer than 30 times the week it came out, constantly finding new things to love about it. In it, a groomsman at a lower class wedding woos a bridesmaid by disparaging the cars owned by her other suitors and touting the merits of his mode of a transportation - a horse.
What Did Morons Think Was Going On?
Well, apparently, many in Ireland criticized the song for contributing to poor public perceptions of the city of Limerick as a slum where impoverished people are so backward, they still ride horses. Also, because one of the suitors recommends that the newlyweds throw house parties with "drinkin' and druggin'" in front of their children, some accused the Rubberbandits of promoting drug use.
What's The Actual Point?
Well, like any good piece of satire, there's more than one point. Sure, it's funny to laugh at our misguided protagonist who has the audacity to brag about having a horse instead of a car, but anyone who thinks the song is merely mocking the backward, horse-riding fools of Limerick, is missing the point. It's clear from the video, that this protagonist is our hero. Not only does he get the girl at the end and ride her off like a knight in shining armor, but he leads the entire congregation, including a seemingly kind-hearted priest, in the recitation of the chorus:
Fuck your Mitsubishi, I've a horse outside.
Fuck your Honda Civic, I have a horse outside.
Fuck your Suburu, I've a horse outside.
If you're looking for a ride, I've a horse outside.
So what's going on here? Well, first of all. Limerick IS a depressed area. Apparently, you CAN see horses tied to trees there. So I'm not sure how a song acknowledging that is doing something unfair. More importantly, however, who are these three suitors who are driving these not so impressive cars? One look at the video makes pretty clear they're a bunch of thugs, perhaps managing to scrape together enough cash to afford their mediocre cars through thieving or drug dealing. Indeed, it's one of these creeps who proposes drug use in front of children at the start of the vid. Our protagonist leads the town in protest against them, seemingly saying, "Hey, we're all ghetto here. But at least I ride my horse proudly." After all, is bragging about a Mitsubishi really much more absurd than bragging about a horse?
But that's just not my spin, listen to Rubberbandit "Blind Boy Boat Club" take to the radio to explain his point and "feed the trolls" in a way that makes me a little misty. Proving that while there will always be satirists out there, spitting out merely mean-spirited sarcasm for the main point of proving how smart they think they are, some still use satire for a larger point and are willing to bear the brunt of the thickheaded for our amusement and a cause.
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Sheldon Adelson: 'I'm Basically a Social Liberal'
In a three-hour interview with The Wall Street Journal, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson excoriated President Barack Obama, Democrats and unions, as one would expect of a top donor to conservatives and Republican causes in the 2012 election.
But the billionaire, sitting with his wife Miriam, an Israel-born physician, shared political beliefs that may leave some surprised.
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"Look, I'm basically a social liberal, I know nobody will believe that," Mr. Adelson said, as Dr. Adelson nodded.
"Number one, I'm supporting stem-cell research," he said, pointing to a chart of the new Adelson medical research foundation that is funding some stem-cell based science.
"I'm pro choice," he said. Republicans are pro-life, but he and his wife are not pro-life in politics, he said.
"You can take your own religious beliefs …and live your life with your own beliefs. But to make it a portion of the government's policies?" He shook his head.
"Abortion shouldn't be brought up as a political issue," he said.
Mr. Adelson continued on his list of liberal leanings.
On immigration: "I'm pro-Dream Act, I'm pro the Dream Act. My parents were immigrants to this country," he said. "What are we going to do ? Listen, I'm sure a lot of my parents generation …..snuck onto the ship and they came into the country.
"So – people will do anything to leave massacres and to leave the economic conditions – they can't put food on their own table.
"There has been in our history a lot of illegal immigration. Do I approve of it? No, but it's here.
"It would be inhumane to send those people back , to send 12 million people out of this country to disrupt a whole potpourri of family issues" over what happens to the children.
"I mean it's all ridiculous. So we've got to find a way, find a route for those people to get legal citizenship," he said.
Finally, he said casually: "And by the way I'm in favor of a socialized-like health care."
Asked he was sure he was in the right party, he and his wife laughed.
"Look, nobody agrees with 100 % of their planks" in the GOP platform, he and Dr. Adelson both said.
His interest in health care comes from his wife, and Israel's national medical-care system, he said, as well as his Judaism.
"I think that to take care of everybody is part of Tikkun Olam" the Hebrew motto meaning "repair the world," he said. "And to deprive somebody for money of heath care or [medical] testing is bordering on criminal."
But he said, "I'm against this Obamacare because it's making the [medical] decisions based upon money." If one goes to Israel, he said, one chooses among four or five HMO's. "You go in there you get all your health care from cradle to grave."
"When I learned about that [Israeli] system, to my own surprise I said, 'Oh, I'm in favor of socialized medicine'– which is such a bad word here," he said.
Why does he favor it? "Because everybody pays" into the system, and the doctors don't deny the elderly health treatments like hip surgery just because they are old, he said.
He added that he used to be a Democrat—like most Jewish Americans, he noted –until he attended the 1988 Democratic convention. He said he was appalled at the self-interested politicians he says were all over the place.
He then went to the 1992 Republican convention in Houston — where, he said, people were less concerned in what they were going to get from the presidential election, and more focused on helping the country.


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Her mom and dad are not just supportive of her relationship with Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner, they also enjoy the chance to reap the benefits of her lavish life.
"My parents come up here pretty much every weekend," Crystal, 26, told PEOPLE on Thursday at the Playboy Mansion, just before her husband, 87, announced Raquel Pomplun as 2013's Playmate of the Year.
"Hef's friends were joking with them. They were like, 'Did you guys move in?' They're here, outside in the tent. They love it. They love coming here."
Having their daughter married to the former journalist has also helped their social life.
"They've made all kinds of new friends here," Crystal says. "Hef has friends from all throughout the years, so my parents relate to some of the people more than me, so it's cool."
Married since last New Year's Eve, Crystal calls newlywed life, "awesome," adding, "We have the best time, and everything's nice and mellow and perfect."
Echoing her sentiments is Hefner himself, and he tells PEOPLE he "picked the right lady."
Despite her decision to call off their original engagement in 2011, Hefner brushes it off as simply, "She didn't want to rush into it."
But now, he gushes, "She waited about a year and it became increasingly clear to her that this is what she wanted. Despite the disparity in age, we just have a lot of common interests and we love each other. It's the down time, it's the quiet time upstairs watching television, cuddling. Just time alone."


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A rude assholelike person. originated in pittsburgh
"Yinz were acting like jagoffs the other night, all drunk on Ahrns n'at"
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Pittsburgh's way of saying "jackoff." An anoying, ass hole.
The light turned green, but that jagoff tourist didn't get going!
by Da fuck do you care? August 25, 2004
Pittsburghese slang for asshole.
"Dat dem der Stillers is gonna woop dems jagoff-s Eaglesez ass!"
by brownie_8765 October 01, 2005
A Pittsburgh-ese term for a person who is being a real jerk!
He is such a jagoff when he answers the phone with, "Whaddaya want?".
by Sandy October 20, 2003
n. A person, usually male, that has an unfavorable personality or annoying habits. Generally implies stupidity or ignorance.
Don't be so surprised he got thrown in jail. He's a jag off.
by Bro May 13, 2004
Any one who angers a Pittsburgher
That jag off kicked my dog
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Pittsburgh slang for anyone irritating, out of line, not in love with the Steelers or not drinking Iron City on a regular basis.
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WASHINGTON — Democrats who vowed a crackdown on guns after the horrific Newtown, Conn., school shooting are touting prospects for Senate passage of expanded federal background checks, even as they acknowledge there isn't enough support to restore a ban on assault-style weapons.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that a measure likely to be debated in his chamber next month will include tougher laws and stiffer sentences for gun trafficking and increased school safety grants.
Closing background check loopholes will be the core of the legislation, just as it was the cornerstone of President Barack Obama's proposals for stemming gun violence following the December slayings of 20 first-graders and six staffers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
Including expanded checks in the gun legislation signals that Democrats feel they can win bipartisan support for the measure or are happy to dare Republicans to reject the entire gun-control package and face political consequences in next year's elections.
Reid, D-Nev., said he hoped a trio of senators would craft a bipartisan background check compromise. If not, he said, senators would consider a stricter version that allows fewer exemptions approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote.
"This moves the ball forward on gun safety in the Senate," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., one of the senators hunting a background check deal.
Schumer said he hoped an accord could be ready when the Senate returns from its upcoming two-week spring break. Moderate Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who has an A-rating from the National Rifle Association, and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., are also involved.
The background check system is aimed at preventing criminals and others from acquiring firearms. It currently applies only to sales by federally licensed gun dealers, not private transactions at gun shows or online.
The fate of the overall legislation remains uncertain, with Democrats all but sure to need Republican support for it to survive. Action would then shift to the GOP-run House, where leaders have shown no taste for expanding background checks for private purchases.
Earlier, Reid decided to exclude a proposed assault weapons ban from the bill, fearing it would sink the legislation, but will allow a vote on the plan as an amendment. The ban's sponsor, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., seems sure to lose due to opposition from Republicans and moderate Democrats.
An Associated Press-GfK poll showed more than 8 in 10 people support broadening the background check requirement to gun shows. Other surveys show similar overwhelming support.
Critics appeared unbowed. The NRA and others say criminals ignore background checks in getting guns illegally, and warn the expansion would lead to a federal registry of gun owners.
"We remain as committed as we have been to opposing gun bans," said Andrew Arulanandam, an NRA spokesman. He declined to comment on a potential compromise but said if the Senate considers Schumer's version of background checks, "we will do whatever we can to defeat it."
The NRA wants Congress to fund more armed guards at schools, step up prosecutions of people who file false gun applications and increase the background check system's access to state records of people with mental and other problems.
Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said of Reid's announcement, "I don't know how the leader expects members to vote on an ever-changing piece of legislation that has yet to gain bipartisan support."
In a hint of possible movement, one option that Schumer, Manchin and Kirk are considering would require background checks and record-keeping for private sales at gun shows and commercial sales online. It would exclude in-person, noncommercial transactions between people who know each other.
Other exclusions could include gun transactions between relatives and acquisitions by people with state-issued concealed carry permits, and there would be an online background check system for people in remote areas.


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The Walworth County District Attorney's Office said it will not file charges in a pit bull attack that killed a toddler earlier this month.
Dax Borchardt was 14-months old when he was attacked by a pair of pit bulls on March 6.
Borchardt was transported to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, where he died from his injuries.
The dogs, which were owned by the woman baby-sitting Borchardt at the time of the attack, were euthanized by a local veterinary office.
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quote: MS mistake was not realizing the potential of what they had..
quote: Wait Microsoft is not visionary? Developing an ecosystem and interface that scales from phone and tablet up to large screen and table top surfaces all with the programming tools (often given for free) to back it up.What does android have? A race to have more cores in every phone so we don't have to reboot them every day? Handsets with abandoned versions of the OS.What does iOS have for vision? A skeuomorphic leather calendar and the same app grid we've had from the beginning.Look at user comments. Microsoft brings a new vision of the interface and people complain. It's too hard to learn and at the same time looks like a child's toy. They can't win because apparently the consumer is too lazy to invest 20 minutes in learning a new interface and at the same time far less developed than their own children.


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Time is of the essence thats our slogan, said Walter Kollet, chairman of Honor Flight Myrtle Beach.
Honor Flight is a non-profit organization with hubs located throughout the U.S. Their mission is to provide no cost trips to Washington, D.C. for World War II veterans.
While in D.C. the veterans are escorted to the WWII memorial located on the National Mall, often referred to as the Jewel of the Mall.
We lose more than 1,000 World War II veterans each day in the U.S., Kollet said. Many will never see their World War II Memorial. Here in Myrtle Beach theres one last chance with Honor Flight on April 16.
The Myrtle Beach departure will be on a chartered jet carrying 150 passengers. Among those will be a volunteer medical team for the veterans safety. In addition, many guardian sponsors accompany the veterans on the flight.
Guardians are crucial to the program said Kollet. They make a donation to fly with the veterans and look after their needs. We take dozens of wheelchairs so veterans can get around the sites with comfort. The guardians assist the veterans and together they enjoy a memorable day.
The flight will leave Myrtle Beach International shortly after sunrise on April 16. There will be a two-hour tour of the WWII memorial along with visits to the Korean, Vietnam and Iwo Jima (Marine) memorials. The day in D.C. will conclude at Arlington National Cemetery for the Changing of the Guard ceremony.
The flight is due back in Myrtle Beach just before sundown.
Bert Cassels founded the Myrtle Beach chapter of Honor Flight in early 2010. The World War II memorial was 60 long years in the making. It was dedicated in 2004 and its magnificent. Now we are against the clock, said Cassels. Most WWII veterans cant get there on their own. They deserve this trip. They have earned this trip. Please help us locate them.
The cost of each Honor Flight is $60,000 and is paid for entirely by donations and fundraising events.
Honor Flight Myrtle Beach is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We want to fill this plane for our final flight. Everyone knows a WWII veteran. Please put us together. Also those interested in being a guardian sponsor should contact us right away, said Kollet.
Honor Flight organizers can be reached at (843) 957-8212 or visit www.HonorFlightMyrtleBeach.com for information, flight applications or to make a secure on-line donation.
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Michael Ryan wears Clod Hoppers!
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text: After nearly a year of crazy, things have finally settled down for Lucy B. Parker. But then Lucy's mom and soon-to-be stepdad announce that they're finally getting married–in a month–and Lucy's life turns upside down. Wedding planning is hard enough, but when a reality TV crew ends up following the family around while it's happening, the results are disastrous. Can Lucy save her mom's wedding, and the family, or will everything fall apart?


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Bravo to a group of puppeteers who have sensitively extracted creativity from the inner recesses of the mind. Sandglass Theater explores the subject of Alzheimer's and advanced-stage dementia in its award-winning production, "D-Generation: An Exaltation of Larks," opening tonight at 8 and running through Sunday on the stage of Touchstone Theatre in Bethlehem.
What's unique about this touring theater piece with an original score is that it is a collaborative weave by Sandglass Theater, based in Putney, Vt., and late-stage dementia residents of care facilities in its locale. Sandglass co-artistic directors/husband-and-wife Eric Bass and Ines Zeller Bass, and Sandglass administrator Kirk Murphy portray the caregivers and as puppeteers man the five care-facility puppet characters "Rose," "Mary," "Florence," "Henry" and "Elwood." A talk-back with performers and audience will follow each performance.
The relationship between Sandglass and Touchstone goes way back, according to Bill George, Touchstone co-founder/ensemble member. George first met Eric Bass back in 1981, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Through the years, Touchstone audiences have experienced numerous productions by Sandglass brought to Bethlehem, including "Autumn Portraits," "Invitations to Heaven," "Village Child," "The Box Show," "The Pig Act" and "Richard 3.5."
For the "D-Generation" project, Sandglass performers utilized the creative group-based story-making program, TimeSlips, of which Kirk Murphy is a Certified Facilitator. TimeSlips was founded in 1997 by Anne Basting of the Center on Age and Community at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Versed in improvisational theater, Basting saw storytelling as a therapeutic invite to the imaginations of persons with memory loss when done in a non-stressful, supportive environment. By seating residents in circle formation, she showed them photos and guided them to imagine what was going on and make up a story. They did not have to rely on their memories.
"TimeSlips sets up a way for people with late-stage dementia to interact with each other," Eric Bass explained. "There are no wrong answers to our questions. …While there is no cure, none that we know of, at least we can improve the quality of life."
Ines Zeller Bass explained that the play is not meant to make fun, though there are funny moments, but rather to find joy in the communication. The sub-title, "An Exaltation of Larks," symbolizes "a moment of utter bliss," she said, using larks as imagery in their melodious rise to the sky.
According to Sandglass, residents' words, images and creative imaginations "yield work that is poetic, humorous, and quite mysterious. From these stories form scenes of the inner life of the characters, and creating a piece that reflects both the stigma and the acceptance, the despair and the joy, that is equally present and possible, in both the person with dementia and in their caregivers and family members."
To date, an estimated 35.6 million people worldwide are living with dementia, according to the World Health Organization. That number is expected to double by 2030 and more than triple by 2050. Currently, an estimated 5.2 million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer's disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association. This includes an estimated five million people age 65 and older and approximately 200,000 individuals younger than age 65 who have younger-onset Alzheimer's.
Joan Williamson, TimeSlips coordinator in Milwaukee, said that thousands of people worldwide have trained in the storytelling method since its inception in 1997, especially since online training is available. Currently, there are 11 master trainers and approximately 50 certified facilitators and "that number is growing by the week," she said.
In addition to the main training center in Milwaukee, she said there are eight TimeSlips certified facilities, "organizations who have undergone additional training to embed TimeSlips into the culture of their facility and sustain it in the years to come." Because of the quick growth of TimeSlips, Williamson said the organization moved out of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee this past summer and is now a separate nonprofit.
"This allows us to be more nimble meeting the needs of a growing aging population," she added.
For further info: touchstone.org sandglasstheater.org
Pianist Benjamin Hochman solos with the Reading Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Andrew Constantine, on Saturday at 8 p.m., at the Santander Performing Arts Center in Reading. Hochman will perform the Herculean masterpiece, "Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto." Also on the program is Hindemith's "Music for Strings and Brass," as well as Mozart's "Symphony No. 29."
Hochman is recognized as a passionate interpreter of diverse composers from Bach and Mozart, to Berg and Kurtag, with a penchant for juxtaposing familiar works with the unfamiliar.
The Reading Symphony Youth Orchestra Junior and Senior members will join in the evening as they perform Rossini's "William Tell Overture." The Youth Orchestra, in its 25th year, is under the direction of RSO cellist Peter Brye.
For further info: readingsymphony.org
"Centered: GoggleWorks Artists 9th Annual Exhibition" opens Saturday and runs through Jan. 5, 2014, at the GoggleWorks in Reading. The exhibit includes some 40 juried artists and alumni selected by the exhibition committee jury to be included in the GoggleWorks studios. On display will be a variety of mediums, including watercolor, oil, acrylic, photography, ceramics, sculpture and multi-media pieces in a variety of genres.
A First Friday reception will be held Dec. 6 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
For more info: goggleworks.org
A community discussion on accessibility, "START ACCESS NOW," will be presented by Betty Siegel, Esq., director of VSA and accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, on Nov. 21, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., at the Lehigh Valley Health Network, 2100 Mack Blvd., Allentown. The program is being hosted by the Lehigh Valley Arts Council, in cooperation with the Lehigh Valley Health Network.
Siegel's talk will address the civil rights of people with disabilities, good customer service practices, and the implications of the Americans for Disabilities Act for nonprofit organizations. She is knowledgeable in ways that cultural groups can provide people with disabilities greater access to the arts.


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NIAGARA FALLS – A city man apparently strangled his girlfriend and slashed her throat before fatally shooting himself Monday night in her 29th Street home, police said.
The deceased were identified as Peter G. Daniels, 37, and Elizabeth R. Wilson, 31, a former resident of Bath. Their bodies were found in Wilson's home at 548 29th St. Daniels lived across the street with his parents.
Investigators confirmed that the two had an on-again, off-again relationship for several years. Some of Daniels' neighbors, friends and family members told police that there were some unreported domestic issues and that Daniels might have been stalking Wilson, said Detective Lt. Michael Trane.
Officers arriving at the home Monday night found a grisly scene with a large amount of blood.
"They weren't both killed the same way. He had her blood on him. He killed her with a knife, which was found at the scene," said Capt. William M. Thomson, chief of detectives. He said officers found Wilson's body with knife wounds to the throat and Daniels' body with a gunshot wound to the head.
Daniels' family members were the first to discover the apparent murder-suicide, just after 7:30 p.m. Monday.
His mother told police that her son, who lived in her home across the street from his girlfriend, had just left her house and that shortly afterward, she heard a gunshot.
Thomson said the mother alerted her other son, Philip Daniels, who called police when he found the two bodies.
Police found Peter Daniels' body in a seated position, propped up against a wall in the dining room with a pump-action shotgun between his legs.
Wilson's body was lying in the same room.
Niagara County Coroner Cindy-Lou Joyce said that it was too early to determine what time Wilson was killed.
However, it appeared that she was dead before Peter Daniels went across the street to talk with his mother, Thomson said.
Trane said Daniels' mother was concerned about the way he was behaving.
"He was only in the house for a few minutes, but he had blood on him," Trane said. "His mother called some family members, and while she was doing this, she heard [gunfire] from across the street."
Both Trane and Thomson said it was unclear what led to the violence.
"The two people who can tell us best are gone," Thomson said.
Trane said neighbors had reported hearing arguing coming from the house that night.
"After the fact, neighbors told us that they thought his behavior was weird and that he appeared to be stalking her," Trane said. "We've never had any calls of any domestic issues between the two of them, but based on our interviews of mostly Elizabeth's friends and family, there were some domestic issues that were never reported to police. Certainly we'd like to know if there were previous threats."
Trane added, "If any man or woman feels as if they are in danger is a domestic relationship, please call the police or a friend. If you know somebody who is having domestic issues and are afraid to call the police, please call for them. We don't know what the cause was in this case, but there had never been a call – to us.
"You can't second-guess now, but in the future, for other people, it couldn't hurt to get the police involved."
Daniels had received numerous honors as a bodybuilder, but Trane said there were no signs of steroids, needles or any other pharmaceuticals in his house.
"The medical examiner is currently doing toxicology on the body," Trane said. "Other than rumor and conjecture, we have no reason to believe he was on steroids."
At Primerano Fitness, where Daniels trained, an employee who asked not to be identified told The Buffalo News that Daniels was a member of the Natural Muscle Association and participated only in regulated, natural contests, where members are strictly tested for drugs before participating.
The employee said Daniels had been scheduled to participate in the Olympus contest for bodybuilders in three weeks.
Daniels was a member of the Army Reserve and had a son.
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With sufficient snow, the tracks are maintained at their full length, from Saas Balen as far as Eyu-Alp behind Saas Almagell. At 15 km there's even the possibility of skating. Another 6 km long tracks trail is located in Saas-Fee, leading through a 154-meter climb in altitude and culminating in spectacular views of the glacial landscape.
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Sean Lowe Blogs About the Most Impressive Women on The Bachelor
Going into the first night as The Bachelor, I was filled with an excitement that I can't quite put into words. I was so anxious to meet the women and I had so many questions that needed answering. Would I feel a connection with anyone? Am I going to meet my future wife tonight? Can I really carry on 25 different conversations with 25 different women? Am I going to make it out alive?
Those questions, concerns and fears were all put to rest very quickly. The women amazed me. They seemed sweet, funny and gorgeous! Any nerves I had going into the first night were calmed by the unusual and very funny antics of a few women.
I felt so bad for Robyn when she attempted that back handspring and landed on her head. But I must admit, it was a great icebreaker and it definitely made a big impression on me. I love a girl who doesn't take herself too seriously. And Lesley definitely scored points with me when she pulled the football prank on me. It was fun, creative and most importantly, it made me want to spend more time with her.
But the woman who made the biggest entrance of the night had to be Lindsay. The girl showed up in a wedding dress! My first thought was that she was crazy, but I quickly learned that it was just her quirky sense of humor and she wasn't afraid to put herself out there. Lindsay was someone I wouldn't forget.
The woman who made the biggest impression on me was Tierra. I can't explain it but I just felt an immediate connection with Tierra. Her piercing eyes and beautiful smile stopped me in my tracks and I knew right then and there that I wanted to give her a rose. I didn't stop to think that by giving her a rose so quickly I might be putting a target on her back, but I'm glad I made that decision because I knew I wanted to spend more time with Tierra.
Kacie's BackAfter meeting the 25 women, I was ready to get inside and start talking with them but of course Chris Harrison had a surprise for me: there was a 26th woman and it was none other than Kacie from Ben Flajnik's season of The Bachelor.
I was shocked to see her step out of the limo because I was already friends with her. We met at a charity function a few months prior and I was able to spend a good amount of time with her. I thought she was really sweet and fun, but I never looked at her in a romantic light and I had no idea she had developed a crush on me. I knew it would be a transition for me viewing Kacie as someone who is more than a friend, but I was certainly willing to try because I respect her as a person so much.
After meeting the 26 women, I was finally able to go inside and hang out with them all. I've never been so overwhelmed in my life! I only had one message I wanted to convey to them: be yourself and have fun. It was important to me that they hear that because I often felt like I wasn't my normal loose self around Emily, and I've always regretted that she didn't fully get to see that side of me.
Once I was over the initial shock of the room full of beautiful women, I was able to sit down and start talking to them on an individual basis. I was blown away by not only how attractive the women were but how intelligent and accomplished so many of them were. I've always said that there is nothing sexier than a woman's intellect – and I was certainly not disappointed by this group.
I will say that moving from woman to woman and keeping up with each conversation was exhausting. I wanted to be attentive to everyone so I was really focusing on each woman but it wore me out! There came a point during the evening when I had to get away for a few minutes by myself to eat and decompress.
Too Few RosesI made the decision to hand out roses during the cocktail party because I felt like being in the moment. Each rose I handed out was just a way of my telling that woman that I liked her and wanted to get to know her more. I found myself handing out roses left and right and thought it would make the ceremony easier. But then when it came time, there were so few roses left and so many great women that it was just as hard!
Overall, I had an amazing first night and I am so excited to start this crazy new journey with all of you. I don't think I realized right away, though, just how crazy the journey would be! I hope you will watch next Monday, too – as each week went by it became harder and harder to figure out just who was the perfect girl for me. They came in so many different packages – some that I never would have imagined myself meeting and falling for.
Wait until you see who I go on dates with next week. Some of my choices were obvious – like Sarah, the bravest Bachelorette, who despite her life's obstacles was willing to jump off a building with me – and some were less obvious, like my photo session with a group of vampires, and figuring out who could handle a really bold prank.
Thanks for watching – and reading!


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Bill Gates' keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show
2008 revealed a rather startling statistic with regards to the
sales and acceptance performance of Windows Vista.
Gates told the audience that Windows Vista has sold more
than 100 million copies since the operating system's launch in January
2007. When comparing pure numbers against Windows XP, which sold only 89 million
copies in its first year, Windows Vista appears to be a hit – but looking at
the big picture sheds a different sort of light on the matter.
With the PC market at nearly twice the size today as it was
in 2001, InformationWeek
surmises that Windows Vista captured around 39 percent of the new PC market in
its first year, while Windows XP managed to grab 67 percent of the new PC
market during its initial period.
The rather lukewarm response to Windows Vista must be
troubling for Microsoft. In response to customers with cold feet on the new OS,
Dell in April 2007 brought back the option
for its customers to choose Windows XP. Microsoft then took things another
step further by allowing
OEMs to downgrade Windows Vista Business and Ultimate installations to
Windows XP.
In December 2007, PC World named Windows Vista the #1
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Double diaper-double diaper.
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Just in case. Plan-B. A back up, in case the first is not enough. Contingent upon, given, if, in case , in the case that, in the event, on condition, subject to, supposing, in order to avoid, so that, to prevent
You should bring some extra cash, you know, double diapers." "Grab a flashlight. Double diapers if it gets dark." "I doubt the house paint will work. Double diapers, there is plenty of spray paint in the garage." "I can take the letter to the post-office double diapers the mailman comes too early.
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