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Artist: Hardcore Superstar
Album: Beg For It
Genre: Rock
Why don't you lock your door
Never seen a bad guy before
No no no
Lock your door
I've never seen you like this before
You used to be on the floor
No no no
On the floor
No one is pure
Nothing to adore
My way will take you home
Next time
Take 'em all out
That's why we love life
So sick
To bring 'em all down
So we can love life
That's what we all would like
Bad girls can be pure
But I've never seen one before
No one's pure
Oh no one's pure
Innocence be destroyed
Nothing to avoid
No no more
Any more
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I have a requirement wherein my biz layer needs info abt logged in user profile. the web layer authenticates user using weblogic internal ldap and calls session bean of biz layer. In the biz layer i m able to retrieve the loggedin userid using sessionContext.getCallerPrincipal(). But i do need more info like user_preferences,emp_id as well. Is there a way of setting these attributes in Context obj which gets propagated across weblogic servers transparently. Otherwise i need to modify all my session bean api to accept userPreferencesDTO as additional parameter.
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Google is using its hugely successful online ad system to let its advertisers target ads to run in newspapers and over the radio in specific markets. Meanwhile, auction site eBay is building a pilot online exchange for the buying and selling of cable TV ad time.
The hopes are that more advertisers will have access to the traditional ad markets, media outlets will boost their ad profits, and Web-based technology will streamline a business where faxes, FedEx packages and phone calls still predominate.
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Rainmakers International
Most primetime ad space--known as inventory in industry parlance--is sold months in advance. However, television and radio stations are often left with unsold inventory that Google and other Web-based systems allow the stations to sell at the last minute.
"One thing they all have in common is they have figured out how to use the Internet to manage the supply chain of unsold inventory at the local level," said Mike Boggs, national sales director at Rainmakers International, an ad agency that serves national and local radio and television markets.
"Three years ago, a guy like me wouldn't have been able to sell unsold inventory at the local level because we would have had to call every station," he said. "Now, we can buy inventory at the last minute in specific cities and do it efficiently."
Enabling online ad buying for traditional advertising like print and radio over Web-based exchanges and networks will not only offer a way for media outlets to get rid of unsold inventory but also bring prices down to affordable levels for smaller companies that have been priced out of the market, experts said.
"Everything Google stands for is just monetizing inventory, whether it's online or the audio side," Boggs said. "My hope is they'll be able to do the same thing on the local TV side, particularly cable. It's a tough market for us to penetrate and it's overpriced. Buying CNN at the local level isn't affordable."
Google tests the waters
As usual, Google is making the biggest waves in the industry. The search giant has tested the waters with trial sales of ads in magazines and announced plans in November to run a test involving more than 100 advertisers and more than 60 newspapers.
The company last year began testing Google Audio Ads, its automated advertising system for radio. Now working with 700 stations in 200 metro markets and an unspecified number of advertisers, the service integrates technology from Google's acquisition of radio ad company dMarc Broadcasting.
Google is in talks with CBS on a deal that could see it selling ads to run on CBS-owned radio stations and distributing CBS content, a Merrill Lynch research report said last week. Google has declined to comment on the report.
Google also is eyeballing outdoor display and billboard advertising, according to a research report Bear Stearns analyst Robert Peck issued on Tuesday that links to a recent patent filing by Google. Asked about that filing, a Google spokesman said: "We file patent applications on a variety of ideas that our employees come up with. Some of those ideas later mature into real products or services, some don't. Prospective product announcements should not necessarily be inferred from our patent applications."
Industry insiders expect Google to move into the television market. And why not?
"We've got an efficient marketplace, hundreds of thousands of advertisers who are all looking for additional reach that is cost-effective," said Richard Holden, a director of product management for Google's advertising business. "The philosophy in terms of our large marketplace of advertisers, the efficiency and our toolset can be extended to a lot of different ad markets."
Google provides a bridge for small and medium-size businesses that have never advertised beyond the Internet to reach publishers and broadcasters whose sales teams are typically devoted to the big ad budgets of the biggest brands.
Job ads in Utah
Domain name provider Register.com ran ads in Utah's The Deseret Morning News and The Salt Lake Tribune as part of Google's newspaper test, said Craig Cooperman, director of acquisition marketing at Register.com. The ads targeted job seekers and included phone numbers and Web addresses that enabled Register.com to track how well the ads performed, he said.
Google offers the flexibility for advertisers to shift ad campaigns to new markets and to move them within different sections of the newspapers, as well as manage the newspaper ad campaign in conjunction with its search ad campaigns, Cooperman said.
The Register.com newspaper ads were purchased with the help of search marketer Did-It, which also is helping customers buy radio ads through Google. "Google provided significant price discounts, which made it a no-brainer," Did-It Chief Executive Bill Wise said of his firm's participation in the Google Audio test. In addition to offering discounts to advertisers, Wise said he suspects Google is offering stations revenue guarantees as a way to grow its radio ad network, much like it did to create its online search ad network.


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Columbus Day Holiday: All Neighborhood and Community Services programs, activities and facilities including Fastran transportation services will be closed Monday, October 10, for the Columbus Day Holiday.
Fastran offers specialized transportation services for residents of Fairfax County and the Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church participating in human service agency programs. All Fastran riders must be certified by a participating agency before utilizing the service.
Critical Medical Care
This transportation service is for Fairfax county residents who must undergo life sustaining treatments. This includes dialysis, radiology, physical therapy, chemotherapy, brain injury therapy, and water therapy. Transportation service under this program is not guaranteed, but is provided on a space available basis. Please select Critical Medical Care Program (CMCP) for the application.
Taxi Voucher Program
Effective July 1, 2013, the Dial-A-Ride bus transportation will transition to a discounted Taxi Voucher program. Eligible county residents will be able to purchase taxi coupon books valued at $33 for $10 per book. For more information and eligibility requirements please call 703-222-9764.
If you are interested in certification for the Critical Medical Care Program, please print the application from the link above. For certification for other transportation needs, contact the human service agency sponsor below.
Community Services Board - to and from support services and worksites related to intellectual disability, mental health and the Recovery Women's Center
Senior Centers - Arranged through centers only
Senior Residences - To weekly group grocery shopping trips and Monthly mall trips to residents of 18 senior residence developments. Trips scheduled by sites
Senior Adult Day Health Care - To and from adult day health care centers
NCS Therapeutic Recreation Services - Intellectual or physical disabilities to outings and structured recreational activities
During periods of snow or other inclement weather, Fastran service may be canceled. Listen to your radio for Fairfax County Public School announcements or call Fastran customer service at 703-222-9764, press 8, TTY: 703-324-7079.
If Fairfax County Public Schools are CLOSED, trips will be handled as follows:
- FASTRAN will transport dialysis, chemotherapy, and radiation trips only.
- All other scheduled route services are canceled – including senior centers, adult day health care, Women's Recovery Center, senior residence trips and charter services.
If Fairfax County Public Schools open 1-2 hours late or close early, trips will be handled as follows:
- FASTRAN will transport dialysis, chemotherapy, and radiation trips as scheduled.
- FASTRAN will transport morning mental health, intellectual disability services and ADAPT clients (operating on the same delay/early release schedule)
- All other scheduled route services are canceled – including senior centers, adult day health care, Women's Recovery Center, senior residence trips and charter services.
Note: Riders are expected to keep sidewalks passable at their homes either by removing ice/snow or by spreading kitty litter for traction.
Cancellation Line: 703-324-7068 (24 hour recording - leave a message) Please mention your name, your FASTRAN identification number, the day of the trip to be canceled, and if you are canceling one way or both ways.
Fastran Customer Service: 703-222-9764, ext. 3 TTY: 703-324-7079. For English, press1, Spanish 2.
Cancellation Line: 703-324-7068 (24 hour recording - leave a message) Please mention your name, your FASTRAN identification number, the day of the trip to be canceled, and if you are canceling one way or both ways.
METRO ACCESS (Fastran does not operate the local Metro Access Service).
You also may be interested in Metro/Access Para Transit Service. This service was designed by the Washington Metropolitan AreaTransit Authority (WMATA) to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). These riders are unable to use traditional fixed-route bus or rail service due to physical or cognitive disability or inaccessibility of facilities.
Eligibility: 301-562-5361, TTY 711
Rides: 1-800-523-7009 TTY: 301-588-7535
Complaints: 202-637-0128 TTY: 202-962-2565
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Coordinated Services English 703-222-0880, TTY 703-324-7079, Spanish Translation 703-631-3366, TTY 703-324-7079
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Springfield Yellow Cab - 703-451-2255, TTY 711
Taxi Fare: $3.25 for first 1/5 of a mile and $2.10 per mile there
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White Top Cab - 703-644-4500, TTY 711
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Welcome to Costume Curio, Inc. - the Southeast's Premiere costumer, located near downtown Greenville, South Carolina. With over 20 years of professional theatrical costuming experience, we do our best to help the community take their performing arts to the next level, by providing local actors, actresses, artists, and directors with the costumes and makeup they need to be their best, when nothing else is good enough.
Costume Curio is a small, experienced team of dedicated professionals. At Costume Curio, if we don't carry it, we can get it--and if we can't get it, we can make it.
If you'd like to contact us, just use the information on the left side of each page on this site or see the information below. Theatres, universities, and businesses can find appropriate information on our Theatres page.
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- Review the available spreadsheet templates
- Download and complete the templates according to the user guidelines
- Click the "Choose File" button on the right to upload the completed spreadsheet
- Receive a validated Darwin Core Archive file or EML metadata document.
- To publish, put the Darwin Core Archive file and EML metadata document online, with a stable URL.
- Follow the GBIF data registration guidelines to register the data files with GBIFS.
Note: The processor does NOT publish a datafile to GBIF. It provides a publication-ready file.
Available Spreadsheet Templates – The processor currently only supports a set of pre-configured spreadsheet 'template' files. Each is available in the older XLS format and the new XLSX format, which supports more than 64,000 rows.
The following templates are available:
- Metadata - Use this template to describe a database or other data resource. Processor output is an Ecological Metadata Language Document that conforms to a GBIF metadata profile. [XLSX format]
Species Occurrence - Use this template to record or store basic species collections or observational data. [XLSX format]
Species Checklists – These templates provide different methods for recording and storing simple annotated species checklists. The different versions offer different methods for recording classification information.
Checklist 1 - Supports a 'normalised' classification where the classification is stored in two spreadsheet columns: one stores the ID of the taxon and another stores the ID of the parent taxon. [XLSX format]
- Checklist 2 - Classification in columns where the user can define the specific higher taxon groups. Useful when using super- or sub- ranks or other ranks outside the core Linnaean ranks. [XLSX format]
- Checklist 3 - Classification in columns is limited to the basic Linnaean ranks of Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, etc. [XLSX format]
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American Airlines Continues to Increase Service From South Florida
American Airlines today launched additional routes and new service into several U.S. and Latin American destinations from South Florida. Beginning today, customers flying out of Miami International Airport will have greater access to cities in Colombia, as well as the option to fly nonstop to Santa Cruz, Bolivia; Phoenix, Ariz.; Sarasota/Bradenton, Fla.; and Savannah, Ga., while Fort Lauderdale customers will now be able to fly to Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic without having to make any connections.
"This expansion of service out of Miami and Fort Lauderdale demonstrates our strong commitment to sustained growth and progress in South Florida and Latin America," said Peter Dolara, American Airlines Senior Vice President based in Miami. "These additions help to boost tourism locally. We also recognize the importance of supplementing our extensive national network and facilitating connections to the rest of the Americas."
For Colombia, the service additions include new daily service between Miami and Barranquilla. Existing service into Medellin and Bogota will be increased by one daily roundtrip each, increasing service to two and three daily flights, respectively. Domestically from Miami, American Airlines will fly nonstop to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, while American Eagle will offer passengers two daily roundtrips to Sarasota/Bradenton and one daily roundtrip to Savannah. Service from Fort Lauderdale will grow with the addition of one daily roundtrip flight to San Jose, Costa Rica, and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
American Airlines customers enjoy many additional amenities, including the ability to check up to two pieces of luggage of 50 pounds or less each at no additional cost, complimentary non-alcoholic beverages, and food on many flights. Customers on American and American Eagle also have the opportunity to earn and redeem AAdvantage® miles. From South Florida, American and American Eagle offer more flights to more destinations than any other carrier.
American is a founding member of the global oneworld® Alliance. About American Airlines
American Airlines is the world's largest airline. American, American Eagle and the AmericanConnection® airlines serve 250 cities in over 40 countries with more than 4,000 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 1,000 aircraft. American's award-winning Web site, AA.com, provides users with easy access to check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and travel offers. American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld® Alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve nearly 700 destinations in over 140 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation. AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, AA.com and AAdvantage are registered trademarks of American Airlines, Inc. .
AmericanAirlines® We know why you fly® Current AMR Corp. releases can be accessed on the Internet. The address is http://www.aa.com/
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December 14, 2011
The Long Island Regional Economic Development Council Wins 1 of 4 "Best Plan Awardees"
It's been a busy week for the Long Island Association. The Long Island Regional Economic Development Council, co-chaired by Kevin Law and Stuart Rabinowitz, won one of four "Best Plan Awardees" and an impressive $101.6 million in state funding, Kevin has been chosen by Suffolk County Executive-elect Steve Bellone to lead the national search to find a new police commissioner for Suffolk County, the reduction of the MTA Payroll Tax, and the Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange Marshall N. Carter spoke at an LIA Executive Breakfast about the present state and future of the U.S. economy.
To keep you informed, below are the links to the latest media coverage of the LIA:
Newsday, December 13, 2011 - NYSE chief not optimistic about economy
NewsLI.com, December 13, 2011 - Law Signed Repealing MTA Tax For Over 700K Taxpayers
Newsday, December 12, 2011 – Cuomo, in West Hempstead, OKs MTA tax cut
Newsday, December 11, 2011 - $101M state award to Long Island just the start
LIBN, December 9, 2011 – Newsmaker of the week, LI Regional Economic Development Council
LIBN, December 8, 2011 – Long Island wins $101M in NY eco dev funding
Newsday, December 8, 2011 – LI wins $101.6 million in state jobs aid
Long Island Press, December 7, 2011 – Bellone Panel Searches for New Police Commissioner
Timesunion.com, December 7, 2011 – Senate: Politics, policy push change
Newsday, December 5, 2011 – Kevin Law to lead Suffolk commish search


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The First Assessment Safe Team (FAST) is a rapid response team that was created as one of the initiatives in the nationwide Saving 100,000 Lives campaign. Early in 2007, the team implemented stroke protocols to identify and begin treating stroke among hospital inpatients immediately. "The FAST team was developed to keep hospital inpatients from losing their window of opportunity for treatment if they have a stroke," said Dr. Pahner. Joyce Conner, RN, CCRN, weekend clinical supervisor of Critical Care Services, led the development of the program. As Conner explained, "Time is critical when dealing with a stroke. The protocols we developed allow the FAST team to start treatment immediately if a patient is exhibiting signs of a stroke. Any floor nurse who becomes concerned about a patient can call the FAST team, which can then initiate steps even when it is not possible to reach the patient's physician right away."
According to Conner, "The FAST team looks for acute changes such as slurring of speech, facial drooping or weakness. To rule out other possible causes, we check blood sugar and oxygen levels and review the patient's medicines. All the while, we continue trying to reach their physician. In the meantime, we can go ahead and order a CAT scan and contact a neurologist. We can also do a thrombolytic screening to make sure they aren't ruled out as a candidate for a clot-busting drug. By getting all the pieces in place, the doctors can take action more quickly to stop the progress of the stroke, and do everything possible to reverse the symptoms."


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$7.99Following Naked and All In, in the third part in the Blackstone Affair series Brynne and Ethan find their life together riddled with conflict.Big surprises are on the horizon for Ethan and Brynne as they struggle to adjust to what life has thrown at them. Demons from the past are threatening to destroy the passionate bond they've forged despite their vow that nothing will ever keep them apart. A
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BEFORE SOLVING THE PROBLEM, please explain to me why the setup circuit on chegg ASSSUMES that the 8V and 3V are in series?
I am really confused about that because I though that for any element to be in series, one END of each element has to DIRECTLY connect to each other, with NO OTHER JUNCTION in between.
But in this circuit problem, the 2 ohm resistor and 3A current source is directly in between the 8V and 3V voltage source, so HOW IS IT THAT THE 2 VOLTAGE SOURCE are in SERIES???
Here's what I mean:
Please explain clearly why is that the 8V and 3V are in series BEFORE solving the circuit problem.
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You may feel warmhearted toward others today and spend time demonstrating your affection through kind gestures and encouraging words. These activities can result in a sense of joy as others convey gratitude and pleasure about the ways you have touched their lives. You can increase this sense of harmony by also taking time to honor yourself through activities that inspire and soothe you. Today would be a good day to indulge in an uplifting period of visualization to boost your spirits. Imagine taking a trip to a scenic location and attuning your senses to the beauty surrounding you. Feel a sense of peace and joy coursing through every fiber of your being, refreshing and renewing your positive mind-set. Then continue with your day and allow your good feelings to color the moments you share with the important people in your life.
Honoring ourselves with a sense of well-being and inner harmony helps our interactions with others flow more smoothly, easily, and joyfully. When we feel good, we notice that our relationships seem to prosper. Our sense of compassion and generosity is magnified, and we enjoy an easygoing attitude that allows us to fit well with any personality. The better we feel, the more powerful impact we can have on our relationships with others, encouraging continued growth and richness in the connections we value. The inner harmony you create by uplifting your mood and mind-set will also be extended into the relationships you share with others today.
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What's the worst thing you have ever done?
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Killed a cow on my motorcycle
How he got on my motorcycle I'll never know
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this is a serious question. I laughed tho.
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this is a serious question. I laughed tho.
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I'm serious
I shouldn't have made a joke about it. Groucho's ghost made me do it.
I was coming around a curve at 40 mph late at night. There were two black cows in the road, one on the center line and one in my lane. I only had time to try to go in between them and me and the cow in my lane side swiped each other. He hit my turn signal, the right cylinder head and my leg. It cracked open his skull, broke a horn and killed him. I didn't go down. If I had hit him head on I'm sure I'd be dead. That night I told the farmer about it. The vultures were on it the next day then someone picked it up we don't know who. I still feel bad about it even though it was an accident.
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Road kill
Don'cha just love it? Fresh meat for anyone with a half-ton coming along behind you.
Many on a motorcycle try to both brake and swerve at the same time when trying to suddenly avoid obstacles that would put them down. It's better to do one or the other, but not both, and in fact making up one's mind to brake only may be the better option - at least until you get your speed down.
Yeah, yeah, I know, you young guys with balls of steel will disagree.
Of course, this doesn't apply to motorcycle ABS brake systems, since I haven't ridden with such a system and am unfamiliar with its braking characteristics.
As always, YMMV. (In other words, what works for me may not work for you.)
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I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die
Oh wait, that was somebody else.
Never mind.
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I once got head from Amelia Earhart!
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I wrote a poison-pen letter to my former junior high school
The thing is, I'd do it again.
The artist formerly known as Zorro.
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oh come on...
Hello Primal Folks!
This is my first post, after a couple months lurking on this website.
I just discovered about the whole primal/paleo concept back them and dived right in!
So today, I come with a question to which, even after a "thorough" literature/web research, I couldn't answer too.
I would have loved to be one of the protagonist of a "Dear Mark," but I followed his advice and decided to first give it a shot here.
In my paleo-transformation process, I decided to work on my usual cereal and milk breakfast and replace it by something safer.
As a baby step, I chose to prepare a mix of nuts, seeds and dry fruits, and to eat a handful of it with some fresh fruits and yoghurt.
Now, nuts and seeds are most probably healthier if soaked; I learned that fact and totally agree and understand it, but ! :
If the process is used to get rid of phytic acid, and phytic acid is a chelating ligand that hold on minerals preventing their absorption in the guts when I soak my nuts in water, maybe some enzymes deal with the phytic acid but most probably, the minerals will dissolve in that water and end in the beautiful lake of my city when I'll discard the liquid...
I learned today that when soaking nuts, we were more concerned about enzymes inhibitors that are turned off by inducing sprouting conditions than the actual phytate.
Yet, even if I could see how the nuts really just need to be wet on the inside, my experience showed that if you put it in water overnight, it gets pretty damp!
What do you think about mineral loss during soaking?
Not only in nuts and seed, but for the whole fermenting/soaking process to make not-optimal foods better concept.
Last edited by Maurin; 04-23-2013 at 09:02 AM.
oh come on...
I heard hot water soaks can decrease fertility...
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
And that's why I'm here eating HFLC Primal/Paleo.
If it concerns you then drink the water or use it to make something.
AKA: Texas Grok
Sorry about that!
I changed the title from the ubiquitous "Do I lose some minerals when I soak my nuts?" To a more decent one
My question was serious though!
Last edited by Maurin; 04-23-2013 at 09:04 AM.
Soaking nuts (and grains) removes the anti nutrient coating, making the nutrients more bio available. I don't think you need to worry about losing minerals. Do not use the soaking water...that is where all the nasty is!
You're probably right.
I could see how the phytate is located in the skin. Making blanching the nuts enough to get rid of it. But enzyme inhibitors, deep down in the meat, need sprouting conditions to disappear.
There's actually a study on the decrease/increase of nutrients in sprouted millet : Nutritive value of malted millet flours - Springer
Maybe, hopefully, millet is very different from nuts, but this study shows that phytic acid is not really reduced by 24h soaking, but an afterward 48h germination is much more effective.
More importantly, the 24h soaking didn't reduce the mineral content (except for a little calcium and magnesium that were probably counter-ions to the phytate) which is good news!
Since I now know that phytic acid might not the primary concern in nuts (although my favorite brazil nut is pretty high in the stuff..) and that soaking does not seem to cause mineral loss, I'm happy!
I ate about 150gm macadamia nuts yesterday, and digestively i think i did ok, apart from the obvious over the limit portion size. Hence i think, they contain less phytic acid/enzyme inhibitors, which sort of makes sense because their shells are bloody hard to crack open, and i hazard a wild guess that being their main defense mechanism, once you get past that it's good to eat!


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It was the music business at its brightest. Newcomers such as Bobby Brown and Tracy Chapman honoring rock pioneers Wilson Pickett, Ike and Tina Turner, John Lee Hooker, and the Impressions. The Byrds reuniting to sing their classic version of "Mr. Tambourine Man." And everybody from LaVern Baker to Bruce Springsteen taking the stage for a final jam session to end the sixth annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dinner at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
Trouble is, fans of those inducted will have to wait to see their heroes' likenesses enshrined. After almost six years of fund-raising, planning and black-tie inductions, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum doesn't even exist—except as a windswept, vacant lot on the edge of Lake Erie in Cleveland.
"It's pretty embarrassing," says longtime Cleveland disc jockey John Lanigan. "After a while it's like. 'Whatever happened to it?' "
Conceived in 1985, the hall was intended to honor rock's originators and to "show that there is. musically and sociologically, a serious point of view that can be taken about this music." says Atlantic Records Chairman Ahmet Ertegun. granddaddy of the project. But its cost, first estimated at $15 million, has now soared to $65 million-plus, and some of the hall's critics are gelling cranky. "You have to wonder why there's such a problem." concedes rock-promoter Bill Graham, who sits on the board of the New York City-based Rock and Roll Hall of lame Foundation. "I there it is, years later, and we still haven't broken ground."
When plans for a museum were first announced, cities across the U.S.—including Detroit. Philadelphia. Memphis and New York—began lobbying to land the project. Cleveland got the nod after 110,000 local rock fans responded to a USA Today call-in poll (only some 7.000 cast votes for runner-up Memphis). Cleveland, local boosters proudly noted, was the home of famed deejay Alan Freed, the man who is reputed to have first used the term "rock and roll" to describe the music. (No matter, of course, that Ireed went on to greater fame in the payola scandals of the late 1950s.)
To the Hall of Fame Foundation, however, cash counted even more than call-in votes. The truth was, Cleveland businessmen and local politicians simply promised the most money toward construction of the Hall of Fame and Museum complex. Says Ertegun: "Their bid was far more attractive than anybody else's." By 1987 land had been donated by a local developer, and I.M. Pci was hired to design a structure. He concocted a soaring glass pyramid connected to an 18-story building that would house exhibit space, archives, a recording studio, artifacts, even a disc jockey booth from which radio shows could be broadcast. "We wanted something really spectacular." says Rolling Stone editor and publisher Jann Wenner. a foundation board member and a key supporter of the project.
But all did not go smoothly. Designs for the hall's interior layout, not done by Pei, were termed "too glitzy," and revised plans pointed up a lack of space at the proposed site. Supporters started looking for a new location, Pei and the design teams went back to the drawing board, and cost estimates began to rise.
Meanwhile, the splashy induction dinners continued year after year at the Waldorf. This month, as usual, some 1,000 guests paid up to $1,250 apiece to attend. What few apparently knew, however, was that the dinners, brimming with rock stars and record-company executives, were contributing almost nothing toward the Hall of Fame itself. Of the $50 million raised for the project so far, only $1.25 million has come from the dinners' sponsors, the Hall of Fame Foundation. The bulk has come from Cleveland via corporate sponsors and public funding.
"The dinner was never intended to be a fund-raiser," says Suzan Evans, the foundation's executive director. "The costs are enormous. We fly everybody in, put them up and arrange for transportation. The dinners pay for themselves."
"That's bordering on being fraudulent." snaps Joyce McCrea, a talent manager and producer who works to help financially strapped R&B artists. "They're milking the fame of these people to have a party for themselves." McCrea, among others, argues that any money raised would be better spent on indigent, aging musicians rather than on shrines. Ex-rocker Joey Dee, of "Peppermint Twist" fame, agrees. Dee, 50, now heads the Foundation for the Love of Rock 'n' Roll, which provides aid to down-and-out musicians. "They're building a wonderful edifice, and that should be done." he says of the museum's supporters. "But taking care of people is more important than another plaque to Mick Jagger. Tributes are nice, but they don't feed people."
They do feed egos, however, at least according to Albert Goldman, author of the controversial biographies Elvis and The Lives of John Lennon. The real beneficiaries of the induction dinners, claims Goldman, are record-company executives. "They do the dinner to congratulate themselves." he says. "The hype for them is worth $1,200 a plate." As for the aging honorees, "Everyone is sitting there like old-time Broadway comics in their tuxedos, toasting each other as if they were at a Friar's roast. Rock and roll is supposed to be wild and anarchic. To turn it into a grand institution in the style of Hollywood is just ludicrous."
And that, of course, raises another question: Does music grounded in rebellion even belong in a museum, of all things? If so, what are its ancient artifacts? So far, the only one purchased—for $15.000—is a handwritten copy of Jimi Hcndrix's "Purple Haze" lyrics. Now what? Madonna's nose-cone brassieres? Michael Jackson's makeup kit?
To meet the ever-growing costs of the project, those artifacts will have to draw nearly 700,000 visitors a year, about equal to the annual attendance at Graceland. Many doubt it can. "Graceland's the site of a religion," snorts one rock critic. "It's like comparing Mecca to Disneyland."
Even so, neither the Cleveland boosters nor the Hall of Fame Foundation seem discouraged. A new site has been chosen, a search is under way for a museum curator, and ground may actually be broken this year. The project, says Cleveland Mayor Michael White, "will be on time and on budget. And ultimately the induction ceremony will be here."
As for critics who would rather see the money spent otherwise, Jann Wenner is quick to reply. "Does the Metropolitan Museum run homes for the indigent?" he asks. "We're putting on one of the most interesting and enjoyable, nonexploitive dinners that the music business has ever seen. We are reviving careers. We are honoring people that have been forgotten. We are putting together a repository for the history of this music. None of this has been done before."
And so, like a long-playing record, the project spins on. Despite the delays, dollars and design problems, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum just may open, according to the latest schedule, in early 1994, enshrining a once proudly renegade art form in a glass tower for tourists. That, says Wenner, is as it should be. After all, he says, "sooner or later, everything ends up in a museum."
—Cynthia Sanz, Robin Micheli in Los Angeles and Cleveland
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- June 28, 1976
- Vol. 5
- No. 25
Cardin Gowns, Towels, Wine, Chocolate, Etc.—it's the Growing Empire of Lucky Pierre
The 54-year-old Frenchman is more right than humble. Not only did his flamboyant men's clothes lead to the "Peacock Revolution" of the 1960s and his ready-to-wear designer fashions for women lower the brows of haute couture, he also has inspired many of his fellow couturiers to venture into entrepreneurial areas far removed from clothing.
Few, however, have extended themselves as much as Cardin, whose $100-million-a-year operation is responsible for, among other things, Cardin towels, Cardin stereo sets, Cardin kitchens, Cardin glassware, Cardin bicycles, Cardin carpets, Cardin lamps, Cardin ashtrays, Cardin wallpaper, Cardin wines and Cardin chocolates.
"The next thing you know he'll be designing cheese," huffed an executive at archcompetitor Yves St. Laurent. "Cardin is no longer a label," exults Cardin himself. "It is a trademark."
The trademark is used by 280 factories with 60,000 employees, located in 51 countries on six continents. Only Antarctica has thus far escaped the impact of what the French have come to call Cardinization. (And no one is betting against the likelihood of a Cardin penguin leash.)
While most of the Cardin products are manufactured under licensing arrangements, Cardin is more than just the man behind the scene. He is all over the scene. On a typical day he leaves his Paris townhouse after breakfast—assuming he remembers to have breakfast—and walks to his office at 59 Rue du Faubourg St. Honoré, the Right Bank street of exclusive shops. There are morning meetings with directors of his foreign companies, followed by briefer consultations with textile makers and other suppliers, many of whom fly to Paris from all over Europe just to aim a 15-minute sales pitch at Cardin.
Between appointments, Cardin may lope upstairs to his fashion workroom to tinker with a detail on a garment from a forthcoming line. Cardin claims responsibility for all original designs, which are then executed by subordinates under his watchful eye. Cardin has also maintained his presence at formal showings—the latest one, his spring-summer line, was unleashed four months ago in Paris—even though his ready-to-wear business is the most profitable sector of his empire. "Actually," he says, "we lose money on haute couture. But it is a great laboratory for ideas."
In the sparsely furnished, white-walled workroom, he gives brief audiences to employees with questions or suggestions, talking little but gesturing with Mediterranean expansiveness. When a supervisor approached him to pass on an employee's request for a raise, Cardin said crisply, "Give it to him. He has worked for me for many years." Another employee says, "You have to have a sixth sense to work for him. It is very tiring. But he is the best school in the world."
After perhaps 15 meetings, it is time for lunch, which he often eats on a plane bound for the South of France, England or Italy en route to visiting a factory. He may be back in his offices by late afternoon, checking stocks in his three nearby boutiques, going over the books, rearranging furniture or even, with a kind of frenetic energy, sweeping up a messy room.
In especially busy times Cardin has been known to go on work binges, wearing the same suit and tie for several days, neglecting to shave and generally becoming a less than persuasive advertisement for the Cardin look. When less pressed, Cardin often spends the evening at his version of Xanadu, l'Espace ("Space"), a combination theater and exhibition hall which he opened in December 1970.
Cardin recently turned l'Espace into a Sarah Bernhardt museum. He has also used it to introduce new painters, sculptors and playwrights as well as to present such established performers as Ella Fitzgerald, Marlene Dietrich and Dionne Warwicke. He is said to lose $300,000 a year on I'Espace but is more than compensated in personal enjoyment—not to mention good public relations. The couturier André Courrèges, who admires the way Cardin operates, says, "He does it because it is his mistress."
Cardin seems to have no other hobbies, spending his occasional quiet evenings at home reading or watching television. He shares a 12-room town-house, decorated in a tasteful blend of modern furniture and French and Chinese antiques, with his half-sister Janine. "I have no time for parties," he says. "Besides, a gathering larger than four or five people bores me. After work, solitude dominates my life."
Cardin has always had a reputation as a solitary, if not lonely, man, except for a period in the late '60s when he lived with actress Jeanne Moreau. Cardin now calls those "the best years of my life" and says wistfully that he wishes he and Moreau had had children. Their relationship ended, Moreau has explained, because "he has a very strong personality and mine is not exactly a weak one either." After Moreau, Cardin returned to the independent life he has followed since he was a boy.
His father, a French wine merchant near St. Etienne, lost all of his money during World War I. Shortly after Pierre was born in 1922, the family moved to Avignon and then to Grenoble. Cardin remembers that he was a frail boy whose favorite game was wrapping himself and a playmate, the daughter of a textile manufacturer, in yards of tulle.
By the time he was 14, he was putting tulle to better use as a tailor's apprentice, and at 17 he set off on a bicycle for the fashion ateliers of Paris. The Nazi army got there before he did, though, so he stopped in Vichy, where he worked first for a tailor and then in the accounting office of the French Red Cross.
Soon after the war ended, Cardin finally made it to Paris and, taking the advice of a Vichy fortune-teller he consulted before moving, he applied for a job at Paquin, a prominent fashion house. A few days later he was assigned by Paquin to do costumes for Jean Cocteau's movie of Beauty and the Beast. The film became a classic—not least because of the lavish clothes Cardin designed for Jean Marais, the actor who played the Beast. "I was finally in the land of my dreams," says Cardin.
In those days, nonetheless, he made little money, lived in a maid's room and frequently worked 18-hour days. After two years he took his burgeoning reputation to Schiaparelli, then the dominant figure of Paris fashion. He stayed only briefly before going to work for Christian Dior, whose "New Look" of 1947 Cardin helped create.
He and Dior split when the designer accused a friend of Cardin's of involvement in an office theft. Cardin, after first defending the friend, resigned when he realized the charges were true. However, because Dior had implored him to stay—at one point sending Cardin 12 dozen roses as a conciliatory gesture—they remained friends.
Shortly before he died in 1957, in fact, Dior passed his unofficial leadership of the industry to Cardin, saying, "Take up the torch. It can be yours." Long before that he had done his former employee a bigger favor by sending overflow customers to Cardin. By that time Cardin had set up his own atelier in an attic to create theater costumes and ball gowns. With Dior's recommendation, he was soon flourishing. "It was incredible," he has recalled. "There seemed to be a ball every night and one more splendid than the next. Women thought nothing about spending $2,000 for a dress. And what dresses! They were sequined and spun with gold thread. They glittered. They were fabulous. Nobody spends money like that anymore. Everybody is afraid the revolutionaries will break down the doors."
By 1954, two years after his first showing, a huge hit, Cardin had opened Eve, his original Paris boutique. His reputation grew; so did his empire. In 1957 he opened a store for ready-to-wear men's clothes, Adam. It was a shocking departure from the elitism of high fashion, but his competitors had barely recovered when two years later Cardin introduced a signed collection of off-the-rack women's clothes in the Paris department store Au Printemps.
In 1960 he introduced his first formal all men's collection, stepping up his attention to male clothing throughout the decade, a move which coincided, not by chance, with the end of the-white-shirt-and-skinny-tie era. By 1966 Cardin had branched out into baby clothes, and as haute couture succumbed to a permanent press of competition from mass marketing, Cardin began diversifying with élan.
Cardin has long been sniped at by fellow couturiers who resent his break with tradition. And by expanding into other commercial products, he became an even broader target. Roger Tallon, France's leading industrial designer, complained in 1974, "Cardin is exploiting his name to death. Those who surround him have created a Cardin myth. To me, it's simply a bag of wind." When TIME ran a 1974 cover story in Europe extolling Cardin as an industrial designer and he posed for the cover wearing nothing but one of his bath towels, famed American designer Raymond Loewy wrote, "I deeply regret that my extremely talented friend Pierre Cardin, the world's foremost clothes designer, chose to discredit a profession to which he apparently yearns to belong and to which he may eventually have to answer." Fellow couturier Hubert de Givenchy says, "Cardin tries a lot of things, but he should stick to fashion.... His evening gowns are excellent."
Not all of Cardin's ventures have worked out by any means. In 1970, for instance, he introduced a new uniform for surgical nurses. It was little more than a body stocking with miniskirt and might have caused an alarming increase in deaths by distraction in the operating room if it had not been laughed off. And Cardin is still waiting to export his men's suits to the Soviet Union after two years of negotiations.
His critics do not appear to distress him. "It's not a dishonor to be a businessman when one is a creator too," Cardin says. Then he adds, "I owned the first rights to the play Equus and produced it in my theater. Then St. Laurent bought the rights and now it's a hit in New York. Why? I don't know. He doesn't even like the theater! He's following me. He's doing what I do. Again!"
Alors, that is only within-the-family bickering. St. Laurent is not the enemy, and Cardin knows it. The enemy is a blight—a growing blight—and Cardin pronounces its name with disgust:
"The jean! The jean is the destructor! It is a dictator! It is destroying creativity. The jean must be stopped!"
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Before Outer Space, He Conquers Continents
René Kaerskov has run a marathon on all seven continents, but unlike most marathoners, his training focuses on small bouts of activity instead of 20-mile runs.
"With a family and my work schedule, finding a full hour each day [for exercise] is rare," says Mr. Kaerskov. "I need a workout that's fun and fits into my day in bits. I'm the type of guy who takes the stairs instead of the escalator and who runs around the office for 30 seconds just to get my heartbeat up."
Mr. Kaerskov, 46 years old, is the co-chief executive officer of HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates, a large hospitality interior-design firm with 16 offices in 13 countries. The firm's notable projects include the Wynn in Macau and the Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort in Abu Dhabi. He is based in Los Angeles, but travels at least one week a month to HBA's other offices.
He began running in 2006 for a not-so-typical reason: He wanted to be in Virgin Galactic's first commercial space program. "I was one of the first to sign up, way before anything was built, so I figured I needed to keep myself in shape and I started running," he says. (A Virgin Galactic representative confirmed Mr. Kaerskov is in the company's Founder group, which is made up of the first 100 people who will fly. Dates haven't been assigned for the flights, which are still in the testing stage.)
In 2008, while he was on a business-trip-turned-vacation in Wagga Wagga, Australia, he decided on a whim to run a marathon there through the bush. The next year he ran marathons in Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania; Los Angeles and in Singapore. Soon he wanted to run one on every continent. In 2011, he ran his seventh marathon in seven continents at Antarctica, and did a race last March at the North Pole for good measure. He now has his sights set on climbing the seven highest volcanoes on seven continents. He says it's important for him to keep active so he can do his wild races when the opportunity arises. "I'm not running to win, I just want to finish," he says. "Anyone can find 10 minutes a few times throughout their day to be active."
The Workout
Four to five mornings a week, around 7 a.m., Mr. Kaerskov turns his strength routine into 15 to 20 minutes of father-daughter bonding time. He does push-ups with his 8-year-old daughter, who weighs about 50 pounds, sitting on his back, or squats while she sits on his shoulders. He lifts her up above his head for a shoulder press and lifts her horizontally for bicep curls. "She loves it and thinks it's funny," he says.
Marathon Man
René Kaerskov's seven marathons on seven continents:
- 2008 Wagga Wagga, Australia (While on a business trip/holiday)
- 2009 Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Africa (on vacation)
- 2009 Los Angeles, North America (at home)
- 2009 Singapore, Asia (business trip)
- 2010 Antarctica (vacation)
- 2011 Quito, Ecuador, South America (business trip)
- 2011 Blokhus, Denmark, Europe (business trip/vacation)
During the day, he runs through the office and plays a daily game of ping pong there. "Anything to get the heartbeat up," he says.
To encourage employees to step away from their desks, Mr. Kaerskov outfitted all 16 HBA offices with ping-pong tables. Last year, HBA held a ping pong world championship in its Delhi, India, office. The two best players from each office attended and the winning team received a trophy. "It's an unintimidating way to make people get up and move around," he says. "We are going to hold the event ever two or four years like the Olympics."
Tuesday and Thursday evenings, Mr. Kaerskov, who wrestled growing up in Denmark, participates in casual wrestling matches at a local high school with students, men in their late 20s and 30s, and "a few old-timers who don't want to give up." Though Mr. Kaerskov says he isn't as good as he was in his younger years, he still enjoys the competition. "The sport is kind of like swimming because you use every muscle in your body, but I like the mental aspect that comes with wrestling," he says.
On Saturdays, Mr. Kaerskov runs outdoors, usually on or along the beach at a relaxed pace for 5 miles.
The Diet
For breakfast, Mr. Kaerskov eats a bowl of uncooked oatmeal topped with nonfat milk, chia seeds, blueberries and a bit of Stevia for sweetness. (Oats retain more of their nutrition when they aren't cooked.) He has two to three cups of green tea during the day. He tries to bring lunch from home and might have a bowl of green beans and a salad. "I think buying lunch every day can easily undo your diet," he says.
His wife is vegetarian and cooks vegetable-focused dinners.
"I believe good health is as much about what you don't do as it is about what you do do," says Mr. Kaerskov. "I don't smoke. I don't drink any alcohol other than red wine. I generally don't eat a lot of fatty meats and I don't eat sweets or desserts."
Gear and Cost
Mr. Kaerskov wears Brooks Adrenaline sneakers, which retail for around $100 a pair, and regularly replaces them to avoid injury. He wrestles in wrestling shoes, thin-soled, boot-like shoes that cost between $50 and $150, depending on the brand. A seat on a Virgin Galactic flight currently starts at $200,000, according to the company's website.
The Playlist
Mr. Kaerskov likes to listen to songs like "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi when he runs.
Squeezing in Fitness Into a Busy Schedule, Five Minutes at a Time
"Thirty uninterrupted minutes seems elusive for most people in our crazy day-to-day lives," says Jim White, a personal trainer and owner of Jim White Fitness and Nutrition Studios in Virginia Beach, Va. "But everyone can find five minutes throughout the day if they really try."
Mini workouts can be more creative than taking the stairs or parking farther away. Mr. White points to Herschel Walker, the former Dallas Cowboys running back, who was known to do more than 1,000 push-ups and sit-ups by the end of every day. He suggests making a game of a similar goal by having a partner leave notes around the house with exercise instructions. A note in a kitchen cupboard could say to do 50 sit-ups and one in the bathroom could say do 50 push-ups.
Mr. White also suggests using commercial breaks to do push-ups, sit-ups, or burpees (also known as thrust squats). With a 30-minute program, "that adds up to seven to 10 minutes of exercise."
At the office, Mr. White says static squats, where you hover over your seat, is a great way to work the leg and gluteal muscles. "Try to hover while you check your morning email or every time you take a phone call," he says.
Felicia Stoler, an exercise physiologist in Holmdel, N.J., tells her clients to sneak in an ab workout while they're driving. "Every time you stop at a red light, contract your abs for a count of five and then let go and repeat," she says.
She suggests carrying a resistance band with you to do strength exercises such as bicep curls or tricep extensions while waiting in a doctor's office. She also says to get in the habit of taking a brisk five-minute walk every hour at the office. "That adds up to 40 or more minutes a day," she says


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September 11th, 2013| by Lost Lettermen
Wednesday is September 11th, the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center. And the official Facebook page for Alabama athletics is asking users to change their profile photo to … Bear Bryant's hat?
Reads the official post:
"September 11, 2013 marks the centennial of the birth of legendary football coach Paul W. 'Bear' Bryant. To celebrate Coach Bryant's life and legacy, we are asking all Alabama football fans to change their profile pictures to this image on September 11th. Save this photo to your computer, then upload it as a new profile picture then learn more about the Centennial Celebration at bryant100.com."
Facebook user Logan Mackenzie Turberville has the best response to this: "This makes me embarrassed to be an Alabama fan and just in general blows my mind. It's crass and in incredibly poor taste."


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Unless otherwise noted, the following incidents were reported to Huntsville police Friday and Saturday. In items with incomplete addresses, police withheld the information:
North precinct
• An Alabama driver's license, a check card, a Social Security card and a textbook worth $150 were stolen from a home on the 3600 block of Maggie Avenue on Dec. 20
• A large amount of cash was stolen from The Phoenix Bistro.
• Two gold bracelets were stolen from a home in the 400 block of Winchester Road Friday night.
• A green, 2000 model Pontiac Grand Am worth $3,000 was stolen from a hotel on University Drive.
• A $250 Coach bag, a cell phone worth $400, and $50 worth of currency were stolen from a 2003 Chevy Suburban parked at 2006 Country Club Ave.
• A 37-inch flat-screen TV was stolen from a home on Sandia Boulevard.
• A Nokia cell phone worth $199 was stolen from a parking lot at 2420 Jordan Lane.
• A JVC home stereo system worth $200 was stolen from a home in the 4500 block of Bonnell Drive.
• A purse worth $84 was stolen from a department store at 2801 S. Memorial Parkway.
South precinct
• A woman living on Highridge Drive was the victim of indecent exposure Saturday afternoon.
• A plastic mailbox worth $50 at 8900 Hogan Drive was damaged Friday night.
• A 2004 Silver Dodge Grand Canyon worth $11,195 and a Jessica Simpson purse were stolen from a parking lot at 8002 S. Memorial Parkway.
West precinct
• The trunk and console of a gold 2000 Nissan Altima parked in the 4400 block of Spartacus Drive were damaged and a $400 CD player, $200 worth of clothing, a $150 subwoofer and a $300 amplifier were stolen.
• Two Dewalt drills with batteries worth $450 were stolen from a home at 4002 Cloverdale Drive
• Someone slashed four tires, damaged a radiator and tampered with the gas tank of a 1998 Ford Taurus in the 1500 block of Sparkman Drive.
• A Caterpillar skid steer, a power rake, a dual axle trailer and a sod installer were stolen from 125 Sam Houston Circle on Friday night.
• Someone was robbed at the 3800 block of Lemley Place Friday night. The items taken were a wallet, an unknown amount of cash and two bank cards.
• Two rings, a diamond pendant and a bracelet were stolen from a department store at Madison Square Mall.


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Pharmacokinetic Study of Aerosolized Colimycin in Cystic Fibrosis (COLI-VLM)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
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2 slices sorj light wholemeal bread
2 tablespoons hommus
1/2 cup rocket leaves
1/2 cup basil
1 punnet sprouts
1 tomato, sliced
1 cucumber, sliced
2 slices avocado, sliced with a little lemon juice squeezed over
40 g goat's cheese
pepper, to taste
1. Spread 1 tablespoon of hommus on each slice of the wholemeal sorj bread.
2. Use one of the slices for the first layer of the wrap. Layer the rocket leaves, basil, sprouts, cucumber and tomato, then top with the goat's cheese. Season with pepper. Roll the piece longways and put that wrap aside.
3. Now on to the second piece. Thinly slice avocado and place in a bowl. Use a fork to mush it and then spread on to half of the slice of bread.
4. Grab the first part of the wrap, place it on to the second piece and wrap it all together. Use sandwich paper to wrap around it again.
4. Chop it in half (try cutting it on an angle). Place on a plate and garnish with some of the extra rocket and tomato.
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Since the government announced plans last month for a nationwide referendum about the controversial plant in Gongliao, New Taipei City, business leaders have mostly remained silent or cautioned the public about rising energy prices in the absence of valid alternatives.
Chang said there was no need for a referendum, but if one was held, he would be resolute and vote against the project, reports said. He said the public should do likewise, because most people did not have the money to emigrate, reports said.
Businesses should not endanger the public at large just for the sake of electricity or to make money, the airline chief was quoted as saying. If construction on the fourth nuclear plant has been under way for 20 years, there must be a reason which could cause people to worry, he added.
Chang also described Taiwan as too small, making it impossible for residents to flee to safety in the event of a nuclear accident. He also said it was preferable to phase out the countryŌĆÖs three existing nuclear plants, though that was difficult in the absence of sufficient alternative power production.
The airline chief said one should not look at the short-term cost of halting the fourth plant, because it was not just the survival of local businesses which was at stake, but the fate of the whole country.
Chang told reporters that his father, Evergreen Group founding chairman Chang Jung-fa, one of TaiwanŌĆÖs most prominent business leaders for several decades, was even more opposed to the plant than he was.
The younger Chang recently criticized the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou for failing to hurry up with its plan for the Taoyuan Aerotropolis near Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.
The main opposition Democratic Progressive Party reportedly planned to take its campaign against the plant to the countryside with a range of activities, including plays and stories. The party has called for a complete nuclear phase-out by 2025, while Premier Jiang Yi-huah has mentioned 2055 as a possible end date in the event the fourth plant was completed.
Using a more relaxed method of spreading knowledge about nuclear energy would be more helpful to achieve a high turnout in the eventual referendum, the DPP reportedly reasoned. The main stumbling block in the way of an anti-nuclear victory is the requirement that at least 50 percent of eligible voters, or more than 9 million people, cast a valid ballot.
On March 9, an estimated 220,000 people protested across the country against the nuclear project, and opinion polls have shown opposition running at around 60 percent to 70 percent.


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Let's take a trip 'down under' when we partake in this visually stunning and earthy collection featuring the unusual platypus in an ethnically depicted, stylized format. The earthy palette of this print is enhanced by the stunning designs scattered throughout. Inspired by art from aboriginal people in the Australian outback, this companion print will add it's own rhythm and music to your next project. Larger platypuses are about 3 1/2", 'Platypus' by G. Waitairie for M & S Textiles Australia.


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LAHAINA - The red sea of fans from the North Shore of Oahu descended on Aloha Stadium on Friday night.
Today, it is West Maui's turn to do the same to the orange seats of the state's largest stadium.
Lahainaluna High School, the No. 2 seed in the First Hawaiian Bank Division II State Football Championship, faces Nanakuli today at 4 p.m. in the semifinal round.
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Asi Fatongia will try to help Lahainaluna High School reach its second state championship game today.
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"There is definitely excitement," said Lunas co-head coach Garret Tihada. "You cannot really go much places in Lahaina without hearing, 'Hey, good luck.' Just well wishes throughout the day. Guys are really excited and we are really fortunate to be playing in Lahaina and having the support that we have."
Kahuku, which on Friday beat Farrington in a Division I semifinal, may have the best-traveling fans in the state, with Lahainaluna - especially on a per-capita basis - running a close second.
"And it's not just us," Tihada noted. "You are looking at wrestling, basketball, water polo, you name it, you have got support up and down for every sport. It is a great community."
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At Aloha Stadium
Friday's Results
Punahou 49, Mililani 19
Kahuku 47, Farrington 14
Friday, Nov. 23
Punahou vs. Kahuku, 7 p.m.
Today's Games
Lahainaluna vs. Nanakuli, 4 p.m.
Iolani vs. Radford, 7 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 23
Lahainaluna-Nanakuli winner vs. Iolani-Radford winner, 4 p.m.
Lahainaluna's Kiko Kohler-Fonohema led the Maui Interscholastic League in touchdown passes this season, with eight, and threw for 546 yards, second in the league. He was the only regular quarterback to complete at least half his attempts, and was intercepted just twice.
Kohler-Fonohema, a 6-foot, 180-pound junior, was also the second-leading scorer in the league, with 64 points, and the sixth-ranked rusher, with 395 yards and eight touchdowns on 76 carries, which included negative yardage for sacks.
"He did a good job for us, he worked hard during the offseason and really dedicated himself to getting better, and I give him all the credit in the world that he's the best with the tools that he has - he has played to his strengths," Tihada said.
This week, the Lunas (8-1) continued their regular-season policy of not allowing players to speak to the media.
Kohler-Fonohema will see double duty against the Golden Hawks (7-4), also playing defensive back. Running back-linebacker Semisi Filikitonga, tight end-linebacker Asi Fatongia, slotback-defensive back Mark Alamon, wide receiver-defensive back Jared Purdy, lineman Connor Mowat and running back-defensive back Tytus Lucas are Lahainaluna's other two-way starters.
Jared Rocha-Isalas, a linebacker and running back, is not expected to play because of an injured ankle.
The Lunas' defense got most of the attention this season with six shutouts and an average of 98.0 yards allowed per game, but the offense averaged 33 points and 300.8 yards. Lahainaluna's shotgun wing-T offense has about five base plays.
In every game except an overtime loss to Baldwin, the Lunas were in control early - the closest MIL game they won was their first of the season, 29-0 over King Kekaulike.
"More than any other year we kind of slowed things down a little bit and shrunk the offensive playbook a little bit," said Tihada, who is also the offensive coordinator.
Lahainaluna has not played since a 31-0 victory over Maui High on Oct. 26.
"You want to perfect your base plays, stuff that you normally do, be a little more crisp, execution, and you want to add in a few more wrinkles," Tihada said. "We have done a decent job of getting that done during this break."
The Lunas are 0-3 at Aloha Stadium in the state tournament, including a loss to Iolani in the 2007 D-II state final. That started a run of five straight titles for the Raiders, who face Radford in today's second semifinal.
"The bottom line is we're just going to go out and try to win this game," Tihada said. "I know that sounds too simplistic, but whatever we have got to do to win, whether it is running, passing, use a few trick plays that we have put in, whatever it takes to advance.
"Just the atmosphere of being in that coliseum-type setting is going to be a good thing for our kids. You need to have that once in a while where you go into a place and go, 'Wow. I love being here, I want to play here.' Let them enjoy getting it all in, all the 50,000 seats and all of the levels and all of that."
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Investigators were trying Wednesday to find the cause of a fire that ripped through a simulated streetscape at Tyler Perry's Atlanta studios, sending flames soaring into the night sky.
There were no reports of injuries from the blaze that began shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday and burned through the exterior facade of a large building, Atlanta Fire Capt. Jolyon Bundrige said.
"It was all in flames," Dorothy Ware, who lives in a high-rise apartment next door to the studio complex, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Flames shot as high as nearby trees, which are about as high as a six-story building, Ware said.
"The building started popping," Ware said. "Whatever the fire was hitting, was blowing up. There were plenty of sparks coming over here where we are."
More than 100 firefighters responded to the four-alarm blaze.
The fire never reached inside the building because of its concrete masonry construction behind the facade. However, there was some water damage inside, Bundrige told The Associated Press Wednesday morning.
Perry — whose films include "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," "Why Did I Get Married?" and "Daddy's Little Girls" — was at the complex Tuesday night and spoke with Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran. A spokesman for the filmmaker didn't immediately comment Tuesday evening.
The studio complex includes a 200,000-square-foot studio, five sound stages and a 400-seat theater in southwest Atlanta, according to its website.
The backlot street scene with simulated storefronts is known as "34th Street," after the famous Christmas film "Miracle on 34th Street."
The complex also includes a chapel, dining hall, gymnasium, an art department and a post-production facility where work on TV shows such as "Meet the Browns" was done.
In March, pop star Cee Lo performed for donors at a fundraiser for President Barack Obama at the studios.


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Defense ahead of offense
UNIVERSITY PARK - One thing that seemed obvious Saturday is that Penn State's defense is ahead of the offense, which coach James Franklin freely admitted.
"I don't think there's any doubt about that," he said. "It was either that, or we really wanted to work on our punting game."
The Blue and White teams combined for 12 punts, with new kicker Chris Gulla averaging 39.2 yards.
"We have a lot of areas to get better in a lot of situations," Franklin said. "I think in the long run, we're going to be in really good shape. We have work to do."
Maybe, however, not as much work as it might seem on offense.
Offensive coordinator John Donovan came into the media room after Franklin and, when told the head coach said the defense is ahead, Donovan said, "I don't know if I would say that."
"We've had a couple scrimmages prior to this, and I thought we did pretty well," he added.
D-line impresses Franklin
Not surprisingly, Franklin said the area that impressed him the most Saturday was the defensive line, which has been the case all spring.
"The defensive line is the position where we have the most depth, the most talent," the coach said. "That probably stood out to me the most."
The starting defensive line included Deion Barnes and C.J. Olaniyan at the ends and Anthony Zettel and Austin Johnson at the tackles.
Olaniyan had three tackles for loss and 2 sacks, while Zettel had two tackles for loss and a sack.
Lots of skin on the line
Speaking of Zettel, he had an interesting look Saturday with a cutoff jersey, showing his bare midriff. Those used to be somewhat common in the 1980s but aren't seen much anymore.
"It was hot out, just having fun," Zettel said.
Asked if his teammates gave him a hard time about his bare belly being on display, he added, "Yeah, they were just joking around a little bit just because I have some belly hair there. It was funny."
For starters
Bill Belton started at running back for the first-team offense, while Zach Zwinak didn't play.
The first-team offensive line included: LT Donovan Smith, LG Derek Dowrey, C Wendy Laurent, RG Brian Gaia and RT Brendan Mahon. Dowrey and Gaia have been moved over from the defensive line.
Mike Hull, as expected, started at middle linebacker, flanked by Brandon Bell and Matthew Baney. Jordan Lucas and Trevor Williams were the cornerbacks, while Adrian Amos and Ryan Keiser were the safeties.
Defensive coordinator Bob Shoop had particularly high praise for Amos.
"Let me say this: I think Adrian Amos has as unique a skill set as I've ever been around. He can play corner, he can play safety, he can play nickel. If he makes the commitment to do it, he can be as good as any safety or defensive back in college football."
Alosi suspended
Franklin finally confirmed that guard Anthony Alosi has been "indefinitely suspended from the team right now," which hurts the offensive line's depth even more.
Alosi has been charged with simple assault and harassment after a fight in State College on Jan. 31. Alosi allegedly kicked a man in the head, and the man had to be taken to the hospital with various injuries.
Individual achievements
Fourth-string running back Cole Chiappialle got the most attention among the backups Saturday with his two TDs and 63 yards rushing, but there were several other players who had a solid day.
Linebacker Matthew Baney had an interception that he returned 28 yards for a touchdown.
"He's done a nice job," Franklin said. "He's a really good football player. He's a local kid. He's a coach's kid. He's a guy who I think is maximizing his experience here. We're going to evaluate his spring and see what type of role he is going to have for us. He's been very productive this spring."
Cornerback Trevor Williams and safety Ryan Keiser also each had an interception. Olaniyan led the way with five tackles, while cornerbacks Da'Quan Davis and Devin Pryor had four apiece for the White team.
QBs on White team struggle
D.J. Crook and Austin Whipple are both walk-ons, and they had a tough time getting much going leading the White team.
Whipple completed 10-of-17 passes for 68 yards but threw two interceptions. Whipple was just 1-of-6 for 7 yards and also threw a pick.
Spring awards
Jim O'Hora Award (most improved defensive player): DT Anthony Zettel
Red Worrell Award (most improved offensive player): G Brian Gaia
Coaches Special Teams Award (new this year): PK Sam Ficken
Frank Patrick Total Commitment Award: DE Deion Barnes
News and notes
PK Sam Ficken missed an extra point in the third quarter. Ficken has had an up-and-down career but was said to have enjoyed a good spring. After C Wendy Laurent limped off with a leg injury, Angelo Mangiro took over at that spot. Captains for the Blue team were QB Christian Hackenberg, LB Mike Hull, PK Sam Ficken and injured G Miles Dieffenbach. The White team captains were QB D.J. Crook and DE Carl Nassib. The first-team return men on kickoffs were Akeel Lynch and Adrian Amos.


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Hundreds of companies around the world were involved in the production of slide rules from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Click on one of the names below to see the objects in this collection that were associated with that firm.
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D-K Statistical Slide Rule
- Description
- This is one of several slide rules designed for use in psychology. It has a white plastic envelope that holds a paper slide. The upper part of the envelope has scales labeled A (a 23-centimeter ruler, divided to millimeters), N (number of cases), PE (probable error, running from 1 to 10), sigma (running from 1 sigma to 10 sigma), and c (probability that an event happened by chance). The top part of the slide has scales labeled r (running from 0.97 down to 0.00, divided logarithmically) and B (logarithmically divided from 0.05 to 0.20).
- The lower part of the envelope has scales labeled sigma (standard deviation) and D (a standard slide rule logarithmic scale for multiplication, running from 10 to 140). The lower part of the slide has scales labeled sigma1.2, sigmaM (standard error of measurement), and C (divided logarithmically and running from 10 to 140). The center of the slide has the line graph r1/2 /III to r1I. The back of the envelope has five more line graphs.
- Instructions are provided on the back of the slide and on a leaflet received with the rule. The lower left corner of the envelope is marked: Designed by Jack W. Dunlap and Albert K. Kurtz. The lower right corner is marked: Copyright 1933 by The Psychological Corporation. James McKeen Cattell, Robert Sessions Woodworth, and Edward Lee Thorndike founded the Psychological Corporation in New York City in 1921 to market psychological tests and educational materials. Jack W. Dunlap (1902–1977) and Albert Kenneth Kurtz (1904–1992) were academic psychologists interested in graphic computation charts. They copyrighted the D-K Statistical Slide Rule again in 1938, after which it was sold as a duplex wooden rule. After World War II, Dunlap went into industrial psychology.
- References: advertisement, Science 79, no. 2041 (February 9, 1934), back matter, 7; Library of Congress Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries: Part 1, Books, Group 2, Pamphlets, Etc., n.s. 31 (1935): 24; Jack W. Dunlap and Albert K. Kurtz, Handbook of Statistical Nomographs, Tables, and Formulas (Yonkers-on-Hudson, N.Y.: World Book Company, 1932); Albert K. Kurtz, "Obituary: Jack W. Dunlap," American Psychologist 34, no. 6 (June 1979): 538; J. McKeen Cattell, "The Psychological Corporation," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 110 (November 1923): 165–171.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1933
- publisher
- Psychological Corporation
- ID Number
- 1979.3074.04
- nonaccession number
- 1979.3074
- catalog number
- 1979.3074.04
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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After finishing the season with an impressive 12-4 record and the NFC North title, it's time to look at a major factor in the Vikings 2009 success: the rookie class of '09. With the 2010 draft only two months away, we have a great opportunity to analyze and grade the job done by Vikings VP of Player Personnel, Rick Spielman, and his staff. Here's a hint: they passed.
NFL Draft In Review: Minnesota Vikings '09
By Daniel Beer ,
Rookie WR Percy Harvin wowed fans and shut up naysayers everywhere after amassing 790 yards on 60 receptions for six touchdowns. He wowed them even more with two kickoff returns for TDs. With a season under his belt learning from Brett Favre, Offensive Rookie of the Year honors and a Pro Bowl selection under his pads, there's no telling where he'll go next.
Key to Improving Sophomore Year: The obvious answer here might be that Harvin needs to get his migraines under control, but assuming that's not a possibility, this rookie needs to master the quick slant. He was utilized in this role many times by Favre and could easily become the next Wes Welker with enough time and study.
At 6'8" and 343 lbs., rookie RT Phil Loadholt towered over opposing DEs and stood as the perfect bookend to LT Bryant McKinnie (also 6'8"). Coming out of the draft, Loadholt was heralded as a solid run-blocking tackle who wasn't so great in passing situations. During the 2009 season, Loadholt was much more productive on passing downs than in the rush.
Key to Improving Sophomore Year: Plain and simple, we need to see more production on running downs next season. Whether teams are keying in on Peterson or not, he's a Pro Bowl running back that deserves Pro Bowl-caliber blocking.
The jury may still be out on rookie CB Asher Allen. The former Georgia Bulldog spent a great deal of time on special teams until Antoine Winfield fractured his foot against Baltimore. Allen saw more time on defense than anyone expected this season and he made the most of the opportunity. Allen's best performance came against the loss to Pittsburgh where he sacked QB Ben Roethlisberger and forced a fumble. He finished the season with 27 tackles, one interception, a sack and a force fumble.
Key to Improving Sophomore Year: With starting CB Cedric Griffin likely starting the season on the PUP list, Allen could find an opportunity to shine, perhaps filling in at nickleback. Proving himself to be a play-making corner could land him a permanent starting role.
For a rookie coming in to backup an injured player, the biggest weight landed on LB Jasper Brinkley's shoulders. Filling in for an injured EJ Henderson for the last four games of the regular season, Brinkley made 21 of his regular season 31 tackles, plus a forced fumble against Carolina. The South Carolina alum proved that he can perform as a decent backup in a rather solid and underrated LB corps.
Key to Improving Sophomore Year: Unfortunately for Brinkley, it's only likely for him to see playing time next year on coverage units. The best thing for him right now is to bide his time and keep producing on special teams. The coaches will remember how he played in Henderson's stead if they need to call him up again.
Rookie safety Jamarca Sanford was drafted by the Vikings with visions of improved kickoff and punt coverage dancing in their heads. No one expected that the native Mississippian would be useful as motivation. Finishing the season with 29 tackles and one forced fumble, Sanford's biggest addition to the team was starting in place of second-year starting safety Tyrell Johnson against Cincinnati where we tallied seven solo tackles and two assists. From there, the Vikes' defensive staff decided to split reps between Sanford and Johnson to light a figurative fire under Johnson's backside. Guess what...it worked.
Key to Improving Sophomore Year: The Vikings are going to be extremely unsure of their current situation at safety next season. OTAs and training camp are a monumental opportunity for Sanford to shine and possibly take a starting spot away from Johnson. At this point, showing that you can make an occasional interception may be enough to usurp the job.