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Weill Cornell Medical College is forging a three-year strategic alliance with UCB for which the biopharma firm will use its drug discovery experience to advance three Weill Cornell research projects in bone disorders, metabolic disease, and genetics along the drug development pathway.
Over those three years, UCB will provide several million dollars of funding each for the three translational research programs. Research teams at Weill Cornell and UCB will interact and share their results on a regular basis, and leaders from both institutions will also meet to discuss findings and progress.
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Lobo named MWC defensive player of the week
UNM's football team defeated NMSU 66-17 in rivalry game
Published 12:05 PM MDT Oct 07, 2013
University of New Mexico junior defensive end Brett Bowers was named Mountain West Conference's defensive player of the week during this past weekend.
It was Bowers' first conference weekly accolade of his career.
He recorded four tackles, three sacks and a forced fumble in the Lobos' 66-17 win over in-state rival New Mexico State University.
Bowers' forced fumble in the third quarter was recovered by SaQwan Edwards at the NMSU 18 yard line, and led to a UNM field goal on the ensuing series.
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I have heard of some interesting anti-aging remedies but the latest is the strangest…. eating pigs feet.
Pigs feet are rich in a protein known to keep skin smooth, moisturized, and supple. Ever hear of collagen? Well, pigs feet have loads of collagen in them.
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Millions of Americans who buy yogurt looking for a healthy boost may not be getting what they paid for. In fact, one yogurt maker is facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit for false advertising.
Recent commercials for two speciality yogurts made by Dannon make claims that they can improve your health.
Activia is supposed to regulate your digestive system and the other DanActive reportedly helps the immune system.
All because they have special bacterial ingredients called probiotics.
But a dissatisfied consumer has filed a lawsuit saying they don't work.
"It didn't do anything for me," Trish Wiener said.
Wiener was having some stomach problems so she decided to try Activia for two weeks in 2006.
"It was the catchwords that led me to buy the product," she said.
Clinically proven to help naturally regulate your digestive system in two weeks.
"I saw the ad on TV and I went to the market specifically to buy it and there was absolutely no change whatsoever in my digestive system," Wiener said.
Attorney Tim Blood says he's filed the lawsuit against Dannon on behalf of Weiner and the thousand of other Dannon consumers.
"Well we have a whole bunch of studies we've looked at -- and these studies simply don't support Dannon's claims," Blood said
But Dannon says it stands by the claims of their products and the clinical studies that support them.
But the specialty yogurts do sell at a premium price.
They cost about 30 percent more because of the special probiotic ingredients.
The attorney on the case believes its all about the multi-million dollar sales.
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Consumers are starting to agree.
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Periodic Trends
The atomic radius is the distance from the electron from the proton. The size of the electron cloud increases as the principal quantum number increases. So...as you look down the periodic table, the size of atoms in each group is going to increase. When you look across the periodic table, you see that all the atoms in each group have the same principal quantum number. However, for each element, the positive charge on the nucleus increases by one proton. This means that the outer electron cloud is pulled in a little tighter. One periodic property of atoms is that they tend to decrease in size from left to right across a period of the table.
OVERALL: Atomic radii increase as you go down and left on the periodic table.
Ionization energy is the energy needed to remove the most loosely held electron from an atom. Ionization energies are periodic. The ionization energy tends to increase as atomic number increases in any horizontal row or period. In any column or group, there is a gradual decrease in ionization energy as the atomic number increases. Metals typically have a low ionization energy. Nonmetals typically have a high ionization energy.
OVERALL: Ionization energy increases as you go up and right on the periodic table.
Electron affinity is the attraction of an atom for an electron. Metals have low electron affinities while nonmetals have high electron affinities. The general trend as you go down a column is a decreasing tendency to gain electrons. As you go across a row there is also a trend for a greater attraction for electrons.OVERALL: EA (electron affinity) increases as you go up and right on the periodic table.
Electron affinity is the ability of an atom to attract electrons from a bond. As the charge in the nucleus increases, the atom is able to attract more electrons towards itself (remember that opposites attract). Since noble gases do not bond with other elements naturally, they are not included as we consider electronegativity.OVERALL: Electronegativity increases as you go up and right on the periodic table.
Electron Configuration
Electron configuration: Is the way in which electrons are distributed among the various orbitals.
*** Important Rules/Principles/Theories ***
Hund's Rule: The most stable arrangement of electrons is that with the maximum number of unpaired electrons, all with the same spin direction. (One electron goes in a orbital at a time before doubling up)
Pauli Exclusion Principle: No two electrons in an atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers. (Only 2 electrons can be in an orbital and they must have opposite spins)
Core electrons: Inner electrons of an atom (all electrons except the valence electrons)
Valence electrons: Outermost electrons of an atom (in highest energy level). These determine the chemical properties of an element.
Paramagnetic: An atom has unpaired electrons in its electron configuration. (Look at its orbital diagram)
Diamagnetic: All electrons in an atom are paired. (Look at its orbital diagram)
Aufbau principle: Electrons fill the lowest energy level subshell first before moving to the next level.
fill subshells in order by counting across periods, from hydrogen up
to the element of interest:
configuration predicted by the Aufbau principle
true ground state configuration
we would predict: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d4 but it is actually -->
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s13d5
we would predict: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d9 but it is actually -->
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s1 3d10
1.Orbital box notation- this is the way shown in the orbital diagram below
2.Spectroscopic notation (more commonly used, but the "long way")- this is the was it is written under the electron configuration below on the right.
3. Noble gas core notation: This is the short way. Instead of writing out all of the electrons in the configuration, you can write out just the ones since the last noble gas. Find carbon on the periodic table, and then go backwards until you reach a noble gas. In this case, it is helium. We can use a shorthand to indicate all of the electrons that are identical to helium's configuration by putting He in square brackets, and substituting it for those electrons.
Noble Gas Notation: C = [He]2s22p2
or maybe Te = [Kr]5s24d105p4
Write the electronic configuration for the following atoms or ions. Use the box notation, spectroscopic notation and noble gas notation. Are they paramagnetic or diamagnetic?
For the answers, scroll to the very bottom!
2. He
4. Ne
5. Cl-
Protons, Electrons, Neutrons in a atom, ion, or isotope
Step 1 - Gather Information
The first thing you will need to do is find some information about your element. Go to the Periodic Table of Elements and click on your element. If it makes things easier, you can select your element from an alphabetical listing.
Use the Table of Elements to find your element's atomic number and atomic weight. The atomic number is the number located in the upper left corner and the atomic weight is the number located on the bottom, as in this example for krypton:
Step 2 - The Number of Protons is...
The atomic number is the number of protons in an atom of an element. In our example, krypton's atomic number is 36. This tells us that an atom of krypton has 36 protons in its nucleus.
What is cool is that is that every atom of krypton contains 36 protons. If an atom doesn't have 36 protons, it can't be an atom of krypton. Adding or removing protons from the nucleus of an atom creates a different element. For example, removing one proton from an atom of krypton creates an atom of bromine.
Step 3 - The Number of Electrons is...
By definition, atoms have no overall electrical charge. That means that there must be a balance between the positively charged protons and the negatively charged electrons. Atoms must have equal numbers of protons and electrons. In our example, an atom of krypton must contain 36 electrons since it contains 36 protons.
Electrons are arranged around atoms in a special way. If you need to know how the electrons are arranged around an atom, take a look at this page.
An atom can gain or lose electrons, becoming what is known as an ion. An ion is nothing more than an electrically charged atom. Adding or removing electrons from an atom does not change which element it is, just its net charge.
For example, removing an electron from an atom of krypton forms a krypton ion, which is usually written as Kr+. The plus sign means that this is a positively charged ion. It is positively charged because a negatively charged electron was removed from the atom. The 35 remaining electrons were outnumbered by the 36 positively charged protons, resulting in a charge of +1.
Step 4 - The Number of Neutrons is...
The atomic weight is basically a measurement of the total number of particles in an atom's nucleus. In reality, it isn't that clean cut. The atomic weight is actually a weighted average of all of the naturally occurring isotopes of an element relative to the mass of carbon-12. Didn't understand that? Doesn't matter. All you really need to find is something called the mass number. Unfortunately, the mass number isn't listed on the Table of Elements. Happily, to find the most common mass number, all you need to do is round the atomic weight to the nearest whole number. In our example, krypton's mass number is 84 since its atomic weight, 83.80, rounds up to 84.
The mass number is a count of the number of particles in an atom's nucleus. Remember that the nucleus is made up of protons and neutrons. So, if we want, we can write:
Mass Number = (Number of Protons) + (Number of Neutrons)
For krypton, this equation becomes:
84 = (Number of Protons) + (Number of Neutrons)
If we only knew how many protons krypton has, we could figure out how many neutrons it has. Wait a minute... We do know how many protons krypton has! We did that back in Step 2! The atomic number (36) is the number of protons in krypton. Putting this into the equation, we get:
84 = 36 + (Number of Neutrons)
What number added to 36 makes 84? Hopefully, you said 48. That is the number of neutrons in an atom of krypton.
The interesting thing here is that adding or removing neutrons from an atom does not create a different element. Rather, it creates a heavier or lighter version of that element. These different versions are called isotopes and most elements are actually a mixture of different isotopes.
If you could grab atoms of krypton and count the number of neutrons each one had, you would find that most would have 48, others would have 47, some would have 50, some others would have 46, a few would have 44 and a very few would have 42. You would count different numbers of neutrons because krypton is a mixture of six isotopes.
In Summary...
For any element:
Number of Protons = Atomic Number
Number of Electrons = Number of Protons = Atomic Number
Number of Neutrons = Mass Number - Atomic Number
1. H = 1 electron (atomic number from the periodic table = 1)
We will start with the lowest energy subshell, the 1s, which has 1 orbital. The single electron is placed in this orbital.
Box notation: We can explicitly show each electron in each orbital. Each orbital is shown as a box. Each electron is shown as an arrow. An arrow point up indicates spin up, and an arrow point down indicates spin down. Each subshell of orbitals is labeled underneath the grouping of orbitals for that subshell.
Spectroscopic notation: The orbital is named, and the number of
electrons inside the orbital is shown as a superscript.
Hydrogen atoms are paramagnetic with one unpaired electron.
2. Helium:
The atomic number is 2, so He has 2 electrons to place.
Spectroscopic Notation: He = 1s2
Box notation:
Note that helium is diamagnetic since all of the electrons are paired.
Note, also, that the 1s subshell is now filled since it only contains one
orbital and can hold at most 2 electrons.
3. Carbon:
Atomic number = 6, so C has 6 electrons to place.
The 1s subshell is filled with just 2 electrons. From the Aufbau diagram above, we see that the next subshell to fill is the 2s. It will also be filled with 2 electrons, so we will have to move to the 2p subshell for the remaining 2 electrons.
spectroscopic notation: C = 1s22s22p2
Noble gas core notation: Instead of writing out all of the electrons in the configuration, we can write out just the ones since the last noble gas. Find carbon on the periodic table, and then go backwards until you reach a noble gas. In this case, it is helium. We can use a shorthand to indicate all of the electrons that are identical to helium's configuration by putting He in square brackets, and substituting it for those electrons.
Noble Gas Core Notation: C = [He]2s22p2
In this case, we did not really save any effort, but for much bigger atoms, the noble gas core notation can be very convenient.
Box notation: Each s subshell has one orbital, but the p subshell has 3
orbitals. Hund's rule tells us that we have to put the 2p
electrons in separate orbitals since there is room to do so.
Thus, carbon is paramagnetic with two unpaired electrons.
4. Neon:
Atomic number = 10, so there are 10 electrons to place.
Spectroscopic Notation: Ne = 1s22s22p6
Noble gas core notation: [Ne]
Box notation:
Since all of neon's electrons are paired, it is diamagnetic. The six electrons in the p subshell completely fill it. If you needed to place 11 electrons (for sodium) you would have to go to the next subshell, 3s.
5. Cl-
Atomic number = 17 for Cl; Add 1 for the anion = 18 electrons in Cl-
Spectroscopic Notation: 1s22s22p63s23p6
Noble gas core notation: [Ar]
Box notation:
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By Lloyd Gray
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Having made history in victory long ago, Thad Cochran rallied to avoid making it in defeat on Tuesday.
The 76-year-old six-term U.S. senator, who was the first Mississippi Republican elected statewide in the modern era, survived a challenge that had insurgent Tea Party-backed candidate Chris McDaniel on the verge of a historic upset – what would have been the first defeat of an incumbent senator in the state in 72 years.
It also would have represented a marked departure from Mississippi's historic practice of sending men to Washington and keeping them there for decades to build influence and make deals on the state's behalf, as Cochran has done for 35 years in the Senate.
The 41-year Washington veteran, who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives the same year McDaniel was born, waited a long time before finally announcing in December he would seek a seventh Senate term.
Then for months he acted almost indifferent to the prospect of his re-election as McDaniel, who had jumped into the race before Cochran made a decision, hammered at him from the right, with Cochran doing very little in response.
Rumors persisted that he really didn't want to run again but had yielded to the wishes of state and national party leaders. He had said in 2008 that his sixth term would probably be his last.
It was not until McDaniel led him narrowly in the June 3 primary and forced a runoff that the low-key senior senator from Mississippi began to aggressively defend his record and hit back at McDaniel.
In the end, he survived for the general election battle with Democrat Travis Childers, pushing back what had, for a brief moment, seemed an irreversible historic tide.
Cochran's career is itself one for the history books. In a state now dominated by Republican state and federal officeholders, he was the first Republican to win a statewide election in a nearly a century when he was elected to the Senate in 1978.
Six years earlier as a 34-year-old Jackson lawyer, the Pontotoc native and son of educators had ridden the coattails of Richard Nixon's re-election to capture an open House seat in the 4th Congressional District, which then stretched from Jackson over to the Mississippi River and down through southwest Mississippi.
He became the first Republican to represent the area in Congress since post-Civil War Reconstruction by winning with a plurality of the vote over the Democratic nominee, state Sen. Ellis Bodron of Vicksburg. The presence of a black independent in the race took votes that probably would have gone to the Democrat, a circumstance that would repeat itself when he ran for the Senate.
His House district included a significant number of black voters, and early-on Cochran paid attention to their concerns, supporting federal education programs like Head Start and otherwise pursuing a more moderate course, substantively and in his political rhetoric, than the other Republican congressman elected in 1972, Trent Lott of south Mississippi's 5th District.
The two would be both political partners and rivals of a sort for the entire time they served together in Washington.
Cochran jumped ahead of Lott to get into the Senate race in 1978 when longtime Democratic Sen. James O. Eastland announced his retirement, and running against Democrat Maurice Dantin – endorsed by Eastland – and black independent Charles Evers, he got 45 percent of the vote, which was enough to win.
He had won the 1978 Republican primary for Senate – the last contested GOP fight he had endured until the current one – by besting, ironically, one of McDaniel's predecessors as state senator from Jones County, Charles Pickering, later a federal judge.
Cochran from the start approached his Senate service much as his Democratic predecessors and the senior senator at the time, John Stennis, had done. He learned the ropes, built relationships and worked the system to protect Mississippi's interests, particularly in agriculture, defense and education.
He was rewarded by voters with easy re-elections, including his first in 1984, a landslide over Democratic former Gov. William Winter, his last formidable opponent before McDaniel.
As he gained experience and seniority, Cochran steadily assumed more power within the Republican ranks, the pinnacle coming when he assumed the chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee.
Only once were his leadership ambitions derailed. Lott had been elected to the Senate in 1988 and in 1996 the Republicans took over the chamber and Mississippi's two senators ran against each other for majority leader. Lott, much more the out-front, assertive, camera-comfortable presence, won handily over Cochran.
Cochran became famous – or infamous, in some quarters – by bringing billions of federal dollars home to Mississippi as a master of "earmarks," later officially banned.
Throughout his six terms, he practiced the old-school senatorial style, making friends and allies across party lines and never joining in the acerbic partisan rhetoric that came to dominate so much of Washington. In the end, it was this low-key, relationship-building, quietly persuasive approach that came close to doing him in with an energized segment of the Mississippi Republican electorate wanting a more vocal, hard-line conservative presence in the Senate.
They weren't happy with the outcome Tuesday, and McDaniel was defiant in defeat. But Cochran, whatever divisions he must now confront in his own party, has lived to fight another day.


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Vote for Cosby '12Posted Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at 3:26 PM
Here is his platform:
(1). Any use of the phrase: 'Press 1 for English' is immediately BANNED!!!. English is the official language; speak it or wait outside of our borders until you can.
(2). We will immediately go into a two year isolationist attitude in order to straighten out the greedy big business posture in this country. America will allow NO imports, and we'll do no exports. We will use the 'Wal-Mart 's policy, 'If we ain't got it, you don't need it.' We'll make it here and sell it here!
(3). When imports are allowed, there will be a 100% import tax on it coming in here.
(4). All retired military personnel will be required to man one of the many observation towers located on the southern border of the United States (six month tour). They will be under strict orders not to fire on SOUTHBOUND aliens.
(5). Social Security will immediately return to its original state If you didn't put nuttin in, you AIN'T getting nuttin out. Neither the President nor any other politician will be able to touch it.
(6). Welfare. -- Checks will be handed out on Fridays, at the end of the 40 hour school week, the successful completion of a urinalysis test for drugs, and passing grades.
(7). Professional Athletes -- Steroids? The FIRST time you check positive you're banned from sports ... For life.
(8). Crime -- We will adopt the Turkish method, I.e., the first time you steal, you lose your right hand. There is no more 'life sentences'. If convicted of murder, you will be put to death by the same method you chose for the victim you killed: gun, knife, strangulation, etc.
(9). One export of ours will be allowed: wheat; because the world needs to eat. However, a bushel of wheat will be the EXACT price of a barrel of oil.
(10). All foreign aid, using American taxpayer money, will immediately cease and the saved money will help to pay off the national debt and, ultimately, lower taxes. When disasters occur around the world, we'll ask The American People if they want to donate to a disaster fund, and each citizen can make the decision as to whether, or not, it's a worthy cause.
(11). The Pledge of Allegiance will be said EVERY day at school and every day in CONGRESS.
(12). The National Anthem will be played at all appropriate ceremonies, sporting events, outings, etc.
My apology is offered if I've stepped on anyone's toes ..... Nevertheless...
Bill Cosby
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Drug paraphernalia used to smoke marijuana. To make it, one must take a regular military gas mask, but attach a bowl piece to one side. This allows whoever is wearing the gas mask to inhale marijuana, then exhale the smoke without blowing the pot out of the bowl piece. Another effect is mask creates a hotbox.
Yo, Trevor just got this awesome gas mask. You should come hit it.
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WW1, Germans shoot some chlorine gas mortars, British people put on their gas masks. some dude lost his Gas-mask and dies of rotting lung.
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To take a persons head and pull it to your ass and fart on their face.
I just gas masked Anthony. LOL
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When you put your balls into your lovers, or your one night stands, eye sockets and navigate your asshole to their mouth. Then release a big ol' stanky bubbly fart into their mouth.
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A mask purposed for breathing in airborne chemicals. Various masks/series of masks include the GP-5, M85 and M40. Gas Masks were mostly used in WW1 and later became a popular military accessory as chemical warfare is rare.
The enemy threw some VX gas and every put their gas masks on in-time.
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when someone farts into their hand, and smuthers it on to you nose.
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its pretty self explanitory.
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When someone is eating out there girl and she wraps her legs around his face and queefs in it
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Analyzing Research Data: The Basics of Biomedical Research Methodology, by Ronald G. Marks, 210 pp, with illus, $25, Belmont, CA 94002 (10 Davis Dr), Lifetime Learning Publications, 1982.
Designing a Research Project, a text on the conduct of research, will be most useful as a guide to the appreciation of research. The text includes chapters on designing and planning research projects, deciding about the kinds of data to collect, designing data collection instruments, and choosing participants. It is designed to be the first text in a two-text, two-semester sequence.
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The State Ports Authoritys inland port proposed for the Greer area is a direct response to the BMW Manufacturing Co.s needs and will be created with the help of a $7.5 million investment by rail carrier Norfolk Southern.
The SPA board agreed Tuesday to spend up to $25 million creating the Upstate facility, where containerized cargo could be transferred between trucks and railcars at the site and at the Port of Charleston. Another $1 million was authorized previously for engineering work on the site near the BMW auto plant.
BMW basically (had) put out a bid for inland services, said SPA President and CEO Jim Newsome. Norfolk Southern approached us ... and we suggested activating the plan for an inland port.
The auto manufacturer alone is expected to ship 20,000 to 25,000 containers to the facility by rail from Charleston, taking that many trucks yearly off of U.S. Interstate 26. Additional users of the inland port could double the shipments.
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As we strive to meet future demand for our models produced in South Carolina, BMW continues to be engaged in the consideration of numerous ways to enhance our supply chain processes, BMW spokesman Sky Foster said in a statement. In keeping with the companys commitment to sustainable growth, the South Carolina Ports Authority Inland Port in Greer offers a concept to meet BMWs long-term strategy.
The SPA had considered creating an inland port at various times since at least 1982, the year the land for the proposed facility near Greer was purchased. But until this year, the plans werent pursued, and in fact the SPA sold the majority of the land needed for the inland port facility in 2007.
The SPA owns about 30 acres at the site now, and is expected to negotiate with the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Authority for more. The authority in 2007 bought 87 acres that had been part of the SPA property for $2.4 million.
Newsome said an agreement between the SPA and Norfolk Southern is nearly finalized, and he expects the inland port to be open by September, 2013. The SPA would own the facility, which would be served exclusively by Norfolk Southern.
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Seven years ago, "Chicago" became the first musical in more than three decades to win Oscar's top prize. Now, "Chicago's" director Rob Marshall is back with another Broadway smash-turned-Oscar hopeful: "Nine."
"Nine," which won the 1982 Tony for best musical, was a tooner adaptation of Federico Fellini's "8½," which had itself won the 1963 best foreign-language film Oscar. In it, Fellini's semiautobiographical tale of a troubled Italian director became a musical exploration of the man's various complex relationships with women throughout his life.
For the bigscreen "Nine," Marshall and his co-producer (and co-choreographer), John DeLuca, have further retooled the concept, casting double Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis as the Felliniesque Italian director Guido Contini and another five Oscar winners as the women who variously love and torment him: Marion Cotillard as his wife, Penelope Cruz as his mistress, Nicole Kidman as his actress/muse, Judi Dench as his costume designer and confidante, and Sophia Loren as his mother.
Rounding out the cast (but holding their own in stellar company) are Kate Hudson as an American journalist visiting Rome, and Black Eyed Peas singer Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson as an Italian prostitute who Contini remembers from his youth.
During the 1960s, the film versions of Broadway musicals "West Side Story," "My Fair Lady," "The Sound of Music" and "Oliver!" all won best picture Oscars. But that was a different era, when audiences would accept characters routinely breaking into song, says film historian Roger Hickman ("Reel Music: Exploring 100 Years of Film Music"). "Audiences have become more sophisticated," he says. "They don't just want to be entertained, they want more reality."
Now, adds Marshall, "You have to be careful about why people sing onscreen. If it doesn't feel organic in some way, it just puts people off."
Hence "Chicago" offered musical numbers out of the imagination of Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) and on the stage where Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) performs. In "Nine," Marshall explains, "The story moves seamlessly between reality and fantasy and memory, and that gives us an entrance into that world."
But turning "Nine" into an $85 million movie also required rethinking, courtesy of the Michael Tolkin/Anthony Minghella script and songwriter Maury Yeston's stated belief that "You cannot have an overcontrolling Broadway author looking over your shoulder." Yeston recalls telling Marshall, "I want you to make believe that I'm dead" to allow the team to turn "Nine" into a film that stands on its own merits.
Yeston wrote three songs for the film, including the lullaby "Guarda la Luna" for Loren (to a melody from the Broadway show), the intense "Take It All" for Cotillard (as Guido's wife angrily walks out) and the boisterous "Cinema Italiano" for Hudson (a rhapsody on '60s arthouse films from the likes of Fellini and Antonioni). He also took an existing song from the show, "I Can't Make This Movie," and extended it for a longer, more meaningful scene for Day-Lewis' Guido character.
As he did with "Chicago," Marshall shot the musical numbers with three or four cameras simultaneously, and, in a nod to the era, often had one of those shooting in monochrome. "There is such a glamour to black-and-white," says Marshall. "It's so vibrant in a different way than color is. Plus, he's a filmmaker from the '60s, and that's what he'd be imagining."
The film also benefits from the verisimilitude of shooting at Rome's Cinecitta Stage 5, where Fellini filmed several of his works including "8½" (although for many of the interiors, they re-created the Cinecitta stages at London's Shepperton Studios).
"With 'Chicago,' it was exciting to do a real satire," says the director, hailed by Hudson as "this generation's Bob Fosse." "But I wanted to move into something that was more challenging, more like a psychological musical in a way. So when Daniel Day-Lewis came onboard, I knew we had someone with such gravitas that I was able to reach for something even deeper."


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Witnesses described helmeted soldiers firing teargas yesterday to try to disperse more than 600 monks as they attempted to march out of the Sera monastery on the edge of Lhasa. The monks were forced to halt virtually at the gates of the monastery, after police at a station just outside the main entrance called in the military.
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33. Phonatic (Posts: 27; Member since: 16 Jul 2010)
@jpropin "Thats why many spend so much time attempting to validate their own choices by slamming others people choices and other products. Feeling superior is what its all about. Quite High Schoolish, but what can you say." Maybe I'm just an idiot, but it seems your comment describes Apple itself better than it describes any of the people complaining about the company.
45. jpropin (Posts: 152; Member since: 20 May 2010)
Maybe I'm wrong, and damn me if I am, but after reading the comments on this article and all of the other articles regarding this particular subject, I've got this really, really funny notion that the large majority of people on here complaining about it, don't even own the product. I own a Chevy. Why should I care about what Ford does or why some people choose a Ford. See what im getting at.
78. YouLostTheGame (Posts: 441; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
You actually SHOULD care about Ford and why you should choose one, seeing as how Ford hasn't taken a drop of taxpayer bailout money, and has turned record profits since the recession. Chevy on the other hand, took taxpayer money in the form of a bailout, still hasn't turned a profit, and has since made commercials lying to the public saying that they've "paid back the gov't money in record time, with interest". All the while, the REALITY is that they paid their gov't loan off with ANOTHER gov't loan! Chevy might as well be the Apple of the auto industry! Wake the fuck up!
34. ibap (Posts: 758; Member since: 09 Sep 2009)
A is for apple. That's how we start out teaching little kids. Too bad Apple's behavior has not progressed beyond that juvenile level. Oh, and they've been 'accidentally' over-reporting signal strength. Yeah, right. Squeeze a TV remote hard enough, and you might be able to flex it enough to affect battery contacts. Is this relevant?
35. GHOUSE (Posts: 6; Member since: 20 Jul 2010)
Steve Jobs is a efffing douche. Just admit the phone has a damn problem.
38. josuearisty (Posts: 148; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
He Admitted it, now he wants to sink other manufacturers in the same hole he is now.
54. GHOUSE (Posts: 6; Member since: 20 Jul 2010)
yah. what an asshole, hes taking it too far.
36. deweygroup (Posts: 5; Member since: 24 Jul 2010)
The problem is none of the other devices are dropping calls like the iphone. Mr. Jobs is trying to spin dropped bars into dropped calls, but it is just not the case. He is acting like a baby and needs to grow a pair. If he would have just admitted there was some design flaw / production issue to begin with and told people that they would remedy the issue for those people having the problem, he wouldn't be taking the PR hit like this. I have bought apple products in the past, but I will not buy the in the future. I do not buy products from companies I don't trust, and I no longer trust them. He can show all the youtube videos of deathgrips he wants, but I am noy going to believe a single one of them. I know what his motivation is, therefore, I am not sure he is adding interference in these videos to achieve his desired results. For somebody that is supposed to be a genius, he sure is acting like an imbecile.
37. VZDub843 (Posts: 3; Member since: 24 Jul 2010)
So if you notice the dial is all wrong....and If the phone had service at all it shows up as 3g with two arrows and then the signal bars. I call BS on this test. Plus I have the phone and I tried it. I'm in the bottom off an apartment at this time and I dropped NO BARS. I tried while on a call...nothing happened. I think its also funny how they disabled the comments on youtube. Apple give it up...you're phone just sucks. Next time you should listen to your engineer who told you there was a problem and guess what!? THIS TIME YOU CAN'T PLAN AT&T!. That has got to burn.....
42. BlackSirius16 (Posts: 84; Member since: 21 May 2010)
K for the record I just tried to do this and actually gained bars
43. steveomac (Posts: 3; Member since: 05 Jul 2010)
This test is 100% fake, I've tried this test a million times, at work, at my house, even out and about and I never lost any bars (lowest I got was 2 bars, but never lost my 3G). and why arnt they showing the 3G symbol? my droid X has been the best phone I've ever used.
44. steveomac (Posts: 3; Member since: 05 Jul 2010)
if they are going to do this to smart phones then go all out and do it to all the smartphones on the market, do the incredible, the droid, the ally, the LG EnV touch, nexus one.
47. jpropin (Posts: 152; Member since: 20 May 2010)
If you squeeze an iPhone too hard, do you end up with Apple Juice.....or Lemonade
49. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
It doesn't matter what other phones they do. This still makes Apple look bad. You really think this will change my mind about your device. Take away the antennagate BS (as SJ named it) and you still have the iphone well earned reputation for dropping more calls than any other phone. The goal is to improve with newer models right? With every video Apple looks sadder and sadder.
50. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
The video is obviously fake. One it looks heavily edited and not real time. There is no connection to 3G or anything which makes me think they just edited the service bar to make it drop bars on que. And who holds their phone like that? Oh apple does does when they are trying to make a bullshit point that isn't even true.
51. Verizon (Posts: 22; Member since: 14 May 2010)
Apple is desperate. Seriously just give up you guys made a Sh*ty phone so don't try to back it up by making a fake video of an AMAZING phone that completely destroys the Iphone 4.
57. timshady337 (Posts: 45; Member since: 19 Nov 2009)
Reminds me of Obama still blaming Bush for all his screw ups. Just man the F**K up!
63. cc16177 (Posts: 312; Member since: 09 May 2010)
Worst comment in the history of phonearena. I hope you have the new iphone because your stupid ass deserves it.
60. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Please leave the politics out. Please!
61. roscuthiii (Posts: 2217; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
I wish they'd stop showing vids of bars and show the -(X) dBm levels...
62. gansta-aaron (Posts: 4; Member since: 24 Jul 2010)
Okay, quick question here Why the fuck would anyone want to squeeze the life out their phone when making a call??? Why I ask, why. If so, then you might have some serious problems and should talk to someone about it. And if you don't feel like doing that, Then buy a FUCKING phone that can withstand your abuse. God I'm starting to lose faith in my own kind
64. fergi111 (Posts: 2; Member since: 10 Jul 2009)
The only way I figure it is not showing a 3G or 1X symbol next to the signal meter, is if they are on an extended network and did not enable allow roaming for DATA. How is this anything close to a fair test. They are not even in VZW coverage.
66. corporateJP (Posts: 2431; Member since: 28 Nov 2009)
Another Steve Jobs smokescreen... Any douche can take a phone to an area of no service and make this happen, especially if squeezing the sh*t out of the phone. I wish all these manufacturers would put the bullsh*t aside and come together and class-action this sh*t. Well, at least AT&T's flagship phone finally matches the quality of their customer service and network...
67. anthonygolovey (Posts: 44; Member since: 30 Dec 2009)
You are an IDIOT, att customer service and network doesnt SUCK like you sir, and WOW Droid X has this problem, but i thought verizon was the best OMG what happened its funny how everyone tried to attack APPLE for BS and now APPLE exposed EVERYONE, nicely done apple very nice i like.
73. jpropin (Posts: 152; Member since: 20 May 2010)
Class Action for what? Hurt Feelings? It's not like they stole technology and caused the lose of billions from theirrivals bottom line. This will blow over. Droid fans will keep buying Droids and iPhone fans will keep buying iPhones.And everyone involved will contimue to make a load of cash.
94. Verizon (Posts: 22; Member since: 14 May 2010)
haha Oh anthony reread what you just said and think about it.
68. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Too bad droid x doesn't have this problem. I don't and i have tried it. Anyone else with a droid x have this problem? No? Yea i thought so. It was iphone 4 OWNERS that reported the death grip, not motorola, not verizon. There has not been one single motorola droid x user that has reported any death grips. That's because it doesn't exist. But you obviously will believe anything apple tells you.
72. anthonygolovey (Posts: 44; Member since: 30 Dec 2009)
I don't have the DROPPED CALLS PROBLEM but all you Verizon's customers think that it drops them constantly, stop bashing on the iphone 4, there both good phones.
74. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
You folks are worked up over nothing - phones have issues - it happens - I know over 100 people with IPHONE 4 and even people at the mall who I do not even know, when I ask them about their "death grip" phone, they laugh because it is not an issue for them. Funny thing is when I search for a death grip spot on my SAMSUNG CAPTIVATE, I actually found a spot where, when gripped, I get an extra bar or 2. Most people who bash AT&T never had an iphone and yet gullibly read some articles by bloggers, watch some youtube videos and read PHONEARENA and think that all or most IPHONEs have issues - the reality is that they do not - but, I still will not be buying an iphone, because I can think for myself. I hope some of you can, too.
75. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
I agree, they are both great devices. But this is a PR nightmare for Apple no matter if the calls are dropping or not. Most of us just feel like Apple is insulting our intelligence by showing clips of phones that many of us own and trying to convince us that we have this problem too. The fact is Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, HTC, nor did Rim report this issue to the public, or posted clips on YouTube. So declaring war with these companies on video just seems pretty stupid. A couple of ip4 users that posted those clips and they didn't have to squeeze their phones either. You can believe this is about Apple vs Android or VZW vs ATT all you want to, but it not. When Steve Jobs said that it happens on EVERY phone, he invited EVERY cell phone user into this debate. He did that! And you have every right to defend your beloved company and CEO. But don't expect that the rest of us will just swallow this crap whole. We know BS when we see it.
80. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
Easy - ignore it - I come on this site for insight on phones that are not out yet, and online media such as PHONEARENA perpetuate the non-issue - you are correct as APPLE is creating their own problems - 3.5 millions phones/people later show you that it is not a big deal, but if APPLE does not drop it, then the appearance at this supposed issue will not go away anytime soon.
81. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
PA is just the messenger. If Apple didn't put this clips out, there would be nothing to report. If they ignored it, they would have a bunch of emails about how bad the suck for not posting it. So its not PA fault that this is news. Apparently this is a big deal to Apple or else they wouldn't have held a press conference. They wouldnt keep flappin their trap about other cellphones. I would think he he would show us why hos phones stands out from the crowd. But these videos tell me that they are cowards.
88. adash13x (Posts: 20; Member since: 08 Apr 2010)
EVERYONE read this .....it will crack you up!!!! http://www.gsmarena.com/german
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how is that interesting? thats about two month old info typed on a diff webpage. YYYYYAAAAAYYYYY


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In the Bible, the book of Hebrews 1:14 tells us that angels are ministering spirits "for them who shall be heirs of salvation." In Chapter 13, verse 2, we read: "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares" (KJV). The subject of angels has produced many stories, books, songs, motion pictures and TV shows such as the recent installment "Touched by an Angel."
Dr. Billy Graham, in his book "Angels, God's Secret Agents," tells of one such story reported in the Reader's Digest concerning a lady, seriously ill with pneumonia. The night is late, cold and snowy, and a physician is summoned to answer his door. Standing outside is a little girl poorly dressed and deeply upset who says, "My mommy is very sick. Would you please come with me?" After arriving, at the precise moment to coordinate medical care, he complimented the patient on her daughter's quick timing. The woman replied that her little girl had died a month before and that her shoes and coat were in the clothes closet. The doctor discovered those items in there, warm and dry.
All through scripture, we read about them being sent to administer various duties. During the time of Christ's earthly ministry, his birth, wilderness temptation, Gethsemane experience, resurrection and ascension were accompanied by angelic appearances. In many situations, the angel is not recognized until after their mission has been discharged. One such incident is recorded in Acts Chapter 12, where Herod has the Apostle Peter imprisoned and heavily guarded.
At that time, a prayer meeting "without ceasing" was occurring at the home of John Mark's mother, Mary. "And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee and follow me" (verse 7 and 8). Peter wasn't sure about what was happening, and he thought he saw a vision. Upon safely being led past the first and second ward and through the iron gate which opened by itself, he realizes "of a surety the Lord hath sent his angel to deliver me" (verse 11). Peter proceeds to Mary's house where they "too" are slow to perceive the miracle.
What I explain now is my personal testimony that I believe follows a pattern of such manifestations in scripture. In the early summer of 2006, we learned my mother was diagnosed with brain cancer. After the operation at Hershey Medical Center, Mom underwent rehab and was soon placed at a nursing facility in Lewistown, Pa. Here, she remained and underwent radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
I returned from Vermont after ministering at our annual IAOGI regional conference to visit her before returning home. Friday morning, my sister frantically called me to say that our mom was hemorrhaging profusely and for me to return to the nursing home. My sister, Lois Marie, a licensed practical nurse, and her husband, Steve, and daughters, Mandy, Mindy and Misty, joined me there. After taking a supper break, we sadly spent the next several hours in and out of her room, anticipating her death. Mother kept a powerful witness and testimony of her faith and relationship in Jesus Christ.
About 10 p.m., the Hospice chaplain was leading us in some old fashioned hymns. Mom's vitals were lowering. While singing, I glanced at the foot of the bed and there stood a plainly dressed little lady. The chaplain, although he stood right next to the woman, never acknowledged her presence. There was no exchange, not even a hand shake between them.
Our family had time to talk with her for the next several hours. When asked her name, she replied "Wilma" and that "God sent me." This person did not carry a lady's purse, use a bathroom during her nine-hour stay and reportedly had not slept for 72 hours. She didn't look tired. The lady remarked that Mom would be the third person she would witness die during that span.
Imagine the pending sorrow we're feeling with Mom's condition, but there was a calming effect while in the presence of this mysterious visitor. My sister, the nurse, was on one side of the bed watching Mom's vital signs as she would any other patient, and myself, her son, a "minister of the gospel" on the other. When we were told we could not have ice water because the kitchen doors were locked, Wilma's request for our water was granted.
Prompted by the Holy Spirit, I recalled details of a book my late father had shown we called "I Saw The Death Angel." She remarked, "It is like that sometimes." As Mom's breaths became 45 seconds and more apart, Wilma nodded in affirmation. Strangely, this woman quickly moves to the foot of Mom's bed with a bright smile and gleaming eyes and throws back the sheet to view the visible modeling of Mom's body. What was this rudeness? As she glanced back at me, the corners of that smile turned downward. At. 6 a.m. Saturday morning, Nov. 4, 2006, Frances Claire Pyle took her eternal flight to be with Jesus. After Mom drew her last breath, we cried.
My nieces, Mandy and Misty, asked this peculiar lady when they would see her again? Wilma remarked to Mandy that the Lord had a great ministry in store for her. She hugged us all and assured me that she "would pray that God strengthens me." Wilma abruptly left the access coded building. The following week, once only, Misty saw and briefly spoke with her here again.
Later that Saturday, as we assembled at my sister's home to make funeral arrangements, we began to gather our collective thoughts about the encounter with Wilma. Several of us commented that it was odd that she didn't give much detail about her life and other actions including the turning back of the sheet on the bed to view Mom. My brother-in-law, Steve, had been strangely overcome with "slumber" while conversing with this lady. Prior to that bout of "extreme fatigue," he had asked her, repeatedly, where he'd seen her before and she never replied.
We still were a little doubtful of this "actual angel unaware" until she was seen a third and final time, appearing to Lois Marie in Wal-Mart. Standing at the end of the check-out line, she offered encouragement, embraced my sister and simply vanished again. After going online on two different occasions, each time, we discovered the name "Wilma" is defined as "Protector."
The first word search about the name Wilma created a witness of God's Holy Ghost within my soul. Now, there was no doubt. Truly God is our "Protector," and He does give his angels "charge over us."
The Bible says in Psalms 34:7 "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them."
John's gospel in Chapter 1, verses 50 and 51, assures us with these words that Jesus spoke to Nathanael: "Because I said unto thee I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things that these. And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."
In Genesis 28, we read that Jacob had a dream of angels ascending and descending. After sleeping at Beth-el, he said in verse 16, "Surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not ... ." In Luke's gospel, Chapter 24, the men on the road to Emmaus were entertaining the resurrected Christ and they didn't recognize him. Jesus broke bread and "their eyes were opened and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight" (verse 31). The men later declared "did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?" (verse 32).
Ephesians 2:6 explains, "And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." Though we are saved, sanctified and Holy Ghost filled believers, we still find these terrestrial, temporal bodies often unaware; of the spiritual, celestial realm. As pertaining to the Apostle Paul's experience mentioned in 2 Corinthians Chapter 12, when being caught up to the third heaven, he says, "Whether in the body or out of the body, I cannot tell."
Hebrews 12:22 says, "But ye are come unto Mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, The Heavenly Jerusalem and To An Innumerable Company Of Angels." Although we are excited about the presence of these messengers, we should be careful to worship God. "And I John saw these things and heard them. And when I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them, which keep the sayings of this book: Worship God" (Revelations 22:8-9). "God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and truth" (John 4:24).
(Editor's Note: Opinions of this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Inter-Mountain, the Randolph County Ministerial Association or the author's church affiliation.)


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by Jay Osman
Special thanks to the State Library of Pennsylvania for photographs used with this article.
From 1892 to 1914, the Pennsylvania Fish Commission ( now the Fish and Boat Commission) operated a railcar called the "Susquehanna" to distribute fish statewide. Its contribution during those crucial early years is a key factor in the Commission's present-day success. A lesser-known fact is that the "Susquehanna" also played a vital roll in the Commission's participation in one of the premier events of the last century and the beginning of this century: The Chicago World's Fair of 1893, named "The Columbian Exposition," and the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, named "The Louisiana Purchase Exposition."
The "Susquehanna," with its specially designed interior, was considered a modern marvel, so much so that the Commission's planners of the 1904 fair originally wanted the car to be part of its overall exhibit. But the railcar proved to be too valuable in keeping the exhibit's live fish display replenished with a fresh supply of fish and other necessary supplies. From the mounted specimens of fish and reptiles to the photographic "transparencies" by William H. Rau, and of course, the live fish displays, the Commission's exhibits at both fairs were smashing successes.
Join us now in a nostalgic look back, when the Pennsylvania Fish Commission was visited by the world.
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About me
I am a freelance OS X and iOS developer based in London. I use Xcode, Git and Emacs. I have a collection of fountain pens, I ride a fixed wheel bike, enjoy scuba diving and occasionally I'll strum my guitar.
You can find me online, mostly with the username
abizern, and the avatar image that I use almost everywhere is based on this photograph of me. A bit old, and I should really have had a shave, but it's me.
My DVCS of choice is Git, and I intermittently blog about it at 365Git. Although I much prefer talking about it, and most of my speaking history is on this subject.
I type using the Dvorak keyboard layout - but leave the actual keyboard in the QWERTY layout. It stops me looking at the keyboard. It took a good few months before I was able to type properly, but I'm glad I did it. I only wish iOS devices had the Dvorak option.
I organise the monthly NSCoder Night London meetings where Cocoa develepers can get together to share some knowledge, fix a some bugs and have a litle downtime.
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Hi Dreamweavers,
I am one of the editors for the Adobe Developer Center. I wanted to let you know that on Monday we published a new tutorial on the Dreamweaver Developer Center on Setting up a PHP development environment for Dreamweaver. The author is Adobe's own Charles Nadeau. Charles is the Editorial Manager for Dreamweaver documentation. If you're interested in getting started developing PHP applications with Dreamweaver, this tutorial is a great place to start. You can find it here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/setting_up_php.html
I've been watching the Dreamweaver Developer Center's site traffic and people are all over PHP tutorials and articles, so I will be working on getting more PHP articles and tutorials out there for you. Keep checking back for updates. We publish new content every Monday afternoon PST.
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New Developer Center tutorial on "Setting up a PHP development environment for Dreamweaver"
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It's the attention to detail that makes Wimbledon the finest of all grand-slam championships . The ballboys were instructed to crouch next to the umpire's chair whenever there was match point. Not for some indulgent aesthetics, but because that way they avoided getting in the way of photographers looking for the money shot.
Tweet of the day
"Congratulations to my one time doubles partner @andy_murray on his glorious Wimbledon victory! #historymaker #Wimbledon" — Boris Johnson (@MayorofLondon)
Bunch of excuses
Sabine Lisicki said it started to unravel emotionally for her when they handed her that huge bouquet of flowers. Martina Navratilova, The Time


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Community events: June 6, 2012
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Board of Supervisors
What: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors hosts its regular meeting.
When: 9:30 a.m.
Where: Board hearing room, 381B, Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 W. Temple St., Los Angeles 90012
Contact: http://bos.co.la.ca.us/
Free lunch
What: Undergrounds Coffeehouse gives away free lunch to anyone in the community.
When: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Undergrounds Coffeehouse, 23841 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia 91355
Contact: 661-775-2057 or coffeeundergrounds.com
Hart district meeting
What: The William S. Hart Union High School District's governing board holds a special meeting.
When: 5:30 p.m.
Where: District office, 21515 Centre Pointe Parkway, Santa Clarita 91350
Contact: 661-259-0033
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Today in history
Today is Wednesday, June 6, the 158th day of 2012. There are 208 days left in the year.
On this date in the SCV: In 2002, the Copper Fire continued to burn out of control on the second day since it started north of the SCV, burning more than 15,600 acres and destroying five homes.
Today's Highlight in History: On June 6, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on "D-Day," beginning the liberation of German-occupied western Europe.
Ten years ago: Stung by intelligence failures, President George W. Bush called on Congress in a nationally broadcast address to remake the government with a terrorist-fighting Department of Homeland Security.
Five years ago:The Group of Eight summit opened in Heiligendamm, Germany. Police arrested a suspect in the abduction and death of 18-year-old Kelsey Smith, whose body was found in a Missouri park four days after she'd disappeared from a Kansas store's parking lot.
One year ago: The Bowl Championship Series stripped Southern California of its 2004 title after the Trojans were hit with heavy NCAA sanctions for rules violations committed during the 2004 and '05 seasons.
Actress Billie Whitelaw is 80. Civil rights activist Roy Innis is 78. Singer-songwriter Gary "U.S." Bonds is 73. Country singer Joe Stampley is 69. Actor Robert Englund is 65. Folk singer Holly Near is 63. Singer Dwight Twilley is 61. Playwright-actor Harvey Fierstein (FY'-ur-steen) is 60. Comedian Sandra Bernhard is 57. International Tennis Hall of Famer Bjorn Borg is 56. Actress Amanda Pays is 53. Comedian Colin Quinn is 53. Record producer Jimmy Jam is 53. Rock singer-musician Tom Araya (Slayer) is 51. Actor Jason Isaacs is 49. Rock musician Sean Yseult (White Zombie) is 46.


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|GTK+ Reference Manual
|Top | Description | Object Hierarchy | Implemented Interfaces | Signals
#include <gtk/gtk.h> struct GtkSocket; GtkWidget * gtk_socket_new (
void); void gtk_socket_add_id (
GtkSocket *socket_,
GdkNativeWindow window_id); GdkNativeWindow gtk_socket_get_id (
GtkSocket *socket_); GdkWindow * gtk_socket_get_plug_window (
GtkSocket *socket_);
GObject +----GInitiallyUnowned +----GtkWidget +----GtkContainer +----GtkSocket
GtkSocket implements AtkImplementorIface and GtkBuildable.
"plug-added" :
Run Last"plug-removed" :
Run Last
Together with GtkPlug, GtkSocket provides the ability to embed widgets from one process into another process in a fashion that is transparent to the user. One process creates a GtkSocket widget and passes that widget's window ID to the other process, which then creates a GtkPlug with that window ID. Any widgets contained in the GtkPlug then will appear inside the first application's window.
The socket's window ID is obtained by using
gtk_socket_get_id(). Before using this function,
the socket must have been realized, and for hence,
have been added to its parent.
Example 90. Obtaining the window ID of a socket.
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GtkWidget *socket = gtk_socket_new (); gtk_widget_show (socket); gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (parent), socket); /* The following call is only necessary if one of * the ancestors of the socket is not yet visible. */ gtk_widget_realize (socket); g_print ("The ID of the sockets window is %<GTKDOCLINK HREF="x">x</GTKDOCLINK>\n", gtk_socket_get_id (socket));
Note that if you pass the window ID of the socket to another
process that will create a plug in the socket, you
must make sure that the socket widget is not destroyed
until that plug is created. Violating this rule will
cause unpredictable consequences, the most likely
consequence being that the plug will appear as a
separate toplevel window. You can check if the plug
has been created by using
gtk_socket_get_plug_window(). If
it returns a non-
NULL value, then the plug has been
successfully created inside of the socket.
When GTK+ is notified that the embedded window has been destroyed, then it will destroy the socket as well. You should always, therefore, be prepared for your sockets to be destroyed at any time when the main event loop is running. To prevent this from happening, you can connect to the "plug-removed" signal.
The communication between a GtkSocket and a GtkPlug follows the XEmbed protocol. This protocol has also been implemented in other toolkits, e.g. Qt, allowing the same level of integration when embedding a Qt widget in GTK or vice versa.
GtkWidget * gtk_socket_new (
Create a new empty GtkSocket.
Returns :
|the new GtkSocket.
void gtk_socket_add_id (
GtkSocket *socket_,
GdkNativeWindow window_id);
Adds an XEMBED client, such as a GtkPlug, to the GtkSocket. The client may be in the same process or in a different process.
To embed a GtkPlug in a GtkSocket, you can either create the
GtkPlug with
gtk_plug_new (0), call
gtk_plug_get_id() to get the window ID of the plug, and then pass that to the
gtk_socket_add_id(), or you can call
gtk_socket_get_id() to get the
window ID for the socket, and call
gtk_plug_new() passing in that
The GtkSocket must have already be added into a toplevel window before you can make this call.
|a GtkSocket
|the window ID of a client participating in the XEMBED protocol.
GdkNativeWindow gtk_socket_get_id (
GtkSocket *socket_);
Gets the window ID of a GtkSocket widget, which can then
be used to create a client embedded inside the socket, for
instance with
The GtkSocket must have already be added into a toplevel window before you can make this call.
|a GtkSocket.
Returns :
|the window ID for the socket
"plug-added" signal
void user_function (GtkSocket *socket_,
gpointer user_data) :
Run Last
This signal is emitted when a client is successfully added to the socket.
|the object which received the signal
|user data set when the signal handler was connected.
"plug-removed" signal
gboolean user_function (GtkSocket *socket_,
gpointer user_data) :
Run Last
This signal is emitted when a client is removed from the socket.
The default action is to destroy the GtkSocket widget, so if you
want to reuse it you must add a signal handler that returns
|the object which received the signal
|user data set when the signal handler was connected.
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TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked.


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Ralph Lauren — the company behind America's beloved Polo shirts and khakis — promised last weekend the uniforms it will design for the 2014 Winter Olympics will be made in the USA.
The declaration came less than 48 hours after lawmakers raised a fashion ruckus after learning athletes in this month's London games would attend opening ceremonies in one-percenter-style getups — complete with berets and bobby socks — made in China.
In a slightly half-cocked but well-meaning gesture, a group of Democrats drafted a bill last week that would require the U.S. Olympic Committee to have this year's uniforms made here. After all, the unemployment rate in June was 8.2 percent. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, there are only 147,300 apparel manufacturing jobs when 10 years ago there were 350,000.


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Barnes named head soccer coach
Eric Barnes, a 2004 South Aiken High School graduate, has been named the new head men's soccer coach at Niagara University.
Barnes came to NU as an assistant coach this past season and takes over the head coaching position after Chase Brooks accepted the same position at Duquesne University. In his first year at Niagara as an assistant coach, Barnes helped the Purple Eagles earn their first Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title and a trip to the NCAA tournament in the program's 43-year history.
Barnes, who possesses an NSCAA Premier Diploma and an NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma, came to NU from the University of Pittsburgh where he served as the men's soccer assistant coach from 2009-11.
Barnes is a graduate George Mason University, where he played collegiately for two years while obtaining his bachelor's degree in health, fitness and recreation resources with a concentration in sport management. He then played two years at Pittsburgh while earning his Juris Doctorate.
His efforts on and off the field earned him the Martin Dunphy Goalkeeper of the Year Award, as well as the Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner's Academic Award, National dean's list and Athletic Director's Honor Roll honors.
Barnes also played professionally for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL-2) during the 2009 season and for the Carolina Dynamo (PDL-USL Premier Development league) in 2007.
Eric Barnes named head soccer coach


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Have you ever noticed that when you have nowhere to go, nothing to do, and no one to see, your skin is flawless, yet the night before a party almost guarantees a giant blemish right in the center of your face? Yeah, me too. When this happens even the most carefree girl considers drowning her sorrows in a cocktail and immediately begins piling on the concealer. There is something else you can try. This little trick is a home approximation of a cortizone shot you would get at the dermatologist*, and will at the very least decrease the size and redness of your blemish overnight, and often eradicate it completely! Place a tiny (tiny!) dab of cortizone cream (I use Cortizone-10 1%) directly on the blemish, cover with a pretty little bandaid, and snooze away. In the morning just carry on with your usual routine and enjoy that fabulous party!
* While this doesn't have the amazing results that a visit to the dermatologist will, it should still be used with great care. Only do this on large blemishes and only for special occasions! This is definitely not a treatment for every day, and never apply cortizone cream on large areas of your face or body, you run the risk of thinning and damaging your skin, not to mention getting a very long lecture from your dermatologist. Speaking of which, I am not a doctor, this is not to be used as medical advice, and you should always check with your own physician before trying a new beauty treatment of any kind.


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Study: Women to Lose Care if State Nixes Planned Parenthood
Women's access to affordable health care will be reduced if the state follows through with its plan to eschew federal funding for the Women's Health Program and create a state program instead, according to a new study from George Washington University.
The study, a follow-up to a May report from the university on Texas women's health, examines the impact of excluding Planned Parenthood from the state Women's Health Program in Bexar, Dallas, Hidalgo, Lubbock and Midland counties.
The Women's Health Program operates under a Medicaid waiver and serves more than 100,000 low-income women. Starting Nov. 1, the ...


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I'll take 'Business and Medicine,' Alex
Rob High reports what Watson is doing after Jeopardy!
Watson, the IBM computer that trounced human contestants on TV's Jeopardy! in 2011, has not been sitting idle. It's already working in cancer treatment and research and helping businesses interact with potential customers.
Rob High, an IBM Fellow, vice president and chief technology officer for Watson, dispels some myths about the game winner. First, it is "not strictly speaking" a supercomputer. Although, the version that won Jeopardy! would probably rank in the top 50 most powerful computers at the time, he says. Second, there is no single Watson any more, but rather individual versions that can be tailored to specific projects.
"We can now run Watson on a single server with 16 to 32 computing cores and 256 gigabytes of memory," he says. The quiz show champ, in comparison, had almost 3,000 cores and 15 terabytes of memory. (A terabyte equals 1012.) "We can get massive scale by continuing to increase the number of server replicas and can spread workload across that."
Watson is a cognitive computer, which means it "simulates human cognition with a specific focus on understanding language with human-like clarity," says High. "The second factor is that it's a system that augments and amplifies human cognition." That is, it enables humans to gain insight that they wouldn't be able to gain through other types of computers.
"One of our early clients said it best," High recalls. "He said, 'What's interesting about Watson isn't just that it answers questions correctly. In doing that so rapidly and repeatedly, it allows me to realize that I'm asking the wrong questions.'" That's a huge value for professionals whose job is to "see the other side of things." "The risks and opportunities for most businesses lie in the things that you're not thinking of," says High.
Since Jeopardy!, the Watson team has been building out the system's ability to understand language and extending its cognitive power. As a result, today's Watson has abilities well beyond its Jeopardy! forbearer.
IBM has been working with the clinicians at Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center in New York City to capture their expertise. Using a program called Interactive Care Insight for Oncology, Watson can offer physicians a list of treatment options that are specific to the patient, meet standard care quidelines, but are optimal for the patient's needs. The program digests patient summaries, physician notes, nurses' observations, lab reports and other relevant information.
"Watson can read all that and from it identify the attributes for making a selection of potential treatment options," says High. "And we've augmented that with clinical expertise that we get from the hospital about which of the treatment options is most relevant to particular patients. In effect, we've individualized patient treatment selections."
Watson even provides supporting evidence for these treatments, having absorbed reams of medical literature, research reports, journal articles and other relevant information.
"At the end of the day, the decision has to be made by the physician," says High. "Watson is not going to replace doctors. It's just helping them become more efficient."
Watson is also playing a role in researching the deadly disease. Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center is using Watson to accelerate research and clinical trials in oncology treatment. "They're interested in getting more of the clinical trials they produce in the hands of practitioners sooner, faster, more effectively," says High. Again, Watson examines patient similarities, genetic conditions and other patient attributes to identify any that might be a candidate for clinical trials and that could be included in their treatment options.
The system also identifies possible adverse results and provides options for treating them. "If some new drug therapy is being administered and the patient develops side effects, the doctors are forewarned about that side effect and how to deal with it in addition to treating the cancer," High says.
Watson is also busy in "engagement" – interacting with financial, insurance and telecommunications customers who want to know more about the goods and services that those businesses offer them.
"Today," says High, "someone surfing the Internet might be exposed to an ad banner that they'd click on. The typical experience is they would then be linked to a portal page of some sort that talks about that offer and maybe has a brochure, FAQs or links to other pages." Sometimes the experience can also include a forum where other customers share their opinions or a toll-free phone number with its attendant pitfalls of waiting for an operator who may or may not have the requisite knowledge. In any case, "the onus is on you to discover your own answers, and that experience can be very disengaging," he says.
"We can replace all that with Watson using a question-and-answer system that answers the question you have, including questions that may not be directly related to the product. For example, I've been exposed to an offer for a mortgage. Before I decide, I might have a bunch of questions concerning the market conditions for buying a house, issues from a tax perspective, the trade-offs in value of real estate and so forth. Watson can answer those questions by ingesting all of the information the bank has on mortgages and real estate."
The same approach can work for helping to choose a cell phone model or an insurance policy, High says. And he foresees Watson playing similar roles in other financial services.
"'What's the best investment for me?' is not a question Watson can answer," he says. There are simply too many variables such as an investor's appetite for risk, existing portfolio and market opportunities. But after digesting financial research from hundreds of sources, Watson could offer suggestions on specific investments, having analyzed factors such as a company's potential, market forecasts and other data.
All this is not without challenges. "Cognitive systems are used to operate on human-related problems," says High, "using human-related sources of information, and there is often ambiguity in our language." Watson often needs a "shared historical context" to sort that out.
"For example, I could get a message from my wife that says 'I'm going to stop by the store on my way home,'" he says. "That's ambiguous. What store? When? For what? But if we had an earlier conversation about needing groceries and I know what time she gets off work and where we usually shop, it's clear to me.
"Watson needs a similar shared historical context. Its big advantage is that it never forgets that context. If my wife told me about the groceries three days ago, I might not remember that. But Watson will."


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Account Me In: Agencies in Quest of Accountability
Dorit Rubinstein Reiss
University of California Hastings College of the Law
March 23, 2010
Brooklyn Journal of Law and Policy, Forthcoming
This articles adds to the literature about accountability by examining the little-studied phenomenon of agencies making efforts — sometimes substantial efforts - to be accountable. It briefly describes how three agencies — the EPA, the FDA and especially the IRS — worked to increase their accountability. It demonstrates that agencies are often not the enemy in the "accountability game". In today's world agencies, contrary to the stereotype, often buy into the language and practice of accountability. It addresses three arguments for this behavior: a rational choice argument based on comparison of the costs of non-accountability with the benefits of accountability; a power of ideas argument showing that agencies, like individuals, can respond to new ideas of governance; and a role conception argument based on agencies' choice to increase their accountability into their view of their mission.
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Seminal work from the legendary Jimmy Reed – spare and bluesy numbers that were some of the best work coming out of Chicago at the time! There's a snapping quality to the rhythms here that was a keen inspiration to generations of better-known artists – and in a way, it's amazing to go back to these originals to hear how spare and earthy Jimmy's original recordings were. Titles include "Big Boss Man", "Found Love", "Meet Me", "Hush Hush", "I'm Nervous", "Going By The River (parts 1 & 2)", and "Come Love". (Rainbow label pressing. Cover has small splits on the bottom seam.) © 1996-2016, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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Cotton Tale Poppy Pillow Pack
The Cotton Tale Poppy Pillow Pack is part of the Poppy collection this pillow pack consists of three festive pillows, in big dot with ruffle, black and white hounds tooth, and black and white stripe with appliqué. All three tied together with its citrus green bias. Can be used together or separately.


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By Lena Mitchell/NEMS Daily Journal
IUKA – Construction of a new Tishomingo County jail is on schedule for September completion with domed structures for inmate housing and the central office building well under way.
After architects officially turn the completed structure over to the county, preparations can begin for the move into the new jail, said Sheriff Glenn Whitlock.
"We chose the dome style of construction that would not take a large number of employees to operate, so there won't be a lot of new hires," Whitlock said.
The 150-bed jail will house 75 county inmates in one building and 75 joint county-state inmates in a separate building. The county-state inmates will require minimum security and function more like a halfway house.
"They will be able to go out on garbage and labor details picking up trash and helping out at nonprofits," the sheriff said. "People have tried to compare us to the regional jail opening soon in Corinth, where they hired a bunch of jailers. But we're nothing like that. They'll have 300 state inmates who will be on lockdown and require surveillance 24 hours a day."
The county, working with Ferguson & Associates architects of Jackson, hired CIG Construction of Corinth, which submitted the $5.25 million low bid.
The county was pushed to construct a new jail under court order due to overcrowding, but housing state inmates is expected to remove the cost from county taxpayers.
"What the state will pay us for their inmates – $20 a day – will be used to pay for the entire facility over time," Whitlock said.
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