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Resolute Marine Energy — a Boston-based, wave-energy technology company — hopes to test ocean wave energy conversion prototypes in Maine sometime in the summer of 2011.
The company has already completed two of the three testing stages, the first using computer simulation and the second with reduced-scale prototypes in a controlled environment. Now, the company is ready to take the technology offshore to begin ocean testing. Its eyes are set on the waters of its Northern neighbor, Maine.
Maine is an ideal location for Resolute Marine Energy to conduct testing for a few reasons, said CEO and President Bill Staby. Working in Maine allows the company to test locally, which could help expedite the permit process. Also, Maine has been aggressively working to better position itself in the alternative energy market, and testing would create job opportunities for locals.
"Maine has a skilled waterfront workforce, and they're looking to develop alternatives for hurting industries. This would give them a chance to start a new economy based on renewable energy," said Bill.
Not only will high-value jobs be created immediately for scientists and engineers, but there will be a need for a strong workforce to maintain testing facilities.
Bill is currently seeking institutional support for the project and consulting with various interested parties, who will hopefully help rally local support. Once a location is selected, Resolute Marine Energy will begin talks with the state of Maine and commence the permit request process.
For Bill, it would be ideal to have public and private sectors collaborate on the project. Cooperation would allow the project to gain positive visibility, which in turn would educate the public about ocean wave technology.
"We'd like to get a whole lot of people cooperating to do this," he said.


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The depth and breadth of the Mass General effort is extraordinary – from cell-based research into disease causation, to the assessment of those cell-based changes in transgenic animal models, to clinical trials involving human patients. A particular strength of the programs at Massachusetts General Hospital is that many of the scientific investigators are physicians and therefore participate in the clinical assessment and treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease.
Although most cases of PD do not appear to be directly caused by genetic mutations, there are rare examples of families in which the disease runs quite strongly, and can be traced to a specific genetic abnormality. Individuals in whom the symptoms begin before the age of 40 are especially likely to have a strong genetic component. To date, mutations in a total of 7 different genes have been directly implicated in the cause of PD, which has greatly facilitated new discoveries. MIND researchers are actively investigating how these mutations cause parkinsonism, and how the degeneration they produce can be prevented.
Environmental exposures also seem to play a role in PD. MIND researcher Michael Schwarzschild, MD, PhD has a longstanding collaboration with the neuro-epidemiology group at the Harvard School of Public Health, to translate new environmental clues about PD into novel therapeutic targets for slowing the disease. By carefully examining large populations over decades and looking for common diet, lifestyle and environmental exposures among those individuals who develop PD, they have found intriguing clues that point investigators in new directions. Dr. Michael Schwarzschild lab's research on caffeine, estrogen and their interaction in reducing the risk of PD serves as a prime example of the value of this inter-disciplinary, cross-institutional research team. This collaboration has also substantiated a link between blood levels of urate and a reduced risk of developing PD later in life, an exciting breakthrough that holds great promise for drug discovery.
The Parkinson's team at MIND is pioneering research that is unraveling the disease mechanisms of Parkinson's disease and setting the stage for the identification of therapies that can prevent or slow the progress of the disease.
Anne Young, MD, PhD is a world-renowned expert in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. She and her late husband (John B. Penney, Jr.) established the most widely cited model of dysfunctional brain circuitry in Parkinson's disease. The model has provided the springboard for testing novel interventions in Parkinson's disease and related disorders including the use of electronic deep brain stimulation. Dr. Young is the Principal Investigator of the MGH/MIT Morris Udall Center of Excellence in PD Research, which brings together scientists in several laboratories at MIND and MIT to try to understand the causes of and molecular events that contribute to Parkinson disease.
Alpha-synuclein MIND was one of the first research institutes in the world to investigate the structure, role, and dysfunction of the protein alpha-synuclein, which accumulates in the brains of both inherited and sporadic cases of PD, as well as other Parkinson-like disorders. This effort has yielded important evidence to suggest that modifying alpha-synuclein could prevent or slow the progression of PD.
Bradley Hyman, MD, PhD has assembled a group of researchers led by Pamela McLean, PhD, that uses sophisticated optical imaging methods and gene transfer techniques to understand why alpha-synuclein becomes toxic to brain cells. This imaging shows that modifications to one end of the protein can result in misfolding and aggregation. The group has found several kinds of molecules which can change the metabolism and effects of synuclein, and therefore reduce this misfolding and toxicity. Alpha synuclein, therefore, is a logical target for preventative or neuroprotective treatments and is a central component of MIND's drug discovery efforts in PD.
Dr. Young's laboratory is also examining the biology of alpha-synuclein in a group of Parkinson-like disorders, the Multiple Systems Atrophies. These studies suggest novel mechanisms in synuclein turnover, which may be relevant for treatments targeted at this protein.
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Dr. Schwarzschild and his laboratory are focused on understanding molecular pathways contributing to Parkinson's disease. His laboratory's work on caffeine, and the brain signals it targets, has recently converged with major human studies to suggest that caffeine and related drugs may help protect the brain cells lost in Parkinson's disease. Adenosine A2A receptors, which are part of the brain's circuitry that control movement are very sensitive to caffeine. Research suggests that drugs that block these receptors can partially reverse motor deficits in PD. A2A receptors may also be manipulated to reduce dyskinesia -- the excessive movements that can be a disabling side effect of long-term treatment with L-dopa, the mainstay therapy for PD.
Dr. Schwarzschild's research group has also examined the potential interactions between A2A receptors and estrogen, because PD is less common in women and epidemiological studies have shown that caffeine is linked to a reduced risk of PD only in those women who have not taken post-menopausal estrogen replacement therapy. Current experiments use genetically engineered mice to understand these findings and to examine their implications for drug discovery.
Most recently, an exciting breakthrough catalyzed by collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health is related to the role of urate, a powerful antioxidant molecule, in PD. Higher levels of urate in the general population are associated with a reduced risk of developing Parkinson's disease. And amongst those who have already developed the disease, higher urate levels are a predictor of a more favorable rate of disease progression.
The role of blood levels of urate discovered by Dr. Schwarzschild's lab has broad implications for drug discovery – and a clinical trial for the use of urate as a protective drug for PD will be launched in late 2008. Dr. Schwarzschild is also working to understand the mechanisms behind this protective effect in the laboratory, by conducting studies in several different mouse models of Parkinson's disease to determine how urate may prevent brain cell degeneration.
Dr. Young's laboratory has focused on the role of abnormal gene expression in PD, the tightly regulated process of turning genes on and off in brain cells. This group, headed by Ippolita Cantuti-Castelvetri, PhD is examining both mouse brains and post-mortem human brain samples with advanced tools such as Laser Capture Microdissection, to isolate sick brain cells, and gene array techniques that record the status of thousands of genes in these sick cells. They have found that specific sets of genes are abnormally changed in the PD brain. An additional intriguing finding is that this group of genes is different in male brains than in female's brains, providing new biological clues to the gender differences already observed in PD incidence.
Because MIND scientists studying Parkinson's are also physicians, and MGH has one of the world's strongest clinical programs in PD, investigators are focused on finding the critical links between scientific discoveries and their implications for treatment.
To speed the pace of drug discovery, MIND established the Parkinson's Disease Therapy Initiative to translate laboratory advances into new therapies. Several projects are underway to take maximum advantage of the innovative investigative techniques that are unique to MIND's laboratories.
MIND's seminal work on the protein alpha synuclein opens the door to seeking drugs that would reduce its toxicity. We have developed unique and powerful ways to test for the presence of dangerous forms of alpha-synuclein and to measure individual brain cells' ability to neutralize its deadly effects. Our drug discovery laboratory, headed by Dr. Alex Kazantsev, is working closely with Dr. Hyman's group to seek drug-like molecules that can clear toxic protein from brain cells, as well as neuroprotective factors that can bolster the body's own defenses against misfolding. This drug discovery work has been dramatically successful, identifying several compounds that are targets for further testing in animal models of the disease.
Dr. Schwarzschild's laboratory as identified blood urate levels as the first molecule to be directly tied to the progression of typical PD. Urate and its metabolic pathway are particularly amenable to new and existing drug treatments and dietary factors. This discovery provides a substantial new opportunity to understand and possibly slow the neurodegeneration that underlies the progressive decline of PD patients, and work is proceeding quickly to actualize this goal. A clinical study to see whether manipulating urate levels with new or existing drugs could slow disease progression is currently being planned to launch in late 2008, with funding from the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Dr. Schwarzschild'sgroup has shown that caffeine, as well as more specific blockers of the A2A receptor, can protect the dopamine-containing brain cells that are progressively lost in PD. Additionally, by combining their respective expertise on adenosine and glutamate signaling pathways in the brain, Dr. Schwarzschild's and Dr. Young's laboratories recently identified a dramatic synergistic effect: by blocking adenosine A2A and glutamate (mGlu5) receptors in combination, the individual anti-parkinsonian effects on movement were markedly enhanced. The potential symptomatic benefits of adenosine A2A blockers could be leveraged into even more dramatic improvements for PD patients through this basic research teamwork at MIND.
The clinical activities at MGH are organized around the Partners Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorder Center. Directed by Dr. John Growdon, the Center evaluates more than 700 new and 2,000 returning patients per year and several MIND physician-scientists care for PD patients in the Center. This Center and MIND investigators are also active members of the Parkinson's Study Group, a non-profit, cooperative group of Parkinson's disease experts from medical centers in the United States and Canada which coordinates drug clinical trials under the principles of open scientific communication, peer review, and full disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. Numerous clinical trials of new medical treatments for Parkinson's Disease have been conducted at MGH, many of which are now available to patients.
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May you live in interesting times, goes the old Chinese curse. Judging by the sophomoric letter apparently sent by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Bush, we certainly live in interesting times.
Iran and the United States — backed to some degree by most of Western Europe — are involved in a potentially deadly standoff over the Iranian regime's nuclear development program. Few believe a big need exists for nuclear power only to generate electricity in oil-rich Iran.
Given that Iran has nuclear-armed neighbors, that nation-states tend to see nuclear weapons as prestigious, and the calculation that possession of nuclear weapons might be seen as the best deterrent to an attack by the U.S., it would be surprising if Iran is not seeking nuclear weapon capability.
The most recent statement of U.S. foreign policy identifies Iran as the most serious threat the U.S. faces, and a number of investigators have written articles alleging the U.S. is contemplating military action against Iran.
Many Americans find the prospect of a military confrontation deeply disturbing, given troubling aspects of the Iraq war and the fact that Iran is larger and militarily more capable than Iraq. And Iranians are no doubt aware that while it might be difficult or impossible for the U.S. to occupy and rule Iran, the U.S. military still has the capacity to do enormous damage. Forces on both sides, then, have an interest in defusing the current impasse with as little bloodshed as possible.
So what does the U.S. get from the president of Iran? A letter that reads like something written by a college sophomore who has just come into contact with and been enchanted by Marxism and socialism, but with a religious accent. The letter states nothing concrete about the current crisis, but it contains a good deal of religious assertion and windy philosophizing about how "Undoubtedly through faith in God and the teaching of the prophets, the people will conquer their problems. My question to you is: 'Do you want to join them?'
"If billions of dollars spent on security, military campaigns and troop movement were instead spent," the Iranian president writes, "on investment and assistance for poor countries … combating different diseases, education and improvement of mental and physical fitness … assistance to victims of natural disasters, creation of employment opportunities … mediation between disputing states and distinguishing (presumably he meant "extinguishing") the flames of racial, ethnic and other conflicts, where would the world be today? Would not your government and people be justifiably proud?"
Interesting times indeed.
Despite the abstract nature of this letter, it would be intelligent to begin direct talks with Iran as soon as possible. Indeed, it would have been smart to initiate such talks before this letter was written, so the United States would have had the initiative.
Whether President Ahmadinejad is craftily posturing or utterly sincere or one step off, it is the mullahs who constitute the real power in Iran. They would not have held onto power since 1979 if they weren't also pragmatic. It is time to find out if that pragmatic bent can be turned toward defusing the current crisis.
A U.N. Security Council resolution this week offering to Iran a choice of carrots or sticks depending on how it handles its nuclear programs might be a beginning. But only if the resolution can gain support from Russia and China. However, direct talks between the U.S. and Iran, beginning without a formal agenda, could be more fruitful.
During the "long twilight struggle" that was the Cold War, the U.S. almost constantly maintained diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. Finally the most unstable system — it seems like a paradox that freer countries are more stable than tyrannies, but it's true — imploded.
For a free country, engaging with countries that pose potential threats is not a sign of weakness but of strength. It indicates confidence in the ability to use many methods — diplomacy, trade, negotiations, deep knowledge about the other side — to deal with conflicts and potential conflicts. It's time for the U.S., despite justified doubts about the sincerity of the other side, to use all the tools at the disposal of a great power.


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I wonder if the Depot dude thinking has changed? It is linked from bleacher report emails all the time. The only reason I read it anymore.
I wonder if the Depot dude thinking has changed? It is linked from bleacher report emails all the time. The only reason I read it anymore.
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Not sure Arinas was taking a shot at the Steelers, or maybe putting it out there as a "Hey Ben, c'mon west" kind of suggestion of possibility.
Steelers did Arians a favor when they hired him, after his Cleveland days. I imagine he could feel grateful for that.
Did Arians even reference Haley's offense? That part seems made up by the story.
Haley seemed to be trying to do what Ben and Arians didn't want to do and that was dink and dunk to keep Ben healthy. It was working until Ben got hurt.
There's a bigger problem at play here. Ben hasn't had a WR that could get separation since Plax left the first time. Since then he's been working with a mediocre bunch of WR. And even his TE takes time to get open. Ben's flat out told everyone he needs a big WR like Plax since he left.
Could you imagine what Ben could do with White/Jones in Atlanta, let alone one of those guys. Great QBs typically have great WRs. Ben never really has. We've had a lot of underwhelming talent at WR and a lot of turnover at the position.
Like to see the Cards QB survie but not sure any of his Qb can go downfield. But i would like to see haley take more shots downfield.
Yeah, but Arians didn't actually take any shots at Haley. It seems more like a Steeler fan wanting there to be something in the comments that wasn't actually there.
Chadman quite likes Haley. Quite likes Arians too. Both have various levels of success, but have differing gameplans.
It's all about using the players on hand to the best of their ability. Chadman will leave that up to yourselves to work out which guy does that best.
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Hi! I'm new here. I'm nursing my second child, and up until now I haven't had any problems. But I've been searching the internet and I can't find anything that helps, so I'm bringing my question to you ladies.
A couple months ago, my son (he's almost 9 months right now) bit me and his tooth cut my nipple open so that I had a hole the size of his tooth. I stopped nursing on that side for a few days until it healed, and all was well again.
He hasn't bitten me since, so the biting isn't a problem. But every few weeks the hole works its way back open and I have to go through the process of not nursing on that side until it heals again. It's open again now, and this time it's even bigger than it has ever been. I've stopped nursing that side, and it's feeling better, although not healed yet.
So my questions are:
Should I wait even longer to nurse that side again to see if it "really" heals?
Both my husband and my sister say to just stop nursing that side completely, but that makes me feel sad because it feel like I'm weaning my son, even though I wouldn't be. Should I stop nursing that side completely, and if so, is it really as bad as I feel it would be?
Is there anything I can do (besides making sure he's latched on correctly from the start of each nursing and making sure he doesn't pull his head back when he's tired, etc.) to keep the wound from opening up again?
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my dtr is 2 weeks old and i am exclusively breastfeeding. My ? is, I always try to burp her after a feeding (she usually will only nurse for 10 minutes at a time), but she rarely burps. I know that they really need to burp if bottle fed, but what about being breastfed. I only try to burp her for a few minutes because nothing ever happens.
she rarely has spit up and doesn't seem to have problems with gas pains.
Is this normal for bf babies to not need to burp much?
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Name of Product: Baby Einstein Discover & Play Color Blocks
Units: About 35,000
Distributor: Kids II Inc., of Alpharetta, Ga.
Hazard: Surface paint on the blue block contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: The recall involves the blue block included with the Baby Einstein Discover & Play Color Blocks, Model 30726 and Model 30881. The blocks are made of soft textures and come in different colors. Only date codes of GE7, GF7, and GG7 are included in this recall. The model number and date code are printed on the labels affixed to the green-colored block.
Sold at: Various retailers and specialty stores nationwide from June 2007 through September 2007 for between $10 and $13.
Manufactured in: China
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New York's ground zero through time
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Take a look at the World Trade Center site through time, from the construction of the Twin Towers to the opening of the new centerpiece on the site.
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WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today award selections for approximately 120 organizations across the country that will receive nearly $120 million to drive innovation under the Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program. These investments will enable successful weatherization agencies to expand their programs and will support new pilot projects to demonstrate innovative weatherization delivery and financial models and new technologies. Secretary Chu also announced that the program reached a new milestone in June - weatherizing more than 31,600 homes across the country.
"The weatherization program under the Recovery Act is successfully creating jobs in local communities, saving money for families, and reducing carbon pollution across the country," said Secretary Chu. "The funding announced today builds on the Department's existing investments in energy efficiency to continue to expand and drive innovations in the weatherization program that will provide even greater energy and cost savings to low-income families."
After ramping up last year, the Weatherization Assistance Program is now weatherizing homes at its optimal run rate - approximately 25,000 homes per month. And in June, states reported that more than 31,600 homes were weatherized with Recovery Act funding - the most ever in a month. This summer alone, more than 80,000 homes will be weatherized across the country. Examine the state breakdown (pdf - 15kb) of the homes weatherized through June.
The program is also creating thousands of jobs locally - putting carpenters, electricians and factory workers back to work installing insulation, upgrading appliances, and improving heating and cooling systems. According to state reports, the Recovery Act Weatherization Program supported more than 13,000 jobs in the second quarter of 2010.
As part of today's announcement, nearly $90 million in Recovery Act funds will be awarded to more than 100 high-performing local weatherization providers in 27 states to complement and expand their existing weatherization programs. Each of the selected organizations has already met their milestone of weatherizing 30 percent of their total production goal and spending 30 percent of their Recovery Act funds. These awards will allow these successful grantees for the first time to install renewable energy systems and cutting-edge energy efficiency technologies in homes to help families save even more on their energy bills. This includes installing technologies such as solar heating systems, solar photovoltaic panels and shingles, small-scale wind turbines, new insulation technologies, cool roofs, high-efficiency appliances, tankless hot water systems, high-efficiency combination boilers for hot water and heat, in-home energy monitors, and ductless heat pump systems. View the full list of award selections (pdf - 57kb).
An additional $30 million from the weatherization program's annual budget will fund 16 recipients that will demonstrate other innovative approaches to weatherizing low-income single and multifamily homes. Projects will include new types of weatherization partnerships, financial models that allow for greater private sector leveraging, workforce training and volunteer engagement, and the demonstration of new energy efficiency technologies like in-home energy monitors. Projects will also test combining weatherization services with a comprehensive 'green and healthy homes' approach that incorporates indoor air quality improvement and lead abatement services.
Grantees include organizations that have not historically been a part of the Department's Weatherization Assistance Program, including private companies, non-profit organizations, universities, city governments, and national partners like Habitat for Humanity and YouthBuild USA. These projects will help build the local capacity of new weatherization providers and will allow DOE to rigorously test the cost-effectiveness of a range of new weatherization approaches that have the potential to accelerate efforts to build an efficient and sustainable weatherization and retrofit market. See the full list of selected awardees (pdf - 42kb).
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Coming to the CNTSC, I've worked in North Carolina as the State Conservationist, prior to that, as the Deputy State Conservationist, Lakewood, Co, Area Conservationist in Flagstaff, AZ, District Conservationist in Madison, WI, West Burlington, IA and Soil Conservationist in Marshalltown, IA as well. Have spent a lot of time throughout the country seeing the different aspect of Agriculture. Born and raised in Crystal Spring, MS. I have enjoyed my career thus far and look forward to continuing to spread the word about the good work that NRCS does. Graduate from Alcorn State University with a BS in Agriculture Economics. Married with one daughter. Enjoy sports, traveling and the outdoors.
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Tyler Art Gallery North: The Era of the Dust Bowl
The Grant Arnold Collection: During the 1930s, Grant Arnold (1904-1988) was essentially the staff lithographer for the Art Students League, NYC and the Woodstock, NY Artists Association. Working in this capacity, he helped many artists complete prints and collected hundreds of works from the artists themselves. These images are primarily in "social realist" style – documenting everyday American life in a straight forward artistic syle.
Farm Security Administration Photography: Between 1937 and 1941 at least three professional photographers were sent to Oswego County to document in photographs local migratory workers and their environmental conditions the Port of Oswego and other local citizens and landmarks under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA).
Tyler Art Gallery South: Ebb & Flow
Ebb & Flow is an art installation by Mary Giehl and Kim Waale with a focus on water as a primary image. By showing water from a microcosmic and macrocosmic point of view, viewers enter into an intellectually rigorous contemplation of the subject and the various subjective ways artists can interpret a single source of inspiration.
Giehl's installation enlarges microscopic water-borne organisms.
Waale's installation shrinks rivers and creeks – examined from a macro perspective – into three-dimensional marks.
Jude Lewis is a woodworker and sculptor. Her work explores functionality in design in regard to both physical and emotional needs and restraints. She has a degree in Furniture Design from the School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, and in Sculpture from SUNY Albany. Her work has shown nationally, most recently at the Everson Museum of Syracuse, NY, the Palitz Gallery of NYC, and the Earlville Opera House.
Artist Website: http://judelewis.com
Nancy Diessner's artwork emerges from her background in painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and digital image manipulation. Incorporating all these media, her artwork explores the mysterious and complex connection between humans and animals, at the same time expressing our human longing for and isolation from the "other." Dedicated to safer printmaking, she created two low-toxicity college printmaking studios during her college teaching career, and now runs a public printmaking studio, Dog's Eye Print Studio, in Framingham, MA, where she also makes photopolymer etching plates for artists.
Artist Website: http://ndiessner.com/
Oswego State Downtown Gallery Exhibit: What Have We Done?
West First & Bridge Streets
Illustrations by Aaron Z. Lee + Friends
October 18 – October 19
An adjunct instructor of art at the college, Lee also works as a graphic artist at the campus Lifestyles Center. The exhibition, curated by Lee, includes work from friends Miles George, Erik Miller, Cayetano Valenzuela, Isaac Bidwell and Ben Petrie.
(Pictured: Illustration by Aaron Z. Lee)
The CoffeeNook, 156 West 2nd Street, Oswego
Scientific Art Exhibition: Marking the dedication of SUNY Oswego's Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation, the exhibit features works from Biology, Earth Sciences, Physics, Astronomy, Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science and Mathematics.
The Visiting Artist Talk by Aaron Sinift Has Been Rescheduled from 10/23/13 in Room 132, Campus Center Auditorium to 11/12/13 in Room 105, Lanigan Hall.
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I'm Still Here! Pro Football Talk For 12/23/12
This past game last Thursday night was UGLY but........Cincinnati won 34-13 at Philly!
My Bengals are now 8-6-0. They really need to win out folks if at all possible?
Cincinnati will be playing the Steelers this coming Sunday in a "very big" game as far as playoffs and division possibilities! I will be a nervous wreck..........
Let's hear about your favorite team/teams college included if you want to!


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Headaches are very common. The World Health Organization reports up to three-fourths of all people suffered some sort of headache within the last year. For some they aren't a big deal, but for others they can be debilitating. Experts at Mayo Clinic have tips on how to manage headaches.
The two most common types of headaches are tension headaches and migraines, and to treat them properly, it's often important to distinguish which one you're dealing with. Robert Sheeler, M.D., says it's also important to make sure the headache is not the result of an underlying problem such as an aneurysm, tumor or other serious disease. If you have significant headaches, it's key to see your health care provider and to get a detailed neurologic evaluation.
Headaches are often not cured, but with proper treatment, patients may greatly reduce the frequency and severity of their headaches and get back into life.
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Denny fined.............25,000!!!!!
Hamlin fined for Phoenix post-race comments UPDATES: NASCAR has fined driver #11-Denny Hamlin $25,000 for comments he made following the March 3 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. NASCAR determined that Hamlin violated Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing) of the 2013 NASCAR Rule Book. NASCAR issued the following statement regarding the penalty: "Following the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event last Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway, Denny Hamlin made some disparaging remarks about the on-track racing that had taken place that afternoon. While NASCAR gives its competitors ample leeway in voicing their opinions when it comes to a wide range of aspects about the sport, the sanctioning body will not tolerate publicly made comments by its drivers that denigrate the racing product."(NASCAR)
Comments: NASCAR did not announce the specific comment that got Hamlin fined, but the following appears to be his primary complaint against the car after the race (per Toyota PR):
Q: How much did you learn about the new race car today?
Hamlin: "We learned a lot. I don't want to be the pessimist, but it did not race as good as our generation five cars. This is more like what the generation five was at the beginning. The teams hadn't figured out how to get the aero balance right. Right now, you just run single-file and you cannot get around the guy in front of you. You would have placed me in 20th-place with 30 (laps) to go, I would have stayed there -- I wouldn't have moved up. It's just one of those things where track position is everything."(3-7-2013)
UPDATE: Denny Hamlin said on Thursday that he refuses to pay the fine that NASCAR assessed him after comments he made regarding the new Generation 6 car last weekend at Phoenix International Raceway. The car debuted in the Sprint Cup Series this season. "Ultimately, I'm not OK with it," Hamlin said of the penalty. "This is the most upset and angry I've been about anything in a really, really long time anything that relates to NASCAR ... the truth is what the truth is and I don't believe in this, I'm never going to believe in it. As far as I'm concerned, I'm not going to pay the fine. If they suspend me, they suspend me. I don't care at this point."(Fox Sports)(3-7-2013)
UPDATE 2: NASCAR VP of Competition Robin Pemberton discussed the fine Thursday afternoon:
Q. Denny Hamlin was saying he's not planned to pay the fine that he was given for his comments. What would be the procedure and how long does he have to pay?
ROBIN PEMBERTON: He also has the ability to appeal. The fines are supposed to be paid as soon as possible, but we're not in any of those windows yet where it seems to be a problem.
Q. Where is the limitation for what drivers can say without facing a fine if they have concerns about the car, whatever?
ROBIN PEMBERTON: We give them quite a bit of latitude, but you can't slam your racing, you can't slam your product. That's where it crosses a line.
Q. If Denny wants to appeal the fine, what would that process entail?
ROBIN PEMBERTON: He has to let us know. He has to write a letter.
Q. He can continue to compete?
ROBIN PEMBERTON: Yes. It's like every other appeal. Over the course of time, you remember mechanics and crew chiefs, whatever, if they appeal, then they can continue to carry on business as usual until the appeal has been heard and ruled on.
Q. Just to clarify on that. When he does appeal, does it also go to the National Stockcar Racing Commission and then to the chief appellate officer?
ROBIN PEMBERTON: This isn't any different than an illegal part or piece.(NASCAR)(3-7-2013)


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James Bond debuts in theaters, the Beatles release their first single, PBS is founded, and Tylenol capsules are recalled amid seven deaths from tampering, all on this day.
1982: Johnson & Johnson initiates a nationwide product recall in the United States for all products in its Tylenol brand after several bottles of Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules in Chicago were found to have been laced with cyanide, resulting in seven deaths. The incidents would lead to reforms in the packaging of over-the-counter substances and to federal anti-tampering laws. The case remains unsolved and no suspects have been charged.


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Seeking a wise and swift response to climate changeJanuary 13,2013As the Legislature convened in Montpelier last week for the start of a new biennium, Vermonts lawmakers braced themselves for a full agenda. Whether its a moratorium on wind, a proposal for a statewide plan or some form of carbon tax, this session is sure to be lively.
Its a good time to reflect on the bold environmental laws passed by Congress in the early 1970s, including the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency.
At that time in Vermont the Gibb Commission appointed by Gov. Deane Davis to study the causes of and solutions to the rampant unguided growth in Vermont after the opening of the interstate highway issued its report. Within the year its findings were written into a bill, thoroughly vetted and signed into law as Act 250. These actions were wise and swift.
With the stakes so high today, can we hope for the 2013-14 Legislature to pass meaningful environmental law as wisely and as swiftly as its predecessors did in the 1970s?
The following paragraphs, which describe the challenge we face, are adapted from Greening Vermont: The Search for a Sustainable State, which I co-wrote with Eric Zencey.
One of the fundamental principles of ecology was offered by John Muir decades ago: If you try to pick one thing out by itself, you find it hitched to everything else in the universe. Everything is connected, and a change anywhere in a complex system tends to reverberate through the whole.
Our environmental problems are themselves like an ecosystem, a complex web of interconnection and relation that we dont completely understand. To address them effectively, the environmental movement will have to think like an ecosystem see, conceptualize and deal with the problematic system as a whole.
Climate change is upon us, and its magnitude is barely comprehensible. Tropical Storm Irene came from a place far from the state, but its causes have roots that extend into our lives and homes. As long as Vermonters burn fossil fuels as if the planets capacity to absorb greenhouse gases were infinite, we contribute to the problem. And doing our part to solve the problem will not be enough.
The task can seem daunting. The infinite-planet system has enormous inertia. And like a healthy ecosystem, it is resilient and tends to heal itself, absorbing change, adapting, maintaining its status quo. This means that many of the victories of the environmental movement are, indeed, all too temporary.
But there is also an advantage offered by the complexity of the problem: Any action, anywhere, that begins to transform that system will have an effect on the whole. It has leverage points (food, water, energy, transportation, waste streams, economic indicators) at which concerted effort can bring amplified results.
And action can be taken with the assurance that the alternative system of practice sustainable communities will eventually out-compete the unsustainable system it seeks to replace.
Its definitional: An unsustainable system cannot last.
Until its ultimate goal is reached, the environmental movement in Vermont, as elsewhere, will play a much-needed role as it embraces and defines and works for that vision of sustainable communities.
This is the high purpose of civilization in the 21st century, and until that goal is achieved, the main task of the environmental movement will be to ensure that our progress toward it is steady and certain.
In 1970, as the Gibb Commission produced what would become Act 250, its report warned that what was at stake wasnt just a way of life for a small, rural corner of the United States but nothing less than the survival of mankind.
Action resulting from this report was swift. Forty years later, as we endure the consequences of our irresistible addiction to oil, we see that the Gibb Commissions warning was not overstated.
Whether we respond as wisely and swiftly to the challenge of climate change remains an open question.
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- Farmer owned reserves highlighted in NFU/UT study
- NFU approach
- FORs
- Costs and savings
- Livestock feed
- Cotton and insurance
- NFU/University of Tennessee Agricultural Policy Analysis Center study looks at farmer owned reserves (FORs).
- Group urges Congress to consider FORs as agriculture legislation is crafted.
With many in Congress eager to take a hatchet to the federal budget it is inevitable that agriculture programs will be cut. But the scope of cuts proposed by the White House early this week – including the end of $5-billion-per-year direct payments and a big drop in crop insurance subsidies – has farmer advocates and commodity groups repeating a complaint heard often in recent years: Agriculture is bearing a disproportionate share of the budget-fixing burden.
For more, see Obama budget proposal targets direct payments.
Even if agriculture programs emerge more intact than the White House wants, more uncertainty exists for the near future. The next farm bill must be written and agriculture's major players are jostling over what policies to back.
In mid-September, the National Farmers Union (NFU) showcased a study done by the University of Tennessee Agricultural Policy Analysis Center that looks at how farmer owned reserves (FORs) would work for farmers and taxpayers in the current climate.
See a study report here.
The study "found that, if we had adopted this approach over the last 13 years (1998 through 2010), the value of U.S. exports would have been nearly $5 billion more than it actually was," said Roger Johnson, NFU President. "Corn prices would have been $0.26 higher than they actually were, wheat prices would have been $0.48 higher, and soybeans would have averaged $1.09 more over the period studied. The farmer-owned reserve acts to moderate highs and lows of grain prices, and during the period studied, farmers would have gained more income from market receipts and relied less on government payments, which would have been reduced by more than half."
On Tuesday, Farm Press spoke with Harwood Schaffer, Research Assistant Professor at the UT Agricultural Policy Analysis Center. Schaffer, one of the study's authors, explained why FORs should be considered by Congress, how cotton would fit into the system and how it would stabilize food and animal feed costs. Among his comments:
On Obama's budget proposals and how they would affect agriculture…
"I've been following the proposals in rough detail and am aware of what's involved. Everyone seems to be figuring out a response.
"Certainly, Obama's approach will come through the USDA. (Agriculture Secretary) Tom Vilsack was at the (recent) NFU meeting (where the UT study was released). He talked to the NFU but didn't hear the presentation on the study. But I'm sure he has been apprised of it.
"The NFU, with its legislative fly-in, had visits with a large number of congressional members. They found at least some openness from a number of them.
"Part of that openness comes from the fact that in facing a climate where less money may be available, the study shows over the range of conditions that can happen – and actually did between 1998 and 2010 with relative historic lows and absolute historic highs – the policies outlined would have performed very well and would have saved a significant amount of money. That alone has created some willingness (amongst legislators) to look at this policy that many wrote off since 1996."


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Texas State Senator Judith Zaffirini (District 21), the Karnes County Historical Commission, and THC historians will participate in the special dedication happening Friday, Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. near the corner of Clinton and Hillside Streets in Kenedy.
The event is free and open to the public.
After the December 7, 1941 Empire of Japan attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. entered World War II.
One U.S. government response began in early 1942 with the incarceration of more than 120,000 Issei (first generation, Japanese immigrants) and Nisei (second generation, U.S. citizens) in War Relocation Authority Camps across the country.
Prior to this and through separate confinement programs, thousands of Japanese, German, and Italian citizens in the U.S. (and in many cases, their U.S. citizen relatives) classified as Enemy Aliens, were detained by the Department of Justice (DOJ) through its Alien Enemy Control Unit and, in Latin America, by the Department of State.
Enemy Aliens were held until paroled or exchanged for U.S. and Allied citizens seized overseas by Axis nations.
Camp Kenedy served as a World War I training camp, and later as a Civilian Conservation Corps camp. In March 1942, the site transferred to the DOJ. On April 21, 1942, the confinement site's first detainees arrived––primarily Latin American adult males. The population averaged nearly 600 internees per month. The DOJ ceased operation of the facility in September 1944. After the station, closed the site became a German, and later a Japanese enemy prisoner of war camp.
The National Park Service, through the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, provided grant funding to the THC to help preserve and interpret the history of this and four other confinement sites in Texas during World War II. The project, "Japanese Confinement Sites in Texas: An Untold Cultural Legacy of World War II," is part of the THC's national award-winning Texas in World War II initiative. Historical markers, a commemorative brochure, oral history workshops, and a comprehensive statewide site survey are part of this special program.
This project is assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service.


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#20466 - 02/27/01 07:17 PM Re: Pet Names Anonymous
I have a friend who has a dog named Diogee. i think it's clever, in a simple sort of way
#20467 - 02/27/01 07:49 PM Re: Pet Names
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Registered: 01/18/01
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Was his full name Diogenes, who was so helpful he held the lantern for the burglars who were looting the house?
#20468 - 02/27/01 11:53 PM Re: Pet Names Anonymous
thanks for the chuckle, bill.
that reminds me of a joke that most of you have probably heard (i have a knack for that, which is why i seldom tell jokes)
A burgler, upon entering a house, hears a strange voice call out "Jesus is watching you". He hesitates, then moves closer to the source, only to hear again - louder - "JESUS IS WATCHING YOU!!". After a brief pause he creeps again toward the corner from which the voice is emanating, only to find a parrot in a wrought iron (well, actually i don't think the joke mentions wrought iron, but i'm trying to tie in a few threads here) cage. He breathes a huge sigh of relief, then with a chuckle asks the bird his name.
"Diogee", the bird replies (again, this isn't the name that the joke originated with, but i can't recall what it was supposed to be. it's really immaterial. but you are undoubtedly beginning to get a sense of why i rarely tell jokes....).
"DIOGEE??", repeats the burgler, with a derisive laugh. "What kind of an IDIOT would name his bird DIOGEE???", he scoffed, to which the bird replied dryly: "The same idiot that named his rottweiler "Jesus".
#20469 - 02/28/01 04:40 AM Re: Pet Names
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Posts: 3146
Loc: Northamptonshire, England
I used to breed siamese cats, and the ones we kept mostly had the names of kings and queens. Our queen who died at the ripe old age of 15 in 1997 was called Sirikit. Interestingly, I would have been jailed in Thailand for naming her after a Thai queen. Our tom and his sister (we bought them both at the same time) were called George (King George) and Alexandra (his wife), but quickly became "Red" and "Tortie" - he was a red point siamese and she was a tortoiseshell point. Sirikit became "Skrits" fairly rapidly. We've kept one of her daughters (who is now 16) and she is Chu-Tze (the last Chinese empress), but she is normally called "Choosy" or more commonly "you *%!@# mog!"
My dogs have had an eclectic bag of names. My shepherd bitch was "Elsie", my first keeshond was "Demelza" named after Demelza Poldark from the series and the current one is "Saffie", short for Saffron, named after the hapless daughter in AbFab._________________________
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#20470 - 02/28/01 09:28 AM Re: Pet Names
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Loc: Springfield, MA, USA
I used to breed siamese cats, and the ones we kept mostly had the names of kings and queens.
For a long time I've wanted to have a russian blue (cat), and give it a good Russian imperial name.
#20471 - 02/28/01 09:40 AM Re: Pet Names
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I got the name from a movie about a cat and a dog entitled Milo and Otis. Milo was the cat. (I named him when I was 9. )
When I was 10, my brother and I both got cats from the shelter. Brother and sister cats, as it turned out. I got Joshua (who's name stayed the same) and he got Spock. Thing is, Spock was a girl, and definitely nothing like the Star Trek star, so we named her after a cat from a pet food commercial. Jennifer. We were just kids, and she looked exactly like the cat on the commercial....
Btw, loved the proposed name of Potato for an Irish Setter.
PS... I love the website spell checker. It's great for some laughs. For "Milo", it suggested "Milquetoast" as a possible proper spelling. And for my name it suggested "alien". How did it know?
#20472 - 02/28/01 09:45 AM Re: Pet Names
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 09/15/00
Posts: 4757
How did it know?
It was just drawing a logical abduction. Alimentary, Dr What's on.
#20473 - 02/28/01 09:54 AM Re: Pet Names
Carpal Tunnel
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Posts: 11613
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
Dr What's on.
Who, first!
#20474 - 02/28/01 10:05 AM Re: Pet Names
Carpal Tunnel
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Posts: 13858
Dear CK:"I used to breed siamese cats, and the ones we kept mostly had the names of kings and queens"
I have read that Siamese cats in temples would attack intruders. Did any of yours display this behaviour?
And if so, how did they treat cat burglars?
#20475 - 02/28/01 12:25 PM Re: Pet Names
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 11/13/00
Posts: 3146
Loc: Northamptonshire, England
I have read that Siamese cats in temples would attack intruders. Did any of yours display this behaviour?
And if so, how did they treat cat burglars?
You asked for it.
Red, my breeding tom, was a pet first and foremost so we didn't keep him in a cage the way battery breeders do. So, when there was nothing doing at home, like most toms he went to find his own fun. The outcome was that most of the kittens in the neighbourhood were relatives of our kittens. The long ears, Siamese wail and blue eyes were something of a giveaway!
Most of the locals knew Red and knew we owned him. When he was out on vigil singing on fences, he sounded so sad, hungry and downright forlorn that the people whose tabbies he was trying to seduce took pity on him and fed him. I will always treasure the phone calls I received (at different times) from near-neighbours, asking whether there was anything they should or shouldn't feed him ...
We bred for temperament rather than for show-winning physical excellence. While our breeding pair both had pedigrees as long as your arm we sold our cats without papers to good homes quite cheaply. We're still in touch with several of the people who bought them. They've all been long-lived, healthy cats who dote on people._________________________
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