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Boston, MA – For the first time researchers have shown that transplanted stem cells can preserve and improve vision in eyes damaged by retinal disease. In the cover article in the November 2004 Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, scientists from Harvard's Schepens Eye Research Institute describe results of a mouse study in which transplanted stem cells develop into retinal cells, prevent the death of "at risk" retina cells in the recipient mice and improve the vision of treated mice.
"These findings hold great promise for potential treatments for people suffering from macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and other retinal diseases," says Michael Young, PhD, an assistant scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute and the lead author of the study.
The retina is a tissue-thin membrane at the back of the eye responsible for sending light and images from the outside world through the optic nerve to the brain, which interprets them. The retina contains light sensitive cells, known as rods, which make it possible for us to see in black and white and in low light, and cones, which are responsible for color and high-acuity vision. In diseases such as macular degeneration, it is these cells that are being destroyed.
Believing that stem cells – cells that have the capacity to change into other kinds of cells – could potentially save vision, Young and his team decided to test their theory in mice. They transplanted retinal stem cells from young "green" mice into the eyes of normal-colored mice that had retinal disease. Green mice are genetically raised so that all their tissues are fluorescent green. The green color makes it possible to detect where the transplanted cells are and how they are growing and changing.
After several weeks the team evaluated the eyes of the treated mice and found that the green cells had migrated to where they were needed in the damaged retina and had changed into what looked like normal retinal cells. The scientists also found that many of the cone cells that were on the verge of dying before the transplant appeared to regain or retain their function. The researchers speculated that the transplanted cells were secreting a factor or substance that saved these fragile cells. (There is growing evidence that rod cells keep cone cells alive by secreting a special factor)
To test whether the mice with transplanted stem cells could see better, the team then placed them and the control mice (without the transplants or with non-stem cell transplants) in dark cages and flashed a series of increasingly lower level lights at both groups over a period of time. Mice are photophobic and stop their normal activity when they detect light. The researchers took advantage of this natural response and found that the mice with the transplanted tissue continued to respond to the light as it reached the lowest levels. The control mice did not.
"These are the first steps toward the use of stem cells for saving existing vision and then -- down the road-- restoring vision that has already been lost," says Young, who believes that stems cells will have many roles to play in the fight against blinding diseases. Young and his team are now investigating the same phenomenon in pigs, whose eyes are larger and more like human eyes.
Members of the research team include: Henry J. Klassen‡, Tat Fong Ng*, Yasuo Kurimoto*, Ivan Kirov‡, Marie Shatos*, Peter Coffey†, and Michael J. Young*
*Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114†Visual Transplantation Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TP UK‡CHOC Research, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA 92868
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Things to Consider Before Adopting a Cat
Cat Adoption
Thinking about getting a furry feline friend? Well first of all, adopting a cat is the way to go. Even if you want, say, a Persian, purebreds can be found in shelters and rescues, too. In fact, some rescues work specifically with certain breeds. Or if you prefer a good, old-fashioned, Heinz-57 mixed-breed mouser, any shelter or rescue will be happy to provide you with one.
However, a cat is a long-term commitment. There are things to consider before you bring your newly adopted cat home.
1. Think about the time you have to commit to a new cat. Do you work full-time? Do you travel a lot? If so, many animal shelters may recommend a pair of cats so they can keep each other company during your trips (when the kitty-sitter isn't around). Yes, cats are inherently independent and are sometimes known for being stubbornly self-governing (ahem, Garfield!), but it's just not fair to bring one home if you don't have enough time to play with, feed, care for, and otherwise properly love your cat(s). If you aren't home enough to adopt a cat, most rescues will tell you so right off the bat, as it is one of the first questions on most adoption applications.
2. Contemplate what kind of cat you want to adopt — a kitten, an adult, or a senior cat. They're equally entertaining, not to mention correspondingly lovable and loving, as they all form their quirky little habits and rituals around you, your home, and your schedule.
Kittens obviously require more attention. If not spayed/neutered, they will need that crucial surgery (at or after six months, usually), plus additional vaccinations for Feline Herpes Virus, Feline HIV, and other easily spreadable diseases. But oh-the-joys of having a teeny, tiny, cougar-like creature that hops and bounces the time away, chasing imaginary things and pouncing on its own tail. If you do adopt a kitten, consider taking two so they can grow up together.
Choosing a new cat is a unique experience. Don't rush it; you should wait for one that really "speaks to you." And keep in mind that the cat you envision yourself adopting may not even be at the rescue center of your choice yet. A cat is a long-term commitment, don't rush the adoption process.
A senior cat may also be extra work. Just as with humans, with age there may be more frequent ailments.
3. Keep in mind before adopting a cat, too, that once you do get him home, he'll need to be fed decent, nutritious food regularly – at least once a day. Kittens should eat twice a day for the first year. This can be costly and, like veterinary care, should be calculated into your future feline finances.
4. Cats, although you generally won't see them romping around in it like dogs, require plenty of cold, fresh water to drink. They need decent hydration just like any other animal. Keep in mind that the notion of cats needing milk or cream is a fallacy. Adult cats do NOT need milk; it actually can give them horrible intestinal difficulties and cause weight gain.
5. If you have other pets, small ones specifically, always keep them caged and in a different room, at least to begin with. Keep your new cat in a separate room from birds, fish, domesticated rodents, and small dogs initially. You don't know if your newly adopted cat may become aggressive around your other animals, or vice versa. Until they can live in harmony — which may require training on your part — don't make anyone uncomfortable or put the cat in a situation where he is set up to fail (i.e., by not covering the fish tank, having it at his reach, or not giving him enough time to adjust to the other pets).
6. You must keep your newly adopted cat away from house plants or fresh flowers. Chewing on strange plants or flowers can cause all kinds of fun (i.e., not fun) stuff, such as vomiting and diarrhea. Certain plants, like poinsettia and lily, are actually poisonous to cats – even fatally so. So if you're a plant and flower lover you will have to change your decorating scheme to accommodate a new cat.
7. Before adopting a cat, think about whether you want your cat to go outdoors. There are detractors and promoters on both sides of the fence with the issue of outdoor versus indoor cats. Remember, house cats are still descendants of big, wild cats, so they have natural instincts to hunt, scratch, and bare their brawn, so to speak. You might need to train the outdoors out of your new cat if indoor living doesn't catch on naturally.
There are also people who take their cats outdoors on leashes. This is perfectly acceptable if Fluffy wants some sunshine time. Taking cats for walks may sound silly, but is not unheard of and is actually on the rise in popularity. Some cat owners have been known to use covered or screened baby carriages to walk their cats during the afternoon so they can experience the sounds and sights of nature in a protected environment.
8. Reflect on the cost and necessity of microchipping your adopted cat, as most rescues cannot afford to do it for you. The decision to microchip is up to you, but it is a way to locate your lost cat should he get loose one day. If someone finds him, they can bring him to a vet or shelter and by scanning his chip they get your contact information. Just be sure to register the chip and keep your information current.
9. You do not have to bathe a cat like you do a dog! However, if you adopt a long-haired cat, the mattes and knots can be unruly and out of control, so bathing may be a necessity. A good old bath, conditioning treatment, and a full brush out once or twice a year is perfect.
10. Finally, remember that a cat still needs companionship and love. Yes, they are independent, but that doesn't mean they can raise themselves. Cats and kittens, especially adopted ones, thrive on your love and attention – they just don't like to admit it.

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We're going to court to stop President Trump from reversing protections for Arctic and Atlantic waters. More than 120 million acres of pristine Arctic waters depends on winning this fight. We're in this battle for as long as it takes. Please support all of our efforts to stop Trump's recklessness!
Despite heavy pressure from the oil and gas lobby, Congress was unable to kill the Bureau of Land Management Methane and Waste Prevention Rule,
Under an extreme and rarely-used law—the Congressional Review Act—Congress now enters the final days to act on nixing the Bureau of Land Management Methane and Waste Prevention Rule, also known as the BLM methane rule.
President Trump is expected to revoke protections for millions of acres of sensitive ocean habitat in Alaska's Arctic and the nation's Atlantic Ocean.
Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is under a major threat from the oil industry's allies in Congress. But a historic number of senators have taken an important step to protect it.
The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service will soon decide whether to allow copper mining in Washington's scenic Methow Valley, an important gateway to North Cascades National Park.
Almost exactly a month before Americans are scheduled to convene in Washington DC and demand climate action, President Trump served up a resounding notice that he will do the exact opposite.
In a preview of what could happen with offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean, an underwater natural gas pipeline has been leaking in Alaska since December, and no repair is expected until late April, at the earliest.
In a war on public lands, Congress repeals a rule that stopped polluters from calling the shots.
President Trump and Congress are working together to roll back environmental protections and dismantle smart energy policies that benefit all Americans so that oil, gas and coal executives can continue to profit.
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I love that top but i can tell it would really annoy me with the arms like that. I think every shops trying to do the lookalike litaReplyDelete
I've just posted a blogsale if anyone wants a look x
I like the nail polish. I really want to try their neon polishes. Gorgeous necklace xReplyDelete
i saw a similar necklace in gold at h&m!ReplyDelete
i now want everything from here! (: xReplyDelete
love that nail polish! also, the necklace is lovely xReplyDelete
I really like that necklace!ReplyDelete
Caroline x
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i want the necklace so bad! well, the h&m one! very pretty xxxReplyDelete
That nail varnish is an amazing colour! Love the necklace too xReplyDelete
those shoes look lovely xReplyDelete
Want those shoess !! Missguided has them in so many colours. xReplyDelete
ooh great picks! i love that necklace, its too prettyReplyDelete
alissa b
I really like that necklace!ReplyDelete
I'd love to try the AA nail polishes, especially the glitter ones!ReplyDelete
I adore that top, I've really been liking the cut out shoulders trend but I don't own anything like it yet :/ those boots are gorgeous too!ReplyDelete
Frances x
The shade of that nail varnish is amazing!ReplyDelete
I have those boots, they are so comfortable! That necklace is gorgeous too!xxxReplyDelete
So brill, i love that top, very classic! The nail polish is amazing too!ReplyDelete
I need that necklace it's lush! And the nail varnish is fab, obsessed with lime green neon right now xxReplyDelete
I love the boots and the necklace, great picks!ReplyDelete
I tried the top on the other day and it's impossible to move your arms properly in it! I love the look of it but it would annoy me far too much xReplyDelete
love everything here, especially the top and boots :)ReplyDelete
That top has been saved on my favourites for ages, i'm a real sucker anything with cutout shoulders!xReplyDelete
Love the top, I have a thing for cut out shoulders at the moment :) xxReplyDelete
I really want to go shopping now.. woops hah! XReplyDelete
i really like those shoes, and the nail varnish is such a cool colour, i just want everything there :) xxReplyDelete
Those shoes are a-ma-zing but no way would I ever be able to walk anywhere in them! xReplyDelete
Loving the necklace ! xxReplyDelete
Honestly, I hate those shoes. Why imitate when you can buy the original thing? It's not that expensive for a designer shoe ! It's a 100 euros or so.ReplyDelete
Love the boots! They're so similar too the jeffery litas may have to make a purchase!ReplyDelete
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Saw a similar top in H&M the other day...pretty sure it was around the £12 mark - betting that's cheaper than Topshop! xReplyDelete
Those shoes are beautiful, very similar to the Jeffrey Campbell shoes that I love but are a little out of my price range hahaReplyDelete
With the designer handbags, you can change your looks and personality altogether and that too everyday. Get your wardrobe full of shopping that imparts you a great look and change your appearance. Designer handbags can provide you an appearance like none other. Every season has a unique changing trend and the specialty of designer handbags is that they come out with something special every time, every season. These look hot with every dress of yours and are also a great way to accessorize you. Designer handbags add a little extra glam angle to your wardrobe. Designer handbags use colors which are extremely bold and assiduously match all your dresses and shoes. These bags allow you to be a center of attraction. The exotic shades, colors, design and skin materials look absolutely exquisite and appealing to the eyes. The popularity of designer handbags has increased manifold and infact they have been crafted to be made desirable by all the women. Designer hermes handbags online can be the most enviable product for the women.ReplyDelete
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text: Not sure if this has been posted by anyone else. Thrasher by Evile has got to be the easiest vocal song in the game to 100 percent It is all talky parts with only a minute of singing and I cant even beat medium but i beat thrasher 100 percent singing in 5 tries on expert I really recommend this to people who are missing this achievement. There is 3 parts to be weary of 2 are when he says, " Bow down to the Thrash-----------er" and the other is Metal mayhem or something. Just thought Id recommend this cuz I sound like a Dead Cat with Strep Throat singing but could 100 percent this :D


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text: While there are some in the Windows Phone Store, the majority of banks don't have apps available yet. Which is why anytime a major bank joins we're pretty excited for the customers of that particular bank. Anyone out here using BNP Paribas? It's a French bank and financial services institution. It's also one of the largest banks in the world. If you're a customer you'll be pretty happy to hear that there's now an app for Windows Phone.


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Charles Weekes Glass, 91, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017 in Tifton. He was born Nov. 2, 1925 in Decatur and lived most of his life ...
David M. (Butler) Butler, of Covington, passed away March 21, 2017, at the age of 65. David was a 1970 graduate of Clarkson High School ...
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Mr. Charles Eugene "Gene" Gadilhe, 88, of Covington passed away March 28. Mr. Gadilhe was born in Ensley, Ala., to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gadilhe.
Mr. Jimmy K. Thomas of Covington died March 26 at Newton Medical Center.
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With the last episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday comes the end of Oprah's Book Club, an institution that has been putting books in peoples hands (and authors onto bestseller lists) since 1996. While some of her picks might be controversial (remember James Frey and A Million Little Pieces? Of course you do), many of them took previously unknown or under-appreciated works and brought them to people who might never have read them otherwise.
The full list of her past picks is available on her website, and for those of you who really can't survive without Oprah's suggestions, there are rumors of a book club show being developed for the new Oprah Winfrey Network – clearly books, and by extension reading, are things she values and will continue to promote. How the lack of an Oprah's Book Club Pick a few times a year will affect bookstores is unknown (for those of you that think her impact was minimal, compare the number of hardcover copies of A Million Little Pieces sold, 149, 500, to the number of Oprah-branded paperbacks sold, 2,695,500. That's over two million additional books sold), but regardless, we're sad anyone who cares so much about books go. Hopefully, everyone who has been touched or influenced by Oprah will continue on the paths she has shown them – and keep reading. Farewell, Oprah.
On a happier note: What was your favorite Oprah's Book Club pick? And for those of us who are always looking for great new books to read, what is the one book you would add to the Oprah's Book Club lineup if you could?


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For some inexplicable reason people like Kim Kardashian.
We at Yahoo! New Zealand, however, prefer our heroines to actually be capable of clear thought and have some actual ability.
Which is why the ass-kicking "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey has been our number one star since she started destroying the rest of the female MMA fighters.
The former Olympic judo medalist has made a name for herself in the last couple of years with sensational performances against much more experienced fighters.
And now she has a title she has set her eye on the untalented one herself, Kim Kardashian.
On the red carpet for the annual ESPY awards the Kardashians were brought up and the Strikeforce champion went off on one:
"You know what? I would beat the crap out of Kim Kardashian, actually," she said.
"Why is everyone slipping it under the carpet now?" she asked.
"I don't want some girl whose entire fame is based on a sex video to be selling Sketchers to my 13-year-old little sister.
It's just not healthy and [my 13-year-old sister] doesn't need to have role models like this."
Rousey was then given the opportunity to reflect on her statement as some wondered whether she had gone too far. But Rousey just double down on her thoughts.
"She's like a glorified pornstar that's been taken and somehow pushed to be some sort of role model. She sells Skechers to little kids in ads all over the place," she told TMZ.
"What kind of example does that set? When my little sister is watching this stuff and thinking "Wow! If I "perform fellatio" on a C-list celebrity, I'll suddenly have fame and stuff."
"It's just wrong in every way and, if I had a chance, if I had to pick anyone, of course I would beat her up."
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The curtain of salmon colored roses and heavy gold fringing which covers the stage is pulled back to reveal a Pina Bausch spectacle, Cafi M|ller. Among the spectators, two men are sitting together by chance. They don't know each other. They are Benigno (a young nurse) and Marco (a writer in his early forties). On the stage, filled with wooden chairs and tables, two women, their eyes closed and their arms extended, are moving to the music of The Fairy Queen, by Henry Purcell. The piece is so moving that Marco starts to cry. Benigno can see the gleam of his chance companion's tears, in the darkness of the stalls. He'd like to tell him that he too is moved by the spectacle but he doesn't dare. Months later, the two men meet again at "El Bosque", a private clinic where Benigno works. Lydia, Marco's girlfriend and a bullfighter by profession, has been gored and is in a coma. It so happens that Benigno is looking after another woman in a coma, Alicia, a young ballet student. When Marco walks by the door of Alicia's room, Benigno doesn't think twice before speaking to him. It's the start of an intense friendship... as lineal as a roller coaster. During this period of suspended time between the walls of the clinic, the lives of the four characters will flow in all directions, past, present and future, dragging all of them towards an unsuspected destiny.
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The exhilarating new film from German master Wim Wenders, which was shot in 3D to capture the brilliantly inventive dance world of legendary choreographer Pina Bausch. Wenders had conceived with Bausch a dance film like none seen before, one which would take the fullest advantage yet of new 3D technology to put the viewer deep inside Bausch's playful, thrillingly unpredictable pieces. After her untimely death in 2009, Wenders continued with the project, turning it into the most exciting tribute he could imagine. Sensual and visually stunning, Pina uses 3D to remarkable effect, taking the audience into Bausch's work in her imaginative sets (a gliding monorail, a bare stage covered with chairs, a towering man-made waterfall) and powerfully rendering the beauty and sheer physicality of the dances and dancers of her Tanztheater Wuppertal ensemble.


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The end of the internet comes not with a bang or a procession of four lolcats of the apocalypse, but just with two blinking lights on a modem.
At least that's how it came for Andre Vrignaud, a 39-year-old gaming consultant in Seattle, when Comcast shut him off from the internet Monday for using too much data.
Vrignaud, it seems, committed the foul of using more than 250 GB of data on Comcast two months in a row, triggering the company's overage policy that results in a year-long ban from using its services.
"It's one of those things I never thought would hit me," Vrignaud said. "They didn't even call. I just got double blinking lights on my modem."
"If I'd been foolish enough to depend on something like Skype or some other VOIP service for 911, I would have been hosed," Vrignaud said, arguing that internet service has become a utility much like water and electricity — services that can't easily be turned off, due to regulations.
It was the second month in a row that Vrignaud got those blinking lights. The first time he called in and tried to figure out what the problem was. So he turned off the router he had that was open to the public, and asked his roommate to go a bit lighter on data usage, since his household is heavy on streaming media, including YouTube, NetFlix and Pandora.
What he didn't count on, Vrignaud said, was that Comcast, who he was paying $60 a month for a 15Mbps download speed, was counting uploads against the quota as well.
Just recently he'd switched his online backup system from Mozy to Carbonite, after Mozy put an end to its unlimited back-up service. Carbonite has no such limit, but does throttle users' uploads once it hits a high level.
And Vrignaud, a hardcore geek who at one point worked as a Microsoft technology evangelist for XBox 360 and XBox live, has a lot of data he shares with the cloud.
He's got his music ripped into lossless FLAC format, in addition to lower rates, amounting to about a gig a disc — which he stores in a basement RAID server that can handle 12 TB of data. (He says it has plenty of empty space.)
As an amateur photographer, he saves his photos in RAW format, which can run to about 10MB per image. And when Amazon last week opened up its cloud music service to unlimited storage of music files in AAC, Vrignaud batch-converted his collection and began uploading it.
The music is what he assumes caused the problem, but he's not sure. He admits to doing a little bittorrenting in the last month, but says it was limited to getting a few episodes of a famous British sci-fi show that's not totally available in the U.S.
And all Comcast is saying is that he's kicked off — and under the terms of the ban, he can't even switch to a uncapped, higher-priced, lower-speed business connection.
Comcast told Wired.com that Vrignaud is at fault for not monitoring his bandwidth better.
Spokesman Charlie Douglas says the 250 GB limit, which it imposed in October 2008 after agreeing to not throttle peer-to-peer traffic, is intended to keep users like Vrignaud from impacting their neighbors. Median data usage for its cable internet customers is 4 to 6 GBs per month, according to Douglas.
"Looking at the facts, it appears that it is a straightforward story," Douglas said. "There's not much we can say. We called and reiterated the policy and told him if he did exceed it again in six months, he would face suspension. That is our policy."
"If someone's behavior is such that it degrades the quality of service for others nearby — that's what this threshold is meant to address," Douglas said. "It can negatively affect other people."
That's in part because cable internet connections work off a loop of cable shared by a collection of customers. The more data being used, the slower everyone's speed gets, unless the company spends the money to break a loop into smaller loops. (This is why cable connections can get very slow in the evening, when many people go online for entertainment.)
You might think that Comcast is trying to save money on bandwidth by capping the GBs.
But data usage is not very expensive for a large ISP. It's somewhere around 2 cents per GB of traffic sent to or received from the greater internet, and the prices keep dropping. Oddly though, the 250 GB cap hasn't increased at all since '08, even as Comcast has aggressively adopted better technology called DOCSIS that lets them send more and more data through the same size pipes, which the company has used to increase the speed of customers' connections, mostly without charge.
The policy is ostensibly meant to help with congestion at peak times, but it makes no differentiation between data used in the evenings and that used from midnight to 8 a.m. when internet usage typically falls off. That's a model that Americans are very familiar with, thanks to mobile phone calling plans that discourage calling during weekday business hours, when minutes are counted against a preset quota, while making nights and weekends calls free.
However, the simple total bandwidth model is the one that's become popular. AT&T recently slapped a 150 GB per month cap on its DSL service, while Time Warner Cable trialed services with extremely low caps, only to retreat after intense protest by customers and politicians. On the mobile front, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile all have caps on mobile data usage (with varying penalties and overcharges), leaving only Sprint without any real cap.
Vrignaud, like many others, thinks Comcast's limits are really about trying to protect its core video cable business from people switching to online alternatives such as Netflix and Hulu.
Vrignaud says he's weighing his other connectivity options — which are limited to some relatively slow DSL connections and the troubled Clearwire 4G-to-the-home service. Comcast does not have an exclusive franchise agreement in Seattle, and Verizon laid some fiber in Seattle suburbs
Comcast's franchise agreements with the city prohibited Verizon from laying fiber in the city proper — and.(1) But the city was never able to persuade Verizon to lay fiber in the city proper and Verizon has largely since given up laying fiber in the area.
So for now Vrignaud is using neighbors' open access points and internet cafes to do his business, many of which are powered by Comcast.
But he's vowing not giving up quietly and has already posted about the cutoff on his blog, which attracted more than 130 comments by Wednesday — not all of them supportive.
Vrignaud vows to plead his case to politicians and regulators.
"I struggle when I watch Comcast raising broadband speeds, and at same time, saying they can't afford all this internet usage, without doing deep packet inspection and other invasive things," Vrignaud said. "They haven't laid new cable in 15 years. I'm pretty much a nonregulation guy, and I'd just rather let the market be competitive. But I get really frustrated in situations like this where what is truly a bad company is not being forced to improve because it doesn't have to. I really don't have any choices here."
Comcast sees it differently.
"People should be careful if they have a terabyte of data to back-up," Douglas said. "They should manage their consumption carefully, and do it over time."
Correction: this story originally stated that Comcast has an exclusive franchise agreement with Seattle. That is not the case, and the head of Seattle's Office of Cable Communications told Wired that the city worked hard, albeit unsuccessfully, to get Verizon to create a fiber optic network in the city. Wired regrets the error.
Photo: Andre Vrignaud at time before he was cut off from the internet. (Filmateria Digital)
See Also:
- Shed a Tear: The Age of Broadband Caps Begins Monday
- AT&T Puts Broadband Users on Monthly Allowance
- Time Warner Cable Earnings Refute Bandwidth Cap Economics
- Verizon Halts Unlimited Smartphone Data Plans July 7
- Customer Spending Caps Hit Comcast's Blazing Fast 50Mbps Broadband Service?
- Comcast's Usage Caps Are Bewildering: Report
- Comcast Rolls Out Broadband Meters Coast to Coast


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Unless you're the type who finishes The New York Times' Sunday crossword puzzle in ink every week, you may not spend a lot of time thinking about the science behind puzzle-making. But if you're anything like us, you do occasionally guffaw at a particularly brilliant clue, or sit befuddled at a stumper, wondering idly how they come up with those things. Today, a Times crossword creator (actually they call themselves constructors) named Brendan Emmett Quigley took to Reddit to answer questions about his craft, and the result was a fascinating bunch of information in the form of a dizzyingly long message board thread. But if you pull out just the pithy answers, they make for a neat FAQ that details how such puzzles are made.Click here to read more
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By his own admission, Brendan Emmett Quigley had been fired from miserable jobs in the publishing world and slummed it in rock bands before landing his dream job as a Times crossword creator. The pithy wordsmith drew a crowd recently as he took to Reddit to answer questions on the inside world of a constructor (of crosswords, that is).
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I want to start this article with a question: Why does the news media devote so much time and energy to the upcoming Presidential election?
It seems as though the outcome of this election has dire consequences for the future of the United States. Mitt Romney, a savvy businessman, is spending a small fortune of his own money on his campaign; obviously he thinks the investment is worthwhile. But where is value? Best case scenario he wins the election and has the hardest job in the world for the next four years. Half of the U.S. population and most of the international community will be against him on practically every issue. History has shown that unless there is a war or a depression, very little policy will change.
Now I use Romney as an example because of his personal investment in his campaign, but the same holds true for almost all the other candidates. They all risk a lot, whether they win or lose. This fact holds part of the answer to my question. The news media loves the high stakes game, and so do their advertisers. But the personal risk taken by the candidates makes up a small portion of the possible consequences of the Presidential election.
Far more important is the power of the office of President. In 1776, American Revolutionaries fought the greatest empire in the world to escape monarchy. They established a new government based on life, liberty and property. Yet 232 years later, American politicians have done exactly the opposite of our Founders; they risk it all (but not their lives), not to reduce the power of the government, but to empower it. Little by little the American people have been sacrificing their liberty to the government in a convoluted and misguided effort to preserve some semblance of safety and/or security.
In the words of Milton Friedman, "Only a crisis, real or perceived, produces real change." This fact has long been realized by world leaders, some warned the people to resist rash decision-making after a shocking event. Ben Franklin famously said, "Those who would sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." But history has shown that most leaders, well intentioned and otherwise, use disaster and war to push through policy that a sound-minded citizenry would reject. In the 1940's Japanese Americans were isolated because of fear. In the 1950's, the McCarthy hearings vilified Americans in federal court based only on their words, and in the 1960's we injected "In God we Trust" onto our money and "Under God" into our pledge of allegiance, not because of faith, but because of communist fears. In the 1970's, those involved in the anti-war movement were spied on by their own government. In the 1980's, Ronald Reagan was able to exploit the fear of drugs, gays and other socially deviant behavior to begin a compassionate conservatism movement that has systematically worsened the underclass of America and widened the income gap over the last 25 years.
I am not making any value judgments about these policies or arguing that the results were the intended effect. I believe Ronald Reagan cared deeply about the American people and was well intentioned, but he was unqualified to be President of the United States. Whatever your opinion of these leaders and policy changes, they all occurred during a time of fear, and their results, as predicted by Ben Franklin, were detrimental.
However, the most egregious abuse of power has been taking place over the tenure of George W. Bush. But this is not an attack on the man; his motivations and intentions are his own, and I will not speculate. This is not about Republican or Democrat either, as we will see they are equally responsible. In the last eight years, we (the American people) have heard the words "executive privilege" more times than all previous uses before. We passed the Patriot Act because we were scared and the name sounded perfect. Our government has a not-so-secret prison where torture is employed regularly. The power of the office of President has expanded like no other time in history, using the threat of terror to shock us (the people) into compliance. Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine provides an excellent historical and contemporary perspective on this phenomenon.
Our revolutionary forefathers risked their lives against the largest, most dominate military empire in the history of warfare to establish liberty from government in the United States, yet now our government can listen to our phone calls and torture enemy combatants because a small group of backward religious fundamentalists pulled of an attack. Osama bin Laden could not have imagined a better result. Since 9/11, American citizens are less free, our international status has declined dramatically, there are more Islamic terror recruits than at any time in history, the U.S. has invaded Iraq (bringing Americans much closer and easier to kill and over extending our military), and Osama is still ALIVE. It is hard for me, as an American, to admit but – the terrorists are winning.
Furthermore, and most importantly, there are 534 Congresspeople in Washington whose ultimate goal is to be President; therefore they have no motivation to decrease the power of the executive branch. Every time George Bush invokes executive privilege or sends our troops to invade sovereign nations without a Congressional Declaration of War, he sets a precedent for the office of President.
That precedent excites the Senators and Representatives, who all want their shot to be King of America. They want their chance to have the power to fix our problems. But there is a paradox here, that power is the problem. The only candidate revolutionary enough to reduce the power of the executive branch is Ron Paul.
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A former Dutch prime minister reportedly said that the Jewish state should have been established in Germany.
"Jews need a safe place. Why couldn't they get a safe place in Germany, at the time?" Dries Van Agt said on Nov. 8 during a seminar Nijmegen, according to the Dutch daily Telegraaf.
The paper described Van Agt, who is a harsh critic of Israel, as a "pro-Palestinian activist."
Jack de Vries, a lawmaker for Van Agt's party, the centrist Christian Democratic Appeal, is quoted as telling Elsevier, a weekly, that he "nearly fell from the chair" when he heard Van Agt's words.
"This remark reflects very little respect for history, especially considering the timing, the 74th anniversary of Kristallnacht," De Vries said.
Van Agt later told Elsevier that he "only said it would be more logical for Jews to have gotten a piece of land in Germany" as "the Middle East had nothing to do with World War II."
Van Agt served as prime minister in the early 1980s. In 2008, he spoke at rally in Rotterdam, in which Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh delivered a speech on video via satellite.
Van Agt has said that he would accept the definition of Hamas as a terrorist organization only if the same definition applied to Israel.
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just curious....:) I am planning to get a puppy soon and I am quite interested in mini aussies. I would like to know how tall off the ground they get because I am a fan of smaller pups. Answers?
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There is no way to really tell how big a true "mini" Aussie will get. I urge you to stay away from the "toy Aussies" and get a Mini if you're set on getting a smaller Aussie.
Kittie is 8 years old and about 13 inches tall at the shoulders.
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I own a mini Aussie and my father breeds them I'm not sure how tall they get but they can get up to 20lbs my Toby is 11lbs and comes up to the about mid calf and I have stubby legs LOL.anyway there a great breed but they are ment to be working dogs for cow and such so they might want to heard your other animal's. They do love to please so training him shouldn't be to hard. Not all Aussies are friendly to all people they have to warm up to them on there time can't be forced. But they LOVE there owners and will be good guard dogs.
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I know you asked this question a few years ago, but my "mini" aussie turned out to be 60 lbs and about 18 inches tall..he's basically a standard aussie with shorter legs.
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I am a HUGE DIYer. The only real thing so far that has scared me is plumbing, have to hire someone for that.
We are remodeling our kitchen, bought cabinets at an auction for a great price. They also had Granite, Corian and Staron slabs for counter tops there. Bought both Corian (Matterhorn) and Staron (Pebble Copper). Enough to do our kitchen and then some. My question is can we fabricate this ourselves or should we find someone to do it for us? We have tried to find someone with not a lot of luck, any help would be grateful. We live in a northern suburb of Nashville, TN.
You can do it yourself, as the corian can be machined with a large router and carbide bits. They make sink edge bits for undermount sink cutouts and edge bits as well...Not cheap. Plus, you'll probably need a 3hp variable router to turn them.
However, I think I'd try to get someone to install it. Good luck...Most installers are suppliers as well, so you will probably have trouble finding a professional installer that will touch material that they didn't supply, due to the markup they make on materials and the risk of damaging something that they didn't supply.
Thanks for the advice, it is hard finding custom fabricators, most are sub-contracted out to Lowe's or home Depot.
Thankfully, I was also smart enough to buy 2 routers and a box full of bits at the same auction. I have called a couple custom fabricators and they seem hesitant to work with material they didn't supply, you are correct. I think I found one that will do the work, he's coming out next week to look at the Staron (which is what I really prefer, the color is gorgeous) and give me a price. I'm a local Realtor and told him I understand his being hesitant but I will gladly sign a contract that if the material is "defective" in any way I take the chance and I would not expect him to warranty the material, just the work manship, he was super nice and said that would work for him. He asked what I paid and I told him, he said if I can get him some he'd give me a great discount, gotta love bartering!!!
I bought 78 square feet and paid $1/square foot, the color I chose usually runs $68-$75/square foot installed, so I figure I have a lot of wiggle room in the installing/fabricating price before I feel like I made a bad decision buying it at the auction. In the mean time I only need 50 square feet for my counters, that includes the back splashes and side splashes, so I may "play" with a piece of it and see what I can do. Should be fun!! Hopefully I won't shoot my eye out.
So whats your secret for getting it at this price,,,I ONLY live 3-4 states away,,,do they ship?? I assume they are remnants etc. I just need a couple 8' straight runs,,,with sink holes in them!! maybe a couple 'shorties' IF I have enough cabinets for the other walls.
My dad lives in Chicago and there are several companies going out of business up there, filing bankruptcy so the courts make them go to auction to satisfy some of their creditors. I also bought 19 maple cabinets to redo my kitchen, paid $350 total and a stainless steel undermount sink for $55. He bought a lot of different Corian colors and I bought the Pebble Copper Staron and the Corian Matterhorn, I have 60 sq. feet of the Matterhorn, I wasn't sure which color I would like better so I bought both, at a $1/sq. foot I couldn't pass it up. Everything I bought is slab, he bought several slabs and some vanities. Works better for me, I can have my own sink and cooktop holes cut, the fabricating is the issue, but I got a few more calls last night from people willing to do it, placed and ad on Craigslist and they are calling.
Depending on which state you are in, it may be worth it to fly in and rent a truck or trailer to haul stuff back.
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We then had lunch at Bushmills Whiskey Distillery but didn't have time to take the tour. We then made our way to the Giant's Causeway, these rock formations are pretty cool and was one of the main things I wanted to do on our trip to Ireland. We spent a good 45mins climbing over the rocks and taking photos and then making our way along some of the other walking tracks in the area, saw some more cool rock formations and eventually made our way back to bus for our trip back to Belfast. We went to bed early tonight since we were up late the previous night and we want to be fresh for tomorrow night as we will be going out for Trent's last night in Europe.
Day 169: First thing today that we had planned was to do a Black Top Cab Tour which has come highly recommended by everybody that we have talked to. So we booked the tour and jumped in the back of the cab, I wasn't 100% sure what it was going to be about which was good as everything the guy told us really was interesting. These cab drivers did actually drive cabs during all the political turmoil between the Irish and British-Irish and they have all the facts and stories and they tell it so well. We saw the wall that separated the two sides and which is still in use now with a gate that automatically closes at about 9pm and reopens at 7am and the only way to get from one side to the other during the night is to go through the city centre which means getting in is easy but getting out after doing something to their rivals is very difficult without getting caught. I honestly still didn't know it was still like this, although it has calmed down a lot.
After the tour we got dropped off at a pub and had a drink and a feed and continued going from bar to bar for Trent's last day until we settled on one we liked, we stayed there until closing which was at 1am on a Friday night which we weren't happy about and what made it worse was that everything else was closed too so we had to head back to the hostel. It's not really what we wanted since we still had to stay up until 4am for Trent to catch his plane. So we said our goodbyes to Trent and plan to catch up sometime back in Australia.


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The "typical Aussie" has changed.
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In response to "From wingtips to work boots" (Top of the News, Oct. 19), I know exactly how Amos Crowley feels and what he went through. As a former stockbroker for E.F. Hutton & Co., I am now working on a production line in a manufacturing plant. After looking for positions for over a year, this was the only job I could find. My fellow employees wonder why I am doing this type of work, and I tell them: "It's basic survival." Also, it is simple, honest work. No games. No politics. No egos.
Like Crowley, I have a sense of accomplishment at day's end as I see what I have done. But it's a sad state of affairs when you work for an education--I hold an MBA--and then can't use it. I continue to look for another job, but in the interim, I appreciate what I have.
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Is it possible to say what these teachers did for you?
Jeff Bezos: I always wanted to please. Teachers, who are really good create that environment where you can be very satisfied by the process of learning. If you do something and you find it a very satisfying experience then you want to do more of it. The great teachers somehow convey in their very attitude and their words and their actions and everything they do that this is an important thing you're learning. You end up wanting to do more of it and more of it and more of it. That's a real talent some people have to convey the importance of that and to reflect it back to the students.
When you weren't studying, what kinds of things did you like to do?
Jeff Bezos: I was very difficult to punish for my parents because they would send me to my room, and I was always happy to go to my room because I would just read. "You're grounded and you have to stay in your room." That was always fine with me. I was a big reader. I remember playing lots of games in elementary school like kick-the-can, tag, all the outdoor games. I did all those things. I had a very normal childhood -- except for my ranch experience, which I think is a very unusual experience, and a great one to have had -- I think my experience as a kid was a very normal one.
How did you get along with your siblings?
Jeff Bezos: Pretty well. I was five and six years older than them. Now that I'm 37 years old, it's like we're the same generation. When I was 15, and they were 10 and 9, I had no time for them whatsoever. They were the pesky younger siblings that I was trying to shake off and keep out of my room.
We've read about your inventiveness as a kid with your Radio Shack electronics kit and an alarm that you set up in your room.
Jeff Bezos: I was constantly booby-trapping the house with various kinds of alarms and some of them were not just audible sounds, but actually like physical booby-traps. I think I occasionally worried my parents that they were going to open the door one day and have 30 pounds of nails drop on their head or something. Our garage was basically science fair central, and my mom is a saint, because she would drive me to Radio Shack multiple times a day to the point where she would finally say, "Okay. Look. Will you please get your parts list straight before we go? I can't handle more than one trip to Radio Shack per day." So, there was a lot of that kind of stuff going on in our house.
All of this eventually led you to Princeton?
Jeff Bezos: Yeah. So, I went to Princeton primarily because I wanted to study physics, and it's such a fantastic place to study physics. Things went fairly well until I got to quantum mechanics and there were about 30 people in the class by that point and it was so hard for me. I just remember there was a point in this where I realized I'm never going to be a great physicist. There were three or four people in the class whose brains were so clearly wired differently to process these highly abstract concepts, so much more. I was doing well in terms of the grades I was getting, but for me it was laborious, hard work. And, for some of these truly gifted folks -- it was awe-inspiring for me to watch them because in a very easy, almost casual way, they could absorb concepts and solve problems that I would work 12 hours on, and it was a wonderful thing to behold. At the same time, I had been studying computer science, and was really finding that that was something I was drawn toward. I was drawn to that more and more and that turned out to be a great thing. So I found -- one of the great things Princeton taught me is that I'm not smart enough to be a physicist.
What drew you to computer science? What was it about computer science?
Jeff Bezos: I was very, very lucky because in fourth grade -- which for me would have been around 1974 -- I had access to a mainframe computer. There were no personal computers in 1974, and there was a company in Houston that had loaned excess mainframe computer time to this little elementary school. And we had a teletype that was connected by an old acoustic modem. You literally dialed a regular phone and picked up the handset and put it in this little cradle. And nobody -- none of the teachers knew how to operate this computer, nobody did. But, there was a stack of manuals and me and a couple of other kids stayed after class and learned how to program this thing, and that worked well for maybe about a week. And then, we learned that the mainframe programmers in some central location somewhere in Houston had already programmed this computer to play Star Trek. And, from that day forward all we did was play Star Trek.
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That is actually something I should have mentioned.
I used a large portion of my elementary school free time hours not only watching Star Trek -- the original of course -- but also playing Star Trek. And everybody wanted to be -- all of my friends -- we all wanted to be Spock, and if you couldn't be Spock then you would be Captain Kirk. And, if you couldn't be Captain Kirk, then it started to separate. People wanted to be different. Some people wanted to be Bones. I never wanted to be Bones. I would take as my third choice -- if I couldn't get Spock or Kirk -- I would take the computer. The computer was fun to play, because people would ask you questions, and they'd say, "Computer?" And you'd say, "Working."
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SLIDESHOW: West Seattle Little League intermediates gave their all in championship loss
By Ed Shepherd
SNOHOMISH--No more games.
No going to Nogales, Ariz. for regionals for the West Seattle All Stars players, coaches and manager to represent District 7.
But the Intermediate age 11-13 players had a ball at state and gave themselves quite a baseball ride, making it all the way to the championship game before losing to South Everett, 14-3, at Willis Tucker Park Thursday.
Representing District 7 mighty fine at state is good, indeed.
And, that might not be too bad at all to not be having to fundraise and figure out all the logistics and such to go to Nogales, because, this time of year, it's around 100 degrees in that southern Arizona town.
Quipped Kevin Ruf, a coach of the West Seattle team after the game to the players, "It may not be hell down there, but they say you can see it from there."
So, not winning the Intermediate 50-70 championship for these 11 to 13 year olds was OK, after all.
"Glad we got here," said Dave Douglas, West Seattle's manager. "In a nutshell, they were the better team. All good things come to an end."
And first baseman/pitcher Kelvin Wallace said that he had missed some good things because of playing ball the better part of June and almost halfway through July now.
"I already canceled two of my vacations because of playing All Stars," said Wallace, who wasn't lamenting the fact he played baseball, just looking at the bright side of not extending the season past state.
And, getting as far as West Seattle did, including winning a 13-12 affair over Camas to open it's tourney play before a loss to this same South Everett team, 20-0, and improving on that score in the final were all nice things to come away with.
Not to mention getting shiny medallions put around their necks.
So, a nice run, and, all that said above, the most scintillating thing West Seattle did was come back against Issaquah, in the loser bracket final played before this championship. In that one, West Seattle trailed, 7-2, going into the sixth inning and scored 13 runs to take a 13-7 lead, which was never relinquished.
"It was really good," said Noah Oehling, of the Issaquah (District 9) comeback. "We had a crazy ending."
But, this team was not just crazy good at comebacks in this tournament, having come back against Camas twice to win that one. They were a little spectacular in the way their All Stars team was assembled.
Take, for example, the team they played in the championship, District 1. It was a combined team of three charters: South Everett, Alderwood and Lynnwood, while West Seattle was just that charter.
"They pooled their All Stars from three regular season teams," said Eli Dever, who spoke there of the District 1 team.
Wallace added, "We did pretty well in All Stars for not being a real All Stars team. Everyone who came and signed up made the team."
The game against South Everett almost got close and the pendulum of momentum swayed the District 1's way in the top of the first inning, scoring three runs on three hits. But, West Seattle came back and scored two runs as Chris Frost drew a walk and Henry Ruf singled in Frost, cutting South Everett's lead to 3-1. Then Ruf stole second base. Dever then hit a sacrifice and that mvoed Ruf to third base. Will Douglas hit an RBI single and that made it a 3-2 ballgame when Ruf scored.
So, there was West Seattle showing like they did against Camas, against Issaquah, they could and would comeback.
That's what one of Manager Douglas' coaches said, too.
"They do that every game," said Brian Pare, coaching along with Kevin Ruf and Douglas. "Even though a tough score, they never give up."
And the score would not get any closer after that, unfortunately, as South Everett put two runs up in the top of the second on a walk and an RBI single, mixed in with an infield error.
Then, in the top of the third, District 1 added another run on a single, double, and, sacrifice to make it 6-2.
Still with fight in them, with Frost pitching after he pitched 20 pitches the game before and the game before and most of the other pitchers were unavailable for this game because of reaching pitch count limits in the previous three games, West Seattle scored a run in the bottom of the third inning.
Frost opened the third with a single before Ruf looked to be hitting the ball over the second baseman's outstretched mitt on the edge of the outfield grass but he caught it. That would have been nice momentum, putting runners at first and second with no outs. But, that did not turn out that way. Frost did steal second, third, and home, ctting the foe's lead to 6-3.
Then District 1 scored another two runs in the top of the fourth inning on a single and hit by pitch play as Frost was getting tired from all the pitches he'd thrown in the game, 75, plus the other games earlier.
"He was done," said mnager Douglas.
Frost came off the mound after the fourth inning and things just went from bad to horrible for West Seattle with District 1 scoring seven runs on five hits in the top of the sixth inning to 10-run rule this game and end West Seattle's state championship run one game short.
"It wasn't the best we could have played," said Wallace. "We didn't hit very well and the umpire had a low and away strike zone, and the pitchers did a good job exploiting that."
But, the season is through and all the cheering and fanfare and hoopla that West Seattle generated for friends, family, and, fans that cheered wildly, like Joseph Raya, can rest now.
"We had the best fans," said Wallace.
And, what about Nogales, Ariz., where South Everett gets to go now?
"In that heat," said Wallace. "Yikes."
And, so on to next year thinking, and, hoping that they can win state and go to some place cool like, maybe, where West Seattle's Little League Majors team will play state starting July 12, in their own backyard of Bar S Fields.
"Hopefully, everyone comes back next season and we can play as Juniors."
So, overachievers, not with the same deck of cards as a team pooling players from three charters, like South Everett, was West Seattle. And, nearly winning it all.
"If someone would have told us before we went to state that we would have finished second, no one on the team would have believed you," said Oehling.
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Hi all,
I am running a series of –xtnbreg- (random effects) models with a
rather large data set (over 500,000 observations and over 25,000
groups) and running into an odd issue with some of my models.
Some of the models work just fine but others finish but there is no
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I am able to get around this problem by using a subsample of my data
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