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U.S. Pays Highest Prices for Cancer Meds: Study
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MONDAY, June 6, 2016 – The United States pays the highest prices in the world for generic and brand-name cancer drugs, a new study has found. However, as the world's wealthiest nation, the United States is better able to pay for those pricey drugs than poorer countries with somewhat lower medication prices, added study lead author Dr. Daniel Goldstein. People in China and India are much less able to afford cancer drugs than Americans, he said, even though U.S. monthly drug prices are about three to six times higher in the United States. That doesn't mean America came out on top in overall drug affordability, however. Developed nations such as Australia, England and Israel had the "best deal" in the world on cancer drugs, thanks to government programs that regulate drug pricing, the study found. "America is the wealthiest nation, but its drug prices are significantly higher – so much ... Read more
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FDA Approves Gilotrif (afatinib) for Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung
Posted 20 Apr 2016 by Drugs.com
Ridgefield, Conn., April 15, 2016, Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Gilotrif® (afatinib) tablets for the treatment of patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the lung whose disease has progressed after treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy. The U.S. approval follows the recent marketing authorization of Gilotrif in this patient population by the European Commission. Gilotrif, an oral, once-daily EGFR-directed therapy, is currently approved in the U.S. for the first-line treatment of specific types of EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC. "We are pleased to bring a proven therapy to patients suffering from advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the lung who have progressed despite chemotherapy," said Sabine Luik, MD, senior vice president, Medicine & Regulatory Affairs, Bo ... Read more
U.S. Oncologists Decry High Cost of Cancer Drugs
Posted 23 Jul 2015 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, July 23, 2015 – Soaring costs for cancer drugs are hurting patient care in the United States, a group of top oncologists claim. "High cancer-drug prices are affecting the care of patients with cancer and our health care system," Dr. Ayalew Tefferi, a hematologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said in a Mayo news release. Tefferi and his colleagues made a number of recommendations on how to address the problem in a commentary published July 23 in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices is one of the suggestions the team of 118 leading cancer experts offered as a possible solution. Along with their recommendations, the group also expressed support for a patient-based grassroots movement on change.org that is demanding action on the issue. "The average gross household income in the U.S. is about $52,000 per year. For an insured patient with ... Read more
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Drugs Show Promise for Some Advanced Lung Cancers
Posted 29 Apr 2015 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, April 29, 2015 – Two experimental drugs may help patients whose lung cancer has become resistant to the latest available treatments, separate studies say. Both drugs showed benefits for patients with advanced lung cancer who develop a particular mutation that makes their tumors resistant to recently approved drugs called EGFR inhibitors. Currently, little can be done for those patients aside from chemotherapy. "And those chemotherapy agents don't do a great job," said Dr. Ramaswamy Govindan, an oncologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The two drugs are not "magic bullets," said Govindan, who wrote an editorial published with the studies in the April 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "But in the long struggle against lung cancer, this is a significant step," Govindan said. Among all people who develop non-small-cell lung cancer – by ... Read more
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Medicines Are Biggest Culprit in Fatal Allergic Reactions: Study
Posted 10 Oct 2014 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, Oct. 9, 2014 – Although food allergies have garnered a lot of attention lately, a new study reports that medications are actually the biggest cause of sudden deaths related to allergy. Over a little more than a decade, nearly 60 percent of the allergy-related deaths were caused by medications, while less than 7 percent were caused by food allergies, the study found. "Medications can be dangerous," said study researcher Dr. Elina Jerschow, director of the Drug Allergy Center at Montefiore Medical Center and assistant professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York City. While research from other countries has reported medications as a major culprit in anaphylaxis-related deaths, Jerschow said, the problem has been less defined in the United States. One reason is that there is no national registry for anaphylaxis deaths, she said. The study was ... Read more
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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln successfully led his country through its greatest constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union while ending slavery, and promoting economic and financial modernization. Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln was mostly self-educated, and became a country lawyer, a Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator during the 1830s, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives during the 1840s.-wikipedia
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text: STOKE CITY are offering an excellent opportunity for many young children to become fans of the Club. If you're in Year 2, City 7s is a very special membership just for you. You'll be invited to a presentation where you can meet a Stoke City player and also attend a home game. Children whose seventh birthday falls between 1st September 2016 and 31st August 2017 are invited to join City 7s. For just £10.00, the young supporter will receive the following present: - Presentation at the bet365 Stadium - 2016/17 home shirt - 1 Junior and 1 Adult match ticket to a selected home game - £5 voucher to open a Stoke City Football Club Junior 'Save and Support' Affinity Account with Leek United Building Society - Meet a player - Meet Pottermus To download a City 7s Application form, click HERE. For more information, please contact the Club's Community Trust by phone on (01782) 592218 or e-mail email@example.com.


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Started out pretty young in the squat scené around nintencore & breakcore but moved on to breakcore and jungle and a different allias in 2011 RK9 plays and produces a violent combination of Liquid Drum & Bass, Breakcore and crossbreed with support from around various scené's and different labels doing VIP Remix for various Dubstep & DnB labels. And founded 2C-Broadcast together with the prototype being the only hard DnB label in the Hague but also made several appearnces at District 9, Langweiligkeit, Benchmark Sessions and the PRSPCT stage on Eendracht Festival (Rotterdam), PRSPCT RVLT Festival
His productions since 2015 got several radio plays. And is played on the internet.
Also he made several podcasts in that year Satanicast for example.
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Does anybody know what the hell Britney Spears is thinking?
I don't think Britney Spears even knows what the hell Britney Spears is thinking...
Who Do you think Is stupider Britney Spears or Jamie Lynn Spears?
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Raising awareness. Expanding consciousness. Dropping ten tons of wisdom with the express purpose of tackling reality head-on, no apologies, no excuses. When hip hop began in the late nineteen-seventies, these were its tenants, the foundation upon which a musical revolution was built the likes of which the world had never seen. The first generation of hip hop artists were poets and prophets, men and women who had faced up to real-world hardship and felt compelled to share their stories, to change minds, to inspire action, to open eyes. The music of Pastor Weston represents a return to that ideal, paying homage to the substance of hip hop's revolutionary roots and marrying that substance to innovative modern style and production. And all of this in the name of the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Every bit as iconoclastic as his hip hop forefathers, Pastor Weston crafts tracks that burn with palpable passion, genuine flow, and sincere, unconditional praise. Psalm 98:4 commands us: "Make a joyful noise unto the LORD." Leave it to Pastor Weston to show us how it's done. Raised in a single-parent home in Jacksonville, Florida, Pastor Weston is no stranger to the challenges faced by America's youth. Growing up, he witnessed desperation first hand. He watched as his peers were claimed by the careless evil of those apathetic streets, brilliant minds eroded and eventually erased by drugs, friends gunned down in the gutter before they ever had a chance to climb toward the stars, good people locked away in prison all because they never knew there was hope for them in the world beyond their neighborhood. Far from perpetuating the tragic cycle, these things inspired a sense of purpose in young Edward Weston. Just as Romans 8:28 tells us: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose." Even the pain, the tragedy, the heartache that he had experienced could be shaped by God into something beautiful. At a young age, he devoted himself to making a positive, compassionate impact on the world. He had to show kids like him that the world didn't end at the end of their block, that Christ could shape their lives and give them access to worlds they never dreamed existed. Now, Pastor Weston is channeling his passions for music, Jesus Christ, and the salvation of young people into some of the most blazing, well-produced, and fiercely passionate hip hop tracks to ever come out of the Christian hip hop genre. Weston's razor-sharp rhymes aren't hokey, he doesn't play sensational games or employ scare-tactics to turn young people's lives around. These songs are crafted to reflect reality, to tackle real-world issues head on, face to face, songs that respect the listener's intelligence, songs that paint a picture of a recognizable world where stories of temptation and salvation play out every single day. Violence. Drugs. Sex. Self-harm. Pastor Weston addresses them all in his songs, flowing frankly, compassionately, and intelligently. On his face-melting new single, "A Change," Pastor Weston sets it all out on the table for us: "This is not a song about deglorifying sin, bragging about my past and all the stupid stuff I did. Matter of fact, I wrote this track hoping that you would repent. Invite the savior in, let him clean up all your sin."
"A Change" is a rallying cry, a mission statement writ large for everyone to see. While the production bounces and bumps through a musical landscape combining 21st century electro-hip hop, smokey latin guitar-work, and a blistering rock and roll rock and roll chorus, the effortless flow of the lyrics are designed to elevate, to congratulate, to show solidarity with those who are already walking a path with Christ, and to light up a sign on the horizon to raise the awareness of those who might need guidance and hope.


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Located in Crookston, Crookston Inn and Convention Center is in a rural location and minutes from Minakwa Golf Course and University of Minnesota - Crookston. This inn is within close proximity of Highland Park and Polk County Museum.
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Fetty Wap is the latest MC to crank out of New Jersey. The 24-year old artist is in the news a lot lately because of his hit single "Trap Queen". It jumped to top 20 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and after French Montana remixed it, the track peaked at number two position on the Billboard 200. 2015 was a big year for the artist as his debut self-titled album took home several awards and his music earned him critical and commercial success. 2016 will certainly be an even bigger year as he's awaiting the results of his Grammy nominations and also gearing up for his first solo tour, Welcome to the Zoo. The 22-city trek will start on February 5, and Fetty Wap tickets are already creating a lot of buzz.
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Fetty Wap Joins Forces With Post Malone For First Headlining Tour
Fetty Wap was discovered by an intern at the record label 300 in 2014 and all thanks to his multiplatinum single "Trap Queen" became a hip-hop superstar. It has exceeded 300 million views on both Spotify and YouTube and has been nominated at the 2016 Grammy Awards in the "Best Rap Song" and "Best Rap Performance" categories.
Fetty Wap and fellow breakout rap star Post Malone have paired up for Welcome to the Zoo tour that kicks off on February 5 from Silver Spring. They will be hitting major cities like Chicago, San Jose, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and New York. In fact Irving Plaza has announced an additional date other than its previous February 9 concert as several fans couldn't get their hands on Fetty Wap tickets in time. Now they will bring the house down on February 10 as well.
Wap recently brought the crowd on its feet at the Jingle Ball concert when he added a fresh spin on Selena Gomez's "Same Old Love". He crooned some new verses into the track, delivering them in his fiery style. Fans are hoping that he would repeat the performance in his upcoming concerts as well.
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Fetty Wap's journey from the streets of Paterson to Summer Jam festival in front of thousands of screaming fans started slow and small, but with time it has snowballed in a unique way. Here are some interesting tidbits on the artist.
- Wap lost his eye when he was only six months old due to a serious case of glaucoma. Even though he got a prosthetic one when he was 12, he stopped wearing it as he didn't want to be like everyone.
- Fetty Wap has earned a lot of support from the veterans. Taylor Swift invited him on her 1989 World Tour and the two performed together during her Seattle concert. Ed Sheeran covered his award winning track "Trap Queen" treating the fans to an acoustic version.
- In 2015 he took home MTV Video Award in the Artist to Watch category. He managed to beat Vance Joy, FKA twigs and George Ezra.
- Fetty Wap is a romantic at heart. Most of his songs are about one special girl who showed him a different side of women. It's her presence that motivates and inspires him to write such meaningful songs.
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Get ready because Fetty Wap has got some exciting news for you. In his latest Instagram post, the Billboard Music Award winning rapper stated, "First song off the Album dropping this weekend #AYE AND IM DROPPING THE VIDEO WITH IT FOR MY FANS. #KINGZOO THE ALBUM ON THE WAY." Fetty exploded on the hip-hop scene a couple of years ago in 2015 with his self-titled album with debuted atop the Billboard 200. He is now going to release his sophomore record, 'King Zoo' which is expected to come out on June 7th. So, mark your calendars and get his latest album as soon as it hits the shelves.
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text: LATIN AMERICA.COM By Raul Gouvea FIT Department Anderson Schools of Management University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico (87131) I - INTRODUCTION •The Internet is drastically transforming the nature, geographic boundaries, timing, and scope of global competition. •The Internet is changing the "mental geography" of international business. •The numbers are staggering: global Business-to Business (B2B) E-commerce is expected to skyrocket to US$ 7.29 trillion by 2003. Global business-to-consumer (B2C) E-commerce is also expected to reach US$ 1.3 trillion. •The demographics of the Web are changing fast: English is still the lingua franca of the Internet, where 96% of all E-commerce transactions are conducted in English. •By 2003, most Net users will not have English as their first language, it is expected that 50% of Internet users will live outside the U.S. •The U.S. currently contains 70% of all websites. However, by 2003, it is expected that the U.S. share will decrease to 35%. It is clear that the days of focusing on the U.S. market are over. II – THE DIGITAL ECONOMY •At the onset of a new millennium the globalization process is permeating all segments of business transactions. •The Internet is launching a global re-mapping process. A process that is redefining space, mass, and time barriers. It is modifying the fabric of global business, boosting competition at the global level and forcing companies to redesign their domestic and global strategies, business models, and corporate structures. •It is also creating new industries and modifying existing ones. These transformations are making the global economy look like a cluster of digital metropolis'. These digital metropolis' are erasing national boundaries and rewriting business strategies in many industries across the globe. •The New Economy, or the digital economy, is creating an explosion of economic growth and productivity never seen before. •The diffusion of technology, fostered by the Internet, is taking place in Internet time, leading to an acceleration in the rate of innovation. •The Internet has had a substantial impact on the international business environment. It has forced companies to rewrite business strategies in many industries across the globe, by shrinking business response times, and by shortening service and product life cycles. •The Internet has also boosted trade across boundaries by making more and better information available. This has leveled the playing field for companies of different sizes. Small and medium size companies don't face the same capital constraints they did in order to reach a global market. •In the Internet age, core competencies like speed, quality, and quality service will be key to a company's success in the global E-marketplace. •The nature of the Internet also makes it easier to expand the share of services in global trade, such as banking, gambling, consulting, retailing, and education. •On the investment side, the Internet facilitates the integration of companies' activities at the global level, fostering the integration of the supply chain, cutting costs, and fostering innovations. •This global electronic shopping center is open 24 hours – 7 days a week. The E-consumer is an interactive consumer. •These E-consumers are clustered in digital communities across the globe, bringing a new meaning to the global segmentation of markets, developing E-commerce trends, and bringing together like-minded consumers across the globe. III – GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE •The Internet holds the promise of narrowing the gap between the haves and have-nots, or between developed and less developed countries. •Despite all of this promising talk of globalization, there are 2 billion people that have never made a phone call. Table 1. Outposts on the Net-Projected Number of Regular Internet Users by Year-End 2000. Economic Region Millions of People North America Western Europe Asia-Pacific South/Central America Eastern Europe Middle East/Africa 148.7 86.6 57.6 10.8 9.5 7.5 Source: Mandel, 1999, p.77. Per 1,000 People 479.1 217.5 16.6 21.1 32.7 7.2 Table 2. Percentage of Countries Population Connected to the Web, 1999. Iceland 45% USA 39.9% Finland 32% Switzerland 16.2% Ireland 13.5% S. Africa 3.74% Chile 1% Mexico 0.6% Colombia 0.24% Angola 0.0001% Canada 42.3% Sweden Norway 36.3% Denmark Australia 30.5% England Japan 14.4% Holland France 12.9% Italy Venezuela 3.3% Brazil Russia 0.8% Argentina India 0.5% China Peru 0.08% Egypt Argelia 0.000025% 40.9% 34.0% 18.0% 13.7% 7.9% 3.0% 0.6% 0.26% 0.06% Source: Nua Internet Surveys (www.nua.org) •This superconcentration of users defies the idea of globalization as a universal concept. Table 3. Projected Number of Online Users by Region (millions of users) Region 1998 2003 North America Western Europe Asia Pacific Middle East Latin America Eastern Europe Africa 90.4 38.9 31.7 0.8 5.4 3.1 0.9 171.0 112.0 138.8 8.5 37.6 24.1 6.1 Source: Weyer, 2000, p.69. IV - WESTERN EUROPE AND ASIA •The European economy enters the new millennium with a renewed economic confidence. The "eurosclerosis" days are apparently over. Inflexible labor markets, lackluster economic growth, and anti-business government policies are no longer permeating the European economy. •The launch of a common currency is unifying fragmented markets, and is facilitating the emergence of venture capitalists, an essential feature of the New Economy. •For all the excitement, Europe still lags behind the U.S. when it comes to the Internet age. Only 10% of Europeans are connected to the World Wide Web. When it comes to E-commerce, Europeans are grossing US$ 19 billion for 1999, or 20% of the U.S. volume. Table 4. The New Old World - 1999 Country France Germany Italy Sweden Britain USA Cell Phones 28% 21% 50% 55% 32% 25% Internet Access 10% 15% 8% 48% 23% 43% Source: Baker and Echikson, 2000; p.eb44. 1 Online Sales (US$ billions) 9.20 16.3 5.40 86.00 26.00 12.00 •Across Europe however, one finds different levels of Internet penetration. •Despite their relative lag, European companies are quickly developing new technologies and new product technologies. For instance, mobile mini portals are the new challenge. Phones are being developed to carry Internet services. •By 2003 it is expected that 248 million Europeans will carry cell phones, up from 141 million in 1999. The growth of the Web in Europe still faces a number of challenges: 1) The increasing unification of European markets, making Europe more European, may have a negative impact on the goal of building a global village. 2) In many countries phone calls are charged by the minute, discouraging the use of the Internet. 3) Despite the creation of the Euro, companies are still dealing with fragmented markets, several languages, and a different set of laws. 4) The extensive use of English in the past has discouraged Europeans from using the Web. 5) In order for Europe to act as an electronic shopping center, import regulations have to be standardized. 6) Europeans are more willing to impose governmental control over the Web than Americans. Issues such as consumer protection and privacy are becoming the focus of many lawmakers in Europe. ASIA •Asian countries are also rapidly narrowing the Internet Gap. The convergence of PCs, cellular phones, and E-business is sending waves throughout Asia. •The Asians have woken up to the potential impacts of information technology on productivity and consumer spending. Asia's immense untapped markets could turn into an "Eldorado" for E-commerce companies. •Asia, with 2.7 billion people, close to half the world's population, and a young population with a rising disposable income, points to a booming E-commerce. •According to some estimates, by 2003 Asian E-commerce could amount to US$ 32 billion. •For instance, in China E-commerce is expected to increase from US$ 8 million in 1999 to about US$ 3.8 billion by 2003. •The Asian E-race is leading a number of countries to build technological parks, such as the Malaysia Multimedia Super Corridor. Singapore is planning to build a Science Hub and intending to build a fully wired society. Table 5. Technology Tigers Country Singapore Hong Kong Taiwan 30.5 28.4 23.2 14.4 Internet Technology (spending per capita) 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.1 Internet Technology (spending/% of GDP) 4.2% 2.2% 1.3% 1.0% Internet Users as a % of PCs 55% 55% 42% 42% Internet Users as a % of population 23% 17% 11% 5% GDP per capita USA Source: International Data Corporation •Like the Europeans, Asians are looking for alternative Web designs. In Japan the advent of the smart-phones, or Internetready cellular phones, is dramatically changing the status of the Internet. Japan is emerging as the technological leader in wireless Net communications. •Japan is also leading the global wireless industry by being the first country to jump into the third generation of mobile telephony or 3G. This new technology will allow for videoconferencing, web surfing, and a number of other applications. Table 6. Breaking Down the Barriers to the New Economy, 1999 Country Japan South Korea Taiwan India China Citizens 20.0 million 7.8 million 4.2 million 2.1 million 10.0 million PC Penetration 30.0% of households 23.0% of households 35.0% of households 2.5% of households 1.7% of households Source: Bremmer and Ihlwan, (2000); p.91. E-Asia faces a number of challenges: 1) Credit cards are not widely used in Asia. 2) The vastness of Asia and the heterogeneous nature of its infrastructure imposes limitations on the distribution side. 3) The lack of vast and liquid capital markets hampers the emergence of venture capitalists. 4) Asia is not a homogeneous business environment, regulation intensity varies from country to country. 5) Foreign direct investment restrictions in some countries, like China, will hinder the Web's progress in Asia. 6) A lack of research-leader universities. 7) The lack of a risk-loving corporate culture makes the Internet less attractive to traditional Asian industries. 8) The anarchic nature of the Internet affects the foundations of many authoritarian regimes in Asia. V - LATIN AMERICA •Latin American countries are jumping at the Web at different speeds and different intensities. •Web users are expected to increase from 2 million in 1997 to 19 million users by 2003, reaching 7% of the Latin American population. •E-commerce should increase from US$ 36.2 million in 1997 to an expected US$ 8.0 billion by 2003. •Latin American online users should increase from 10.6 million in 2000 to an expected 66.6 million in 2005 (www.nua.com). • Latin American countries such as Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina are the most aggressive countries in the Latin American E-race. Brazil accounts for 85% of Latin American E-commerce, followed by Mexico with 10%, and all the other markets accounting for 5%. •The region's business-to-business and business-to-consumers commerce is expected to reach US$ 8 billion by 2003. Brazilian E-commerce will increase from US$ 121 million in 2000 to US$ 4.3 billion by 2003. Mexican E-commerce will increase from US$ 25 million to US$ 1.5 billion and Argentina's E-commerce will expand from US$ 15 million to US$ 1.1 billion in the same period. •3/4 of this E-commerce is still heavily directed at U.S. Web sites, which makes the development of Latin American E-commerce even more appealing to U.S. investors and companies. Table 7. E-Commerce Spending in Latin America (in US$ million) Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Volume 36.2 166.8 458.7 1,058.8 2,390.3 4,694.4 8,021.2 Source: Latin Trade (1999), p.54. Table 8. Internet Subscribers, Users (millions), and Number of Sites (units), 1998 - 1999 Country Brazil Mexico Argentina Users(1999) Subscribers (1998) 3.42 0.79 0.50 1.20 0.33 0.22 Source: Brazil em Exame 1999, p 62. No. of Sites 215 113 30 •Multinationals like Spain's Telefonica and U.S.'s Microsoft are racing to connect Latin American customers. •BellSouth, for instance, is expanding its involvement in Latin America, going beyond wireless services. •The company is planning to offer Internet services in ten Latin American countries. •Latin American and E-multinational companies are also rushing to consolidate their position in the industry. •The lack of state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure is also leading to another race parallel to the evolution of the Internet. •Several multinationals are rushing to wire the region with highspeed broadband cables. •Brazil has 4 PC's per 100 inhabitants and Argentina has 5 PCs per 100 inhabitants. The Latin American Web industry still faces a number of challenges: 1) Low credit card ownership hampers E-commerce. In addition, Latin Americans fear of credit card fraud keeps possible Ecustomers from shopping on the Web. 2) Shipping costs are high and crossing customs can be cumbersome and lengthy. 3) Phone calls are charged by the minute. 4) The integration of shipping services, inventory management, and customer service are still in its infancy. 5) Low computer penetration limits the impact of the Internet. VI – MERCOSUR: Brazil •Brazil is Latin America's largest Web user. •Brazil accounts for 85% of Latin American E-commerce. •In the major cities of Brazil, like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, 9% of the population (on average) are connected to the Web, well above the 3% national average. •In terms of demographics, classes A and B account for 84% of Internet users. Table 9. Brazilians on the Web, 1995-2003 Year Number 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 158,959 463,508 1,191,84 2,737.24 3,825,386 4,993,992 6,520,549 7,793,202 9,031,771 Source: Vargas et al, 2000. Growth Rate 192% 157% 130% 40% 31% 31% 20% 16% 16% •By 2003, Brazilian E-commerce should total US$ 2.7 billion, compared to US$ 1.47 trillion for the U.S. •It is expected that by 2003, 1.1 million E-consumers will be shopping on the Web in Brazil, compared to 46 million in the U.S. Table 10. Electronic Commerce in the US and Brazil (Billions of Dollars) USA 1999 2003 Business 43 to Business 109 1,331 0.06 0.13 2 Business 8 to Consumers 20 144 0.03 0.07 0.7 129 1,475 0.09 0.2 2.7 1998 Total 51 Source: Paduan, 1999, p 75. BRAZIL 1998 1999 2003 •A consolidation process coupled with increasing foreign direct investment is changing the profile of the Brazilian industry. •From 500 Web providers in the mid 1990s, the Brazilian Association of Web Providers estimates that only 50 will be in business by the year 2002. •In 1999, of the five largest Web providers, only one is controlled by a Brazilian group, Universo Online. ISPs such as ZAZ, Matrix, and Mandic were acquired by foreign groups. •The American company PSINet is among the newcomers that bought several smaller providers throughout Brazil. America Online (AOL) landed in Brazil in November of 1999. •The arrival of foreign E-commerce companies is being reciprocated by the internationalization of Brazilian E-commerce companies. •For instance, six out of 10 taxpayers now file their taxes over the Web, an increase from 706,000 tax forms in 1997 to 11.2 million tax forms in 1999. The Brazilian Internet faces some challenges: 1) 86% of Brazilians living in Brazil's largest metropolis' are still alienated from the Web as a result of lack of access to computers, phones, low income levels, low educational levels, or all of these factors together (Porto, 2000). 2) The low access to personal computers and phone line ratios are creating a bottleneck for further growth of the Internet industry. 3) In the first trimester of 2000, Brazil had 8.2 million computers, or one computer per 19 people. In the USA, the ratio is one computer per two people. 4) Brazil only has 28 million phone lines, or six times fewer phones per capita than a country like Canada. 5) The future of the Brazilian Internet is closely related to its penetration in Brazilian schools. 6) Only 10% of computers in public schools are connected to the Web. 7) Of the 188,700 schools, 116,000 do not have access to a phone line. Table 11. Who is Connected – Schools Canada USA England Brazil Public Schools Elementary Education High School Education 88.0% 97.0% 88.0% 94.0% 17.0% 83.0% 3.2% 10.0% Source: Schwartz, 1999, p 43-45. •It is time to start developing other less expensive outlets such as pagers and smart phones, following the Asian and European experiences. Argentina •The Argentine market is still in its infancy. •Argentina has only 350,000 Net users. VII – DRAWING LESSONS •It is clear that the global evolution of the Internet is taking place at different rates and shapes across the globe. •The Europeans, Asians, and Latin Americans are not fully replicating the American experience. All three players are developing their own regional Internet strategies and regional Internet flavors. •One lesson is being understood by many nations around the globe: nations must become Internet nations if they are to survive in the new digital global economy. •Latin America countries are not yet working as a single unified market. FINAL REMARKS •The New digital economy is forcing companies and nations across the globe to become Internet companies and nations. •In order to globalize, E-companies have to localize the content of their offering. •Digital metropolis' are being organized along the social and racial fabric of these virtual communities, paying heed to their own native languages and cultures. •The Internet is fostering, more than any other industry, the development of north-south and east-west strategic alliances. •The E-commerce environment is going through a period of intense competition. •American and European E-MNCs are waging their battles around the world. •The American dominance and leadership of E-commerce is not so clear. •E-MNCs from Europe and Asia are starting to globalize their operations, using in some instances superior technology to the ones used in the American market. •E-MNCs are also coming from emerging Web frontiers.


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This blog is such a mirror to me
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Kept up
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@ rainydaystory
no special reason. i am a master of none of these languages 😀 so… i only use what i am sure of the meaning and what i feel more appropriate to describe my thought.
and you ? you use english for your header but indonesian language for the posts… 😀
why do you use some languages in the header of this blog? but in the body, you just use english at all?
cool. sejuk. asik banget tulisannya.
boleh dikutip? if you don't mind, of course.
salam kenal, danke…
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@ nugg
go ahead…silahkan… 😀
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Assalaamu'alaikum wr wb
Emang enak ya… pake blog bahasa Inggris… lebih mendunia..
sayangnya… saya udah "berkarat" bahasa Inggrisnya…kelaman gak dipake.. (he he he.. hari-hari kan pake "bahasa bayi")
Tetap semangat…
agar bisa menebar cahaya Illahi keseluruh pelosok dunia. Amin
@ Yanti
Terus terang saya pun bahasa inggrisnya sangat terbatas…tapi hal itu bukan halangan dan lewat blog ini juga saya terus belajar dan memperbaiki kekurangan2 dalam menulis.
Terima kasih atas dukungannya, sifat yg Yanti tunjukan adalah sifat seorang mukmin yang sebenarnya, saling mendukung dan mendoakan sesama saudara muslim dalam melakukan kebaikan.
Semoga Allah SWT melimpahkan Rahmat Nya pada kita semua. Amin.
I could not write a response to "purification of the heart" It is a beutiful article.
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I have repaired it. Look forward to your comment, sister… 🙂
Jazak Allah khairan…
Asalaamoalaikum, I am glad to see the excerpts from "Dont be Sad" A friend gave me this book when Tariq died. I found it tremendously uplifting. I still enjoy re-reading many sections. The ones you posted had escaped my attention, so that is great that you posted them. Thanks.
@ Asqfish,
I am a fan of this book, as you found it uplifting and so did i. I still re-read the part that i think i need myself to be encouraged. I am sure this book really enlighten and lift up our morals.
Thank you for sharing Asqfish…!
thx for ur visiting to my blog 🙂 but why u didnt write any comments? nope…
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I did !!! 😀
They are so touchy your poems…just like rainy days…
See ya around !
hmm…saya tahu ini siapa.. hhehehehe
RayonSoleil>> siap2 diprotes ya de'….ha ha….
diprotes sama siapa yaaaa… hehehehehe
RayonSoleil >> udah lupa ya siapa yg paling ngeselin kalo kasih komentar …? ha ha ha…. here i go again !!!! 😀
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We are currently gauging the marketing to determine the amount of interest in this potential offering. The boot would take place over the course of a week starting at 9:00AM through 4:30PM EST Monday through Friday. Each student will have access to their own lab and lab workbook along with lectures provided and live instruction by a CCIE instructor. Each boot camp would have 24 students or less and the labs are written in a way that encourages participation among all students.
Each student will have unrestricted access to their own Lab Cisco CCNA lab pod which contains five 2811 Series ISR's and four 3560 Series switches and each pod is connected to a pair of backbone routers which perform routing between all student pod(s). Students will have access to their pod from 9:00AM Monday till 11:59PM EST Saturday (Midnight) so each student will get an additional day of unrestricted lab access on Saturday to perform labs they feel they need to revisit to build a better understanding of the technology and configuration.
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Divergence: Part I
So, I recently finished reading Divergent after my brother borrowed the book. That novel has become one of my favorites to date. So much went through my mind while I read and I started to realize more about myself that I hadn't dug deep enough to see. It was really quite the escape into my subconscious and imagination, and it's always a time I cherish. I haven't had that experience since I read Looking for Alaska a year ago as my summer reading assignment (though I recall rushing through it because I fell behind) and The Hunger Games a few years prior.
The first thing I truly noticed was my trouble paying attention to details. For some reason, every time I saw dialogue, my eyes would fixate to it, and I would have to force my eyes back to the paragraphs I skipped. I don't believe I had this before; usually I am a slow, pacing reader that will take his sweet time and savor every single word. Why now I started to lose attention I have no clue, considering this is the first novel I've thoroughly enjoyed for a long time.
Now don't take it that I dislike reading. On the contrary, I really do enjoy delving into to someone else's imagination and seeing what oddities they can concoct. This mainly goes for modern literature; I can read thousands of those all the time. School is probably what caused my love for it to decline. My high school has no clue about selecting novels that don't get lost in every significant detail or get way too attached to one subject. I felt this pain throughout most of my sophomore year, being I disliked so many of them. Some of them I would quit halfway through because it disinterested me. Some of these novels included A Tale of Two Cities, Things Fall Apart, and Pride and Prejudice (and before you condemn me, Internet, please. We all enjoy different things.)
This was the first time in a while where I could take a reprieve, or an adventure rather, in a new world and not have to worry about the test we have to take the next day or the essay our teacher will assign. School took the fun out of reading. This reminds me of a poem that probably every English class has ever given, Introduction to Poetry. One line mentions something about his instruction not wanting the kids to beat the poem with a hose to search for its meaning. How are we not going to if you give us the hose in the first place?


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> > >absentee voting just doesnt work, tell me what organization uses that
> > approach?
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> That's a pretty broad statement and frankly seems pretty elitist to me. Why
> doesn't it work? What does going to the convention have to do with wanting to
> have some imput into how the AHS operates? The fact that I am not a man of
> leisure doesn't mean that I don't have an opinion. In fact, some of you may
> have noticed that I have lots of opinions. Do I have to go to the convention
> to prove that I know enough to vote on what the AHS is doing. Do half of the
> people who go to the convention have any idea about what is being voted on?
> It seems to me that the only reason not to open voting to the membership is to
> insure that a small number of people have control.
> Just an opinion from someone who had other things to do.
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Here is an addtional problem I observed. Bob please pay attention here.
A motion was made and seconded to add to the bi-laws the ability of the
Journal editor to vote. The chair took a hand vote, and sait it was
denied. A cry went up from the floor , and a second hand vote was
taken. again the chair said defeted. A cry from several areas demanded
a count. While the motion was again defeted, it was by ONE vote!!! Now
the question. Many in the room were "non member" guests and spouses.
Was a check made to be sure that those voting were paid members? You
bet not. Ballot voting would assure fairness. All of us must think
about the real necessary changes for the AHS and it's Bi-laws.
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- Pullback in government spending. In the U.S., federal government agencies are by far the biggest spenders for research services, investing an estimated $6.3 billion in 2012. However, the portion of that expenditure contracted to the private sector was down 18.3% last year. For example, one long-time supplier to federal agencies, Westat (ranked No. 4 on this year's Honomichl list), posted a revenue decline of 3.1% in 2012 — the first negative number for Westat since it has appeared in the ranking.
- Proliferation of online data collection. Online data collection, which continues to figure more prominently in research projects, costs less than traditional data collection methodologies. By allowing one to do the same amount of work for less, this leads to a reduction in some survey revenues.
- Slowing of focus group usage. An industry report showed that the number of focus groups conducted in the U.S. grew by 1.9% in 2012, compared with 4% in 2011 and 5.4% in 2010. This could signify a growing preference for mining consumer insights from social media sites in lieu of more expensive focus groups, Honomichl suggests.
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While "Wheelhouse" was an interesting and challenging album -excellent in my opinion-, it was really outside Brad's comfort zone.
The following "Moonshine in the Trunk" saw Brad experimenting with production effects on neotraditional songs, but it ultimately ended up being not that great and a little overstuffed by filler songs.
With this upcoming record, it looks like Brad is going back to his signature style: the Telecaster shines again among fiddles and steel guitars, the subject matters look refreshing…


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And now with the second book about to be released, "Return to Finkleton," I should be a pro at this marketing thing.
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I've been a member of GoodReads for several years and I love that site. I listed my book and created an author's page, then made sure my website/blog feed was connected. Every time I write a new blog post, it feeds into Goodreads, as well as Twitter and Facebook. Doing this saved me countless hours! I also listed my book for a giveaway - twice, actually!
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Rational Vedanta
About Rational Vedanta
What is reality? This is a deceptively simple question, and it might seem like a trick answer to say that it depends on what you mean. But it does! If you think about your everyday experences - the smells and tastes, the shapes and colours in your visual field, the sounds you hear - these are all self-evidently real. The trouble comes when we step beyond the immediate and empirical evidence of our senses, and project a sense of real existence to the three-dimensional world of physical objects. Are they real? Are their subatomic fields and waves that make up those objects real? What exactly is the intended meaning of that question?
In the Eighteenth Century, an Irish philosopher named George Berkeley published a philosophical theory that has become a locus classicus for debate on the nature of mind, body, and reality ever since. His theory, which he called immaterialism, asserted that nothing but consciousness exists, and that our experienced lives are embedded in the mind of God. This doctrine, more generally known as 'mental monism', stands opposed to Cartesian 'dualism' and the prevailing 'physical monism'.
Berkeley's thinking was located firmly within the tradition of empiricism, but it echoed the mytsical teachings of Adi Shankara in Eighth Century India, namely the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. The Vedanta is a deeper and more mystical philosophy than Berkeley's, and is located within a pre-scientific religious culture that is not so accessible for most Westerners.
Rational Vedanta is a an endeavour to articulate the philosophical truths of Advaita Vedanta in a rational and empirical framework that is congruent with the Western, scientific way of understanding the world.
Most followers of Vedanta come to it through meditation or contemplation, and regard it as something to be practised, rather than an abstract theory to be studied and tested. Most teachers of Vedanta will tell you that the core theses of this school, such as our identity with Brahman, cannot be taught or even expressed, but can only be 'known' directly. In contrast, Rational Vedanta's stance is that everything that can be known is amenable to rational inquiry and evaluation, and that the scientific method is the only reliable means of discovering the facts of the world. This is not to say that meditation is 'wrong', only that it is insufficient. What may be 'realised' through meditative practice is not necessarily veridical. Any notions that are obtained through that method need to be tested and verified by rational investigation: rational vedanta therefore stands to contemplative vedanta as science stands to anecdote.
Historically, investigations of reality have migrated from philosophy to science. At first, we struggle to intuit the ideas and formulate frameworks, but over the decades and centuries we tighten up the thinking and develop a hardened science. Rational Vedanta is, obviously, diametrically opposed to the physicalist presuppositions that pervade current science, but rational vedanta emphatically does not stand against the spirit or method of science. It should be seen as a foundational step in the long march toward a science of consciousness.
About Peter B Lloyd
I realised the physical world did not exist when I was eighteen years old, and I spent many years formulating rational arguments to defend this insight, and debating it with other amateur philosophers. I started publishing in the early 1990s - articles in Philosophy Now magazine - and in 1999 I self-pubished two books (the so-called 'White Books' because of the colour of the covers) that comprehensively defended Berkeley's immaterialism, and expanded on the implications of mental monism for the understanding of paranormal phenomena.
Also in the mid-1990s, I started presenting this philosophy at conferences such as Toward a Science of Consciousness that is held in Tucson, Arizona, and, in alternate years, in cities in other countries. In 2005, I wrote a 44-page chapter in a peer-reviewed book edited by Alexander Batthyany and Avshalom Elitzur, which was the clearest and most concise statement of mental monism that I could formulate. Throughout these endeavours, I found it profoundly frustrating that people's faith in physicalism was so strong that I was endlessly repeating the same arguments without being heard. Most people, when they are told that the physical world is a fiction, pull down the mental shutters and refuse to engage with this assertion at all. So, I pretty much gave up on philosophy and switched my attention to other pursuits (especially the history of public transportation maps, which has nothing whatsoever to do with philosophy.)
What got me interested again in seeking to communicate mental monism was the Science and NondDuality (SAND) conference in San Rafael, San Francisco, in 2010. I gave a presentation there to a packed room, entitled "The Logical Structure of Consciousness". I was amazed to discover that there was a large and growing community of people who are into non-duality, the theory that everything in the manifest world is identical with the ineffable Brahman. Admittedly these were mostly contemplative or practising Vedantins, rather than Rational Vedantins, but the intellectual ambience was far more congenial than that of the faithful followers of physicalism at Tucson
After the European SAND conference in Amsterdam in 2012, where I gave another talk, I decided to try to keep this going by holding roughly monthly seminars entitled 'Science and NonDuality' in London. At first evening seminars at the North London Buddhist Centre, then at Conway Hall, and then all-day seminars in my flat in East London, these attracted numbers ranging from six to twelve people and have provided a great opportunity to gain feedback and hence improve the quality of my presentations and texts. This web site includes information about these meetings, and a link to the Meetup site where you see forthcoming meetings.


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"Good," said Aaron, "I'm glad you have enough sense to do that. I don't know why I'm having a go at you; it's a mistake lots of people make at some point."
"You too?"
"It was two years ago. I was going out with a girl called Lily. One day, she rang me and said she was pregnant. She cried for days and wouldn't talk to anyone but me. I scraped together every single penny I had to pay for that abortion. Not long after the operation, she left me and I never heard from her again. I couldn't pay my rent, couldn't buy food. Dad finally got it out of me and made me move back in. When he died, Mum asked me to stay, she didn't want to be alone, I guess. Neither did I."
Aaron pulled his little sister into a hug.
"I love you, and you'll always be my baby sister, no matter how many children you have."
In that moment she wanted to tell him everything. But she couldn't, he wouldn't believe her and it wasn't really her secret to share.
"If there's anything you need, just ask, okay?" asked Aaron.
"Beans on toast sound quite good right now."
"Want me to make you some?"
"If you wouldn't mind."
Aaron headed back downstairs and into the kitchen. Chelsea followed him.
"How's university going?" she asked.
"I'm so glad I chose synthetic biology over herpetology," he said, making Chelsea smile; he'd wanted to do herpetology ever since he was nine.
"So you're enjoying it."
"Yeah. What about you? How's school?"
"I didn't go in today. Beth's dead, yet I'm not that sad about it. That just makes me sadder."
"Oh God, I'm so sorry, I forgot about that," Aaron said.
"It's not your fault. So on a scale of one to ten, how much is Mum going to kill me?"
"What have you done now?" somebody asked from behind me.
"Mum! Y-you're home early," Chelsea stammered.
"There wasn't much traffic. So what have you done now?"
"Um..." Chelsea looked at Aaron, who smiled encouragingly. "I'm sort of pregnant."
"'Sort of'?"
"Well I am pregnant."
"How far?"
"About thirteen weeks."
Her mother, Emma, nodded slowly. "I'm going to call the hospital."
"Why?" Chelsea asked.
"We need to arrange an abortion obviously."
Emma grabbed the home phone and dialled the number. The monotonous ringing was the only sound that could be heard. Chelsea covered her belly with her arms, as if it would protect them.
"No," she whispered. "I won't let you."
"I don't want an abortion. Put the phone down."
"Chelsea, you don't understand–"
"No, you don't understand. I don't want an abortion. You can't force me; it's against my human rights."
Emma slowly lowered the phone.
"Hello," said a voice from the phone. "Hello?"
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Despite their professional careers in the space industry, these chimps resort to name calling, veiled sexual comments, occasional bathroom humor and the use of terms of Deity. One character accuses an alien of being drunk. Moments of peril include characters being chased through a cave (one is eaten), attacked by giant aliens and shot at with barbs (one character is hit). Characters also engage in other risky behavior. Some aliens are frozen in a lava-like liquid. Animated characters include stereotypical depictions.
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There were six people in the small space. Kabira, myself, a girl in my history class called Raven, a boy on the rugby team called Noxius, a girl whos namei didn`t know but who I had lunch with and a boy who I had never seen.
``Now that we`re all here, I can explain to you who we are and what we do. You were all contacted by me in some way or another. Now is when you`l`be sworn to secrecy.`` Kabira pulled out a knife that looked ancient and sceremonial. Three girls walked in through the bead curtain on the far corner of the wall. I didn`t doubt for a second that they were all a part of The Fear. Kabira started around the circle. She held the knife to each persons throat and pressed just hard enough that a single drop of blood dripped slowly onto the knife and ten slowly onto a small dish that she was also holding. When she reached me, no blood fell. I had healed automatically.
``May I?`` i asked. She nodded reluctantly and I took the knife from her. I slit my throat open; I didn`t hold back. I heard the gasp around the circle but I just gave my single drop of blood and closed the gaping hole. There was something in Kabiras eyes that told me something. I knew now that she wouldn`t let me leave. I would have to join The Fear.
``We swear by blood that we reveal nothing of The fear to 'Normals'. We will give no insight or acknowledgement of the existance of the group and we will do what is necessary to protect this secret.`` The bloood hissed and was vaporized.
``As you already know, I`m Kabira. This is Maki,`` she pointed to an asian girl with red tips, ``Katayzia,`` she had blonde hair and brown eyes. She kind of looked like a model. ``and Sylennia``. Sylennia was different. She had an edge to her. The others kind of had it too, but not this promenant. She looked ... kind of like me. Her eyes were so dark that they looked almost black and her hair fell to just above her shoulders. She was pretty. She looked deadly. Like the only girl in a biker gang who just happened to be the leader. She watched me with interested eyes and I stared back just as intently.
``Psychic.`` she said ``I can see the future and the spirits.``
``Necromancer`` this time it was Maki. ``I can bring any being back from the dead. Either just their souls or their whole bodies.``
``Visions`` it was Katayzia ``I can make people see things. Make them believe that they`re being haunted tortured anything. they see things that don`t ever happen.`` Everyone looked at Kabira expectantly.
``Elemental. I can control all four elements, though I`m strongest with fire.`` she slowly survayed the room.
``Healing.`` I said, wagging my fingers ``I already showed you that.``
``Transforming`` said Raven, whos hair then turned from red to blonde back to brown.
``Memories and mind control.`` said Noxius. ``I can make people remember things that never happened and I can get them to do watever I want.`` The boy who I had never seen before spoke next, shyly, though he was a big build like a football player. ``Telekinetic? People who move things, isn`t that what they`re called?`` murmurs of yes`s went around the room and he gave a small smile. I later learned that his name was Scading Salazar.
``There`s no word that I can think of to to describe what I can do. I have two gifts actually. Levitation is the one I can put a name to. The other is that I can make things come to life. I wake up and my little sisters dolls are sitting on the end of my bed staring at me. they`re alive. It scares me shitless!`` We all laughed half-heartedly at Zafinas` talent, knowing that we`d be scared shitless too.
It didn`t turn out to be much of a party. More like a meeting. Everyone joined. So that`s us: Kabira, Maki, Sylennia, Katayzia, Noxius, Raven, Scading, Zafina and myself Aradia. The Fear.


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BOSTON -- David Ortiz was back. Josh Beckett was pitching for the Red Sox. The Fenway Park crowd was pumped up for the renewal of the rivalry with the Yankees.
None of that bothered Joba Chamberlain.
The right-hander took another big step in his transition from the bullpen to the rotation with his best major league start as surging New York beat Boston 1-0 Friday night for its seventh straight win.
The third-place Yankees pulled within two of Boston and stayed three back of AL East-leading Tampa Bay, which won 5-3 at Kansas City. New York also bolstered its bullpen and lineup, acquiring outfielder Xavier Nady and left-hander Damaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Two people familiar with the deal confirmed the trade on condition of anonymity because physicals were still pending.
For New York, Chamberlain's effort and the added help made it a big night.
"I've had quality starts against everybody," Chamberlain said. "You understand it's going to be a tough game. He (Beckett) is an unbelievable pitcher. He battles and claws."
So does Chamberlain.
"I was the second-best pitcher today," Beckett said, "and ultimately that gets you a loss most of the time."
Chamberlain has allowed three runs or less in all 10 starts this year. On Friday, he gave up three singles -- one to Ortiz, who missed the previous 45 games with a left wrist injury -- and struck out nine in a career-high seven innings.
"He matched Beckett inning for inning," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Mariano Rivera shut down a threat in the eighth and finished for his 26th save, helping the Yankees remain undefeated since the All-Star break.
"I thought we were playing well before the break," Derek Jeter said. "We lost two out of three but guys pitched well against us. Now it just seems like our pitching is taking it to another level. It seems like guys are trying to outdo each other."
The only run scored in the third inning when Jason Giambi took advantage of an infield shift and hit a tapper to the spot vacated by shortstop Jed Lowrie, playing to the right of second base. By the time Lowrie retrieved the ball, Bobby Abreu, who had singled and advanced to third on Alex Rodriguez's single, scored easily.
Beckett (9-7) said his location was a little off on the pitch Giambi hit for an infield single.
"But it was actually sufficient enough to get a weak groundball," Beckett said. "It just happened to be in a position where nobody was playing."
Chamberlain (3-3) had held a team scoreless just once before, on June 25 when he allowed six hits in 6 2/3 innings of a 10-0 win at Pittsburgh.
On Friday, he walked one, didn't allow a runner past second base and retired his last 10 batters, five on strikeouts, as the Yankees moved a season-high 12 games above .500.
Kyle Farnsworth put runners at first and second with one out in the eighth on singles by Lowrie and Coco Crisp. Then Rivera came in, struck out Jacoby Ellsbury and retired Dustin Pedroia on a grounder to the mound.
"Dustin's been one of the hottest guys in baseball and not just for a week but for a long time," Girardi said. "It's a very difficult out but it's a huge out."
Rivera allowed a one-out single to Kevin Youkilis in the ninth, then struck out the last two batters.
Chamberlain gave up singles to Pedroia in the first and Mike Lowell in the second. In the fourth, Ortiz reached on an infield single. Lowell then walked with two outs, but J.D. Drew struck out.
The Red Sox were missing one of their best hitters: Manny Ramirez was scratched from the lineup with a sore right knee and missed his second straight game. He is hitting .487 during his current 11-game hitting streak.
He underwent MRIs on both knees and they "came back fine," Boston manager Terry Francona said.
In the seventh, Chamberlain threw a high, inside pitch that sent Youkilis to the ground as the ball ricocheted off his bat. Plate umpire Marty Foster warned both benches before Chamberlain struck him out.
"It's a 2-0 count and the game's 1-0," Chamberlain said. "You think I want to lose the lead?"
In Boston's 5-4 loss at New York on July 7, Youkilis scored on a wild pitch on which he slid into Chamberlain covering home. One inning later, the sixth, Youkilis stared at Chamberlain after a pitch behind his thigh. Chamberlain was suspended for two games last August for throwing consecutive 98-99 mph pitches over Youkilis' head.
"He has great command until Youk gets in there," Francona said.
- New York parted with four minor leaguers in the deal with Pittsburgh.
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- Golf great Jack Nicklaus and country singer Kenny Chesney threw out ceremonial first pitches. Country singer LeAnn Rimes sang the national anthem.
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stepping mast on catalina 30
The mast sets on the fitting bolted to the deck. Once the shrouds and stays are disconnected ( and the spar is supported by the crane)the spar should lift right off.
Do''nt forget to diconnect your wiring harness ,x-ducers and 12v. and feed them up the compression post. Also pay special attention to roller furling x-trusions they can kink if not properly supported.
Check w/ me if you have questions. W''eve done quite a few of these.
Good luck!
stepping mast on catalina 30
thanx h2onut.
i''ll keep you in mind.
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