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So long as we are in flesh bodies that 7th trump has not yet sounded. That concept that flesh age has a shelf life is not taught by many Christian preacher/teachers/priests. And the lack of this instruction leaves open the door for the greatest deception/tribulation ever to take place
Matthew 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. (This beginning of the world is akin to Paul's lesson in Ephesians 1:4 'before the foundation of this world... both are referring to the casting down - overthrow of that first rebel... The elect were chosen between the events of Genesis 1:1 and 1:2... Christ said time would be shortened for the elects sake, as only they would not fall for the tribulation of deception... Got to know what the deception is to avoid that first tribulation. What would make God fearing Christians so filled with shame they would pray for mountains to fall on them? (Luke 23:29-30) Verse 29 is describing a wedding out of season. Might be better understood in the 'spiritual' comparison of Jeremiah 3:8
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Paul said Now all these thing that happened to them (ICorinthians 10:11) for ensamples: (examples) and they are written for out admonition, upon whom the ends of the world (age) are come.
"Many people believe God will accept them just as they are. But Scripture nowhere supports this idea. God expects His true followers to grow, mature and bear fruit. What kind of fruit does God expect? And how do we produce it?"
Gal 5:1-5 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (2) Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. (3) For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. (4) Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. (5) For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Note verse five especially, "we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith." While it is true that good works are a fruit of the Spirit, we must not get confused about what is producing these works, and how righteousness is actually imputed on man, so as not to come under the influence of men who would like to put a yoke on your shoulders. The moment you find yourself being told that you must follow dietary laws, or attend a particular church to get Jesus, or keep someone's pet doctrine to be saved, it's time to run for the hills. Or, better yet, run to your Bible.
Jesus Christ, far from giving us any heavy yoke to bare, asks us to lay upon Him our heavy burdens:
Mat 11:28-30 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (29) Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. (30) For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
This is an offer of rest for all those burdened by their sins, their imperfections, and their trembling fears. We are not commanded here to live in fear, but in peace by trusting in the power and promises of Jesus Christ.
Joh 11:25-26 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: (26) And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
It is by the righteousness of Christ that we will be judged, and not by our own personal failures:
Rom 4:3-8 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. (4) Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. (5) But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. (6) Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, (7) Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. (8) Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
While faith is indeed made perfect with works, the works themselves are not done to earn points with God or even with yourself. It is by grace that we are saved by faith, and even our faith itself is the work of God's grace revealing to us that He is indeed the Christ.
Mat_16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Joh_15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Eph 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (9) Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Rom_11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
The scripture in John is the most important to our topic. He has "ordained us that we should go and bring forth fruit... and that your fruit should remain." Another scripture to add on to this:
Php 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
This "work" begun by Christ is, according to Barnes' commentary, "can be no other than religion, or true piety. This is called the work of God; the work of the Lord; or the work of Christ". If it was started by man, there would be good reason to fear it, and to be troubled at the idea that it could be impermanent. We are flighty things, and left to ourselves we can do nothing except die. But because it is by God, who ordained us so that we would produce fruit, we can be confident that it will ultimately prevail. If it is by man, how can we be sure "it shall remain?" It should be understood, then, that it remains because it was determined by God that we would produce it, and that there is nothing in us that we do not receive from the Father.
Work, work! Because we are to be Holy, and he who does not show his faith by his works is likely damned. At the same time, that man who is damned is very unlikely to be worried about his salvation to begin with. If YOU feel that fear, if you feel that sin weighing on you and warring against you, be of good cheer, and rest in Christ who has defeated sin and death already:
Rom 7:19-25 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. (20) Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. (21) I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. (22) For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: (23) But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. (24) O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (25) I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
If a man says to you that you must obey his religion, look at these commandments and compare them to what he wants you to do:
Mat 22:36-40 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? (37) Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. (38) This is the first and great commandment. (39) And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (40) On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Rom_13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Gal_5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Jas_2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Anything more than this is not prescribed by the scripture, so do not fear those who would demand you bow and scrape before their altars or follow their carnal ordinances that in no way can make you perfect.
Rest in Christ, and do not boast of your works, nor hope in them. Hope in Christ, who works in you and for you.
Another fine post DouglasKC. You should take it as a compliment that newbies like GPH feel it necessary to heckle you.
Where does your church meet? Is it open to the general public?
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Ladies and gentlemen, take with great caution any education and edification offered by members of the United Church of God. They are a polytheistic religious group who believe that the works that are expected by God include holding to the Jewish festival days and dietary laws, as well as receiving the Holy Spirit from the laying on of hands by right believing UCG-believers. (You dont have the Holy Spirit until someone from their church gives it to you. They also disbelieve that the Holy Spirit is God, and argue that He is a mere force as well.)
The following anti-Trinitarian thread has more information on the UCG in response to the OP, documenting their polytheistic position.


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Romney for President?
I probably will never support a Republican for president, but this will be my first time since I began voting (2004 - I was eligible in 2000, but didn't care at that time.) that I will not support a Dem. I likely won't vote at all. I'm disappointed in Obama, and in Congress, too. I was ambivalent toward him in the first place, and didn't think he'd do anything. I don't think anyone can "save" us from bad economic times, but I think he could've done more on some issues that were under his control.
Romney is the only candidate that appeals to me out of the Republicans so far. I'm lately more conservative on economic issues. On social issues, my main one is that I'm a strong environmentalist - I see a new side to it. Romney comes from the most progressive state, environmentally, plus I believe if we take people off SSI (not everyone) that don't belong on it in the first place and stop showering people with food stamps like it's Mardi Gras, maybe people will stop having kids they can't afford. Our governor is doing this in Ohio, and it's one of the few things he does that I support. Yes, I do care how many kids people have when I have to pay for them, and natural resources are decreasing and rising in price. I work for a lawyer who does bankruptcy, and recently a woman came in who has had a heart issue since birth and claimed she couldn't work, yet she has two kids, that she is getting govt. money for. I definitely don't believe in doing away with SSI, but we can't support everyone and thrive as a country! We are competing against countries who have a survival of the fittest mantra, as life was designed to be.
Therefore, this Democrat is keeping an open mind in this upcoming election. Romney makes the most sense, IMO, because he has the business sense to make cuts in the right areas, not take scissors to everything like my gov. is doing. I do think a Republican will have a hard time beating Obama. States like OH and FL, huge battleground states, are regretting electing Rep governors in 2010.
I think it will be a Pawlenty-ish Republican if we elect a Rep. For some reason, anyone running from the northeast is assumed to be a closet liberal (though as I said above is a positive to me). People in the midwest and south generally care about gluttony, money, doing nothing or worse, doing stuff they can't afford - they're largely dunderheads, essentially (Sorry, but it's true.). The Mormon factor is an issue too, but most people I hear from would rather have someone who believes in something, who is seen worshipping at least semi-regularly rather than someone like Obama who is half-hearted at best about his religious views. *That is not my opinion,* but the general feeling relayed from my fellow midwestern dunderheads. I personally don't care about a presidential candidate's religion unless extreme views start coming out, or he/she starts oppressing people with religion.
What are your feelings about Romney, and do you think he can win, regardless of your stance?
I meant to add a poll, but I guess I can't now. I'll add one here:
Would you support Mitt Romney for President, and what is your opinion of his candidacy?
A. I'd vote for him, and I think he'd beat Obama.
B. I'd vote for him, but I don't think he'd beat Obama.
C. I wouldn't support him, and I don't think he'd win (against Obama.).
D. I wouldn't support him, but I think he'd win (against Obama).
E. I'm not voting and don't care either way.
Just curious, what do you know about Pawlenty?
OK, I'll go ahead and answer. I know enough about Pawlenty to know he isn't the type of candidate I'm likely to support. He struck a chord with me when he pardoned a sex offender who went on to rape his daughter. Pretty despicable. From what my mother has said, who keeps up on everything political, Pawlenty is borderline teaparty, possibly closet teaparty, which is a major turnoff. He hasn't done anything for me yet - let's put it that way. I haven't examined any of the likely Republican candidates closely yet as I'm 90% sure I won't vote for one. And, only 1 has made a declaration that he'll run.
Romney is the only Republican candidate so far to spark my interest. What do you think about him, Poodlehead?
I guess I don't know enough about Romney to know whether I like him or not. These days, there are very few Republicans I like or trust. They are all trying to court the Tea Party, so they are painting themselves as being incredibly conservative, whether they are or not. Pawlenty cut funding for a lot of social services in Minnesota, and still left us in the red. He is playing the Tea Party game in hopes it will get him votes. Their love of Michele Bachmann has stunned him and he's scrambling to catch up.
Of the current field of Republicans, I don't see a single one I would be willing to vote for. And at this point, I would not vote for Obama either.
If I were going to vote for a Republican, it would be Mitch Daniels or Tim Pawlenty. Both from the midwest and seem to emphasize the fiscal over the social.
I'd love to see anyone, Dem or Rep, work to create jobs and reduce the debt. It would be fine with me if gay marriage, abortion, and other non-fiscal issues never came up.
I want the prez and congress to raise the social security age, create a higher co-pay for Medicare recipients in the year 2021, eliminate medicaid for adults, and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse.
Gay marriage, abortion, women's rights, guns, etc...will never be non-issues for Republicans. It's become too deeply entrenched in the politics. They live for the social issues...that's what gets them the votes because most people ignore fiscal issues unless the economy seems to be doing poorly...and Reps will legislate their version of our morality whenever they are in office.
We already raised the social security age...back in the early 80's, we raised the age to receive full retirement benefits to 67 for folks born after 1960. I don't know how much older you think we can go, considering that poorer folks...the very people who need the benefits...have much lower life expectancy than rich folks and are mostly dead by 67. Or maybe that was your point...to cut benefits for poor folks, but let the rich folks have full benefits.
Pawlenty is a woman hater. Romney is a cult-member (mormon) and America won't be electing a mormon anytime soon. The Rep pool is looking pretty dim.
I'd leave the top age at 70 but instead of being able to draw benefits at age 62, I set it at 65. Instead of three age points (62, 65, and 70), there would just be two. Not being an actuary, I can't say how much difference that would make but it's a starting point.
I'm not a fan of any of the Republican candidates, but just as Obama is not wholly perfect, they are not wholly imperfect.
I've worked in Head Start in three states. It's the first program I'd cut. Could it replaced with something effective? Sure and I hope that would happen but it's a horribly ineffective system, at least where I've lived.
I guess I'm too much of a dunderhead to be able to answer.
It is scary how some of these political decisions are starting to hit close to home. I'm not following the union battle at all, but that is still raging in Ohio and I'm guessing, WI. I thought it was over, but I guess they're trying to repeal now. That is said to be a major blow to (Republican) Kasich if it goes through. He's cutting industries like healthcare and local universities that are literally the only industries we have left! I don't know how the local colleges have done as well as they have, but they always have strong enrollment.
Polls show most people in Ohio regret bringing a Repiblican in. This is reflected nationally in battleground states with new Rep. govs. This all is definitely going to affect any Republican candidate in 2012. I can't say yet whether that will be a good thing or not (depends on who runs). I'm with you, Myradella - my trust of Reps has never been high, and I can't help but let state politics affect how I feel about national candidates.
I will probably hesitantly vote for Obama again. I was a Hilary Clinton supporter. I see Obama as the lesser of all the evils. He's a nice enough guy and I like many of the issues he had stood for...but Obama and the Democratic Party are tooooo nice. The Repubs (as much as I disagree with most/not all of the issues they stand for) at least fight hard. They can be total a-holes about things...and guess what? we need more Democratic a-holes.
With that said...if I had to vote Republican...Romney does look like the best candidate, so far. But really, that isn't saying much. The other unofficial contenders seem like a joke to me...they really do.
I think the social security cap should be raised but I know that won't be a popular solution. :sad3:
Bachmann is no dummy - I have to admire anyone who practices tax law. But, she needs to brush up on U.S. history. She can't keep making errors when the Tea Party is supposed to be all about the Constitution and, apparently, bringing up historical events. I'm still unsure of what the Tea Party is supposed to be all about...
Anyway, women policians are almost always thrown into one of two piles. We all know what those are. I wish Bachmann and Palin would get better handlers or... something. They remind me of Dean - they have no self-control, though Palin is getting better with the media. Bachmann may run, but they're both probably going to end up putting their allegiance behind a less extreme Tea Party candidate. Bachmann seems quite radical for a Minnesotan.
Just because she made a stupid comment doesn't mean she's a stupid person. I said she has a big mouth that she can't keep under control, and that will be her downfall.
I do wish politicians would leave Jews and the Holocaust alone - I don't know what the fad is with bringing that up.
The Republican base hates the healthcare bill that was passed in '09, or what they like to call it: "Obamacare". That was based on his healthcare plan in MA. Due to that I highly doubt he'll even be a front runner in the GOP primary. His adversaries would definately use that bit against him, and probably successfully succeed in doing so.
I don't know if I'd support him though. If he's like any of the other typical GOP members in Congress who want tax cuts for the rich, cut unemployment, abolish Roe V Wade, etc. then no.
I think just about any reasonable Republican could beat Obama at this point. I used to not think that, but the economy is so bad, the environment is so bad which is going to greatly pull on the economy. The U.S. trend of computerizing jobs and sending jobs overseas is catching up, and companies are still doing these things at the same or higher rates b/c they're struggling. They don't get that if you cut everyone on the bottom, it's going to bottom out from under you. People don't get that the economy is transitive, and that no one has the "right" answers or can make the "right" choices.
There are a lot of dangerous trends going on that are either unstoppable or out of control. It's going to be tough for many if not the majority of Americans - I will say it whether it is popular on not to say b/c ignoring doesn't work. I think some heavy, unpopular legislation would have to put in play to stop the trainwreck at this point, and no one will do it. A Republican can't or won't stop it, but the odds will greatly favor a Repub becoming President, regardless.
As a conservative, I would not vote for Romney in the primary. Now if he won the nomination, I would do what I did when I voted for McCain - close my eyes, hold my nose, pull the lever, and go home and take a shower.
Anyone but Mitt......:protest:
I don't think caring about the environment makes him a liberal. I don't know that he personally does, but his state has the best environmental record. We're screwed as far as that goes, but if the principles are there, the record is there, it makes me feel better about the candidate as a human being. An issue like that shouldn't have a thing to do with liberalism/conservatism.
I'm sure some people have an issue with his religion because he's heads above other candidates in the polls, it seems to be his time, but Repubs hesitate to make him the frontrunner. Why?
I don't put much stock in early polls. It's way too early in the game for that.
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Wednesday, September 06, 2006
We wouldn't have missed it for the world. We got a flat tire is all.
OLDNEW AGE. Sadly, we have to rely on all the other illustrious critics who tuned in to watch Katie Couric do her first reading of the CBS Evening News. We can only imagine that it was like some Busby Berkeley spectacle, a kind of visiual and aural symphony set off by the pure white of Katie's pristine suit. Of course, the Old White Guys of the MSM were determined not to be impressed -- Tom Shales, for example:
No News Not the Best News For Katie Couric's Debut
By Tom Shales
Wednesday, September 6, 2006; C01
Atitle change would seem to be in order. Maybe "The CBS Evening No-News." Or "The CBS Evening Magazine." Or "30 Minutes."
Whatever it was, Katie Couric did a brisk, engaging job of getting the strange new show off the ground last night as, at long last -- and after one of the most relentless hype hurricanes in history -- she debuted as the first woman to be solo anchor of a major network newscast. K-Day had come at last!
Couric occupied a chair that once belonged to Walter Cronkite and, later, Dan Rather, both of whom did newscasts that were much, much newsier. Yesterday, though, was apparently a no-news day in the opinion of Executive Producer Rome Hartman, the staff and Couric herself, since the half-hour began with a "60 Minutes"-style piece on the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The real purpose of this report was to show off Lara Logan, the intensely telegenic reporter who serves as foreign correspondent. She went undercover in Afghanistan, much as Rather had done many many years ago. But as a woman, Logan said, her Taliban hosts "insisted I cover everything but my eyes."
The story was in fact largely about her -- about how dangerous it was to do the story, about what a big, "unprecedented" exclusive it was (Brian Ross seemed to have much the same story on ABC's "World News Tonight" with Charles Gibson) and how she had to tippy-toe away from the camp through a minefield, led by a guide.
You know, it's not always about the reviewer. Sometimes it's about the beautiful new anchor person. We're not trying to be rude to Mr. Shales, but we think we detect a sort of obsession here that's getting in the way of his appreciation for the sexiest Walter Cronkite fill-in we've had yet. Do we really have to make a detour to understand Tom Shales's neurosis? We suppose so. Here it is.
Tom and Lara. Clark Kent's first love was Lana Lang... Geez.
Too bad. We wanted this to be a bouquet -- all about how special it was to have the news read to us by a warm, caring, wonderful, people-like person for a change. Thankfully, we still have Connie Chung to call on, the most qualified person of all, because she actually tried to be an anchor person alongside one of the traditional CBS anchor idols some years ago. Here's what she said:
"She looked like she had been doing the CBS Evening News for 25 years," said Chung, who spent some time Tuesday at a small party held for Couric by family and old friends at a New York hotel after the newscast.
"Particularly after Labor Day weekend ... there's not as much going on," noted Chung, who shared the CBS anchor desk with Dan Rather from 1993 to 1995. "I'm hoping critics and viewers give her as much time as they have given other evening news anchors and judge her broadcast accordingly."
Hear, hear. We know we've given them both a lot of time, and that's why we'll close with a reminder of the fact that we saw Couric and Chung as part of the same unblinking news team way back in 1999. When you go here, toggle to full screen and enjoy the caring we always knew both these these objective newswomen had even before there was a George W. Bush to test it.
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The New York Giants recently restructured the contracts of veterans David Baas and Mathias Kiwanuka in an effort to get further under 2013's salary cap. Corey Webster helped that cause by taking a pay cut. By adjusting the contracts of Baas, Kiwanuka and Webster, the Giants will save about $6 million that they can put towards re-signing key players Kevin Boothe and Hakeem Nicks.
David Baas was owed $4.25M in 2013 but that number was reduced to $1.25 million. The $3M difference was converted to a signing bonus, and will be paid to him evenly over the remainder of his contract. He will count $4.725M against this year's cap.
Corey Webster was set to earn $7M in base salary this year, which is the final year of his $37 million dollar contract he signed in 2008. However, Webster's contract isn't being restructured, rather Webster agreed to take a pay cut bringing his base pay to $4.25M this year according to the NFL Network. This move saves the Giants $2.75 million against this year's $123.9M salary cap.
These moves made by the Giants saves them $8M against the salary cap. Add the $1M cap credit granted last year, the Giants now find themselves $9M under the cap this year.
The next few moves the Giants are expected to make include tendering their restricted free agents Victor Cruz, Stevie Brown and Andre Brown. Pat Traina from Inside Football speculates what tender the team will place on each RFA and how they will impact the team's cap situation.
- A. Brown (entered NFL as 4th-round draft pick): $1.323M (original round tender)
- S. Brown (entered NFL as 7th-round draft pick): $2.023M (2nd round tender)
- V. Cruz (entered NFL as undrafted free agent): $2.879M (1st round compensation)
- R. Torain (entered NFL as 5th-round draft pick): unlikely to be tendered
If these are the tenders the Giants place on the above players, that will use about $6.225M of their available salary space, leaving them roughly $2.775M to play with once free agency starts March 12.
The Giants will also need enough space to sign the incoming rookie class. Traina also mentions that cutting Ahmad Bradshaw and Chris Canty could count as post-June 1st moves, which would give the Giants extra cap credit after June 1st. Bradshaw had a $5M signing bonus that would be paid to him over each year of his contract, which comes to $1.25M a year. That would grant the Giants $1.25M in cap space this year but would cost them $1.25M in dead money in 2014.
The same situation would apply to Canty's deal also. He had an $8.5M signing bonus that was to be paid over each year of his deal ($1.7M per year), and still had two years left on his deal before being cut. That gives the Giants a $1.7M credit towards this year's cap, but will count against them in 2014 as dead money.
If both moves are considered post-June 1st transactions, the Giants could see an extra $2.95M in cap space that will be plenty to sign their rookies, and perhaps add an extra veteran free agent or two.
Note: Jim Cordle, Adrian Tracy and Justin Trattou, all exclusive rights free agents (ERFA), have been tendered. Once those deals are official, their minimum salaries will also count against the cap.
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Barbara Palvin Sits on a Giant Typewriter in Lily China Spring 2014 Campaign
Posted on April 25, 2014
Barbara Palvin sits on a giant typewriter in this unusual fashion campaign from Lily China. The campaign was photographed by John Wright in Shanghai. In other images from the campaign Lily swings on a giant pencil and stands next to an enormous clock. The large props are real and were not made with CGI. Here is a video showing Barbara posing next to a huge clock and sitting on the big typewriter. Take a look:
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ARN-509 for Non-Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (SPARTAN, UW13007)
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase III Study of ARN-509 in Men With Non-Metastatic (M0) Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
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This is a randomized (individuals will be assigned by chance to study treatments), double-blind (individuals and study personnel will not know the identity of study treatments), placebo (an inactive substance that is compared with a drug to test whether the drug has a real effect in a clinical trial)-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ARN-509 versus placebo in adult men with high-risk non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Approximately 1200 participants will be randomly assigned in a 2:1 ratio to receive either ARN-509 (treatment arm A) or placebo (treatment arm B). Serial pharmacokinetic blood samples will be collected. Participants will be followed for safety and efficacy and will remain on study treatment until documented radiographic disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal of consent. Participants discontinuing study treatment will enter the survival follow-up period where they will be followed for the development of symptomatic progression and initiation of subsequent anti-cancer therapies, until death, loss of follow-up, or withdrawal of consent, whichever comes first. The total study duration will be approximately up to Month 59.
Trial Eligibility
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate without neuroendocrine differentiation or small cell features, with high risk for development of metastases
- Castration-resistant prostate cancer demonstrated during continuous androgen deprivation therapy/post orchiectomy
- Maintain castrate levels of testosterone within 4 weeks prior to randomization and throughout the study
- Patients currently receiving bone loss prevention treatment with bone-sparing agents must be on stable doses for at least 4 weeks prior to randomization
- Patients who received a first generation anti-androgen as part of an initial combined androgen blockade therapy or as second-line hormonal therapy must show continuing disease progression off the anti-androgen for at least 4 weeks prior to randomization
- At least 4 weeks must have elapsed from the use of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, estrogens, and any other anti-cancer therapy prior to randomization
- At least 4 weeks must have elapsed from major surgery or radiation therapy prior to randomization
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status 0 or 1
- Resolution of all acute toxic effects of prior therapy or surgical procedure to Grade <= 1 or baseline prior to randomization
- Adequate organ function according to protocol-defined criteria
- Administration of growth factors or blood transfusions will not be allowed within 4 weeks of the hematology labs required to confirm eligibility
Trial Exclusions
- Presence of confirmed distant metastases, including central nervous system and vertebral or meningeal involvement
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- As a trainer, take good care of your animals, and buy them food, brushes, and special toys
- Develop and unbreakable bond with two baby tigers as you feed, clean, play, and even cuddle with them
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- Gain experience as a trainer and tour the world to help train all kinds of animals, including tigers, bears, elephants, and dogs
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Policy Number:VPAA 10-03
Policy on Second Majors
Students may declare and complete a second major only if they meet the following criteria:
1) They file a major contract with each major program by the time they have completed 90 units.
2) The major contracts demonstrate that they can graduate with both majors completed in fewer than 140 total units.
Students who choose to complete a second major and cannot complete the required courses in less than 140 units may submit a request for an exception to the department chair and dean.
PASSED – April 27, 2010 – Academic Senate
APPROVED – May 10, 2010 – President Richmond


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For Sale are both Driver and Passenger seats from a 2002 WRX. All airbags still intact (seats were swapped for STi interior) and come complete with rails for installation.
The passenger seat has a small cigarette burn hole in it (some previous owner) and was re-stitched along the outside. Other than that they are in pretty good condition.
They are located near Newtown, PA and are for pick-up only.
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BEIJING – The dramatic trial of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai ended Monday with prosecutors pushing for a heavy sentence over a murder and corruption scandal that shook the Communist Party.
Bo's crimes of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power were "extremely serious" and there were no mitigating factors, they said. The description is a key factor in Chinese sentencing, where courts must generally find both conditions apply if they are to impose the death penalty.
Analysts widely believe that despite the drama of the five-day trial, which has seen Bo mount a feisty defense, a guilty verdict is a foregone conclusion and a long prison sentence has already been agreed.
The Intermediate People's Court in Jinan said on its verified account on Sina Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Twitter, that it will give its verdict at a later date.
Under Chinese law the death penalty is available for cases of bribery involving more than 100,000 yuan ($16,000) and the prosecution told the court: "The defendant's crimes are extremely serious."
"He pleaded not guilty to the charges, and there are no extenuating circumstances suggesting lighter punishment. It must be dealt with severely according to the law."
Throughout the trial — originally expected to last only two days — the court posted regular but delayed transcripts of the proceedings on its Weibo account, in a move hailed by state media as unprecedented transparency.
But no foreign media were present in court and no independent verification was possible.
The delays in posting the transcripts lengthened as the trial went on, and Monday's posting of the prosecutor's address was taken down within minutes of being published. It was re-posted and taken down again, before being republished once more with one section deleted.
In it, Bo had claimed to have been acting on orders from his "superiors" when he obtained a fake medical certificate about Wang Lijun, his police chief and right-hand man when he was party chief of the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing, who had fled to a U.S. Consulate.
Wang's attempt to seek asylum revealed the scandal surrounding the death of British businessman Neil Heywood, for which the politician's wife, Gu Kailai, was convicted of murder.
During the proceedings Bo dismissed Gu as "insane," launched a scathing attack on Wang as "full of lies and fraud," and compared another prosecution witness to a "mad dog."
On Monday he said that Wang had been in love with Gu and had been "confused and overwhelmed" by his feelings. Bo had confessed while under interrogation, he said, because he "still had a hope at the time, which was to keep my party membership and to keep my political career alive."The politician had earlier admitted mistakes relating to the investigation into Heywood's killing and "some responsibility" for embezzled state funds that were transferred to one of Gu's bank accounts, but denied all the charges.
His defiance astonished a public unfamiliar with the open airing of top-level intrigue and was in stark contrast to previous Chinese political trials, in which most defendants have humbly confessed their crimes in opaque court proceedings.
Margaret Lewis, professor at Seton Hall Law School in the U.S. and an expert in Chinese law, pointed out: "In China, like many other countries, most defendants plead guilty, whether or not it is a case with political implications.
"In part this is because of a general policy in China of 'leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist.' "
The scandal that brought Bo down erupted in advance of a shift in power atop China's factionalized Communist Party.
Revelations of private jet flights, luxury villas and rare animal meats have held Chinese Internet users spellbound. On Monday, Bo attempted to counter accounts of his family's luxury lifestyle by noting that his underwear was five decades old.
Bo — who always appeared well-dressed in his heyday — told the court he was a simple man. "I am personally not interested in clothing. The long johns I am wearing now were bought for me by my mother in the 1960s," he said.
But virtually nothing was said publicly of Bo's links with other top Communist Party leaders — even though he was once one of the 25 highest-ranking members of the ruling party and tipped to ascend even higher.


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July 2012 Prayer and Reflection
From the July 2012 cover of Living with Christ
By Living with Christ Staff
After using her PC tablet and stylus to design tile inlay patterns for her sons' tiling business, Nellie Edwards (1955- ) began experimenting further with her virtual canvas and brush to create works of sacred art. She begins with the subject's face and, without using any preliminary drawings or visual aids, prays as the image unfolds. Edwards describes her creative process as a spiritual exercise, similar to that of writing icons.
In Holding on to Faith, Edwards depicts a peaceful, prayerful Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680), whose feast we celebrate on July 14. (She will be canonized on October 21, 2012.) Known as the "Lily of the Mohawks," Kateri is here surrounded by lilies, a symbol of purity.
Kateri's life was often one of struggle. A smallpox epidemic killed her family and left her with scarring and impaired eyesight. After becoming a Christian, she faced such ridicule in her village that she made the decision to leave her home. But even through physical and emotional suffering, Kateri held on to her faith and continued to live a life devoted to Christ.
If you wish, sit quietly with the picture and reflect on the following questions:
- When have life's difficulties threatened to shake my faith?
- When have I felt God's peace in times of physical or emotional suffering?


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News @ Noon: Cold Spring Community Showcase Coming-Up On Saturday
COLD SPRING – The 13th annual Cold Spring Community Showcase will be this Saturday at the ROCORI High School.
Coordinator Rita Hennen stopped by the News @ Noon show on WJON today (Tuesday) to talk about the event.
The day starts with a breakfast fundraiser from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. for the Cold Spring Area Historical Society.
Several seminars will be held throughout the day, including: "What's Hot and Trendy for 2014 Perennials", "All Stressed Up And No Where To Go", and "Your Heart's Health".
Look for demonstrations on a variety of things like: Tae Kwon Do, Robotics, and Fused Glass
The Showcase runs until 2:00 p.m. Admission into the event is free.


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I was able to check out a Bersa 380 today, and took Shipwrecks advice and tried a mini-Glock.
First the Bersa: I was much more accurate with this gun than I was a couple of weeks ago with the titanium S&W .38. It had a good feel to it, but I had a failure to feed along about shot number 28 of 50.
It was of a nice size and had a good feel, but the sideways bullet in the chamber kind of bothers me.
Then the Glock. I shot the Glock 9mm after the Bersa. I think if I had shot a Glock after shooting a Bersa my first time out, I would be a Glock owner instead of a Ruger owner. The Glock was really nice. No failures, more accurate at both 7 and 15 yards (than the Bersa, not my Ruger. My Ruger P89 still Rocks!).
The Glock is a bit chunkier than the Bersa, but much smaller than my Ruger, so concealing it should be easier.
I asked about the Kel-Tec .32, and the folks at the range said they don't carry those. They went on to give me a few choice negative words about the pistol.
Verdict is still out. I have time.
Thanks to all for sharing your experience.


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_____ east surrey hospital diabetes team commended for work with children _ surrey mirror
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A DIABETES team have been commended for their work.
The children's team at East Surrey Hospital have been given a Quality in Care Award.
Judges praised their work at the Earlswood hospital, which they said embraced technology to help promote self-care.
The team of doctors, nurses, dietitians and psychologists, led by consultant paediatrician Dr Neemisha Jain, work with children and their parents to show how technology can help independent
diabetic living.
Every year, they support 250 children and young people with the condition at the hospital, which is run by Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
Central to the care they provide is technology, such as insulin pumps, electronic glucose pumps, and software programmes to view results.
These devices gives anyone with diabetes more control, allowing them to better look after themselves.
Dr Jain said: "We have made the best use of a variety of types of different technology to engage our patients and give them the confidence in controlling their diabetes."
Children's diabetes clinics are held at East Surrey, Crawley and Horsham hospitals. A central database and new technology means up-to-date information, such as recent blood sugar test results, can be downloaded by any of the diabetes team during an appointment.
The trust's chief executive, Michael Wilson, said: "I know the team have worked very hard to make sure their patients get the benefit from all that technology offers. Their work helps our younger patients to take control of their condition and live their life to the full."


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FUTURE OF RETAIL: Duane Reade Flagship Store Is More Like A Department Store [Pics]
Duane Reade's recently opened flagship location in lower Manhattan will now offer makeovers and fresh food vendors.
Duane Reade's newly minted flagship store in lower Manhattan offers expansive in-store services including access to fresh food vendors and a variety of personalized beauty services. The 24hr, 22,000 square foot pharmacy will host in-house beauty bars for makeovers, nails and hair in addition to apportioning space for fresh sushi and fruit smoothie offerings. The concept draws its inspiration from European sources as retailers here are redressing static brand images with new in-store expectations.
Joe Magnacca. President of Duane Reade and Everyday Living Situations at the Walgreen Company, explains the strategy:
We're really inspired by the European drugstore, which is very different from what we have here in the U.S. We're trying to move the market in a very different way. A drugstore is essentially founded in health and some convenient foods, we believe we have the opportunity to expand in to more foods, and that's why he have the sushi bar and gluten-free products. In addition, we're trying to offer services. We think that European inspired drugstores are the future for North America.
In anticipation of PSFK's soon-to-be-released update to our Future of Retail Report, we will be publishing a series of articles next week in preparation.


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Tom Seaver Hall Of Fame BioNovember 17, 2010
Today (November 17th) is Tom Seaver's birthday so I figured it would be fitting to post a video detailing Seaver's Hall of Fame career. Also, be sure to check out Tom Seaver's Birthday by the Numbers over at Faith and Fear In Flushing or some video footage of Seaver's first ever MLB game.
Video is courtesy of the Baseball Hall of Fame YouTube channel.
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DODGE CITY, KS JULY 9, 2014 Starting the year with a Lucky Dog Racing double finish at the 2014 Griffin King of the Hammers when father Brian Shirley and son Levi Shirley crossed the finish line 20th and 21st respectively, would set the stage for their 2014 Ultra4 race around the world. Read the rest of this entry »
ATTICA, IN – July 3rd, 2014: More than 40 ULTRA4 cars came to compete at The Ultimate Motorsports Championship last weekend at Badlands Off-Road Park in Attica, IN. The race has grown nearly 70% in the last 3 years and has become a true battle of East meets West on some of the harshest terrain the 2014 ULTRA4 season has to offer. Read the rest of this entry »
TAHOE CITY, CA JUNE 11, 2014 Sometimes it doesn't matter how the weekend starts, it matters how it ends. In Tom Wayes case, the Weathertight, BFGoodrich Tires, 3D Concrete #321 ended on the podium with the first place 2014 MetalCloak NorCal Stampede trophy. Read the rest of this entry »
DANVILLE, CA JUNE 10, 2014 Jason Scherer's brand new IFS car is going to be a strong contender in the upcoming Ultra4 series races, as proven by it's excellent performance at this weekends MetalCloak Ultra4 Stampede race. Read the rest of this entry »
DANVILLE, CA SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 Jason Scherer finished the 2013 season with a Win at the 2013 Ultra4 Nitto Tires National Finals in Congress, Arizona. Jason started 12th, per the season points starting order, and finished first ahead of Nitto Tires teammate Rick Mooneyham by only 4 seconds. Read the rest of this entry »
TOOELE, UT July 16th, 2013: Driver "EZ" Rick Mooneyham is no stranger to the ULTRA4 podium. Over the years, he's been one of the most consistent top three finishers at the Griffin King of The Hammers Presented by Nitto Tire. Read the rest of this entry »
Gilbert, AZ (July 5, 2013)-Monster Energy drivers Shannon and Wayland Campbell, headed to Indiana for the Ultra4 UMC Gran Prix at the Badlands. Inconvenienced by some "minor" burns Shannon had doctor's orders to stay out of the car until the wounds healed to avoid infection. Read the rest of this entry »
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO MAY 29, 2012 – JT Taylor completed another first in off-road racing. He took the Torchmate / Tube Shark Ultra4 car south of the border and finished the four day 2012 General Tire NORRA Mexican 1000 Race. "This is the funest race on the planet, and I've been around the planet," joked JT Taylor. Read the rest of this entry »
Fresno, CA-Team Trail-Gear Racing took home top honors at the Ultra4 Western Regional Series Cinco de Baja race just outside Albuquerque, New Mexico on Saturday, May 5, 2012. Driver Matt Messer and co-driver James Schofield beat out more than 50 drivers across 12 classes to achieve the overall fastest time and the unofficial fastest lap speed of the race. Read the rest of this entry »
It's that time of year again where new rigs come together and old ones get repaired in preparation of the 2012 race season. We know it takes money to get those rigs ready, so hopefully this update brings good news to your wallet. We're proud to announce our contingency programs for 2012 which include all Ultra4 and W.E.Rock sanctioned events. That's 26 events in total with over $30,000 on the line! Read the rest of this entry »


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Gold prices continue decline; consolidates below $1090 oz
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Gold prices reversal from all time high at $1,226.70 on December 3, extended on Tuesday to a fresh 7-week low at$1,075, right above $1,070, Oct 13 and 14 highs, before picking up and consolidate between $1,082 and $1,088 during Wednesday's Asian session.
According to the Kshitij Consultancy Service Team, the current Dollar rally is keeping downside pressure on Gold, which could drop as low as 1070-50 : Gold (1088.50) is continuing to trade below 1100. The stronger dollar is keeping up the downside pressure on the Commodity. As mentioned earlier we might see a fall towards 1070-50 in the coming days.
On a wider perspective, XAU/USD remains bullish, and Gold could bounce up from levels around $1,050, says the Kshitij Consultancy Service Team: As the broader outlook remains bullish we can expect a bounce back from 1050 levels.


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It's been almost two years since Ayad Al Adhamy, lead singer of the Brooklyn garage quartet Team Spirit, signed his name in his own blood on the band's contract with Vice Records. Since then, the band has kept busy on the road, touring with SKATERS and Surfer Blood (apparently they were going for an X Games theme on that stint). While the touring has been constant, they have yet to release any new material since signing with Vice, their latest effort being a self-titled EP back in February 2012.
But that's gonna change on September 30, as the band prepares to release Killing Time, their debut full-length. Teenage Heart, the lead single, arrived today and it really shows a step forward for the band since their EP. Teenage Heart seems neater, crisper and more thoughtfully put together than anything on their previous release, but also keeps the band's big, fast guitars and high-intensity fun in full swing. The largest growth can be seen in Al Adhamy's vocal melody, which goes a long way in elevating this tune to possible hit status. Sometimes, waiting 31 months for a release may just be worth it. Take a peek at Teenage Heart below.


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Tyga Loses Legal Battle With His Accountant
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TMZ reports that Tyga has been ordered to pay $16,801.67 to his accountant, Robert Seltzer.
Seltzer says that he and Tyga had an agreement in 2011 in which Tyga could use his credit card to pay for food, hotel and transportation while on tour. He would then pay him back at the end of the month. HE never paid, so he's been sued to get the $13,396 back. Tyga missed the court date and a judge entered a default judgment against him. He will now have to pay the money back plus interest.
Tyga has already paid some of the money back.


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As a young boy growing up in one of Saudi Aramco's compounds, Fadi Jaber would shun his mother's traditional Middle Eastern desserts in favour of his classmates' brownies, cupcakes and cookies. Back then, little did he know that his love of all-American treats would see him become the first baker to bring the cupcake craze to the Middle East.
"All of my classmates would always bring cupcakes, brownies, cookies or something equally delicious to class on their birthdays and I was so jealous because my mum never made things like that. She grew up in Beirut and was originally from Palestine so we would have qatayef and baklava. American desserts were just not part of her repertoire," he tells Arabian Business StartUp.
Several years later, whilst working as a marketing manager for Unilever in Saudi Arabia, Jaber turned the tables around when he taught himself to bake and started taking his own American desserts into the office. But it wasn't until Jaber was asked to buy a cake for a relative's birthday in Jordan that he spotted a gap in the market, quit his job and moved to New York to study at the Institute of Culinary Education in Manhattan with the aim of opening the region's first all-American bakery.
"I had to buy this awful looking cake with lots of gelatinous fruits on the top because I couldn't find anything else," he recalls. "Everybody ate a bit but people literally had a bite and then threw the rest away so it was more like we were paying lip service to his birthday. That's when I realised that there were no good bakeries in Jordan. Sure there are places that do fancy cakes for weddings and engagements but there was nothing that really tasted delicious and homemade. I saw a gap and I tapped into it."
Today, his bakery, Sugar Daddy's, sells hundreds of cupcakes on a daily basis, has a successful franchise outlet in Lebanon with plans to expand further afield and has more than 250,000 Facebook fans. In addition to American-style cupcakes, Sugar Daddy's also caters to regional tastes using local ingredients such as dates and nuts — Jordan's Queen Rania is even rumoured to be a fan of the bakery.
Jaber credits much of the success with his decision to enroll in a bakery and culinary management programme in New York. It was there that in addition to learning how to bake commercially, he also learned the management skills required to run a bakery as well as devise a business plan.
"A lot of people think that if you can throw a good dinner party, you can open a good restaurant but its two completely different things being a professional and doing it as a hobby. You really need the proper certifications in order to do that," he says.
"A lot of owners of bakeries are constantly demanding things of their employees because they don't understand [the business] whereas my employees can't tell me they can't do it because I have done it whereas other owners at the mercy of their chefs. I can challenge and impose my opinions and ideas and it's legitimate and my chefs respect that," he adds.
Jaber established his first bakery using his own personal savings and funds from his father and brother in Amman's Mekkah Street but it soon became apparent that the location was fraught with problems. "It was very industrial, non-residential and I totally missed the target [customer]. It was the worst recipe because it was high rent and low foot traffic. We didn't even have enough money to pay the next year's rent," he says.
In a bid to raise money, Jaber franchised Sugar Daddy's in Dubai and Lebanon, offering investors his recipes and the right to trade under the company name in exchange for much needed capital. The move paid off and Jaber was able to pay the second year's rent up front. The location, however, remained a problem and two years into his contract Jaber relocated to Abdoun.
"Here the formula was the exact antithesis; it was a win-win situation. We've been making good money here and have a profitable successful business," he says.
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Headphones have become more image-conscious in recent years. However, sets like the Audio Technica ATH-W1000X have resisted the change. With grain-embracing glossy wooden rears, you wouldn't imagine a trendy young rapper wearing these headphones. And they provide the classy sound that matches both the mature image and the £500 price.
Serious headphones like the Audio Technica ATH-W1000X rarely include many extra features. If you want wireless audio transmission or noise cancelling, you can leave right now. Once you stray above £400 or so, most headphones start being all about the sound.
This effect is clear in the design of the Audio Technica ATH-W1000X. With wooden earcup rears and plenty of odd little design flourishes, they're slightly eccentric cans.
For example, the "left" and "right" denominators on the headband are written in an italic font you'd expect to see on the menu of a fancy French restaurant rather than upon a pair of headphones. And the headband itself is really quite bizarre in itself. The structure that keeps the headphones together is standard enough – two bands of metal – but the two retracting pads that touchdown on your head like the feet of a moon landing craft are not.
Although the gigantic earpads suck-up most of the pressure these headphones exert on your head, the uneven load does take a little getting used to. Strange-fitting high-end headphones are nothing new, though. Just check out the crazy-heavy Grado PS1000 if you want an example.
After a bedding-in period each time you wear them, the Audio Technica ATH-W1000X are commendably comfy. Although large, they're not particularly heavy, and while the synthetic leather of the pads is surprisingly not that soft for headphones of this grade, the sheer size of the pads mitigates this. Audio Technica has missed out on a few tricks, though, as the inner parts of the pads use the same synthetic material, where breathable fabric causes less heating up of your ears.
It is not a great problem for the Audio Technica ATH-W1000X, though, as they're clearly intended for at-home use - generally houses are less hot and muggy than crowded trains.
If you embrace your own eccentricity or are wilfully difficult, you could indeed use these headphones out and about - they have closed cups, don't leak much sound and do provide some isolation.
However, their grip on your head is deliberately light, so turn your head too quickly and you could end up with a cracked wooden earcup. They use a non-threaded 6.3mm jack too, which just about no portable devices accept. There's no case included, either. In short - not portable.
In this world of increasingly style-obsessed headphones, the Audio Technica ATH-W1000X feels a bit of a throwback, but it's a charming one. The high-gloss American black cherry wooden used offers its own blend of classiness that's miles apart from the comparable Sennheiser HD 700.
Once you get to a certain point in headphones, you start talking about sonic personalities rather than success or failure. To make a £500 set of headphones like the Audio Technica ATH-W1000X sound bad would require massive mis-steps in the design process, or a radical pricing blunder.
We're happy to report that these headphones offer the true high-end sound you'd expect at the price, but it excels in other areas than its open-backed and planar rivals.
The Audio Technica ATH-W1000X's most notable success is in bass response – it's powerful and deep, without detracting from the notion of a "high-end" sound. Low-end separation is superb, bass depth is excellent and its tone is simply great.
Focused bass is one of the benefits of using a closed design – open headphones often produce diffuse-sounding low-end. While the spaciousness of the bass is quite remarkable, the presentation of the higher registers is clearly influenced by the closed cups, when compared to open headphones of the same level.
The Audio Technica ATH-W1000X sound is quite wide, but there isn't quite the airiness to the mid-range that you'd get in a top-notch open pair. Detailing and clarity are excellent, and vocals are beautifully rendered, but there's a degree to which the sound remains contained – and that's the sound of a closed headphone. And this constraint can stop music from sounding epic and, to the critical ear, uncompromised.
If you require the benefits of a closed set - for example if your home is not that quiet, this is one of the best sets you can get at any price. However, if not, and if bass performance is not your top priority, we sincerely recommend you try to audition an open pair like the Sennheiser HD 700 or AKG Q701 and, if possible, the planar magnetic HiFiMAN HE-400. The latter two in particular offer fidelity benefits in the mid-range and treble.
The Audio Technica ATH-W1000X are impressive closed-back headphones that offer unusual design and superb bass performance. For at-home use they're just the ticket, but they sit at a difficult price, where rival planar and open-back headphones can supply airier mid-range.
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Advising Overview
CLAS Academic Advising System
The mission of academic advising in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas is to assist students in the development of educational plans, the clarification of career and life goals, and the appreciation of the values of a liberal arts education. Our system is one of shared responsibility in which all members of the College community (faculty, students, and staff) interact to achieve advising goals and desired student outcomes, including graduation.
Goal Statement
The goal of advising in the College is to help each student reach his or her maximum educational potential. This goal is achieved by providing the student with the best possible academic advice, including the timely selection of appropriate programs of study, course work, and other opportunities.
Student's responsibilities:
- Clarify personal values, interests, and goals. Identify short and long term academic, career, and life goals. Use this knowledge to create an academic and life plan.
- Plan ahead. Familiarize self with KU policies, procedures, deadlines, resources, and opportunities in the Undergraduate Catalog, KU Undergraduate Student Handbook, and on-line.
- Meet regularly with advisor. Prepare thoroughly for appointment with advisor. Using the DPR, develop a proposed two- to four-semester schedule of courses for general education and major requirements and for electives. Prepare questions to ask, and concerns to discuss. Complete forms for the advisor to sign. Bring plan, forms, undergraduate catalog, and most recent DPR to the appointment.
- Monitor progress towards own educational and career goals.
- Listen to advisor's suggestions carefully, take notes, ask for clarification if something is not understood, follow up, and act upon those suggestions.
- Take advantage of resources and opportunities both on and off campus. Actively seek out career opportunities related to the major.
Advisor's responsibilities:
Listen to the student's comments and questions and ask questions. From the start, ask questions that orient the student's thinking toward the future, helping her/him to form an academic plan, and start thinking concretely about a desired career.
- Share knowledge of KU, CLAS, and departmental policies, procedures, and requirements.
- Assist the student with development of an academic plan leading to articulated career goals and regularly monitor progress toward achieving those goals. The plan should be consistent with the student's abilities and interests.
- Develop and maintain knowledge of currently available on-line and campus resources for undergrad students. Make referrals when the student's needs are beyond the scope of advisor expertise.
- Provide career-related information and links to other professional organizations, resources, and opportunities.
- Keep an up-to-date, confidential (FERPA) file on each student, with notes from each consultation, so that there is continuity in the advising process and so that each appointment covers new ground.
- Assist students with periodic evaluations of progress toward goals.
Major Requirements
Specific Course requirements
GPA in Jr/Sr Hours in Major (2.0 Minimum)
Degree Requirements
Total Hours (120 minimum) Degree requirements
All General Education Requirements-As indicated on DPR
Minimum Jr/Sr Hours (45 minimum)
KU Cumulative GPA (2.0 minimum)
- Provide support, encouragement, and suggestions.
- Not responsible for:
Evaluating Transfer Credit not posted in DPR (refer to Strong 109)
Revising Exceptions to Requirements outside the Major
Cleaning up ambiguity
Major Department's responsibilities:
- Provide a clear process for the transition of students to major department advising, and communicate clearly to the students, UAC, Honors Program, and The College Student Academic Services Office with whom and when the students should meet with an advisor.
- Assign all students to a faculty advisor, using an appropriate faculty/student ratio.
- Provide both faculty advisors and students with information and forms regarding grades, drop/add/withdraw, new policies, procedures, requirements, careers, graduate studies, and activities and special student opportunities in the department.
- Maintain a website and/or bulletin board with research funding, scholarship, and job opportunities. Urge majors to refer to these resources frequently.
- Maintain confidential files for each major to ensure continuity; conduct and keep exit interviews; track alumni/ae.
- Communicate effectively with the UAC, the Honors Program, and The College Student Academic Services Office about new or special courses, substitutions, departmental policies, new major or minor concentrations, etc.
The College Student Academic Services Office's responsibilities:
- Advise CLAS seniors who are either new transfer students or who have not chosen a major. Advise students with special problems (academic misconduct, academic difficulties, readmission issues).
- Provide support to departmental advisors, including an Advisor Hot Line to answer questions from department faculty advisors M-F 8-5.
- Provide assistance and information to departments, including up-dated information on university and CLAS policies, procedures, requirements, and deadlines.
- Review DPR for all CLAS students as they near graduation.
- Certify graduation and communicate information about graduation candidates to departments (e.g., potential requirement problems).
Dean's Office responsibilities:
- Acknowledge the value of academic advising and advisors.
- Provide support and guidance for quality academic advising in the College.
- Recognize and reward contributions made by departments and individual advisors.
- Routinely assess quality of overall advising in the College.
- Provide a CLAS advisor to larger departments to work with students and faculty.


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He is usually associated with driving an Aston Martin packed with gadgets under fire in his role as 007.
But Daniel Craig turned heads on the streets of Manhattan last night as he revealed the new Range Rover.
The 007 actor drove through the streets of New York as he was entrusted to deliver the Range Rover Sport for its first unveiling to the world.
After driving the car through closed off streets, Craig, wearing a Tom Ford suit, delivered the vehicle to a packed crowd of guests including Zara Phillips, Jade Jagger and Yasmin Le Bon at the Skylight at Moynihan Station on 8th Avenue, where the vehicle was officially revealed for the first time.
The event was filmed as part of a short film titled The Delivery, broadcast live by Land Rover, was directed by Jonathan P B Taylor, lwho has worked on Fast & Furious, Spiderman, Captain America and Die Hard.
The film tells the story of a driver tasked with delivering a top secret package. Starting at the Land Rover manufacturing plant in Solihull, the car is shipped under the cover of darkness in a large container over to Manhattan. It is then unveiled and driven through the streets of the city, over Manhattan Bridge and through a closed off tunnel, in a bid by its driver, Craig, to get it to the launch venue on time.
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As well the world class badminton on-court, there will be lots to enjoy off-court too at the YONEX All England 2017. Below are details of some of the activities fans enjoyed throughout the 2016 Championships.
Showcasing some great local music talent on the concourse for the hour before play starts each day.
All the new world leading Yonex equipment and apparel available to buy on the 'Yonex High Street' as well as a range of event souvenirs.
The YONEX All England and the Olympic Games have hosted some fantastic rivalries over the years. At the 2016 Championships this was brought to life in the AV zone on the concourse. Fan's could immerse themselves in some historic on-court action – open every day of the Championships.
Meet the stars! Player autograph and photo sessions will be held on the concourse intermittently throughout the week of the Championships.
Fans shared their experience using #YonexAllEngland.
View our fan photo gallery from the YONEX All England 2014 here, 2015 here and 2016 here.
Don't miss out – Follow @YonexAllEngland for all the latest news, reactions and announcements.
HAVE-A-GO ON #EVERYROADtoRIO
The YONEX All England is crucial for the world's best to add to their Olympic qualification points. To celebrate this and to support players on #EVERYROADtoRIO there was a beach badminton court where fans could pick up a racket and have-a-go themselves.
Before the 2016 YONEX All England Champions were decided, fans enjoyed The Championships Show, this time featuring aerial dance pioneers Upswing with a stunning performance of 'Rebound' which is an unusual harness dance, a playful duet combining aerial daring and choreographic delicacy that sees the dancers swoop, glide and spin across the stage.


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Hey guys,
I have a little question about my tire pressure. My tire pressure light came on so I went to go fill up my tires to 33 PSI front and 32 PSI rear as said in the owners manual. I checked my pressure and it seems okay but the light did not go away until after I left my car sitting for a couple of hours.
My question is...is this normal for tire pressure light to disable after the tires settle in?


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Kat . 25 . Bremen/Berlin/Hamburg . <3 . Music
What if everything around you
Isn't quite as it seems?
What if all the world you think you know
Is an elaborate dream?
And if you look at your reflection
Is it all you want it to be?
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Favourite genre of music: Prog. Rock & Post-Rock
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|Video Coordinator
|Alma Mater:
|Central Michigan, 1996
|At Miami:
|15 Years
Stewart Cramer is in his 15th year as video coordinator for the University of Miami. While his role centers on the video needs of the Hurricanes football program, his responsibilities also include serving the entire UM athletics department.
Cramer and UM MBA graduate Michael O'Leary won a 2008 Suncoast Regional Emmy Award for Oustanding Commercial for the Miami-produced video "Mosaic". The duo was also selected as winners of the Special Feature: Colleges, Conferences and Governing Bodies category at the First Annual Global Media Awards for College Sports in 2009. "Mosaic", a commercial about UM's Olympic sports, and "It Begins Here", a retrospective of UM's athletic facilities, were finalists in other categories as well at both awards ceremonies.
A native of South Lyon, Mich., Cramer has distinguished himself as one of the nation's foremost video coordinators. In 2001 and 2002, he was named the Big East Conference Video Coordinator of the Year in a vote by the membership of the Collegiate Sports Video Association.
Cramer began his career at Miami in 1996, following his graduation from Central Michigan University with a bachelor's degree in broadcating and cinematic arts. While there, he served as the football program's video coordinator.


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Due to construction in the area, please allow extra travel time when visiting Harbourfront Centre. Details here.
June 25 - July 1, 2012
Week 26 of Year 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
The Power Plant opens a major group exhibition, Tools for Conviviality, with a FREE party! Join us on the lakeside terrace and enjoy a BBQ and music by DJ Jodie James Elliott.
June 29, 2012
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
June 30 – August 26, 2012
ARTISTS' TOUR / Tools for Conviviality
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Join us for a gallery tour of Tools for Conviviality, led by participating artists Abbas Akhavan, Raymond Boisjoly, and Kyla Mallett.
June 30, 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
2:00pm 6:00pm
Looking for fantastic deals on art books and exhibition catalogues? Join us on The Power Plant lakefront terrace for our third annual Canada Day Book Sale.
July 1, 2012
For details inquire at the Info Desk or call 416-973-4000.


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The Indigo Room VIP Reception
American Arts Initiative
Thursday, October 17, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
When & Where
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
100 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale,
Thursday, October 17, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
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I wanted to mod the car before I knew anything about it really..
And I don't see how my warranty would be voided from a UTEC, other than me going to the dealer with it in and being like, "look! I've changed the factory ECU, see? here, it's right here, UTEC, Turbo XS.. cool huh?" Obviously I would remove it before servicing, and unless they can hook it up and it throws a code saying the ECU has been messed with, they wouldn't ever know it was in there. Please tell me if I'm wrong here..
Starting off I wasn't really that concerned with my warranty, but now I'm starting to wonder.. Why am I going to need it so bad in the next 50,000 miles? Do they really have to be taken in to get stuff fixed so much?? I was hoping that in buying a newer car I would have a longer period of time before parts began to fail..
My first car was an 85 Ford F-150 5.0L(tragically wrecked).. had 250,000+ miles on it and never a problem, still the same power it had when it was new, AT never slipped, nothing.. have the automotive standards in manufacturing and design for prolonged use declined that much in the last 15 years??


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Didn't see this posted, sorry if I missed it.
Bengals single season sack leader Coy Bacon passed away on Wednesday in his home in Ironton, Ohio. Age (66?) not listed.
Didn't see this posted, sorry if I missed it.
Bengals single season sack leader Coy Bacon passed away on Wednesday in his home in Ironton, Ohio. Age (66?) not listed.
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"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Man, could Coy rush the passer. And a great football name, too.
Next Reds manager, second shooter. --Confirmed on Redszone.
I remember Coy Bacon playing for the Redskins toward the end of his career, when I was just starting to pay attention to football. Always liked the name too.
RIP, Coy.
"I can make all the stadiums rock."
-Air Supply
Last night my mom pulled out an old folder that my dad had taken to Bengals training camp back in the 70s to get signed by the players.
Lo and behold on the cover was Coy Bacon's signature.
And on the inside of the folder were several photos of the players from that day and one was of Coy signing the folder.
Pretty neat.
Well it's signed by Kenny Anderson, Isaac Curtis, Archie Griffin, and a bunch of other names I'm going to have to figure out.
I dunno. Since my Dad died, I don't know if I can part with it, especially since I thought it was long gone until now.
But you are right, indeed.
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'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.'
A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this classic novel - a black man charged with attacking a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s with both compassion and humour. She also creates one of the great heroes of literature in their father, Atticus, whose lone struggle for justice pricks the conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy.
About the Author
Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, a village that is still her home. She attended local schools and the University of Alabama. Before she started writing she lived in New York, where she worked in the reservations department of an international airline. She has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, two honorary degrees and various other literary awards. Her chief interests apart from writing are nineteenth- century literature and eighteenth- century music, watching politicians and cats, travelling and being alone.
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The story of Scout, a six-year-old Southern girl, whose father feels the emnity of his neighbours when he defends a black man accused of the rape of a white woman. (Kirkus UK)
Series: Vintage Classic Ser.
Audience: General
For Ages: 14 - 18 years old
For Grades: 10 - 12
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 320
Published: April 2004
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication: GB
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Physics Graduate Awards:
The John T. Burlingame Graduate Fellowship in Physics
Endowed by and named for John T. Burlingame, a graduate of the Tufts Department of Physics and Astronomy to recognize outstanding achievement by graduate students in physics. These fellowships are awarded to one or more graduate students to enable them to focus their efforts on research to make rapid progress leading toward their doctoral degree.
2013-2014 Burlingame Fellows: Vesal Dini and Zehra "Cemile" Marsan
2012-2013 Burlingame Fellows: Eleni-Alexandra Kontou and Victor Parkinson
2011-2012 Burlingame Fellow: Kontantinos Metallinos
2010-2011 Burlingame Fellow: Eray Sabancilar
2009-2010 Burlingame Fellow: Rebecca Batorsky
The Kathryn A. McCarthy Graduate Fellowship in Physics
Endowed by and named for Dr. Kathryn A. McCarthy, a former Tufts Provost and Professor emerita of the Tufts Department of Physics and Astronomy and a pioneer in the entry of women into physics, to recognize outstanding achievement and promise of a female student in physics and astronomy.
2013-2014 McCarthy Fellow: Audrey Mithani
GSAS Graduate Student Awards:
Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education
This award recognizes excellence as a teaching assistant or in other roles such as mentoring undergraduates for students in the arts, humanities, natural sciences, or social sciences.