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Hi John Mayer, we have never met, but I keep getting sent your CDs. Just last night I was sent your most recent album (released today in New Zealand). It's called, as you will already know, Battle Studies.
About a year and a half ago I wrote about you, for this blog. This time I figure I will write to you. Anything to try to get the message across...
The reason I wrote last time was because you had just released this - live CD/DVD. You were trying to be taken seriously as a serious musician. You had appeared on Eric Clapton's guitar festival concert DVD and some of your fans who still listed Your Body Is a Wonderland as a guilty pleasure had a new set of excuses for continuing to like your music. They were able to quote you playing The Police's Message in a Bottle and reference your love for the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan.
And it annoyed me, John Mayer, because, the way I figured it...well here's what I said last time I wrote about you. You probably didn't read it, so anyway, I said:
When a guy that is singing songs about people's bodies being like children's theme-parks then starts jamming with players of the calibre of Steve Jordan (drums) and Pino Palladino (bass) it is time for concern; more concerning is that, in a way, Mayer was showing he had some chops.
I also called you out, John Mayer, for that silly voice you continue to put on:
It is so obviously put on. So affected. It still sounds silly. John Mayer talks relatively normally. And then he moves in front of a microphone and we get Eddie Vedder-sings-Michael Franks (with laryngitis). Dear lord.
And your "serious musician" work as The John Mayer Trio with this album was dismissed by me as being ultimately lacklustre blues-rock, a seeing-eye version of Jeff Healey's middling work.
Thing is, John Mayer, the reason you bugged me (and still bug me) is because you have created a cult where a bunch of people see you as a serious musician who just happened to take a shot at being a pop star because it was handed to you and then decided you would make a bid for seriousness on the side.
In fact, the way I put it last time was:
Mayer does not deserve the chance to redeem himself with his white-boy blues and folky guitar antics. He made his choice. He allowed the music industry to package him up. And he needs to stay in that box. And be that guy. He can try his best to be Michael Hedges or Pat Metheny. But he'll still be plying two-hand acoustic tapping on a custom harp-guitar to the sound of Your Body Is a Wonderland.
And I stand by that. But this is where I kick myself, John Mayer, I really do. I threw out a wee taunt to you, a slightly barbed challenge. I suggested that you made your sappy-pop bed when you signed your life away on the line. And I told you to quit pretending to put your alleged pedigree to use and go back to making music so lame I won't even be sent copies of it and won't have to try to form an opinion of it.
I concluded with the cheap shot (or Cold Shot perhaps, since you're a fan of Stevie Ray Vaughan) that your body of work is no wonderland.
Was that the bit that did it, John Mayer? It must have been.
Because, sure enough John Mayer, with Battle Studies, you have gone back to making lame music. But I still have to say something about it. I have to form an opinion on it. And you are further dragging Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino down with you, I see from the liner notes; because you would hardly notice from their playing.
Jordan is a great drummer - a great thinker behind the skins and in the producer's chair - but really anyone could be playing this uninspired dross.
And your cover of Crossroads, John Mayer, is a joke. It sounds like you hooked up a version of Guitar Hero to play through a portable iPod docking-station/speaker-set.
If you are going to let people gush on about your blues credentials, John Mayer, and you yourself are going to cover something by Robert Johnson - a blues standard in fact - then please make an effort to play it with some soul and feeling. Also the solo you pinch out on opening song Heartbreak Warfare is something Jeff Beck should probably be looking into legal action over; in much the same way as Tom Waits did with those ad-companies that hired voice impersonators.
Later, on Who Says, you ask the question, "who says I can't get stoned?" Well, John Mayer, if you'd stand still long enough - i.e. stop releasing awful, awful music, then I would be willing to place you up against a wall and lob the first rock.
So, John Mayer, please do me the favour of never releasing another major label album again. It will only end up in my letterbox, the "no junk" sign was seemingly ignored.
Yours truthfully...
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So you didn't like the new tracks then? I have really enjoyed the last few CDs - shame you can't listen to the music for what it is rather than trying to put him in box that says pop music.
Ok so he's never going to be the greatest musician in the world and yes I think "your body is a wonderland" is a lame song. But it's like comparing real cheese and plastic cheese. Of course the plastic cheese is going to fall short. And note my use of "cheese" for the metaphor. He's not that bad. I don't like the guy as a person, but i do like his music.
Bravo Simon, bravo!
Well done Simon. It's just the sheer mediocrity I can't stand. Very, very lame, white boy, ersatz, saccharine blues. I'm falling asleep just writing this....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
This website is in dire need of decent reviewers. What a childish, ignorant fellow this one is.
Now who's starting to sound repetitive....?
John Mayer appeals to me neither as a musician or a person-he comes off as 'god's gift to everyone'.
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You know what... I NEVER like John Mayer. Your Body Is A Wonderland is possibly one of the worst songs I've ever heard. He's been a staple of measurement on www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com and I really thought he was deserving...
But then... I heard tracks like 'Everyday I Have The Blues'... I saw him on The Chappelle Show and he was funny... I started following him on Twitter and he was even funnier... and I can't help but think that here might actually be a very talented musician and genuinely decent guy, who perhaps just realized he could rob the masses blind with a little bit of pop stuff here and there. I'd almost file him next to Justin Timberlake.
I don't know what it is, because I generally can't stand most of the stuff they put out, but the odd appearance in some sort of comedy situation or the odd funny quote and a good track and it seems to make me want to offer them redemption for their past.
In my opinion, he's now filed under the talented-musician-caught-up-in-a-bit-of-the-pop-music-whirlwind-but-is-kinda-funny-and-probably-not-such-a-bad-guy category. See also: Eminem and perhaps even Dizzie Rascal.
If you dont like this blog why comment? I give Simon Sweetman props for calling it like he sees it. Buttersoft silky boys such as Mayer, Black Seeds and "Fat Freddys" have received the pissing on they deserve. Keep it up Simon
I felt that his version of crossroads, as shown in snippet form last night on Campbell Live, was elevator ready. Yawn. And singing Crossroads in the faux croon whisper such as Mr Aniston did, should be made a crime. But I guess there needs to be something out there to play at dinner parties...particuarly at the end of the night when you want people to leave.
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Actions Needed to Improve Oversight and Accountability of U.S. Assistance to Micronesia and the Marshall Islands
GAO-14-243T: Published: Jan 7, 2014. Publicly Released: Jan 7, 2014.
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What GAO Found
In fiscal years 2007 through 2011, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) spent at least half their compact sector funds in the education and health sectors. Because both countries spent significant amounts of compact funds on personnel in those sectors, the U.S.-FSM and U.S.-RMI joint management and accountability committees capped budgets for personnel in those sectors at fiscal year 2011 levels due to concerns about the sustainability of sector budgets as compact funding continues to decline through fiscal year 2023. As required by the committees, the FSM states completed plans to address annual decreases in compact funding; however, as of August 2013, the FSM National Government and the RMI had not submitted plans to address the annual decreases. Without such plans, the countries may not be able to sustain essential services in the education and health sectors.
Data reliability issues hindered GAO's assessment of each country's progress in the education and health sectors for fiscal years 2007 through 2011. Although both countries tracked annual indicators in these sectors during this period, GAO determined that many of these data were not sufficiently reliable for the purpose of measuring progress for the compacts as a whole over the time frame. In education, GAO found 3 of 14 indicators in the subsets of indicators it reviewed for both countries to be sufficiently reliable. GAO found a variety of education data reliability problems; for example, the four FSM states did not use common definitions for some indicators, resulting in inconsistent data for those indicators, and in the RMI some indicators lacked data from the outer islands. In the health sector, GAO determined that data for all 5 of the subset of indicators it reviewed in the FSM were not sufficiently reliable, and in the RMI, 1 health indicator was sufficiently reliable, 2 were not sufficiently reliable, and for 2 others, GAO had no basis to judge due to insufficient information. The joint management and accountability committees have raised concerns about the reliability of FSM's education and health data and RMI's health data and required each country to obtain an independent assessment and verification of these data; both countries have yet to meet that requirement. Without reliable data, the countries cannot assess progress toward their goals in the education and health sectors.
The single audit reports GAO reviewed indicated challenges to ensuring accountability of U.S. funds in the FSM and RMI. For example, the governments' single audits showed repeat findings and persistent problems in noncompliance with U.S. program requirements, such as accounting for equipment. The Department of the Interior (Interior) has taken steps regarding accountability of compact funds, such as establishing a financial control commission in one FSM state, but Interior has not coordinated with other U.S. agencies about the risk status of the FSM and RMI and whether to designate either country as a high-risk grantee. Furthermore, the FSM, RMI, and U.S. offices responsible for compact administration faced limitations hindering their ability to conduct compact oversight. For example, Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) experienced a staffing shortage that disproportionately affected compact grant oversight compared to other OIA activities, leaving 6 of 11 planned positions for compact oversight unfilled as of 2012 and 5 of 11 still unfilled as of 2013.
Why GAO Did This Study
In 2003, the U.S. government approved amended Compacts of Free Association with the FSM and the RMI, providing for a total of $3.6 billion in assistance over 20 years. This testimony draws from GAO's September 2013 report on the use and accountability of these funds to review (1) the FSM's and RMI's use of compact funds in the education and health sectors; (2) the extent to which the FSM and RMI have made progress toward stated goals in education and health; and (3) the extent to which oversight activities by the FSM, RMI, and U.S. governments ensure accountability for compact funding. Like the report, this testimony also provides information on infrastructure spending in the education and health sectors. GAO reviewed relevant documents and data, including single audit reports; interviewed officials from Interior, other U.S. agencies, and the FSM and RMI; assessed data reliability for subsets of both countries' education and health indicators; and visited compact-funded education and health facilities in both countries.
What GAO Recommends
GAO is not making new recommendations. In its September 2013 report, GAO recommended that, among other actions, Interior should (1) take all necessary steps to ensure the reliability of FSM and RMI indicators in education and health, (2) assess whether to designate each country as high risk, and (3) take actions to correct its disproportionate staffing shortage related to compact grant implementation and oversight. Interior generally agreed with the recommendations and identified actions taken, ongoing, and planned.
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What exactly is Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage? I had a problem with it the other day and I would like to know more about it. Please help!
Yes, this happens quite often. I'm sure you're not the only one who has been struck by the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) pop up balloon and I know you won't be the last. Basically, the WGA is an anti-piracy program that Microsoft created in 2005. The program is set in place to require Windows users to validate that they have a genuine "real" copy of any Windows operating system.
The WGA comes to your attention through a little pop up bubble in the system tray on your desktop. Even with all of those pop ups annoying you to no end, this one could top them all. So, let's say you're trying to access a program within a Windows service. Maybe you're trying to do an update and you're getting that update from the Microsoft Download Center. Well, expect a WGA pop up, because it will happen. This is true with any Windows program you try to use.
So, why is Microsoft doing this? Well, they're trying to cut down the number of pirated copies of their operating systems that are still being used today. Unfortunately, some people are using "fake" copies and as with everything else, it ruins the fun for everyone. So, even if you know you have a genuine version of your operating system, you'll probably still be required to prove it. And although it's a pain that you have to go through that, you have to think about Microsoft's view on the whole thing.
Yes, they already have a lot of money embedded in everything that they do, but they're losing out with all the people who are using pirated versions. It's not fair to everyone to let those certain people get away with it, so as a result, they have to question all of their users. If you get caught by the WGA pop up bubble, Microsoft just wants you to verify that your computer's hardware matches up with the 25 character product key that came with your Windows installation CD.
The bubble will say something like "You may be a victim of software counterfeiting. This copy of Windows is not genuine. Click this balloon to resolve now." To fix the problem, just click the balloon and you will be asked to manually enter your 25 character code. This code can be found on your Windows installation disk that came with your computer when you bought it. This will work for whichever version you use. You can also usually find the code on the side or on the back of your actual PC. So, be sure to check there as well.
Just enter in the key and click OK. If your copy is genuine, Microsoft will leave you alone and you can go about your business. Now, if you decide not to resolve the issue right away, you will continue to receive error messages when you go to download something from a Windows service. This message will say something like "This copy of Windows is not genuine and you have not yet resolved this issue. This computer is no longer eligible to receive select security upgrades from Microsoft. To protect your copy of Windows, you must click Get Genuine now." So, as you can see, you need to take care of this issue as soon as it comes about or you'll risk missing out on important security updates for your computer.
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The Islamic Republic denies trying to subvert Saudi Arabia and its wealthy Gulf neighbors.
A communique issued at the end of a two-day summit of the Saudi-led Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) also urged action to halt mass killings and violations of international law in Syria.
The oil-producing GCC states wield influence out of proportion to their sparse populations due in part to global energy and investment links, generous international aid and Saudi Arabia's role as home to Islam's two holiest sites.
"The council expressed its rejection and condemnation of the continuing Iranian interference in the affairs of the Gulf Cooperation Council's states and called on Iran to stop these policies," the communique said.
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The University Teaching Council has developed a number of rubrics to help you gather evidence of teaching effectiveness from your students, yourself, and other professionals as called for by policy.
The following rubrics are for use by NMSU educators:
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Beginning Fall 2013, as part of institutional preparation for reaffirmation of accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) NMSU will be launching our three-year Open Pathways Quality Initiative project that focuses on investigating student writing across the curriculum.
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The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday passed a resolution that would allow the governor's office to move ahead with a project proposed for land adjacent to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
The department of fish and wildlife services was in charge of overseeing the 665-acre tract, which is owned by the commonwealth.
It had been used for hunting, horseback riding and other outdoor activities, District 1 Commissioner Terry Teitloff said.
He said the resolution was the first hurdle the state governor's office had to overcome in order to move forward with the project.
Kerri Richardson, communications director for Gov. Steve Beshear, said the resolution was related to plans by GE-Hitachi to construct and operate the Global Laser Enrichment project on the tract.
A Feb. 28 statement from the governor announced that he had met with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and that plans for the site were moving ahead, but did not provide details about the land or the requirements necessary to secure it.
"We're still a long way from being ready to go on that land tract," Richardson said. "It's the first step in a long process."
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Alvanon, provider of fit solutions, has announced a partnership with Uman, a new, Italian luxury men's concept launched in June in Milan.
Uman is the vision of Umberto Angeloni, former CEO of the ultra-high-end Italian men's wear brand Brioni, and it seeks to capture the essence and spirit of the modern, global, self-made man.
Alvanon's AlvaInsight division, led by Ed Gribbin, worked with Angeloni to create a profile of the target Uman customer using Alvanon's vast database of consumer body measurements and its fit and sizing expertise. Considerations included, among other factors, the target customer's age, his locales, his interests and his lifestyle.
Alvanon used its data and analysis to craft a three-dimensional virtual body representing the Uman customer. From there, a full-size Alvaform of the Uman body was forged, depicting not only his stature and body measurements, but also his shape, posture, stance and physical attitude.
The result stands in the first Uman concept space in Via Gesu, Milan, which opened in June.
According to Janice Wang, CEO of Alvanon, the initiative was both challenging and fulfilling because "Umberto had such a strong vision of who this customer was, and how to appeal to his taste and clothing style."
"Alvanon helped us to crystallize our vision and physically manifest what we knew in our hearts and minds. Using the Alvanon Uman body form allows us to execute the consistent message that our customer seeks," said Angeloni.
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Dear Editor,
The citizens of Turlock will have the opportunity Nov. 4 to make a commitment to fixing Turlock roads by voting YES on Measure B. Turlock roads have suffered from years of neglect as a result of not having a dedicated funding source and it's time that we take control of maintaining our investment in Turlock's transportation infrastructure.
Every year on this day I do a lot of self-reflecting. Why you may ask? Because 14 years ago on Aug. 1 I lost my mother to breast cancer, and not a day goes by without the hope that I have turned out to be someone she would be proud of.
When friends and I watched "Years of Living Dangerously" - the TV series about climate change - we had different reactions. And some serious conversations resulted.
Our door-to-door mail delivery was just canceled and they put in one of those 'cluster box units' - well, actually three of them in the same location. We have no option. Not even putting in a curbside mail box. No notice. No instructions to open package boxes. This is a senior village and about half of us can't walk far enough to go to the mail box and get our medication through the much cheaper delivery by mail - $10 versus $20 to $40 plus a 15 mile trip to the nearest accepted pharmacy.
I am writing this morning because I am so very proud of the Relay for Life Club students at Turlock High School. This is the 10th year that THS has had a student team participate in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life event. Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society's signature fundraising event and the largest non-for-profit fundraiser in the world.
I really appreciated Dennis Wyatt's Feb. 22 column, "'Malling' of America's community standards". It brought to mind something that I have given much thought to in recent years, namely the profound disparity that exists between the cultural values of big business and the cultural values of many socially conservative communities around the country.
Dear Turlock Journal,
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In response to Assemblymemeber Kristin Olsen's opinion about ethanol: You are a state assembly member, but you want to get involved in the federal scheme designed to make our country less dependent upon foreign oil. You complain about the federal process because of your parochial interest in dairymen. These are crocodile tears! As a state legislator, you are in control of the state mandated milk prices. Exercise your time on behalf of the California citizens in pursuit of those subjects you have been given control over by the California citizens. Raise the California controlled milk prices so that a ...
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This macabre joke regarding the roadways in Turlock has not just sprung up overnight. The expected repair on Monte Vista in front of the University is long overdue and should have been continued down to Berkeley. These are avenues of egress to the city from the freeway. Anyone entering our fair city would almost have kidney problems upon arriving. I was born at the old Emanuel Hospital and am fully aware that in order to get something done in the public sector there needs to be funds. If the tax problem was presented in a slightly different form so that ...
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|Patriots Look Poised For Another Super Bowl Run
|Bruins Trade For Drew Stafford
|Black and Gold Bruins Turn Yellow On Parade Day
|Inconsistency Will Continue For Bruins Unless A Change Is Made
On a night when new Ranger Cliff Lee looked poised to post his second complete game in as many outings, Kevin Youkilis stole the show. Youkilis doubled in the tying run in the ninth inning then looped a game-winning bases loaded sacrifice fly to come from behind and win the game 3-2.
Boston's ninth-inning rally prevented Lee from tossing his second straight gem, a swift turnaround from his 6-1 drubbing at the hands of the Orioles in his first start since being traded from Seattle. The Rangers have now dropped 9 of their last 14 games, despite taking the first two games in the four-game Boston series.
From the second inning on, it became clear that Lee was dealing. He retired 22 of 23 batters by the eighth inning until Marco Scutaro spoiled things with a base hit to lead off the ninth. Darnell McDonald sacrificed Scutaro to second and an Ortiz groundout advanced the runner to third. Youkilis came up with two outs and ripped a double down the left field line to tie the game.
"I was going right at him," Lee said. "It worked for me all night. No reason for me to change my approach there. Obviously, I wish I could have that pitch back."
It would be Scutaro who got things started again in extra frames, leading off the 11th with a walk. Mimicking the ninth, McDonald again sacrificed Scutaro to second, but not before pitcher Alexi Ogando made an errant throw where it hit Scutaro and caromed into short left field. As Scutaro scurried to third, McDonald followed suit taking second. David Ortiz was then intentionally walked (Lee's 7th walk all year) to load the bases.
Again came Youkilis, and he lifted a fly ball deep enough to center field of pitcher Darren O'Day. Scutaro was safe by a mile, beating Josh Hamilton's throw with no slide needed.
Manny Delcarmen picked up the win (3-2) for the Sox with a perfect 11th after being activated from the disabled list earlier Saturday.
John Lackey got the start for the Sox and allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings in his duel with Lee. Lackey admitted that he was well aware of the abilities of his Texas counterpart in Lee. "You're definitely aware of the other guy on the other team," Lackey said. "Obviously, Lee being a great pitcher, you know you better not give up too many runs." Lackey pitched well enough to keep it close and gave the Sox a chance to win in the end. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a perfect ninth and tenth innings for Boston.
Kevin Youkilis, without question. He had a game-tying double in the ninth and game-winning sacrifice fly in the 11th. He's carrying the load, and pray he doesn't get hurt.
J.D. Drew went 0-4 including 0-1 with runners in scoring position. Big money guys like him need to hit in big spots, particularly in a pitcher's duel.
W: M. Delcarmen (3-2)
L: A. Ogando (3-1)
Tags: Boston Red Sox, Cliff Lee, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Texas Rangers


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The Vast XTR gold probe from Carl Zeiss is designed for flexible and highly accurate measurements, and is said to increase productivity and flexibility for operators.
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The Vast XTR gold probe from Carl Zeiss is designed for flexible and highly accurate measurements, and is said to increase productivity and flexibility for operators. An integrated rotary axis turns the stylus system in the direction of the feature being measured and adjusts to complex workpieces. The probe is designed for styli as long as 350 mm and as heavy as 500 g.
The probe combines features of a flexible stepping articulating probe holder and a fixed scanning probe. According to the company, the integrated swivel joint enables the system stylus to turn as far as possible in 15-degree increments and always be positioned at the right angle to the part. This value can also be configured for any angle through the use of stylus systems.
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HNTFSH wrote:Botiz630 wrote:Good work, HNTFSH and Craxty! Congrats on the early season success
Botits - an immature drake mallard came in about an hour before and landed in the 6 teal dekes...he just couldn't resist the mojo.
After he landed - he just sat there staring at the mojo for 5 minutes. He didn't swim around, dabble, or anything. Just sat there staring at it. Then he lit out.
Maybe the first he'd seen...what the hell is this guy doing?


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Listlessly Mellie caught up a handful of pebbles and shied them one by one at a knothole in the woodshed wall.
If Seth had arrived he could shout through that knothole and possibly be heard.
Poke a stick into a knothole and stir up the leaves at the bottom of the cavity, and then look in.
No nephew of mine is going to grow up and be a knothole audience.
A knothole which led to the decayed interior was enlarged, the live wood being cut away as clean as a squirrel would have done it.
From now on, day and night, there will be a cat at the knothole, and 'ware mouse!
His plight being observed through a knothole, his enemies climbed upon the fence and regarded him seriously.
She could sit quietly on the floor opposite the knothole and wait for the Thoughts.
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Often compared to America's SEMA Show, the tuner-focused Essen Motor Show is really something more unto itself. Whereas the SEMA Show is really an industry only affair and with no day for a media push, Essen is there for the public, the car enthusiast and also there as a platform of PR for tuners... so yes, a day reserved for the media. Where you'd need to be a distributor to place an order
Our friend Hans sent us this link to a (German) review of the RS 3 Sportback by Motor-Talk.de. Audi did the European launch for the RS 3 in Monte Carlo near the fabled rally course where earlier high-strung 5-cylinder Audis rocked the rallying world. Unfortunately, it looks like a rock rocked the world of this RS 3.
Read more (in German) after the jump.
Audi AG is in the middle of their RS 3 media launch in Monte Carlo this week and as a result there's been a big release of photos from the event. Among the shots are both a Misano Red and a Suzuka Grey example shot in various locations around Monte Carlo. Many shots have been added to each section of our RS 3 gallery (Exterior, Interior and Technical). Check them out after the


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DKNY and Opening Ceremony Join for a New Collection
Two heads are better than one, and DKNY knows that well. The brand joined forces with Opening Ceremony to design an amazing new range of apparel.
The 15-piece line went live in stores and online on Friday (February 1), and it's likely to flying off the shelves.
OC's co-founder Carol Lim said, "DKNY was a pioneer of streetwear fashion in the Nineties. We have been longtime fans of the brand and were very excited to bring back select, quintessential styles that feel fresh even today."
Meanwhile, DKNY's Jane Chung returned the compliment. "Their unique and creative point of view mixed with Nineties throwbacks are very reminiscent of DKNY's core DNA. They were a natural partner to reissue iconic styles from our early years."
Pricing for the new collection ranges from $145 to $665.


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Europe still faces challenges but future is bright, says IMF boss Christine Lagarde
EUROPE faces many challenges such as deeper fiscal and banking union but the continent's future is bright, International Monetary Fund boss Christine Lagarde insisted in Davos last night.
In a wide-ranging speech that largely ignored the world's immediate problems, Ms Lagarde said her time at the IMF had taught her that there were four major challenges facing the world.
"We are in the ante chamber of a new economy," she said.
The four challenges that will usher in that new economy are a growing sense of individual empowerment, a shift of power to Asia which will be home to two thirds of the world's population by 2025, shifting demographics and lastly vulnerability to global climate change.
Without changes to climate rules "the next generation will be toasted, roasted and fried," she warned.
While Ms Lagarde largely chose to ignore the world's immediate problems last night, her officials published downbeat figures for growth in Europe this year although growth inn the rest of the world is seen rising. The Washington-based Fund now sees the euro zone economy contracting 0.2pc this year. The last IMF projections saw the economy expanding by the same amount.
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Alcoholic avatars and penny pinching insurance companies – a match made in heaven.
None of us would complain about less time spent wasted in doctor's waiting rooms, or better and more affordable healthcare! Emerging internet based interactive platforms promise to increase our access to health information and healthcare participation, while allowing a finite number of doctors to treat as many patients – more comprehensively and effectively.
We are not the same group of patients we were 15 years ago. Who goes to the doctor now before taking a self diagnostic tour of internet medical sites? We often scare ourselves with misdiagnoses of terrible diseases, but we endeavor to get informed and by doing so we participate better in the healthcare process – and at its best, healthcare is not passive, but interactive.
The potential for positive change is great – but will the pendulum swing too far? As interactive net based communication between patient and provider improves, will financial pressures compel the e-sourcing of things that just don't make sense? Will we soon see virtual drug rehabs?
The Good – Where E-Care Makes Sense
Simple and effective online pain management platforms where patients can communicate their symptoms in real time, and longitudinally, to their doctors. Pain patients can create what is essentially an online pain diary – and as they experience pain on a day-to-day basis, they can record information about their symptoms in their diary.
It's collaborative too. Doctor's can log on, and given permission, access a patient's diary, see what's really happening, and even write notes to the patient in their diary – on a day-to-day basis. Great stuff – It just makes sense. No need to try and explain a history of pain in a 15 minute office appointment, that's a pretty tough thing to do. Doctors get to see what's really happening, can make better diagnosis's and can react to changing symptoms in real time. It provides a way for more accurate information sharing, it saves money and everyone's time, and it allows doctors to treat their patients more effectively.
That's the kind of stuff we need. Platforms that improve healthcare efficiency while at best also improving the standard of care, or at the very least – not reducing it.
Except for the very rich, in any country you can name, healthcare systems are overburdened. Resources are finite and never enough to provide optimal care to all that demand it. It's a fact of life, and for now, it's just a case of managing the shortfall.
Internet healthcare systems could free up such enormous resources of time and money – ensuring that those that need a hospital bed and a doctor's care get it – and those that don't, stay home. How many parents, after some deliberation, make a midnight trip to the emergency room in search of treatment for something that they are 99% sure is not serious? For parents, a 1% chance of tragedy is more than enough to justify a few hours of inconvenience and 99 wasted trips out of a hundred.
On an individual basis, this makes perfect sense – but systematically, it strains resources – and strained resources mean lessened care for everyone.
E-based diagnostic platforms, staffed by doctors and nurses, serving as a front line operation would make sense, and in some jurisdictions, already exist. Get on the video phone, explain the situation, and a lot of the time, they are going to be able to tell you with certainty that there is no need to go to the hospital.
How about on the back end? How many hospital beds stay filled each year by doctors pretty sure that the patient could go home, but wanting one more day of observation – just to be certain. What if those patients that doctors were almost sure were going to be OK – were released one day earlier, but remained linked via web based diagnostics tools? The doctor could still monitor the symptoms in real time – could get someone back to the hospital if needed, but tens of thousands of beds a year would be free to people waiting for them. Better health care for all. Some people would die, but many more people would live – saving more lives for the same expenditure.
The Bad & When Only Face-to-Face Will Do
In the short to mid range future, you need not be terribly imaginative to envision the sort of benefits that interactive net based healthcare services could result in – the two suggested above are only the tip of that iceberg. But there are certain services that do not lend themselves well to distance interaction. Poisoning, trauma, pancreatitis – you can name thousands of conditions that, if you had one, you'd probably want in-person and face-to-face medical care for.
What about addiction counseling? I'd argue that although less obvious and dramatic, it also requires in-person treatment for any real odds of success. I'm not talking about detox, which obviously demands medical supervision; I'm talking about the nuts and bolts of long term treatment – group therapy, cognitive therapy, psychotherapy, etc. A case could be made that such forms of counseling could be provided more cheaply, and with little loss in efficacy, using internet communication technologies. Actually, a case will be made, and e-rehabs are likely on their way.
Addiction though, is tricky. It's a gestalt kind of disease, in which the sum of the parts never seem to equal the whole, and a disease that demands treatment of a psychological intensity that matches the cognitive manipulations of the disease.
You could arrange for an internet based group therapy session. It would be cheap and easy, but it wouldn't work very well. Group therapy works when participants are fiercely and honestly involved. You don't get that when tuning out is as easy as checking your email as you sit in therapy; and manipulations don't get spotted as they do when you squirm, lying, in person to a group.
You could conveniently get individual therapy at home, over the internet; but the trust building needed for effective counseling takes time in the best of cases, and a situation where the patient is miles removed from the therapist – is not the best of cases for relationship formation. And forget about what our non verbal communication would otherwise reveal.
Could you learn how to make sober friends again, online? Would you really do that yoga – if no one could see what you were up to? Would you tune out, when you didn't like what you were hearing – sometimes people need a little push to make a breakthrough, but it's a lot easier to close your browser window than it is to walk out of a therapy session.
Logistically, online addiction treatment is a cakewalk – online addiction treatment that works may be another story.
The Ugly & Financial Pressure
Interactive net communication will create savings opportunities. Ideally, healthcare e-sourcing never harms patient care. The selective application creates a higher standard of individual care in certain areas, and areas unsuited to the application of the e-sourcing benefit from increased funding from the savings – An opportunity for better healthcare, for all.
But if the potential savings in any area become significant enough, there will undoubtedly exist pressure to accept an erosion of healthcare quality in the face of savings – or to put it more bluntly – profit.
Already, consumers with excellent private health coverage who want to get residential drug treatment find that they are obliged to try outpatient first, for a long while, before their insurance company will fund a residential stay. Once insurance companies have an even cheaper option, it's hard to foresee how they won't compel us to use it first.
Addiction treatment isn't like a lot of other disorders. If you had cancer, and the insurance company forced you to try a less expensive procedure first, prior to allowing the more intensive treatment – if that first one didn't work, you'd be ready that next day to sign up for the better one. Alcoholics and drug addicts are more easily discouraged (or their disease is better at manipulating their behavior) and if the first treatment doesn't work, odds are it will take a while (if ever) before they approach a second round. A very cynical person might suspect that insurance companies are counting on this…
It will be interesting, and great changes in healthcare over the next decade are a certainty. Most will be positive. The potential for great advances in systematic levels of care exists through the selective application of resource saving distance treatments. There will, I suspect, be an ugly side to it though, and I'd wager virtual drug rehabs will be at the head of that, unfortunate, pack.
I hope I'm wrong though.


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Bob Casey thinks that the constant fighting and refusal to compromise in Washington is hurting our country. He works with Democrats and Republicans to find fair solutions to problems facing Pennsylvania families. Bob Casey has supported spending cuts and measures to force Washington to live within its means. He has also supported reforms to stop automatic pay increases for Congress and to strengthen ethics rules.
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Pennsylvania Manufacturing and Trade
As a manufacturing state, unfair trade practices by countries like China have hit Pennsylvania hard. Bob Casey has fought against unfair trade practices that would put Pennsylvania jobs at risk, and he is fighting for tough sanctions against China for its currency abuses and illegal dumping of cheap products in American markets.
Bob Casey is a nationally recognized advocate for children because of his work supporting the Children's Health Insurance Program, early childhood education and child care. In recognition of this work, Bob Casey has received numerous awards from state and national organizations.
National Security and Veterans
As a senior member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Casey is a leader on national security, fighting terrorism and protecting our troops. To keep our commitments to those who have served our country, he has written legislation to provide veterans with tax credits for starting a small business, and he voted for the Hire Heroes Act that gives tax credits for Pennsylvania businesses that hire out-of-work veterans.
Older Pennsylvanians
Bob Casey has consistently stood up for older Pennsylvanians, voting time and again to protect the long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare, while fighting Republican attempts to make seniors pay six thousand dollars more for Medicare so they could use the money to pay for more tax cuts for the wealthy.Contribute


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I usually don't do New Year's resolutions (because I realized I'm really bad at keeping them and the extra stress doesn't really help). Instead, I started a few years back to think of things I'd like to do for myself in the coming year – read a certain book, take a vacation and see a friend, or eat a pound of ice cream for breakfast. So this year I'm thinking about things that went well this year and what I'd like to do more of next year, and also what I'd like to do less of.
In 2016 I want to talk less, and do more.
I want to talk less, claim less space and give more room to other voices. New voices, diverse voices, voices that have more urgency. I do want to do more though – make everything I say weigh more, produce less white noise filling twitter and blogs and other spaces. I want to give back.
So I'm going to retweet even more. Give more explicit following commendations on twitter. Promote more articles and persons. And I'm hoping some of you might do the same. But I also want to give something back to this community of amazing people that supported me over the last years. Something that is more tangible than retweets and endorsement.
In return, this is what I'm offering to several women*:
- Talk/Presentation coaching (3 slots): we can discuss your ideas for talks for any occasion, go over your proposal, work on it. Alternatively, if you already have a talk/presentation (no matter if university, event or other) lined up, I will sit down with you and give feedback on it as best I can. We can do this face to face if applicable, or via Skype.
- Share a talk/presentation (1 slot): in case I'm giving a talk somewhere I'm willing to split the space/presentation with you, as long as our topics align and the teamwork works well for both us and the talk. I'm trying this for the first time, so I hope this works out. Unfortunately I can't cover any travel expenses yet, but I'm more than willing to help you apply for travel funds or find any other ways if necessary. You can check out stuff I talk about here. We can do this face to face if applicable, or via Skype.
- Furthermore, there's a standing open invitation to any first-in-family-students to get back to me with any questions or need for support for anything studies-related!
*(women of color, disabled women, trans/nb-women and women from non-academic backgrounds will be preferred if there are more prospects than slots)
If you're interested in taking any of these slots, please let me know by mail or on twitter. I strongly encourage you to write, even if you're unsure, even if you don't think you deserve it, or feel any other impostor syndrome. I do see this as an opportunity for both of us to learn and improve.
I'll leave this open until January 31st 2016 and then select (or roll the dice, if necessary) some great people to work with! I'll just leave this open and close if necessary <3
Lastly, I also would like to encourage anyone with privileges and the ability to share to take from this article what you need (CC-BYNC 3.0 license applies) and do the same in 2016! Let's give people more space. Let's talk less, do more.
And to everyone struggling, taking self-care breaks and other things in their lives that leave them barely enough for themselves: You're amazing. Keep going! <3


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Anyone experiencing dry hair with the change of weather?
Lately, since the weather is becoming cooler, my hair is beginning to be a little drier than normal. I started back using coconut oil to seal my ends. I'm also back to doing the baggy method nightly as well. I may start back strictly co washing once it's officially fall
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Yah mine as well I jus keep spraying it. All in all my body just doesn't like weather change so I end up I'll sometimes.
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This is so true... I haven't paid much attention before, but hind- sight is 20/20. I began this journey last year this time and I remember my hair breaking and being less managable! As to not make the same mistakes, what do you ladies recommend for this newbie, 4b/c? What method or regimen should I adopt?
Currently co wash 2x a week, recent Dr. Mircle DC treatment; Aphogee 2 step protein treatment
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I've been on a strict CG method. I rarely shampoo my hair with a sulfate-free cleanser, only once a month. I have been cowashing regularly for 2 months. I have seen great results in my scalp. Less dry and moisturized supple hair. I like to mix up a host of different things in a spray bottle as a detangler, scalp reliever, and liquid leave in. This has helped keep my hair soft and tangle free.
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Nurse: How are you doing? Are you feeling nervous?
Andy: Yeah, a little.
Nurse: Is this your first time?
Andy: No, I've felt nervous before.
Nurse: How are you doing? Are you feeling nervous?
Andy: Yeah, a little.
Nurse: Is this your first time?
Andy: No, I've felt nervous before.
Me: Hey, how many bumps do you have on your head?
Andy: I dunno, I think four. Why?
Me: I was gonna write it down on this note so you can give it to the doctor to make sure she doesn't miss any.
Andy: Yeah, 'cause I'm sure she didn't learn how to count in med school.
[While eating a rotisserie chicken for dinner]
My Guy: If you weren't here, I would eat this entire chicken by myself.
Me: Oh my god, no you wouldn't.
My Guy: Yes I would, and then I wouldn't have to deal with the leftovers.
Me: That's terrible. I'm so sad for you.
My Guy: I wouldn't be sad. I would be [...]
Andy, as it turns out, knows A LOT of people in Wilmington. Half the time when we go to the grocery store he'll see someone he knows and be like, "Oh, yeah, that's blahblahblah. I used to: work with/teach/date/hang out with him/her." I think he has dated pretty much every woman in Wilmington at some [...]
Me: [Talking to the dog as she curls up adorably beside me on the couch, in that voice some dog owners use and that I swore I wouldn't ever but it turns out I just can't help myself.] Aww, are you a little lamb? Look, she's such a little lamb.
My Guy: She's the Lamb of [...]
[Driving to the jewelry store to redeem my 'one free watch battery' coupon because you know, why not, it's free and I needed a watch battery]
Andy: Are you going to wear that?
Me: What?
Andy: That sweatshirt.
Me: Ummm….yes? Why?
Andy: Oh god, you look like a bag lady.
Me: Why? What's wrong with it?
Andy: What's wrong with it? There's [...]
[while watching Saturday Night Live the other night]
Me: Is he from Peter Paul & Mary?
My Guy: Who?
Me: Paul Simon.
My Guy: Oh my god, no. Paul SIMON. Simon & Garfunkel? Bridge Over Troubled Water? The Sound of Silence? The Graduate? One of the best musicians of all time?
Me: Oh.
My Guy: Oh god, that's it, we're getting [...]
My Guy: Did I ever tell you about the time I found a person's leg at the landfill?
Me: Oh my god, you found what? A leg? A human leg, like a murder victim?
My Guy: No, it was a prosthetic leg. It still had the shoe and sock on it and everything. I was like, 'Who [...]
My Guy: When are you gonna get some new jeans?
Me: What's wrong with these jeans? These are my nice jeans.
My Guy: Yeah, but they're about 8 inches too short. The flood is in New Jersey, you know.
Me: What?
My Guy: Your pants look like high-waters. It looks like you're trying to wade through a flood. Maybe [...]
My Guy (half asleep): I just had a dream we got engaged…
Me: Awww…
My Guy: And I took your ring and hid it in a pile of bear shit, and you and your mom had to dig through the bear shit to find it.
Me: That doesn't sound great.
My Guy: Every woman always remembers where she was [...]
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U.S.: Say Goodbye To High Growth And Low Inflation
The Federal Reserve always seems to be on the horns of one dilemma or another. It's the nature of the job: Controlling inflation quite often has negative implications for economic growth and unemployment. For now, the Fed's decision to hold its target interest rate steady at 5.25% on Mar. 21 looked easy enough. The economy has slowed materially, and the policymakers believe that slowdown will allow inflation to ease. However, a growing number of economists believe, despite the cooler pace of growth, bringing inflation down to where the Fed wants it won't be so easy.
What seems to be happening is a gradual undoing of the high-growth/low-inflation Eden of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Back then, technological innovation fueled a speedup in productivity growth that helped the economy grow faster, create more jobs, and generate faster pay growth—all without boosting inflation. Meanwhile, the dollar was soaring, global growth outside the supercharged U.S. was sluggish, and there was a glut of production capacity. That meant falling prices of U.S. imports and plenty of foreign competition to help restrain prices of U.S.-made goods.
Times have changed—both at home and abroad—and in ways that will make the Fed's job of controlling inflation more difficult than before. Even though the economy has slowed substantially over the past year, inflation is still higher than the Fed would like. Also, labor cost pressures continue to grow, as job markets tighten further and the unemployment rate keeps falling.
In spite of new uncertainty stemming from the subprime mortgage mess, the Fed must maintain a tough stance against inflation, even if that policy risks magnifying the problems in housing and the economy. As the policymakers' Mar. 21 meeting statement showed, the Fed is still more concerned about rising inflation than it is about a weaker economy. Investors currently expect the Fed to cut rates later this year, but new forces at work in the economy will most likely rule that out.
GLOBAL CONDITIONS are now far less conducive to keeping inflation down. Growth is strong around the world, with little slack in production capacity. That's why central banks from Europe to Asia are lifting interest rates in an effort to preempt inflation. Even Japan is on a path to higher rates after years of deflation. And given the dollar's decline since early 2002, prices of imported goods other than fuels are up 2.5% over the past year, in contrast to the late 1990s, when they were falling.
The most important forces working against the Fed are homegrown, most notably the recent slowdown in U.S. productivity growth. Up to now, strong productivity gains have given the economy more room to grow without pushing up inflation. The drop-off appears to be more than just a short-term blip caused by the ebb and flow of the business cycle. For the first time in a decade, the five-year growth rate of productivity is headed sharply in the wrong direction. It's down to 2.6% per year at the end of 2006 from a peak of 3.4% in 2004, and the slowdown is picking up speed. The three-year pace has dropped to only 1.8% annually, close to a 10-year low.
WHY THE SLOWDOWN? For one reason, businesses are investing far fewer dollars in new equipment and software as a share of overall gross domestic product. Even though companies are sitting on a ton of cash, while enjoying relatively easy financial conditions and pristine balance sheets, yearly growth in outlays for equipment, adjusted for prices, slowed to only 4.4% last year, the weakest pace in more than three years. Workers are clearly more productive than they were a decade ago, but the gains in their efficiency appear to be tailing off.
Also, much of current corporate outlays are for replacement of worn-out computers and other short-lived tech equipment. New computers are faster than older ones, but fewer innovative ways to use them may be another reason for smaller gains in corporate efficiency. Economists at JPMorgan (JPM ) note that the pace of technological innovation appears to be slowing down, citing a reversal in the pattern of prices of high-tech equipment and software. Rapid innovation in the late 1990s showed up in sharply falling tech prices, but the trend now is a progressively slower rate of decline.
Researchers at Morgan are not alone in their conclusions. Economists at both Lehman Brothers (LEH ) and Barclays Capital (BCS ) have also argued that the slowdown in productivity and other factors will complicate Fed policy decisions. Until recently, economists generally believed strong productivity would allow the economy to sustain growth of a little better than 3% over the long run without pushing inflation higher. If so, then the current economic slowdown should be creating enough slack in the job markets and production capacity to ease pressure on costs and prices. That doesn't seem to be happening.
ASSUMING THE ECONOMY grows 2.5% in the first quarter, its pace over the past four quarters has dropped markedly, to 2.3%, from 3.7% the year before. If the economy were capable of sustaining 3% growth without boosting inflation, as was generally believed in recent years, then the unemployment rate would have risen by now. Instead, joblessness in February, at 4.5%, was 0.3 percentage points lower than it was a year ago.
Based on this and other labor market trends, economists at JPMorgan (JPM ) estimate the economy's long-run noninflationary growth rate is now no higher than 2.5%, and it might be lower than that. Such a downshift would mean the economy would have to grow below that rate for a considerable period for inflationary pressures in the labor markets and the economy to ease enough to allow the policymakers' preferred inflation gauge to slip back into their 1% to 2% comfort zone.
The central bank has projected inflation will end the year in the range of 2% to 2.25%, before sliding below 2% in 2008. However, the rate in January was 2.3%. It has been at or above 2% for nearly three years, and the recent trend is up, not down. As of February, inflation measured by the core consumer price index also remains elevated, at 2.7%, held up by service prices.
The bottom line: The Fed may have to squeeze the economy harder than it has in the past to assure core inflation comes back into the policymakers' comfort zone. If inflation does not behave according to the central bank's optimistic expectations, the Fed could face a credibility problem on Wall Street. However, a tough stance against inflation could magnify the problems in housing and in the economy generally.
For investors, the implications of this changing economic landscape could be significant: Growth in corporate earnings may already have peaked, and rising labor costs may pinch profit margins, Plus, outside of a recession, the Fed would have less leeway to cut rates, and any rebound in the economy as the housing slump subsides might even be met with a new round of rate hikes. All this portends a much tougher investment climate in the years ahead.
By James C. Cooper


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Goddess of Transition
Elinor Palma Dandrea(see more by this artist)
This piece combined many ideas to form
it's main expression, that of transition or metamorphasis.
Here we can see the Goddess as both butterfly an scarab. The gem-like colors (Purple,green,teal,orange)are softed by the use of more translucent clay, while the beads are a copy of those used in the Art Deco jewelry of the '20's. Its pinback is also the piece on which the bail is set. It hangs on a thin black leather cord with an antique styled bamboo toggle.


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Teen YouTube Sensation & 'CoverGirl', Talia Castellano, Has Lost Her Battle With Cancer! *RIP*
Today...heaven acquired another angel. We have lost a great one, a child...to a horrible disease. Teen YouTube makeup guru and "CoverGirl" model (with the help of Ellen DeGeneres) has succumbed to what has plagued her life for quite some time. 13-year-old Talia Castellano has lost her battle with neuroblastoma & leukemia.
It has been CONFIRMED that Talia Joy Castellano died at the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando surrounded by family and friends. A recent message on her Facebook read,
"#prayfortalia It is with a heavy heart that we share with all of you that Talia has earned her wings at 11:22am. Please lift her beautiful soul, her beautiful light to heaven and please send your love and prayers to her family during this most difficult time. God speed little one, may you be free from pain and suffering, may your soul feel the light and love that you brought to so many of us on this Earth during the short time you were her with us. We will miss you more than you will ever know baby girl."
One last thing Talia was able to accomplish before she left this Earth was create a new teen fashion line called 'That Bald Chick'. Today is truly a sad day...may you rest in peace sweet angel. Let's always remember her like THIS...doing what she loved most.
(Photo snapshot courtesy of YouTube)


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Assessment of Blood and Follicular Fluid Immune Cell Constitution in Patients Undergoing in Vitro Fertilization
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified March 2010 by Hillel Yaffe Medical Center.
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Information provided by:
Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
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First received: March 8, 2010
Last updated: March 16, 2010
Last verified: March 2010
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|First Received Date ICMJE
|March 8, 2010
|Last Updated Date
|March 16, 2010
|Start Date ICMJE
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|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01083745 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|Assessment of Blood and Follicular Fluid Immune Cell Constitution in Patients Undergoing in Vitro Fertilization
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|Brief Summary
|The etiology of infertility in the majority of patients with poor response to ovarian stimulation remains unknown. This study will investigate the role of immune cells (T cells, B cells, dendritic cells and NK cells), that constitute the immune system which normally fights infection and cancer. We, the investigators, have found that specialized NK cells that help with new blood vessel formation, are found in the fluid surrounding the egg during IVF, only in patients with good response to ovarian stimulation. We now wish to expand our studies and correlate our findings to ovarian blood flow , as measured by 3D ultrasound and to the presence of other cells in the immune system.
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|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Non-Probability Sample
|Study Population
|IVF clinic patients in tertiary care center
|Condition ICMJE
|Infertility, Female
|Intervention ICMJE
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|Unknown status
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|27 Years to 43 Years (Adult)
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|Dr. Adrian Ellenbogen, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, IVF Unit
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|Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
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|Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
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London's Babylon exhibit divides myth and reality
By Charlie Breslin
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A new exhibition in London explores the reality behind the myths of ancient Babylon through art and relics from the historic site.
"Babylon: Myth and Reality" at the British Museum places artifacts from the site of the ancient city alongside contemporary news footage and works depicting Babylonian themes from such artists as William Blake, Cornelis Anthonisz and Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
The exhibition draws on the combined collections of the British Museum in London, the Louvre and the Reunion des musees nationaux in Paris as well as the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin.
Lead curator Irving Finkel said the fascination with Babylon possibly stems from the fact that so much of its history is an amalgamation of myth and reality. The exhibition displays several artistic interpretations of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, though its historical existence is still hotly debated.
The reality of ancient Babylon is demonstrated through numerous artifacts from the site.
The walls are flanked by blue-and-gold glazed panels from the city's processional road and detailed cuneiform scripts describe pivotal moments from Babylon's history.
One giant tablet covered in cuneiform known as the "East India House" slab describes Nebuchadnezzar's rebuilding of the city's holy districts. Another, the "Cyrus Cylinder" relates Cyrus of Persia's conquest of Babylon in 539 BC.
The site of Babylon, which sits about 85 miles south of modern Baghdad, has been altered often in modern times. The area was damaged during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to topple President Saddam Hussein, who also built a huge palace nearby that overlooks the city. Continued...