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RENO, Nev. - The Nevada women's golf team is heading to Maricopa, Ariz. to play in the Cowgirl Classic, hosted by Wyoming.
The 54-hole tournament will begin on Monday at the 6,231 yard, par-72 Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club. The teams will play 36 holes on Monday, and the final 18-hole round will be played on Tuesday.
Nevada will send senior Joyce Chong, juniors Bethany Wurster and Nikki Prichard, and sophomores Caryn Khoo and Carly Simpson.
"The team is excited to get back into action after a week off," said head coach Kathleen Takaishi. "Carly and Nikki are playing well right now. If our players can stay patient, have good course management and focus on what we have control over, the results will take care of themselves."
The field of teams include Boise State, BYU, Eastern Washington, Lamar, Montana State, Montana, New Mexico State, Northern Colorado, Oral Roberts, Portland State, Sacramento State, Santa Clara, Seattle, Southern Utah, Tulsa, Utah Valley, Utep, Weber state, and Wyoming.
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1.) Must-read review: Carolina Miranda on C-Monster on Dave Hickey at a MOCA-sponsored talk.
2.) Critical thoughts (edition of two): Jerry Saltz in New York magazine on Moira Dryer. Andrew Russeth in Gallerist(NY) on Jess, Robert Duncan, & Co. at NYU's Grey Art Gallery.
3.) Must-read journalism: A team of Detroit Free Press reporters on how a $100M commitment from the Detroit Institute of Arts clears the path for a broader deal in Detroit. Mark Stryker in the Freep on how the DIA must now raise $300M to pay for its independence ($100M) and its endowment ($200M) over the next decade. [Image below, right: Charles Sheeler, Home Sweet Home, 1931. Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts.]
4.) Journalism (edition of four): Steven Litt in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on $77-90 million of the Cleveland Museum of Art's expansion remains to be paid for. Inti Landauro in the Wall Street Journal on the Louvre's planned Leonardo conservation(s). Sharon Terlap in the WSJ on why NYC can't build a great stadium, the answers to which may be transferable to other large projects. Tom Mashberg in the NYT on the Monuments Women.
5.) Museum feature (print): LACMA curator Christina Yu Yu on the Chinese Year of the Horse.
6.) Museum feature (audio/visual): It's short (15 minutes) and infrequent (monthly), but the London-based National Gallery's podcast is a good listen.
7.) Three tweets: From Mark B. Schlemmer. From Greg Allen. From Alisa.
8.) Twitter feed to follow: Ben Street, art historian, museum educator, writer. Lecturer for the National Gallery, Tate, Christie's Education, Dulwich Picture Gallery, NADFAS and many other places.
9.) Tumblr feed to follow: When You Work at a Museum.
10.) Instagram of the week: #LibraryShelfie from @TheGetty.
11.) This week on The Modern Art Notes Podcast: A full hour with Michael Snow, one of the most influential filmmakers and artists of the last half-century. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is exhibiting "Michael Snow: Photo-Centric" through April 27. If you missed MAN's weekly show announcement on Thursday, it's a little different from our usual post… How to listen: Download the show to your PC/mobile device. Listen on SoundCloud. Subscribe to The MAN Podcast at iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, or via RSS. See images of art discussed on this week's program. [Image at top: Michael Snow, Authorization, 1969. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.]
12.) Other Modern Art Notes Podcast news: Our next live-audience taping will be at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on February 11. The guest will be David Bates, subject of a two-museum retrospective at the Nasher Sculpture Center and at MAMFW that will open this coming weekend.
13.) Web-accessible sound/video art: Ben Coonley, Wavelength 3D, 2002.
14.) Artwork in the public domain: Bronzino, A Young Woman and Her Little Boy, ca. 1540. Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
15.) Art book in the public domain: "Copyright, Permissions, and Fair Use among Visual Artists and the Academic and Museum Visual Arts Communities: An Issues Report," by Patricia Aufderheide, Peter Jaszi, Bryan Bello and Tijana Milosevic and published by the College Art Association. Anyone who deals with images — museum directors, book publishers, education departments, social media gurus, etc., should read it — and then (probably) modify the way they operate. Look for more later this week on MAN.

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City puts PODS ordinance in place after union debate
Published: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 3:24 p.m.
More than two years after the issue first surfaced, the Gainesville City Commission has approved a law regulating the use of portable storage units in residential neighborhoods.
The seemingly mundane matter sparked debate at Thursday's meeting over the potential impact on union labor of language added to the proposed law at the request of United Parcel Service and other package delivery companies.
It would have allowed the companies to bring the storage units temporarily into residential neighborhoods during the holiday season to make deliveries via golf cart.
Commissioner Lauren Poe raised an objection to that at the April 18 meeting and again on Thursday. Poe said his concerns are that the delivery work often is done by temporary seasonal workers instead of by full-time unionized employees.
At the May 2 meeting, Poe said he was concerned that the city was "facilitating a process by which a unionized company would be able to use non-unionized labor to perform the same function" and would "diminish the quality of employment" in the city.
When Poe first raised the issue at the April 18 meeting, no other commissioners joined him in voting against the proposed ordinance over the request from parcel delivery companies.
But at the May 2 meeting, the vote to remove the portion of the ordinance allowing the companies to use portable storage units passed 4-3, with Poe, Mayor Craig Lowe, Susan Bottcher and Yvonne Hinson-Rawls in support and Todd Chase, Randy Wells and Thomas Hawkins in dissent.
With that section removed, the full ordinance passed 6-1, with Chase in dissent.
Chase said the use of golf carts to deliver packages instead of larger trucks was in line with the commission's goal of cutting down on vehicle emissions. He said he also believed the commission was setting a "dangerous precedent" by getting involved in the relationship between an employer and a union.
Terry Fitzpatrick, a UPS representative, said under the collective bargaining agreement the work is offered first to union employees interested in making extra money during the holidays. Then, temporary seasonal employees are brought in, she said.
The new city ordinance requires that storage units such as PODS and roll-off Dumpsters be removed from residential neighborhoods within 30 days.
There are exceptions for construction work and the aftermath of natural disasters. The city also put in place minimum setback requirements from property lines and limits on the size of the storage units or Dumpsters.
Those not complying with the ordinance will face a code violation.
The Forest Ridge/Henderson Heights Neighborhood Association brought the request for the regulations to city government more than two years ago.
Juanita Casagrande, with the neighborhood association, said some residents took issue with a storage unit that sat on a family's driveway for at least three months. When they went to City Code Enforcement, they found there were no regulations in place to enforce, she said.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The University of Michigan men's basketball team fought through early foul trouble to hang close against Illinois (No. 7 AP, No. 6 ESPN/USA Today) but fell short, dropping a 79-74 decision Saturday (Jan. 14) in front of a raucous crowd at Assembly Hall. The Illini could not shake the Wolverines despite the efforts of guard Dee Brown, who led all scorers with 26 points that included five three-pointers.
Senior guard Daniel Horton (Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill HS) led the Wolverines with 19 points on 7-of-16 shooting, in addition to dishing out five assists in 39 minutes of action. Junior center Courtney Sims (Boston, Mass./Noble & Greenough School) provided a strong effort in the low post, scoring 16 points, including shooting a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line, and blocking two shots. With Sims' first block of the afternoon he became the fourth member of U-M's 150-block club. Junior guard Dion Harris (Detroit, Mich./Redford HS) rounded out the Michigan effort, posting 10 points, two assists and a steal.
A Horton jumper with 0:18 left in the contest pulled Michigan to within one, 75-74, and had the Wolverines sitting on the doorstep of coach Tommy Amaker's first victory against the Fighting Illini. However, failed offensive opportunities led to Illinois free throws on the other end, sealing Michigan's fate.
Down 39-28 at the break, the Wolverines clawed back in the second half, chipping away at the lead and eventually cutting the deficit to 50-45 behind senior Lester Abram's (Pontiac, Mich./Northern HS) three-point bomb with 12:59 left in the game. Junior forward Brent Petway (McDonough, Ga./Griffin HS), playing in place of senior forward Graham Brown (Mio, Mich./Mio-AuSable HS), who was on the bench in foul trouble, then scored six straight points, including two electrifying dunks, to cut the Illinois lead to 53-51 with just under 11 minutes to play.
Dee Brown stretched the Illini lead to 69-60 by hitting four consecutive three-pointers. Horton would not let the fast-paced Illinois offense run away with the game, igniting a 10-0 Wolverine romp as his eight straight points combined with two Harris free throws to give Michigan a 70-69 lead with just over four minutes to play.
Forward James Augustine put the Illini back in the front with a layup and a pair of free throws, giving Illinois a 73-70 advantage. The Illini outscored U-M 6-4 the rest of the way.
Three consecutive field goals by Brown jump-started the Michigan effort to an early 6-6 tie. With the Illini defense trapping Michigan guards beyond the three-point line, Graham Brown was able outmuscle Illinois defenders in the low post, leading to his hot start. The Wolverines continued to look down low as a Sims bucket and free throw gave Michigan its first lead of the ballgame, 9-8, with 15:48 left in the first half.
Following baskets by Harris and freshman guard Jerret Smith (Romulus, Mich./Romulus HS), Michigan looked to Sims again, this time backing his way down to another three-point play. The bucket and the foul gave Michigan its largest lead of the afternoon, 16-12, with 10:41 left to play in the first half.
Illinois quickly snatched the lead away from the Wolverines behind the play of Augustine, whose slam dunk at 9:40 ignited a 14-2 Illini run. Augustine finished the first half with 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting. Michigan's lone basket during the stretch came from Sims, as his dunk at 8:05 kept the Wolverines within striking distance.
A three-pointer by Illinois guard Jamar Smith increased the Illinois lead to 29-20 with just 6:10 remaining before half. Back-to-back baskets by Harris and Horton brought U-M to within six (34-28) later in the period, but the Illini finished strong, holding to a 39-28 halftime lead.
The Wolverines will home to Crisler Arena and face Northwestern Wednesday (Jan. 14) at 8 p.m. The game against the Wildcats will be part of the ESPN-Plus local package and will also be shown on ESPNU.
Contact: Tom Wywrot (734) 763-4423
» Learn about Michigan men's basketball season tickets for the 2017-18 season.


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Med Manzanal June 2014- current
Professional Designation/Degrees: MA International Studies, BS (Honors)
Med is the President and Senior Consultant of GlobalStakes Consulting, operating in Canada and internationally working with international organizations and community agencies on issues related to immigration and settlement, international development and humanitarian programs.
Med is undertaking policy framework research in Punjab, India for the Centre for Indo Canadian Studies.
Amandip Singh Sidhu July 2014-Current
Professional Designation/Degrees: MBA, PMP
Amandip is a management professional with 15 years of experience spanning the public and private sectors. His research interests include: Sikhism, Corporate Ethics based on Sikh Values, Management and the use of new media to convey messages regarding traditions and social issues.
Amandip is engaging with the Centre for Indo Canadian Studies in projects related to the Sikh Heritage Museum as well as other CICS future projects.
Mohammed Sohail Dhillon January 2014-April 2014
Professional Designation/Degrees: Phd Candidate, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Mohammed is a Junior Research Fellow in the Department of Public Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India and pursuing my Ph.D. there. I am working on analysis of regulatory mechanism in higher education in India. The Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies welcomed Mr. Mohammad Sohail in the winter semester, 2014 to engage in secondary source research for a five week period. Sohail worked under the guidance of Dr. B.S Ghuman of Panjab University, Chandigarh, who is a Senior Faculty Associate and a colleague of the CICS. Sohail was also supervised by CICS Director, Satwinder Kaur Bains.
Lovepreet Vehniwal May 2013-July 2013
Professional Designation/Degrees: Masters in Social Work (MSW)
Lovepreet Vehniwal had worked under the guidance and supervision of CICS Director, Satwinder Kaur Bains. Lovepreet was an MSW student and defended his dissertation in August 2013. Lovepreet's topic was on the health related problems of senior Punjabi immigrants and other problems faced by them inside the house and outside within the diaspora.
Parveer Ghuman May 2013-July 2013
Professional Designation/Degrees: LLB Student Majoring in Economics
Parveer Ghuman, a student visiting from Panjab University had been engaged in a research internship under the supervision of CICS Director, Satwinder Kaur Bains. As a result of the internship, Parveer produced a report titled: "Canadian government, justice and community response to domestic violence with special reference to Violence Against Women in Relationships Policy in British Columbia (VAWIR); recommendations for improving the policy and framework in India." The paper reviews the global statistics on domestic violence along with the specific trends in Canada and India. The focus of this report is on the British Columbia Violence Against Women in Relationships Policy 2010. Click ' in order to read a pdf of the article.
Dr. Krishna Mohan January 1-29, 2013
Professional Designation/Degrees: Ph.D., M.Phil, M.A.
The Centre for Indo Canadian Studies was pleased to host Dr. Krishna Mohan, a Professor of Geography in Panjab University, Chandigarh. Dr. Mohan enjoyed a two-week stay in which he attended Dr. Garry Fehr's classes, CICS DIrector, Satwinder Bains's classes, and also took part in community and advisory meetings.
Dr. Mohan gave a public lecture on Monday, January 28th titled "Regional Development in India: Challenges." The talk was well attended by faculty and staff as well as students in the Geography department.
Ravinder Singh January 1-29, 2013
Professional Designation/Degrees: Phd Student in Geography, Panjab University
The Centre for Indo Canadian Studies was pleased to host Ravinder Singh, a Phd student in the Department of Geography also at Panjab University, Chandigarh. Ravinder enjoyed a two-week stay in which he attended Dr. Garry Fehr's classes, CICS Director Satwinder Bains's classes, and also took part in community and advisory meetings.


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Staring at a blank paper
Is an artist's worst nightmare.
The artist is the shaper,
Their thoughts somewhere up in the air.
They are searching for inspiration,
Sometimes they are even searching the skies.
It takes a lot of concentration,
But you can always see the passion burning in their eyes.
Being an artist does not always mean you're creative.
It just means that you want to create something,
And never want to give up.


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Through a unique blend of curricular, experiential, and research programs delivered within a student-centric culture, Rochester Institute of Technology prepares its students for successful careers in a global society.
RIT will be a great world university whose academic portfolio, research agenda, and educational model align with the shifting needs of a complex planet.
Strategic Plan
Read the Greatness Through Difference: 2015-2025 Strategic Plan.


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April 7 is the final day you can register to vote for the primary election.


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The Amazing Spider-Man game just came out last month and while I was playing it I was thinking "what would future Spider-Man games introduce and be like". So I thought about it and I came up with a whole bunch of ideas for future Spidey games. So here they are: (has a spoiler for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, you've been warned)
Spider-Man: Opened Dimensions
This game would be a sequel to Shattered Dimensions. There would be four Spider-Men again but heres the twist: A Spider-Man can go into a dimension that isn't his. Example: 2099 Spider-Man goes into Ultimate Spider-Mans dimension. The story would revolve around Mysterio wanting to get revenge on all four Spider-Men for defeating him so he once again steals the tablet of order and choas and opens the 4 dimensions so the villians from them can cause choas in other dimensions. Maybe even villain team ups like Noir Green Goblin teams up with Amazing Green Goblin and same goes with the heroes: Amazing Spider-Man teams up with Ultimate Spider-Man.
Spider-Man: Moves of a Spider
I don't really know what the story would be like for this game but I imagine the gameplay to fully use the Playstation Move. In the Amazing Spider-Man game you were able to use the Move to move the camara. But with this game you would be able to use the Move to swing every punch Spidey does and with the press of the back button you would be able to precisely shoot webs. The point of having this much control of Spider-Man is to make you feel like you are Spidey.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
This would be a sequel to the recently released Amazing Spider-Man game. I don't know how the story would be like except that they would have to be carefull about the villains they choose because those villains may be in a future movie so here is my list of villains that I think they should put in this game: Hammerhead, Morbius, Spot, Black Cat, Tombstone, and also Mister Negative who was hinted at in the Amazing Spider-Man game when you go to do a photo mission for Whitney Chang. I think the gameplay should improve from the previous game by making the combat better. There should be a ton more moves and you should be able to counter attack two enemies at once. Also I think the stealth should be like the Noir dimension in Shattered Dimensions because in TASM it was easy to be caught by a guard and you would do the same stealth attack everytime. I think that it would be cool to improve on the camara feature where you take pictures. I suspect that in a sequel to the Amazing Spider-Man movie that Peter will get a job at the Daily Bugle so in the game I think it would be cool if you could place Peters camara on a wall and take pictures of Spidey and you can sell them to the Daily Bugle and when you do this you get money and with this money you can buy upgrades for your web shooters. And I think this game should be on every console and portable device including the Playstation Vita with unique touch controls.
Spider-Man: The Sinister Six
The storyline in this game would focus on the original Sinister Six which were Doctor Octopus, Vulture, Electro, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio and the Sandman. Throughout the game you would fight each of Spider-Mans villains one at a time and at the end it would be up to Spider-Man to defeat them all once and for all. I think the levels should be like the levels in Shattered Dimensions where there is no open world.
The Spectacular Spider-Man
I think that Beenox should do their own trilogy about Peter getting bit by a Spider and how he goes through with being a super hero. The game would begin with you playing as Peter before he gets bit so he is powerless. And when he does get bit, Spideys powers will be a bit sloppy. Like when he swings his moves will look unprofessional but as you play through the game he will start to swing around Manhatten like a pro. It would be an open world game.
A First Person Spider-Man Game
I don't have any storyline or title for this but the gameplay would have a fully first person Spidey game. The reason why I want this is so I could swing around in an open world New York through Spider-Mans eyes. I think that it would be amazing! Spectacular! Sensational!
Anyways those are my ideas and I hope you all enjoyed them. What would you all like to see in a future Spider-Man game?


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BC549/BC559 Needed
I am for BC549 and BC559 semi's.
Good sounding ones.
Mouser has 1000s of Vishay or Faichild 'B' for a nickel a pop...the 'A' are probably orderable with some lead time. Give 'em a call.
Sorry, but it sounds a bit like asking where to buy bread. These
types are so standard and common that there should hardly be
any problem to buy them almost anywhere. Although orignially
european types, they are manufactured also by US companies
like ON, so I doubt they should be difficult to get in the US either.
Some of the BC 54x/55x models seem to be manufactured under
different names by ON, like ON597 = BC557A. However, searching
the ON web site they obviously make the C version of both types
you asked for under their standard names.
Edit: Correction, this info on ON597 = BC557A was taken from
the catalogue of a supplier. However, that seem to be an error,
since searching for ON597 at ONs site came up with nothing.
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Glenn Beck and "painstaking research" do not belong in the same sentence
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It's all part of the traditional media's willingness to play dumb about Beck and his radical rhetoric. The latest comes courtesy of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review [emphasis added]:
"His success is pretty simple," said Robert Thompson, a professor of television and popular culture at Syracuse University. "He puts on a consistently good show that is a great mix of culture and entertainment, with painstaking research to back it up. Plus, Beck's show is personality-driven. People genuinely like him."
A) That Thompson, who makes a living giving quotes to the media about the media, is so uninformed about Beck's professional mendacity and irresponsible programming is just embarrassing, both to Thompson and to Syracuse. And B), that the Tribune-Review's piece on Beck does not contain a single reference to any of Beck controversial (i.e. fictional) comments in recent weeks in months, or quote one critic of Beck, is equally lame.
UPDATE: Right on cue, in an article about Beck, here's how the AP, in its entirety, describes the controversial talker:
He's become a favorite target for Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert to lampoon, and been criticized by liberals for over-the-top criticisms of President Barack Obama.
That's it. No on-air Beck quotes and no context (i.e. Beck falsely claims Obama wants to take away people's guns.) Instead, the AP just plays dumb.
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D600 Dust Problem – solved for me – excellent service from Nikon in Australia
PaulF2 wrote:
I purchased a D600 at the end of September 2012. I few days later I noticed many spots on the sensor, I took it in to get the sensor cleaned at Nikon. I went on to shoot 10,000 frames and the dust/spot problem continued. I took it for a second clean and next day the spots returned. I tried to keep them at bay with the rocket blower, however it was a losing battle, .. some just would not budge.
Debris still building up after 10,000 frames. Seems the source is internal and is not going away.
This week I called Nikon Service and asked for their advice. They said to take it to the Nikon dealer where I purchased it. When I walked in to my friendly shop, they said that Nikon Service had already called and they immediately swapped it over for a new D600. I then said flippantly, what about swapping it for a D800 and they said.., no problem, just pay the difference. I walked out with a new D800E.
Smart move to switch to D800E. It seems that D600 has a design flow or serious manufacturing problem that Nikon has been unable to solve after 6 months in production.
Thanks Nikon and my dealer. The value of dealing with the authorised channel should not be underestimated.
I am glad that your story has a happy end. But the ending is bitter sweet. Nikon should not have released a faulty camera in the first place or at least have decency to acknowledge the problem. Canon did acknowledge it when one of their models had dust issues.
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A Study of Darbepoetin Alfa for the Treatment of Anemia in Subjects With a Non-Myeloid Malignancy
This study has been completed.
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First received: June 30, 2005
Last updated: December 20, 2007
Last verified: December 2007
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|First Received Date ICMJE
|June 30, 2005
|Last Updated Date
|December 20, 2007
|Start Date ICMJE
|December 2002
|Primary Completion Date
|Not Provided
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|RBC transfusion during the treatment phase
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00117624 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|A Study of Darbepoetin Alfa for the Treatment of Anemia in Subjects With a Non-Myeloid Malignancy
|Official Title ICMJE
|A Randomized, Double-Blind, Study of Front-Loading Darbepoetin Alfa Compared With Standard Weekly Administration for the Treatment of Anemia in Subjects With a Non-Myeloid Malignancy and Receiving Multicycle Chemotherapy
|Brief Summary
|The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of darbepoetin alfa administered using a front-loading approach with subjects receiving standard weekly dosing in the treatment of anemia in subjects with a non-myeloid malignancy and receiving multicycle chemotherapy.
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|Phase 3
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double-Blind
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Kotasek D, Canon JL, Mateos MV, Hedenus M, Rossi G, Taylor K. A randomized, controlled trial comparing darbepoetin alfa correction/maintenance dosing with weekly dosing for treating chemotherapy-induced anemia. Curr Med Res Opin. 2007 Jun;23(6):1387-401. Epub 2007 May 8.
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|December 2003
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|Inclusion Criteria: - Non-myeloid malignancy - At least 12 additional weeks of cyclic cytotoxic chemotherapy anticipated regardless of schedule - ECOG 0-2 - Cancer and/or chemotherapy-associated anemia Exclusion Criteria: - Known history of seizure disorder - Known primary hematologic disorder, which could cause anemia, other than a non-myeloid malignancy - Unstable or uncontrolled disease/condition, related to or affecting cardiac function - Clinically significant inflammatory disease - Inadequate renal and/or liver function
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Thank the cat gods that I have a feeble-minded human who is susceptible to the effects of my mental powers. True, he is still reluctant to get up and feed me when I want, but I attribute this failure to the extent of its sluggardly nature being too difficult to overcome, despite my mental prowess.
For some time, since the disappointing outcome of my romance with the fair Rhiannon, I have been working on the human's psyche to get it to bring me another female. At last, just two weeks ago, he dutifully appeared with a new object for my affections: The fair Maebh. What a beauty! She's a slim, athletic torbie Manx with wide eyes and a kittenish demeanor--and an even smaller tail than Ree's.
Her arrival brought great joy. Unlike my first meeting with Rhiannon, Maebh seemed delighted to see me and has been friendly from the first. Rhiannon, of course, is quite upset over having a rival for my affections. It's been a bit bumpy as the women fight over me. Fortunately, the ape is on hand to separate them when they clash and prevent either from harming the other.
Maebh, although slightly older than me, but much younger than Rhiannon, is somewhat juvenile and overenthusiastic in her attentions. Of course it's great to be the object of her fanatical attention, but I like my women to come only when wanted. Too often, I'll be resting comfortably only to be disturbed by Maebh wanting a little something. I gently warn her away by swishing my handsome tail, but she doesn't get it and tries playing with my tail. That kitty needs to learn to chill.
The effect on Ree has been to draw her closer to me, naturally. Fearing the loss of her man to a newcomer, she's been more affectionate than in the past. If I were cold hearted, I would tell she's lost her chance, but being the lover I am, I am delighted that she's come to her senses. Even this morning, Ree and I had a lay-down together on the back of the sofa. She came and snuggled with me so tenderly. Later, I went upstairs for a little time with Maebh and we snuggled for some time on the office loveseat--what a wonderful name for this piece of furniture.
My harem is complete. I'd like to see the ape call me Pepe le Peu now. Next, I need to redouble my efforts to get the monkey to obey my mental commands to get up at 3:00 AM and feed me--and my brides.
It's been some time since my last entry. The days get so busy with all the sleeping, playing, and eating that I find hardly a moment to write. Even now I am sacrificing precious nap time to put down these few thoughts.
The first concern I have these days is for a peeple fence that will restrict the ape to the lower floors of the house. Ree and I like to lounge about the main floor (where the kitchen is!) but the monkey climbs around all over the place. It's too much effort following him around to make sure he stays out of trouble. I often wake from a peaceful nap to see that he's scampered off somewhere and I have to go through the house calling out to him and, when I find him--usually tapping away at that clacky thing upstairs in the den--to plant myself nearby to keep him from mischief. Life would be so much easier if the peeple were restricted to a central location in the house. Or, perhaps a bell around his neck...
Speaking of the monkey's mischief, you won't believe the following. I've got used to the critter dragging all kinds of things into the house when he returns from "at work" (wherever that is) or, more importantly, from getting food for Ree and me. All sorts of things turn up. Sometimes it's plants, which are a sore point around here. I'm no vegetarian, but what else are plants good for other than eating or chewing? Last week, the monkey drags in a tree! Yes, a WHOLE TREE! I was going to put my paw down on this latest shenanigan of his until I saw how much he doted on it. He put little lights and shiny ornaments all over it and wrapped its base in a fancy blankety thing. You'd think it was a relative. Well, he looked so cute playing with his little shrub that I've let it stay. I've seen this behavior in peeples before. After a while, they tire of it and discard it. I hope he loses his fondness for it soon, it occupies valuable play space, although Ree seems to enjoy sitting under it. Funny, I've never pictured her as the outdoorsy type.
Every Sunday, the monkey disappears for a few hours and comes back smelling of cat--other cats! I'm not sure if he's hiring himself out on the side to new masters or not. Maybe he's been forced into it. I've noticed that he wears a shirt with "PAWS Volunteer" written on it. I recall PAWS as the place I stayed temporarily after dismissing my earlier peeple servants. Perhaps he's been put into servitude there to see to the needs of other fine cats who are temporarily discomfited by a change of lifestyle, as I was earlier this year. At least I have the comfort of knowing he is being of some use to cat-kind and not off being a nuisance to the neighborhood.
What of my beloved, you ask. I am not ashamed to say that we're just good friend now. How silly of me to fall in love, I who have always--and shall always--play the field. We share a servant and a living space and often play together, but the affection goes no deeper than that. She, of course, is crestfallen, but she must bear her sorrows as we all must. The monkey, clueless as he is, jibes that she doesn't like me. I swallow the insult rather than waste energy on rebuke. Besides, as I am a gentleman, I will not discuss my affaires de coeur lightly--and certainly not outside my species.
I'm rather exercised over the events of the past few days and unsure of how to proceed. The human needs disciplining, but I don't want to break its will or upset it. I still rely on its brute strength and forgaing abilities for various services.
The issue at hand is his tendency to expel me from the bedroom when I play with the ridiculous foliage he insists on dragging into the house. His latest folly is a small palm that he put in the room where I let him sleep. I don't see any purpose to it except as a distraction (it has nice dangly bits that are fun to bat at and chew on...). However, when I do with it what seems to be its only purpose, the human moves in to stop me--as if he were the one with authority in the house!
I could humor him in this conceit, as I humor him in many other ways, but this behavior seriously impacts breakfast. My usual effort to get him up at 5:30 AM is a drawn-out affair that requires several attempts interspersed with tactical withdrawals for regrouping. During these lulls, I find things to play with. The palm, serving no other purpose, is an ideal toy. However, though supposedly groggy, the human hears me play and starts that amusing chattering they do: "No" (an inscrutable phoneme whose meaning I have never understood), "Don't do that" (thanks, advice noted), "I'm gonna toss you out" (ha! you and what army, biped?). After a bit more of this burbling, the human gets out of bed and chases me out of the room; sometimes he accomplishes this act by actually PICKING ME UP and putting me down in the hallway. My indignation is palpable. After chasing me out, he closes the door and sleeps until 7:00.
The agony of the hunger pangs Ree and I feel during this period of privation are excrutiating. We make several attempts to break the door down or to reach under it and drag the human out. So far nothing has been successful; the door is too strong and the biped is out of reach. Our lack of opposable thumbs makes a direct attempt at turning the knob infeasible. This situation is growing intolerable and I must find some way to reestablish my authority before I find that the world has gone upside down and I am being treated like a pet or something.
It was caddish of the human to write IN MY DIARY about what transpired between the fair Rhiannon and me. I don't wish to go into it out of respect for Ree (though, I have to say it was FANTASTIC).
I sense that day by day, my lady is weaking in her reslove and will soon be my love slave. Her demeanor around me is much more relaxed, even friendly at times. I knew that my charm would win through (it's the "Zorro effect;" no woman can resist a masked man) and I am glad to see the clouds parting. Many days we will lay close to each other on the furniture. We even play from time to time; however, I am often unsure if she is playing with me or luring me into an ambush, so I tend to be careful about accepting her invitations to play. The only really frustrating situation is that she gets into a bit of a snit when I attempt the perfectly friendly act of sniffing her rear end. That's so odd. I would let her sniff mine. As in other situations, the monkey offers useless, unsolicited advice and "warnings" about what will come of my actions. How can I seriously respect the advice of a species that works for a living and is so primitive that there are several parts of their bodies that they can't reach with their tongues?
In this latter regard, it continues to amaze me that on a daily basis the biped goes into a booth and WETS HIMSELF ALL OVER. I suppose they need to do this because of their general inflexibility and poor tonguing abilities. This morning, as I do many mornings, I stood on the counter opposite the wet booth telling him over and over that this is no way to live. Perhaps if he did yoga he would gain the flexibility to clean himself all over with his tongue as civilized species do. For now, I can only remain perplexed at human behavior.
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After 5 x 3 series, I was tempted by a deal for the MB C250 CDI Edition 125. I'm in a 3 year contract but I'm exiting after 14 months as the build quality is shocking in comparison to a 3 Series.
Squeaks and rattles are common in my car together with a speaker cutting out (only in cold weather). The vibration from the C250CDI engine is reminiscent of a tractor and the lethargy from the auto gearbox even in sport mode makes any overtaking manoeuvre a major planning exercise!
Ultimately, it depends what you are looking for - sitting in the F30 felt like I was coming home. Cant speak yet for the build quality of the F30, but my E46's and E90's were superb. By contrast, the MB has left me very disappointed - it is uninvolving to drive and the dealers are more concerned each time with ensuring that you provide them with a positive response to surveys than actually dealing with the client. BMW by contrast let their product do the talking.
If this sounds like a rant, it is not meant to be. I'm just so disappointed with the MB ownership experience. I will leave you with one story to illustrate the ownership experience - my car was booked in for a service and 2 days before it was due, I received a phone call asking me to defer the appointment for 2 weeks as my car was due an "upgrade". An upgrade I queried and asked what it involved and was advised that they would replace the injection system. As there are mixed reports on the internet of the replacement injectors, I asked whether I could defer and was told that I would not be covered under my warranty if I chose not to have the work done (there was nothing wrong with my car).
I therefore queried, "surely this is a recall then" to which the reply came "oh no sir, this is not a recall, it is an upgrade". The parts were delayed, so my car was in the workshop for 5 days and when I got it back, I still had the pieces of paper wedged in my dashboard to stop the rattles, despite a request to look at them again (previous attempt to cure failed) as they didn't have time.
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Somewhere, sometime, someone first uttered the phrase, "It's not the X's and O's, it's the Jimmys and Joes."
Sports writers have suffered ever since.
We've heard it over and over and over again. And if it's indeed the case, well, Saturday's WVU-Alabama game is going to end in a draw — because neither team has a single Jimmy or Joe. (The closest WVU has is Karl Joseph. Alabama does, however, have a Geno Smith, a defensive back.)
Of course, we know the spirit of the quote. A team needs fine players to win. At least one writer, Christopher Walsh of 247Sports, tried to compare those of Alabama and WVU.
"Alabama," wrote Walsh, "has as many 5-star players in reserve as West Virginia has 4-star players on its roster."
It was recruit-speak. He outlined that the Crimson Tide has 14 5-star players on its roster, 50 4-star players and 21 3-star kids. The Mountaineers, he claimed, have no 5-star players and seven 4-star players.
Thus, your 27-point spread. Thus, the belief the Tide will wash away WVU.
Mountaineer running backs coach JaJuan Seider knows what he's up against. Recruiting is his specialty. He worked with Marshall coach Doc Holliday at WVU and in Huntington. He helped land MU star Rakeem Cato. A Belle Glade, Fla., native, he coached at schools in the Sunshine State like Glades Central, Palm Beach Lakes and Lake Worth.
Alabama was always in the picture.
"Pretty much every time out," Seider said Tuesday. "Everybody is going to south Florida. Now [Alabama has offensive line coach Mario] Cristobal. They have [wide receiver coach] Billy Napier. They are all out there and I'd see them, especially when I was coaching in high school. [Outside linebackers coach] Lance Thompson, all those guys."
Obviously, all those guys have had success in this, the Nick Saban era.
"The thing they have," Seider said, "is everything is unlimited. Everything they have is nice. Kids are attracted to nice things."
That, and national championships. Seider and the rest of WVU's staff take other roads.
"What we sell are relationships," said the coach. "We sell playing time. But we rely on relationships. A lot of coaches in southern Florida trust me. Plus, we're a big name in Florida. Doc had been in south Florida for years [first recruiting for WVU]."
Seider said it's important to get "the right kid" out of the area who can sell others on Morgantown. That philosophy is on full display this recruiting cycle. WVU has four — count 'em four — current commitments from Miramar, Fla. Two — wide receiver Jovon Duante and defensive back Kendrell McFadden — are 4-star prospects. The other two — running back Alex Anderson and receiver Kahlil Lewis — are 3-star kids.
Alabama, though, seems to be the gold standard. If the Tide offers, a prospect's rating jumps. Seider, however, doesn't pay much attention to any of that.
"I'm competitive," Seider said. "It means nothing to me. I'm relentless and I establish trust. Florida folks can read right through you if you're a fake."
In sum, Seider ain't skeered.
"I went against Alabama at Marshall and got [defensive back] A.J. Leggett," Seider said.
Recently, Seider went against the Tide for WVU and landed receiver Jacob McCrary, who had to step back after failing to qualify. McCrary enrolled at Northwest Mississippi Community College.
"You have to sell what you're good at," Seider said. "Right now kids are attracted to [WVU head coach] Dana Holgorsen's offense. You'd have to be crazy not to be attracted if you're a skill player."
He recalled how Rich Rodriguez's WVU teams used to play a lot of Thursday night TV games.
"You can have them watch and show them guys making plays," Seider said. "You can show them south Florida kids that have been here making plays.
"A lot of times kids get caught up in logos. If a coach walks in with an Alabama logo on their jackets with all those national championships, kids jump. I respect kids that don't. The challenge, that's what I thrive on."
He has another dead ahead this Saturday.
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:?? I am confused. Here is my situation: I am knitting in the round with double pointed needles. To start I need to do K1 P1 rib. The problem is that everytime I am switching to the next needle and it is time to do a purl stich, I seem to add an extra stich. I don't understand what I am doing wrong. Please help someone!
Maybe it might be easiest to just shift all the stitches on the needles so that you always start with a knit stitch.
You're probably creating a yarn over somehow. Is the yarn in front between the needles when you do the first purl stitch?
Oh, thats a good idea. There won't be an even number of stitches on each needle but that is ok right?
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You don't need an even number of stitches on each needle to knit on dpns.
I find when this happens to me, that as I move from one needle to the next, the yarn ends up in back and it creates the extra stitch.
Yeah, I think that must have been what was happening to me. I don't know why. But I just took Ingrid's advice and now it's working great! This is my first time knitting in the round so I am just teaching myself. I am making a wool diaper soaker for my son.


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Nuclear power is insanely risky
The potentially catastrophic state of Japan's nuclear power stations screams a message of terrible urgency. Our present system of powerful lobbying groups and corporate vested interests with funds rivalling the budgets of states results in government actions backing big money and the insatiable greed of corporations. This is at the expense of good sense and the well-being of citizens.
Thus the Government backs nuclear power at the expense of sustainable energy; nuclear weapons instead of nuclear abolition; wars rather than reconciliation and peaceful co-existence; weapons manufacture and sales instead of arms control.
As with the nuclear power stations and the financial meltdown, our Government waits until disaster strikes before acting in the best interests of citizens. But we, the citizens, see what is happening and draw the obvious conclusion: nuclear power stations are insanely dangerous.
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Twickenham, Middlesex
Your leading article "Japan's disaster must prompt a new look at reactor safety" (14 March) appears to suggest that it is possible to design a nuclear reactor that is "invulnerable to disaster". Such thinking recalls that of nearly a century ago, specifically, that the RMS Titanic was "unsinkable".
The issue here is not whether an "invulnerable" reactor can be designed and built, but instead, whether the reactor and plant design takes into account reasonable risk that is apparent at the time of construction.
Reactor 1 at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant was run for 40 years without major incident. The events that led to the current situation involve the failure of a triply redundant cooling system due to a "perfect storm" of events. First, an earthquake that resulted in the shutdown of a significant portion of the country's electricity-generating capacity and the resulting failure of the primary reactor cooling system. Second, the secondary cooling system was destroyed by a tsunami; and finally, the batteries used to operate the tertiary cooling system were depleted by continuous use.
What can the rest of the world learn from these events? The failure of the primary and the secondary cooling systems are directly attributable to seismological activity. Fortunately, most of the world's nuclear reactors are not located in seismologically active regions, so there is little mitigation of seismological risk that needs to be taken at other facilities. Perhaps a better question to ask is: are there sites where multiple levels of safety systems could fail simultaneously? If so, are there additional levels of redundancy that could be implemented that would mitigate those risks?
Even if such studies are undertaken and the findings adopted, industry, government, the public and the media must recognise that there is no way to eliminate all risk from any system. There is risk associated with driving a car, getting on an airplane and yes, nuclear power. But to put these risks in perspective: the world's worst nuclear accident (Chernobyl) resulted in 4,000 deaths over 20 years. By contrast, in 2008, 37,261 people were killed in the US in motor accidents. Safe nuclear power therefore requires rationally assessing the risks, rather than resorting to some mythical reactor that is "invulnerable to disaster".
Dr K Beckwith
Boulder, Colorado
Anthropomorphic language about nature can be appropriate for emotional or emotive discourse. But in pragmatic contexts, such as decisions over where to site nuclear power stations, I support Julian Baggini's wish (14 March) that people would regard natural phenomena as "simply what is". But he seriously undermines his own cause by using language such as "the caprice of nature" and "the mess that she thoughtlessly leaves behind".
Kathryn Morfey
I recall in my youth, more than 60 years ago, the hydro-power stations being built all over my native Highlands – they are still operating today. Why can this proved system of generating electricity not be used nationwide?
In some areas water to turn the turbines could be pumped from and returned to the sea. Modern non-corrosive materials could be used for the pumps and pipes, making maintenance reasonably trouble-free.
Then we would have no fears of nuclear accidents, at dated plants, in a country which does experience earthquakes, although at present, infrequent.
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Cruel and absurd to end soup runs
Westminster Council's proposal to introduce a bylaw banning the distribution of food in a large area of the borough, and making it an offence to sleep out, is cruel and absurd (letters, 8 March). It amounts to an intention to criminalise the poor and those who would help them. It is also selfish of public resources for Westminster to expect an already overstretched police and court service to prosecute people who would otherwise not be in the criminal-justice system, and who are participating in an activity they feel is worthy.
The people who distribute food to the poor are by definition well motivated, by Christian or other profoundly held convictions. They are unlikely to be deterred by a bylaw; conflict and bitterness is more likely to be the result.
I have never felt the need to go to Westminster to distribute food (my charity is busy enough in our own borough). The only thing which would compel me to go to Westminster to distribute food is if Westminster succeeds in making it illegal. I would then consider it a civic duty to defy an unjust law, and encourage others to do the same.
A better way forward for Westminster would be to establish an area where food distribution can take place, and welcome people to participate in an ordered way.
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The debate about soup runs has become tangled in a mix of emotion, good intention and experience. No one is suggesting that homeless people should be left to starve. Neither is anyone suggesting that rough sleepers must be forced to accept services of any kind. The central issue is whether we think it acceptable to deny people the opportunity to regain dignity, security and hope when they've reached rock-bottom in their lives.
The organisations which say that soup runs are an inappropriate response to rough sleeping are the very ones who work full-time with rough sleepers and vulnerable people at risk of homelessness. They provide routes back to security, self-respect and fulfilling lives through skilled outreach, rescue, accommodation, advice, support, access to specialist services, training, and work experience.
Their work over decades has produced changes in services and outcomes for individuals undreamt of at the time when those very organisations were also providing soup runs. These changes are a direct result of working with homeless and vulnerable people, not as mere recipients of goodwill but as partners in re-shaping their lives.
Now, instead of offering soup, many are employing people they once rescued from the street. They speak out because they care so much about the people they help.
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London SW20
We must act against Gaddafi
In 1936, the Spanish Civil War commenced. The democratically elected left-wing government appealed to Britain and France for assistance and was turned down. Franco, on the other hand, received bountiful help from Hitler and his Luftwaffe. Franco, of course, won and Hitler got the message that Britain and France would not interfere with his military programme.
Now, in Libya, we have a similar situation. The democratically inspired rebels are appealing for help to the West and again we refuse. Much as I personally hate the idea of war, we need to think of the possible outcome of our inaction, particularly if Gaddafi wins. This will send a clear message to other dictators that the West will not interfere, regardless of what they do to their people.
However, this is a North African problem. Surely their fellow Arabs in Egypt and Tunisia should be the first ones to send in support; as I understand it, Egypt has an excellent air force that could combat the Libyan one. And then there is nothing to stop us sending arms to Egypt and Tunisia.
This situation is clearly different from Iraq and Afghanistan – the people of Libya are crying out for our help, something that never happened in either of our other two recent wars, both of which were motivated by selfish and highly dubious motives.
John Day
Port Solent, Hampshire
So our great leaders, who were cheering the end of Gaddafi as boldly as they dared (which wasn't very), are going to have to welcome him back into the community of nations! Or have they the guts to support the people of Libya at this late hour? Surely they can still get useful weapons to Benghazi without more spineless talk of legalities?
The UK, US, EU, Russia and all the rest break any international law when it suits them. It's Gaddafi or the people; is that a difficult choice?
Richard Frost
Whitehaven, Cumbria
I was born and bred in London (I think "Londoner" might suffice as my ethnic origin for the Census: much of humankind is here) and have always believed I was part of the Western world. I am rather puzzled, therefore, that the popular uprisings in North Africa, including Libya, are described as Middle Eastern. On my globe Libya is due south of Italy and Scandinavia. When the Mediterranean was deemed to be the centre of the world, Libya would have been to the south. When did it move?
Vivienne Cox
London W4
If I handed a loaded machine gun to a madman in a crowd of civilians and he killed 100 men, women and children, how would you apportion the blame: 50-50? 80-20?
I don't hear the arms dealers getting a mention as we criticise Gaddafi for using planes and tanks against civilians. It is too late to try to take the machine gun back – but we could resolve not to sell any more weapons.
Dave Ridley
Pension penalty for women
I was surprised that among the letters about public-sector pensions (14 March) there were none highlighting the problems for women which would result from Lord Hutton's proposed changes.
Even today, many women eschew promotion prospects or work part-time while they bring up children, as I did myself. In the existing system I managed to run up the full-time equivalent of only 25 years' work, which reduced my retirement income dramatically, though I taught for almost 40 years before I took my pension. However, by gaining modest promotions in my last 10 years of working I was able to retire on a small but tolerable pension.
The pensions crisis can't be ignored of course, but if the average pay were to be assessed on the basis of, say, the last 15 years of working, the penalty for being female would be much reduced.
Julia Brailsford
Sheffield's sparrows
I have lived in Sheffield for just over 22 years. In this time I have seen the numbers of sparrows first decline in the 1990s and then steadily increase to their current high (letters, 7 March). This winter we even have what seems to be a small breakaway flock of four visiting our very wildlife- friendly garden. Despite being England's greenest city we have as much traffic as anyone else and many of the flocks are well established on busy main roads, as is our garden. Michael McCarthy should visit Sheffield, especially the Netheredge area, if he wishes to see city sparrows just 10 minutes from a city centre, although we do have a few in the city centre itself too, right next to the town hall! Incidentally local ecology researchers refer to Sheffield as a "mosaic wetland", and we have more trees than all the London parks put together.
Stuart Edgar
It's not red tape
The Business Secretary announced on 4 March that small firms will no longer have to produce independently audited accounts in a measure that he believes will save 42,000 businesses £40m per year. I've always respected Vince Cable, but such a move demonstrates a naivety that verges on madness. The ICM supports the reduction of red tape, but please can we understand that producing accounts is not "administration" and neither is it unnecessary red tape.
Far from helping small businesses, the move is more likely to damage a company's access to credit by restricting growth and in fact adding to their costs. Businesses extend credit to one another based on the trust that comes from knowing that the company is financially viable, and one of the essential proof points is a set of audited accounts. Banks, too, look to lend on the basis of sound financial data, so limiting the amount of financial information available will do more harm than good.
The Government must stop sending mixed messages. If they want small businesses to drive the economy, this is not the way to do it.
Philip King
Chief Executive, Institute of Credit Management, Oakham, Leicestershire
Perspectives on the alternative vote
A sensible solution to a real problem
I was interested in Eddy Hunt's letter (9 March) about the French electoral system. The experience of a left-leaning friend of mine illustrates the power and the problems of the French electoral system, involving a second round run-off. She did not bother to vote in the first round of the 2002 Presidential election, confidently expecting that the second round would be between M Chirac and M Jospin. In the event, so many others did not bother with the first round that M Jean-Marie le Pen, an extremist, beat M Jospin into second place in the first round. My friend told me that in the second round she voted for M Chirac, with a metaphorical clothes peg on her nose. Chirac was elected by 82 per cent of the second-round vote.
In the 1966 General Election I failed to get elected to the House of Commons by a margin of less than 600 votes, running as a Labour candidate under the leadership of Harold Wilson. At the time I was sad about this; those were the days of Wilson's "White heat of scientific revolution" and I was the only working scientist who came even close to election. About a year later, I received a letter out of the blue from the former Liberal candidate who had run against me and had gotten around 3,500 votes. He wrote that he thought that he and I were of a single mind about most things, and that he was sorry that by splitting the left-of-centre vote he had facilitated the election of the Conservative candidate.
On Election Day last May I voted tactically in Oxford West and Abingdon for the Liberal Democrat candidate, Dr Evan Harris. He was beaten by 176 votes, but there were 5,999 Labour votes in the constituency and most of them, I feel sure, would have preferred him to the Conservative who was elected.
A sensible Alternative Vote system, used by a thinking electorate, will avoid such problems. After much prevarication by professional politicians, finally we, the people, are to be given a chance to vote directly for such a system.
Professor Gerald Elliott
It won't get us any closer to PR
It is wishful thinking to think that AV is a stepping stone to proportional representation. Australia has had AV for 90 years and currently has a hung parliament, yet is no closer than the UK to achieving PR. No country has ever moved from AV to PR. Most AV campaigners really want PR and are not genuine supporters of AV. There is a serious danger that if AV is adopted in the UK, we will be stuck with an electoral system for decades that satisfies neither traditionalists nor reformers and that nobody really wants. AV has many of the same problems as First Past The Post and makes some of them worse.
Ronnie Cohen
London E11
Mind your language
I have been puzzling over the advert you carried in 12 March paper from the "No to AV" group. It quotes Roy Jenkins's Independent Commission on the Voting System: "Far from doing much to relieve disproportionately...". I'm no top linguist, but either the word "disproportionately" is correct but should be preceded by a noun (but I can't think of an appropriate one!) or it is wrong and should be the noun "disproportionality"?
This group really needs to sort out its advertising technique if it wants to be taken seriously!
Paula Saunders
St Albans, Hertfordshire
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Miller Ray Van Eaton was born Nov. 23, 1923, on his home ranch at Olive, the sixth of nine children born to John Frederick and Hazel Trella Van Eaton. He went home to be with the Lord on Dec. 14, 2012.
He grew up on the ranch in the midst of the Great Depression, helping with all the ranching duties. He was an excellent marksman and horseman, and could ride a horse bareback at a full gallop. He attended country schools through the eighth grade, and then moved to Roswell, where he attended Roswell High School. He lived with his older sister Hazel and younger brother Tom while attending high school.
The day after high school graduation, he was sworn into the Army Air Corps at Fort Bliss in El Paso. He was a proud World War II veteran, serving with the 5th Air Force, 312th Bomb Group, flying combat missions as a gunner on an A-20 [auth] aircraft. He was present at the liberation of the Philippines and at the battles of Leyte and Luzon Gulf. He attained the rank of staff sergeant and his awards included American Theater Award, Asiatic-Pacific Award, Good Conduct Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal, Air Medal, Distinguished Unit Badge and Victory Medal.
After World War II, he attended Texas Tech on the GI Bill and got a degree in petroleum geology. There he met and later married Mary Louise Purgason. They were married just short of 50 years before Mary's sudden death on Jan. 1, 2000.
After a brief stint on a seismograph crew, he returned to Roswell and worked at the U.S. Post Office until he retired. Together, he and Mary had six children, which kept him very busy being a baseball coach, taking his kids and their friends to the park, watching dance, piano, chorus and orchestra recitals, attending DeMolay and Rainbow Girl initiations and attending track, cross country and football games. Some of his best memories were spent with his family camping and fishing. He also liked to garden and watch the Dallas Cowboys play football.
He was preceded in death by his wife; one son James Frederick "Fred" Van Eaton; his parents; his eight siblings, Oliver Van Eaton, William "Bill" Van Eaton, Annette Traweek, John Frederick "Fred" Van Eaton, Hazel Van Eaton, Ira "Tom" Van Eaton, Louise Van Eaton and Gertrude Van Eaton.
He is survived by his children and their spouses, Mary Diane Baker and husband Dave, of Austin, Texas, John Lawrence "Larry" Van Eaton and wife Ginny, of Taos, daughter-in-law Barbara Van Eaton, of Roswell, Miller Paul Van Eaton and wife Anne, of Dripping Springs, Texas, Roberta Hinshaw and husband Steve, of San Angelo, Texas, and Karen Elmore, of El Paso, Texas.
He is also survived by grandchildren, Richard Baker, Andrew "Andy" Baker, Marnie Rose, Rebecca Frederick, Katie Kleinert and husband Falk, Ryan Van Eaton, Christopher Van Eaton, Daniel Van Eaton, Jessica Hinshaw, Kristen Hinshaw, Luis Rivera and wife Heather, and Keyon Elmore and wife Kaitlyn. Great-grandchildren include Gabriel Lefthand, Lena Frederick and Greysen Elmore.
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I knew who you were
Ever since we first met
Your pathetic voice I hear
Your pathetic face I'll never forget
You don't have a charm
What are you boasting about?
Just be thankful I've done you no harm
So get the hell out!
You think you're so smart
You think you're all that
One day I will crush your heart
And you'd wish we'd never met
Your self centeredness will kill you one day
Most likely by my bare fists
I'll burn you in the pits of dismay
And you'll forever cease to exist
You've put me down so much now
Wait til' my revenge takes place
No mercy I will tolerate or allow
Neither will you feel my grace
All I want is to see you cry
At my feet of superiority
Leaving you out there to die
And wither from reality
Coz you have been the reason
Why I suffer again and again
You've taken my life without hesitation
Now face my rage and pain
May you someday come to see
What a great mess you've done
Upon facing judgement and meeting me
Your worst nightmare has just begun


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Tim Okamura 'Bronx Brooklyn Queens' - Lyons Wier Gallery
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Description: Artist's Reception: Thursday, Sept 8th, 2011 6-8pm. Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat 11am-6pm. Nearest Subway: C, E @ 23rd & 8th Ave. Tim Okamura will exhibit a collection of his most recent work in "Bronx • Brooklyn • Queens", his first solo exhibition in New York in more than five years. The show, which runs September 8 - October 8, 2011 at Lyons Wier Gallery, will feature the signature realism of Okamura's portraits painted in conjunction with graffiti-infused urban motifs. "Bronx • Brooklyn • Queens" is a collection of primarily life-sized works that take the viewer through an exploration of the beauty and complexity of the soulful New York City woman while envisioning her transcendence to "royal" status. Each subject is captured in reverential detail, and juxtaposed against the raw, coarse reality of New York City facades. The title of each piece in the exhibition is a nod to royal culture and the "queens" of the boroughs present in each painting. Titles include "The Ascension", "The Coronation", "The Scepter", "Three Queens (from King's County)", "Diadems", and "The Royal Guard (Bronx)" - the only piece in the collection that includes male subjects in the background. Okamura draws inspiration from the emotionally expressive power of the human face, the rich cultural identity of New York, and the evocative urban landscapes found outside his studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn. As in "Bronx • Brooklyn • Queens", most of his work is large in scale with oil manipulated into highly textured layers so that curly afros and shirt cuffs jump from the canvas. Okamura's paintings live in two artistic worlds; one that includes a nine time selection for the prestigious BP Portrait Awards Exhibition at London´s National Portrait Gallery, and one that he shares with hip-hop artist and Okamura enthusiast Swizz Beatz. Celebrity collectors include musician John Mellencamp, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson of hip-hop group The Roots, actress Uma Thurman and actors Bryan Greenberg and Ethan Hawke. His paintings (and hands in some scenes) were featured in the Hollywood film "Prime" starring Meryl Streep and Uma Thurman. Other film features include "Pieces of April" (InDiGent), "School of Rock" (Paramount), "Jersey Girl" (Miramax) and Ethan Hawke's "The Hottest State." Though he can still be considered an artist on the rise, Okamura has been recognized by institutions such as the New York Foundation for the Arts, which awarded him a Fellowship in Painting, and British royalty; Okamura was short-listed as a candidate to paint Queen Elizabeth by the Royal Surveyor of the Queen's Picture Collection. His paintings have been chosen for inclusion in several prominent group exhibitions including "After Matisse/Picasso" at the Museum of Modern Art-affiliated P.S.1 in Queens, New York and "The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks" at The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts in Brooklyn. His work is also on display in the permanent collections of The Davis Museum at Wellesley College, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Toronto Congress Center, the Hotel Arts in Calgary, Canada and Standard Chartered Bank in London, England.


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Amanda + James
Libery, Missouri
May 2011
From the Photographer: "Amanda and James planned a gorgeous outdoor Summer wedding at the new Belvoir Winery with gorgeous yellow flowers everywhere. They married just weeks before James was scheduled to leave town for his U.S. Army position. They had just enough time to spend a week at Disney World after saying, 'I do.'" –Heather Brulez Photography
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When Tim Reynolds and Dave Matthews join forces for their acoustic shows — guitar magic happens on stage.
That's why the dynamic duo's playing a special Thursday show at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield. The mini-concert's closing out a solid three year touring run for the Dave Matthews Band, and the band's taking a break from the action for 2011.
Reynolds has been playing guitar with the DMB since 2008, and he's ready to spend 2011 working on his roots and blues band TR3 — and playing acoustic shows.
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Facebook is giving its users the chance to classify their gender in up to 50 new ways.
Users can now select options including 'trans', 'pangender' and 'neutrois' on their profile settings.
'Androgynous', 'genderqueer', 'intersex' and 'male to female' also feature on the list.
As part of the update, people can even determine who from their circle of friends is able to view their gender status by adapting their privacy settings.
The new classifications were introduced following consultations with leading international LGBT groups.
Only account holders who have their language set to US English can access the new options.
A spokesperson for the company said there were currently no plans for the changes to be rolled out for other languages users.
Announcing the update in an official post, Facebook said: "When you come to Facebook to connect with the people, causes, and organizations you care about, we want you to feel comfortable being your true, authentic self.
"An important part of this is the expression of gender, especially when it extends beyond the definitions of just "male" or female."
"So today, we're proud to offer a new custom gender option to help you better express your own identity on Facebook."
A spokesperson for London-based anti-LGBT hate crime charity Galop voiced support for the update, saying: "It will be interesting to see how many people feel able to change their identity on Facebook."
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Jason Bateman was less than thrilled to find that his namesake is being used to redirect to a hub for gay porn websites. The actor swiftly took legal action to have the website taken down. While the funnyman certainly has a sense of humor, I don't blame him for not wanting to effectively harbor porn!
"Jason Bateman was a big gay porn site. JasonBateman.com. It was for a
"Jason Bateman was a big gay porn site. JasonBateman.com. It was for a
long time. We sent some lawyers on that," the actor said, pictured dining in Malibu with his wife on Saturday. But of course he did see the whole thing as a little bit funny. "It was worse – it wasn't even
a gay porn site. It was a gay porn hub. 'From here you can go to
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Newsbusters wants media to call Tiller "controversial"
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Newsbusters' Kyle Drennan complains that a CBS Early Show report on the assassination of Dr. George Tiller didn't describe Tiller as "controversial":
CBS 'Early Show' Sees No Controversy in Tiller's Work As 'Abortion Provider'
By Kyle Drennen (Bio | Archive)
June 1, 2009 - 11:43 ET
Reporting on the murder of Kansas abortion doctor, George Tiller, on Monday's CBS Early Show, correspondent Jeff Glor touted the doctor's career, while not depicting it as controversial ...
The Early Show coverage made no mention of Tiller's controversial career, including a recent investigation into whether he conducted 19 illegal partial-birth abortions.
First of all, Tiller was acquitted of any wrongdoing related to the 19 late-term abortions. Drennan didn't mention that little detail, which pretty much tells you everything you need to know about his honesty.
Now, let's look at the article Drennan links to in support of his description of Tiller as "controversial." It's a Kansas City Star "timeline of major events in George Tiller's career." The first entry is the 1986 bombing of Tiller's clinic. The second is the 1991 blockade of his clinic by anti-choice protesters, leading to more than 2,500 arrests. The third is the 1993 shooting in which Tiller was hit in both arms. His assailant was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the shooting, and 20 more for her involvement in arson attacks against clinics in three states. The fourth entry is a 1998 letter Tiller received threatening to contaminate his clinic with Anthrax. The fifth is another illegal protest outside Tiller's clinic. The sixth and seventh are proceedings that found no wrongdoing by Tiller. And that's it; that's the whole list.
So, basically, Drennen's evidence - he chose this list, not me - contains zero examples of Tiller doing anything illegal. It contains zero examples of Tiller doing anything "controversial," unless you count "getting shot" as "doing something controversial." It does, however, list right-wing nutcases shooting and threatening Tiller, and illegally blocking access to his clinic. But that doesn't demonstrate that Tiller was "controversial"; it simply demonstrates that criminals and thugs tried to stop him from legally doing his job.
Drennen's complaint that CBS didn't call Tiller "controversial" is just bizarre. In fact, many news reports have described Tiller that way, and I find it more than a little off-putting. Tiller didn't break any laws. He just showed up to work every day, despite threats of violence, intimidation tactics, and even a previous shooting. He showed up, risking his own life every day, and he performed legal procedures that saved patients' lives. That's what doctors are supposed to do.
Calling Tiller "controversial" just because because conservative anti-abortion terrorists tried to, and finally did, kill him is insulting, and suggests some justification for the assassination. Calling him "controversial" blames the victim. Drennen's complaints that CBS didn't offer such justification for Tiller's assassination is creepy, at best.
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