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So… as many of you know, I'm in the process of trying to sell my house. It's been on the market since January, and it appears I have a problem.
Initially, I told the tenants they could stay there as long as there was no problem putting the house on the market and showing it, so it could be sold. That means keeping it clean and staying out of the way of the realtors when they're showing the place. But apparently, my tenants are swine. Not JUST swine, but deadbeat, thieving swine, who have sabotaged showings and open houses, who have essentially kept a zoo in my home that includes several dogs and cats, two flying squirrels, and a bird (when their lease specifies dogs only). Worse yet, people who have come to see the house, have said it's dirty, cluttered, and smells.
After several such showings, and one disastrous open house when these "people" were asked to vacate for a few hours, but did not, I'd finally had enough. They were issued a termination letter in early February that told them they had until March 31st to vacate my house. A week before that date, I started getting panicked calls and messages during the workday. I returned the calls only to find out that they were asking for an extra week to remain in the home, all the while throwing around "God" and "I will pray" references, as if that should somehow sway me.
Now… I had painters scheduled to come and paint the house on April 1, but the wife swore they only needed a week and would be out by April 5th, so I asked the painters to wait for a few days. I also called my property manager to find out what the legal way to address this was. This is when I found out that even though they had two months to pack, they had not even started! Furthermore, the wife told me that they would find a storage space for all their stuff, and would move in with their daughter, but apparently that was not even planned.
I had instructed my property manager to file with the court giving them five days to vacate, and to sign an affidavit saying they would definitely be out by the 5th (which is what they had requested anyway – I just wanted to make it legally binding) and that they would pay rent for the extra days they remained in my house. After a week of not returning calls or emails about the issue, we received the following:
I'm sorry for the delayed response, I wasn't ignoring your messages, it has been very long and busy day for us and just wanted to get through a peaceful dinner with the family. I understand that your notice gave us until today to be out of the property but unfortunately, for all parties involved, we have been unable to secure a new rental property. We are currently in process of packing and preparing for the move. I do apologize for any inconvenience that this has caused, but with a family and a child currently in school I simply just cannot move us all out on the street. We are in process of renting a storage unit for a worst case scenario, we will try to be out as soon as possible as we are able.
We cannot sign any additional agreements at this time. I will be in touch as soon as I have secured a property or have figured out other arrangements. Thank you for patience and hopefully understanding.
David and Pamela Cooper
You know why they couldn't secure a new property? Because David Cooper is a registered sex offender. That's right. Convicted in 2000 of three counts of carnal knowledge of a child 13-15 years old and spent several years in prison for it. This child rapist served time for 3 felony counts – something they didn't reveal when they were applying to rent my house (to be fair, they weren't legally required to do, but given they're allegedly "Christians," it would have been the honorable thing to do)!
What these slimy, lying pieces of detritus are essentially telling me is "We're not leaving your house until we're good and ready. We don't care if the owner is being screwed. We don't care if we're financially burdening her. We're going to eat our dinner and live in peace on property that is not ours, because WE CAN, that's why." Occupying someone's property without their permission and without payment is called squatting, and that's exactly what they're doing.
Well, let me tell you something you kid-buggering pigs – it is my property. It's property I work two jobs to pay for. It's property I purchased with my hard-earned money. You are not entitled to remain there past the date I set. You are not entitled to the fruits of my efforts. You are not entitled to occupy my property without my OK and without even paying me, while I default on my mortgage, because of your criminal acts.
And that's exactly what they're doing. They haven't paid rent for this month. They haven't even attempted. They're living in my house free of charge knowing that I cannot afford to pay both my mortgage and the rent where we live, and they don't care. I've had to pay the painters to stay on the job, even though the contract said April 1, and I'm out more than $1100 so far because they haven't been able to do the job they have been contracted to do.
I work my ass off. I did not have sex with a kid, like Cooper has done. I did not ruin my career and my life. I took care to ensure that I followed the law. I went to school. I went to grad school. I earned every goddamn square inch of my property! Your presence is repulsive to my sense of morality and decency, and your constant references to God and prayer make me even sicker, given the fact that you are a child rapist, David Cooper, and you're an enabling shrew, Pam Cooper. And all your screeching about God and how you will pray doesn't make you a good person. It makes you a repugnant, lying, hypocritical pig.
On April 7, I finally got sick and tired of them, so I sent Pam Cooper a text. The following conversation ensued – bolded comments are mine:
Me to squatters: So after begging and telling me you would be out by the 5th, you have STILL not vacated my property and have now cost me $500 (that's in addition to more than $600 I had prepaid for the job to begin on 1 April for a total of $1100 that includes supplies), because I had to pay the painters, who have not been able to come in and do the work they have been contracted to do thanks to your refusal to leave. You know my financial situation, and yet, you have sabotaged me financially. And you call yourselves "Christians"????
Thieving squatters: I am trying my best to accommodate your needs but I simply just cannot move my family out on the street. We have nowhere else to go? It's not that we haven't been trying, only God knows our situation. I'm sorry you don't understand but at least you have a roof over your head. Should I sacrifice breaking my family apart just so you are not unconvinced (that should be inconvenienced, but she's illiterate as well as self righteous. Apparently being completely broke because thieving scum is squatting in your house is a mere "inconvenience.")? You are not the only person with problems. We have lost our family home, business and all assets. (Maybe if your husband didn't have sex with a kid, that wouldn't have happened.) If that's YOUR idea of being a Christian I want no part of it, it's the man-made organized religion that is destroying our world. I do have faith in God and Jesus Christ and know that He has a plan, my faith is all that I have left now. (No, apparently you still have my house, which you refuse to vacate, you thieving bitch.)
Me: You have had two months to move. You got an extra week in which you PROMISED me you would be out. TWO MONTHS. I'm past caring. You made a promise and now you are in the process of destroying me financially. So stop throwing prayer and God references around. You lied to me and are now STEALING from me by refusing to leave property that does not belong to you. Faith? Please! This is not what I or anyone with half a heart would consider Christian. You have had TWO MONTHS in which you have done nothing. At this point I consider you thieves. Period.
Thieving squatters: So now you are discriminating against our faith, what next our race? (Victim much? Apparently thieving is OK as long as you claim to be a Christian) I never lied to you nor have I stolen anything from you. You are very emotional and delusional. (Yes, because having thieving squatters in my house refusing to leave my property or pay for it is obviously delusional. English – do you speak it?) You know nothing about our situation. (On the contrary. Your situation is all over the VA sex offender registry). I've been looking for over two months and trying to get out as soon as we can.
Me: No. I'm saying you're NOT a Christian. You broke your promise. You have cost me money I don't have. You are endangering me financially. You had two months to pack. You haven't. You told me you're moving in with your daughter and you needed a few extra days to pack. You lied. And now you've forced the painter to push back the contract and forced me to pay him $500 I had to borrow. You refuse to vacate property that does not belong to you, and property I work two jobs to pay for. That's called stealing. And as far as I'm concerned you are not Christians, because Christians wouldn't lie to someone and steal. Leave my property. I want to hear nothing more about it.
This is what calls itself Christian nowadays, apparently. As you can see, the attitude is staggering. Forcing me to go even further into debt, sabotaging my selling my property, STEALING my property from me is now called an "inconvenience," because apparently I'm rich, and they NEED my property, so they're entitled to it.
So here's where we stand now.
There was a court hearing this morning on granting me possession of my own property from these child-molesting thieves and liars. They blatantly lied to the judge, telling him that they gave a $2400 security deposit. They did NOT. And despite the fact that they are not paying rent, have been given a termination notice and two months to move, have consciously sabotaged efforts to sell this home, including allowing their dogs to piss inside my house, and violating the lease by keeping more animals in my house than were allowed in the lease, they disputed my claim and THE JUDGE SIDED WITH THEM. I'm not even kidding. He gave them until July 9, at which point there will be a trial to determine whether they are legally allowed to remain on my property. And worse yet… the judge told them they only had to pay April rent, leaving me without a mortgage payment for the next two months.
Not only do David Cooper, who is a registered sex offender who slept with a child, and his enabling, disgusting wife Pamela Cooper get to remain on property that is not theirs…
…THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, according to this idiot judge!
Meanwhile, let's recap.
I've paid the painters $1100 so far to do a job they cannot do.
I have no money to pay the mortgage, which will endanger my clearance and my job.
They lied about how much they paid for a security deposit.
And yet, this judge has decided they can stay on my property free of charge until the trial!
Where is the justice here? This is the Virginia "justice" system?????????????
OK, you child molesting bastard. Enjoy the foreclosure.


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Ratio distribution
A ratio distribution (or quotient distribution) is a probability distribution constructed as the distribution of the ratio of random variables having two other known distributions. Given two (usually independent) random variables X and Y, the distribution of the random variable Z that is formed as the ratio
is a ratio distribution.
The Cauchy distribution is an example of a ratio distribution. The random variable associated with this distribution comes about as the ratio of two Gaussian (normal) distributed variables with zero mean. Thus the Cauchy distribution is also called the normal ratio distribution.[citation needed] A number of researchers have considered more general ratio distributions.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Two distributions often used in test-statistics, the t-distribution and the F-distribution, are also ratio distributions: The t-distributed random variable is the ratio of a Gaussian random variable divided by an independent chi-distributed random variable (i.e., the square root of a chi-squared distribution), while the F-distributed random variable is the ratio of two independent chi-squared distributed random variables.
Often the ratio distributions are heavy-tailed, and it may be difficult to work with such distributions and develop an associated statistical test. A method based on the median has been suggested as a "work-around".[10]
- 1 Algebra of random variables
- 2 Derivation
- 3 Gaussian ratio distribution
- 4 Uniform ratio distribution
- 5 Cauchy ratio distribution
- 6 Ratio of standard normal to standard uniform
- 7 Other ratio distributions
- 8 Ratio distributions in multivariate analysis
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 External links
Algebra of random variables[edit]
The ratio is one type of algebra for random variables: Related to the ratio distribution are the product distribution, sum distribution and difference distribution. More generally, one may talk of combinations of sums, differences, products and ratios. Many of these distributions are described in Melvin D. Springer's book from 1979 The Algebra of Random Variables.[8]
The algebraic rules known with ordinary numbers do not apply for the algebra of random variables. For example, if a product is C = AB and a ratio is D=C/A it does not necessarily mean that the distributions of D and B are the same. Indeed, a peculiar effect is seen for the Cauchy distribution: The product and the ratio of two independent Cauchy distributions (with the same scale parameter and the location parameter set to zero) will give the same distribution.[8] This becomes evident when regarding the Cauchy distribution as itself a ratio distribution of two Gaussian distributions: Consider two Cauchy random variables, and each constructed from two Gaussian distributions and then
where . The first term is the ratio of two Cauchy distributions while the last term is the product of two such distributions.
A way of deriving the ratio distribution of Z from the joint distribution of the two other random variables, X and Y, is by integration of the following form[3]
This is not always straightforward.
The Mellin transform has also been suggested for derivation of ratio distributions.[8]
Gaussian ratio distribution[edit]
When X and Y are independent and have a Gaussian distribution with zero mean the form of their ratio distribution is fairly simple: It is a Cauchy distribution. However, when the two distributions have non-zero means then the form for the distribution of the ratio is much more complicated. In 1932 Fieller[2] found a form for this distribution; here it is given in the more succinct form presented by David Hinkley.[6] In the absence of correlation (cor(X,Y) = 0), the probability density function of the two normal variable X = N(μX, σX2) and Y = N(μY, σY2) ratio Z = X/Y is given by the following expression:
And is the cumulative distribution function of the Normal distribution
The above expression becomes even more complicated if the variables X and Y are correlated. It can also be shown that p(z) is a standard Cauchy distribution if μX = μY = 0, and σX = σY = 1. In such case b(z) = 0, and
If , or the more general Cauchy distribution is obtained
where ρ is the correlation coefficient between X and Y and
The complex distribution has also been expressed with Kummer's confluent hypergeometric function or the Hermite function.[9]
A transformation to Gaussianity[edit]
A transformation has been suggested so that, under certain assumptions, the transformed variable T would approximately have a standard Gaussian distribution:[1]
The transformation has been called the Geary–Hinkley transformation,[7] and the approximation is good if Y is unlikely to assume negative values.
Uniform ratio distribution[edit]
With two independent random variables following a uniform distribution, e.g.,
the ratio distribution becomes
Cauchy ratio distribution[edit]
If two independent random variables, X and Y each follow a Cauchy distribution with median equal to zero and shape factor
then the ratio distribution for the random variable is [11]
This distribution does not depend on and the result stated by Springer [8] (p158 Question 4.6) is not correct. The ratio distribution is similar to but not the same as the product distribution of the random variable :
More generally, if two independent random variables X and Y each follow a Cauchy distribution with median equal to zero and shape factor and respectively, then:
1. The ratio distribution for the random variable is [11]
2. The product distribution for the random variable is [11]
The result for the ratio distribution can be obtained from the product distribution by replacing with
Ratio of standard normal to standard uniform[edit]
If X has a standard normal distribution and Y has a standard uniform distribution, then Z = X / Y has a distribution known as the slash distribution, with probability density function
where φ(z) is the probability density function of the standard normal distribution.[12]
Other ratio distributions[edit]
Let X be a normal(0,1) distribution, Y and Z be a chi square distributions with m and n degrees of freedom respectively. Then
where tm is Student's t distribution, is the F distribution and is the beta distribution.
Ratio distributions in multivariate analysis[edit]
Ratio distributions also appear in multivariate analysis. If the random matrices X and Y follow a Wishart distribution then the ratio of the determinants
is proportional to the product of independent F random variables. In the case where X and Y are from independent standardized Wishart distributions then the ratio
has a Wilks' lambda distribution.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Geary, R. C. (1930). "The Frequency Distribution of the Quotient of Two Normal Variates". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. 93 (3): 442–446. JSTOR 2342070. doi:10.2307/2342070.
- ^ a b Fieller, E. C. (November 1932). "The Distribution of the Index in a Normal Bivariate Population". Biometrika. 24 (3/4): 428–440. JSTOR 2331976. doi:10.2307/2331976.
- ^ a b Curtiss, J. H. (December 1941). "On the Distribution of the Quotient of Two Chance Variables". The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 12 (4): 409–421. JSTOR 2235953. doi:10.1214/aoms/1177731679.
- ^ George Marsaglia (April 1964). Ratios of Normal Variables and Ratios of Sums of Uniform Variables. Defense Technical Information Center.
- ^ Marsaglia, George (March 1965). "Ratios of Normal Variables and Ratios of Sums of Uniform Variables". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 60 (309): 193–204. JSTOR 2283145. doi:10.2307/2283145.
- ^ a b Hinkley, D. V. (December 1969). "On the Ratio of Two Correlated Normal Random Variables". Biometrika. 56 (3): 635–639. JSTOR 2334671. doi:10.2307/2334671.
- ^ a b Hayya, Jack; Armstrong, Donald; Gressis, Nicolas (July 1975). "A Note on the Ratio of Two Normally Distributed Variables". Management Science. 21 (11): 1338–1341. JSTOR 2629897. doi:10.1287/mnsc.21.11.1338.
- ^ a b c d e f Springer, Melvin Dale (1979). The Algebra of Random Variables. Wiley. ISBN 0-471-01406-0.
- ^ a b Pham-Gia, T.; Turkkan, N.; Marchand, E. (2006). "Density of the Ratio of Two Normal Random Variables and Applications". Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods. Taylor & Francis. 35 (9): 1569–1591. doi:10.1080/03610920600683689.
- ^ Brody, James P.; Williams, Brian A.; Wold, Barbara J.; Quake, Stephen R. (October 2002). "Significance and statistical errors in the analysis of DNA microarray data". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 99 (20): 12975–12978. PMC 130571 . PMID 12235357. doi:10.1073/pnas.162468199.
- ^ a b c Kermond, John (2010). "An Introduction to the Algebra of Random Variables". Mathematical Association of Victoria 47th Annual Conference Proceedings - New Curriculum. New Opportunities. The Mathematical Association of Victoria: 1–16. ISBN 978-1-876949-50-1.
- ^ "SLAPPF". Statistical Engineering Division, National Institute of Science and Technology. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
External links[edit]
- Ratio Distribution at MathWorld
- Normal Ratio Distribution at MathWorld
- Ratio Distributions at MathPages

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Sailing through a hurricane
At any rate, the trip began in mid August ( yep ... temp was 98 degrees F), at Glades Boat Storage in La Bell, FL. La Bell is in south central Florida, on the Okeechobee canal about 1/2 way between Lake Okeechobee and Fort Meyers. The plan was to launch the boat and head east, motoring on the canal, through lake Okeechobee, onto the St. Lucie river, arriving at the Port St. Lucie Lock in 48 hours, and then a casual sail home the next day on the Intracoastal Waterway. Sounds simple, right?
Well, it wasn't so easy. Who knew that a simple delivery would turn out to be the adventure of a lifetime? For the record, I did read the Coast Guard's "Notice to Mariners" before we left, but how was I to know that periodic water releases from a dangerously high Lake Okeechobee translates into a 7 knot current on our bow? (It wasn't my fault, honest!) So, after 3 days of traveling in miserable Florida August weather, with 104 degree temperatures with 100% humidity and a broken refrigerator, a load of bad diesel fuel, clogged fuel filters, zillions of mosquitoes and 7 knot currents at times on our bow, and having to be towed by a power boat into a lock ... I'm afraid that tempers were flaring by the time we reached the St. Lucie lock in Stuart, FL. You can sort of picture this trip like the movie 'Deliverance" except those wimps didn't have alligators.
By the way, I'm here to tell you that yes, it's possible to be at full speed and actually travel backwards against a 7 knot current with a sail boat!! Catalpa made the trip in fine shape, however my brother wasn't thrilled with the ordeal (I mean...adventure), although I'm not sure if it was his heat exhaustion, the bee stings, the mosquito bites (did I mention we traveled through what is basically the Everglades? No?, well I sort of forgot to mention it to him as well), no cold drinks (do Germans really drink warm beer?), or being on what's definitely "not a powerboat", which contributed to his disposition.
Hurricane Katrina
From out of nowhere, a hurricane named Katrina decided to take aim at south Florida on it's way to devastating New Orleans. This hurricane formed very suddenly directly over the Bahamas, and gave almost no warning at all to eastern Florida. The National Hurricane Center was now predicting that Katrina was going to roll right over where I had docked the boat!! Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Obviously, if I planned on still owning a boat, I had better get my butt in gear and do something.
We begged a ride to Port St. Lucy and as we arrived at the marina, the winds were already clocking at 25 mph with 35 mph gusts. There was a power problem at the marina and they took forever to settle the bill, so we didn't untie the boat until noon. I took advantage of the delay and called City Dock at Vero Beach to reserve a slip and tell them we were on our way. It took 30 minutes to clear the Port St. Lucie lock, and another 3 hours before we made the turn onto the ICW in Stuart Harbor because of a delay waiting for one of the bridges to open for us. We said a prayer, and headed north on the ICW.
Conditions were what we expected. There was a small craft advisory posted, with gusting winds and a violent chop. The ICW is a protected waterway, but even so, in a short time 3-4 foot chop developed and the wind was from the NE, which was almost on the bow. At least there wasn't any traffic as it looked like we were the only boat on the water. I had the sails down and both diesels at cruising speed. My GPS indicated we were making 6mph SOG but it was already 3:30PM, and because of the delays, there was no way we would make it to Vero Beach before nightfall. Unfortunately, we had run out of other options. By 6:00PM, the rain squalls in the outer bands of the hurricane began to catch us. Let me just say that you'd have to experience this to appreciate it. Suddenly visibility is reduced to 50 yards, with rain directly in our faces driven by 40 mph gusts. The boat is taking the chop on the starboard bow with enough force to cover us in spray. It was stimulating to say the least, and fatiguing, as hour after hour we plodded north away from the approaching storm. We began switching helm duty as the day wore on, as it didn't take long for conditions to take a toll on us. We learned a couple of valuable lessons. First, I needed a helm seat, (Yep I bought one) and 2nd I learned the futility of trying to outrun a hurricane in a sailboat.
We were up before dawn, anxious to get underway as the winds were brisk and gusting and the sky was black as night and seemed to have no intention of allowing the sun to come up. We hurriedly gobbled down a breakfast bar with a cup of black coffee graciously offered by the guys at the City Dock, as we watched the Hurricane update on their TV. There was a slight shift in Katrina's path to the south during the night!! We were out of danger, but it was going to be a bumpy ride home. We left the dock at 7:00AM and headed north, in 3-4 foot chop and 50 mph steady winds which gusted to over 60 mph. In each gust we watched our boat speed slow as the wind was on our nose and catamarans aren't exactly aerodynamic. Condition did improve as the day wore on, as we were heading north and the hurricane was bending to the south. Every hour we put more and more distance between us and the approaching storm. We arrived at her new home in Melbourne, FL in early afternoon without incident just as Katrina came roaring ashore in South Florida. In reviewing the trip I can honestly say that the boat was level and stable the entire trip and overall she performed flawlessly. I feel like I've made a good choice in selecting a catamaran. Especially selecting a Catalac 8M!!


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any idea guys?
Anyone know where I could get a card compatible w/ linux that uses the express card slot on a laptop? I can't find one anywhere. I have no PCIMCA slot just the expresscard slot. Thanks for any help.
asking the same question,
any idea guys?
There are a few wifi USB sticks that are compatible. I think that is your only option for now.
I talked to a guy at alienware about finding a compatible external wifi card for my express card slot but all he said is they don't support third party equipment. I was stunned. I didn't ask for support I just wanted to know where to purchase some equipment to go with the system I have. After spending two days scouring the net I have decided to just give up the search.
Ok thanks guys,Originally Posted by bones
so which Wlan USB Stick do you guys recommend,
any atheros usb sticks out there?
the best usb stick would be a usb atheros card where you can mount an external antenna.
does this kind of wlan usb stick exist?
I have not researched it but there was a post here about the D-link DWL-G122 USB Adapter. If I remember right there were multiple versions and only one of them works. If you find one that works post the make and version.
It's revision B1 which worked, unfortunately that was in the beta, in the final none of the DWL-G122 seems to work anymore....Originally Posted by bones
apart from costing more than any pcmcia card ill ever buy and having no linux drivers it's an option if anything else fails..
will this one work? sparklan.com/product_details.php?prod_id=132
An interesting find!
Hopefully someone will write some *nix drivers in the fullness of time!
If anyone buys one of these, please post further info
BTW, Atheros have an expresscard card on the market.
Anyone tried one of these?


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any shooting in southern w.v. this summer?
Peacemaker near Summit Point is a great facility!!! Several friends set up a 5 gun match including heavy sniper and heavy handgun to the normal mix. I also want to try an unknown distance match.
you talking Beckley bluefield? or you mean Welch? or Logan? or (gulp) Chapmanville?
what do you consider South WV? :-)
to me "out wayne" is south. LMAO
yeah.... was born in WV.... but as soon as i could crawl... made my way across that bridge to the Ohio side of the river. LMAO
And my parents smuggled me across the border into Virginia in 61.in the back of a 48 ford pickup.west Virginia is beautiful country to be from. Truly.I wouldn't be who I am now if I grew up there.not the state but the relatives.
hear ya... im in WV right now.. work there every day...
just cant afford to live on that side of the river. taxes are higher, insurance higher, very difficult to own your own business on that side... & that stupid personal property tax on your dogs, 4 wheelers & everything else you own just kills me ever living or being a resident.... instead im a worthless nut (buckeye). lmao
beckley is closes/
im between Beckley and Princeton.


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although it should detect it even if the interface is down its worth a try
ive used the same adapter (i still am using it) and it worked right out of the box with absolutely no problems whatso ever
btw is ure broadcom one built in? if so it could be that your USB Hub on ure mobo isnt being detected. what chipset is your motherboard? look for any special drivers for your motherboard and install them. I remember when i was using SuSe my network card wasnt being detected cos the motherboard wasnt being identified properly.


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Answers needed on Fast and Furious
The disputed documents sought by the House involve Justice Department memoranda on an attempt led by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to feed weapons to Mexican drug cartels in the hope of running down illegal gun-runners. The agency tragically lost track of the firearms, which have shown up at crime scenes in which Mexican citizens have been killed. Two of the disputed weapons were found at the scene of a gun battle in Arizona, which led to the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, formerly of Flat Rock.
The issue now moves to the courts, where resolution could take months, if not years. That's hardly fair to the parents of Agent [auth] Terry. While 17 Democrats voted with the GOP House majority to find Holder in contempt, a number of other Democrats walked out of the House.
This really shouldn't be a partisan issue. Congress has the right to ask questions. Nobody disputes that the gun sting was a botched operation.
The questions by members of the House (and the Senate, in a joint inquiry led by Republican Charles Grassley of Iowa) go to the extent of the knowledge by Justice Department officials of the gun sting operation when it first came to light.
There's an understandable tendency in all government agencies to hunker down and circle the wagons when Congress issues subpoenas, but unless grave matters of national security are involved, Congress deserves answers.
Now, however, the issues will be lost in a thicket of litigation. The House voted two resolutions of contempt: one a criminal citation and one a civil citation. The criminal contempt resolution now goes to the District of Columbia U.S. attorney, an Obama appointee who answers to Holder.
No action is expected from the criminal citation. The separate civil citation will play out in the courts for an indefinite period.
In the early months of 2008, a Democratic House voted similar contempt resolutions against aides to President George W. Bush. The criminal case went nowhere. The civil case was ultimately settled in 2009 with a compromise on the requested documents, which had to do with the dismissal of several U.S. attorneys early in the Bush tenure.
The inquiry into the gun sting is of much greater consequence. A federal law enforcement officer is dead as well as a number of Mexican civilians.
If there is a chance to reach a compromise in which information is released to Congress without protracted legal wrangling, both the administration and the House should seek to find it.
That would best serve the interests of all citizens, who deserve a proper accounting of the gun sting failure. Most deserving of such an accounting are the parents of Agent Terry.
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For they had sente home since yt accounte was received in Ano 1631.
Vpon a daye the sayde Piso made a dyner, and sente a seruaunt to desire Clodius the Consull to come and dyne with him.
And it was doubted whether he had not sente over shuch a company in ye former ship, for shuch an end.
If that he faught, and hadde the hyer hond, By water he sente hem hoom to every lond.
You must still call upon the company hear to see yt honest men be sente you, and threaten to send them back if any other come, &c.
These they brought home with them, & they had their wounds drest & cured, and sente home.
They thanked them, & sente men aboute it, and beaver to defray ye charge, (without which all had been in vaine).
He came to hys lodgyng, and all those of his companye whyche coulde not well be lodged there, he sente them to the greate Temple.
And I supposs you sente over Mr. Winslow, and we Mr. Hatherley, to certifie each other how ye state of things stood.


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Jim Naughton is the former canon for communications and advancement for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and the founder of the Web site Episcopal Café.
Under his leadership the diocese has won numerous awards for its publications and Web site, and donations to the annual Bishop's Appeal have increased by more than 30 percent in each of the last three years.
Jim is frequently quoted in media reports and helps shape the public's opinion of the Church through the Café, which receives more than 5,000 visits per day. He examined the financial aspects of recent controversies in the Episcopal Church in his article: "Following the Money: Donors and Activists on the Anglican Right."
A veteran journalist, Jim has worked for The New York Times, The New York Daily News, and The Washington Post. His free-lance writing has appeared in publications and Web sites as disparate as Beliefnet, Slate, ESPN the Magazine and the Guardian. He has written three books, including a novel for young adults and a profile of a Catholic parish at odds with the Vatican.
Jim holds a B.A. in Journalism and American Studies, and an M.A. in American history from Syracuse University.
Prior to founding Canticle in 2009, Rebecca Wilson had been, since 2000, an independent consultant working on strategic communications and grantseeking with nonprofit and public sector organizations including the Chicago Consultation and Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Cleveland. Her experience includes serving on the leadership teams for several successful non-partisan ballot issue campaigns including measures that support urban public schools; alcohol, drug and mental health treatment and public libraries. From 1996-2000, she was marketing director for the Akron-Summit County (Ohio) Public Library where she oversaw both the public information and political campaigns for a successful $80 million capital improvement bond issue and a subsequent successful operating renewal.
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Prior to joining Canticle Communications, she served as the lead writer for Blakey & Agnew, a public affairs and communication firm based in Washington, D.C., where she lives with her husband, the Rev. Dr. Luis León, rector at St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square. She has co-authored a business management book and worked for many years as an editor and reporter for three major, metropolitan newspapers—The (Baltimore) Evening Sun, The (Bergen) Record in Hackensack, NJ, and The Charlotte (NC) News—in positions ranging from police reporter to night city editor, with a variety of assignments in between.
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Before moving to Vermont in 2012, Kathleen lived in Los Angeles for eight years, working in the television industry. As part of her role as scheduling and editorial director for Warner Bros. Entertainment's TheWB.com, she managed the company's social media feeds. Other past experience includes broadcast network scheduling at The WB Television Network and Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as cable sales and distribution at Twentieth Television.
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Prior to joining the Diocese of Chicago, Crystal worked for 20 years in the financial services industry. At UBS Financial Services, she was a senior learning relationship manager, partnering with business groups to create and execute talent development strategies, and managing a leadership development program for early career high-potential employees. At Prudential Financial she was a human resources project manager focused on change management, organizational effectiveness, training and documentation associated with systems implementations.
Crystal holds a B.A. in Spanish and education and an M.B.A. in management and human resources from Rutgers University.


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Washington, DC, September 28, 2011—SIFMA today released the following statement from Randy Snook, executive vice president, after FINRA and the exchanges released new proposed rules outlining the operation of market-wide circuit breakers, which have been in development over the past year in response to the May 6, 2010 Flash Crash.
"Ensuring markets function efficiently and effectively is the foundation of maintaining and enhancing investor confidence in our markets. Since the events of the Flash Crash, the industry, regulators and the exchanges have worked cohesively in finding solutions that will strengthen underlying market structure without undermining efficiency or liquidity.
"Today's newest proposals from regulators and the exchanges are a further step in the right direction toward strengthening our markets and modernizing the rules that govern them. Updating system-wide circuit breakers to work more appropriately in today's trading environment is critical, as none of them were triggered by the events of May 6. While we still need to review these proposals further, we generally believe they make necessary changes that reflect the current market environment and look forward to seeing them implemented as soon as possible.
"We'll continue to work with regulators and the exchanges to refine these proposals, to ensure these market-wide rules interact seamlessly with single-stock rules, and to also ensure that these modifications are coordinated between the securities and futures markets."


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Let me see if I get this straight. No paps ever follow Lisa Rinna. She has to go to them. Yet somehow, Lisa Rinna ends up on a balcony in a bathrobe drinking wine with an 18 year old kid who has a sock in his pants and the pap just happen to be right outside the correct balcony at the correct time to take photos. There are about ten photos in the set and this is as close as they actually come to kissing in any of them. Lisa is laughing so hard that a kiss would probably be impossible anyway.
The only way that kid would be with Lisa is if she were chaperoning his high school prom or paying him lots and lots of bucks. For a woman who really has no remaining natural parts she is not bad looking, but to think that guy would be interested in her without some form of compensation is just not believable.
Ashton needs to start becoming more creative or this idea of his is going to go nowhere. Now, if he came out and said his marriage to Demi was part of a five year prank, and that he is really her adopted son, then that would be cool, and would explain a great deal about why Bruce hangs out with Demi so much. What they should have done is left a bathroom door open at a restaurant, and had Lisa's husband bent over the sink looking like he is doing lines of coke. Now, that would get some attention and some press.
All of the above comments go for the Marla Maples, Bachelor dude photos as well.


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McLEAN, Va. —Dick Cheney is confident of the rightness of the hawkish policies he espoused as vice president and the wrongness of his critics, then and now.
What he's not entirely certain of, however, is whether the Republican contenders hoping to win back the White House next year would welcome his embrace — an acknowledgment that his hard-nosed stance on everything from wiretapping to waterboarding has made him a hero to some but politically toxic to others.
Some of the 2012 GOP candidates have called to chat, Cheney tells USA TODAY, but he declines to identify them. "I think they were private, and I want to keep them that way," he says of the conversations. Asked whether he'll endorse a candidate, he adds: "Not all the candidates are necessarily interested in my endorsement, probably. Probably some just as soon I stay away."
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Cheney doesn't seem to take offense. In an interview and his just-published memoir, In My Time, he is the quintessential Cheney: combative, unapologetic, dismissive of his critics and suspicious of reporters.
Asked what he'd like his epitaph to read, he considers for a moment and then declares: "No comment."
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"No comment, sure," he says with a small, wry smile.
No need to offer more explanation, or to try to mollify reviewers and columnists, from liberal Maureen Dowd to conservative George Will, who blast the book as a self-serving rewrite of recent history.
"I think it's going to do well," Cheney says of the 565-page book, written with the collaboration of his daughter, Liz. "It's stirred things up a bit."
He says the steps he and President George W. Bush took in the aftermath of the attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, prevented another terror attack on U.S. soil for the 7½ years that followed. While he praises President Obama for his administration's success in tracking down and killing Osama bin Laden, a prize that eluded the Bush team, Cheney says only time will tell whether Obama's approach to national security — including a greater reliance on multilateral action — will prove to be as successful.
Cheney has worked for presidents who lost re-election bids (Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush) and for presidents who won them (Richard Nixon and George W. Bush).
How do Obama's prospects for a second term look to him?
"I think he's going to have a tough time — one man's opinion," Cheney says, not surprisingly. "Given the state of the economy, given the problems we're facing, I think he's going to have significant difficulties."
The focus of his memoir is almost entirely on national security, not the economy, and he leaves the impression the financial crash that hit in the administration's final months was the result of outside forces, independent of the administration's regulatory and fiscal policies.
Now Obama should be held accountable for fixing it, he says. In the interview, he was asked to identify the worst thing Obama has done as president, Cheney replies: "He's fallen far short of what he said he was going to do vis a vis the economy."
At a time the political debate is dominated by economic woes, the former Defense secretary has some campaign advice for the GOP.
"I'm reluctant to endorse a strategy for fear it might discourage somebody from adopting it," Cheney says. "But I feel very strongly that we cannot ignore national security, and that's easy to do. We've got major, major interests around the world, and we've got a lot of turmoil out there. We've got troops in Afghanistan and Iraq."
He warns that attention solely to economic issues could imperil Republicans' traditional commitment to national security.
Of particular concern to him is the plan devised by the Obama White House and Republican congressional leaders this summer. If a special joint congressional committee can't agree on another $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction, automatic spending cuts would be leveled not only on domestic programs, but also the Pentagon.
"I worry about that," says Cheney, a powerful advocate for invading Iraq in both the administrations of both the elder and younger presidents Bush. "I think it would be a real tragedy if we become so concerned about the economy and jobs issues — and I understand why those are front and center — that we turn our back on our nation's security problems or our international responsibilities."
He's a survivor
Cheney is 70 now, a survivor of end-stage heart disease that had limited his activities and threatened his life before a heart pump was implanted in his chest last year. His stance is a bit more stooped and his voice breathier than during the days he famously was clashing with Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and others in the Bush administration over launching military action and battling terrorism.
USA TODAY interviewed him Monday in the small, cozy study in his home in this tony Washington suburb. There are a trio of swords mounted over the fireplace — one of them used by his great-grandfather in the Civil War — as well as a bust of Winston Churchill, photos of his grandchildren, and a giant branding iron with his name.
One wall is lined with books, most about the big events in which he has participated during a 40-year government career that included stints as White House chief of staff, Wyoming congressman, Defense secretary and vice president.
He has long dismissed the notion he was a dark force calling the shots in the Bush administration, but nonetheless describes himself in his memoir as playing an unprecedented decision-shaping role on foreign affairs, military strategy, energy policy and other chosen issues. "A unique arrangement in our history," he acknowledges — but the way Bush wanted it, he is quick to add.
Cheney not only joined Bush for the president's national security briefing each morning, he went through the briefing beforehand, sometimes adding material to it.
It was at his insistence that remarks Bush was going to deliver during a downturn in the Iraq War included a declaration that the United States would insist on "victory," interpreted as a signal that the administration's hard-line stance wasn't bending. In another presidential speech, Cheney insisted on deleting a reference to the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan commission that had urged a new course in conducting the war.
Cheney's memoir praises Bush as a bold and decisive leader, but his praise is most robust when the president happens to be taking the advice his vice president is offering.
In one early controversy, Cheney refused to reveal the names of business leaders and others consulted by an energy task force he headed, calling the showdown with Congress an important assertion of executive power. "President Bush deserves tremendous credit for standing by me when a lot of people wanted us to take the easy way out," he writes.
In Cheney's account, as the invasion of Iraq was poised to begin in 2003, CIA director George Tenet relayed intelligence reports pinpointing Saddam Hussein's location. Should a risky attempt to bomb the site be ordered?
After a frantic discussion with top aides, Cheney writes, "The president kicked everyone else out of the Oval Office, looked at me, and said, 'Dick, what do you think we ought to do?' I told him I thought we should launch. … The president agreed. He called the others back into the office and told them to launch."
The account of the same event in Bush's memoir doesn't mention a final, private consultation with Cheney.
His influence wanes
Cheney's book makes it clear that his influence waned during Bush's second term, especially as the president's job-approval rating sank and Republicans lost control of the House and Senate in the 2006 mid-term elections. A week before those elections, Bush informed Cheney that his controversial ally-in-arms, Donald Rumsfeld, was being replaced as Defense secretary. He didn't give Cheney an opportunity to argue.
At a meeting with most of the National Security Council in 2007, Cheney made the case for the United States to bomb a suspected nuclear facility in the Syrian desert. "Not only would it make the region and the world safer, but it would almost demonstrate our seriousness with respect to non-proliferation," he says he argued. "It would enhance our credibility in that part of the world. …
"But I was a lone voice," he notes. After he finished, Bush asked, "Does anyone here agree with the vice president?"
Not a single hand went up around the room.
Cheney says he called Bush a few days ago to tell him that an advance copy of his memoir was on its way, but says the two haven't talked since Bush has had a chance to read the book or public accounts of what it says.
Lewis "Scooter" Libby is one of those whom Cheney unremittingly praises as a loyal public servant. The Cheney aide was convicted of obstruction of justice and perjury in Valerie Plame affair, a probe into whether the administration leaked the name of the CIA operative to discredit her husband, a war critic. So does Rumsfeld, who launched Cheney's career in government by hiring the political science graduate student, then on a congressional fellowship, for a job in the Nixon White House.
For other former colleagues, though, Cheney's book seems to be an attempt to settle scores. The harshest judgments are made not about the Democratic opposition, but fellow Bush administration officials with whom Cheney clashed.
In Cheney's account, Secretary of State Colin Powell worried about public opinion polls and complained to members of Congress and reporters when he couldn't persuade Bush to take his advice. (In an interview on CBS' Face the Nation Sunday, Powell called Cheney's account full of "cheap shots" and inaccuracies.) Rice tried to paper over fundamental policy differences and once "tearfully" apologized to Cheney for not taking his advice, Cheney says.
Rice hasn't publicly committed on his account.
For Cheney himself, there are no regrets, no second thoughts about any major policy. He either dismisses or ignores the most fundamental critiques of the administration's actions that have been detailed in congressional reports, bipartisan commissions such as the Iraq Study Group, and historians' accounts.
These include the fact that weapons of mass destruction — the primary stated reason for invading Iraq — were never found there. (He counters that suggestions the administration skewed intelligence to justify the war was "the most blatant hypocrisy," noting that Democrats and foreign leaders believed the same intelligence.)
There is the criticism that the administration devoted too few resources and attention to the war in Afghanistan in the rush to invade Iraq, then left office with both countries mired in turmoil that policymakers had underestimated and misjudged.
Then there is the question of whether the Bush administration, during its first eight months in office, refused to take seriously enough warnings in intelligence reports about a looming threat from al-Qaeda.
"I read all those reports," Cheney says in the interview. "We got intelligence reports saying al-Qaeda's a bad organization with evil intention, but we never got any actionable intelligence."
Once the 9/11 attacks took place, he says, the need for "good intelligence" became a goal that warranted the rendition of terror suspects to foreign prisons, an extensive eavesdropping program in the USA and the simulated drowning of alleged al-Qaeda suspects in an interrogation technique known as waterboarding.
Cheney notes approvingly that Obama has failed to deliver on some of his 2008 campaign promises to dismantle some Bush administration policies, including the closing of the prison for alleged terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "He has now, I think, found out that … it's not so easy as he thought it was going to be to get rid of that stuff. We'd adopted it because we figured these were measures that we figured worked."
However, he says, Obama has failed to adopt "the effective interrogation policy" that the Bush White House approved, decried by Arizona Sen. John McCain and others as torture. "It's not clear to me what the administration would do were they to capture a high-value target tomorrow," Cheney says.
'We've made progress'
In the wake of bin Laden's death, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told reporters last month that he was convinced the United States was "within reach" of defeating al-Qaeda. Last week, in another blow to the terror group, a U.S. drone killed the terror organization's second-ranking official, Atiyah al-Rahman, in Pakistan.
"I think we've made progress, I guess is the way I'd put it," Cheney says in the interview. "The fact that bin Laden has been killed is a significant plus," and the death of al-Rahman reflects "significant progress." The ouster of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi "has to be a plus," too, he says, though he's not sure how much credit Obama deserves for that.
But the battle isn't over, he warns. He, for one, is still ready to wage it.
"I'm not sure al-Qaeda is the only terrorist organization we have to worry about," he says. "We've got home-grown terrorists we've got to worry about.
"I think it's far too soon for us to let down our guard."
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every product for converting analog (VHS) to a digital format seems to have an output via FireWire to the input of my computer. But as I'm finding out not all PC's have a FireWire port. What now? Is there a USB solution or how else does one get there old home movies onto the computer that is not equiped with FireWire. For now, my friend has to bring his crap over to use my computer where then Ihave toshare so that he can get it onto his computer.
Is easy to solve this, go to computer store or Staple store buy a firewire card and install in your computer. This cost less than $50also you can find second hand for few buck over eBay. New computer has no Firewire because new technology focus on USB 2.0 and now the new USB 3.0 USB cable is standard printer cable, firewire cable need to be purchasedis not a current product. Probably you can find a complete high quality old capture system for 10% of the original price.
Roxio makes a converter for analog vhs and it plugs into USB ports
You have several options.
The first (and by far the easiest) is to purchase a combo VHS/DVD recorder. I got one at COstCo for about $140 a year ago and I have, with the click of one button, recorded VHS tapes to DVD's (ok two more buttons - menu & finalize). You can then bring the DVD into your NLE and clean it up there - VOB files are really MPEG-2 files - you can just copy & rename or treat the DVD as a camera version and capture using your normal means for that.
Another option is, if you're using a desktop, do as Max suggested and install a firewire card - I recently go this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815287005) and it works well for under $20.
If you are using a laptop, there are PCMCIA or PCI Express cards like this - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815108019&cm_re=1394_to_usb-_-15-108-019-_-Product
I would not go down the road of the converters, like the Dazzle, which connect your vcr to the USB ports - I have tried them in the past and they did not work well at all.
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I am agree with you birdcat cheap card or converter you loose time and money I use in the past the Pinnacle Studio capturing box and the result was good.
I guess I negleted to say that my friend has a laptop so signmax first option would not work. Now, the PCMCIA http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815108019&cm_re=1394_to_usb-_-15-108-019-_-Product is $100 ontop of the purchace of an RCA converter. This is getting very expensive. It's too bad they don't make an RCA input on that PCI Express card. It's funny how the industry always seems to have a way to connect anything to anything except the only thing that you want they don't have. Thanks for your help I will relay this valuable info to my friend.
This industry sometimes forgets that there was a time in the not so distant past that the only time you got paid was when you woke up the next morning and went back to work. Earning royalties for something you did 20 years ago is only a recent phenomenon
Looking for a firewire card to use in a laptop is a PMCIA card this may be scarce. The only advantage of the old technologies is that you can obtain it at a very low price. Inconvenience you have to know the system before to buy it or have a resource to guide you or you risk to buy many material. I think that birdcat suggest the best solution.


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Passport Elite 29BH Travel Trailer BunkhouseSweeten up the adventure by bringing along those you love the most with the family-friendly floor plan in the 2016 Passport Elite 29BH! With a private master bedroom and a cozy rear bunkhouse, everyone will have a tranquil space to call their own! Come tour it today and see for yourself!
Keystone Passport Elite 29BH LayoutYour master bedroom in housed in the front of the 2016 Passport Elite 29BH where it is isolated from the rest of the unit with integrated sliding pocket doors. The living area is located just outside of the bedroom where it joins the central kitchen and dining areas to create an open room great for gathering together as one. Continuing toward the back, you'll notice that the rear is shared between the full bath and bunkhouse. Dual access points let you enter the RV through both a central living entry and the rear bathroom entry.
Keystone Passport Elite 29BH FeaturesThe enticing master bedroom in the front of the 2016 Passport Elite 29BH will tempt you into taking an early evening nap after an active afternoon in the great outdoors! Generous storage is provided with oversized bedside wardrobes, overhead cabinets, and under-bed storage. The room also houses:
- Power outlets at the bedside so you can charge up devices without having to get out from beneath your warm and cozy bedsheets.
- Designer throw pillows and a quilted bedspread for plush, decorative accents
- Nighttime reading lights so you can escape into a good book before bed
- A DVD/CD stereo with AUX input, Bluetooth capabilities, and quality speakers for a superior viewing experience
- A flat screen HDTV for premium entertainment as you travel
- Vaulted ceilings and radius walls for a spacious and welcoming atmosphere
- A 3-burner stove so you have cooking space to prepare feast after scrumptious feast
- A double-size pantry to store everything from dry goods to dinnerware
- Stainless steel appliances and solid surface countertops for a durable and high-end appearance
- Lighted pass-through storage to haul along your larger camping equipment with ease
- A spread axle design that helps to equalize your load for improved towing and handling
- An electric awning to extend your living space out into the refreshing, open air
New & Used Keystone Passport Elite 29BH SalesIf you're ready to start making memories that will last a lifetime in the 2016 Passport Elite 29BH, just give us a call or you can even send us a text! Our knowledgeable, no-pressure RV specialists are happy to answer any of your questions or clarify any concerns. You can also stop by our easy-to-browse dealership lot to take a tour and check out this incredible travel trailer with your own eyes!
Hitch Weight
810 lbs.
Ship Weight
6070 lbs.
7800 lbs
34' 0"
11' 0"
8' 0"
Fresh Water
43 gal
Gray Water
76 gal
Black Water
38 gal
L.P. Capacity
40 lbs
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Michael Kyba, Ph.D
Carrie Ramey / CCRF Endowed Professor in Pediatric Cancer Research
Lillehei Endowed Scholar, Lillehei Heart Institute and Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota
Stem Cell Biology
Lineage-specific stem cells from ES/iPS cells.
The Hox code for hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal.
Gain of function studies with HoxB4 have shown that this Hox family member is involved in the regulation of self-renewal. Unfortunately, because other Hox genes cause leukemia when constitutively expressed, they have largely been ignored. By using conditional gene expression, we have shown that HoxB4 is neither unique in promoting hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal, nor most potent. We wish to understand how Hox genes control stem cell self-renewal, and are identifying regulatory circuits under Hox control.
Lineage-specific reprogramming of somatic cells.
Skeletal muscle stem cells and iPS cells from FSH muscular dystrophy
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), the third most common muscular dystrophy with a prevalance approaching that Duchenne's, is caused by chromatin changes associated with a contraction of macrosatellite repeats at 4qter. How these chromatin changes cause disease is not understood. The macrosatellite repeat encodes a Hox gene named DUX4, with homeodomains similar to those of Pax7. We have shown that DUX4 and Pax7 can compete for control of expression of myogenic regulators such as MyoD, and are testing the hypothesis that DUX4, expressed in satellite cells, interferes with myogenesis in FSHD-affected muscle. Because satellite cells are rare and difficult to access, we have generated iPS cells from FSHD patients, and are studying chromatin changes and gene expression at 4qter that occur with the development of the muscle lineage and skeletal muscle stem cells in vitro.
Graduate Student Rotations
A rotation position is currently open. Students enrolled in a UMN graduate program and interested in pursuing studies on the regulation of blood or muscle stem cells or muscular dystrophy should contact Dr. Kyba by email.
Postdoctoral Positions
Postdoctoral positions are available. Candidates with an interest in molecular regulation of blood, cardiac or skeletal muscle stem cells or the misregulation of muscle stem cells in muscular dystrophy should send a C.V. and contact information for three references to Dr. Kyba by email.


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I've only tried this on Louis Vuitton bags, so not sure about others. Got marks on my bag's handles and decided to do what I always do to them.. rub them off. Just sharing a tip.
Take a CLEAN rubber [preferably new] and just rub the dirt/discolouration. This is usually due to it rubbing against things like denim just like a sofa would discolour too.
That's all for now. Blog was a bit inactive so just updating with random little posts.


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What is the unique selling proposition of Pepsi?
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1. Trusted brand
2.good taste
4.Solid advertisment
5and great value for money
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Who sells more soda coke or pepsi?
Coca cola
Who sells more Coke or Pepsi?
The fact is the answer depends on what you mean by Coke or Pepsi...the company or the drink. If you mean the cola drink, then Coke is. Pepsi has never out-sold Coke in the 108… years of competition between the two. If you mean the company, then Pepsi has somewhat recently passed Coke, selling more water and other drinks (including Pepsi cola) combined. This, according to Fortune.
What stores do they sell coke-or-pepsi books about you?
Our books are sold at Scholastic Book Fairs and are also available at Barnes & Noble bookstores. You can purchase them directly from us in the Fine Print online bookstore, as …well as many of the other online bookstores, too.
What is the unique selling proposition of lg mobiles?
It is an important aspect especially in the crowded cell phone market. Here are some important points to consider: 1. High quality cutting edge hardware that's reliable - resu…lt of core R&D 2. Technologically very advanced - Premium handsets like LG G2 and G3 are owner's pride 3. No compromise in product validation and safety aspects (emission etc.) 4. Aesthetics that reflect that premium lifestyle - Feel the LG G-Flex 5. Global brand you can Trust
What is the Unique selling proposition for BMW company?
BMW has 3 unique selling propositions. Its brand represents achievement and is a status symbol. BMW also has excellent customer service and design and features that are ve…ry effective for its cars.
How many countries sell pepsi?
Type your answer here... 190
What is the unique selling proposition for Amway?
better idea better life
What is the unique selling proposition of dell laptops?
The unique selling proposition of Dell laptops is they give discounts to students and employees. They also have a great selection.
What products do Pepsi sell?
Pepsi sells Pepsi products, Frito Lay products, Tropicana products, Quaker products and Gatorade products. Fun Fact: Mountain Dew!
What is the unique selling proposition of Levi's jeans?
"cut with grace to stand out"; superior fit; unparalleled performance"; in general in my opinion the Levis site is going for upscale wholesome American, probably to appeal to …the aspirational middle class. There's a focus on the idea of quality--how the jeans are cut, how they will keep up with your skateboarding. There's also a very traditionally cut checked dress on the front page of the website, which is the only thing on any of the websites that "got" me personally at a qualitative level--again fitting with my hypothesis that they're basically going for the remnants of the Middle Class
What are the competitors Unique selling proposition for chocolate industry?
A unique selling proposition, is important in competitive markets. Some of the propositions from competitors in the chocolate industry, including M&M's with "The milk choc…olate melts in your mouth, not in you hand," stick in your mind. Mast Brothers Chocolate is handcrafted and each block is made and wrapped individually.
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What are McDonald's unique selling proposition?
o Fast Service o Consistent Food Taste and Quality o Consistent Pricing
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What is the unique selling proposition of lays?
The unique selling proposition for Lay's Potato Chips is "I bet you can't eat just one".
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What country does not sell coke or Pepsi?
North Korea does not allow anything of the sort.
Examples of a unique selling propositions?
They include: Metropolitan Life: "Get Met. It Pays.", M&M's: "Melts in your mouth, not in your hand and Head & Shoulders: "You get rid of dandruff". The term unique sellin…g proposition was created by television advertising pioneer Rosser Reeves.


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Effectively managing assets begins with establishing a foundational data set. Pictometry images and data offer a single, complete authoritative source to eliminate data inconsistencies and meet regulatory requirements for high consequence areas. The high-resolution, georeferenced, orthogonal and oblique aerial images are captured through an initial flight and delivered with building outlines to serve as the foundation for a comprehensive integrity management system.
The use of Pictometry imagery and outlines eliminates the need for the integrity management team to consult multiple, sometimes unconfirmed, sources to verify property information and determine details such as land use.
When planning and designing for new construction, Pictometry high-resolution, authoritative imagery, data and analytical tools deliver a clear understanding of the land and topography under consideration. The web-based CONNECT platform provides a single platform for accessing intelligent imagery and data. Project teams can bring together, in one location, the appropriate data sets to analyze and measure the environment right from the desktop. Enjoy more accurate results and save hours of windshield time on your next project with CONNECT.
After establishing the foundational dataset, utilities can easily share the visual intelligence and data throughout the entire organization through the CONNECT™ platform. CONNECT is a secure, web-based application offering access through any web browser. Users can view north, south, east and west views of structures and use the analytical tools to measure height, distance, bearing and more. Because every pixel in a Pictometry image is georeferenced, the image becomes actionable, allowing for measurements and data extraction.
Integration options exist for those users who regularly work inside other mapping platforms such as the Esri® ArcGIS® Solutions Suite. The Pictometry IPA visualization application solution allows users to open an iframe web browser to access imagery and can be easily embedded through a widget.
This progressive technology provides visual intelligence and analytical tools delivered in the time frame needed for success.
Stay on top of a constantly changing service area with ongoing image capture and change detection service. Annual flights provide the visual intelligence needed to understand the changes taking place in a utility's geographic region.
With change detection service, utilities receive data that indicates structures or areas that have undergone a change since the last image capture. This allows the integrity management team to quickly review what has changed and determine if a field visit is necessary. If a visit is needed, CONNECTMobile for iPad® and iPhone® allows Pictometry imagery and data to go with the inspector.


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Orani is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 52,501 people in 10,810 households. The current mayor is Benjamin Serrano and Tonton Bernales is the Vice Mayor.
The municipality of Orani is located 115 kilometers northwest of Manila and is bounded on the north by Hermosa, on the south by Samal, on the west by Dinalupihan and on the east by Manila Bay. It has a total land area of 5,926.00 hectares covering 29 barangays. About 1,231 hectares are used for agriculture, 1,943.86 hectares are forestland, 971.93 hectares are forest reservation and 1,295.91 hectares are reserved for the National Park. The rest are classified as wetland.
Palay, coffee, vegetables, peanut, citrus trees and fruit trees are the major produce. Cutflowers like aster, chrysanthemum and gerbera are locally cultivated while bamboo and jungle vines can be gathered from Orani's rich forestlands. Aquamarine resources like milkfish, tilapia, prawn, crabs, mussels and oysters are caught in Orani's rich fishing grounds and fishponds.
It has a total population of 48,568 (1995 National Census), where 62% of the working age group (16-60) are employed.
One day, a Spaniard, while walking and surveying a thick forest, passed by a native who was cutting a big tree. The Spaniard asked the native about the name of the tree and the reply was "narra". The Spaniard mistook the reply as "no ira" which meant "unselfish". The Spaniard then rearranged the letters from these words till it finally came out as "Orani", which thenceforth became the official name of the town.
The town and the church of Orani became an independent missionary center in 1714. The Dominican friars built the church and became their quarters in Bataan since then. The place grew into a little prosperous town until it was nearly brought down the ground during the earthquake of September 16, 1852. Important studies shows that the church and the municipal government building were also destroyed. They were rebuilt till 1891 when Orani again resumed its slow march for growth. This growth was checked again by the great fire of March 16, 1938, which almost burned three-fourths of the whole town, including schools, the church and the town hall. Reconstruction began, but before they could finish, World War II broke out and once again the town suffered tremendous destruction. After the war, the people of Orani are once again building their town.
Utilities and Amenities
Digitel and Bataan Telephone Exchange (Battlex) provide telephone services to residents of Orani. A telegraph and telex office is managed by the Bureau of Telecommunications. Aside from the Philippine Postal Corporation which provides postal services, the town also has a private courier and Internet service provider. A cable television station, Clear Vision Cable TV Company, also operates in the area.
Ninety-nine percent (99%) of the households and commercial establishments are serviced by the PENELCO for their power needs. There is adequate potable water supply provided by the Orani Water District. There are areas with free flows, shallow and deep wells.
Mt. Natib, which rises at an elevation of 4,110 feet above sea level, is a natural tourist spot located at the heart of Orani. It offers mountain climbers and nature lovers not only a pleasantly cool mountain air but also a luxuriant growth including some rare plants and wildlife thriving in the area. A trail shelter is available for overnight trekkers.
Major Industries
Most industries existing in Orani are agriculture-based such as rice and coffee production, food processing, cutflower production, and aquaculture of milkfish, tilapia, crab and prawns. Prawn processing has become a major dollar earner for the municipality. Garments manufacturing and metal and iron works also proliferate in the area.
Now, Orani is a progressive municipality. Rising from the ashes during the 1930s, it now hosts a lot of establishments and facilities for tourism and trade and industry. The most-awaited event in Orani is the feast day of Sto. Rosario, the patron saint of the town, every second Sunday of October. People from different towns flock to Orani to hear mass and buy "puto seko" or fresh "duman" from animated vendors that crowd near the church area or around the town plaza. One of the major plans of the Provincial Government is the realization of the Tala Eco-Tourism Project, a potential site for eco-tourism in Orani.


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Graphics card makers including Micro-Star International (MSI), Albatron, Gigabyte Technology and Leadtek Research have launched graphics card based on Nvidia's GeForce 9800 GTX GPU.
The cards support Nvidia's 3-way SLI technology, boasting up to 2.8 times more power than any single GPU system, and HybridPower technology to reduce power usage by switching from the GeForce 9800 GTX graphics card to a motherboard IGP when running less graphically-intensive applications.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
- 2015 China smartphone panel trend forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.


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Radon Resistant New Construction Project History (11/18/03)
The City of Fort Collins has been working on radon since the late 1980's beginning with a radon survey of 100 homes. Since then we have:
In 1998, the City adopted building code standards to assure that the voluntary radon systems would be installed properly.
In 1999, the Air Quality Advisory Board again recommended mandatory radon resistant new construction, but Council tabled the issue in order to give the education program a chance to get off the ground. And it has worked to some extent. During the three years 2000-2002, about 10% of the single-family homes were built with radon systems.
Last fall (2002), Council members asked the Natural Resources Department to prepare an ordinance to require radon resistant new construction in the building code. Since the City was already working on an overall update of the building code, staff was asked to bring Council the radon ordinance along with the other building code revisions. The building code is being revised in two parts.
This fall (2003), the City will discuss adopting the International Residential Code, which covers single-family homes. Next year (2004), the City plans to update the code for multi-family and other kinds of buildings.
Outreach to the public regarding mandatory passive radon mitigation was conducted January- April, 2003. Many citizens and interested groups shared their opinion of the proposal. Comments were passed along to City Council on May 13 at their study session. At the study session, staff was directed to bring City Council an ordinance requiring active (instead of passive) radon mitigation in all new construction. A public hearing is scheduled for December 16, 2003, and a study session is scheduled for February 10, 2004. Council will vote on the matter in 2004.
To learn more about radon or the proposed ordinance, please contact Brian Woodruff, Environmental Planner at 221-6604.
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Interstate quarantine
Pests, diseases and weeds can spread from one part of Australia to another through the movement of: plants or plant products; animals or animal products; soil; agricultural machinery and recreational equipment.
Pests, diseases and weeds can travel with you as you visit different areas of Australia.
There are restrictions on what you can take as you cross state and quarantine borders within Australia. Following the rules about moving these items will help to minimise the risk to Australia's unique environments and valuable agricultural markets.
Travellers face on-the-spot fines for taking prohibited items across borders.
Check what you are carrying. Penalties apply.
Due to the detection of the exotic pest tomato potato psyllid in Western Australia, emergency movement restrictions have been introduced to prohibit the importation of hosts from the solanaceae and convolvulaceae families into other states and territories of Australia.
This directly effects well-known products like potatoes, tomatoes, capsicums, eggplants and sweet potato.
Find out the latest information on regional outbreaks, changes to interstate certification arrangements, and updates to rules applying to carrying items when travelling interstate.explore all news
Indigenous rangers in far north Queensland receive award for Top Watch workread more
Recent finds include terrariums bought online and beetles in children's furnitureread more
Red coffee borer was found in batch of 300 lychee plants from...read more


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Disney's 101 Dalmatians Dalmations Comforter
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- Item Category: Toys, Dolls, Games & Puzzles
- Source: eBay
- Sold Date: Oct 22, 2007
- Channel: Auction House
Walt Disney's 101 Dalmatians Dalmations Dreamstyles Comforter. Fits twin beds. Seamless printed top fabric 70% polyester 30% cotton. Backing: soft, plush tricot. Fiberfill: 100% polyester. I have had this comforter for many years but have never used it. I do combine shipping. I have put up the coordinating blanket for sale also.


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Real Estate For Sale in Brigalow, QLD 4412
The 2016 Census provides hard data that illuminates many of the factors that have been driving the property market in recent years: the population is growing strongly, home ownership is down, more people are living...Read More
Waterloo in Sydney, inner-city Melbourne, and Fortitude Valley in Queensland have been identified as potential "danger zones" for off-the-plan real estate investment in new research by Risk Wise Property.
Some...Read More
Tim Gurner, who made his fortune in Melbourne residential property development, plans to build an office and retail tower in Melbourne's inner suburb of Fitzroy North.
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What Are The War Games?
The War Games is a special meta event that will be taking place at (Re)Generation Who 2. The basic game is an adaption of the game "ConTag", which made it's debut at our other event Intervention.
The War Games variant of ConTag will be an even more expanded and exciting version, with two team fighting for control of all of Time and Space:
"The Cult", led by the Daleks and comprised of a coalition of evil aliens out to conquer the universe.
"The High Council", led by the Timelords and comprised of agents across time and space dedicated to preserving the peace.
Both regular attendees and War Games VIPs can play, but by being a VIP tier member you are considered a higher ranking officer on your side of the war, therefore your points accumulated will be multiplied by your rank but you will also be a target.
The full rules and information will be up soon.


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The growing expectation of the 3 date rule is not only scary its rediculous. It's confusing why so many participate in this behavior and expect a healthy outcome.
Taking responsibility of how you date builds a healthy foundation for a healthy reponsible relationship.
Dating Red Flags and Tips:
* Tell someone safe you are going on a date - I take a picture of their license plate and send a picture of the person to my 'safe' person.
* Google your date - I run them through Google / LI / FB and I've found mug shots etc that killed the contact immediately
* Always take your own car and only meet in a public place
* Let them talk about themself - You will gain far more insight to what the person is about by listening more and talking less
* Listen to the words and actions they choose - notice when something catches your attention, it's a red flag you have picked up on - something in the person is incongruent - stop and identify it (Learn who they are; NOT who you want them to be.)
* Are they pressing for sex? Get out now, there is no respect here and there never will be.
* Do not let them into your inner circle or space to soon - they need to earn the privilege as you need to earn the privilege of being invited into theirs
Questions to ask before SEX:
* Have you BOTH acknowledged out loud that you are in a committed relationship? (Sex does not = a relationship)
* Do you know the person? How fast to anger/dislikes/likes/cleanliness - personal things that you will only know by 'knowing' a person.
* Do you know their reputation amongst friends and colleagues
* Have you been introduced to key people in their lives family members? Friends? (not just a buddy or best girlfriend)
* Are they including you in their activities or keeping you out of sight of their inner circle?
* Have you met their children?
* Discussed past sexual activities and had a joint Dr visit to confirm health? (VD testing, HIV)
Add what works well for you....
I took a few years off from dating and came back on MM yesterday. These are my observations and funny treasures.
Cause and effect and flags on the play are all over the place! - good stuff to watch!
* Guys - A LOT of you need to update your photos - they are YEARS OLD. (Your dates might like surprises... not this one.)
*Love the new "Latest Activity' feature! This is really fun! Some of you gals probably have a profile on Sugar Daddy's or just regular porn. Are you really looking for a sole mate or just looking to mate. Bait your hook accordingly - just saying. (Sure we can fit a joke in here using 'old' - 'faithful?")
* Funny treasure - Came across a Gentlemen's username says something like "Tired of shallow relationships that go nowhere' Yet looks for women 20+ years his junior - Funny - and there are a lot of guys doing the same thing.
* Funny treasure trend - 40+ something men chasing 20+ something women (offspring that will just be leaving for college in your 60s - crazy!) The next trend (10yrs down the road) is 50 something men with kids in grade school chasing 40 something women - no thank you.
*Ladies looking for a sole mate - watch the 'Latest Activity' feature with renewed interest. This is showing you male behavior. I've already blocked some - that were contacting me after seeing a few of their responses / patterns. Not relationship material for anyone.
* Guys and gals - watch what you bait your hook with especially if you are not getting the results you want.
* Money can buy a lot of things like boobs, cars, houses and other stuff (like a divorce attorney)- BUT IT CANNOT BUY A PERSONALITY. Watch the red flags before you get to deep.
Best in finding a good fit for YOU - whatever that might be!
This site is completely entertaining! Fabulous mix of People.
There are so many people seeking so many different things for so many different reasons. And once again my curiosity gets the best of me and here is what I found:
Ladies did you know some of the 'men seeking women' are in the 'men seeking men' section as well? hmm not that its bad if you're into that, just something to ponder. (Had an 'ah ha' moment when I found a previous contact, now ONLY in the 'men seeking men' section. Shed a LOT of light on the odd direction some of our conversations would take. :D Wish he would have been more open about it, he was a lot of fun and it would have been nice to stay in touch.)
Guys did you know most of the 'women seeking men' are (ahh.. wait for it,,,,, wait for it,,,) really only in the 'women seeking men' section? (Sorry, had to tease just a little) Kinda blows the heck out of the Girls Gone Wild theory, with more men riding the fence than women. hehe
Ladies - checking out the 'men seeking women' and 'women seeking women' section and there are a lot of really hot looking women out there. Some very natural and some,,,, not so much. (Honest advise,,, nip, tuck, suck, fill and implant if you think you must, but DONT PHOTO SHOP! delete, delete, delete)
Guys - you KNOW I've been all over the 'women seeking men' section looking for that special gentleman. Enjoy all of you, even the crazy liars, scammers and the 'what the heck was that?!' moments that are part of the experience. (Honest advise,,, watch what you are baiting your hook with! Cracks me up to hear some of you go on about gold-diggers and then your profile barely includes the basics on it, headline, sex, age and INCOME! That's not going deep, fishing shallow you're going to get shallow.) You guys are sooo cute!
Happy seeking... and thank you all for sharing!
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