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The drug take-back day was part of a national program Sept. 29
Sherwood police collected more than 103 pounds of unused medicines during a 4-hour collection event Sept. 29.
The collection of unwanted or unused prescription drugs was part of the Drug Enforcement Administrations National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
When added to the collections from DEAs previous four take-back events, more than 2 million pounds (1,018 tons) of prescription medications were removed from circulation across the nation.
The Sept. 29 event was part of a program that included the DEAs state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners, working at more than 5,263 locations, collected 488,395 pounds (244 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public.
This was the third time the Sherwood Police Department participated in the national event, according to Captain Mark Daniel, a police spokesman.
Sherwood police have partnered with the Washington County Sheriffs Office and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program to keep a drop box in the police department lobby, available to take drop off unused medications year round.
According to the 2011 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations National Survey on Drug Use and Health, more than six million Americans abuse prescription drugs. That same study revealed more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a statistic that includes raiding the family medicine cabinet.
The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposal, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of these medications.
The DEAs Take-Back events are a significant piece of the White Houses prescription drug abuse prevention strategy released in 2011 by the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Disposal of unwanted, unused or expired drugs is one of four strategies for reducing prescription drug abuse and diversion laid out in Epidemic: Responding to Americas Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis. The other strategies include education of health care providers, patients, parents and youth; enhancing and encouraging the establishment of prescription drug monitoring programs in all the states; and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills.
For more information on future events or the City of Sherwood Police prescription drop box please call 503-625-5523 or check out the citys website at sherwoodoregon.gov for updates.
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With everyone looking for gifts, I thought I'd shout out some pretty things from a few of my advertisers in this post that you may enjoy. Please note, this is not a sponsored or paid-for post (I am not interested in doing posts like that, ever) and none of my advertisers requested that I write about them. It's just a little shout out to them as a way of saying thanks for their support of decor8 for 2011. Their support allows me to blog daily and connect with all of you so I'm grateful. It was quite a challenge to go through all of the shops though and find things that fit together but I think I did a good job :) and hope that you enjoy seeing a few things that I think would be lovely to give (or receive!).
For the cozy home, here are some things that are a bit natural and Scandinavian-inspired: 1. Vintage black metal chair from Relique, 2. Greenlandic boy cushion from Story North, 3. Birch tray from Story North, 4. Vitra chair in mauve gray from Story North, 5. Black and white floral cupcake holders from Meri Meri and 6. Accordion book in pewter crosshatch by Rag & Bone.
Any of the gorgeous photographs from the Eye Poetry shop. Amazing. I see so many that I want for my home!
For those who like a more traveled vibe: A. Sequin pillow from Aura Home, B. Inka napkins from Aura Home, C. Vintage Moroccan rug from Nazmiyal and D. An adorable dress for the little one from Tea Collection.
For city girls (or boys!): 1. Thomaspaul birdcages pillow from 2Modern (love the front and the stripey back), 2. Paintings by Michael Naples from Daily Paintworks, 3. Set of 4 Byzantine blue dots plate chargers at Burke Decor and 4. Typewriter placemats from Burke Decor.
For those who appreciate the little details: A. Gorgeous jewelry from DeJarnette Nola, B. An inspiring art print by lovely Amy Rice, C. Quack wooden tape dispenser from NoteMaker and D. Kate Spade yellow flat notes from NoteMaker.
For the classy lady or gent: a. Sofa from Carolina Rustica b. Pillows from Designer Fluff, c. jewelry by Lisa Hopkins Design, d. Vintage illustrated guide to birds from Ruby Lane for the coffee table and e. an oil painting (vintage) from Ruby Lane.
If crafting and sewing is their favorite hobby, these flirty fabrics from Contemporary Cloth would be a lovely gift!
For animal lovers: 1. Art print by Laura Mae, 2. 2012 calendar from ecojot, 3. dog sweaters notebook from ecojot, 4. vintage cat notebook from ecojot and 5. Red robin cards from ecojot.
For those who love to work with special products designed with love, the rubber stamps and lots of paper goods along with a bear pencil holder are all at the fresh and inspiring INK + WIT shop.
You can also look for some unique and sweet presents from these additional decor8 advertisers:
- Natural Life – Colorful products inspired by nature.
- 2Modern – Great products for the home or office, free shipping.
- Ruby Plaza
- Fabulous Stationery – Cards and other paper goods that you customize.
- Ruby Violet – the fun new Lilla Rogers Studio collection.
- Cupcakes Craft – Adorable paper goodies from Korea, Japan, etc.
- Storkie – Invitations and announcements.
- Patina Style – A book about materials choices, methods and treatments for obtaining a vintage patina in the home.
- And finally, an inspirational blog that you may want to share with your friends called Damask & Dentelle.
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Ideal Forms 3 (GitHub: elclanrs / jq-idealforms, License: GPL/MIT) by Cedric Ruiz is a library for working with responsive HTML5 forms. It uses JavaScript to adapt form controls to the size of the container, so it works without using media queries. It supports keyboard shortcuts, custom checkboxes and file inputs, and a date picker.
The CSS now uses Stylus, and it uses classes in the HTML markup for denoting field types.
httpinvoke (GitHub: jakutis / httpinvoke, License: MIT, npm: httpinvoke, bower: httpinvoke) by Vytautas Jakutis is a module for making HTTP requests that works with Node and browsers. It's designed with a focus on promises, and Node's callback-style API:
httpinvoke('http://example.org', 'GET').then(function(res) {
console.log('Success', res.body, res.statusCode, res.headers);
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console.log('Failure', err);
The readme has full documentation for each API style and the accepted options. It's unit tested, and also available through Bower.
jquery.brightness.js is a small plugin by Kozo Yamagata that detects CSS background colours and returns the brightness. Calling
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There is a charity run that takes place in London where all the runners dress up as gorillas. Not just a little bit gorilla, but a full-on-suit gorilla, down to wearing a gorilla headpiece (and of course, a hipster sweatband). The run goes through the heart of London, across the Tower Bridge and by the London Eye and St. Paul Cathedral. It's capped at 800 runners, representing the total number of mountain gorillas still living in the wild.
The charity is aimed to save the world's last remaining gorillas in the wild from extinction. It does so by funding several grass-roots projects that are run by local African partners, and are aimed at tackling various threats to the gorillas' long term survival. I'm so happy to say that my husband, Jonathan, will be one of the runners that day. Way to go, my monkey-muffin!
I can't wait to see the city overtaken by gorilla-runners. And in the spirit of it all, I'm sharing my newest creation, which features none other than bananas!
This banana whipped cream is super simple to make. You whip the cream, add sugar and vanilla, and mix in a very very mashed banana at the end. I used a ripe banana with some good spots on it. Unlike banana bread, there is no need to use an overly ripe banana, but just one that is ripe and soft enough to mash easily. I also used my vanilla extract made with gin. And since there is no baking or cooking involved to burn the alcohol off, it essentially is like adding half a shot of gin to the whipped cream. No wonder it was good ;)
Since I recently came across these adorable french petite jars, I've been looking for any excuse use them. And each day I walk by a farmer that sells cute little strawberries for a quid. Naturally, those fit perfectly in the jar. On last thought, I added a some crispy sponge fingers I was snacking on into the jars too. I topped it all off with the banana whipped cream. But really, this banana whipped cream can go on anything – waffles, pancakes, peaches, banana bread, blueberry muffins, and probably even over an iced blended mocha.
Easy Banana Whipped Cream
For the banana whipped cream
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 1/4 cup whipping cream (300 milliliters)
- 1 tablespoon superfine icing sugar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract (use a homemade version for a slightly spiked whipped cream)
For the strawberries and biscuits jars
- strawberries - washed and chopped into pieces
- 3 crispy sponge fingers (lady fingers) per jar
In a small bowl, mash the banana very well, until it is the consistency of a think liquid and there are no chunks left. I used my hand mixer on the slowest setting to help with this process,
In a separate bowl, whip the cream, sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form. Fold in the mashed bananas to the whipped cream.
Spoon or pipe over anything!
For the strawberries and biscuit jars
Break 3 crispy sponge fingers into each jar and top with a generous handful of strawberry pieces.
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In-flight fancies Back in April 1925, Imperial Airways treated passengers on a flight from Croydon Aerodrome to Paris to the world's first screening of an in-flight movie. The aircraft was a twin-engine Handley Page W8b biplane (right), which was flown by two pilots seated in an open cockpit and could carry just 12 passengers. It was also the first passenger plane fitted with a toilet as standard; but on this occasion that facility seems to have been occupied by the projectionist, who screened the silent version of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World. You can find a two-minute newsreel about the one-off event on YouTube; but with a little imagination you could partially recreate this historic occasion by downloading The Lost World to your iPhone (HK$8 at www.biafilms.com or the App Store) and watching it next time you fly. BIA Films has dozens of other public-domain films that, small iPhone screen and Angry Birds addiction permitting, might help you to while away the hours on a flight on which no inflight movies are provided, or at airports when flights are delayed. Some of the more interesting offerings include a rare silent film version of the Marcus Clarke novel For the Term of His Natural Life, director Fritz Lang's Scarlet Street and his 1931 classic M, as well as several early Alfred Hitchcock films.
Running late Registration for the April 7 Paris Marathon closed earlier this month but, if you missed the cut-off, Cathay Pacific still has a number of slots available for runners purchasing a Paris Marathon 2013 Special package. Prices, not including tax and fuel surcharges, start from HK$10,480, including three nights' accommodation and the race registration fee, while for non-running partners (a minimum of two passengers is required) the prices start lower, at HK$8,710. Two flight options depart Hong Kong just after midnight on April 5, arriving in Paris (above) around sunrise and so allowing two full days for event preparation and jetlag recovery. For further details and bookings see the Paris section at www.cxholidays.com.
Northern exposure Recently described in a media quote by its general manager as "the only upscale beachfront hotel in northern China", the Hyatt Regency Qingdao (right) is now open for business. And while the people across the Shandong Peninsula at the Sheraton Yantai Golden Beach Resort might question that claim, this new property is certainly in an unusual location - although several beachfront hotels existed here in the pre-war years, when Shandong was well known for its health resorts. The 439-room hotel has all the usual five-star facilities, although fine dining is restricted to regional cuisine (there's an all-day "interactive, market-style café" - a buffet venue, in other words - for Western food), suggesting the hotel is aimed more at the domestic market than at international tourists. For opening rates and reservations, visit qingdao.regency.hyatt.com.
Short but sweet Long luxury cruises can be a tricky proposition for the cash-rich but time-poor Hongkonger - for whom the idea of a 14-day holiday is about as realistic as a trip to the moon. So a new series of short, luxury northern European and Mediterranean cruises (above) from Silversea could be of interest. Trips now start from just four days, departing from ports such as Hamburg, Barcelona and Rome, with five-day cruises leaving from Lisbon and Monte Carlo. Full-board fares start from US$1,360 for a four-day cruise from March 16 to 21, sailing from Barcelona to Rome and putting in at Monte Carlo and Livorno (Mediterranean Voyage 2307C). Other four-day fares start from US$1,830 for a trip from Hamburg to Copenhagen via Warnemunde and Helsingborg (Northern Europe Voyage 1318B), and US$1,590 will get you from Rome to Monte Carlo by way of Bonifacio, Calvi and Livorno (Mediterranean Voyage 2314A). Visit www.silversea.com where you can enter these voyage numbers into the search box for full details.
Deal of the week There's a cheap package deal to Penang, Malaysia, on sale at Farrington American Express Travel, starting from only HK$1,690 per person, twin share, including economy-class flights with Cathay Pacific, and two nights' accommodation at the Copthorne Orchid Hotel, just outside Georgetown at Tanjung Bungah - which is fine if you're on a tight budget. Also quite good value is the G Hotel on Gurney Drive, which is available for a package price starting at HK$2,220. Top of the list, though, are the two neighbouring Shangri-La resorts - Golden Sands and Rasa Sayang (above) - for HK$2,270 and HK$3,140, respectively, and the Hard Rock Hotel, for HK$2,280. It should be noted that, as is the norm with Hong Kong travel industry pricing, these rates do not include tax and fuel surcharges, which for this deal will amount to about HK$1,000. Daily breakfast and travel insurance are included, but airport transfers are not. For more information and reservations, go to www.amextravel.com.hk or call 3121 3121.


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Study To Evaluate Safety And Tolerability Of GSK256066 In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients
This study has been completed.
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: October 24, 2007
Last updated: October 25, 2012
Last verified: October 2012
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This study will evaluate the safety and tolerability of the cfor the first time in mild to moderate COPD patients.
|Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
|Drug: GSK256066 Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Investigate the Safety and Tolerability of Inhaled GSK256066 in Mild to Moderate COPD Patients
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: COPD Lung DiseasesU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by GlaxoSmithKline:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Safety Parameters: Adverse events, 12 Lead Electrocardiogram, Vital Signs, Clinical Laboratory Evaluations, [ Time Frame: after 28 days repeat dosing ]
- Lung Function Parameters, Holter monitoring, Withdrawals for exacerbations of COPD. [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Plasma concentrations of GSK256066 and active metabolite GSK614917 and derived pharmacokinetic parameters [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
- Parameters measured in induced sputum: Total cell number (cells/mL); Neutrophils, macrophages, lymphocytes and eosinophils as a percentage of total cells; Absolute numbers of neutrophils, macrophages, lymphocytes and eosinophils [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
- The concentration of total protein and inflammatory biomarkers in induced sputum supernatant [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
- Change from baseline in messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) and/or protein in induced sputum of established and exploratory markers of inflammation and established and exploratory pharmacodynamic markers [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
- Lung function parameters (pre and post-bronchodilator) [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
- Spirometry measures: FEV1, FVC Plethysmography measures Impulse oscillometry The concentration of serum inflammatory biomarkers [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
- Lung Function Parameters Holter monitoring Withdrawals for exacerbations of COPD [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 25 mcg
25 microgram inhaled once daily
Drug: GSK256066
PDE4 inhibitor
Experimental: 87.5 mcg
87.5 microgram inhaled once daily
Drug: GSK256066
PDE4 inhibitor
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo inhaled once daily
Drug: Placebo
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male adults or female adults of non-childbearing potential who are between 40 and 75 years of age (inclusive).
- Subjects with a clinical diagnosis of COPD in accordance with the European Respiratory Society Consensus Statement and subjects categorised with moderate COPD as defined by the GOLD guidelines of 2006 [GOLD, 2006]
- Subjects with a cigarette smoking history of ≥ 10 pack years (1 pack year = 20 cigarettes smoked per day for 1 year or the equivalent). Both current and former smokers are eligible to be enrolled. A former smoker is defined as a subject who has not smoked for ≥6 months at Visit 1.
- Subjects with a post-bronchodilator FEV1 to FVC ratio (FEV1/FVC) < 0.7 at Visit 1. Subjects will be assessed 30 (± 5) minutes after receiving salbutamol 400 μg.
- Subjects with a post-bronchodilator FEV1 ≥ 50% and < 80% of predicted normal for height, age and sex at Visit 1. Subjects will be assessed 30 (± 5) minutes after receiving salbutamol 400 μg.
- Subjects with a normal echocardiogram at screening, as defined by the absence of clinically significant wall motion, chamber size or valvular abnormalities
- The subject must be capable of giving informed consent and can comply with the study requirements and timetable.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women who are pre-menopausal and of child-bearing potential.
- Subjects weighing less than 50 kilograms (kg).
- Subjects who are obese defined as having a body mass index (BMI) > 30.
- Subjects with a current diagnosis of asthma.
- Subjects who have required hospitalisation or treatment with oral corticosteroids and/or antibiotic therapy for acute worsening of COPD or lower respiratory tract infection in the 6 weeks prior to Screening.
- Subjects who have received treatment with oral, intravenous, topical or intra-articular corticosteroids within 6 weeks of Screening or thereafter
- Subjects with active tuberculosis, sarcoidosis or clinically overt bronchiectasis.
- Subjects with a history of any type of malignancy with the exception of successfully treated squamous cell cancer of the skin.
- Subjects with rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue disorders and other conditions known to be associated with chronic inflammation (e.g. Inflammatory Bowel Disease).
- Subjects with chronic infections (lasting longer than 6 months) such as gingivitis, periodontitis, prostatitis, gastritis, and urinary tract infections.
- Subjects with any acute infection, sinus symptoms, or significant trauma (burns, fractures).
- Subjects with clinically significant renal disease, diabetes mellitus/metabolic syndrome, hypertension or any other clinically significant cardiovascular, neurological, endocrine, or haematological abnormalities that are uncontrolled on permitted therapy.
- Subjects who have participated in any GSK study/studies involving administration of COA.
- The subject has a screening ECG parameters outside of ranges specified in protocol.
- Subjects with hypoxaemia
- Risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection at Screening (Visit 1).
- Subjects who have undergone surgery including lung volume reduction surgery in the last six months or have conditions that prevent them from performing spirometry.
- Subjects with a history (or suspected history) of alcohol misuse or any other recreational substance abuse.
- Subjects who require treatment with any of the following from the start of the run-in period (Day -14) until the end of the treatment phase:
- Inhaled corticosteroids
- Inhaled cromolyn sodium or nedocromil
- Xanthines (theophylline preparations).
- Leukotriene modifiers
- Tiotropium
- Long-acting inhaled beta2-agonists (salmeterol, formoterol)
- Oral beta2-agonists
- Subjects who are unable to abstain from other courses of medication during the run in phase including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), anti-depressant drugs, anti-histamines, anti-rhinitis or hay fever medication, other than short acting inhaled beta-agonists, ipratropium bromide and paracetamol (up to 4 g per day) for the treatment of minor ailments (eg headache) from 48h before the first dose until the follow-up visit. Subjects requiring medication between dosing and follow up may be excluded at the principal investigators discretion.
- Subjects with any known hypersensitivity to salbutamol or ipratropium bromide.
- Subjects who are participating or plan to participate in the active phase of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme during the study.
- Subjects who have received an investigational drug within 30 days or within five drug half-lives of the investigational drug (whichever is longer).
- Subjects with any clinically relevant abnormality detected by the assessments at Screening.
- Subjects who have experienced an exacerbation during the run-in period requiring treatment with oral corticosteroids and/or macrolide antibiotics and/or hospitalisation.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00549679
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00549679
|GSK Investigational Site
|Tallinn, Estonia, 13419
|GSK Investigational Site
|Tampere, Finland, 33520
|GSK Investigational Site
|Gauting, Bayern, Germany, 82131
|GSK Investigational Site
|Berlin, Germany, 10717
|GSK Investigational Site
|Hamburg, Germany, 22291
|GSK Investigational Site
|Hoorn, Netherlands, 1624 NP
|GSK Investigational Site
|Horn, Netherlands, 6085 NM
|GSK Investigational Site
|Veldhoven, Netherlands, 5504 DB
|Russian Federation
|GSK Investigational Site
|Barnaul, Russian Federation, 656 045
|GSK Investigational Site
|Moscow, Russian Federation, 105 077
|GSK Investigational Site
|St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197022
|GSK Investigational Site
|Yaroslavl, Russian Federation, 150003
Sponsors and Collaborators
|Study Director:
|GSK Clinical Trials
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by GlaxoSmithKline:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 28, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00549679 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 24, 2007
|Last Updated:
|October 25, 2012
Keywords provided by GlaxoSmithKline:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Repeat Dose
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lung Diseases
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Chronic Disease
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes
Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors
Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Power Grid Wobbles as Outages Sweep Mid-Atlantic
In 2003, America had one of our worst electricity blackouts ever. The outages reached into Canada and affected an estimated 45 million people in the northeastern United States. Now, some parts of the United States are facing the same thing. A recent spat of severe storms and a daunting heat wave have rolled through the mid-Atlantic region leaving roughly two million people without power and with no hope of it being restored until the end of the week.
The blackouts have brought attention to the United States' aging power system. Massoud Amin, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Minnesota, has studied power grids and believes we need to update the current system to save money, become more efficient, and increase our security for the future.
"The North American power grid is the most influential achievement of engineering in the twentieth century. It underpins our economy and quality of life," Amin says. Unfortunately, due largely to a lack of adequate funding for research and development, technological advancement has ground almost to a halt. "This system is under increased stress with diminished shock absorbers," Amin says. "Investment in the transmission as well as in the human capital that goes to manage it has been diminishing in the last 30 years or so."
This lack of advancement has increased the power grid's vulnerability to disruptions from outside stimuli such as natural disasters. It's also a question of domestic demand for electricity, which experts say could increase by 40 percent by 2030.
"This is the kind of system that needs long term, patient investments in research in development, in innovation, and in upgrading the system," Amin says. One of the main components in a "smart grid", a term coined by the professor, is the idea of two-way power movement. Conventionally, power has moved in one direction — from the local power plant directly to the consumer. In a smart grid, however, unused electricity would flow out of homes and back into the grid. This system would also allow homes or businesses that are equipped with wind turbines or solar panels to contribute their own power to the grid, which would provide extra security in the case of a blackout.
Estimated costs of upgrading the power grid total around $100 billion, and it could take decades to complete. "It will take committed effort and partnership between the federal government and the local government, as well as the utilities [companies] and the private sector that owns [the grid]," Amin says. He estimates the smart grid would save $49 billion annually by staving off power outages and blackouts.


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There's no getting around the fact that RIM has been going through some very bad times with just about every tech pundit calling for the final stake to be driven through the company. The problem is that, unlike Nokia, the upcoming release of the Blackberry Z10 and its new operating system could see a serious resurgence of the company.
January 30th, 2013, will, without any doubt, be the biggest day in the corporate history of Research In Motion (RIM) as it officially launches the much anticipated next generation Blackberry smartphone to a world expecting them to fail.
There is only one problem with that expectation, especially if some of the thoughts regarding the Blackberry Z10 from the tech blogosphere are any indication. Some tech bloggers, like Jesus Diaz at Gizmodo, are suggesting that RIM might actually have a shot at regaining its position as a real player in the smartphone market; and to such a point that Apple might be in trouble.
While there is not much of a chance that the new smartphone from RIM will make much of a dent in Samsung's growing dominance, it is believed by many that Apple could be facing a troubled future with its iPhone brand because of its perceived stagnation when it comes to both design and the iOS platform. So the thought is, given some of the leaked images of the Z10, that if RIM can deliver a compelling platform along with gorgeous looking hardware the Blackberry could possibly jumpstart the company's fortunes.
Some of the rumored specs for the Z10 are:
- dual-core 1.5GHz TI OMAP 4470 Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960 processor
- Quad Band HSPA+/UMTS (850/900/1700/1900/2100MHz)
- GSM/GPRS (850/900/1800MHz)
- LTE Bands 2,4,5,13,17 (700, 850,1700, 1900MHz) radios
- a 4.2" display
- 1280 x 768 resolution
- a pixel density of 356PPI.
Of course we will have to wait until after the 30th to see if any of this holds any water, but if RIM does get the good buzz they are hoping for the smartphone wars may just get a bit more interesting.
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Trevor Donovan: South Beach Buff
Posted Saturday January 2, 2010 9:30 PM GMT
Living it up in the Miami, FL sunshine, Trevor Donovan was spotted earlier today (January 2).
The "90210" hunk donned a newsboy cap and shades with a t-shirt, shorts, and flip-flops as he made his way back to his South Beach hotel.
On New Year's Eve, Mr Donovan was spotted hanging at a poolside cabana, just hours before hitting up a bash at Klutch nightclub.
Meanwhile, Trevor can be seen later this year in a new reality show called "Paradise Lost," which co-stars Maxine Bahns, Hoyt Richards and Dawn Olivieri.
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Bird's Eye View - Topics from May, 2013
Friday, May 31. 2013
This Memorial Day weekend brought several impressions of the dedication of many people and organizations in our area who pay tribute to Americans who lost their lives in service to their country. Emails came in from dozens of friends who either served or are service members giving honor to the fallen and salutes to those who have served or continue to serve. [Full Story »]
Friday, May 24. 2013
Memorial Day brings an emotional response in me for many reasons. First of all, I was born on Memorial Day back in the day when it was recognized on May 30th. President Nixon sure did mess that one up for me in 1968 when he changed it to a floating holiday! Somewhere in the back of my mind, I had always felt that having an entire country having a holiday on my birthday was pretty darn cool! (Well, of course I knew not many folks were celebrating my birth, but hey, cool anyway.) [Full Story »]
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Friday, May 17. 2013
People who live off the land seem to have more common sense and wisdom than citified folks. Here's something shared with me that surely makes sense. Enjoy! [Full Story »]
Friday, May 10. 2013
My mom's the greatest. She's been my advisor, my ally, my mentor, my friend and most of all, my wonderful mother throughout my life. Mom has been my biggest cheerleader, gently guiding me and quietly letting me absorb her ethics and standards through her example. [Full Story »]
Friday, May 3. 2013
It's official. I'm now a qualified governmental retiree! I visited this county's social security office in Quincy on Monday and got put into the system a couple of weeks before officially turning the retirement age. While I had completed the preliminary application on Sunday (those are available online every day of the week from 0700 to 1900 (in non-governmental parlance, that's 7:00 a.m. to 7 p.m.). Nowhere that I saw online did it say that you had to go to the real cement-block and mortar building in Quincy until at the very end of the application when I submitted the application. [Full Story »]
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The movie is really a classic IMO and I'm glad it's finally out on Blu-ray. Did I mention I love Andie MacDowell?
Steven Soderbergh's 'King of the Hill' on Blu-Ray.
That's all I want... Is that so much to ask?
I did hear one audio glitch (pop?) towards the end (OPPO 83).
This is pretty cheap at BB right now, in case anyone's interested. Great movie, with a decent xfer, though it does have fairly coarse grain and detail compared to most newer releases.
Part of what gives this film its somewhat unique look is the film stock that was used. According to IMDB, this was shot on Agfa XT320, which is a fairly fast/lower contrast film that's no longer available... hence the somewhat coarser grain/detail.
I'm familiar with Agfa products from still photography classes, but don't think I was aware they also made motion picture film prior to looking at this. According to Wikipedia, Agfa began making commercial film in 1936, though they have since discontinued their motion picture stocks.
Some other films shot on Agfa XT, from here:
Agfa was one of the first higher-speed stocks to incorporate a T-grain-type design into one of its layers. This was one reason why the XT-320 was so popular when it came out -- many people thought it was less grainy than 5294, the 400T Kodak stock available. Plus it had a wider exposure latitude (it was a lower-contrast stock.) For example, the last act in the warehouse in "Roger Rabbit" was shot on Agfa XT-320 because Dean Cundey did not want to use '94 (he shot most of the movie on 5247 125T).
It was not as edge-sharp as Kodak and had a brownish cast with colder blacks (and less black blacks). It reproduced greens lighter, which is why some people used it. Later Kodak stocks were definitely finer-grained.
The South Seas nightclub scene in "The Rocketeer" was shot on Agfa XT-320 to handle the blue-green color scheme.
It really helped to overexpose Agfa, which solved the problems with the blacks and grain, and added some snap back into the image. This is one reason why David Watkin used the high-speed Agfa outdoors in the sun for "Out of Africa" but medium-speed Kodak 5247 at night -- he was overexposing the Agfa so it wasn't that much faster than the Kodak anyway, and the Kodak had better blacks.
Other examples of Agfa movies:
Mountains of the Moon
Hamlet (Mel Gibson / Zeferelli version)
Memphis Belle
Gorillas in the Mist
Passion Fish
The Mission (except for day exteriors on 5247)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
A Fish Called Wanda
Henry V
Life is Sweet
Honey I Shrunk the Kids
a few parts of "Last of the Mohicans"
Besides the softness and low-con look, I tend to think of Agfa has having warm brownish skintones but a powder blue bias to the shadows.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. – Highlighted by double-double performances from senior Kevin Regan (Philadelphia, Pa.) and sophomore Anthony Barry (Uxbridge, Mass.), the Merrimack College men's basketball team dropped its second straight game to Saint Anselm, 79-72, on Tuesday night at Stoutenburgh Gymnasium.
The Basics
Score: Saint Anselm 79 | Merrimack 72
Records: Merrimack (4-2, 2-2)| Saint Anselm (4-2, 3-1)
Location: Stoutenburgh Gymnasium | Manchester, N.H.
How It Happened
Sophomore guard Gelvis Solano (New York, N.Y.) led all players with a 19 point performance, finishing 8-of-18 from the field and 2-of-3 from the free throw line. Fellow classmate Troy Hammel (Valencia, Calif.) tallied 13 points and four assists. Barry finished with 11 points and 12 rebounds, while Regan posted 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Merrimack opened up the scoring with a deep 3-pointer from Hammel. Saint Anselm answered right back with a 3-pointer jumper from Roy Mabrey. The Warriors managed to take an early 12-8 lead after a made three from Barry. It wasn't long until Saint Anselm took control of the half and extended its lead to 10 (27-17) with 8:08 left to play in the first.
The Navy and Gold managed to cut the Hawks lead to four (34-30) with 4:47 left in the first after a made layup from Kevin Regan. For the next couple of minutes, both teams were unable to score until Hammel broke the silence making all three of his free throws after a Saint Anselm foul. The Warriors finished the half on a 6-4 run and took a one point lead (39-38) after a tip-in from Regan at the buzzard.
The Warriors finished shooting 42.9 percent (15-of-35) from the field, as well as shooting 62.5 percent (5-of-8) from the free throw line. Saint Anselm managed to go 14-of-31 from the field (45.2 percent), while shooting 85.7 percent (6-of-7) from the free throw line.
In the first two minutes of the second half, both teams went back-and-forth trading baskets. With Merrimack leading 43-42, Saint Anselm stepped up and retook the lead 48-43. For the remainder of the half, both teams traded leads until Saint Anselm took a 61-55 with 8:56 left to play in the half.
The Warriors managed to go on a 5-0 run to bring the score to 70-62 with 3:44 left to play in regulation. Unfortunately, Merrimack was unable to regain a solid lead and suffer its second loss of the season.
Saint Anselm finished the night shooting 48.1 percent (26-of-54) from the field and went 19-of-24 from the line. The Hawks ended the night with 23 of their 79 points off the bench.
Merrimack shot 41 percent (30-of-73) from the field and went 7 of 12 from the line. The Warriors recorded 36 points in the paint, while Saint Anselm posted 26 points.
A Closer Look
- Five Saint Anselm players finished in double figures, while Mike McCahery posted a double-double, 12 points and 13 rebounds.
- During the game, there were 13 lead changes and Saint Anselm held the largest lead at 13.
- Sophomore JT Strickland (Laurel, Md.) posted a team-high five assists.
- Both teams finished with a block each.
What They Said
"We didn't execute in the areas where we needed to, and against a team with that type of talent," said head coach Bert Hammel. "Fortunately for us, we have a few days to recover and work on the areas that we need to work on."
Notable Notes
- Merrimack head coach Bert Hammel is just 10 wins shy of joining the 500-win club. Hammel has a career record of 490-452.
Up Next
Next up, the Warriors return to action on Wednesday, Dec. 4, to play host to the Falcons of Bentley University in a Northeast-10 showdown at Hammel Court. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
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Gov. Peter Shumlin announced today that the Department of Health has issued an emergency rule to further crack down on dangerous drugs commonly known as "bath salts.' In addition to expanding the specific list of bath salts and "fake weed' compounds now illegal to sell, manufacture or possess in Vermont, the new rule includes broader language to ban derivatives -- a move designed to include changes in the chemical structures made by those attempting to evade laws regulating these substances.
"Today's rule not only covers the latest round of bath salts to hit Vermont's shelves, but is vital in preventing these manufacturers from tweaking the chemical compounds slightly to avoid arrest," said Gov. Shumlin. "Vermont has been outlawing the bath salts based on chemical composition as they hit the market, but dealers simply add new chemicals to avoid current laws."
The previous rule was announced in July, banning 86 dangerous designer drugs.
The current rules change will be in effect for 120 days while the Health Department seeks to make it permanent through the administrative rulemaking process. The Governor said synthetic stimulants can cause hallucinations, violence, paranoia, seizures, psychosis, and even death. They also have the potential to be addictive. He said anyone selling these drugs to the public are fully aware of the risks and must be stopped.
The latest rule bans a much broader range of synthetic drugs. It also includes language to cover "a compound that can be obtained from a parent compound as a result of a chemical reaction which replaced one atom/function group with a different one."
To read the complete text of the rule, visit http://www.healthvermont.gov/regs/documents/regulated_drugs_emergency_rule_122912.pdf
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BMW, which last year struck up an agreement with a Colorado company to facilitate solar-powered charging for its upcoming plug-in vehicles, has done the same with a company from its homeland.
Dresden, Germany-based Solarwatt is working with Bimmer on a partnership for providing solar-panel systems on the home roofs and carports of the i3 and i8 plug-ins. The partnership's 360° ELECTRIC-branded systems make for an "aesthetic solution with innovative glass-glass modules" that efficiently garner sunlight and turn it into vehicle juice, Solarwatt says.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, BMW will team up with ChargePoint and DriveNow this weekend for the Bay Area Sustainability Hackathon to "build apps, mobile apps and hacks to address some of the issues surrounding electric vehicles and EV charging." We're thinking a Dr. Horrible-style app to steal wonderflonium.
BMW's is on track to start selling its i3 battery-electric, the successor to the lease-only ActiveE, later this year, while the i8 plug-in hybrid will start sales in 2014. BMW also unveiled a coupe concept version of the i3 at the Los Angeles Auto Show last November. Check out Solarwatt's press release below.
BMW and utility company Green Mountain Energy cut a deal last May with Colorado-based Real Goods Solar to provide discounts on solar-energy systems for drivers of BMW's ActiveE battery-electric vehicles. Drivers from California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York were eligible for discounts of up to 35 percent.
BMW i and SOLARWATT GmbH are soon to be entering into a partnership together. The focus is on providing complete photovoltaic solutions for rooftop systems and carports to BMW i customers.
Under the name 360° ELECTRIC, BMW i offers solutions for any requests a customer might have concerning electromobility. In this comprehensive approach, BMW i will soon be providing
complete solar systems from SOLARWATT. The new SOLARWATT CARPORT SYSTEM offers an aesthetic solution with innovative glass-glass modules for charging your vehicle's battery and powering your home with solar electricity to future BMW i3 or i8 owners. There are many channels for establishing contact: For instance, the customer can obtain SOLARWATT systems on the internet or immediately when purchasing his or her vehicle.
Detlef Neuhaus, CEO of SOLARWATT GmbH, is confident that SOLARWATT's new strategy will provide: "Our working partnership with the leading car manufacturer and visionary supplier of vehicles and mobility services in the field of electric vehicles and demonstrates the practical value of our new energy supply systems of the future."
"BMW i steadfastly continues to put its 360° approach towards customer-friendly electromobility into practice. We are glad that with SOLARWATT, we have a premium partner for custom solar solutions on our side which lives up to our customers' demanding aesthetic and quality standards," says Marcus Krieg, Director of the 360° ELECTRIC Project. This partnership promotes our primary goal of offering sustainable and customer-friendly means of conveniently charging their vehicles in their own garage when the BMW i3 and BMW i8 are introduced on the market.
About SOLARWATT:
Founded in 1993, SOLARWATT GmbH is one of Germany's leading providers of photovoltaic solutions, with over 300 employees. The Dresden-based company is active throughout Europe, providing solutions which range from high-quality German-made solar modules to fully integrated, intelligent systems for domestic and commercial use.
Further information can be found at www.solarwatt.de.
About BMW i:
BMW i stands for visionary vehicles and mobility services, inspiring design and a new concept of premium which is largely defined by sustainability. The BMW Group is pursuing a comprehensive approach with BMW i. BMW i defines the new meaning of individual mobility with its tailor-made vehicle concepts, sustainability over the entire value chain and supplementary mobility services.
BMW, ChargePoint and DriveNow Team for Bay Area Sustainability Hackathon for Electric Vehicles, EV Charging and Mobility Services
Saturday, April 27 – Sunday, April 28. Hosted by BMW Group Technology Office USA. Sponsored by ChargePoint and DriveNow
Mountain View, Calif. – April 25, 2013 – BMW, ChargePoint and DriveNow have teamed for BMW's Bay Area Sustainability Hackathon focusing on one of the fastest and rapidly growing industry sectors, electric vehicles, EV charging and mobility services. More than 200 developers, entrepreneurs, electric vehicle experts and corporate executives are expected at the weekend event focusing on sustainability issues facing our future as a greener planet. The event takes place at the BMW Group Technology Office USA at 2606 Bayshore Pkwy., Mountain View, CA on Saturday, April 27 through Sunday, April 28, 2013. The Hackathon is hosted by the BMW Group Technology Office USA and sponsored by ChargePoint, Inc. and DriveNow.
Organizers are looking for technical, as well as non-technical people to build apps, mobile apps and hacks to address some of the issues surrounding electric vehicles and EV charging. Participants will hack, eat, compete for prizes across different categories, and most importantly: network with likeminded people to work on new or current projects. All submissions will be reviewed by a panel of distinguished judges. Prizes include thousands of dollars in gift cards, service and product prizes being awarded across several categories including:
Originality of the idea
Ability to clearly articulate the details of the application
Technologies used in its creation
Level of completion of the hack over the course of the event
"Teaming with Charge Point and DriveNow to open our collective technologies to joint third-party development is a great illustration of the holistic approach to innovation with BMW i," said Dr. Dirk Rossberg, head of the BMW Group Technology Office USA. "We believe that it is about more than just the cars. We're excited about the technical creativity, talent and ingenuity we'll assemble at this first-of-its kind event focused on app development hosted right here in our office."
"We are proud to be a sponsor of this event," said Tavis Szeto, director of marketing of ChargePoint. "Personal mobility is about keeping drivers connected and informed. Forums like this hackathon foster creativity and collaboration and help create the solutions that make the EV driving experience better."
To form a team, click on HackerLeague. Tweet about this hack: #sustainhack.
About ChargePoint, Inc.
ChargePoint is the largest online network of independently owned EV charging stations operating in 14 countries. ChargePoint provides everything an EV station owner needs to deliver turnkey electric vehicle charging services in their parking lots. For drivers, ChargePoint provides state-of-the-art features including the ability to locate, reserve and navigate to unoccupied charging stations with online tools and mobile applications. ChargePoint locations may be found online and are included on the free ChargePoint mobile applications for iPhone and Android. The ChargePoint network is open to all charging station manufacturers. Visit www.chargepoint.com for more information. Follow ChargePoint on Twitter @chargepointnet.
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BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since 1975. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003. The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and the Rolls-Royce brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, a strategic design consultancy in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group's global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all X5 and X3 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 Sports Activity Coupes. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car and BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 139 BMW motorcycle retailers, 117 MINI passenger car dealers, and 34 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group's sales headquarters for North America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
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Kunal Bothra of LKP is of the view that Bata India is a very good stock, it can give 3-5 percent returns in a week.
Bothra told CNBC-TV18, "Bata India is a very good stock in terms of short-term trading only because if you look at the last four days, it has been some sort of accumulation. You see a resistance around Rs 875-878, which was probably building up. Today it managed to give a good breakout. Volumes are there somewhat but I would probably wait for a confirmation again. But I think this is showing a very good strength even on intraday charts if you look at the moving averages, it is showing that the moving averages are gaining strength. Probably a breakout above Rs 890 would signal a very strong move. I have kept my target for a very short-term with a stop loss of Rs 870, I think this is one stock which could definitely give you a trigger of 3-5 percent from probably a week's perspective."


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This Week In Natural Gas Leaks and Explosions – Oct. 15, 2012Oct 15th, 2012 | By Mark | Category: Lead Articles
NatGas Consulting
This Week In Natural Gas Leaks and Explosions is exactly what it sounds like: an aggregation of natural gas leaks and explosions compiled from various media reports from around the country. It is not meant to be comprehensive; a report of that nature would run exceedingly long and try the patience of you, the faithful reader.
That said, let's get right to it …
A California State Supreme Court Judge ruled that PG&E will have to pay about 55 percent of the estimated $2.2 billion it will cost to upgrade the utility's natural gas transmission pipelines.
PG&E shareholders will be responsible for about 55 percent of the upgrade costs, and utility customers will pay the remaining 45 percent.
"Shareholders should not be excused from their duty to pay the costs of retesting, and ratepayers should not receive a new pipeline at no cost," Judge Maribeth Bushey was quoted by The San Francisco Chronicle as saying.
Ed. Note – If you like the content and coverage you get here at NaturalGasWatch.org, please take a moment to click on one of the advertisements you'll see on the right-hand side of the page. Your support will help us keep this site up and running. Thanks, fj.
A natural gas pipeline owned and operated by PG&E exploded Sept. 9, 2010, in San Bruno, Calif., killing eight people and severely damaging 38 homes. The National Transportation Safety Board later found that PG&E didn't know what kind of pipe was beneath San Bruno and said defective welds contributed to the explosion. During the subsequent investigation into the incient, PG&E could not produce records relating to the integrity of its pipeline infrastructure and later said the records were "missing."
A natural gas explosion destroyed a home in Castle Rock, Colorado, on Friday, leaving not much more than a smoking hole in the ground, and sending five people – four of them children – to the hospital.
According to a press release issued by the Town of Castle Rock, three nearby homes were also severely damaged and declared uninhabitable by responding authorities and 20 area residents were evacuated. The explosion also killed one of the family's pets, a dog, and another dog and two cats are still missing.
The Denver Post has a great photo essay documenting the damage done by the blast here.
A massive natural gas explosion at a natural gas processing plant near the U.S. border, in Reynosa, Mexico, killed 30 people and injured 46 others on Tuesday, Sept. 18, according to media accounts of the incident.
Several homes in West Conway, Arkansas, were evacuated this morning in response to a natural gas leak. Authorities still have not determined the source of the leak, according to media accounts.
Residents in Longview, Texas, were forced to flee their homes on Thursday, Oct. 11, because of a natural gas leak. Authorities said the "low pressure" leak was contained relatively quickly, according to media accounts.
A natural gas leak in Salina, Kansas, led authorities to evacuate people from the North 7th Street area on Tuesday, Oct. 2, according to a recent media report. Workers had not located the source of the leak by press time.
A natural gas leak in a vacant home in Bristol, Connecticut, prompted evacuations on Tuesday, Oct. 2, according to a recent media account. A cracked meter reportedly caused the leak.
A natural gas leak ignited by a pilot light in a stove cause a fire in a mobile home park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Sunday, Sept. 30, according to a press release from the City of Cedar Rapids.
From the release:
An investigation by the Fire Department determined that the fire originated behind the gas stove due to the failure of a flexible gas connector that supplies gas from the supply pipe to the appliance. The fire was likely ignited by the nearby pilot light. … The Fire Department recommends that older flexible gas connectors be replaced by a professional. Flexible gas connectors may need to be replaced after ten years as they are not intended to last a lifetime. Older units can wear out from too much moving, bending, and from corrosion.


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Published: November 8, 2013 - 11:41 AM | Updated: November 11, 2013 - 12:08 AM
Jackson High School will host an event titled Capitalizing on Global Opportunities: The Need for Cultural Awareness at Home and Abroad at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The speaker for the event will be Dr. Brandon Wiley, Executive Director, International Studies Schools Network, N.Y. Office.
Wiley, who has spoken at Jackson High School before, values the importance of teaching students how to understand the world, and helping them learn and what it takes to be a global citizen. Wiley offers practical experience in implementing school and district reforms and innovative programs. Wiley's main objective is to support the development of internationally focused schools that foster students to be globally competent and college or career ready.
This event will be held in the Jackson High School commons, 7600 Fulton Street NW, Massillon. All students and parents are invited to attend.
For more information, please contact the high school at 330-837-3501.


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Resilient Humor Debut Winner for Sassy Image
Trainer Jesus Mendoza took out his winning ticket to show he believed in his filly, no matter what her price was on the Los Alamitos Race Course tote Dec. 8.
Trainer Jesus Mendoza took out his winning ticket to show he believed in his filly, no matter what her price was on the Los Alamitos Race Course tote Dec. 8.
The Woodward, Spinaway, Hopeful, Del Mar Futurity, Prioress, Del Mar Derby, Bernard Baruch Handicap, John C. Mabee, Saranac, Smarty Jones, Sprint Cup and more.
Rachel's Valentina continued to impress Sept. 5 at Saratoga Race Course, remaining perfect in two starts with her win in the $350,000 Spinaway Stakes (gr. I) for Stonestreet Stables.
Spinaway's family continues to produce runners of the highest class, so the race that carries her name at Saratoga is a wonderful way to keep her memory alive.
Two-year-old filly Tap to It overcame some difficulty in capturing her career debut Aug. 16 at Saratoga Race Course, pleasing trainer Ralph Nicks and stamping herself as a candidate for the Spinaway Stakes (gr. I) next month.
Triple Crown champion American Pharoah returns to gallop home in the Haskell and more in the August 8, 2015 issue of Blood-Horse magazine.
Keeneland's September yearling sale posted more across-the-board gains Sept. 17 at its ninth session as four horses brought $200,000 or more, helping the 13-day sale remain ahead of last year on average and median prices.
Sweet Reason, smashing winner of the Spinaway Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, is the headliner in the 1 1/16-mile Frizette Stakes (gr. I) Oct. 5 at Belmont Park.
by John P. Sparkman
Despite admirable objective accomplishments, some very good sires like Dixie Union seem fated not to be fully appreciated within their lifetimes.
Undefeated 2-year-old filly So Many Ways will not travel to California to run in the $2 million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park, owner Maggi Moss announced Sept. 26.
Craig B. Singer's homebred Salty Strike jumped out to the early lead and never looked back as the 4-year-old filly posted her third consecutive stakes win in the $100,000 Gardenia Stakes (gr. III) at Ellis Park Aug. 11.
Joyful Victory and Sassy Image top a strong field of 11 fillies and mares in the $100,000 Gardenia Stakes (gr. III) Aug. 11 at Ellis Park, the first race back in Kentucky for jockey Robby Albarado since his May 4 arrest.
Sassy Image will attempt to become the first repeat winner of the $300,000 Humana Distaff (gr. I) when she faces a strong lineup in the 26th renewal of the seven-furlong test May 5 at Churchill Downs.
As bigger names garnered the publicity, Musical Romance completed her rags-to-riches story when she was named champion female sprinter for 2011.
Barbara Banke is carrying on the prominent Thoroughbred operation, Stonestreet Stables, which will be represented by My Miss Aurelia and Wilburn in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Grace Hall probably won't be the favorite for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) Nov. 4 -- that honor will likely go to My Miss Aurelia -- but trainer Tony Dutrow would not change positions with anyone.
Multiple grade I winner Sassy Image has been taken out of consideration for the $1 million Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) after a chip in a hind ankle was discovered.
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Front-running Hilda's Passion became a grade I winner with a romping triumph in the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Aug. 27.
Already a dual grade I winner this year, Sassy Image can keep it going for brothers Jerry and Dale Romans in the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Aug. 27.
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Favored Sassy Image came from out of the clouds to capture the $350,000 Princess Rooney Handicap (gr. I) to highlight the "Summit of Speed" program at Calder Casino & Race Course July 9, her second grade I win in two months.
Grade I winners Sassy Image and Champagne d'Oro will knock heads with local sharpster Musical Romance going six furlongs in the Princess Rooney H. at Calder July 9.
Sassy Image made her win in the grade I Humana Distaff look easy earlier this month at Churchill, but she was pushed to the limit by longshot Beat the Blues May 30 before prevailing by a neck in the Winning Colors (gr. III).
Sassy Image, upset winner of the Humana Distaff (gr. I) for the owner-trainer brother duo of Jerry Romans and Dale Romans, headlines a field of 10 fillies and mares entered in the $100,000 Winning Colors (gr. III).
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RBI comes to rupee's rescue as Iraq burns
Jun 17 2014 , Mumbai
Currency at two-month low, Baghdad shuts main refinery
The rupee dipped to its lowest level in two months in early trade on Tuesday as oil companies rushed to buy dollars amidst tensions in Iraq that raised doubts on whether inflation could be tackled in the wake of rising crude oil prices.
RBI intervened in the market after the rupee went down to 60.42 to the dollar, on fears of escalation of the crisis in Iraq that forced the shutdown of the country's main oil refinery at Baiji north of Baghdad and evacuation of foreign workers.
Reuters quoted an unidentified oil ministry official that the government had asked state-controlled oil refiners to prepare contingency plans to deal with possible supply outages. "We have asked them to be ready with a back-up plan. They should have a contingency plan ready to avoid any supply disruption from Iraq," Reuters quoted the official.
India, the world's fourth-largest oil consumer, imports around 4 million barrels per day of crude oil, with Iraq supplying more than half-a-million barrels daily. Brent oil was quoting at $113 per barrel on Tuesday, almost a dollar higher than Monday's close.
"I think it is a good time to sell dollars. The pressure on the currency will be there for a while if there are geopolitical risks. But overall, the currency (rupee) will remain stabile," said Jamaal Mecklai currency expert and promoter of Mecklai Financial.
Both state-owned and foreign banks were busy selling the dollars. While the foreign banks were selling on behalf of exporters, the state-owned banks were selling on behalf of RBI, forex dealers in the loop said.
Speaking at a seminar organised by the State Bank of India, Rajan said the country was closely monitoring the Iraq situation. However, despite the prevailing uncertainty, the domestic economy was better placed to deal with extrenal shocks, he said.
"We have sufficient reserves, the current account deficit is low. So, I think one shouldn't worry too much about the external side at this point," Rajan said. The rupee fell to an intraday low of 60.55 to the dollar, last touched on April 29, according to data collated by Reuters.
Ananth Narayan, managing director for global markets and co-head wholesale bank for South Asia at Standard Chartered, said, "There will be pressure on the rupee. If the monsoon were poor than expected, inflationary expectations would go up, keeping interest rates high. But, it is a good time to sell dollars." He said if the Iraq situation were not brought under control, crude oil prices would shoot up.
Reuters reported Iraqi officials had confirmed that the Baiji refinery north of Baghdad had shut down and foreign workers evacuated, although they said government troops still held the vast compound. The refinery has been protected by elite troops, while the nearby town largely fell to ISIL fighters last week. Baiji's refinery had stayed open despite years of civil war while US forces were in the country.
Oil ministry officials in New Delhi said they were considering importing additional volumes from current suppliers and buying from the spot market. "We are not unduly perturbed at this point. As of now we don't see much of a problem... if need be we will look at alternatives, as we have contracts with Saudi Arabia and ADNOC," an official at Hindustan Petroleum told Reuters.
HPCL plans to buy 105,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Iraqi oil in 2014 compared with about 100,000 bpd last year. The country's biggest refiner, Indian Oil Corporation which is also Iraq's biggest oil client from India, has an annual deal to buy 284,000 bpd Iraqi oil in 2014 compared with 270,000 bpd in 2013.
Oil futures fell towards $112 per barrel on Tuesday, pressured by signs of a thaw in relations between Iran and the west, although market players saw scope for gains if violence in Iraq threatened production from OPEC's second-biggest producer.
"(The rally) has paused rather than come to an end and it will go substantially higher if there's any threat to the south (where the majority of oil production is centred)," Christopher Bellow at Jefferies Bache told Reuters.


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Two lanes of freedom [sound recording] / Tim McGraw.
- CD Music recording
- Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: [Nashville, TN] : Big Machine Records, p2013.
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Content descriptions
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| Compact disc.
Credits and lyrics (1 folded sheet : ill.) inserted in container.
|Contents Note:
| Two lanes of freedom -- One of those nights -- Friend of a friend -- Southern girl -- Truck yeah -- Nashville without you -- Book of John -- Mexicoma -- Number 37405 -- It's your world -- Highway don't care (feat. Taylor Swift and Keith Urban).
|Creation/Production Credits Note:
| Produced by Byron Gallimore and Tim McGraw.
|Participant or Performer Note:
| Tim McGraw, vocals ; with assisting musicians.
|Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
| Recorded at Studio D, Blackbird Studios and Essential Sound, Nashville, TN.
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Third mall jewelry store burglary
At 4:35 a.m. Sunday, June 23, three men covered in black clothing and masks broke into the Morgan's Jewelers at Westfield Vancouver Mall, smashed the glass cases, grabbed a lot of jewelry and bolted. Investigators believe the burglary is connected to similar cases a day later in Tualatin and Hillsboro.
Click on the picture below to view surveillance video captured inside the Vancouver store:
The Tualatin burglary happened at 1:50 a.m. Monday at Jared Jewelers at Bridgeport Village. Tualatin Police report about $150,000 worth of items were taken. Less than three hours later that morning, thieves broke into the Macy's at Tanasboure. In all three cases, the burglars busted in through an external service entry, smashed cases and grabbed items. K-9 units were brought in to track down the suspects without success.
Investigators in all three cities are accepting tips on all three cases.
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[U.S. SOCCER] After a long career as college and MLS coach, and Bob Bradley took the U.S. helm in December 2006 after the U.S. Soccer
Federation's prolonged negotiations with Juergen Klinsmann to replace Bruce Arena fell through. Bradley was let go on Thursday after four and a half years in charge.
Here's a look at the USA's highs and lows in the Bradley era ...
HIGH. In his second game in charge, the USA beat Mexico, 2-1, in a February friendly in Arizona on goals by Jimmy Conrad and Landon Donovan. The victory, sandwiched between exhibition wins over Denmark and Ecuador, made Bradley the first U.S. coach to win his first three games. In May, he had the interim label removed.
HIGH. In his first Gold Cup in charge, Bradley celebrated a win over Mexico in the final, 2-1 in Chicago before a sellout crowd of 60,000 at Soldier Field in Chicago. The title qualified the USA for the 2009 Confederations Cup, a dress rehearsal for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
LOW. Coming right after the Gold Cup, Bradley had to take mostly youngsters and second-stringers to the Copa America in Venezuela as the stars returned to their European or MLS clubs. The Americans fell 4-1 to Argentina, 3-1 to Paraguay, and 1-0 to Colombia.
HIGH. In preparation for World Cup qualifying, the USA played the world's No. 1 ranked Argentina to a scoreless tie at Giants Stadium in front of 78,682, then reeled off six straight wins for the best start ever in World Cup qualifying.
HIGH. The USA under Bradley beat archrival Mexico for the third straight time -- 2-0 in Columbus, Ohio – in the first game of the final round of qualifying play for South Africa 2010. Bradley's son, Michael, scored both goals.
LOW. The Americans started the Confederations Cup with 3-1 and 3-0 losses to Italy and Brazil, respectively, but …
HIGH. A 3-0 win over Egypt in the final group game at the Confederations Cup – combined with Italy's 3-0 loss to Brazil -- put the Americans in the semifinals, where they beat Spain, 2-0, ending the European champion's 35-game unbeaten streak. The USA played some brilliant soccer in the final against Brazil, took a 2-0 lead, but fell, 3-2.
LOW. Mexico thumped the USA, 5-0, in the Gold Cup final. It was the worst U.S. loss since a 5-0 defeat by England in a 1985 friendly.
HIGH. A 3-2 win at Honduras clinched a spot for the USA in the 2010 World Cup with one game left. Four days later, the USA tied Costa Rica, 2-2, in Washington, D.C., to finish first, ahead of Mexico, in the Hexagonal.
HIGH. Thanks to a major blunder by England goalkeeper Robert Green on Clint Dempsey's long-range effort, the USA earned a 1-1 tie in its 2010 World Cup opener. The Americans came back again to tie Slovenia, 2-2, and in the third group game, thanks to a last-minute goal by Landon Donovan, beat Algeria, 1-0, to win the group and advance to the round of 16 – four years after a first-round exit in the World Cup.
LOW. Plagued by bad starts at the World Cup, the USA fell behind Ghana in the 5th minute when Ricardo Clark, a defensive midfielder whom Bradley had reinserted in the lineup, was stripped of the ball on what led to Ghana's opening goal. Clark was cautioned in the 7th minute -- and subbed out by Bradley in the 31st minute. The Americans came back on a Donovan penalty kick but lost, 2-1, after overtime.
LOW. Bradley, still not assured of whether he would be rehired, led the USA into its first post-World Cup game in August against Brazil at the New Giants Stadium, and 77,223 fans witnessed a lackluster performance and 2-0 loss to a young Brazilian team. U.S. Soccer re-signed Bradley to a four-year contract later that month.
LOW. A 1-0 loss to Paraguay in March in Nashville gave the USA a six-game winless streak at home -- its longest since 1998. The streak reached seven in June win the USA was thumped, 4-0, by Spain. The Americans had now scored only three goals in their last six games.
LOW. After opening the Gold Cup with a 2-0 win over Canada, the Americans fell, 2-1, to Panama. They reached the second round thanks to a 1-0 win over Guadeloupe, which plays in Concacaf's regional competition but as a French department (population: 400,000) is not eligible for FIFA competition.
LOW. In the Gold Cup final, the USA took a 2-0 lead but was totally outclassed by a young Mexican team and falls, 4-2. The defeat meant the USA will miss out on the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil. Bradley is let go five months later.


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It's done all the time. It seems to be the accepted practice. When it comes to children, I would say absolutely.<quoted text>
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So, is it ok to "trample on the rights of some to protect" others or not?
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#834 Feb 8, 2013
You're nutty.
Gay people are asking to be treated the same under the law as heterosexuals.
Someone asks me for examples.
I then present a few.
You then claim I have a specific agenda based upon one of those examples.
#835 Feb 8, 2013
same answer you will get with gun control
#836 Feb 8, 2013
Fair enough. So that sauce is also good for gun regulations, right?
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#837 Feb 8, 2013
Guns are inanimate objects.
#838 Feb 8, 2013
So what?
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#839 Feb 8, 2013
So--let me be clear. Are you getting your rocks off for procreation or religious expression?
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#840 Feb 8, 2013
Then you have engaged in same-sex enounters.
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#841 Feb 8, 2013
They already are treated the same under the law as heterosexuals are. They don't want equal rights, they want extra rights. They want the ability to do what no one else can do because of choices they made.
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#842 Feb 8, 2013
More per person than filing individually, or more than it cost to file married in the past?
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#843 Feb 8, 2013
Sometimes I suspect that Topix doesn't got well with other entertainments. Like drinking, perhaps.
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#844 Feb 8, 2013
Nope, there is this thing called the second amendment which limits government's ability to tred on certain rights.
Have you thought this through? I mean I saw your setup coming several posts ago and after stringing it out, I simply remind you of something that I know you are well aware of and completely blow your argument out of the water.
You see, it's all in the details. The details that allow you to act like a freaking idiot as the government likely would have sterilized your parents had Eugenics not fell out of favor.
#845 Feb 8, 2013
It's easy to research under marriage tax penalty, and it's wrong. You should not be penalized for being married in this country. I realize you were a single mom but you can't ignore the fact that we are rewarding young people who are having baby after baby without benefit of marriage, often with different partners. And the mindset with that is different from those who choose to adopt IMO.
#846 Feb 8, 2013
Legally, they're not and no matter where you land in this debate, you can't change that fact. It is sad that someone who has been there for another for years and years, through good and bad, ultimately cannot make serious choices in the hospital for another. OTOH, I've seen it happen with friends who take care of older adults and, in the end, it's the estranged family members who get the make the choices at the end, often not what the sick person wanted.
#847 Feb 8, 2013
and that is what power of attorney and living wills are for
everybody should have them
#848 Feb 8, 2013
Agreed, but there are many younger people who are uncomfortable with facing their own mortality. I was thinking of a couple specific incidents when I wrote that. I realize it's common sense, but many people under 40 do not have their paperwork in order. Maybe even under 50, now that I think about it.
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#849 Feb 8, 2013
Another reason then that homosexuals shouldn't be in the BSA.
The motto, after all, is: "Be prepared!"
#850 Feb 8, 2013
in a civil relationship it is a requirement if you are serious about it.
marriage it is automatic.
are homosexuals too lazy to draw up a living will; and grant power of attorney?
if so......to bad.
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#851 Feb 8, 2013
Guns don't target children.
Psychologically disordered people do.
Until 1973, homosexual behavior was listed in the APA Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders together with the other 547 forms of sexual deviancy [i.e., sexual paraphilias], as defined by the APA. And recently, the APA has been debating a change in the status of pedophilia from a DSM-listed mental illness to a sexual preference choice.
In 1995, the homosexual magazine "Guide" stated:
"We can be proud that the gay movement has been home to the few voices who have had the courage to say out loud that children are naturally sexual, that they deserve the right to sexual expression with whoever they choose ...[w]e must listen to our prophets. Instead of fearing being labeled pedophiles, we must proudly proclaim that sex is good, including childrens sexuality .... We must do it for the childrens sake."
A loud and proud declaration that homosexuals must molest children for the children's sake.
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#852 Feb 8, 2013
Legally, they are treated exactly the same. Any homosexual couple has exactly the same rights to marry someone of the opposite sex, of legal age, and only with their competent consent.
As for being there in the hospital, all they need to do is get a medical power of attorney and they can. However, it should be noted that others not married, even if heterosexual, have to do the exact same thing in order to get so called rights.
What homosexuals want is extra rights, they want the extra ability to have those same rights by marrying someone of the same sex instead of the opposite sex as is what society at large has directed.
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Dunno if this answer can help or not. But have you tried a natural gel for the frizz? Like aloe vera(heyfranhey) or flax seeds(naptural85).
Now for going product-free I plan to do this in the new year. No more commercial products for anything on my hair, skin, or face. Since the question is about hair I plan to pre-poo with olive oil, wash with clay (bentonite or rhassoul), and moisturize & seal with grapeseed oil, shea butter, and castor oil on a weekly basis.


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Michael Barone has a fascinating column, excerpted after the jump, about how leftists, on campuses and elsewhere, are trying to silence anyone who disagrees with them. But this should not be surprising.
The hard left, whether of the Marxist variety or the post-Marxist variety (which substitutes oppression of women, races, or other groups for the Marxist focus on economic oppression and class struggle) nearly always rejects free speech, as well as other civil liberties, whenever they get into power, as we have seen in communist regimes If you reject individualism in favor of collectivism, believe that liberty is a bourgeois value designed to promote capitalism, and think that those in power always almost by definition suppress those who oppose them, then, yes, you will reject free speech.
The left certainly holds the power at most college campuses and in some other political and cultural circles, so of course they will impose speech codes and punish dissenters. [Read more…]


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Little Big Town Takes To The Seven Seas, Rodney Atkins Goes Through Hell – Today In Country Music History [VIDEO]
Little Big Town took to the Seven Seas for a wedding and Rodney Atkins was Going Through Hell on this date in 2006, we were all thankful for Faith Hill in 2002, and Willie Nelson had a debut performance back in 1964.
Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 28 November, 2011.
- Little Big Town's Kimberly Roads married Stephen Schlapman on a Caribbean island in 2006.
- Rodney Atkins scored his first gold album for If You're Going Through Hell in 2006.
- Lee Ann Womack collected a gold album for There's More Where That Came From in 2005.
- Faith Hill's second network television special aired in prime time on NBC on Thanksgiving in 2002.
- Marty Stuart joined the Grand Ole Opry, the first new member added after the death of Roy Acuff, in 1992.
- Charlie Rich recorded his first Number One hit, "Behind Closed Doors," in 1972.
- Willie Nelson debuted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1964.
- Connie Smith's debut single, "Once A Day," went to Number One on the Billboard country singles chart in 1964.
- Hank Locklin debuted on the Grand Ole Opry in 1953.
Here's a look back at Rodney Atkins' If You're Going Through Hell.
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