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fter watching Fight Club,
I resolved to change, to be different, to rebel. I would no longer
frequent Starbucks, no longer wear Old Navy, no longer listen
to N'Sync. I was determined to resist consumer culture with a
So I went shopping.
If you're going to be Tyler Durden, you have to have the right look, the right style, the right kick-ass vibe. At Urban Outfitters, you can buy a wardrobe of dissent for less than $600. All the products there have that fuck you attitude, which is to say they all appear to be worn-out and retro-fied. Shopping at Urban Outfitters gives you instant "rebel" credibility. Tyler may mock Gap, but he's not going to mock a store that's sells Atari T-shirts for $28. Hell, just visit the nearest Urban Outfitters, and you'll see Tyler Durdens and Marla Singers everywhere.
I ended up spending $565 for a jacket, a pair of leather pants, and three Ben Sherman buttondown shirts. Afterwards, I got myself a tattoo that said "fuck consumerism." I felt so liberated, so free from the mass conformity of our commercialized culture. I felt like one of those rebels in the "defy convention" Reebok advertisements, transgressing the "norms" of our civilized society. Inspired, I got online and immediately ordered a pair of The Pump Fury Reeboks for $109.99 and downloaded the "defy convention" screensaver for inspiration. Before I disconnected, I went on eBay and made a bid for a bar of pink Fight Club soap. I couldn't think of a better way to remind myself of the mindless consumerism of our age than to buy some pink Fight Club soap.
I thank Tyler, and Fight Club, that I'm no longer a slave to commercial products.
1. Fight Club (see above)
2. Disturbing Behavior. There are two types of people: programmed teens who dress like J. Crew dweebs and free-spirited rebels who sport leather jackets and barbed-wire tattoos. If you want to be a cool individual, shop where Katie Holmes shops.
3. Grease. In the end, leather wins! And it has never looked so delicious!
4. Rebel Without a Cause. What is a rebellious, restless, misunderstood, middle-class youth to do in the monotone world of suburbia? Wear leather, of course!
5. The Matrix. It is our mission to free human civilization from its comatose state. What should we wear? Leather, leather, and more leather (oh, and sunglasses).
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This is the final report of the ODAC meeting held on
All external requests should be submitted to the Freedom of Information office.
75th meeting of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee was held in the CDER
Conference Room
Open Public Hearing
Mark Scott – Astra Zeneca Oncology
The Agenda proceeded as follows:
Call to Order Donna Przepiorka, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee
Introduction of Committee
Conflict of Interest Statement Johanna Clifford, M.S., RN, BSN
Executive Secretary, Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee
Opening Remarks Grant Williams, M.D., Deputy Director
General Regulatory Background Ann Farrell, M.D., Medical Team Leader
Division of Oncology Drug Products
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA
Endpoints for Past Approvals Ramzi Dagher, M.D., Medical Team Leader
Division of Oncology Drug Products
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA
Selected Issues in Oncology Grant Williams, M.D., Deputy Director
Trial Design Division of Oncology Drug Products
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA
Clarification Questions to Presenters
Open Public Hearing
Questions for Discussion
Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Martin Cohen, M.D., Medical Officer
Regulatory Background Division of Oncology Drug Products
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA
FDA/ASCO Non Small Cell Lung Paul Bunn, M.D.
Cancer Workshop Summary Professor and Director
University of
Quality of Life and Patient Reported Richard Gralla, M.D.
Outcomes as Endpoints in Clinical President, Multinational Association of
Cancer Trials Supportive Care in Cancer
Clarification Questions to Presenters
Open Public Hearing
Questions for Discussion
Meeting Questions– Session I
Sponsors must demonstrate that drugs are safe and must provide substantial evidence of effectiveness from "adequate and well-controlled clinical investigations." Such effects could include important clinical outcomes (e.g., survival), symptomatic improvement, or effects on established surrogate endpoints, such as blood sugar, blood pressure, or blood cholesterol, and all of these endpoints have often been used as a basis for approval.
In oncology, survival is the gold standard for clinical benefit, but the FDA has accepted other endpoints for cancer drug approval. Given the toxicity of cancer drugs, approval required evidence of improvement in survival or in a patient's quality of life, e.g., improved physical functioning or improved tumor-related symptoms. Other endpoints have been accepted in specific clinical situations. Disease-free survival has been accepted as an adequate endpoint for adjuvant cancer treatment when a large proportion of patients with recurrence was symptomatic. Durable complete response was considered an acceptable endpoint in testicular cancer and acute leukemia because the untreated conditions were quickly lethal or even in some chronic leukemias and lymphomas, where it was clear that remission would lead to less infection, bleeding, and blood product support. Response rates have been considered as endpoints for regular approval in specific settings when other factors were taken into consideration, such as response duration, relief of tumor-related symptoms, and drug toxicity
With this background in mind, please discuss issues relating to the following endpoints:
1. Discuss the role of survival as an endpoint. Consider in your discussion 1) the importance of whether existing therapies prolong survival and 2) the potential confounding of survival results by patient crossover or where several subsequent therapies may also affect survival.
The committee felt that survival should always be assessed but need not always be the primary endpoint. The committee acknowledged that in some cases, crossover could obscure detection of a potential survival benefit.
Time to tumor progression (TTP)
TTP has been proposed as an endpoint for regular approval, but has not been rigorously validated as a surrogate for survival. As noted below TTP has important attributes, yet difficulties exist with its use.
· TTP is a measure of tumor effect in all patients, rather than measuring effect in a subset of patients.
· Progression is widely viewed by oncologists and patients as an indicator of worsening necessitating a change in therapy.
· Tumor progression is in the direct causal path of morbidity and death.
· TTP is an indirect measure of patient benefit.
· The clinical meaning of small TTP difference is unclear.
· Reliability in an unblinded setting has been questioned.
· TTP findings are difficult for independent review groups and for FDA to verify.
2. Discuss whether clinical settings exist where TTP improvement should be considered
an established surrogate for clinical benefit and should support regular drug approval. Identify the factors that determine when TTP is an adequate endpoint for drug approval.
Factors to be considered in your discussion include reliability in measuring the endpoint, relationship of disease progression to death, established benefit of available therapy, drug toxicity, and whether progressing patients are symptomatic. (Clinical scenarios highlighting these factors are listed in the appendix).
First, all committee members preferred inclusion of deaths in the TTP endpoint, i.e., they preferred progression free survival (PFS) to TTP. Most committee members felt that an improvement in PFS was clinical benefit, but that whether to TTP as a regulatory endpoint depended upon many factors, such as treatment toxicity, the ability to measure TTP without bias, the size of theTTP benefit, the toxicity of treatment, and the effectiveness of other available therapy. The committee did not feel that measurement of TTP at a single time point was an attractive option until the concept had been studied further.
Disease-free survival
FDA has stated that disease-free survival (DFS) can support regular drug approval in cancers where the majority of recurrences are symptomatic. Others propose that prolongation of DFS should support regular approval in all clinical settings because a delay in cancer detection or a delay in the need for toxic cancer treatment is of clinical benefit.
3. Discuss whether DFS is generally an adequate endpoint for approval of cancer drugs or whether additional evidence is needed, such as data demonstrating (or suggesting) that DFS is a survival surrogate.
4. Consider whether the adequacy of DFS varies with the clinical setting. For instance, consider the following clinical scenarios:
A. No standard adjuvant therapy exists. Treatment with investigational drug shows superior DFS compared to an unproven control regimen.
B. Treatment with investigational drug shows prolongation of DFS compared to highly effective standard therapy (that imparts a survival benefit).
C. Treatment with investigational drug shows non-inferior DFS compared to highly effective standard therapy (that imparts a survival benefit).
The committee felt that prolongation of DFS is a clinical benefit, not just a surrogate for survival. Even so, when deciding whether to accept DFS as a primary endpoint, the FDA should weigh the benefit from delay in tumor detection versus the toxicity of treatment. In evaluating treatment toxicity, effects on functionality are of most interest, not minor toxicities or minor changes in QOL scales. Whether DFS would be an appropriate primary endpoint for a particular setting should be made on a case-by-case basis. Survival should be assessed in all studies.
First-line NSCLC treatment setting: approval based on demonstrating superior TTP
Considering the pros and cons of TTP discussed in the morning session:
1. For approval of drugs for first-line treatment of advanced lung cancer, could a TTP benefit of a new drug compared to a standard first-line regimen justify regular drug approval? (Assume the standard control arm has a known small [2-month] survival benefit.)
The question was rephrased to address locally advanced and metastatic disease as separate entities. As such, the
question to the committee read, would you consider progression free survival as an appropriate endpoint for full
approval for the patient with metastatic NSCLC?
Yes – 11 No – 08
Please note that all but one of the lung cancer consultants voted no on this issue. Dr. Temple suggested that data should be examined to assess whether patients are symptomatic at the time of recurrence. If they were, this would strengthen the case that PFS is a clinical benefit measure in this setting.
The committee then addressed the question with respect to the inoperable, locally advanced setting, asking the committee to vote on whether they would use progression-free survival as a primary endpoint for approval.
Yes – 4 No - 15
2. If the answer to question 1 is yes, describe the TTP evidence that would suffice:
a. Discuss the magnitude of TTP improvement that would be clinically relevant.
b. Given the difficulties with measuring TTP, should FDA's evidentiary requirements (number of trials, required significance level) be greater for TTP than for survival?
c. If TTP is the primary endpoint should trials be blinded? If not, should progression be verified by blinded central reading of scans?
3. In addition to the TTP finding what, if any, survival evidence would be needed?
a. Should trials rule out a survival decrement of some size?
b. Should trials be powered to detect a realistic improvement in survival even if survival improvement is not an approval requirement?
4. If an improvement in TTP would not support regular approval, could it support accelerated approval?
The committee felt that under the considerations discussed, they would support AA, if a clinically significant effect on TPP were documented.
Yes – 18 No - 0 Abstain – 1
First-line NSCLC treatment setting: approval based on demonstrating non-inferiority in survival
5. When designing a non-inferiority (NI) trial, the active control treatment should have demonstrated a consistent treatment effect in numerous trials. The effect should be reasonably large and precisely defined. A critical assumption (the constancy assumption) is that the treatment effect of the active control will also exist in the planned NI trial setting.
a. FDA believes that data from existing active control regimens for NSCLC are insufficient to support the design of NI trials based on survival. Do you agree?
First-line NSCLC treatment setting: approval based on non-inferiority (NI) analyses of TTP and/or RR
6. Could approval be based on NI analyses of RR and/or TTP in situations where a NI analysis of survival cannot be performed? Examples would be when there are insufficient patient numbers to allow a survival NI analysis or when there is confounding of the survival analysis by crossover.
Specifically, address the following situation:
A less toxic experimental drug demonstrates non-inferiority of both RR and TTP
compared to the standard toxic regimen. The standard toxic regimen has previously demonstrated an estimated 2-month survival benefit in one trial comparing it to best supportive care. In the current trial data 95% confidence intervals cannot establish whether the experimental therapy retains the survival benefit of the standard regimen.
The committee felt that it is very complicated to perform a NI on a surrogate endpoint as described in this question. Further information would be required to respond adequately, in terms of functional relationships with respect to the fractions of the benefit in TTP that translates into the fraction of the survival benefit.
The surgical adjuvant setting
7. FDA has stated that disease-free survival (DFS) can support regular drug approval in cancers where the majority of recurrences are symptomatic. Others propose that prolongation of DFS should support regular approval in all clinical settings because a delay in cancer detection or a delay in the need for toxic cancer treatment is of clinical benefit.
a. In NSLC, should a DFS improvement from adjuvant chemotherapy support regular drug approval? If so, clarify why you consider DFS an established surrogate for clinical benefit in this setting:
· Because it delays the detection of cancer and treatment?
· Because it delays symptoms?
· Because it delays death?
b. If not, could a DFS improvement support accelerated approval? Would a survival advantage ultimately be required for conversion to regular approval?
The experts on the panel suggested that adjuvant therapy has yet to play a role in lung cancer. However, the committee agreed that DFS can be used as a primary endpoint. There are currently 2 studies underway.
Symptoms and QOL in lung cancer studies
Symptom-based endpoints have served as the basis of approval for several drugs including drugs for local treatment of obstructing endobronchial cancer. However, difficulties exist with using such endpoints in cancer treatment, including lack of blinding and missing data.
7. Do lung cancer settings exist where symptom-based endpoints can serve as the primary endpoint for approval? If so, discuss suitable symptom-based endpoints.
The committee had concerns about the length of the QOL instruments (21+ questions). They emphasized the merits of using very targeted symptoms scales such as the Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS).
8. Discuss the role of HRQOL as a drug approval endpoint.
a. In the NSCLC setting, are HRQOL results meaningful in single arm studies?
b. In randomized studies are HRQOL results meaningful without blinding?
c. Should HRQOL instruments be routinely included in lung cancer studies? If so, which instruments?
The committee felt that long HRQOL instruments should be used sparingly in lung cancer patients who are often experiencing lung cancer symptoms. They recommended shorter targeted scales.


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With her scheduled performance at the Super Bowl halftime show fast approaching, Beyonce Knowles is getting psyched for the big event, as revealed in a newly-released promotional photo. The Destiny's Child member is set to perform during the halftime of the big NFL game on Sunday, February 3 live from New Orleans.
The 31-year-old performer and actress posted the new pic on her Tumblr page, dressing up in a referee's uniform but hers was a body-hugging, tight ensemble of a black-and white striped jersey top and cropped shorts complete with thigh-high stiletto boots. She completed the look by sporting hash marks on her cheeks.
The witty photo comes as a part of a long tradition of Super Bowl promotional shots taken by the halftime show musical acts like Bruce Springsteen, The Who and Madonna, who last year dressed as a cheerleader in support of her hyped-up halftime performance during the football game. Aside from her photo, Beyonce also posted some photos from the rehearsals she had been doing leading up to the big event this coming weekend.
The "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" singer has yet to discuss her recent lip-syncing controversy at Pres. Obama's inauguration ceremony last week, but is expected to finally address the issue during the press conference this Thursday for her Super Bowl show. Her reported onstage reunion with Michelle Williams (II) and Kelly Rowland is sure to be discussed as well, following Williams' recent claims that the Destiny's Child performance is not true.


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London 2012 organisers are facing a backlash from prospective parents who have learned they will need tickets for their newborn babies – even if they were not conceived when the highly prized seats were bought.
The situation, which has been described as "ridiculous" and "bloody stupid" by angry ticketholders, has arisen because most tickets went on sale last April – 15 months before the Games.
Ticketholders, some of whom will have babies just weeks old and will be breastfeeding, have been told by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Locog) they can try to buy an additional ticket for their chosen event for the baby.
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Shutdown of court in Fayette hangs over primary
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Tuesday ordered the elimination of the magisterial district court covered by retiring Magisterial District Judge Dwight K. Shaner.
The office will be merged with the office of Magisterial District Judge Jesse Cramer effective Jan. 1.
The court occupied by Cramer will inherit the municipalities of Dawson, Dunbar, Everson, Perryopolis and Vanderbilt boroughs and Dunbar, Franklin, Lower Tyrone, Perry and Upper Tyrone townships.
Cramer's office serves Belle Vernon, Fayette City and Newell boroughs and Washington and Jefferson townships.
Shaner turns 70 this year and, under state law, must retire. He will finish the year under the old district's configuration. After his final day on Dec. 31, Shaner's area will be dissolved and become part of Cramer's jurisdiction.
What remains unclear is whether candidates jockeying for Shaner's post will be permitted to run against Cramer for the new district's post.
The primary is May 21, and candidates who want to be on the ballot must file by 4:30 p.m. March 12.
Several people have announced their candidacy for Shaner's court, including his daughter, Soni Shaner Mancuso; and Richard Kasunic Jr., son of state Sen. Richard Kasunic. Also announcing his candidacy is Connellsville police Detective Lt. Kenneth H. Jaynes. All live in Dunbar Township.
Cramer, who has announced his bid for re-election, said he empathizes with the candidates, but he doesn't believe they could re-enter the race.
He referred to the final line of the Supreme Court's order that states: "The vacancy for district 14-3-06 (Shaner's district) shall not appear on the ballot in the 2013 municipal election."
"Far be it for me to question the Supreme Court, but you would think they'd have this settled before these people spent money and went out to get petitions to sign and organize committees," Cramer said.
"I feel badly for them. That being said, I didn't have the opportunity to seek support in that district the same as those people running for (Shaner's) job didn't have the opportunity to seek support in my district."
Mancuso said Tuesday that it's unclear if she is able to run against Cramer, but added: "If I'm able to be in, I'm in."
She declined further comment, saying she will look into the issue further, along with her advisers, and contact the Fayette County Election Bureau.
Kasunic said he is "shell-shocked" hearing about the court's decision and would comment at a later time.
"I really have no comment because I didn't know about the ruling. I'm dumfounded," Jaynes said. "I have to gather more information and see what I'm going to have to do. If I can run, I'll still run. If not, I'll regroup and come up with another plan."
Election Bureau Director Larry Blosser said he is unaware of the court's decision and that he will contact the state Department of State.
Ron Ruman, press secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of State, said the issue on who would be eligible to seek nomination for the new office ultimately will be decided by either Fayette County President Judge John F. Wagner Jr., the Fayette County Election Bureau, or a "collaboration of both."
"Part of it portends on when the current justice will retire," Ruman said.
"In our opinion, it would be fine, but it's not our decision to make. Our recommendations to counties has been: When you're consolidating districts, people being brought in the new district not be blocked by our residency requirement."
Cramer said he is prepared for the increased workload of what would become one of the geographically largest magisterial districts in Western Pennsylvania, as well as relocation to a more centralized part of the district, such as Star Junction.
"That was the premise of our community court system to try and make yourself accessible. Personally, looking on the map, (Routes) 51 and 201 would be a good intersection of two arteries that come through the two major parts of the district," Cramer said. "Frankly, I'd rather be busy. We're going to deal with this a little bit at a time and get it done."
Rick Bruni Jr. is a staff writer for Trib Total Media.


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Barnet travel to fellow Skrill Premier promotion chasers Cambridge United tomorrow and Jake Hyde, Graham Stack, Mark Byrne and Luisma Villa will all be missing.
Hyde returned to training at the start of the week after a hamstring injury but isn't fit enough to make a return to the squad.
Byrne will be absent due to a knee problem and Luisma Villa is a long-term absentee as he continues to recover from an ankle injury.
Stack misses the contest as he serves the final game of a three-match ban.
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Thursday 25th October 2012
23.10.2012 - 25.10.2012
Tuesday 23rd October 2012 was our Four Islands trip. This consisted of; Pick up from our hotel, then a speedboat to Phranang beach, Tub Island, Chicken Island, Yawasam Island, Poda Island and Koh See Island. I know that is more than four islands, but for some we just stopped nearby to take photos or snorkel. The others we actually got off the boat and had time there.
Once aboard the speedboat, I thought I would give my waterproof camera a try. As I pulled it out of the case I realised it was already on. I tried to turn it off, but it just was not happening. The only way I could get it to turn off was by taking the battery out. Thinking that I would just leave it on and use it till the battery run out, I tried to press the shutter release to take a shot. Again it was just focussing. So I tried the on/off button to see if that would take a photo, nope! Now that wasn't doing anything either! The only thing I could do was take videos. My camera was officially KAPUTT!
I sulked for a couple of minutes, annoyed at myself for not being more careful with it in the first place. But decided that maybe we could try get it looked at somewhere, get a new one or if they were too expensive we would just have to stick with Marks alone. Shame really, as I had wanted us both to have our own so we could get pics of each other as well as capturing our journey from our different perspectives Hey Ho!
On our trip Mark and I were the only English people. There were mainly Chinese tourists and a Thai family with a very cute little boy. As you'd expect the speedboat was great fun and extremely fast. We were soon at our first destination. We all clambered off the boat one by one and made our way on the beach. There were some caves to one side so Mark and I decided to head in that direction.
When we got to the edge of the beach I could see a cave full of penis statues?? My first thoughts were that it must be something to do with fertility and we moved closer to see if there was any information regarding the cave. Thankfully there was, and I had been right. People were praying and lighting incense sticks (I could only see women doing this), obviously in the hope that they would then be blessed with a child. We took in the scene for a moment or two then headed round towards the rest of the rocks.
I started to snap away, enjoying the scenery when I was interrupted by something I really did not want to see…
…Memory Card Full!
Usually this would not have been an issue. I would change the card for a new one and continue without a blink of an eye, but not today. I had stupidly forgotten my spare cards. I could see in my mind where I had left them. FAIL!
Had it have been the end of the day I would have just accepted my silly mistake but this was our first stop! I found some shade and quickly started looking through the photos I had stored on the card. I needed to delete the ones I thought were not likely to be of any use to make space for the day. I hate deleting on camera. The screen is too small to really see the image. I much prefer to look at them on the screen before making any decisions but I didn't really have much choice due to my rookie error.
Please let this be the last camera related incident of the day! I couldn't take anymore! Ha ha!
Before we had to leave Mark suggested we get some snaps of us there on his camera. So we started trying to get a half decent photo of us both with his arm holding the camera out. Luckily our guide from the boat appeared (a very smiley, friendly Thai man) offering to take the photo for us, then it was time to head back to the boat.
The next stop was snorkelling, just off the rocks of one of the islands. Mark and I don't like to wear the life jackets, we can both swim and I personally find that they just make it more difficult. Everyone else on the boat obviously did not feel the same and were faffing about trying to get them on and sort out their snorkelling gear. We were stuck towards the front of the boat unable to move. The guide obviously noticed this and made his way over asking my name. Once informed he proceeded to shout at the top of his voice 'Everybody move, Jenni is ready! Jenni coming through! Jenni will go first!' before quickly glancing back to look at Mark before continuing 'Jenni's friend will go second!' It was highly embarrassing as everyone looked at me, probably very confused as to why I was getting special treatment and being pushed ahead of them.
Once I was in the water he kept calling my name and throwing bread and biscuits into the water where I was swimming so the fish would surround me ha ha! It was very nice of him as I got some great photos!
For most of the time in the water Mark and I just paddled around slowly exploring the rocks and coral without any problems but at one point a fish went under me and I continued to look at it a little too long. My snorkel went under and I got a mouthful of water. Choking and trying to sort myself out I went upright for a couple of minutes treading water. I must have been moving with the current because I ended up being over some rocks without realising and hit my foot on them.
It was stinging a lot so I knew I must have cut it but didn't want to lose any time in the water so ignored it and carried on.
Once back on the boat my new friend spotted my cut straight away saying 'Oh No! Jenni! What happened?'. He ushered me to the front of the boat and went to fetch the first aid kit. On his return he started to clean the cut putting various liquids on to it. One of them was 100% alcohol and I nearly flew of the seat! Wow it stung!
Whilst he was busy tending to my toe the others had come back on board. The little Thai boy was watching him intently and the guide began to tease him, telling him I had been bitten by a shark! Ha ha! The boy's face was a picture! He then covered it with a bandage and secured it with waterproof plasters.
The next island consisted of two sections joined by a sand pathway under only a couple of inches of sea water. Mark and I explored one part before making our way over to the other for our lunch. Lunch was a Thai curry and rice, yummy! After we decided to chill out on the beach for a while, so I put my sarong down (best purchase ever by the way, so many uses!) and laid back, closed my eyes and enjoyed the sunshine beating down on us.
Next thing I could hear our guide shouting from across the beach 'Stop sleeping Jenni! Time to go, c'mon c'mon' ha ha. So we grabbed our bits and headed for the boat.
When we were all on board my new friend came to sit with us. He asked where we were from and how long we had been in Thailand. We told him all about our travelling trip and he proceeded to ask if it was our honeymoon. Mark laughed and I said 'no not yet ;p' whilst winking at him haha! This was followed by my new friend telling Mark 'Marry her! Ask her! Ha ha! Will. You. Marry. Me! Ha ha! He found it very amusing that Mark was laughing and replying 'Ssshh'.
Shortly after we pulled up near Chicken Island. It was a very brief stop, so everyone could get photos of the rocks that looked like a chickens head. My friend offered to get a photo of Mark & me with the rock in the background, so we jumped up onto the front of the boat. He took one shot and then shouted 'One more! Kiss! Pre-Honeymoon kiss! Ha ha!' I think he was really enjoying winding Mark up and I can't lie, I was finding it highly entertaining also!
Our final stop was another island where we got off the boat and spent time exploring the area. Unfortunately as we were climbing down from the boat, Mark stubbed his toe on one the metal bits, nearly ripping the nail off. It was bleeding and instantly went a lovely purple colour. We sat down in the shade for a couple of minutes until the throbbing subsided a little. What a pair! Both now with injured toes!
We didn't want to waste our time so decided to get on and have a look around. Escaping the crowds, we headed in the opposite direction to where they all seemed to be going and found ourselves walking up a stretch of beach that we had all to ourselves. That was until we came across a massive puffer fish on the beach. Of course it was dead, and wow did it stink! I had to hold my breath to get close enough to quickly snap a photo.
It was so peaceful, no sounds other than the waves gently hitting the sand. We walked quite far up towards a point where we could see a nearby island. I decided this was a photo moment and reached for my camera. It was so beautiful.
The sun was extremely hot so we nipped in the water to cool down. Then we messed around taking photos of me doing my fave move, the star jump!, with the view of the island in the background.
Time flew by and it was soon time to get back to the boat, ready to head back to Ao nang.
Once back on land we got a transfer back to our accommodation. When we hopped out of the van my new friend couldn't resist one last laugh. He wound down his window and shouted across the street 'Bye bye Jenni! Bye bye Mark! Remember, ask her! Will. You. Marry. Me!!' ha ha! Such a funny and nice man. It had been a great day and was a lovely way to end our time in Ao nang. It was off to Koh Lanta the next morning.
Wednesday 24th October, we were picked up early in the morning. Late as per usual, but we had got used to 'Thai time' ha ha. If they told you a pick up time was at 8am, they could arrive anytime between 7.45-8.45am and it was almost always late. We always got to the meeting point early just to be on the safe side .
We were in one van for quite a while until we reach what we all thought must be the pier we would be boarding our ferry to Koh Lanta. The driver emptied everyone's bags onto the pavement and walked into a shop. We noticed it had a ferry timetable so went in to check it out.
No one was communicating with us about what was going on, so Mark decided he would ask the lady at the desk. She slapped a sticker on him and said to take a seat and wait as we would be going back in the van we had just got out of.
We sat for quite a while and nothing seemed to be happening, so Mark approached a man at a different desk to enquire further. He then slapped another sticker on to Marks stop stating 'Lanta House' our next accommodation and shouted over to the driver. He told Mark to take our bags to the van.
Once Mark and I started putting our bags on the van, everyone started to try and squeeze in even though they had not yet been told if they were getting back in. The driver was getting quite huffy but still did not speak to anyone.
It turned out that everyone was getting back on the bus so why the driver had taken all our bags off I am not sure. I still question whether he actually knew what was going on himself. It all seemed to be very unorganised with very little communication. All bums were on seats and the van was full and ready to go when the door slid open once more. An eastern European girl was told to get on and sit on the floor as there were no seats left.
At first she did as she was told, then after a couple of minutes while we were waiting to leave she rightfully started to question why she had been placed on the floor of a full up van when she had paid the same amount for her ticket as everyone else. The response she was greeted with was less than friendly and I think unacceptable; aggressively the man told her 'if you do not want to sit then you can wait here for next bus'. He had completely ignored her question. She asked how long that would be, but he shrugged and huffed and said he didn't know and it was her choice. He was completely uninterested and obviously knew there had been a mistaken overbooking but he was not going to acknowledge the fact and just wanted rid of us.
She didn't really have much of a choice. Who in their right mind would want to wait on their own with him? Not knowing whether the next van would be a couple of hours or even the next day! She climbed back onto the floor shrugged her shoulders at everyone and simply stated 'oh well, I just had to say something'. I did feel sorry for her, but I was secretly glad that it wasn't me down there.
The rest of the journey was pretty uneventful. Slightly different to what we had come to expect; getting dropped at a pier, boarding a ferry and then picked up at the other end. This time we stayed on the same van the whole way and went on two short Car ferries instead.
We arrived safely at our new accommodation and got checked in without any problems. It was a very basic hostel at only £2.54 each a night! Bargain! We had a private room with fan and shared the bathroom. I was very impressed that included also was; free shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, toothpaste and tea and coffee!
We chucked our bags in and headed out for a walk to check out the area and get some food before relaxing after our long day. The next day, Thursday 25th October, we didn't really do much. We were in need of a lazy day as we were both pretty tired.
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Students from throughout the Killeen school district spent Tuesday morning taste testing and rating potential menu items for the 2014-2015 school year.
Twenty-two students from second to 12th grade tasted 30 breakfast and lunch items, checking a box to indicate if they liked or disliked the sample. A menu item is added to next year's school lunch menu once it garners 85 percent approval.
"We're taking our primary customer, our students, and putting different items to the test," said Steve Murphy, director of school nutrition for the Killeen Independent School District. "Before letting students taste test we were just going to shows and adults were taste testing, but our tastes are different than the children's. We're zeroing in on what the children like."
Murphy said the district suffered a hit in the number of children eating lunch in the cafeteria when the federal government implemented its 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, which sets nutrition standards for schools.
He said the school saw a decrease when the number of students purchasing school lunches dropped from 4.8 million to 4.7 million.
The standards require students be given lunches with whole grains, low-fat milk, and a serving of fruit or vegetables.
"The problem with the whole grains is that children aren't used to seeing the brown bread and brown pizza crust," Murphy said. "Now, what we are trying to do is put out items with white whole grain to kind of disguise it, so they are eating nutritiously but at the same time they aren't seeing all the brown."
Randy Lewis, regional purchasing specialist, said manufacturers are working to combat the drop in school lunches with the new implementations.
"When the schools see a drop in the number of students eating school lunches, the manufacturers also see a drop," he said. "Manufacturers are constantly working to meet the guidelines and please their target audience, which in this case are the students."
Some of the options students tested Tuesday were fruit juices, whole grain breakfast sandwiches, oatmeal cookies and various spaghetti recipes.
The taste testing was held at the Killeen Independent School District Career Center.
Murphy said administrators attend a multiregional show to "pick out" items for students to taste test.
Killeen ISD students have been taste testing menu items for the past five years and are picked at random by school principals to represent a complete sample of the Killeen ISD student population.


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Rihanna's Late Night in London
She had a blast at the 2012 BRIT Awards, and Rihanna couldn't help but party after the shindig at one of London's leading nightclubs last night (February 21).
The "Take a Bow" songstress hit up the Mahiki Bar where she mingled with fellow partygoers while sporting a flashy gold getup and grey sunglasses.
Earlier in the evening, Ri-Ri was thrilled to be named the Best International Female Solo Artist at the BRIT Awards 2012.
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Large dimension forecasting models and random singular value spectra
We present a general method to detect and extract from a finite time sample statistically meaningful correlations between input and output variables of large dimensionality. Our central result is derived from the theory of free random matrices, and gives an explicit expression for the interval where singular values are expected in the absence of any true correlations between the variables under study. Our result can be seen as the natural generalization of the Mar?cenko-Pastur distribution for the case of rectangular correlation matrices. We illustrate the interest of our method on a set of macroeconomic time series.
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The former 'The Hills' star will host the half-hour lifestyle series with designer Orly Shani.
Kristin Cavallari is making her way back to the small screen with "The Fabulist". The former MTV reality star is set to host the new weekly lifestyle series that will debut on E!, Monday, March 17 at 8:30 P.M. ET/PT.
The 27-year-old fashion designer, who is currently pregnant with her second child, will be joined by designer and "Fashion Star" veteran Orly Shani as co-host. Each episode will feature "an exciting panel of tastemakers whose fingers are planted firmly on the pulse of worldwide beauty, fashion and lifestyle trends."
Cavallari shared the news via her Twitter and Instagram account. "THRILLED to finally announce I'll be hosting a new half hour show called The Fabulist on E! with the beautiful @orlyshani," so the wife of Jay Cutler wrote in caption of a picture featuring her and Shani on the set of their upcoming show. "We will discuss the top trends in fashion, beauty, and lifestyle. Premieres March 17th at 830pm ET!!! Don't miss it!"
According to the press release, "the hosts will present all of the buzzworthy trends that you need to know about now. These fun, hip hosts and outspoken panelists will bring the exclusive round-up of insights and finds into 'The Fabulist's' NYC studio for lively and topical discussions" about food, fashion, interior, runway design and so much more.
Jeff Olde, Executive Vice President, Programming & Development, E!, said, " 'The Fabulist' is the ultimate guide to tomorrow's must-haves, must-dos and must-don'ts from the point of view of the industry experts and red hot tastemakers who are driving the trends. Plus with the show's unparalleled digital extensions, viewers can access 'The Fabulist' across all platforms 24/7 for the latest news and scoop on everything fashion, beauty and lifestyle."


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Unfortunately, in recent years, fishing jobs and livelihoods have been destroyed by overzealous enforcement actions and excessive regulation from the federal government. While a certain level of regulation is necessary to preserve the ocean's resources, the government should not be imposing draconian and unfair restrictions that are preventing this industry from thriving and creating jobs.
Since becoming a United States senator, I have visited our fishermen in Gloucester and New Bedford and found that the current fisheries system is broken, and must change for the industry to survive.
This Monday in Faneuil Hall, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, and I, in our respective roles as chairman and ranking member of the Federal Financial Management subcommittee of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, will hear testimony from government officials, as well as fishermen who have faced excessive financial penalties from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration over the last decade.
At the heart of the problem is a culture at NOAA that believes they are above the law. NOAA has appointed itself judge, jury, and executioner for New England's fishing fleet, unfairly punishing them with disproportionate fines in their enforcement of controversial regulations.
Fishermen who were fined were forced to pay into the Asset Forfeiture Fund, a NOAA account that should be utilized to help fishing communities navigate the federal red tape. Instead, NOAA spent much of the fine money on hundreds of cars, a luxury boat, and international travel to exotic locations.
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On a silicon transistor scale, for the most part "on" or 1 means charged, and "off" or 0 means no charge. On a quantum scale, on still means a charge, but "off" or absence of light still produces a lesser amount of atomic noise. In other words, even if a photon is turned off, the quantum computer will still read a small amount of noise, disrupting measurements.
Scientists, after puzzling over this complex problem have come up with an outlandish solution -- creating a "squeezed vacuum" a space which has less than nothing, less noise than a space with no light. Scientists managed to store and retrieve this "perfect dark" quantum zero. The special vacuum is created by a laser beam directed through special crystals. Squeezed vacuums have previously been created but not stored. Typical uses are gravity wave detection.
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Alexander Lvovsky, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Canada Research Chair and leader of the University of Calgary's Quantum Information Technology research group, stated, "Memory for light has been a big challenge in physics for many years and I am very pleased we have been able to bring it one step further. It is important not only for quantum computers, but may also provide new ways to make unbreakable codes for transmitting sensitive information."
The team's research followed Harvard-Smithsonian scientists' 2001 work that slowed light to a stop and physicist Alexander Kuzmich of the Georgia Institute of Technology's work, which led to a successful 2006 effort to store and retrieve a photon. Kuzmich was enthusiastic about the new developments and said that the ability to squeeze space closer to an absolute zero in terms of noise promises to significantly aid in the development of quantum networks. He marveled at the work and said of the progress, "It's a real technical achievement."
Lvovsky's team next hopes to develop storage methods for more complex forms of light, such as entangled light, which can lead to exotic new uses and improvements in quantum computing.
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How do you convert umol/m3 to umol/m2?
If you have a solid, I think you can take the cube root of the solid to give you the dimensions of the sides, then square that number (or just take the number and take the 2/3 root. However, for a solution I don't know how you convert volume measurements into units of square area.


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Our Volunteer of the Year is Sue Wilkins It's Volunteer Appreciation Month, and along with that, comes our announcement for Judson Center's Volunteer of the Year! Congratulations to Sue Wilkins, who has been volunteering countless hours on a number of our programs and events for Judson Center since 2011, when she moved here from Florida and wanted to serve her new community. "I love to put a smile on peoples faces and I love to help others! I love what Judson Center stands for. It makes me honored to be a part of that. Most importantly, I love to give back to my community." - Sue Wilkins, Volunteer of the Year.
Thank you Sue, for all your time, talent, and contributions and most importantly, your big heart!
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The first glimpse of Louisiana is ominous. Clouds hang low over Lake Pontchartrain, casting inky shadows on the water. It looks, from on high, as if the Macondo well has erupted again, right here, blotching the surface with great slicks of oil.
It is, of course, a chimera. It has been months since BP put an end to the oil spill that fouled the Gulf of Mexico. Of the billions spent on recovering from the disaster, a good many have gone to cleaning things up.
The Gulf Coast, that haven of succulence and sunshine and sand the marketers describe as "sugar," has spent the fall and winter waging a pitched battle to scrub away the stains of what went wrong.
That they haven't yet fully succeeded is something I won't discover until I find my hands sticky with a tar-like crude so thick even soap won't clean it off.
For now, all I know is this: This is a place thirsty for renewal, a destination eager to show off its new self. I figure I'll explore the coast, venture from Pensacola to Apalachicola, Fla., from Orange Beach to Gulf Shores and Fort Morgan, Ala., and along the coast into New Orleans. And I decide there's only one real way to see this place. I need a motorcycle. The bigger and louder, the better. I need a 400-kilogram Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic.
And so, as the brilliant Florida sunshine burns away the morning fog, I begin to drift east. I turn onto a road marked "Great Florida Birding Trail," but the hog is so loud, the only birds I see are fighter jets at the numerous air bases along the coast. It doesn't really matter, since it's hard to look up past the brilliant beaches.
This is the image favoured by the marketers – who, depending where you are, call it "The World's Most Beautiful Beaches," "Pleasure Island" or "The Forgotten Coast."
Whatever the name, it's hard to exaggerate how much beach there is. Though it is also home to rows of condos and restaurants, sand of just about any flavour is impossible to avoid. There are wild beaches and groomed, populated and deserted.
And, if you start in Mississippi and head east, you will discover a virtually uninterrupted strip of sand that stretches through Alabama and deep into Florida, traversing a coastline of wild dunes and blue herons and pelicans, that continues for well over 500 kilometres. It is a natural phenomenon that begs to be explored, which helps to explain why, two years ago, 4.6 million people came to the relatively short segment of beach around Gulf Shores, Ala., alone.
It also helps to explain why that spill is such an important subject. Last year, as images of oil-spoiled beaches dominated front pages, the Gulf Shores number dropped to 3.6 million.
But that seems like ancient history as I rumble down the Great Birding – or, as I'm experiencing it, Birdless – Trail, along its coast-hugging path. I stop at Deer Lake State Park in Florida, where on the other side of a wooden boardwalk, the gulf beckons. It's early afternoon on a weekday, and the sand is empty. In the distance are condos and gated communities and pubs and clubs. Here, it is quiet. Only footprints sully the beach. The sun has warmed the sand. At home, temperatures are sliding past 20 below. Here, it's well over 20 above.
There is only one thing to do in a situation like this. I grab my phone, call my boss and taunt.
East of Deer Lake, past the urbanized shores of Panama City, Fla., the road opens onto tree and swamp and beach. I have entered the Forgotten Coast. Ahead lies Apalachicola, a small fishing community that promises a taste of something that ranks high on the gulf's list of primary attractions: oysters. Ninety per cent of Florida's oysters come from the nearby waters, and the town feels like everything a "Forgotten Coast" is supposed to feel like. Next to Buddy Ward & Sons Seafood, fishing boats are tied up to the wharf with names like "Miss Donna" and "Lady Louise."Report Typo/Error
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Catherine Pasqualoni, Ancient Studies
"Image and status: representations of Etruscan women in funerary art"
In general, the elite Etruscan women of the 6th century BCE held important and elevated positions in society, specifically when compared with low the social positions held by their Greek and Eastern Mediterranean counterparts. Following a long period of reduced intercultural trade and contact, and of general economic strife, in the Mediterranean world during the 10th and 9th centuries BCE, Greeks, Phoenicians, and other peoples began to make a reappearance on the Tyrrenhian coast of Etruria (which consisted mostly of modern-day Tuscany) in the 8th and 7th centuries BCE. In this period of renewed contact, Greek and Eastern Mediterranean art had a great stylistic impact on Etruscan artwork. This research will explore whether or not these influences had an effect on the public representations of elite Etruscan women in the 7th and 6th centuries, and whether they resulted in regional differences in public representations of elite women. I will examine images of women from sites such as Fiesole, Bologna, Murlo and Chiusi in the interior of Etruria and compare these images with those from coastal sites, including Tarquinia, Cerveteri, Populonia, and Vetulonia. The majority of the images I will be examining come from a funerary context.
How did you find out about the URA program?
I heard about the URA program when I was first applying to UMBC in 2007, and it has always been something for which I planned on applying--and, with any luck, receiving!
How did you figure out the project you wanted to work on? How did you find a mentor for this project?
I always knew that I wanted to study abroad in Italy, and to enrich my experience, I wanted to conduct research during my time there. When I knew for sure that I was going to be studying Archaeological Conservation in Florence, and that I would be working with Etruscan artifacts, I went to the professor in my department who has the most expertise in Etruscan archaeology, Dr. Marilyn Goldberg, and we began to brainstorm project ideas.
Was the URA application difficult? Who helped you? How long did it take?
The URA Application wasn't especially difficult, though to write a strong, clear, and concise proposal certainly wasn't easy. I had help from my mentor, of course, and also from friends who have had little or no experience with the subject. They helped me to make sure that my proposal would be clear and understandable to non-experts in the field.
What was the most interesting thing that happened in your research?
While conducting the travel portion of my research in Italy, I was able to gain permission to access the library of the Archaeological Superintendent of Tuscany. My professors in Italy were also able to connect me with some of the top scholars in Etruscan Archaeology, who in turn provided me with some advice on where I might find the most information relevant to my research.
What was the most difficult?
I think that very few research projects ever end up working out exactly as planned. During my travels, my visits to museums, and my attempts to gather a large and strong corpus of images for my study, I was constantly having to slightly tweak my viewpoint or the direction in which I had been planning on going with this project. It can be very difficult to keep your mind open to changes, and not allow yourself to be biased by your original hypotheses, while researching and interpreting evidence, but this is also extremely important.
What academic preparation did you have for the research you proposed?
I had completed five semesters of various Archaeology and History courses before applying for the URA. In the courses I had written research-based term papers, as well as papers based mainly on the interpretation of artifacts and images. My URA research is the first large-scale, artifact-based project I have undertaken, but I feel confident in my preparation, especially having the guidance and support of my mentor, Dr. Goldberg.
Would you recommend this kind of research project to other students?
I would absolutely recommend this kind of research to others! Unfortunately, these days, many people don't see how important it is that we understand the ancient civilizations of the world, for nothing that exists today would be the way that it is had it not been for the people and civilizations that existed before us. Understanding ancient history and archaeology is just as important to us in the twenty-first century as is understanding the political and cultural implications of World War II, or understanding the mechanics of the circulatory system. This kind of research is not only personally rewarding, it is important for all of humankind.
What are your career goals/plans for after UMBC?
I will be graduating in May 2012 and I plan on going straight to graduate school to study Near Eastern Archaeology, and (hopefully) Archaeological Conservation.


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Ali and Lily are Bestfriends and are going to a concert...
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For Online Computer Support, Ask a Computer Technician
Are you using an email program on your computer, or are you going to AOL web page to send and receive emails?
Are you familiar with Outlook express, or outlook, or Microsoft Mail programs that come with your computer under windows operating systems?
You can pop your email down to outlook 2007. from many web based providers,
as many address you have (hotmail,aol,yahoo) it doesn't matter.
Set up an account in outlook 2007 for each email account you have, IE if you have several AOL email accounts, you will set up an account in outlook 2007 for each one.
The link that I went to on AOL that explains how
http://tinyurl.com/yz24qdb FYI, I converted to this tinyurl because the original link was so long.
I will keep this dialogue open untill you are r satisfied. If you need more help i will walk you through the set up on outlook 2007.
You are seeing the limitations of the AOL master account. I would suggest that you migrate away from AOL master account altogether, and use outlook 2007. If this is not a solution that you are interested in, i can bump you up to the next level and see if another expert can help. You decide.
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November 8, 2011
Tricks of the Trade
Converse Rubber Tracks recording engineer Matt Shane shares a cool trick on how to mic your set-up and get the elusive garage-esque, raucous snare drum effect and sound. You do not need to be a super high tech wizard to accomplish this. Just need to have guitar amp, snare drum, mic, and a passion for music and sound.


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#3: CenturyLink (CTL)
CTL Dividend Yield: 6.48%
And now for the most amusing part of the list. CenturyLink (CTL) is the first of three telecom stocks that always own the top spots for dividend stocks with their crazy-high dividend yields and poor long-term price performance.
That said, things have been looking up for CTL stock lately. Shares are up 6% for the year-to-date, easily outpacing the S&P 500. The upside in price has dropped the yield on CTL below 7%, but given that the stock lost nearly 10% over the last 52 weeks, shareholders probably aren't complaining.


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Candace Cameron Bure Reveals Why She Joined 'DWTS'
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By Sierra Marquina
Former Full House star Candace Cameron Bure is one of twelve brave celebrities on this season of Dancing With The Stars.
And considering it's quite the competition, and this year features a new twist where America can vote on which partner you'll be switched to, why did the actress want to do the show?
To compete with her retired NHL star husband Valeri Bure, who competed on a similar show in Canada called Battle of the Blades!
Candace tells On Air with Ryan Seacrest: "Sports and fitness are super important in our family. My husband is a professional athlete and my husband won a very similar show to this in Canada two years ago, so I'd like a trophy sitting next to his."
Catch the premiere of Dancing With The Stars tonight on ABC at 8/7c.


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Hi Creative Princess readers!
I am Jesika from Craft Geek I love to cook, craft, sew and a million other hobbies. I am excited to be here helping Terri out and sharing a fun and super easy recipe.
I love all types of vegetables but since I am the only one in my house I tend to have vegetables that last forever and a day so I need to think of all kinds of ways to use them all up. On my most recent trip to the farmer's market I found a huge bundle of asparagus and it was super cheap so I had to take one home.
So I sat looking at the remaining bundle after roasting and steaming the other half. I wanted to do something that incorporated roasting but did not have the same taste as the asparagus I had the night before. I decided parmesan cheese would make it different but still fabulous.
Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper
Freshly Grated Parmesan
|Seasoned and ready for the oven!
Super Easy!! Heat the oven to 400 and roast the asparagus with olive oil, salt,& pepper for 12 minutes. Once that goes off remove and sprinkle with parmesan and return to the over for 3-5 minutes or if you have more food to prep turn the over off when you add the cheese and it will melt the cheese and keep it warm.
|Roasted and awaiting cheese!
It was a super good super easy side and pretty healthy too. All in all I would try it if I were you!
|All Done!
Thank you for having me Terri and be sure to stop on by and check out the other recipes and crafts I have on my page. :]
Stay Crafty & Thank you again!
Thank you, Jesika! That is the absolute favorite way we cook asparagus at our house. We all love it and I can never fix enough of it!
Thank you, Jesika! That is the absolute favorite way we cook asparagus at our house. We all love it and I can never fix enough of it!


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Goltz was still very sympathetic; he regarded the French desire as quite legitimate in principle.
Swept into the interior Goltz was; by no means pocketed altogether, as he ought to have been!
Friedrich and Goltz,—or, alas, it is very soon Friedrich alone; the valiant Goltz soon perishing from his hand!
Prince and Generals wait accordingly, all there but Goltz and Winterfeld; they not, which is noted.
Goltz will have his difficulties this day; and has calculated on them.
Since Fouquet's disaster, Goltz generally has Silesia in charge; and does it better than expected.
Some observers, as Goltz, even denied the validity of the conclusions in toto.
"As volunteer" he too: as Colonel of Goltz, it might have had its unsuitabilities, in etiquette and otherwise.
Goltz now entered with the king's portfolio, and informed him that he had brought two grenadiers to guard the house.
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Affirmative Action on Trial
On Tuesday night, Middlebury students crowded into McCullough Social Space to engage in a valued Middlebury pastime—having a difficult conversation. Although it was two weeks before finals and everyone was undoubtedly busy, a panel discussion about affirmative action attracted a diverse and vocal group.
Several organizations on campus convened the panel to open up dialogue about the Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, which is currently being deliberated and could overturn affirmative action in admissions decisions. Middlebury joined more than 30 other liberal arts colleges in filing a brief in support of the University of Texas and affirmative action.
This was no esoteric, theoretical evening in which public policy points were debated. It was personal to many in attendance, and the questions posed to the panel were respectful, but pointed, probing, and sometimes heated.
The five-member panel, composed of Murray Dry, a constitutional scholar in the political science department; Greg Buckles, dean of Admissions; Shirley Collado, dean of the College; and students Kim Banford '15 and Andrew Snow '15, kicked off the discussion.
Banford and Snow offered a student perspective. Banford, from San Francisco, wanted to see more people involved in bringing students of color to campus and helping them feel comfortable here. Snow, from New York City, described how he would not have attended or even heard of Middlebury without affirmative action, and how his mother sent him to a private high school, telling him "you are not going to go to the system's drop-off point for students who look and identify like you."
Shirley Collado explained that she understood personally the value of opportunities made possible through programs such as affirmative action; she was the first in her family of Dominican immigrants to attend college, which opened many doors. "Middlebury has a huge role to play," she said, "when we think about the disparities in this country that create major barriers to the kind of individuals who could benefit from an education like the one that you all get here."
Murray Dry took the legalistic view. He outlined the constitutional history of affirmative action. He spoke about the constitutional basis for "color-blind" and "strict scrutiny" standards that are used to evaluate when preference based on race would be permissible. Affirmative action has been viewed as a means of "redressing the effects of racial segregation," he said. But the Supreme Court also has "constitutionalized racial diversity in education as a compelling interest," and as a result, affirmative action programs extend to other minorities in addition to underrepresented groups.
Greg Buckles discussed how the admissions office "looks for the candidates that best further Middlebury's educational mission," which requires a diverse student body. And, he said, the very best students are looking for diverse colleges. "Since 2003" he said, referring to the landmark Grutter v. Bollinger case, "it's been affirmed that race, used as only one factor among many in a holistic evaluation of candidates, is interpreted as being permissible." Speculating that if the court overturns affirmative action, he said, "The result will not be a colorblind meritocracy. Affirmative action may go, but college admissions decisions are always going to be controversial and potentially affected by race."
The ensuing discussion rolled around the room like a fast moving weather front. Audience members were encouraged not to hesitate to raise questions for fear of offending anyone and to bear in mind that questions are not intended to offend.
The audience's opinions and questions ranged widely. Here are some of the statements made and questions asked:
Why are admissions decisions made "behind closed doors"? The end result of admissions decisions is very public. What constitutes a critical mass of students of color? Is there a difference between general diversity and focusing on underrepresented groups? People should focus on being recognized for their mind instead of their ethnicity. Are affirmative action students less qualified? Greg Buckles: "Every single student here is qualified, and every single student earned his or her place here." More needs to be done to help students of color feel comfortable here and to thrive.
Anthony Perez '14 proposed that one stumbling block prevents minorities from feeling comfortable here—their belief in the stereotypical Middkid. "Break down the idea that everyone here is rich and comes from the same place in Connecticut. It's not true," he said, "but we all think it is. So we won't shift the atmosphere until we shift that stereotype."
A remarkably short question sparked one of the most involved discussions of the evening: "Does diversity in the classroom standard apply to hiring faculty?"
Shirley Collado answered that there is an "intense need to have very intentional, thoughtful ways to diversity our faculty." But individual departments, not a central office such as the admissions office, hire faculty members. Murray Dry explained that sometimes certain faculty positions are created on a temporary basis for recent minority PhDs, and sometimes the positions are converted to tenure-track positions, gaining Middlebury a minority faculty member. "I'm inclined to be very concerned about this," he said, referring to the fact that the normal vetting process and reviewing of the individual's scholarship may have been shortened or circumvented.
Christal Brown, assistant professor of dance, stood to speak. "I'm the only African American female on the faculty. It's a wonderful responsibility." She began teaching at Middlebury, she said, in a temporary position. "You guys are at a very pivotal point of your life where we are supposed to be making you global citizens, but if there's no one here to give you a global perspective, then we've failed."
This conversation ended at 8:45 p.m., but it has just begun.


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Help analyze my misses
I recently swithed stabilizers fron a 30" main to a 32" main with a 10" side bar (pointing almost straight back).
I haven't seen a huge jump in scores since the switch ( I didn't expect to) but my misses are a lot closer and I can see patterns now in my misses. What I need help with is to know what these patterns are telling me about my set up.
Here it is- I'm averaging about 300 50x right now and at least 95% of my misses are straight left or straight right 1/4" or less off the x.
I am still playing with weights on my bars (might even play with the angle of the side bar), but no weight adjustments have made much of a difference in the patterns.
Any advice on where to start?
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The range operators are .. (two dots) and ... (three dots).
In list context both operators behave in the same way, returning a list of values counting from the left value to the right value (it even works on strings).
They're very useful for creating loops, slicing arrays, etc.
printf "Line %d\n", ++$i foreach ( 1 .. 10 );
In scalar context, they emulate the behaviour of the line range operator of sed.
To do this, the operator returns a boolean value, and this value is maintained across the duration of the routine that has the operator.
The operator returns false as long as its left range operand is false; once the left operand is true, the operator changes its state and returns true until the right operand is true; after the right operand is true the operator will return false again.
So the idea is to use them within a loop to do things such as extracting a range of lines.
The only difference between .. and ... is that the former test the right operand as soon as the left operand is true, while the latter waits for the next evaluation to check the value of the right operand.
#-- print all lines between <body> and </body>
while ( <> )
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Children's LiteratureEasy-to-read text covers major state symbols such as the state flag, seal, bird, tree, flower, animal, and more. A "Fast Facts" section highlights the state's capital city, largest city, physical size, population, natural resources, farm products, and primary manufactured goods. Generally, a map or photo faces a right hand page of information written in short paragraphs. Photos are current and simple, featuring the animal, flower, or famous building, with a modest caption. The series has been updated to reflect new census data but otherwise duplicates the earlier editions. A concluding page features three "Places to Visit," to give readers a sense of what features or sites the state is proud of or known for (Newport, an historic cotton mill, and a Providence park). In the end matter, other factual nonfiction books are recommended, a glossary rounds up five or six specialized words, an omnibus website managed by the publisher gives access to further facts, and a very short index is included. The series encourages report writers to locate information quickly and the layout makes comparisons among states easy. This book is a good beginning resource for highlighting a state and its features. 2003 (orig. 2000), Capstone Press, Ages 7 to 11.
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