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I haven't yet completed my study abroad application and am not sure I want to pay the app fee if I'm going to need it for court fines. It is my first offense in Michigan, yet I blew high. Should I continue applying? I am receiving scholarships to study abroad. I have a 3.8 gpa. Will any of this help my case? I also would need to get a VISA. Could I be denied if convicted for a DUI?
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Let's agree on a few things about last night:
Yes, the officiating was uneven at best, and yes, it's clear there are certain players on the Rangers who almost never get the benefit of the doubt (at the risk of defending a player who's not even talking to the media right now, it's remarkable how Sean Avery gets mauled on literally every shift and keeps coming back for more. See Sean, I feel your pain).
Let's even agree that the Rangers had to overachieve to win Game 4 as a result of the above. But please, can we put to rest the conspiracy theories that the league has it out for the Rangers?
Do you really think Gary Bettman or whoever is sitting in an office and praying that the Devils, with their lackluster attendance and insignificant TV ratings, are going to prevail over a team that sells out every night, that draws well nationally, and is located in the heart of the world's biggest media market?
I suppose the way this league has been run the last few years, nothing should surprise me. But even then, I'm skeptical.
A couple of other notes:

Speaking of Avery, is it possible his media boycott these days is "a direct order from our Commander-in-Chief?":http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/04/16/is-the-presidents-daughter-dating-a-ranger/ Probably not. But I suppose we can now count Barbara Bush among those who bleeds Ranger blue.

The Journal News again doubled up on Sams last night. Here's my "story on Marc Staal's night of redemption":http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080417/SPORTS01/804170438/-1/SPORTS&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL. And here's columnist Sam Borden on the "unique match-up in this series between Martin Brodeur and Henrik Lundqvist":http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080417/SPORTS/804170439&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL.

The Rangers are on the ice at noon. I'll be back then with updates.


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AP Exclusive: Japan scientists took utility money
Source: Associated Press
Influential scientists who help set Japan's radiation exposure limits have for years had trips paid for by the country's nuclear plant operators to attend overseas meetings of the world's top academic group on radiation safety.
The potential conflict of interest is revealed in one sentence buried in a 600-page parliamentary investigation into last year's Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant disaster and pointed out to The Associated Press by a medical doctor on the 10-person investigation panel.
The doctor on the parliamentary panel, Hisako Sakiyama, is outraged about utility funding for Japan's ICRP members. She fears that radiation standards are being set leniently to limit costly evacuations.
"The assertion of the utilities became the rule. That's ethically unacceptable. People's health is at stake," she said. "The view was twisted so it came out as though there is no clear evidence of the risks, or that we simply don't know."
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1. How unexpected. I'm shocked
Scientists would do such a thing for mere profit?
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Thu Dec 6, 2012, 11:22 PM
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2. Maybe they should have sent them away more...
The real scandal isn't that the utilities paid for their travel, it's that Japan lets their guidelines be set by views other than those of ICRP.
The official stance of the International Commission on Radiological Protection is that the health risks from radiation become zero only with zero exposure. But some of the eight Japanese ICRP members do not subscribe to that view, asserting that low-dose radiation is harmless or the risks are negligible.
I suspect that whether or not the utilities paid to fly Japanese ICRP members to conferences, they were going to bend rules in the wake of Fukushima. Certainly none of the raised exposure limits were set because the science of radiation risk had changed in the wake of the accident.
I'd also imagine plenty of non-Japanese ICRP members who are not utility-funded share the view that there may be a threshold for radiation risk. The mere fact that they hold this view does not really put them out of the scientific mainstream. But it does place them outside the regulatory mainstream that uses the linear no-threshold model to provide a conservative estimate of risk.


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The week in politics with ...
Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokeswoman Jenny Tonge tells BBC News Online about the last seven days at Westminister.
Highlight of the week
"I am always very involved in foreign affairs and in international development and so this week the revelations about where arms are going to and the questions about whether the government still has an ethical foreign policy have been very important for me.
"And I've just succeeded in raising the issue in the House during business questions.
"I've asked for Commons time for a debate on foreign policy and the arms trade.
"And now its Thursday I've finally succeeded in raising the issue - I've been trying all week to get my oar in on that.
"The Scott report said that the DTI shouldn't dictate where arms go. They've supposed to have set up a committee to scrutinise things between the Foreign Office and the Department of International Development and the DTI and now we hear on this new issue of arms to Zimbabwe the prime minister has just overruled everybody and said you've got to sell arms.
"It really is absolutely outrageous, Zimbabwe is involved in a civil war all over the Congo and southern Africa.
"I think the prime minister's motivation in doing this is the economy and jobs.
"But I think this has to be questioned. Most of these arms sales to places like Indonesia and Zimbabwe are supported by export credit guarantees. They are paid for by the tax payer. They fuel wars which they tax payer then has to help fund. The tax payer is then called on to help pay for the humanitarian and development aid needed after the war has finished.
"So where does the economy benefit in the long run?
"And if you say it gives us jobs, surely it would be cheaper to pay for people to knit socks for soldiers.
"They cannot claim to have an ethical foreign policy when they are sending arms to these countries."
Low point the week
"The NHS debate in the Commons, I'm afraid, was my lowpoint this week.
"I was a doctor before I became an MP and I spent 32 years working in the health service.
"And I was hoping that with the huge crisis there is in the health service at the moment - and that with everyone realising at long last that the health service cannot go on as it is that we would have had a sensible debate examining all the issues that need to be tackled.
"Instead we had a Punch and Judy show - a slanging match.
"Mostly between Liam Fox and Alan Milburn and some Labour MPs who had been primed to give good news and some Tory MPs who'd been primed to give bad news and it was just disastrous.
"So the Liberal Democrats are trying to provide an opposition - but it is quite hard for us as we don't get as much opportunity in the Commons as the Conservatives.
Winner of the week
"Strangely the winner of the week came out of the NHS debate. Sir Norman Fowler, not a particular favourite of mine, gave a magnificent speech about the health service.
"My ex-colleagues in the health service say he was the only person who addressed the real issues throughout that debate.
"That was a little ray of sunshine that came through in what was otherwise a really awful debate."
Loser of the week
"Tony Blair, Tony Blair, Tony Blair. He's had a terrible time. I'm wondering when the men in white coats are going to have to come and take him away.
"He's had all this trouble on the health service and he's been saying contradictory thinks everyday about the health service - he's got himself into a terrible muddle.
"He has seen his home secretary, allow in Mike Tyson, who shouldn't have been allowed in and let go General Pinochet who should stay.
"They've got the trouble in the Lords trying to abolish the right to trial by jury which is an absolute scandal - an outrage - getting rid of something which historically England has been very proud of.
"And Mr Blair's got himself into trouble on the arms trade and on top of that his wife Cherie Blair, the lawyer, is now going to concentrate on human rights, and take the government to court.
"You almost feel sorry for him, almost."
Quote of the week
"Tony Blair said he was going to bring health service expenditure up to European levels, but then he retracted it and said he didn't quite mean that.
"The prime minister getting himself into a muddle."
Issue of the week
"The Wakeham report is going to be the issue for the next few days at least.
"It's very sad really as the government looks like it will plumb for a largely appointed House of Lords rather than a an elected body.
"Or alternatively they may not act on the issue at all which would be even worse and would leave us with this interim house - which has not a singled elected member.
"The very reason we wanted reform of the Lords in the first place, is that we wanted to throw out all those who were in the House due to their hereditary position.
"I don't think it is any better having a house full of people appointed by the prime minister now than having people there who were appointed by king in the past."
In the postbag
"I had a rather weird letter that came in, with somebody complaining that it hadn't really been Christmas in Richmond - because they felt there had not been enough Christmas decorations up.
"And Father Christmas did not appear in the town centre he felt the whole thing had been extremely low key.
"I thought this letter was quite fun actually as it made a change from all the letters complaining about schools or rubbish or the usual kind of things - this one was complaining about the lack of tacky Christmas decorations."
On the horizon
"In the next couple of months I really want to pursue how development in the Third World is being hampered by civil wars - these wars are being encouraged by the arms trade and arms brokers.
"It is something I think we have to get really serious about in this country as it is costing us so much money to help put right the damage done.
"We also need to get a proper debate going on the health service in the coming months. I hope the debate won't die down in the media because I think the British people care about the health service more than any other issue."
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Having just won the League title of the Cardiganshire Short Mat Bowling Association, the Rhydlewis team went to Llandrindod Wells last weekend and came away victorious winners of the National League Winners Competition.
In the event, the League winners from each of the counties had to play a Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours games against other counties. All of the Counties were split into two groups which meant that Rhydlewis's team had to play against three other county's winning teams. Several of those playing featured players who represented Wales in the World Bowls Championships, held in Cardiff two weeks earlier.
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It was a very special day for Rhydlewis and a great way to celebrate their 10th year anniversary as a club.
This victory brought to an end of what is probably the best season of any team or club in the county for many years. Earlier, last month, four of the Rhydlewis team, Ceri Jones, Medwyn Jones, Wyn Davies and Osian Elias, won the National County Fours Competition – also in Llandrindod.


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So it's another off-day. Byfuglien! This is horrible waiting for games.
So I thought I'd start off with a couple of little conversations readers brought up yesterday, which probably deserve to be discussed a bit more:
1) The worst and best Rangers trades of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
2) Since Cam Neely retired (or, if you prefer, all-time) the best power forwards in the game.
Chime in if you like. Or, as always, discuss whatever you want to discuss.
Here's a Canadiens By The Numbers from NHL.com, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Habs, the Yankees of hockey.
I just wanted to tell y'all that our traffic numbers the past three or four days have been pretty good. We had an awful November compared to last November, and I wrote that off for two reasons: The Yankees took up the first week of the month in the World Series, and those two long gaps in games, including the stretch of 3 in 13 days. But obviously, some of it is because we don't cover the Rangers on a daily basis the way we did when Sam was here (I spoke with him yesterday, by the way, and he says Hi!).
Anyway, to start December we're climbing back up, and that's good because we need numbers for the suits here to allow me to spend some of my work week doing this. So come early, come often, and as Babu said, "Tell your friends." Seriously, if you know people who follow the Rangers and aren't regulars here, tell them to come here. How's that for a shameless recruiting message?


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Lopresti: Metta World Peace still hasn't grown up
Metta World War says he is sorry about that elbow. How nice. Perhaps James Harden will appreciate the apology, once his brain stops doing the tango.
When last we saw Harden, he was sprawled on the court of the Staples Center, looking as if he had either wandered into an NHL playoff game or tried to throw a pass against the New Orleans Saints.
Anyone else note the irony of a man lying prone on the ground, a victim of the reigning holder of the NBA J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award?
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For now, Harden will be missing from the Oklahoma City Thunder with a concussion, until the doctors say otherwise. He is listed as day-to-day after beginning tests Monday in Oklahoma City under the league-mandated concussion policy. And Metta World Suspension will almost surely be missing from the Los Angeles Lakers with a sanction, until the NBA says otherwise.
The number of games decided by the main office should not be the measure. If Harden's absence continues, there is no justice.
Metta World Cheap Shot says he didn't mean to do it. It was all an accident, the emotions of the day. Just like a lot of defendants say in court, looking innocently at the jury.
Study the replay again, since it was harder to miss Monday than beer commercials. If you had just inadvertently slammed your elbow into another man's temple, wouldn't you pause to see if the poor guy's head was still attached? Metta World Knucklehead never looked back, but rather rolled on down the court, happy with his world and full of himself.
When some of the other Thunder players approached to file personal objections, he seemed to brace for more combat. Hardly the body language of a man grieved about an unintended blow.
No, if not premeditated malice, this seems at the very least an intentional reaction to the situation. He did not wish Harden in his airspace since important business was at hand. There was a dunk to celebrate.
Besides, he could always apologize later on Twitter.
So there is unrest once more around Metta World What's Next? Remind me again why we should be surprised.
Never mind the new name, dry cleaned image, or elapsed time since the last mindless incident. When push comes to shove, and shove comes to elbows, he is still Ron Artest.
By all accounts, there is no cause to think him a vicious or mean man. There seems a certain charm to the fellow, some of the time. There are occasions his heart shows. His contributions to the cause of mental health are real.
But too many days, he has been, and still is, Metta World Selfish. Not a thought seems to cross his mind at those mad moments about how his actions can harm his teammates, and his game.
If he truly understood, why would Nov. 19, 2004 not have changed him forever? That was the brawl at Auburn Hills when he was with Indiana, his blind-rage charge into the stands, his punch of a spectator, the 86-game suspension that followed.
It took the Pacers years to recover, an entire franchise nearly wrecked by the lost head of one player. The NBA saw one of its darkest nights. You'd have thought that would set a man straight for good.
But Sunday, he was Metta World Same Old Thing. He might have had his honorable moments since 2004, but he is who he is. The rap sheet is long, and not closed.
In this spring of sporting violence — a Gregg Williams bounty speech here, hockey attacks there — the NBA hardly wanted to join the trend, just in time for its postseason promos.
NBA playoffs, where assault happens?
Meanwhile, the Lakers, who already have had to make do with injuries, must almost surely start the title chase short-handed.
Metta World Unthinking's doing, and his alone.
To say he needs to learn from this is laughable. He is 32, and Sunday was his 903rd game as an NBA player. Just when is this great awakening supposed to come?
Anyone named Metta World Peace— if he means what he says — would never, ever, ever let an incident like Sunday happen.
But it did.
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USPTO Publishes Proposed Patent Fee Rules in the Federal Register and Releases Companion Fee Related Documents
From Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator:
On September 6, 2012, the USPTO published proposed rules in the Federal Register setting or adjusting fees for patent related services. In proposing patent fees through this rulemaking, the agency is exercising its fee setting authority established under Section 10 of the AIA. The proposed patent fee rules as seen in the Federal Register are available here:
Patent Fees Proposed Rule (77 Fed. Reg. 55028, September 6, 2012)
Additionally, the USPTO announces the release of several fee related documents to assist with understanding the process and analysis that went into developing the proposed patent fee rules set forth in the Federal Register publication. These fee related documents include: (i) an "At A Glance" summary of proposed patent fees; (ii) a Regulatory Impact Analysis; (iii) a table of patent fee changes; (iv) costing methodologies; (v) elasticity estimates; (vi) Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act tables; and (vii) ten aggregate revenue tables with instructions.
At A Glance Summary: This document summarizes the proposed patent fees for services offered by the agency, which are set forth in detail in the Federal Register notice.
Regulatory Impact Analysis: The Office prepared a Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) to analyze the costs and benefits of the agency's proposed patent fees over a five-year period, as required by the Office of Management and Budget. This analysis includes a comparison of the proposed fee schedule to the current fee schedule (baseline) and to three other alternatives. The Office considered both monetized and qualitative costs and benefits.
Table of Patent Fee Changes: The Office prepared this table to summarize the changes from the current patent fee schedule as compared to the proposed patent fees. This table includes all current large and small entity fee amounts; all proposed large, small, and micro entity fee amounts; and the percent change between the current and proposed large entity fees. The table also displays the historical unit costs for fees for FY 2009 - FY 2011.
Costing Methodologies: This document provides additional detail on the costing methodologies used to derive the historical costs of certain activities, which was used to inform the fee setting and is also outlined in the Table of Patent Fee Changes.
Elasticity Estimates: When developing fee forecasts, the Office estimates the elasticity of price changes, i.e., how applicant behavior might change with different price changes for the various patent services. The Office prepared this document to describe the statistical examination of the elasticity. The document summarizes the results of this analysis and provides detail on how elasticity was determined for certain user fees.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act Tables: The Office created fee tables that show all current large and small entity fee amounts; all proposed large, small, and micro entity fee amounts; and the percent change between current and proposed fee amounts for each alternative discussed in the Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act analysis. These tables are also referenced for each alternative in the RIA.
Aggregate Revenue Tables: The Office developed out year revenue estimates for the proposed patent fees and each alternative presented in the RIA. These tables show both fee amounts and workloads for every USPTO fee included in the proposed fee structure and each alternative. The fee amounts and workloads are multiplied to determine an estimated revenue amount for each USPTO fee. The table is summarized to show the estimated aggregate revenue through FY 2017. These tables are provided in both .pdf and Excel formats for ease of use, and step-by-step instructions for reading the tables are provided.
Lastly, the USPTO will discuss the proposed patent fee rules at AIA roadshows to be held in Atlanta, Alexandria, Va., Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and New York City throughout September 2012. More information about the roadshows, including venue locations and an agenda, can be found here:
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• EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Under the EAP, City employees or their family members who are facing stress or crisis can make up to five paid visits to a mental health care provider every year. In addition to the therapeutic benefits to individual employees and their families, EAP also improves workplace productivity and morale. For each $1 invested in an EAP can save an employer up to $16 by significantly reducing sick leave, lost time, and time spent on supervisor reprimands.
• HEALTH SCREENINGS. HR's Wellness Committee is a group of City employees from all departments who work to improve the health and wellbeing of all City employees. The Wellness Committee sponsors an Employee Wellness program featuring cholesterol screenings, flu shots, and body composition analyses. This year, on-site mammograms, prostate cancer screenings, and personal health surveys by St. Luke's will also be available to employees.
• FITNESS CHALLENGE. This spring, the Wellness Committee organized a 4-month Fitness Challenge, and as a result, every one of the 51 City employees participating lost weight and inches, for a total of 469 pounds and 310 inches! The emphasis was on helping employees develop healthy, sustainable exercise and eating habits.
• ON-SITE FITNESS RESOURCES. Other wellness opportunities for City employees include on-site Pilates classes, weight room and cardio workout facilities, and chair massage. Studies have shown that exercise and massage improve participants' focus and energy, reduce incidents of illness and thereby reduce absenteeism, and increase on-the-job productivity.
The City of Meridian Human Resources Department promotes a culture of wellness at the workplace and beyond. At a time when 70% of health care costs in America are spent to treat preventable lifestyle diseases, employees who are proactive about their health and wellness can save their employers money otherwise spent on treating such health problems reactively.
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"I Don't Know How to Love Him" is a song from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar written by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics), a torch ballad sung by the character of Mary Magdalene who in Jesus Christ Superstar is presented as bearing an unrequited love for the title character. The song has been much recorded with "I Don't Know How to Love Him" being one of a handful of songs which have had two concurrent recordings reach the Top 40 of the Hot 100 chart in Billboard magazine, specifically those by Helen Reddy and Yvonne Elliman,[1] since the 1950s when multi-version chartings were the norm.
Talk about torch-songs...
That nice Jewish boy Yeshua ot Notzri must've been quite a guy. He was.
And She--no slouch Herself-- knew it.
She did love him in the end. As he loved Her.
He was a heart so he couldn't help loving Her & everybody else.
That's why the Establishment screwed him. It couldn't handle such an awesome thing.
As Jesus says somewhere or words to that effect: "If they're not against us they're for us."
I could never be against him or anyone like him.
Despite the fact I don't believe in the empirical reality of deities & afterlives.
But...& everyone I know has a big but(t)...as the rabbi also said (or something like it): "If you don't believe in me, then believe in the work I do."
This is the best I can do: Jesus is my brother & my comrade.
The world would be as it should be--a fit habitation for humans & other sentient beings-- if his message & the messages of those like him in all cultures were joyously reverently used as guidance.
While I have no faith, I do have confidence. I'm realistically optimistic that some day sooner or later people will finally get this human thing down.
That eventually genuine Peace, Progress & Social Justice will prevail on this Earth. And Love won't be a mere commodity, or a 4-letter word. Or a scary thing.
We're just a little slow sometimes. Someday we'll behave worthy of ourselves. No longer like a bunch of horses asses. (To put it politely...)
We had better.
I Don't Know How to Love Him
I don't know how to love him,
What to do, how to move him.
I've been changed, yes, really changed.
In these past few days when I've seen myself
I seem like someone else.
I don't know how to take this
I don't see why he moves me.
He's a man, he's just a man.
And I've had so many men before
In very many ways:
He's just one more
Should I bring him down? Should I scream and shout?
Should I speak of love - let my feelings out?
I never thought I'd come to this - what's it all about?
Don't you think it's rather funny
I should be in this position?
I'm the one who's always been
So calm, so cool, no lover's fool
Running every show
He scares me so.
I never thought I'd come to this - what's it all about
Yet, if he said he loved me
I'd be lost, I'd be frightened.
I couldn't cope, just couldn't cope.
I'd turn my head, I'd back away,
I wouldn't want to know -
He scares me so.
I want him so.
I love him so.
--song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics)
Yvonne Elliman - I Don't Know How To Love Him. Great stuff.


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Made for a pilot and flight attendant friends. The bottom cake is a "roller board" suitcase. The top contains all the items of a traditional wedding made from sugar paste or rolled fondant. The cork on the bottom is made of marzipan. This was my second attempt with sugar paste flowers. The only thing not edible is the garter, tuille and plastic wine glasses.
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It's almost the weekend, whoop. Even though weekends don't really apply to me. My work schedule is always all over the place, just the way I like it. Last weekend I got together with two of my good pals for some oysters and bubbly. This is how weekends should be spent...
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this looks fantastic. wow.ReplyDelete
The very best kind of weekend....ReplyDelete
Best way to spend the weekend! Stay warm :)ReplyDelete
Absolutely! Good friends, good food.ReplyDelete
I couldn't agree more...ReplyDelete
This is making me crave oysters, spirits and time with my friends. Beautiful photos!ReplyDelete
This sounds like a perfect weekend! It makes me want to organise something like this for myself this weekend!...xvReplyDelete
So beautiful. Love these captures :)ReplyDelete
There's nothing better than bubbly and good friends. Other than fresh oysters. I I agree, each weekend should be spent just like this! Gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Wonderful photos!ReplyDelete
Aww. I love sweet gatherings like this with friends. Your weekend seemed great! :)ReplyDelete
I have just discovered your Blog and it's truly wonderful! I just love the recipes and the photography is simply stunning!ReplyDelete
Oysters and champagne - my favourite :) I'm your latest follower as I can't possibly miss out on all this fantastic foodie inspiration! /NikiReplyDelete
i like it :) How nice your weekend.. my mom told me about the joy of cooking on weekend and i think i can see it on your activity as presented in the photos. keep cookingReplyDelete
Beautiful photography. The oysters look amazingReplyDelete
Your photography is always stunning, elegant and inspirational. Love oysters with friends, it makes any day special.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! These shots really make me want some oysters.ReplyDelete
I recently stumbled across crabville.com and you can order oysters from them online. It's hard to get good seafood in the mid-west. I have never tried ordering seafood online does anyone have any good suggestions?


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July 22 2017 Latest news:
Adam Aiken, Editor
Thursday, February 10, 2011
The figure represented a fall of 24pc on the previous year, while the number of mortgages ending 2010 with arrears of 2.5pc or their outstanding balances fell by 13pc to 169,600.
The final three months of last year also saw positive developments. During the quarter, the number of repossessions was 7,900 – down 11pc from the previous quarter and down 26pc on the same period a year earlier. It represented the fifth consecutive quarterly decline in repossessions.
However, the CML expects the situation to get worse this year, with a forecast of 40,000 repossessions and 180,000 mortgages in arrears in 2011.
"As we go through 2011, the number of people facing payment pressures may increase if interest rates rise, and as a result of the spending cuts that have resulted in reductions in the level of public support available," said CML director-general Michael Coogan.
Meanwhile, figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) showed that repossessions for second-charge mortgages –additional loans on top of homeowners' main mortgages – were down by 41pc last year. Second-charge mortgage providers repossessed 864 properties in 2010.
Fiona Hoyle, head of consumer finance at the FLA, said: "Our members are also working closely with first-charge mortgage providers to avoid situations where both first and second-charge lenders are trying to repossess the same properties, minimising legal costs for borrowers."
But she added: "Household income is likely to come under further pressure in 2011 if unemployment levels and interest rates rise.
"Homeowners need to think now about how they would manage if their monthly repayments increased and what changes they may need to make to their current budgets."
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- What is Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Pathophysiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis has not yet been completely known. A theory says that in individuals, who are genetically vulnerable to rheumatoid arthritis, some external element like an infection or a trauma can stimulate the autoimmune reaction and can give rise to synovial (the thin lining of the joints) hypertrophy (cell proliferation) and chronic joint inflammation, along with high chances for extra-articular manifestations. Overgrowth of synovial cells and activation of endothelial cells are the early indicators of the pathologic phenomenon that progresses towards uncontrolled inflammation, which consequently gives rise to cartilage and bone damage. The disease is more propagated because of abnormalities in the immune system as well as genetic factors.
Cells that play major role in the pathophysiology of the disease are CD4 T cells, fibroblasts, mononuclear phagocytes and osteoclasts. On the other hand, other cells like B lymphocytes give rise to autoantibodies, i.e. rheumatoid factors (RFs).
The pathogenesis of RA is a complex phenomenon and includes synovial cell proliferation, fibrosis, pannus formation and bone and cartilage erosion.
RA patients show abnormal production of certain inflammatory mediators. These are cytokines and chemokines of numerous types, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6, IL-8, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF).
Inflammation and abundant proliferation of synovium gives rise to destruction of several tissues, which include cartilage, tendons, bones, blood vessels and ligaments. Although the major sites of inflammation and damage are the articular structures, other tissues are severely affected.
The pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis is mediated by an inter-related network of cytokines, proteolytic enzymes and prostanoids. IL-1, TNF-alpha, etc. are proinflammatory cytokines and are the central mediators in the disease. This is better seen in rheumatoid arthritis patients, who experience a primary cell-mediated response that results into the raised levels of IL-1 in the synovial fluid.
Further observation is IL-1 concentration in plasma is correlated with the activity of rheumatoid arthritis. It is also observed that patients having erosive rheumatoid arthritis have elevated synovial and circulating levels of IL-1 than patients without erosive activities of the disease.
IL-1 is a notoriously significant cytokine, which has a wide range of activities within the affected joint and are believed to play a major role in causing painful inflammatory signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. It is a key mediator of pannus formation and synovial inflammation. It is also believed to be a contributor to the hampering of tissue repair processes and the damage to bone and cartilage in rheumatoid arthritis.
Both IL-1 and TNF-alpha have been found to share many biological actions, such as increasing the production of inflammatory mediators like cyclo-oxygenase 2 or COX 2, prostaglandin E2 or PGE2 as well as nitric oxide.
Interleukin (IL)-1 is highly responsible for the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. First it mediates inflammation by recruiting neutrophils into the joint, activating macrophages, and stimulating T- and B-cell proliferation and differentiation. Synoviocytes, on their exposure to IL-1, proliferate and produce IL-6, PGE-2 and matrix metalloproteases (MMPs).
Further this production of MMPs causes proteoglycan degradation, which ultimately results into cartilage destruction.
Pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis is thus quite complicated, which involves many chemicals, which work interdependently towards bone and cartilage destruction.


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Tickets for the fight between Carl Froch and George Groves at Wembley Stadium on May 31st go on sale with See at midday on Monday March 10th.
Below are all the details you'll need to book tickets.
View the seating plan here.
To buy tickets and see the full price listing, click on "Buy Tickets" at the bottom of the page or click here.
Disabled Bookings
Disabled and Ambulant sales are via Wembley Stadium on 0844 980 0656
VIP Bookings
VIP packages (£1,500) will be available exclusively from Matchroom Boxing, www.matchroomboxing.com or by calling 01277 359900.
The VIP package will include:
- Inner ringside seating
- Access to VIP area from 5.30 - 8.00pm
- Champagne reception
- Buffet
- Complimentary Beer & Wine
- Official souvenir programme
- Plus an hour in the VIP Area post fight with Beer, Wine & Spirits
Club Wembley
Club Wembley members can purchase tickets and packages via the Club Wembley website or via the Account Management Team.
Coach Travel
Includes Return coach travel from your chosen departure town to Wembley Stadium on Saturday 31st May 2014.
Exact times of departure and your pick up point will be confirmed at a later date once we have established demand. Confirmation of your journey will be printed on physical coach tickets and delivered to you along with your entry tickets no later than 2 weeks before the event.
Before booking coach travel ensure you are available to travel at any point during the date of the event.
All coaches will aim to arrive at Wembley Stadium no later than 2 hours prior to doors opening. Dependent on demand some coaches may arrive earlier than this. Please note however we cannot be held responsible or be obliged to refund travel tickets, if there are delays on your journey due to heavy traffic or circumstances beyond our control.
Please keep your coach ticket(s) in a safe place, you will need them for both your inbound and outbound journey. Coach tickets are checked and only one seat per ticket is permitted. Responsibility for safekeeping of the coach ticket is with the ticket-holder.
Please ensure you are present at least 15 minutes before your advertised departure and return times. Coach drivers will not wait for latecomers under any circumstances and will depart without passengers who have not arrived on time. No refunds will be entitled for this occasion.
Our coaches will have a 'SEE COACHES' sign in the window and the town they are travelling from, as well as a coach number that will correspond to the one printed on your ticket. Please note there are no specific numbered bays used for bus stations or coach bays - Be at the pickup point and look for the relevant sign in the coach window.
We ask you make a mental note of where your coach parks once you reach Wembley Stadium. There are often many coaches from different companies parked in this area and you need to find your way back to the coach you originally travelled on once the event has finished. It may be advisable to ask for the driver's mobile number.
Coach drivers reserve the right to refuse travel to passengers under the influence of alcohol if they feel they would pose a danger to other passengers. In such case no refund or compensation will be entitled.
If you require wheelchair access, unfortunately we cannot guarantee the coach will be able to facilitate this. We would advise against booking this package if this is the case.
Please note we reserve the right to cancel coach travel from any departure point if there is a lack of demand. In this instance we will inform all relevant purchasers as soon as possible for you to arrange other methods of transport, and refund the coach travel costs back to the cardholder.
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Lord knows it's taken some time, but this week we've finally managed to peel those stinky six-week-old glad rags from the backsides of our four reluctant coaches. This week, Bressie, Jamelia, Kian and Sharon, alongside a few new friendly helpers, appeared freshly scrubbed, finely tuned and ready to fight The Battles with a whole new wardrobe and a kick-ass attitude.
First up was songstress-turned-actress Jamelia. "I'm not dealing with any shy girls," the R'n'B guru quipped, as she and assistant coach – multi-platinum singing star Lemar – proceeded to show 'em how it's done. The White Stripe's Seven Nation Army never sounded as funky as it did when it belted from the mouth of these uber-talented coaches backstage; not until Erica and Roisin hit the stage with a diva sing-off of their own, that is. Even persistent taunts from Bressie and Kian – "this is not Jeremy Kyle" – failed to take down Team Jamelia.
Meanwhile, Sharon Corr successfully managed to live up to her newly-formed reputation as a cougar. Teaming barely-legal teen Bob with 30-year-old stunner Tammy for a saucy onstage duet certainly made for a killer performance, even if young Bob seemed a little reluctant. "It's creepy," he later confessed. Kian, on the other hand, seemed intent on starting a fist fight between his first two performers, not to mention giving an earful to his fellow coaches on stage. Ooer!
For the all-important Battle shows, Bressie brought along showbiz buddy Jerry Fish to help with rehearsals and offer some much-need advice to aspiring hopefuls. However, the Dublin musician's contributions may have fallen short of the overpowering glory of his ever-growing moustache. Team Kian's cohort, Danny 'McFly' Jones, also threw a few digs when it came to a very tough call between Battle buddies Joey and Andy, while Royseven's Paul Walsh pushed Madame Corr to step up with some less than popular feedback for Kian's proteges. Yikes!
Oh yes, it's a brand new battle ring and the gloves are well and truly off! So be sure to stock up on the crunchy nibbles and hot chocolate sachets, folks. This is one war that's about to get downright dirty and impossibly entertaining.


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If beating dead horses were an Olympic event, Joe Klein would have more medals gracing his neck than Michael Phelps.
On his magazine's Swampland blog, the Time columnist returned to his latest overwrought left-wing pandering point: labeling hardliner President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the Iranian version of George W. Bush:
The protesters admire our freedom, but they are appalled--and insulted--by our neocolonialist condescension over the past 50 years. The reformers, and even some conservatives, consider Ahmadinejad the George W. Bush of Iran--a crude, unsophisticated demagogue, who puts a strong Potemkin face to the world without very much knowledge of what the rest of the world is about. This was an anology [sic] that came up in interview after interview, with reformers and conservatives alike.
Klein doesn't explicitly reference the "axis of evil" remarks in then-President Bush's 2002 State of the Union address as an offense, although he quite probably has it in mind. Yet a review of the relevant passage from that speech shows Bush was dead-on and arguably eerily prophetic about the iron-fisted repression that the world is witness to presently on the streets of Tehran (portion in bold is my emphasis):
Our second goal is to prevent regimes that sponsor terror from threatening America or our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction.
Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom.
States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.
Although Klein won't admit it, he partially agrees with former President Bush -- the Iranian people want greater freedom -- although the Time columnist also insisted that the Iranian protesters are content with the Islamic "revolution" that is denying them said freedom (emphasis mine):
They do not believe they live in an Evil Empire. They still support their revolution. They shout "Allahu Akbar" in the streets, which was the rallying cry of 1979. They are proud of their nuclear program, even if many have doubts about the efficacy of weaponizing the enriched uraniam that is being produced. They want greater freedom, to be sure. And they believe that the Khamenei-Ahmadinejad forces--and the militarized regime they have empowered, the millions of basiji and revolutionary guards--is a profound perversion of that revolution. They are right. They deserve our prayers and support. But they don't need grandstanding from an American President, and they certainly don't need histrionics from blustery old John McCain.
It seems Klein is the one that has bought the Iranian mullahs' "Potemkin face to the world." After all, the basij and the Revolutionary Guard are not perversions of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, they are a fundamental component of it, the armed enforcement mechanism and thought police, as it were, of the "revolution" which Klein insists the intelligent, sophisticated, and world-wise Iranian protesters support.
What's more, contrary to Klein's insistence, there is evidence that there are at least some protesters now publicly long for Ayatollah Khameini's death and perhaps with it fundamental change to the regime's theocratic structure. As the Associated Press reported on Saturday (emphasis mine):
On the streets, witnesses said some protesters also shouted "Death to Khamenei!" — another sign of once unthinkable challenges to the authority of the successor of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the father of the Islamic Revolution.


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Effectiveness and Safety Study of the DexCom™ G4 Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the G4 System when worn for up to 7-days by subjects >18 years-old with diabetes mellitus requiring insulin.
Device performance will be primarily evaluated in terms of the proportion of G4 System values that are within ±20% of YSI reference value for glucose levels >80 mg/dL and ±20 mg/dL at meter glucose levels <80 mg/dL. These G4-YSI matched pairs will be collected during in-clinic sessions on Days 1, 4, and 7 of Sensor wear. The proportion of matched pairs from this study (PTL-900360) meeting the above criteria will be compared to the proportion of such points observed in the DexCom clinical study that supported approval of the SEVEN PLUS System (PTL 300012).
Safety data of the G4 System will also be collected and safety will be characterized by the incidence of Adverse Device Effects, Serious Adverse Device Events, and Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects experienced by study participants.
|Diabetes Mellitus
|Device: DexCom™ G4 Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: No masking
Primary Purpose: Other
|Official Title:
|Effectiveness and Safety Study of the DexCom™ G4 Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- the Proportion of G4 CGM System in Agreement With the Reference Standard [ Time Frame: Assessment done on either Day 1, 4 or 7 of the sensor wear period ]The proportion of G4 System values within (±) 20% of YSI reference value for glucose levels >80 mg/dL and (±) 20 mg/dL at YSI glucose levels <80 mg/dL. This is primarayly laboratory measurement outcome,and it is not measured by clinical outcome, for example, diagnosis, treatement and complication, and clinical effectiveness, etc.
|Study Start Date:
|February 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: CGM
continuous glucose monitoring system
Device: DexCom™ G4 Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
Other Name: Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
Detailed Description:
This will be a non-randomized, single-armed study conducted in the United States. Following screening, a minimum of 60 to a maximum of 80 subjects at up to 4 clinical sites will be enrolled. All participants will wear the G4 Sensor for one 7-day wear period (~168 hours). A subset of 20-30 subjects will wear two G4 Systems (one of which will be blinded) during the 7-day wear period for the purposes of assessing precision. During home use, subjects will be asked to use the meter provided to them to take fingersticks for calibration and diabetes management. Subjects will also be asked to confirm high and low G4 System glucose alerts/alarms by taking a comparative fingerstick immediately after receiving an alert/alarm.
All subjects will participate in one, 8-hour in-clinic session on Day 1, 4, or 7 of the study to collect accuracy information against a laboratory standard (YSI) and against SMBG. During the in-clinic session, subjects will have venous blood draws for evaluation of the YSI blood glucose measurements. Carbohydrate consumption and insulin dosing may be manipulated during the in-clinic session to ensure a wide range of glucose values. For the duration of this study, subjects will be instructed to use G4 System information as an adjunct to (and not as a replacement for) standard SMBG guidance of diabetes self-management.
Subjects will perform G4 Sensor insertions at the clinic under supervision of study staff. Sensor insertion sites will be examined after removal of the Sensor(s). Study staff will document any irritation and/or Adverse Device Effects.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 years or older;
- Have been diagnosed with insulin-requiring diabetes and are on multiple daily injections (MDI) or Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) insulin therapy;
- Willing not to inject insulin or wear an insulin pump insertion set within 3 inches from the Sensor site during Sensor wear;
- Willing to use only the blood glucose meter provided to them for self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) during Sensor wear;
- Willing to participate in one, 8-hour in-clinic session and be willing to take 4 fingersticks per hour and have 4 blood draws per hour for the entire 8-hour duration;
- Willing to take a minimum of 6 fingersticks per day during home use (2 for calibration purposes, 4 for comparative purposes);
- Willing to refrain from the use of acetaminophen during the Sensor insertion period and for at least 24-hours prior to Sensor insertion;
- Willing not to schedule a magnetic resonance (MRI) scan, computed tomography (CT) scan, or x-ray, for the duration of the study;
- Able to speak, read, and write English.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have extensive skin changes/diseases that preclude wearing the Sensor on normal skin (e.g. extensive psoriasis, recent burns or severe sunburn, extensive eczema, extensive scarring, extensive tattoos, dermatitis herpetiformis) at the proposed wear sites;
- Subjects who have a known allergy to medical-grade adhesives;
- Are pregnant as demonstrated by a positive pregnancy test within 72 hours of insertion;
- Have a hematocrit that is less than 30%, or greater than 55%;
- Current participation in another investigational study protocol (if a subject has recently completed participation in another drug study, the subject must have completed that study at least 30 days prior to being enrolled in this study);
- Have any condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would interfere with their participation in the trial or pose an excessive risk to study staff handling venous blood samples (e.g., known history of hepatitis B or C).
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01111370
|Study Chair:
|Andrew Balo
|DexCom, Inc.
|Responsible Party:
|DexCom, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01111370 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 22, 2010
|Results First Received:
|August 4, 2015
|Last Updated:
|February 7, 2017
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by DexCom, Inc.:
diabetes mellitus requiring insulin
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 25, 2017


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Article I — Declaration of Rights
Florida's Bill of Rights includes freedom of speech, freedom of the press, equal protection of the laws, right to a jury trial, the right to bear arms, freedom of worship and other traditional American liberties. Some additional rights include the right to work without having to join a union; the right to collective bargaining for public employees; the right to privacy; access to public records; open meetings; and a Taxpayers' Bill of Rights.
Article II — General Provisions
This section establishes the state's boundaries, designates three branches of government, authorizes a state seal and flag, and designates Tallahassee as the state capital. It also includes a code of ethics for state and local government officers and employees, designates English as the official language in Florida and requires state policy to protect and conserve Florida's natural resources and beauty.
Article III — Legislature
This section establishes a House and a Senate, with House members elected for two years and senators for four. It requires an annual state budget and a planning process, including a budget stabilization, or "rainy day," fund for shortfalls caused by economic events.
Article IV — Executive
This article creates the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, and Florida's unique Cabinet, which includes a secretary of state, an attorney general, a comptroller, a treasurer, a commissioner of agriculture and a commissioner of education. It authorizes up to 25 executive departments supervised by the governor and lieutenant governor, as well as the Cabinet or individual Cabinet members. It also requires establishment of a Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission (renamed the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in 1999), a Department of Veteran's Affairs and a Department of Elderly Affairs.
Article V — Judiciary Appeals
This article establishes four levels of state courts: County Court, Circuit Court, District Courts of Appeal and Supreme Court. It stipulates that county judges will be chosen in nonpartisan elections for four-year terms, and circuit judges for six-year terms. It specifies the appointment of Supreme Court justices and District Courts of Appeal judges by the governor from a list prepared by the Judicial Nominating Commission. Voters decide to retain or not retain them for succeeding six-year terms. This section also provides for the election of clerks of Circuit Courts, state attorneys and public defenders.
Article VI — Suffrage and Election
This section specifies dates of general elections and qualifications to vote; disqualifies convicted felons and the mentally incompetent from voting; provides the form of an oath administered to persons registering to vote; and leaves to statutory law details of special elections and referenda. It also limits certain state officials, including the governor, senators and representatives, to no more than eight-year terms.
The state constitution has 12 Articles — independent, binding sections that deal with distinct subjects. Together they outline a framework for government and for citizens' rights.
Article VII — Finance and Taxation
This section requires all taxes and appropriations to be provided by the Legislature; most bond issues to be approved by voters; and borrowing authority to be limited; and gives various specifics for taxing authority and exemptions. It also restricts annual increases in state revenues to the rate of personal income growth and limits increases in assessment of homes to either 3 percent a year or the rate of increase in consumer prices, whichever is lower. This section prohibits state personal income tax, limits inheritance taxes and provides for a homestead exemption.
Article VIII — Local Government
This article creates state authority to establish, abolish or change counties and municipalities, specifies their powers and requires that county officials include county commissioners and a separately elected clerk, sheriff, tax appraiser, tax collector and supervisor of elections.
Article IX — Education
This article establishes a uniform system of public schools, institutions of higher learning and other public education programs as needed. The Board of Education, comprising the governor and Cabinet, supervises this system, which is administered by the education commissioner. This section also specifies one school district per county and district leadership.
Article X — Miscellaneous
This article carries 27 sections, including the authority to have a state militia, protection from court seizure of one's home, a state lottery, public ownership of lands under navigable waters, a limit on saltwater net fishing, an Everglades Trust Fund, workplaces without tobacco smoke, parental notice of termination of a minor's pregnancy, and prohibition of medical licenses after repeated medical malpractice.
Article XI — Amendments
This section creates five ways to amend Florida's Constitution, by: two forms of legislative proposal; a Constitution Revision Commission; a citizens' ballot initiative; and a constitutional convention of elected delegates. It also establishes a Tax and Budget Reform Commission that meets, much like the Revision Commission, every 10 years. It reviews the state's tax and budget laws, including constitutional limits, so as to submit proposals for changes to voters at general elections.
Article XII — Schedule
This article consists of 21 sections that provide for an orderly transition from the 1885 Constitution to the current one.


text: UWA to co-host "Art as a Business" event in Thomasville Posted: January 17, 2014 Author: Betsy Compton The University of West Alabama, through an intercollegiate initiative, will host a small business educational event for those interested art as a business on Monday, Feb. 10, in Thomasville on the Alabama Southern Community College campus. The event is a partnership between the UWA Small Business Development Center and the SBDC at the University of South Alabama, Black Belt Treasures, and the University of Alabama Center for Economic Development. Marc Wilson of the Wilson Company will offer information and tips on several aspects of making art a business. Topics discussed will include understanding collectors, merchandising, marketing, advertising, branding, creating a social media presence, and understanding the business of selling art. In addition to Wilson's informative session, attendees will have the opportunity to meet with a counselor from the SBDC and to have one-on-one site visits with Wilson.The event is free to the public but requires registration. To request more information or to register, contact the Small Business Development Center at UWA at email@example.com or call 205-652-3665.The Small Business Development Center at the University of West Alabama is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made, if requested at least two weeks in advance by contacting the office. The SBDC at UWA is a member of the Alabama SBDC Network.Online Registration and Driving DirectionsSee More UWA News


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Not so magnificent seven
"Football is a game played by 22 players. And then Germany win."
No words come quite as close as those of Gary Lineker to describing the sense of dread experienced by English fans at the prospect of meeting their ancient European foes.
Since that memorable day at Wembley, England have never beaten Germany in a competitive match.
Indeed in 14 post-1966 meetings, England have triumphed only twice.
But English fans would hand back those victories and a thousand more in return for the two defeats which have prevented them reaching two major football finals during the 1990s.
The bitterness has been compounded by the fact that, in both Italia 90 and Euro 96, Germany went on to beat them to the crown England fans believe could, and should, have been theirs.
But the schizophrenic combination of fatalistic pessimism and unbridled, jingoistic optimism which surrounds the fixture is more than a product of footballing history.
"Two World Wars and one World Cup," is how England's crueller fans might sum it up.
English football supporters have the belief that when it comes to playing Germany, justice is on their side.
While the Germans may be technically superior and ruthlessly aloof, the country that invented the game believes it somehow deserves victory if only as compensation for the wrongs of the past.
Nothing could wipe away more quickly the self-satisfied smirk that most English fans displayed at defeating the snarling Scots in the Euro 2000 playoffs, than the looming spectre of Germany - so long England's tormentors.
It can be summed up in just one word: penalties.
The last two competitive clashes have both been settled by the spot-kick and both have shot-down an England side on the brink of major footballing success.
First at the 1990 World Cup and most recently on home soil in the 1996 European Championships.
At Italia 90 England had possibly their best chance of repeating their 1966 triumph.
The result left Germany in the finals and England with the delusion that their old adversary was not better at football - just better at taking penalties.
That kernel of moral comfort was left to fester for seven years - until the next competitve meeting, at Euro 96.
England had already overcome one old enemy, Scotland, on route to the semi-final clash.
More than 20 million people - a third of the population - tuned in and were sent into delirium by Alan Shearer's 2nd minute goal.
The game went to extra-time - Steve McManaman hit the post, Paul Gasgoigne came within the width of a beer mat of sliding home the winner and Sandor Puhl, the excellent Hungarian referee, even ruled out a Kuntz header.
The intensity of the game was only magnified by the final whistle and the prospect of sudden-death spot-kicks.
For the record it went like this:
"Tantalising, terrifying, tragic," said Paddy Ashdown, the then Liberal Democrat leader.
The feeling, lodged nigglingly at the back of every frustrated English mind ever since, has been "until we meet again".
The stage is set for Saturday night.
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text: The photography of David Brandon Geeting is a new kind of still life. His photographs capture everyday objects, found or arranged. The compositions of the pieces almost seem to reference classical art. However, the content reflects an ultra-modern obsession with objects, picture-taking, and boredom. His pieces have a definite fine art aesthetic though they're populated with banal household items. Geeting's work reflects a new kind of still life, that in turn reflects a new kind of modernity.


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The objection is utterly futile, for there is not a single spire or pinnacle from one end of the Trossachs to the other.
Between this point and Loch Katrine, a mile, are the "Trossachs."
Whatever the guide-books say, it is certainly not the case that the Trossachs were discovered by Scott.
Perhaps no district indeed on the world's surface is so well known (even to those who have never seen it), as the Trossachs.
They were bound on a pleasure-trip for Loch Katrine and the Trossachs.
In the Trossachs, in Scotland, I followed a song thrush about for a long time, attracted by its peculiar song.
A road has been constructed from the Trossachs for nearly six miles along the northern shore.
An old man, who lived near the Trossachs, whom I remember very well, regularly attended with a supply of whisky.
The next morning we went to Callander by train, and there we took a coach for Trossachs.
Miss Wordsworth refers in the text to some work on the Trossachs, from which the words at the head of this note are taken.