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Fox Pushes Lie That Obama Isn't Receiving His Intel Briefings
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Fox is falsely claiming that the day after the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, the president "didn't receive a briefing" on the attack in an attempt to resurrect the falsehood that President Obama isn't receiving intelligence briefings.
In fact, Obama did receive a briefing from Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough on September 12. He received additional briefings the following day.
Nevertheless, Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade asked Washington Free Beacon senior editor Bill Gertz: Obama "didn't get a briefing on September 12, did he?" Kilmeade also repeated the assertion that Obama has been skipping more than half of his intelligence briefings. Gertz suggested that Obama was letting the campaign get in the way of national security.
But the entire assertion that Obama is not receiving daily intelligence briefings is based on quicksand.
In September, Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen suggested that Obama was not committed to national security because he did not always attend in-person daily intelligence briefings. But Thiessen himself noted in his column that Obama "reads his briefing" on national security every day. And the Post's own fact-checker Glenn Kessler pointed out in response to Thiessen that presidents have often preferred written daily intelligence briefings over oral ones.
Moreover, as Kessler reported, there may be advantages to receiving a written briefing rather than an oral briefing. For instance, if President George W. Bush had read his intelligence briefings, he might have noticed the dissents to the intelligence community's assessment that Iraq had an ongoing weapons of mass destruction program. From Kessler's piece:
Thomas S. Blanton, director of the National Security Archive at George Washington University, says that there have been "lots of variation in the briefing patterns" among presidents, with different consequences.
George W. Bush "wanted personal and oral, and that matched CIA's institutional interest in face to face with the president, much better for their bureaucratic politics, but unclear how good it was for presidential decision making," he said. "On Iraq WMD [weapons of mass destruction], the direct brief was clearly pernicious; reading might have pointed to the dissents, but the briefers did not."


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Noordam - Western Med: Noordam Cruise Review by cindilouwho
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Noordam - Western Med
Destination: Europe - Western Mediterranean
Embarkation: Rome (Civitavecchia)
I am normally a small ship kind of girl, love my Azamara - but this was a family cruise to celebrate my niece and nephew's graduation. There were 7 of us in 4 suites. I was very pleased with my HAL Noordam experience for the most part, as were we all.
We originally booked 2 insides, one balcony and one suite about a year ago. A few months ago there was a suite sale.... for an SZ gtee we were able to book all 4 in suites for almost 6,000 less than we originally were quote. No way we were going to turn that deal down!! We were sweating the details having requested rooms close by each other (2 minor children in one stateroom) and finally got our cabin assignments a few days before we left. Bingo - 3 cabins in a More row and my cabin across the way! I have booked gtee before but never remembered waiting that long for an assignment.
This was my second time on the Noordam and third time on HAL. The ship is lovely. Clean, well maintained, staff and crew are friendly but not quite as friendly as years past. Found a few that didn't seem happy to be aboard. My air conditioning went out on the first night - couldn't be fixed even though I reported it early evening but a fan arrived and the front desk really tried to accommodate me --- to offer me the only cabin available (inside) for the night -- but the fan worked famously and I was fine!
The followup on the problem was excellent. Assistant Manager called on me several times. Front desk too. Great customer service. Exceeded expectations!
The food - we ate in the dining room and at the Lido. The Lido closes a bit early and has an area for table service. The food was excellent everywhere. Tried the Pinnacle and was impressed with the food but not the service. Not that they weren't nice but that they seemed to be less trained than the dining room staff and not trained in fine dining experience service. But the food was GREAT! I have to say that I was extremely impressed with the food. I rate it an 8.5 - 9 - I never really had a bad meal. Lamb was super. Didn't love the room service menu - very salty.
The Spa is great - lots of variety and good technicians. ONE HUGE issue - thought that the Thermal suite should be available for the day to folks who book expensive services. I had booked a massage for 195 but they would not give me access either before or after. Every other ship I have been on does that.
Didn't find that they were nickle and diming me - maybe because I am just "with the program" and know how to avoid it. They let you carry on wine in each port - no hassles. Love it!
The ports are amazing with ONE GLARING EXCEPTION - Tunisia!! Hated it. In 80 cruises I have never left a port tour early - this was the time. Couldn't wait to get back on board. We told our private guide we didn't feel good and went back to the ship. I can't put my finger on exactly what bothered me .... many things. Many folks felt the same. Didn't speak to anyone that enjoyed the port. I felt that the locals seemed unhappy....they were polite but barely so....political tension? For whatever reason, it isn't a great port of call and probably should be terminated. Carthage isn't nearly as breathtaking as Ephesus and is a lot more spread out. Nothing much to see in Tunis - Sidi Bou Said has lots of knockoff bags and souvenirs but no high quality shops. The shops at the cruise terminal are really quite nice and no haggling.
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I have mysql server 4.0.34, php 4.3.11, and php-mysql 4.3.11 all showing as installed rpms.
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A wooded area near Duck Creek that once served as the headquarters of the Diocese of Davenport is on the design board for a $30 million athletic complex for St. Ambrose University.
The university bought the 45-acre property just off West Central Park Avenue in July 2009 for $3.35 million. The property, also known as the St. Vincent Center, had been managed by a trustee after the diocese went into bankruptcy.
University officials already have shared a "preliminary vision" for the property with neighbors.
The plan calls for a 5,000-seat football stadium with a track as well as a baseball field, softball field, two collegiate soccer fields, basketball courts, sand volleyball courts, tennis courts, three practice fields and more than 1,000 parking spaces, said Tim Phillips, dean of students.
It also includes restrooms, concessions, a storage building, weight room and athletic offices.
Construction on those facilities could begin within the next two years, along with 425 parking spaces, a softball field, sand volleyball courts and three practice fields. A construction timetable for the stadium and other fields has not yet been set, Phillips said, adding a capital campaign may be necessary.
The property is zoned residential and any development would require special-use permits from the city. Already, plans for a 108-space parking lot are set to go before the Davenport Zoning Board of Adjustment, and neighbors say that's just the tip of the iceberg that would change the neighborhood.
"The big thing is this first step," said Jeanne Christensen, a concerned neighbor who lives in the 2900 block of Gaines Street. "There's definitely more to come."
The total cost at build-out could top $30 million, Phillips said. The college, which currently uses Brady Street Stadium and 10 other off-site locations for sports, needs facilities of its own, he added.
The zoning board is set to discuss the 108-space parking lot, which could be built next year at 720 W. Central Park Ave., at its July 21 meeting. The issue is being pushed back two weeks from the original agenda at today's board meeting.
City staff has recommended the university hire a consultant to do an analysis of its parking needs, adding "it's past due time" in a staff report.
In an unrelated matter, the university also wants to build a 200-bed dormitory and construct a 23-space parking lot at Harrison and Lombard streets, on its main campus. That issue also is set to be taken up by the Zoning Board of Adjustment on July 21.
The college has more than 1,500 parking spaces on campus and the new lot on the St. Vincent Center property is necessary to replace the spots which will be gone when the dormitory is built, Phillips said.
Phillips said about 200 students wanted to live in campus housing this year but could not. The new dormitory could accommodate them and also keep more students on campus, which Phillips said neighbors prefer.
Neighbors near the St. Vincent property say they are concerned about safety, quality of life issues, decreases in property values, traffic, parking, noise and light pollution, loss of green space, increased storm water runoff and flooding problems. Phillips said the university wants to be a good neighbor, which is why it is informing residents of its plans early on.
"We want to listen, hear and understand, so in the end we come up with creative ways to make this a community asset," he said.
The university would work to improve runoff issues on the property and come up with parking and traffic plans, he added. Hours of usage also would be limited to reduce noise and light pollution.
Phillips said the university and Assumption High School already use the St. Vincent property as a practice field and for intramural sports. He said the ample parking in the new plan would help alleviate parking concerns that already exist in the neighborhood. "It has the potential to answer some concerns."
The sports facilities likely would be shared with Assumption, Phillips said.
Christensen, who spent the weekend passing out about 100 fliers to let neighbors know of St. Ambrose's plans, said her home is located "off the beaten path."
"I've got woods back there and a creek that runs through it. With this, the woods will all be gone. I'll have a parking lot right up to my lot line," she said.
She also is not convinced that parking will be sufficient for a 5,000-seat stadium and other amenities. "You know that not everybody is going to park there. They're going to be parking on our residential streets, which were not made for a lot of traffic."
Christensen also is worried about safety. "I want to know what they're going to do about law enforcement at that stadium," she said. "In a stadium like that, anything can happen."
Margaret Osborn, who also lives near the St. Vincent property, said she fears the development would take over the entire neighborhood. She said the college informed residents in January that they would be using the property as practice fields and was surprised when Phillips unveiled the new vision at the most recent of the neighborhood meetings it holds twice a year with Ambrose neighbors.
"Everyone was stunned and amazed," Osborn said. "It's a full-blown Club Med for the university."


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Karune, Blizzard's RTS community manager, has been active on the forums lately, posting bits and pieces of new information about StarCraft 2.
First, Karune posted concept art pictures from two, now-cut units from StarCraft 2, and one picture of the evolution of one of those.
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This is the original art concept for the Firebat, which is operating a small mechanized armor. The Marauder has slipped into the Firebat's old shell, keeping most of its armor, but replacing the flame weapons with grenade launchers.
Next up: can you guess which cut unit this concept art picture belongs to?
This is the Purifier, the old name for the now-defunct Soul Hunter. Perhaps if the Soul Hunter had been this magnificent in-game it would not have been cut.
Next, another old concept art picture:
The Ultralisk originally had spiny tentacles, as Karune mentions, and as this picture illustrates so well. The spines, which apparently flailed around randomly, skewering marines in their path, were eventually cut due to the random nature of their damage output, which doesn't fit StarCraft's professional, competitive nature.
Karune further promises that during Blizzard's upcoming mega-event, BlizzCon 2008, new artwork changes will be shown. Specifically, he mentions a "planned community event around the Dark Templar in which we hope to get much feedback about the models in-game of these units".
Finally, an interesting change to the Warp Ray has been described by Karune:
Yes, the Warp Ray can fire while moving. Once it begins firing at a target, the Warp Ray will follow the target if it begins to move, keeping at a close proximity since the Warp Ray's range is currently quite short.
The Warp Ray, whose beam increases in intensity and damage output the longer it is being focused on a target, currently has a relatively short range for its devastating attack. To compensate for the cut in weapons range, which used to be quite long, and to make it harder for units to break away and eliminate the Warp Ray's deadly lock, the Warp Ray will be able to keep firing at its target while it's moving – even if it means it has to follow it itself.
This means that the only way to avoid the Warp Ray's damage barrage is to destroy the Warp Ray itself. This eliminates an aspect of micromanagement, in which the player would constantly move his units out of the Warp Ray's range to avoid its attack, just as it's gaining focus. Fast units would probably still be able to outrun the Warp Ray, but these are not the units that should fear the Warp Ray's attack – its juicer targets, units and buildings which possess many hit points, generally move very slowly.
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13 Comments to "Karunology: New Concept Art, Warp Rays Firing While Moving"
Battlarmd — August 8, 2008 @ 10:55 pm
the protosss air force appears to lack range… doesn't it seems? Phoenix's special ability is close range, not the warp ray lost its range too…
Anonymuzz — August 9, 2008 @ 1:40 pm
I've thought ever since they revealed it that the Warp Ray was almost too wicked. Even with the range removal, it still a isn't very slow and should be able to keep up with any of the big targets that it was made to kill.
I'm curious to know how fragile the Warp Ray is though. It'd be really frustrating to have it locked on to a vital building and find that your entire mobile force or defense force isn't enough to take it down quickly.
The other thing that I'd like to know is the build time and cost of the Warp Ray, how easy it will be to resume the attack on a key building.
Kent — August 9, 2008 @ 5:47 pm
Protoss lacks long range bombardment.
terrans has seige tanks / thor / yamato to clear defense lines of cannons and stuff.
Zerg has guardians. (unless they change their range.)
Protoss has none. Use to have reaver, but now the longest range is colossus, which doesn't even hits hard. (splash on multiple target with their new laser.)
Protoss will likely face HEAVY causalties when fighting a terran push. I believe protoss needs an upgraded reaver brought back to their arsenal. (or any form of long range, slow firing, heavy damage attack)
Yokelassence — August 9, 2008 @ 7:12 pm
I wouldnt say the Protoss are totally helpless
Carriers can hit from distance, mothership can cast time bomb spells over a distance, immortals can ford their way through bombardments, stalkers can blink their way closer…
Lipton — August 10, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
Yeah Carriers always had long range, and also note that you can use that very mechanism as a tactic. Lure a Warp-ray with a small unit into a group of smaller units to kill it. The Protoss player will have to micromanage that Wary-Ray away from getting killed.
Lipton — August 10, 2008 @ 4:42 pm
If anything I think it adds a bit more micromanagement on the side of the Protoss player, while changing the micro of the other player from moving the his units away from getting killed into moving the Toss players Warp-ray into his own troops
Actually... — August 11, 2008 @ 5:44 am
Carrier range was very limited when I played the demo. The carrier ability also seems… well, maybe I just don't know how to use it well.
and yes, don't bet on the warp-ray helping you blow up any defense system at a distance, but I think they are playing with the hp of warp-ray and their range still… blizz will get it right… somehow…
but yeah.. I will stick with terrans. Protoss plays VERY differently now, in SC1, protoss troops usually suffer the least causality of the 3 races in any given situation. Now.. that goes to Terrans, protoss is all about warping-in DTs with phase prisms.
Don't count on your templar against Terrans, you will be SO F-ing frustrated at being sniped every turn, not to mention siege tanks out range you. Immortals are cool, but any good terrans comes with Marines, oh-hell, even Vikings kick their asses, immortals are only good for absorbing some seige-tank hits while your zealots rush in with the speed-rush thing.
Actually... — August 11, 2008 @ 5:49 am
But on the note, I don't want the reaver back.
However, seeing a new toss unit that can hit a longer range of heavy damage will be cool. The reaver sacrab thing had always pissed me off somehow.
Or maybe give that Long range bombardment thing to the Mothership, and viola, you have a mothership that players will actually use.
Joe — August 13, 2008 @ 5:33 pm
I'm not sure I like the warp ray's short range + attack while moving + damage ramp over time combination.
In my head it feels like it would be better to have a longer range + stationary so that you can use them in siege or defense. If they increase the speed of the unit to make the attack while moving more effective, I'm anticipating the same experience as chasing my mouse cursor after rouge corsairs that run off trying to kill retreating units.
Also the beam graphic looks kind of busy! Hehe, Peck, peck, peck!
Ultralisk + tenticles concept is funny 😛
JMM — August 14, 2008 @ 3:01 am
No, I don't like this version of the warp ray. I prefer the long range warp ray that can't chase it's prey.
Battlarmd — August 14, 2008 @ 5:18 am
a short range attack while moving warp ray feels… kinda silly.
I would MUCH rather have the warp ray with a respectable range, so the unit can double up as a bit of a seige device… right now… the unit has one use, chase big cars.
Joe — August 14, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
Actually, the short range + attack while moving function might be better suited to a new protoss scout, using its machine gun attack.
The Scout previously had the machine guns for ground attacks, and heavy missles for air attacks. The missles were good for hunting down carriers, but overall the scout was a rarely used unit because it was more expensive than it was effective. Maybe the new scout could have it's machine gun attack for air and ground, as well as being cheap and useful for scouting?
The machine guns might be more appropriate for the terrans, so perhaps the new scout could be similar in both appearance and attack to the small alien fighter crafts in Independance day? (minus Will Smith of course!)
ninja — April 4, 2011 @ 5:07 pm
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Lindsay Lohan blasted for 'heavy partying'.
Teen actress Lindsay Lohan created abuzz after another. On Wednesday July 26th her publicist claimed the actress was taken to the hospital from the set of her upcoming movie, "Georgia Rule", which was claimed as a result of overheating and dehydration.
While several sources told PEOPLE that Lindsay had been at the nightclub Guy's Tuesday night prior to her hospitalization, James G. Robinson, CEO of Morgan Creek Productions, the production company behind the film, wrote a letter posted Friday on TheSmokingGun.com., blasted Lindsay's heavy partying habit for her late arrivals and absences from the production.
The letter, dedicated to Lindsay, her mother, agent and publicist, among others, read "You and your representatives have told us that your various late arrivals and absences from the set have been the result of illness; today we were told it was 'heat exhaustion.' We are well aware that your ongoing all night heavy partying is the real reason for your so-called 'exhaustion'".
Feel the need to speak on the behalf of her daughter, Dina Lohan breaks her silence, saying "there is only so much a child can take". Claimed the wording of the letter as "ridiculous," Dina further claimed "My daughter is a wonderful child. This is too much."
What's more, Dina also told "Access Hollywood" in an interview with Billy Bush set to air Monday July 31st, "I felt when you are 19 (years old) it is way out of line. ... Maybe he has personal issues with whomever and it came out with my child. I don't know him. I can't judge him. I don't think it was a smart thing to do to a young girl."
Despite all, Lindsay has returned to work. And that obviously makes Robinson happy after all.


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BERKELEY COUNTY, SC - We begin this week's Lowcountry Proud series with a look at a brand new high-tech company located right here in Berkeley County.
GWIG officially launched this past weekend at the Charleston Battery soccer game.
Charlie Turner is the founder and CEO of GWIG. So what is GWIG? "GWIG is the first of its kind social media application that has digitized word-of-mouth referrals."
You are still wondering what GWIG is, right? Well, Go Where I Go, or "GWIG," is a website and app that allows you to refer your friends to your favorite businesses.
Turner says most businesses have their contact information in Google Places. His company uses that information to make referring your friends to those businesses easier. "With three or four swipes of the phone, you can actually pass information from the businesses you love to your trusted friend network."
Word of mouth has long been one of, if not the best form of advertising in any business. GWIG aims to allow more word of mouth referrals. GWIG does not cost the referrer anything. "Both the friend and the referrer are free. The person being referred the business does not have to have the application. We're using email. So when I refer business that I like to my friend, we're using email to do that, so both of the people do not have to have the app."
Turner is not a typical tech company owner. "I'm actually not a big Tech user. My generation uses Tech, I'm not somebody who uses Tech... Actually I had one to two apps on my phone when I came to SPARC. I'm a small business owner, and I realized after owning my own small business for nine years, word-of-mouth referrals was the best way my business grew."
He is an optometrist with a practice on Daniel Island. "Last year I was looking for a digital tool just to help the customers that love our business to refer us. Last year we found that it didn't exist. I just decided to go ahead and build it."
He found investors willing to pay $600,000 to build the business. "Our idea was conceived locally. You know I live in Charleston, my business is on Daniel Island, SPARC is here on Clements ferry Road on Daniel Island. So I brought my idea to SPARC to help me go from an idea to a business."
SPARC is also a local Berkeley County business. They help create digital products for the government, as well as private companies like GWIG.
Tim Limbert is a project manager with SPARC. "We love to work with local businesses and folks here who have great ideas. Charlie Turner came to us as a small business owner with a great idea, back in summer time, back in June 2013, about a referral that's based on information he had learned while running his own small business."
So how does GWIG make money? The company will offer a $49 per month digital dashboard to businesses, allowing them to automate and track their word of mouth referrals.
Turner says, "They can track and have a digital record, first ever digital record, of a word-of-mouth referral, as well as track any and all referrals they receive. Also they can track any and all marketing activities that they do."
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The finds archaeologists have uncovered in Mikulovice in the Pardubice region (Czech Republic) prove that the local prehistoric people had contacts with the Black Sea area in the 6-5th centuries BCE, archeologist Jan Frolik said. The experts have uncovered remnants of ancient pottery people's settlements including bone decorations and a saddle of Scythian origin, which proves that the people were in contact with the remote Black Sea region, situated some 1000 km away in the southeast direction. "The things could appear here as a result of trade, it could be a gift or a souvenir. It is surprising that the people had contacts across such a huge distance," said Frolik.
Another rare find, of importance much higher than regional, is the ancient burial ground of the Unetice people from the Early Bronze Age (about 2000 BCE). "A total of 56 graves with 59 buried people have been uncovered. Most of the deceased were buried in a crouched position, along with bronze jewels and weapons. Especially extraordinary are the finds of amber, including a necklace with more than 400 corals," said Jana Marikova-Kubkova, from the Archaeological Institute in Prague.
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Congratulations to third-year law student Erica M. Weber for winning the FoxKiser Annual Writing Competition in Law, Science & Medicine. Her paper, titled "Deoxyribonucleic Acid TRIPS: Gene Patents in the United States and their Problematic Domestic and International Consequences," was unanimously chosen by the review committee for first place. The competition is designed to encourage multi-disciplinary scholarly writing and is sponsored by the law firm FoxKiser located in Washington, D.C.
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The Next Step… Crossing the Bridge to Survivorship Addresses Late Effects of Cancer Treatment
Washington, DC -- With more than 270,000 childhood cancer survivors living in the United States, researchers have turned their attention to the effects of cancer treatment that can occur years after therapy, called late effects. At the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Georgetown University Hospital, a team of oncologists, nurses, social workers and an art therapist have created the first survivorship book, tailored for each child treated for cancer. The Next Step… Crossing the Bridge to Survivorship is an educational guide designed to provide specific information related to long-term follow-up and survivorship. "The end of cancer treatment is a time of strong emotions for patients and families," says Aziza T. Shad, M.D., chief of the division of pediatric hematology oncology at Lombardi and the Hospital, and author of the book. "Celebration is often mixed with anxiety and loss of security. Most families feel overwhelmed and have many questions about the future." Shad, an internationally known pediatric oncologist, is the Amey Distinguished Professor of Neuro-oncology and Childhood Cancer at Georgetown University Medical Center.Many of those questions center on the future health of the child. Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery may all have late effects involving any organs or body systems. Some complications can be identified early during treatment and follow-up. The majority of late effects, however, become apparent many years after treatment is finished. Some late effects are easily treated, while others may become chronic."Late effects are caused by injury to healthy cells as a result of cancer treatment. Just like every person reacts differently to treatment, late effects also vary from person to person and cancer to cancer," Shad's book explains. "A lot depends on the types of therapy and the doses used. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy cause most of the late effects."Some examples of late effects from treatment include heart disease after treatment with anthracycline chemotherapy or high-dose chest radiation, learning disabilities in survivors treated with radiation and/or chemotherapy to the brain, breast cancer at an early age in female survivors of Hodgkin's disease who received chest and neck radiation in their teens, second cancers from chemotherapy drugs or radiation used to treat the original cancer, symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome in survivors and their parents, and chronic pain and fatigue."Thirty years ago, few children with cancer survived, but now almost 80 percent of all children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer are surviving more than 5 years and the majority of them are cured," explains Shad. "There is much to celebrate in the field of childhood cancer. We hope this book will help ease the transition for patients and families from active treatment to follow-up care."The book is customized for each patient to include information about their cancer diagnosis and specific treatment. It combines the personal health record with an educational guide about long-term effects. Also, the book promotes a "shared care" model, incorporating primary care providers as an integral part of a survivor's care."Primary care physicians and nurses can play a pivotal role in the monitoring of potential late effects and survivorship issues," says Shad. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 10,730 children will be diagnosed with cancer this year and 1,490 are expected to die from the disease. At Lombardi, patients who are two years out from treatment are automatically enrolled in the Childhood Cancer Survivorship Program directed by Shad. The program, established in 2003, is also open to all childhood cancer survivors, regardless of where they received treatment. It focuses on the unique health-care needs of survivors by:• Monitoring and managing late effects of therapy
• Addressing psychosocial needs
• Educating survivors about their disease and the treatment received
• Promoting wellness through education on healthy living
• Encouraging participation in survivorship research
• Empowering survivors to advocate for their own healthcare needsThe Next Step… Crossing the Bridge to Survivorship, published by Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is now online. Funding for the book was provided by Tracy's Kids, a program of the Prevent Cancer Foundation.The book will be launched at the 2nd annual Rise to Action Conference to be held April 12th and 13th at the Georgetown University Conference Center. To learn more about Lombardi's Childhood Cancer Survivorship Program, log on to http://lombardi.georgetown.edu.
About Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer CenterThe Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Georgetown University Medical Center and Georgetown University Hospital, seeks to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer through innovative basic and clinical research, patient care, community education and outreach, and the training of cancer specialists of the future. Lombardi is one of only 39 comprehensive cancer centers in the nation, as designated by the National Cancer Institute, and the only one in the Washington, DC, area. For more information, go to http://lombardi.georgetown.edu.
About Georgetown University Medical CenterGeorgetown University Medical Center is an internationally recognized academic medical center with a three-part mission of research, teaching and patient care (through our partnership with MedStar Health). Our mission is carried out with a strong emphasis on public service and a dedication to the Catholic, Jesuit principle of cura personalis -- or "care of the whole person." The Medical Center includes the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing and Health Studies, both nationally ranked, the world-renowned Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Biomedical Graduate Research Organization (BGRO), home to 60 percent of the university's sponsored research funding.


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SINCE it was first introduced by the Somerset Cricket Board, the Corner Cricket competition, which is now known as District Cricket, has been many young players' first taste of representative cricket in the county.
The recruiting process for District Cricket started last year when schools and clubs nominated players in the Under 11,12,13 and 14 age groups.
These youngsters then attended trials in either October or February at one of the four centres across the county – Withywood Merchant Academy in South Bristol, Wells Development Centre, the Indoor School at the County Ground and the Writhlington Cricket Centre.
Since it was first set up, the organisation of District Cricket has changed as Greg Kennis, the SCB head coach, explained: "The regions have now been dispensed with so we end up with a pool of four squads of 14 which also includes the county age group players which means that there are 56 per age group.
"The age groups are then split equally to make four squads.
"Last year was the first time this was introduced and it went really well and we ended up with a really competitive tournament."
In the near future, each age group will be starting to have their outdoor practice days which will lead into the District Festival during the May half-term.
The outdoor practice days will be taking place at either Taunton Deane, Taunton School or Nailsea Cricket Club while the District Cricket Festivals taking place over the May Half Term Holiday at Millfield Prep School, Minehead CC, Brislington CC and Nailsea CC.
Kennis is only too well aware of the importance of District Cricket.
He said: "For many of these young cricketers, this is their first taste of being involved within Somerset Cricket and that first experience really needs to be an enjoyable one.
"The direction we are looking to take District Cricket will result in us constantly striving to ensure the structure is being improved upon wherever possible, to try and maximise a young player's development along our player pathway.
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What is needed in the US economy is a new set of eyes and ideas. I'm tired of this old stuff.
At the link is all guesstimate work:
For example, take the first basic force, "demographic trends" and we are shown several charts, with explanations which are not realistic.
Working age population growth and projection does not show even a little blip for the off-spring of immigrant labor settling in the country during the last decade. They've had lots of babies.
Annual hours worked per worker shows a continually declining number of hours. This can only happen if the other chart projections work out according to guesstimates.
Chart shows that "positive effect of women entering the workforce has leveled off" WTF?? This chart is actually laying claim to invalidate the unpaid labor of women who work at home rearing families.
Another chart titled "Rising Commodity Prices will Squeeze GDP for years" actually shows that US consummation of resources is leveling out to match GDP.


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12 Finalists Set for Women's Grand Prix Snowboarding Halfpipe
The men got things started in the morning, but the women provided a great encore with their own Snowboarding Halfpipe qualification and semifinals in the afternoon. Two heats of 31 riders were widdled down to 6 for Friday's finals. Here's your field for Friday's Sprint U.S. Grand Prix Women's Snowboarding finals:
Zhifeng Sun (CHN)
Kaitlyn Farrington (USA)
Ellery Hollingsworth (USA)
Arielle Gold (USA)
Jiayu Liu (CHN)
Kelly Clark (USA)
The official finals start list for the women can be viewed HERE, and if you can't make it out you can keep up with all the week's events' scoring LIVE right HERE.
Day 5 of Holy Bowly
We had an incredible time with Lib Tech and all those that participated in The Holy Bowly this year. It was amazing to be part of and everyone involved absolutely loved it. It was a celebration of snowboard culture and lifestyle that we were happy to be a part of and we will never forget.
Park City Grand Prix Slopestyle Day Two
Photos from day two of the Men's Slopestyle in King's Crown Terrain Park at Park City Mountain Resort.
Park City Grand Prix Slopestyle Day One
Photos from day one of the Men's Slopestyle in King's Crown Terrain Park at Park City Mountain Resort.
Opening Week
3 Kings was set ablaze this past week and the park crew kept us guessing as to what sweet feature would be put in next. Enjoy our 50th opening week!
Neffland Opening Day
It was a crazy good time for the opening of Neff Land - check these pix out if you don't believe us.
It's a Hit: "IRPC" Debuts to a Great Crowd
Saturday evening was a perfect night to grab a chair under the stars on Town Lift Plaza and catch the world premiere of our original snowboard film, "IRPC" - and it turns out a whole lot of you agreed. Chairs went early and our crowd spilled into standing-room-only sections around the plaza deck before overflowing back onto Town Bridge over Park Ave. What a crowd! The film, shot entirely in the terrain parks at Park City Mountain Resort, proves anything is possible when it comes to the creative riding going on here. Did you miss the film's debut, or just can't wait to see it again? "IRPC" will be released in sneak peek edits, once a week through October, right here at the blog before posting in its full length November 1. Check it out!
Friday Night Jib Fights Series Finals
Utah has always been known as a state that breeds talented rail slayers. The Friday Night Jib Fights series showed that there is no changing of the guard in the future. These kids are determined and know how to drop some hammers.
Spring Conditions in Full Effect
Blaze Kotsenburg enjoying the sun with a backlip to firecracker.
Handplant Session
A quick little handplant session with Griffin Siebert in upper 3 Kings.
Rocky Maloney Night Moves
Rocky Maloney documents Tim Gage, McRae Williams, Joss Christensen and crew getting dirty on the street-style 24 stairset in 3 Kings.
February Park Update
February has seen some solid night sessions and a gnarly jump line in Quicksilver. Enjoy these selects from the past month and get ready for a night edit from "I Ride Park City" dropping this week.
New 3 Kings Jump Line
Tom Wallisch and Joss Christensen enjoying the hefty new jump line on Quicksilver Run.


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Spent the day putting the rest of the glass in the Longtruck. I wanted to wait for paint first, but it didn't happen that way. My car has to go into the shop for a wheel bearing next week and i have to drive the truck to work. After weeks of nothing but sunshine, as soon as i need to drive it, the forecast calls for rain. Can't drive in the rain with no window glass...well, I guess you can, but I really wouldn't want to, so in the glass went. putting the doors back together wasn't a happy…Continue
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Looks like I may have finaly found a gas tank for The Longtruck. It will be nice to put more than five gallons of gas in it at a time! maybe I can actualy go SOMEWHERE LOL!
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After long months of waiting, you turn the key and the engin starts, tho the key you turn is dangling down in the floorboard with the rest of the wires and stuff...But hey! HE LIVES!!!!!
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It didn't take long for two families of killer whales to pull a newborn gray whale from its mother and drown it just off the Palos Verdes Peninsula this week.
But the spectacle will be seared into the minds of those who saw it for years.
Bernardo Alps, a photojournalist and Cabrillo Marine Aquarium researcher, rushed to the coast when he heard what was happening late Wednesday afternoon. It is the first recorded successful killing of a gray whale calf by killer whales off of Los Angeles.
"The orcas kept jumping on top of the gray whales and ramming them," Alps said. "The calf got knocked clear out of the water a few times. The mom was really thrashing around, you could see her tail flukes thrashing at the orcas."
Within about 30 minutes, the two-ton baby was dead and the mother swam for safety in the coastal kelp beds.
Gray whales migrate past Southern California every winter, as they leave their Arctic feeding grounds to breed and give birth in warm lagoons off of Baja California in Mexico. On their return back north, they face their most dangerous ocean predator - transient killer whales, who love to feed on the tender tongue and throat of gray whale calves.
Historically, Monterey Bay is the closest place orcas can be seen hunting gray whale calves. Wednesday's sighting was a first, local marine mammal researchers said.
American Cetacean Society Los Angeles chapter gray whale census takers stationed at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center reported that the hunt began at about 4 p.m.
The Christopher, a Long Beach-based whale watching catamaran, quickly got to the scene. Onlookers from the boat and shore saw 12 orcas swim in various directions as they stalked the mother-child pair. Then, the orcas reportedly formed a tight group as they overwhelmed their prey.
Gray whale census director and killer whale researcher Alisa Schulman-Janiger arrived on a private boat just after the calf was killed, at about 4:30 p.m. She watched the orcas celebrate their victory by jumping and playing on the surface, before taking bites from the carcass.
"I was aghast because we have never seen a gray whale attack at the census," said Schulman-Janiger. "We saw them drag the calf carcass - and they dragged it quite a bit. They would all get together, face the middle and feed on the carcass."
For years, Schulman-Janiger has followed the families of orcas seen Wednesday. She knows them as the CA-51s and CA-27s.
This is the seventh time the CA-51s have been documented here since September, she said. The seven-member family includes a grandmother, her four children ranging in age from 19 years old to 1 year old, and her two grandchildren.
"It's my favorite group of transients," Schulman-Janiger said. "The two kids play together all the time."
The so-called CA-27s include a mother and her four children, she said.
All together, the 12 orcas collaborated closely to attack the calf while the roughly 40-foot-long mother smacked at them with her muscular tail. Within minutes, the calf was stunned and struggling to breathe, Alps said.
"It would lay at the surface at its side and kind of be out of it," Alps said. "The calf was really groggy. It wasn't struggling much."
Eric Martin, co-director of Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium, drove his boat carrying Schulman-Janiger to the scene, and arrived minutes after the calf died. Having failed at saving her baby, the gray whale mother swam to the safety of the coastline. (Killer whales don't like shallow water.)
"There were a couple really small calves, and one of them actually went on top of the whole" carcass, Martin said. "This little calf was sitting on top of this whale carcass, and you could see his whole body moving while he was taking a bite out of it."
During the hunt, one 5-year-old killer whale got distracted by some birds, Schulman-Janiger said.
"He was chasing after some murres and hitting them with his tail," she said. "So, while the big guys were killing the calf, he was chasing birds."
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Correction: On May 11 this story was updated to correct the weight and length of the gray whales, the number of times the orcas have been spotted off the Palos Verdes Peninsula and the age of the orca distracted by birds.


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The Northwest Admirals PeeWee AA hockey team won the Langley Winter Classic last month in Langley. British Columbia.
The team, which competes out of the Seattle Junior Hockey Association, is made up of players ages 11-12 from Snohomish and King counties.
The Admirals defeated the Langley Eagles 8-4 in the championship game on Dec. 29.
Members of the team included Joseph Lee, Connor Olson, Bryce Fetzer, Cameron Crispeno, Ray Davis, Logan Gorski, Trevor Garrood, Beau Bodner, Tynan Peacock, Cameron Jennings, Matthew Klemm, Braden O'Brien, Kirtis Hubbard, Harvey Lewis, Jordan Jennings, Chandler Moy and Evan Langsted.
The team was coach by Curt Jennings. He was assisted by Dean Dunlop, Ryno Linder, Jason Garrood and Carmen Crispeno.
Two curlers from Snohomish County have qualified to take part in the 2013 USA Men's National Championships, scheduled for Feb. 9-16 in Green Bay, Wis.
Brady Clark of Lynnwood and Greg Romaniuk of Snohomish were each part of a four-man team that qualified for nationals over the weekend in Hibbing, Minn. Six of the 30 teams competing in the challenge round advanced to nationals.
Romaniuk was part of the Todd Birr team, which also included Todd Birr of Mankato, Minn., Doug Pottinger of Eden Prarie, Minn., and Kevin Birr of St. Peter, Minn.
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ALBANY – In the usual end-of-session rush, state lawmakers this week gave final approval to 144 bills.
Among them were increasing penalties for repeat drunken drivers, extending Buffalo's bonding authority, making yogurt the official state snack and embracing a shark-protection bill by limiting the kinds of hooks used to catch the fish.
Lawmakers will return from their three-day weekend Monday for the final four days of the legislative session – a period with consequences that could affect hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers on everything from health to economic-development matters.
Legislators may decide whether medical marijuana is legalized, if a program encouraging development of abandoned industrial sites is extended and whether public school teachers will get any sort of relief, like their students, when it comes to using standardized tests based on Common Core to evaluate their classroom performance.
At stake, also, is how New York reacts to a growing problem of addiction to heroin and prescription painkillers, and if parents of children in private schools might get tax breaks or be eligible for new scholarship programs.
It has been an especially odd end of session, far quieter and, until now, with less deal-making and maneuvering than usual. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and lawmakers have been doing their best to lower expectations of anything major happening during the week.
But Cuomo and lawmakers also want this session to clear the way to begin their re-election campaigns in earnest. Moreover, relations are a bit tense since Cuomo two weeks ago said he would, as bait to get the endorsement of the Working Families Party, work to oust Republicans from their partial control of the Senate.
The outstanding major issues are few, but not without major impact.
An unusual coalition of environmental and business interests is pushing for renewal, with some changes, of the state's brownfields tax credit program, which has encouraged development of old manufacturing sites, abandoned gas stations and other shuttered structures, including in downtown Buffalo.
The governor has said the program does not expire until next year and so does not have to be dealt with this year, but the program's provisions will discourage many developers from starting projects this year until they know how the state will treat brownfields development in the future.
With Cuomo up for re-election this year, Catholic Church leaders increased the pressure on him to live up to what they say was his promise to push for tax breaks to parents in private schools. A parent, or anyone, could donate to a nonprofit group that would, in turn, donate to a private or public school. While public school donations would count, the effort is being led by private schools, primarily those run by the Catholic Church.
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, archbishop of New York and spiritual leader of the state's 2 million Catholics, issued a statement Wednesday, along with all the state's bishops, that will appear in church bulletins across New York this Sunday. He noted the closure of 200 Catholic schools in New York over the last 15 years and said the proposed education investment tax credit would help stem that tide of shutdowns.
"Although Gov. Cuomo assured us he would fight to include the proposal in the state budget, in the end we were left out," the cardinal says in his message to parishioners.
Also up in the air is legislation that would require all Buffalo children to attend kindergarten at age 5. A similar bill was approved this week for Utica.
The bill, backed by the Buffalo Public Schools, already has been approved in the Senate. Assemblywoman Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes, D-Buffalo, said it would move 5-year-olds to kindergarten and out of programs such as Head Start and day care. "I just don't know why it hasn't gotten done yet, but I'm hopeful," she said.
Efforts to legalize medical marijuana advanced with word Thursday from Cuomo and lawmakers that formal three-way talks among the governor, the Assembly and the Senate have begun to permit the drug to be dispensed to patients with certain health conditions or diseases. The measure, certain to pass in the Assembly where lawmakers have embraced the idea for years, got an additional boost with its elevation in the Senate to the Rules Committee, the final stopping point before a floor vote.
"We will have a final product in time for the end of this legislative session,'' said Sen. Diane J. Savino, a Staten Island Democrat who is the lead sponsor of the measure. She has said 40 senators back her effort, and her bill is co-sponsored by several Republicans, including Western New York Sens. George D. Maziarz, of Newfane, and Mark J. Grisanti, of Buffalo.
Cuomo, who had been a staunch opponent of the idea, said in a public radio interview: "In concept, it's a good idea."
"We are not doing a lot of other bills, but medical marijuana is getting done this session," said one Senate Republican speaking on condition of anonymity.
Cuomo said law enforcement has concerns about the bill. In a statement, Thomas H. Mungeer, president of the New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association, said that marijuana could have "medical value" for some patients but that legalizing it could create added burdens on police to distinguish between legal and illegal marijuana use.
Mungeer added that there is "widespread concern regarding the identification and expansion of the use of non-medical marijuana as well as the sharing of prescribed marijuana."
Sources said the Cuomo advisers want specific training protocols for doctors who would be permitted to prescribe the drug. They also want only doctors who are legal residents of New York State and not, say, a doctor who lives in Connecticut but works in New York, to be able to participate in the program.
Savino said that none of the changes being sought by Cuomo would limit the availability of the drug to people who have one of the health conditions eligible to be treated with medical marijuana. The bill also would ban anyone younger than 21 from obtaining marijuana that has to be smoked; those patients will be eligible to obtain oil-based or spray compounds.
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia have authorized some form of medical marijuana.
Among the issues remaining is a push by the public school teachers union for a moratorium on teacher evaluations – which could be used for everything from training to firing teachers with poor classroom performance. The evaluations are based partly on student test scores in the Common Core curriculum. The program will not have an impact on students because it has been delayed while rollout problems are addressed. Teachers say they deserve the same treatment.
"I'm not in favor of a moratorium," Cuomo said on "The Capitol Pressroom" radio program. He said he would be fine with "adjustments'' to teacher evaluations so long as the program continues for them; he did not specifically describe what he meant.
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Gavin Schmitt of Saskatoon produced 12 points as Canada opened the Olympic qualifying tournament in men's volleyball Monday with a solid 25-21, 25-13, 25-15 victory over the Dominican Republic at Long Beach, Calif.
It was the first match this season for the Canadian squad, which reunited only a couple of weeks ago after their professional seasons overseas. It was the start Canada's head coach Glenn Hoag wanted to this tournament in which only the winner gets the Olympic spot.
The only drama in the match was early in the first set when the Dominicans, ranked 46th in the world, overcame 7 -11 deficit to tie the match 12-12. Then Steve Brinkman of Bowmanville, Ont., Canada's elder statesman playing his 212th international match served for five straight points which knocked the wind out of the Dominican sails.
''There was a little bit of nervousness at the start but the guys stayed calm,'' said Hoag. ''It was very encouraging for our first game together. It's not only the result but it's the way we won today that really gives the guys a lot of confidence.''
Middle blocker Justin Duff of Winnipeg says the other countries at the tournament have also assembled quickly for this tournament which makes it an even field.
''We've been doing this for a few years now so we should know what to expect,'' said Duff, who earned 11 points, including five on blocks. ''What I like about the win is we duplicated what we've been doing in training. We knew we could come into this game and do very well.''
The competition will get much tougher from here on in for Canada, ranked 18th in the world. They face number-17 Puerto Rico on Tuesday night and conclude the round robin Wednesday vs number-five Cuba. The top team in the pool gets a bye to the semifinal while second and third crossover in the quarterfinal.
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The White Bear Lake Restoration Association (WBLRA) represents the interests of the community of White Bear Lake that includes residents, businesses, and others that enjoy public access. In keeping with its mission to protect and restore White Bear Lake, the WBLRA filed suit against the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) under the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act. The WBLRA's claims are supported by the U.S. Geological Survey's study of the White Bear Lake water level problems. The USGS study states that the recent low water levels of White Bear Lake are directly related to increases in groundwater withdrawals authorized by the DNR. The lawsuit asks the court for an order that would set a protected water level for the lake, make the DNR restore the lake to that protected level, and prevent the DNR from authorizing groundwater withdrawals that would cause the lake to fall below that protected level in the future. The DNR has sought to dismiss the WBLRA's lawsuit, but hasn't disputed that White Bear Lake is impaired as a result of the increases in groundwater withdrawals. The WBLRA believes that its claims against the DNR are sound, and that this action will take significant steps toward restoring White Bear Lake and protecting the lake for future generations.
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Greg McNeely, chair
Brian McGoldrick
Ron Trach
Erik Ordway
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1) Since dir_hash_add can be called for both V1 and V2 directories its second parameter type xfs_dir2_dataptr_t should be neutral. 2) In dir_hash_add when dup is set, do you still need to add to the nextbyhash by list? 3) The following statement in longform_dir2_rebuild looks odd. Besides, FWIW, you can match "/."On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 11:58:52AM +1000, Barry Naujok wrote:This patch addresses the following xfs_repair issues:The libxfs cache stuff looks good to me. Maybe Madan can cast an eye over the repair changes for ya? cheers.
if (p->name[0] == '/' || (p->name[0] == '.' && (p->namelen == 1
|| (p->namelen == 2 && p->name[1] == '.')))) continue; Consider:if (((p->name[0] == '/' || p->name[0] == '.') && p->namelen == 1) || (p->name[0] == '.' && p->name[1] == '.' && p->namelen == 2))
continue; 4) Related to items 2&3, shouldn't the code be skipping duplicate entries?5) Can we do anything to minimize the do_error calls in longform_dir2_rebuild? Seems like on a full file system, while rebuilding say the root directory, matters can get wacky - The directory is being rebuilt and we have no further room. Sounds like that this how it has been....
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You will join faculty and members of organizations at host sites to explore complex business topics. These two-week experiences bring together topics associated with the specific theme — and build on previous themes — in a real-world setting. Two of the trips are to international destinations.
September 2016: Paris, France
The cohort will be working with the consumer electronics division of Groupe SEB, an international household goods manufacturer. We will discuss design elements with company staff while participating in design-studio exercises and we will collaborate with engineers to develop a prototype of improvements for the US market on one of the company's major products.
January 2017: Athens and Elefsina, Greece
What is the interplay between local culture and international business? That is the focal question for this examination of the role of culture in the economy. Working with faculty from the Master of Heritage Management program at the Athens University of Economics and Business, the Bentley MBA students will investigate archaeological sites and discuss Greece's efforts to attract tourists by marketing its culture.
Past years' trips include visits to Chile, Ghana, France, Greece, South Africa, Turkey, and Atlanta, Georgia, to name a few.
March 2017: San Antonio, Texas
The Bentley MBA program returns to the I-35 corridor in Texas to learn about industries and their networks in one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. San Antonio proudly balances its local cultural blend while reaching out to international businesses. Building on our January experiences in Greece, we will explore the role of culture in marketing the city, while discussing local business's efforts to develop their industrial infrastructure.
WATCH: Studying abroad as a graduate student
The field-based collaborations involve multiple stakeholder groups or organizations, and focus on issues relevant to all business sectors. Students are not working to solve a problem, but working to address an issue — generally one for which an actionable solution does not exist. The goals are to emphasize the proper approach for evaluating these persistent issues and to illuminate students' skills and limitations, both of which are core elements of being a competent leader.
The faculty member's role in the collaboration is helping students apply key lessons and concepts gleaned from previous themes.
Students who do not feel comfortable traveling outside of the United States for the two international experiences will have the option to pursue field-based opportunities on campus or with a corporate partner and will not be required to leave the country.


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A Study of the Effect of Arterial Carbon Dioxide Tension on the Recovery of Spontaneous Respiration (RIP03)
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The investigators data reveal an important new observation regarding the recovery of breathing during emergence from general anesthesia: respiration resumes as a prolonged abdominal expiration event.
The present study aims to further clarify the physiology of recovery of breathing with the addition of a cutaneous monitor for arterial carbon dioxide measurement and a comparison of two different recovery paradigms.
|Surgery Anesthesia
|Other: Continuation of High Frequency Jet Ventilation (HFJV)
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|A Study of the Effect of Arterial Carbon Dioxide Tension on the Recovery of Spontaneous Respiration With Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography (RIP) During High Frequency Jet Ventilation (HFJV) Under General Anesthesia
- spontaneous breathing [ Time Frame: Day 0 in the operating room occurring in the specific time frame of the end of anesthesia to patient 's first breath ]The primary variable will be first breath as detected by Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography (RIP. This will occur in the operating room at the end of the surgery and anesthesia.)
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|September 2012
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|May 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|May 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
No Intervention: Standard anesthesia regimen
Positive pressure ventilation will be stopped at the same time infusions of anesthetic agents and spontaneous ventilation employed until emergence from anesthesia is observed. (This is standard protocol for everyday anesthesia management of this population.)
Experimental: Continuation of High Frequency Jet Ventilation ( HFJV)
In Group B after cessation of anesthetic infusions, High Frequency Jet Ventilation (HFJV) will continue through the endotracheal tube. Patient will be extubated when awake. Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography (RIP) and transcutaneous carbon dioxide (PtcCO2) measurements will continue for the duration of emergence.
Other: Continuation of High Frequency Jet Ventilation (HFJV)
In Group B, after cessation of anesthetic infusions, High Frequency Jet Ventilation (HFJV) will continue through the endotracheal tube. Patient will be extubated when awake. Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography (RIP) and Transcutaneous carbon dioxide (PtcCO2) measurements will continue for the duration of emergence.
Detailed Description:
The present study will use non-invasive respiratory inductance plethysmography(RIP) and transcutaneous carbon dioxide measurement to compare recovery of respiration under constant Transcutaneous carbon dioxide measurement( ptcCO2) with continuous high frequency jet ventilation HFJV (study method) with recovery of respiration during rising and apnea (current standard).
The investigators hypothesize that the prolonged abdominal expiration that we observed during recovery of breathing in prior studies will be unaffected by arterial carbon dioxide (CO2) levels.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or Female patients ages > 18 to < 80
- Scheduled for procedures under general anesthesia with jet ventilation
- Sign informed consent
- Candidate for total intravenous anesthesia with propofol and remifentanil (which is standard protocol in this type of population)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Absence of informed consent
- No planned use intra-operative use of jet ventilation
- Known difficulties with jet ventilation during prior surgical procedures
- Emergency surgery
- Baseline (oxygen saturation)SpO2 <92% on room air
- Pregnant or lactating females
- Skin damage, rash or significant lesions in the areas covered by the RIP bands or transcutaneous CO2 sensor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01733446
|Contact: Joshua H Atkins, MD PhD
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|Principal Investigator: Joshua H Atkins, MDPhD
|Sub-Investigator: Jeff Mandel, MD
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|Joshua H Atkins, MD PhD
|University of Pennsylvania
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|October 2, 2012
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Keywords provided by University of Pennsylvania:
High frequency jet ventilation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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250 business professionals were in attendance at Heartland Bank's 13th
Annual Economic Forum at the Hilton Columbus at Easton on April 5, 2012.
This year the Forum featured the insights and retrospect of Dr. Edmond
J. Seifried. Dr. Seifried is Professor Emeritus of Economics and
Business at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He serves as
Executive Consultant and Chief Economist for the Sheshunoff CEO
Affiliation Programs. Dr. Seifried is also a partner in Seifried &
Brew LLC, a community bank consulting firm.
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Ask E. Jean For DearSugar: Am I an Online Dating Dud?
E. Jean is still enjoying her time off, but don't fret, she'll be back December 4th! In the meantime, here's an oldie but goodie. Enjoy!
Dear E. Jean,
I know I'm old-fashioned, but I've never tried any of the dating sites. It is now time. Past time! (I'm 30 years old and haven't had a date in seven months. Awk.)
Ok. So. I put my profile on Match.com. I worked hard trying to sound smart and funny and cool. Believe it or not, I was frightened I was going to get inundated with guys I didn't want to talk to . . . and guess what? No guys — not one guy — wrote to me. Nothing! I'm just sitting there. What am I doing wrong? I feel like I should take my profile down! This is not for me! My friends get tons of notice and meet lots of guys, and one of my friends even married a guy she met on The Onion personals. I don't get it. Help! — Dead on Match
To see E. Jean's answer,
Dead, My Daffodil: Come, come, my darling! Buck up! With just one magic tweak to your profile (and I wish you had given us a link), you will be meeting three chaps for coffee by next weekend — guaranteed.
First, forget your profile. Second, don't worry about coming off as "smart and funny and cool." Third: It does not matter what you say; it's all about your picture. If your picture is charming (intriguing, bewitching), guys will want to meet you.
So hire hair and makeup, bring in a stylist, and pay a professional photographer to take your picture. (Or, ask your chic friends for help.) I'm serious. Why do you think the women in Elle, Glamour, Vogue, and W look so enticing? They spend hours getting ready and then hundreds (and hundreds and hundreds) of shots are fired. Gilles Bensimon, who shoots the Elle covers, will shoot an entire afternoon chasing the "perfect" image. You should do no less.
Then, for Gawd'ssakes, don't write a profile; tell a story. Keep it short, thrilling, warm, and a tad elusive. And why are you waiting for guys to write to you? If you see a lad you like, drop him an email. Mention something delicious that caught your attention about his picture (or his favorite movies, books, etc.) and voila! A raucous courtship can begin with a sedate exchange about butterfly hunting. Good Luck, Miss Dead! Let us all know how it's going!
To see more advice from E. Jean visit Elle magazine and AskEJean.com.


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In general, kids with diabetes are most often forced to face blood tests and insulin shots, but this can be the challenge for their parents as well. Of course, the diabetes health care team of your child will help you both learn and manage the health problem and in minimizing the pain and anxiety that surrounds blood tests and injections. Even, the health care team will educate you about the testing technologies and medicines available to provide the least discomfort and most convenience. You can sit with the team to find the comfortable solution for your kid and for yourself.
Dealing with feelings:
When children are very young, making them prepared for blood tests and shots can be the real challenge. Parents will have to enforce an effective diabetes management system that can bring together regular testing and giving shots to a child, who gets angry, resists and cries out of pain and fear for shots. When your child gets upset about blood tests and shots, make him understand that this frustration is normal and it is fine to get upset. This will help you in describing the need for getting shots and blood tests at regular intervals and you can also explain the kid that these are done to keep him/her active and to make him/her feel good all through the day. Also, explain him/her that not getting them will lead them to stay in home because of illness, rather than spending time with peers at school and at playtime.
Treating as daily routine:
Create an impression in the mind of your child that getting shots is a part of the daily routine like other daily activities. Many children like to have a sense of ownership, rather than turning out to be victims of shots and blood tests. Slowly get your child engaged in the process of preparing the needle for himself/herself. For instance, you can teach him to read the glucose meter and can make him fill up the syringe and also you can give him the choice to choose the spot for the shot and can also make him press the plunger on the syringe. Eventually, kids will learn to handle the blood test and shots on their own, of course, your supervision should be there.
Do not skip:
If your child cries or argues not to get the shot, you might be tempted to skip it for once. But, remember that you should never negotiate shots or blood tests as they are necessary and not optional. Sometimes, you will have to do it even when your child cries or stays uncooperative. After giving the shot, you can talk to him and can bring him to playful mode. But, if your child is continuously fearful and non-cooperative, it is better to take the help of a mental health professional to talk to your child to get him out of the fear for shots.
Finally, keep the things ready to inject and this can be done out of your child's site to make the process quicker and you can reward the child for being cooperative.


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Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jan 15, 2013
Westinghouse Electric Company has announced the successful on-time installations of AP1000 full-scope plant reference simulators at China's Sanmen and Haiyang Nuclear Power Plants.
The company also announced the successful training of the first class of 34 AP1000 reactor operators and senior reactor operators at the Sanmen site. Prospective Sanmen operators have been studying for 18 months in preparation to take operator license examinations with the China National Nuclear Safety Administration in November 2013.
They will become the world's first licensed AP1000 nuclear plant operators. Another 36 Sanmen students are scheduled to complete training in February 2013, and a new class of potential operators will commence simulator training at Haiyang in the spring of 2013.
"We achieved these key delivery and training milestones with the help of our China partners and customers," said William Poirier, vice president, Westinghouse China AP1000 Projects. "Together, we are proud to have demonstrated this next step in delivering our world-class technology with AP1000 pressurized water reactors."
The AP1000 simulators are the most modern nuclear plant simulators in the world. The plant's operations and process control systems are translated and integrated with simulated plant dynamic models on a multiprocessor computer. The actual plant instrumentation and controls are used on the operator workstations to achieve the highest level of fidelity.
It is in this replica control room that students are trained to become plant operators, studying directly on the control consoles, control panels and displays of the AP1000 nuclear power plant control room.
Currently, contracts for 10 AP1000 reactors have been placed around the world: four in China and six in the U.S. Nuclear safety construction commenced on four AP1000 units in the U.S. after utilities received combined construction and operating licenses (COL) from the U.S. NRC. In China, construction of the four AP1000 units is progressing with the first AP1000 unit to produce electricity in 2014.
Westinghouse Electric Company, a group company of Toshiba Corporation, is the world's pioneering nuclear energy company and is a leading supplier of nuclear plant products and technologies to utilities throughout the world.
Westinghouse supplied the world's first pressurized water reactor in 1957 in Shippingport, Pa., U.S. Today, Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately one-half of the world's operating nuclear plants.
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Stanley Fischer's mantelpiece must be full. He's just won another central banker award, this time Central Bank Governor of the Year from euromoney magazine, which has been running the award for 30 years.
Just yesterday, Sunday, he was awarded best Middle East central bank governor from magazine Emerging Markets. Last month, he was one of only seven central bankers to be awarded an 'A' grade by Global Finance magazine. Read more


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Fitness Trackers Could Be Collecting Your Data
The age of privacy concerns continues, with the latest focus on all those popular fitness trackers.
The fitness tracker market has boomed, with total sales tripling in 2013 alone. These handy-dandy wristbands can track everything from how many steps you take in a day, to your cholesterol. These wristbands also come with WiFi connectivity to an app on your smart phone.
The concern now is what does the company do with the data after that? Like many other widely used social technologies, there are no shortages of companies trying to monetize the data people willingly give them. So if the company has your fitness data, can they sell that data to say, an insurance agency? Yes.
Medical Privacy lawyer Deven McGraw says due to Obamacare health insurance companies can not use this data so the worry is not from health insurers, but others, "It's absolutely possible that information could be used by an insurance entity to discriminate against you but for health insurance purposes that's prohibited by federal law."
McGraw says she has not seen any evidence to suggest that these fitness tracker companies are selling your information but that doesn't mean it can't happen.
McGraw says there are no federal regulations on this data, which means it is up to the user to protect themselves, "When it comes to considering whether that data has any protections at all, it really is dependent on what the vendor offers. You have got to read the privacy policy."


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Approval of big mining projects in Queensland has revived office leasing activity as companies look for space in the oversupplied Brisbane central business district.
Last month, the UK's BG Group won approval to build a $US15 billion gas project in the state and
WorleyParsons is looking for 8000 square metres of offices in Brisbane and it's believed the listed company is looking at GPT's Transit Centre.
Commercial and professional services company
It is believed Parsons Brinckerhoff is expanding into 1000 square metres of space and mining services group
CB Richard Ellis state director David Prosser said the resurgent mining activity would lift Brisbane out of what is the worst CBD leasing market in the country.
"Various resource-related companies already based in Brisbane are expanding, and this is being complemented by a surge of new businesses moving to Queensland to try and capture their slice of the resource pie," Mr Prosser said.
He said the flow-on would also feed through to law firms.
"While mining and engineering service providers are obvious beneficiaries of the investment in resources, the level of new business generated will be felt across a variety of sectors.
"All major legal and accountancy practices, for a start, will be very excited by the potential level of revenue the expected boom may generate, and staff numbers will no doubt rise rapidly as a result of this."
Tenant services firm MPS property, which is advising Xstrata, cautioned that mining related companies often want shorter leases that expire when the project is complete.
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Cooking classes take place in the villa's well-equipped kitchen and are taught by the experienced restaurant chef. Participants will learn how to prepare refined menus for special occasions and local recipes for simpler meals. All lessons are hands-on and last approximately 2 hours.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival at the charming villa on your own. Hotel check-in. Free time to relax and explore the surroundings before enjoying a full course welcome dinner in the villa's gourmet restaurant.
Day 2: Breakfast. Excursion to San Daniele del Friuli, famous all over the world for its exquisite prosciutto, whose genuine and special taste derives from the particular "microclimate" of this charming hilltown overlooking the Friulian countryside. Visit to a prosciutto factory followed by a sampling of this delicate food and tasting of other typical local products. In the afternoon, cooking lesson # 1. The class begins with a theoretical and practical lesson on the execution of a refined menu for special occasions. You will start with the preparation of the hors-d'oeuvres followed by a "primo piatto" (a first course). Sample dishes may include ombrina marinated in coriander and orange or turbot pudding with vegetable broth as starters; zucchini mousse with scallops braised in thyme and open ravioli with parsley and seafood ragout as first course. Dinner follows the lesson and complimentary wines are introduced.
Day 3: Breakfast. Visit a prestigious winery located on the border between Veneto and Friuli. Take a walk through the vineyards in the company of the owner, visit the aging cellars, learn how the wine matures and refines in the precious oak barrels before sampling five excellent wines and crus with a short tasting course, discovering the techniques, perfumes and flavors formerly unknown. Then will be your second cooking lesson. The class lesson continues with the planning and preparation of a "secondo piatto" (second or main course) and dessert. Sample dishes may include wild duck breast cooked in lard and cassata with blueberries. Dinner follows the lesson and complimentary wines are introduced.
Day 4: Breakfast. Hotel check-out and arrivederci.
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From the outside, this hotel looks rather plain. The rooms are typical Marriott decor. My husband used to work for Marriott, and we've found that the rooms are pretty standard throughout. But don't be deceived by this book's cover!
Once inside, she's a beauty. Through the lobby and out the back, along the waterway, is a lovely oasis. A beautiful pool secluded by palm trees, an inviting hot tub, and a great pool bar/restaurant that cooks up one of the best steak sandwiches you wll ever find.
The landscaping is meticulous, with lots of decking and walking paths. Just a very pretty setting.
We ate breakfast here, courtesy of the Embassy Suites.
They have a huge breakfast buffet, with cooked-to-order omelets and belgium waffles.
I would not hesitate to stay at this hotel again. We have previously stayed at the Marina Marriott Biscayne Bay in Miami and much prefer this one in Ft. Lauderdale.


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Released: 23 May 2014 Rated: PG-13 Runtime: 131 min Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Director: Bryan Singer Writer: Simon Kinberg (screenplay), Jane Goldman (story), Simon Kinberg (story), Matthew Vaughn (story) Actors: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence IMDB: 8.3 (233,535 Votes) Sentinels, robots that were created for the purpose of hunting down mutants were released in 1973. 50 years later the Sentinels would also hunt humans who aid mutants. Charles Xavier and his X-Men try their best to deal with the Sentinels but they are able to adapt and deal with all mutant abilities. Charles decides to go back in time and change things. He asks Kitty Pryde who can send a person's consciousness into the person's past to send him but she can only send someone back a few weeks because if she sends someone back further it could harm them. So Logan decides to go back himself because he might be able to withstand it. So Charles tells him that it's Mystique who's responsible because when she learned about the Sentinels she sought out Bolivar Trask the man who created them and killed him. She would be caught and studied and her ability to change was somehow added to the Sentinels which is why they can adapt. Logan must go to the younger Charles and ask him to help; problem is that he was despondent at that time and without his powers because he took a drug which allows him to walk but takes away his powers. Logan is also told to find Magneto.
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