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-What are your ages?
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I am 33 , he is 36.
As I said we have been seeing each other for 2 months. I do not think I have a rule as far as how long I want to wait, I am ready to take the relationship to the next level, but I am in no hurry and do not want to make a mistake I could regret.
He is infatuated with me, but I am not sure that part of the infatuation that he feels is exactly because we have not had sex. So again, I am ready, but just wonder ...
Every relationship is different and you can not judge your first sexual experience with your boyfriend to others, sometimes men wait and are patient and others they are curious to what it feels like to be with that person and it could come across as infatuation but really it's lust. If you have been dating for two months and he hasn't tried anything yet and is being patient then I would make it when you are ready and feel comfortable getting intimate with your boyfriend if he feels you are worth the wait he will wait and if he is a jerk he will get mad and leave and he hasn't done that yet. If you feel comfortable talking to him about this maybe you should ask him if he is with you for the intimacy or is he there because he truly cares about you and wants a relationship. In every relationship it's a chance you take to hold off on sex and knowing whether or not they like you because they want to get intimate or like you because of you, I think he likes you because you are you and not what you can give him because he can get that anywhere but he stays with you.


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Annie Miller-Benn and Don Benn of East Norriton, formerly of Dresher; and Rob and Anne Miller of Blue Bell announce the engagement of their daughter, Laurie Miller, to Aaron Shapiro, son of Steve and Marcie Shapiro of Maple Glen, Pa.; and Margate N.J.
Laurie graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and a master's degree in education. She is a social-studies teacher in the Upper Dublin School District.
Aaron attended Penn State University. He is an optician at Philadelphia Vision Centers in Philadelphia.
The couple both graduated from Upper Dublin High School.
Laurie is the granddaughter of the late Evelyn and Carl Miller of Havertown; and Surie Waine of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the late Leonard Berman, both formerly of Overbrook Park. Aaron is the grandson of Joan Walters and the late Herbert Walters of Huntington Valley; and Connie Shapiro and the late Donald Shapiro, formerly of Rydal.
Sharing in the couple's joy are Laurie's sister Carly, and Aaron's sister Jaime.
The couple is planning a March wedding in Philadelphia.

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Yahoo is suffering more of a talent drain, and bigger companies like Microsoft have more employees to lose, yet Google is still the top past employer of current Facebook employees, according to LinkedIn data.
This trend is not new. Engineer Justin Rosenstein helped kick it off in mid 2007 with an outspoken email to his Google colleagues about why he was leaving. As of late March 2008, around 40 people, or 10% of Facebook's employees, had previously been at Google.
But today, the Google-Facebook shift is more meaningful than ever: "Xooglers" are taking up key Facebook leadership positions and increasing more directly against their former employer.
Using advanced search features on LinkedIn, you can sort user profiles to see total current employees and total past employers for individuals at companies. While the data's not completely clear, it appears that out of 2009 people who have had some role at Facebook, 277 of them have some previous experience at Google, followed by 146 at Yahoo, and 143 at Microsoft. Other tech leaders with a couple dozen or less include, in order, Oracle, eBay, IBM, PayPal, Cisco, and even Stanford University.
Facebook itself recently said it has 1600 employees, so the 409 person difference could be due to factors such as people who were short-term interns, people falsely claiming to work at the company, independent contractors who work with Facebook but are not technically counted, or former employees who have left but not change their profile. It's of course possible that Facebook's own announced numbers are already out of date as the company opens and expands offices in the US and around the world. One other note here is that some portion of Facebook employees don't have LinkedIn profiles.
Yet, as others have been noting, Google's role as former employer has been been a part of Silicon Valley life in the past year, and a contributor to the two companies' increasing friction. Facebook is grabbing more traffic, working with Microsoft, and working with more advertisers are of course some of the other reasons the two companies are competing. Google, even as hit finds success with mobile, and other ventures beyond search, is aiming to compete through its own social features, whether layered on top of existing products or introduced as new ones. But given that Facebook is a younger, still-private public company with a fraction of Google's 20,000 employees, the company is being forced to make extraordinary counteroffers even as Facebook continues to recruit heavily from it.
As far back as 2009, at a time when other startups like Twitter were seen by many (including Facebook itself) as a key competitor, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and other executives consistently cited Google as the main threat in interviews with press.
Indeed, after pulling a diverse engineering and product team from older companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Yahoo as well as universities like Caltech and Stanford,
One of first was Sandberg herself; she had previously helped build Google's advertising sales team. She was quickly followed by Elliott Schrage, who is currently the vice president of global communications, marketing and public policy.
A list of others has since left Google and taken key roles, from Ethan Beard on Facebook's platform, advertising and operations executive David Fischer and former Android senior product manager Eric Tseng, and Bret Taylor and Paul Buchheit via the FriendFeed acquisition. Check out the LinkedIn results for yourself; results are sorted by your personal connections so if you know a lot of people in the tech world you might get a fascinating view into who you and your connections know at Facebook now.


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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 60,
October 2009 Abstract Supplement
The 2009 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting
Philadelphia October 16-21, 2009.
Association of Functional RANKL Promoter Polymorphisms with Subsets of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in Taiwanese
Chen1, Ji Yih, Wang1, Chin-Man, Wu2, J.
Chang Gung Memorial Hosp, Taoyuan, Taiwan
PhD, Birmingham
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common systemic autoimmune disease involving inflammation and destruction of joints. The aim of the current study was to investigate the functional implication of RANKL promoter polymorphisms and to examine whether RANKL promoter polymorphisms are associated with subtypes of RA in Taiwanese.
RANKL polymorphisms (4-bp deletion/insertion polymorphism and three promoter SNPs) were genotyped in 672 RA patients and 681 age-matched healthy controls from the same geographic region in Taiwan. Genotyping was carried out using gene scan and MALDI-TOF (Mass Array matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation-time-of-flight mass spectrometry). Genotype distributions, allele and haplotypes frequencies were compared between RA and healthy controls as aggregates or as stratified by X-ray findings, autoantibody profile within patient groups. In addition, EMSA (Electrophoretic Gel Mobility Shift Assay) and promoter reporter assays were carried out to examine whether RANKL SNP -290A>G affects transcription factor binding and promoter function.
RANKL promoter SNP -290A>G significantly affected promoter activities. EMSA (Electrophoretic Gel Mobility Shift Assay) indicates that the SNP -290A>G is within a transcription element C/EBPb and that -290A allele has higher binding affinity for transcription factor C/EBPb. Notably, we observed a significant enrichment of -290GG genotype in C-spine involvement positive patients as compared with the C-spine negative RA patients (adjusted p = 0.012, OR 1.680 [95% CI 0.9982.547]). Furthermore, the homozygotes -643 TT (adjusted p = 0.032 OR 1.967 [95% CI 1.1483.037]) and -693 CC (adjusted p = 0.05, OR 1.680 [95% CI 0.9982.547]) were significantly enriched in anti-CCP antibody positive patients compare to the anti-CCP negative RA patients. Haplotype 320/-290A was significantly reduced in RA (p = 0.034; odds ratio 0.689 [95% CI 0.4880.973]) and destructive+ RA (p = 0.039; odds ratio 0.655 [95% CI 0.4370.981]) patients as compared with normal controls. Haplotype 316/-643C and 316/-693G were significantly reduced in destructive+ RA patients as compared with destructive- RA patients (p = 0.026; odds ratio 0.558 [95% CI 0.3310.939]. Among three RANKL SNPs haplotypes, haplotype -693G/-643C/-290A may have protective roles against CCP antibody production (p = 0.007; odds ratio 0.361 [95% CI 0.1680.775]) and against destructive RA (p = 0.006; OR 0.354 [95% CI 0.1630.769]).
RANKL promoter SNP affected promoter functions and RA phenotypes. Our data suggest that RANKL may contribute to the complex disease process of RA in Taiwanese.
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Chen, Ji Yih, Wang, Chin-Man, Wu, J.; Association of Functional RANKL Promoter Polymorphisms with Subsets of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in Taiwanese [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2009;60 Suppl 10 :396
DOI: 10.1002/art.25479


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THE owner of a former courthouse is hoping to do justice to the building by turning it into a private home.
Plans have been submitted to Tendring Council to change the use of the former Harwich Magistrates' Court, in Main Road, Dovercourt, into a house.
Owner Barry Myhre, in a letter to the council, said he had "no intention of altering the outside"
of the former courthouse.
Harwich town councillor Maria Fowler has welcomed the application.
She said: "I am pleased because I don't like to see any buildings empty and it isn't going to be knocked down. That's one thing I didn't want to see.
"It's a magnificent building.
It's got history and character. I think it would be a fabulous place to live."
The building has two court rooms, two cells, interviewrooms and video link rooms. It was last used as a court in March 2012.
It sold at auction in June 2013 for £352,000 – £52,000 above the guide price – but weeks later it was back on the market.
It was suggested the building could be used as care home, school or even as a hotel.
Martin Webb, head coach at Harwich Amateur Boxing Club, which is located behind the former courthouse, said: "It's good something is happening there.
"It has been empty for nearly two years now and I was concerned it could attract vandals.
"I'm pleased in the sense it will be used properly, which can only be a good thing.
"The only thing we hope is they might reinstate or allow some sort of access for us to get to the units behind."
Access to the buildings used to be via the magistrates' court's driveway, but after it closed, the route was shut.
Groups now have to walk via a path from Highfield Avenue.
Tendring Council has the final say on the planning application.


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Learn about the crystal meanings and metaphysical and healing properties lore of shungite aka shungit.
Alternate Names & Spellings: Shungit, Schungite, Black Ochre, "Stone of Life"
Hardness (Mohs): 3.5-4
Color(s): black, silvery-black
Transparency: opaque
Lustre: matte, metallic
Habit: amorphous, non-crystalline
Common / Notable Locations: Only known source is the Shunga in the Karelia region of northern Russia
Rock Lore & Tidbits: Shungite is believed to be over 2 billion years old. Shungite is the only crystal known to naturally contain fullerenes aka Buckyballs, a hollow carbon structure which is said to give Shungite its healing properties.
Crystal Meanings Lore of Shungite
Keywords: Healing, Protection
Shungite has electric conductivity properties. This is said to be the reason for one of shungite's most notable uses: shielding and protection from EMF electromagnetic radiation from things like TVs, computers, microwaves, cell phones, and other items. This shielding brings with it many healing energies.
Shungite is used by many for purification. This often takes the form of creating an elixir or purifying water for drinking or bathing the skin to bring about healing and energy. Springs near the source of Shungite have been used at least as far back as Czar Peter the Great for its healing properties.
Shungite is an excellent stone for magickal and mystical work. It grounds spiritual energy to bring it into the Earth plane existence. Shungite is also used to bring Light into the auric energy field, allowing positive energy only to reach within that field. This brings not only physical protection, but also psychic protection. It is said to be protection against the evil eye and negative energies.
Shungite is said to calm and relax anyone using or near it. This may be due to its protective energies and rejection of negative energy.
Shungite is used in crystal healing and local folk healing for the immune system, hair growth, skin diseases and deformations, antioxidants, fight free radicals, cancer, rheumatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, musculo-skeletal disorders, liver disease, kidney disease, GI problems, headaches, insomnia, back pain and spinal problems, balancing blood pressure to ideal level, respiratory issues, infections, purify blood, minor headaches, protection against electromagnetic radiation issues, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, pain relief, rapid healing and more. It is considered by many to be a miracle healing stone.
Shungite is related to the root or base chakra.
More on Shungite from my personal perspective.
Now I have a blog post on Shungite: Playing with Shungite
I've just begun to explore Shungite. I can say, though, that its unique high-but-calming energy brought a sense of comfort and happiness from the first time I held it. I currently keep Shungite pyramids on my desk and my art table, and find it comforting as I work and play.
Many people use shungite in a direct elixir or as water filtration. I am not a medical professional, so I can't make recommendations about its safety for this. Shungite is used, however, as a water filter commercially. As I commented below, too, other stones are being passed off as shungite, which is my biggest concern. Indirect elixirs would certainly not be problematic.
Note that healing crystal meanings are spiritual supports to healing and are not prescriptions or healthcare information.
Hattip to the additional resources on Shungite below for select metaphysical, spiritual healing and/or mineral information.
Shungite - Not for Sissies
Shungite Healing Properties
See Shungite on Mindat
The Crystal Bible Vol 3 by Judy Hall
Shungit-Store.com - Supplier of Shungit Karelia << This is where I get mine!
Views expressed on external links may or may not align with my views or yours, and I can not be responsible for any change or views they express. Some links may be affiliate links to books or items I have found useful regarding this stone. I feel it is good to have a balanced learning about crystals, whether or not we may end up agreeing.
This original article is Copyright @2015 Robyn A Harton dba Robyn A Harton Creative All rights Reserved. Facts can not be copyrighted, though my original words used to describe those facts are copyrighted. To request required permission to post or use my text or photos see information about quoting articles or ask for licensing information here.


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yoName turns your computer into a private detective. Look for anyone you want. You can even look them up by a username or an email address! If they're on any of the big-time networks like MySpace or Facebook, yoName will find them. Look up friends, family, ex-es. Look up yourself and see if someone's impersonating you. Or just have fun and look up celebrities, even if the first five entries for Paris Hilton are all "male, 39, single, in Madison, Wisconsin".
OK. Let's say you're at the club and you're flirting with this total stud (and he is way out of your league, by the way), and, boom, you score digits. The problem is, genius, that the next day they're still in the pocket when you toss your jeans in the wash. You remember his name, but he's not in the book. I mean, who even uses the book anymore except to order pizza? Exactly. So now what do you do? yoName!
Or let's say you and all your friends were gonna totally hang out after graduation and here it is, two years later, and everyone's either away at college or too busy and you have to pull out the yearbook to even remember your best friend's nickname. How are you going to track everybody down and get the old crew back together? yoName!
So check it out. Here's how yoName works. It's really complicated, so you might want to write this down. You ready? Okay, here we go:
1) Type in a name (or if you want to get real advanced, an email address).
Done. Tah-dah. That's it. Now you'll get all of the matches to that name on network sites from all over the web with just one search!
MySpace? Check. Friendster? Check. Facebook? Xanga? Check and check.
Now get out there and track down your peeps!
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Just as the name suggests, water retention is simply a condition where the body retains excess water in the tissues due to a number of reasons. This abnormal fluid or water accumulation in the tissues causes swelling especially in the abdominal areas. Therefore, each time you notice a swelling out of the blues on your feet, hands or legs, the biggest culprit could be water retention.
In almost all the mild cases of water retention, the condition will clear up just on its own within a few days. But if the condition stays on for a week, then do not ignore it. Use of diuretics is one of the best yet also the easiest water retention remedies. Diuretics work simply by increasing the volume of urine that your body produces. This may seem as counterintuitive but water is indeed a natural diuretic with no side effects whatsoever. Each time you drink a glass or two of water, your blood pressure is temporarily increased and your vasopressin hormone level decrease. These two affect the level of water in your body and causes your kidneys to filter more fluids from the bloodstream into the urine. For best results just drink six to eight water cups daily. That will be enough to decrease water retention.
Cranberry juice is one of the best water retention remedies. It works in two ways for the benefit of the kidney. First, it is a natural diuretic, then secondly, it is a natural cure for several kidney problems. Fennel, yarrow dandelion, chamomile, burdock and such herbs or teas made from them can also be used as water retention remedies. But keep in mind that if water retention is caused by leaky blood vessels, then these herbs or their teas may be infective. Find out from your doctor what could be causing your water retention before using any of these herbs. Avoid dandelion if you are allergic to chamomile or ragweed.
Exercising regularly and maintaining a healthy balanced diet can save you the inconvenience of going through all these water retention remedies. Working out is not just effective for water retention but also for your general wellbeing. It helps to get rid of water retention by strengthening the circulatory system. Massaging the swollen areas too can facilitate adequate blood circulation and get rid of water retention.
Keep in mind that too much salt causes bloating. You must therefore reduce the amount of salt that you consume. Avoid processed foods as most of them are rich in sodium and may only worsen your condition. Then each time you relax always keep your feet at elevated positions so as to encourage the fluids to drain back to the blood stream. Keep off temperature extremes as too much heat or cold may encourage edema. Wear comfortable shoes and watch what you eat and water retention will be a thing of the past. But if the condition is stubborn and worsens, then consult your doctor for advanced medical treatment.


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Now that you have worked the back, it's time to give it a good stretch. I don't know about you, but back stretches could be my favorite band stretches of all. It can be pretty tough to get a really good stretch on your back, and using the bands can be a great help.
A few weeks ago we covered the lower back lubricator, which stretched your lower back. This week we are going to learn the relaxalator, which will stretch your mid and upper back. Although the description uses a door strap, try doing it outside by wrapping your band around a high fence or tree branch. Relaxing mentally and physically!
Another tip? Try focusing on some deep yoga breathes – in through the nose, out through the mouth.
Stretches the mid and upper back
Grasp the free end(s) in each hand and bend over at the waist while keeping yoru back and arms straight.
Feel the stretch in your mid and upper back.
Spread your arms out and slowly lower your torso to the ground


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Citizen Science Stew
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Here's the text of my kick-off at the Royal Geographical Society in London to last week's amazing Citizen Cyberscience Summit. The event brought together >330 participants from all parts of the citizen science spectrum. It was a stew, not a broth.
IT IS ALMOST exactly two years since the last Citizen Cyberscience Summit, which kicked off in this very same room on the 16th of February 2012.
According to Moore's Law, the power of everything that depends on microchips has doubled in that two-year period. That includes all those devices and servers that make up the Internet and the Web.
It's precisely this tremendous rate of improvement that puts the 'cyber' into citizen cyberscience. And it's what I believe makes this event worth repeating now.
The Summit provides a snapshot of the many new ways that connected computers, smart phones and myriad other devices are enabling citizens to help science – and scientists to help citizens – thanks to the exponential advance of technology.
I'm looking forward during the course of this three-day Summit to hear about a whole range of new ways that the public is participating in science, by collecting, classifying, analyzing, processing, visualizing and sharing scientific data.
Phone apps, browser-based tools, DIY sensors… you name it, and someone, somewhere is using it for citizen-based exploration of the world around us.
But this event is not just an exercise in techno-fetishism. I'm looking forward to sessions and workshops on national and international policy, on informal learning, on engagement and motivation, on connecting communities of citizen science and other topics that focus on the evolving role of the citizen in citizen cyberscience.
The summits have always put a strong emphasis on ensuring the active participation of some of the millions of volunteers who make citizen cyberscience what it is. This year, I'm glad to see more sessions focusing on what I like to call bottom-up citizen science, where the citizens are in the driving seat and the scientist are providing the help.
For example, we'll have sessions on mashups between the DIY maker movement and citizen science, and hear a lot about the intersection of citizen science with environmental activism.
I'm also excited to hear about some of the projects which have brought participants to the Summit from far away places: modeling epidemiology with smart phones in China, tracking satellite imagery of the rainforest in Brazil, or monitoring logging in Democratic Republic of Congo.
To all delegates who have traveled from other continents to be here, a special thanks for making the trip and suffering the jetlag. I just arrived from New York myself, two hours ago, so I know how you feel!
To the rest of you, thanks for coming in record numbers. The event is totally sold out and has a long waiting list, too. The number of participants in the summits in also increasing – indeed it's almost doubling every two years. We had about 100 people the first time we've run the summit, nearly 200 the second time, and this year we are over 330 people.
We also have a record 140 speakers over the three days. Talks are deliberately short, because we're trying to be inclusive and let everyone who wants to present have an opportunity to do so.
For the many others who wanted to come, but couldn't, we are offering several options. We are streaming today's presentations, and will make videos of some presentations available online after the event.
Also, a novel feature of this Summit compared to its predecessors, is the introduction of a published proceedings in a new, open-access journal called Human Computation, which charges no author fees. Submission of a contribution is open to anyone presenting new results at the Summit.
I've had the pleasure of serving on the organizing committee for this event with my colleagues Muki Haklay of UCL, Margaret Gold and Brian Fuchs of the Mobile Collective, Laure Kloetzer of the University of Geneva, Hilary Geoghagen of the University of Reading, and Edda Nitschke of Universite Paris Descartes. Together with the help of many other members of the global citizen science community, most of whom are in this room, we have managed to put together this event on a shoestring budget.
That we have a budget at all is due to the generosity of a number of sponsors: these include the Royal Geographical Society which is hosting us today, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Center for Urban Science and Progress at NYU, ESRI UK, the UCL Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities, the Everyaware project, the Socientize Project and the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council.
The partners of the Citizen Cyberlab project, a EU project that focuses on learning and creativity in citizen cyberscience, and which was catalyzed by the first Citizen Cyberscience Summit in 2010, have been especially generous with their support for this event, both in kind and in cash. I would like to mention in particular Margaret Gold and Brian Fuchs of the Mobile Collective, who have toiled hard to build the website and associated online presence of the event.
In conclusion, let me emphasize that the Summit is not a thin broth made with just one intellectual ingredient. This is not a conventional academic gathering focused on a narrow field of knowledge. Nor are we a bunch of activists here because we agree on a common cause.
Rather, this event is a rich stew of ideas, with spices from far-away fields like particle physics and astronomy, synthetic biology and nanotechnology, alongside choice morsels of sociology, psychology, history, art, education and public engagement.
All this is blended together into a series of sometimes challenging but ultimately deeply satisfying meals, which are served up as succulent talks today, transitioning to delicious workshops tomorrow, and winding up in a hearty hackfest on Saturday.
I believe the Summit's strength is precisely its eclectic nature. It is not an echo chamber or an exercise in promoting group-think. Rather its a place for us to challenge our beliefs about citizen science, disagree respectfully with each other when there is cause to do so, and above all celebrate the amazing, exploding diversity of citizen cyberscience in all its shapes and forms.
I have mentioned many people and organizations that deserve thanks for making this event possible. But there is one team that deserves to be singled out for special praise, and that is the Extreme Citizen Science team of Muki Haklay. It is in large part Muki's vision over the last several years, and his team's hard work over the last several months, which have shaped this unique event that you are about to experience. In particular thanks to Angharad Allen and Patrick Rickles who worked on organizing the summit and the Lanyrd online programme.
Indeed, I strongly suspect that Muki accepted this difficult and all-absorbing challenge – for a second time – as a way to train his Extreme Citizen Science team in the meaning of the word "extreme"! Please could Muki and his amazing team stand up, wave their hands, show themselves, and let's give them a well-deserved round of applause.
Ladies and Gentlemen, without further ado, let's enjoy the stew!


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DARREN Berry must face a disciplinary hearing for his heated confrontation with West Indian allrounder Marlon Samuels on Wednesday night.
Cricket Australia last night charged the Adelaide Strikers coach with bringing the game into disrepute over his comments and behaviour towards Samuels before the match against the Melbourne Renegades at Etihad Stadium.
The date of the hearing is yet to be determined.
Berry was hoping to let the incident slide, declining to comment when contacted by The Advertiser yesterday.
Television cameras captured the pair in an animated conversation during the warm-ups, but neither participant would talk later about the verbal exchange.
Samuels has been under pressure in the past couple of weeks, with Brisbane Heat coach Darren Lehmann questioning the legitimacy of his bowling action. Lehmann was sanctioned for his remarks.
The Strikers don't want any off-field distractions, instead needing to focus on arresting a two-game slide that has dropped the team into the ruck with a 3-3 record and fighting for a spot in the semi-finals.
Berry described the 48-run loss to the Renegades as "our worst display for the year".
"Full credit to the Renegades - they outpointed us in all aspects," Berry said.
"Now we're just middle of the pack and with two to play it's pretty obvious we have to win both games."
The Strikers, who flew to Hobart yesterday to prepare for tomorrow's clash with the in-form Hurricanes, must turn things around after two failed run-chases.
It's not going to be easy against a side that has won its past three games, steaming back into finals contention after looking down and out.
With a batting line-up featuring Ricky Ponting, Tim Paine, Travis Birt, Owais Shah and Australian Twenty20 captain George Bailey, the Hurricanes pose a big threat.
"They've got a lot of stars in their team, which is a worry," Strikers allrounder Michael Neser said.
"But we've got the team (to beat them). We have our plans... I'm confident."
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Modi asks supporters not to overdo cheers
Hundreds of enthusiastic supporters screamed "Modi, Modi" at his rally today in Delhi. Modi was forced to tell the crowd: "Your enthusiasm has been acknowledged and even the media has registered it by now. So, don't overdo it." Shaswati Das, Neelam Pandey and Darpan Singh report.delhi Updated: Sep 29, 2013 14:46 IST
If one just squinted the eyes a little and looked at the first row of an estimated half-a-million supporters waiting for BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at Rohini in New Delhi's on Sunday, it wouldn't have been very hard to gauge their feeling — Modi's image is much larger than his huge cut-out installed near the media enclosure at the Japanese Park.
Scores of visitors thronged the BJP's Vikas Rally, where diplomats from a number of foreign missions were also present.
Just as Modi stood up to speak, the bugle started blowing for a really long time, even after he reached the dais.
Hundreds of enthusiastic supporters screamed "Modi, Modi" to hear him make a case for a BJP government at the Centre.
His first words -- 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' – invited a huge cheer by the crowd, so loud that when it didn't stop for a while, Modi was forced to tell the crowd: "Your enthusiasm has been acknowledged and even the media has registered it by now. So, don't overdo it."
The crowd mellows down, but not for long.
While Modi went on firing salvos at the UPA, the overwhelmed supporters seemed uncontrollable. But the leader continued. "No party in Indian history has held such a big rally in Delhi," he claimed.
"The country's priority should be to vote this (UPA) govt out of power. Each UPA constituent pulls in its own direction and the country is going nowhere.
The Delhi CM has the easiest job. All she does is cut ribbons at inaugurations. She has no responsibilities. Doob maro, doob maro Delhi government."
After more than half-an-hour tirade against the UPA government, Modi signed off with his trademark vigorous chanting of "Vande Mataram".
But wait, that was not the end of BJP's Vikas Rally. As Modi took a bow, the venue was filled by the sounds of an outrageous composition – a male voice crooning "Delhi mein toh CM ki beti bhi mahfooz nahin (even the CM's daughter is not safe in Delhi).
The valedictory song was just an extension of the mood created by cricketer-turned-BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, who reached out to the crowd with a slew of self-composed couplets, reminding the audience of a famous comedy show on TV where he makes a cameo every weekend.


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This hotel was an excellent choice for staying in Dresden with a car. It has parking, is in a quiet leafy environment and is an easy tram ride to all the sights. The hotel can even sell you tram tickets. The bistro is excellent if you want to return to the hotel from the city before eating.
the breakfast was huge and delicious, the room was big and the staff very accommodating. The rooms view was gorgeous! the TV was small, not a big deal though
quiet location, close to the highway with very good public transport connection to the centre; late check out at 2 pm One should know that it's main purpose is to serve as a Seminar hotel attached to the pedagogical institution. So we have not experienced it's set up during the week but on a very quiet weekend.
room was clean and decent looking and the breakfast was great!
buen desayuno señalizacion para llegar
El desayuno excelente, muy variado y con una inmejorable relacion calidad/precio. Todo me ha gustado. Parece alejado del centro, pero está a solo 10 minutos en coche.
Buena relacion calidad/precio. Aunque la habitacion estaba limpia, no olia del todo bien.
Es centrrico. Trato agradable.Habitación grande y limpia. La funda nordica es corta no llega a cubrir los pies. No tiene placa anunciando que es un hotel y aunque aparcamos el coche enfrente nos costó tiempo encontrarlo.
El buffet de desayuno es maravilloso y el servicio excelente. Se nota que el personal trabaja con agrado. Enhorabuena
Fantastic Hotel. Kind,delicious breakfast and good equipment! They can hardly speak English
Very kind landlady, cute room, nice quiet neigbourhood (except couple of airplanes in the morning), rich breakfast.
Had a fantastic time there. The hotel is very beautiful and cosy, the staff is very friendly and helpful. Very nice breakfast. The hotel has an outstanding decoration.
Very friendly people at the reception and the other day at the breakfast. For a relative small hotel a very extensive breakfast with a lot of choice.
Lo rápido que se accede al centro de la ciudad EL desayuno es muy poco variado y no hay persianas en las ventanas con lo que la luz entra desde que amanece y no se puede dormir bien.
el trato del personal y el desayuno, calite. habitacion muy espartana.
Muy buen hotel para visitar Dresden. La persona que nos atendió en recepción fantástica. Su relación calidad/precio muy buena.
muy buena recomiendo este hotel unsaludo
Personal arrogante, la limpieza insuficiente, el tubo de baño estaba atascandose, sin ascensor, no voy a recomendar a nadie.
El trato y la disponibilidad de todo el personal. No atendio mi traslado al aeropuerto incluido en la reserva por estar en español
Clean and comfortable room. Just minutes away from the city by car. Good value for money.
I didn't find the directions how to get the hotel by car
Personal care by the hotel staff, rooms are equipped with kitchen facilities, in-house restaurant with nice menu and delicious offerings Airplanes noise untill 11 pm due to close vicinity to Dresden airport, somewhat difficult to navigate to the hotel according to the access instructions linked to Booking site
We had a large, comfortable room which was very comfortable and could park our car on site. Breakfast was very good. We also ate our evening meal at the hotel. An excellent meal which was not expensive.
Very friendly and helpful staff (owner of the pension). Very good location: easy travel to Dresden city centre by tram/bus (15-20 minutes to old city centre. Free parking. Large room, good beds, nice balcony. Good breakfast, enough choice and variety. Supermarket, bank and several restaurants at walking distance. Curtains should be more darkening. No central breakfast room. Please note that this is a pension and not a large (business) hotel. Breakfast is served in the kitchen or in a separate (dining) room.
friendly service, clean and comfortable son of owner speaks excellent english
Friendly Staff - warm welcome - Attention to the client


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wheel to turn and pump air into the furnace to maintain the temperatures needed to produce molten iron.
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Type/Application ID/Amendment #: STN 125267/18 Phase: 4
Title: Cinryze
Proposed Use (Indication): to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Cinryze (Cl inhibitor [human]) replacement therapy dose escalation to lower the RAE attack rate in inadequately controlled RAE patients
Sponsor: LEV Pharmaceuticals
Product name(s)/Product Type:
Cinryze – C1 eserase inhibitor
Review Team:
Charles Maplethorpe, M.D.
Nannette Cagungun
From: Boris Zaslavsky, Ph.D.
Through: Ghanshyam Gupta, Ph.D.
cc: HFM-215/Henry Hsu
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HFM-210/Steven Anderson
HFM-210/Robert Ball
HFM-215/Chronological File
Executive Summary: The sample size is estimated correctly for the one-sided test. The medical reviewer should decide whether the one-sided test is acceptable. If the two-sided test is recommended, the sample size should be increased to 32 patients.
Reviewer Title: Mathematical Statistician
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Concur ______________ Not Concur ______________
Supervisory Signature:
Comments to the Draft Protocol
Protocol LEVP2008-1: Phase 4 Study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Cinryze (Cl inhibitor [human]) replacement therapy dose escalation to lower the RAE attack rate in inadequately controlled RAE patients
The primary endpoint of the study is the estimate of the probability P that a patient meeting entry criteria and initiating the dose escalation algorithm will be classified as a success. Overall study success is defined as finding evidence consistent with P≥ 20%, where P≤ 5% is regarded as ignorable. Thus, the null hypothesis is that P ≤5% and the specific alternative hypothesis is that P≥ 20%. Based on this specification of hypotheses and a target type I error probability of one-sided 0.05 and a target power of 80% the following table defines the requi£red study size and provides the statistical operating characteristics:
The sponsor wrote:
Null hypothesis (P = probability of individual patient success) P≤0.05
Alternative Hypothesis P> 0.05
Specific Alternative Hypothesis P≥0. 20
Target One Sided Type I Error Probability (alpha) < 0.05
Target Power >80%
Total Evaluable Patient Accrual Target 27 (computed from above using the binomial distribution)
Definition of Hypothesis to be tested P≤0.05
Statistical Significance level for testing hypothesis (one-sided) 0.05
Success (based on data collected) is the # successes for rejection in exactly 27 patients ≥4)
Statistical Operating Characteristics
|True probability of success
|(P) Probability of study success
|0.05 (null)
|0.0437 (actual alpha)
|0.20 (specific alternative)
|0.818 (actual power)
Maximum half-width of exact 95% confidence interval for 27 patients equals ±21%
Minimum toxicity probability having Pr(occurring>1 time) ≥90% equals 9%
Comments to CBER:
The sample size of 27 patients is correct for the one sided Type I error 0.05.
Usual CBER standard is either two-sided 0.05 or one-sided 0.025 type I error. For the two-sided test, the sample size should be 32 patients or more.
I do not understand, why 4 out of 27 (4/27 = 0.148) is defined as success.


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I really, really strongly urge you not to donate dirty items. I find it really infuriating when people donate non-sellable items to charity shops--basically, it's a way to get someone else to throw your garbage out for you. And AFAIK, unless you are talking about a small (church, maybe?) shop, they don't have the facilities or the cash to wash it for you.
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From the perspective of a facility with no means or funds to wash clothes, it does. They either have to throw it away or try to sell it dirty.
ITA with not donating dirty clothes to a thrift store. Either give them away on freecycle (being completely honest about their condition) or bring them to a laundromat, wash them all at once, and then drop them off at the thrift store on the way home from the laundromat.
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Welcome to our Toma Field Day website!
This will be our second year hosting the Toma Field Day and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to continue recognizing the dedication and hard work that Doug Toma put into helping run the Franklin Residential College. This is the way that our members are able to give back to all that he did for our organization and we couldn't be happier to be able to hold this event again. This year we will have even more activities and we are opening it up to the entire Athens public.
One of our goals in holding this field day is to be able to raise a small scholarship, through donations, for a student study abroad scholarship. The FRC offers multiple study abroad opportunities and Doug Toma always believed that all students should have the chance to study abroad at least once during their time at UGA. The money that we raise for this scholarship fund will go directly to student members for the FRC Costa Rica trip for the following year.
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If you're running out of indoor activities this winter, try a social painting class. There are several in Des Moines and a brand new one just opened!
I had the pleasure of attending a soft opening of Pinot'sPalette this past Friday night. Check out my "Wild Wine" painting!
It was my first social painting class but won't be my last!
Each social painting class has its difference in prices, locations and types of food and beverages offered. Here are the details of each place.
Pinot's Palette-
The newest social canvas classes are held in a fun studio off 42nd across from La Mie. Their classes range form $30-$45 and allow you to bring your own food and drink. They provide plates, utensils, corkscrews and glasses for all your culinary delights.
Get out of the house and out of the studio, because Wine and Canvas events are hosted all over town at places like Champs, Mimi's Café and Jasper Winery. The events are $35-$45 and food and drink specials are available for purchase at the locations. If you're interested in an event for you and the kiddos check out their Cookies & Canvas options!
Armed with a masters in art education and art therapist certification, Connie Pruitt has the skills to whip anyone into Picasso. Classes are $40 and she also specializes in private parties and kid's paintings. Her studio also offers wine glass painting classes! Drink and food are available at the Overtime Pub, or it's BYOB for private parties.
Located in Waukee, these guys have a great variety of paintings prices ranging from $25-$40. They provide wine, beer, mimosas and champagne for purchase and you can bring your own snacks. The Social Canvas also has fundraiser painting nights and Canvas & Kool Aid Class for younger audiences.
This Des Moines mainstay offers pottery, glass making and canvas parties at their fun studio! Painting sessions cost $43. The art parties are BYOB and snacks!
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Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. In the atmospheric electrical discharge, a leader of a bolt of lightning can travel at speeds of 36,000 km/h (22,000 mph), and can reach temperatures approaching 30,000 °C (54,000 °F), hot enough to fuse silica sand into glass channels known as fulgurites which are normally hollow and can extend some distance into the ground. There are some 16 million lightning storms in the world every year.
Lightning can also occur within the ash clouds from volcanic eruptions, or can be caused by violent forest fires which generate sufficient dust to create a static charge.
How lightning initially forms is still a matter of debate. Scientists have studied root causes ranging from atmospheric perturbations (wind, humidity, friction, and atmospheric pressure) to the impact of solar wind and accumulation of charged solar particles. Ice inside a cloud is thought to be a key element in lightning development, and may cause a forcible separation of positive and negative charges within the cloud, thus assisting in the formation of lightning.
In the United States, there are an estimated 25 million lightning flashes each year. During the past 30 years, lightning killed an average of 58 people per year. This is higher than 57 deaths per year caused by tornadoes and average 48 deaths to hurricanes. Yet because lightning usually claims only one or two victims at a time and does not cause mass destruction of property, it is underrated as a risk. While documented lightning injuries in the United States average about 300 per year, undocumented injuries are likely much higher.
Watch for Developing Thunderstorms: Thunderstorms are most likely to develop on spring or summer days but can occur year round. As the sun heats the air, pockets of warmer air start to rise and cumulus clouds form. Continued heating can cause these clouds to grow vertically into towering cumulus clouds, often the first sign of a developing thunderstorm.
- When to Seek Safe Shelter: Lightning can strike as far as 10 miles from the area where it is raining. That's about the distance you can hear thunder. If you can hear thunder, you are within striking distance. Seek safe shelter immediately.
- Outdoor Activities: Minimize the risk of being struck. Most lightning deaths and injuries occur in the summer. Where organized outdoor sports activities take place, coaches, camp counselors and other adults must stop activities at the first roar of thunder to ensure everyone has time to get to a large building or enclosed vehicle. Leaders of outdoors events should have a written plan that all staff are aware of and enforce.
- Indoor Activities: Inside buildings, stay off corded phones, computers and other electrical equipment that put you in direct contact with electricity. Stay away from pools (indoor or outdoor), tubs, showers and other plumbing. Buy surge suppressors for key equipment. Install ground fault protectors on circuits near water or outdoors. When inside, wait 30 minutes after the last clap of thunder, before going outside again.
- Helping a Lightning Strike Victim: Lightning victims do not carry an electrical charge, are safe to touch, and need urgent medical attention. Cardiac arrest is the immediate cause of death for those who die. Some deaths can be prevented if the victim receives the proper first aid immediately. Call 9-1-1 immediately and perform CPR if the person is unresponsive or not breathing. Use an Automatic External Defibrillator if one is available.
Lightning Science
Science investigates the known, the unknown, and unknowable. Detailed technical examinations may never provide all the answers about lightning, but modern investigation techniques are busy providing new information. Lightning research is divided into various disciplines, some of which are:
- Atmospheric Physics and Electrostatics
- Electrical Engineering
- Climatology, including thunderstorm morphology and dynamics
- Meteorology and other sub-sectors
How Powerful is Lightning?
Each spark of lightning can reach over five miles in length, soar to temperatures of approximately 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and contain 100 million electrical volts.
Lightning Is A Random, Chaotic And Dangerous Fact Of NatureAt any given moment, there are 1,800 thunderstorms in progress somewhere on the earth. This amounts to 16 million storms each year! Scientists that study lightning have a better understanding today of the process that produces lightning, but there is still more to learn about the role of solar flares on the upper atmosphere, the earth's electromagnetic field, and ice in storms. We know the cloud conditions needed to produce lightning, but cannot forecast the location or time of the next stroke of lightning. There are lightning detection systems in the United States and they monitor an average of 25 million flashes of lightning from the cloud to ground every year!
Lightning has been seen in volcanic eruptions, extremely intense forest fires, surface nuclear detonations, heavy snowstorms, and in large hurricanes, however, it is most often seen in thunderstorms. A thunderstorm forms in air that has three components: moisture, instability and something such as a cold front to cause the air to rise. Continued rising motions within the storm may build the cloud to a height of 35,000 to 60,000 feet (6 to 10 miles) above sea level. Temperatures higher in the atmosphere are colder; ice forms in the higher parts of the cloud.
Ice In The Cloud Is Critical To The Lightning Process
Ice in a cloud seems to be a key element in the development of lightning. Storms that fail to produce quantities of ice may also fail to produce lightning. In a storm, the ice particles vary in size from small ice crystals to larger hailstones, but in the rising and sinking motions within the storm there are a lot of collisions between the particles. This causes a separation of electrical charges. Positively charged ice crystals rise to the top of the thunderstorm, and negatively charged ice particles and hailstones drop to the middle and lower parts of the storm. Enormous charge differences (electrical differential) develops.
How Lightning Develops Between The Cloud And The Ground
A moving thunderstorm gathers another pool of positively charged particles along the ground that travel with the storm. As the differences in charges continue to increase, positively charged particles rise up taller objects such as trees, houses, and telephone poles. Have you ever been under a storm and had your hair stand up? Yes, the particles also can move up you! This is one of nature's warning signs that says you are in the wrong place, and you may be a lightning target!
The negatively charged area in the storm will send out a charge toward the ground called a stepped leader. It is invisible to the human eye, and moves in steps in less than a second toward the ground. When it gets close to the ground, it is attracted by all these positively charged objects, and a channel develops. You see the electrical transfer in this channel as lightning. There may be several return strokes of electricity within the established channel that you will see as flickering lightning.
The lightning channel heats rapidly to 50,000 degrees. The rapid expansion of heated air causes the thunder. Since light travels faster than sound in the atmosphere, the sound will be heard after the lightning. If you see lightning and hear thunder at the same time, that lightning is in your neighborhood!
Negative Lightning And Positive Lightning
Not all lightning forms in the negatively charged area low in the thunderstorm cloud. Some lightning originates in the cirrus anvil at the top of the thunderstorm. This area carries a large positive charge. Lightning from this area is called positive lightning. This type is particularly dangerous for several reasons. It frequently strikes away from the rain core, either ahead or behind the thunderstorm. It can strike as far as 5 or 10 miles from the storm, in areas that most people do not consider to be a lightning risk area. The other problem with positive lightning is it typically has a longer duration, so fires are more easily ignited. Positive lightning usually carries a high peak electrical current, which increases the lightning risk to an individual.
Lightning is dangerous. With common sense, you can greatly increase your safety and the safety of those you are with. At the first clap of thunder, go to a large building or fully enclosed vehicle and wait 30 minutes after the last clap of thunder before you to go back outside.