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West Coast coach John Worsfold is confident Daniel Kerr can power through his ongoing knee issues to reproduce his trademark brilliance next year.
Kerr is set to miss Sunday's AFL clash with the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium after his left knee swelled up following a WAFL hit-out last Saturday.
The 30-year-old, who underwent surgery on his right knee in December, has struggled to regain peak fitness this year due to his limited pre-season and ongoing knee issues.
If his latest complaint doesn't settle down over coming weeks, Kerr might need another round of surgery which would prematurely end his season.
Kerr's contract runs until the end of next year, and Worsfold is adamant the 220-game veteran remains a required player at the club.
"He is never going to have perfect knees," Worsfold said.
"But if we can get him to a point where he can train at the required level and therefore play at the required level, then he has a lot of good games ahead of him.
"With Daniel, we know that even at 80 per cent fitness, he can still perform really well, but that is getting tougher and tougher with the issues that he has been carrying.
"Really it is around whether we can we get his body right. I am sure he's got brilliant football left in him if he is as sound as he can be."
Ruckman Nic Naitanui could also be set for an early finish to the year due to ongoing groin soreness.
Naitanui is expected to be replaced by Scott Lycett for Sunday's game against the Bulldogs.
Midfielder Scott Selwood is in line to return from a fractured thumb, but Luke Shuey will miss three games with a hamstring injury.
The Eagles sit two games adrift of eighth spot, and are only a slight chance to make the finals.


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The multi-instrumentalist and jazz composer suffered from prostate cancer before he died at his home in Shutesbury on December 23.
Multi-instrumentalist and jazz composer Yusef Lateef has passed away. The Grammy Award-winning musician died at the age of 93 on Monday, December 23 at his home in Shutesbury, MA. He suffered from prostate cancer for several months prior to his death, but the Daily Hampshire Gazette confirmed he passed away peacefully with his loved ones around him.
Lateef was born William Emanuel Huddleston in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on October 9, 1920. When he was 5, he and his family moved to Detroit. In his early career, Lateef toured with Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra.
He also worked on his own music and was eventually known for his innovative fusion of American Jazz with traditional African rhythms, Indian raga, and eastern Arabic styles of music.
Lateef has received many accolades for his music. He won a Grammy for Best New Age Album for "Little Symphony", his 1987 experimental album in which he played many instruments including including sitar, water drums, gourd, and kalangu. In 2010, Lateef was named an American Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Thanks for all the responses! It's been behaving better but not perfectly. This morning I tried removing the oil filler cap with the engine idling, and the RPMs did change slightly, then it seemed to readjust itself quickly. When I put my hand over the hole it would change again, then readjust. It was no more of a change than when you turn on the AC or something, a momentary RPM change then back to normal.
That simple hose-with-water test looks pretty straightforward, although I know there is some vacuum there so I'm not sure I'd gain much from that test. But as always, I've learned a lot from reading the threads by Bluebee. Mostly I've learned that my problem is pretty minor compared to some. But maybe when I've got 6 minor leaks I'll have a real problem.... at this point though I'm not motivated enough to get a smoke test.
On the Starting Fluid/Ether / Propane method - I don't think the problem is significant enough that I would gain anything from that either, to be honest. Also, unless I'm missing something, I would need to have the car hooked up to a real-time scan tool to look for changes in run condition as a result of the "fuel" being drawn in?
I think next oil change I'll take off the plastic covers and do some tugging and poking and looking with bright lights to see if I see any particularly bad looking hoses. My upper crankcase vent hose looks and feels excellent. There's a little buildup in it but that goes away with a good highway run, or leaving it in 3rd on my way to work (10 minutes @50mph). The vacuum lines off the F connector are a little stiff, but appear to be fine. The intake boots are new. I'm thinking perhaps the ICV just isn't working properly, based on how much crap was in there and the fact that I couldn't get it all out in the very limited time I had set aside to clean it. Now that I've done it, I could probably get that thing out in 10 minutes or less, so maybe I'll give it another bath in brake cleaner and get some good scrubbing done on the rotating bit.
edit: @fastBob on the ether: I used to use it in potato cannons and, yeah. Get the mixture a little off, and nothing, but get it right and BANG! We found Static Guard to be much more reliable, although not as powerful.
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Enrollment in a Phase II/III Clinical Trial Expected to Begin in Second Half of 2017
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and CARLSBAD, Calif.,
Upon closing of the merger, Capnia expects to issue shares of common stock at
Anish Bhatnagar, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Capnia, stated, "We are excited to combine the strengths of these two dynamic organizations to create a leading rare disease therapeutics company that has the potential to bring a novel drug candidate to patients suffering with PWS, a devastating, often life-threatening disorder. While this transaction represents a new strategic direction for Capnia, it offers the potential of a highly-promising, late-stage clinical asset for a metabolic disorder for which no effective treatments currently exist. The new company, together with the
"Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare, genetic neurobehavioral/metabolic disorder, which results in diminished quality of life, as well as a risk of premature death for the patient and substantial caregiver burden," said Neil M. Cowen, PhD, MBA, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Essentialis. "DCCR has a long and established safety record and has been shown in a Phase II trial to positively impact hyperphagia, which is perhaps the biggest obstacle to PWS patients and their families being able to lead normal lives. Statistically significant benefits were also observed in body composition and aggressive, threatening and destructive behaviors. Importantly, DCCR's safety has been extensively addressed in multiple clinical trials and its parent molecule has a decades-long track record of safety and tolerability. We are eager to advance DCCR through its next phase of development, with the goal of addressing the highest priority unmet medical needs of PWS and improving the quality of life of PWS patients and their families."
Key strategic benefits of the merger include:
Key Terms of the Merger
Under the terms of the merger agreement, upon the completion of the transaction, Capnia will acquire all outstanding shares of Essentialis. The merger transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is expected to close during the first quarter of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions, including Capnia shareholder approval. The combined company will be led by Anish Bhatnagar, MD, Capnia's Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Cowen will join the combined company as Senior Vice President of
Capnia intends to evaluate alternatives for its legacy products and product candidates, including CoSense® ETCO Monitor, Serenz® Allergy Relief, and its portfolio of innovative pulmonary resuscitation solutions for the neonatal market.
Clinical Data for DCCR in PWS
In a recently completed, open-label study with a randomized placebo-controlled withdrawal phase (clinical study PC025; n=13), DCCR demonstrated an approximately 32% reduction in hyperphagia (p=0.003), a highly significant and clinically relevant improvement on the highest priority symptom of the disorder. The mean effect on hyperphagia persisted for over 3 months for DCCR-treated individuals who continued on study through the double-blind treatment phase, and regressed back towards baseline in those randomized to placebo. In addition, statistically significant improvements were seen in other endpoints such as aggressive behaviors, body fat, lean body mass and cardiovascular risk factors. There were no new safety findings in this study and the adverse events profile (consisting mostly of mild to moderate AEs) was consistent with the known profile of diazoxide, DCCR's parent molecule. These results were presented at the recent
This single-center study was conducted at the
About PWS
PWS is a rare and complex genetic disorder affecting appetite, growth, metabolism, cognitive function and behavior. In the US, it is estimated that one in 12,000 to 15,000 people has PWS. This disorder is typically characterized by low muscle tone, short stature (when not treated with growth hormone), incomplete sexual development, cognitive disabilities, behavioral problems, and hyperphagia, a chronic feeling of insatiable hunger. Combined with a reduced metabolism, PWS can lead to excessive eating and without effective limitations on access to food, can result in morbid obesity. In a global survey conducted by the
About Diazoxide Choline Controlled Release
Diazoxide Choline Controlled Release (DCCR) is a novel, proprietary controlled-release, crystalline salt formulation of diazoxide which is administered as a once-daily tablet. The parent molecule, diazoxide, as an oral suspension, has been effective and used safely for decades as a first line therapy in a range of rare conditions such as hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia in neonates, children and adults. The DCCR development program is supported by positive data from two completed Phase II clinical studies and six completed Phase I clinical studies in various metabolic indications. DCCR was granted Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of PWS by the FDA on
About Capnia
Capnia is a leading provider and developer of innovative healthcare products to be used for the screening, detection and treatment of medical conditions. Capnia's flagship products are based on its proprietary technologies, which utilize precision metering of gas flow. Capnia currently markets Serenz® Allergy Relief in the UK. The CoSense® ETCO Monitor measures ETCO, which can be used to detect hemolysis and the Infant Solutions product line, including innovative pulmonary resuscitation devices for neonates and infants, are marketed globally. Capnia is also clinically evaluating its nasal, non-inhaled CO2 technology to treat trigeminally-mediated pain conditions such as cluster headache and trigeminal neuralgia. For more information, please visit www.capnia.com.
About Essentialis
Essentialis is a privately-held clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of breakthrough medicines for the treatment of rare metabolic diseases where there is increased mortality and risk of cardiovascular and endocrine complications.
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Darramouss is an undead Half-Elf in the service of Zharradan Marr.[1]
He replaced the wizard Hannicus as master of the Yellowstone Mines and promptly introduced sweeping changes that impressed Marr a great deal. To begin with, he ceased paying the workers and began an effective system of replacing worn-out workers with disgraced soldiers or slaves to ensure constant production.
Darramouss then began to introduce a number of dark creatures to Marr's dungeons, making it extremely difficult for any to infiltrate them - as had been the case under Hannicus and the reason for his dismissal. Among these were Devourers and Clawbeasts, though it is suspected that he also put into place a large number of magical traps, given his extraordinary aptitude for dark magic. One certainty is that he can investigate the dungeons without leaving his quarters, through the use of a magical orb - perhaps with a spirit of some sort imprisoned in it, given that an ethereal face manifests within it when the orb is warning someone off or defending itself by expelling fireballs from the 'eyes'.
He is an unnerving individual who enjoys pointless torture and is able to maintain control over his beasts by thought alone. Furthermore, his hold on unlife is potent enough to keep him from being killed by normal means, making him utterly fearless even in the face of what to most would be extreme personal danger. At no time was this more evident than during the Trolltooth Wars, when at one point his cart was surrounded by the Chaotics of Balthus Dire and his sole reaction was to hiss, thus commanding his until-then-docile monsters to massacre his aggressors.
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Decisions, decisions
Part of my job as a woodworking writer is to test tools. That's always fun, and a real perk of the job – until it comes time to pick a "best tool."
Buying tools is a game of researching as much as you can, comparing what you've learned with your own experiences with a particular brand, and then choosing one to spend your money on. If you've researched well and luck is on your side, you pick the right one. Imagine, then, how much easier it would be if you had every example of a particular tool to test side-by-side before picking the best.
I've done a number of tests like that over the last several years, and usually picking the best one is easy. In most cases one tool clearly beats the others, one tool obviously brings up the rear, and the rest fall logically somewhere in between. In some cases a tool that might not otherwise come out on top does so because of its pricing, or because it has features the others don't that give it the edge over what you may have chosen as the best one.
Sometimes, though, it's just not that clear. Back before I had my arm surgery I mentioned a tool test I was doing on plunge-cut track saws ("New Toys" – 8/7/09). I completed my testing some time ago, and now it's time to pick a winner. But all of these saws are incredible, and I'm finding it difficult to crown one of them as the best.
When reviewers judge tools, we juggle performance, price, features and a host of other factors. And when one tool is a clear leader in each of those factors it gets the ribbon. But all of these saws perform terrifically, they're all priced about the same, and each has a boatload of features. You just can't lose no matter which one you'd buy, and they've been a pure joy to test.
Still, I have to pick winner, so I guess I'll just have to go have fun playing with them some more.
*sigh* The life of a woodworking writer is so tough.
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AMHERST, MA - The 12th-ranked Amherst College women's squash team fell to visiting sixth-ranked Dartmouth College 9-0 on Wednesday. Dartmouth was dominant throughout, not relinquishing a game to the host Jeffs who dropped to 3-1 with the loss.
The Jeffs return to action Friday, Saturday and Sunday as they host the Amherst Invitational.
Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - Amherst College - Amherst, MA
1. Julia Drury (D) def. Ashley Harmeling (10-8/9-2/9-4)
2. Crosby Haynes (D) def. Liz Martin (9-7/9-7/9-3)
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5. Kelly Sennatt (D) def. Emily O'Brien (9-4//9-7/9-0)
6. Martha Ucko (D) def. Emily Stark (9-0/9-0/9-1)
7. Emilie Mackie (D) def. Abby Mantica (9-0/9-0/9-3)
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Liverpool, 18 times champions of England, risk being eclipsed by the plutocrats at Chelsea and in Manchester.
Americans now own famous teams like Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Aston Villa.
Capper got his start in journalism at 17, working for the local Liverpool newspaper, Visiter.
The city of Liverpool, on the west coast of England, always suggests to me some heroic old warhorse of an opera.
Isaacs grew up in Britain, first Liverpool, then London, during a period of economic turmoil and conservative revival.
About six years ago this firm found that its Liverpool custom was being transferred to German makers.
He sailed to Liverpool on a mission in 1840, remaining there a little more than a year.
He alighted at Liverpool Street, however, quite conscientiously secure that he had not missed the criminal so far.
They left Liverpool at twelve and therefore exposed to the gale and all for 17/6.
She was registered as a British steamship at the port of Liverpool, her official number being 131,428.
English city on the River Mersey, Liuerpul (c.1190) "Pool with Muddy Water," from Old English lifer "thick, clotted water" + pol (see pool (n.1)). "The original reference was to a pool or tidal creek now filled up into which two streams drained" [Victor Watts, "Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names," 2004]. The adjective and noun Liverpudlian (with jocular substitution of puddle for pool) is attested from 1833.


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New York partner Fred Sosnick will take up the newly-created role of management team co-ordinator and will oversee the development of five key areas. The firm has created committees dedicated to client development, practice management, partner and associate issues, firm arbitration and risk management.
The executive committee has been reduced in size from six to three with former London managing partner Kenneth MacRitchie (pictured) as well as partners John Madden, Linda Rappaport and German managing partner Georg Thoma all standing down from their positions on the executive committee.
Shearman London managing partner Anthony Ward said: "The purpose of this is to take the firm's most senior partners, who are the most effective partners in client development and focus their skills and expertise in this area. Client development is crucial in any firm and it is important for us to make sure we are doing this in the right way for the firm."
Senior partner Rohan Weerasinghe said in a memo sent out firmwide that the changes are designed to spread responsibility across the firm and enable those in management to concentrate on client roles.
While the London office no longer has representation on the global executive committee, London is represented globally with Ward occupying a space on the global policy committee.
Ward said: "We do have representation on a senior level. As well as being on the policy committee, London partner Richard Price is on the global client development committee, which is one of the most important areas. We will also have other partners represented on these committees."


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The final numbers on third-quarter GDP showed growth was slower than originally estimated in the prior quarter, but with the fourth quarter almost over and signs that economic activity picked up during the past few months, investors looked past the data last week and focused more on another positive jobs report showing new claims for unemployment falling yet again.
We had a busy week, with lots of distributions on Vanguard's funds, plus of course the big rally on Tuesday. The rally was borne on the backs of two distinctly different, yet encouraging reports.
The first was that Spain was able to once again sell bonds at a very attractive rate (for them), essentially completing their needed refinancings for the year. The beleaguered country was able to sell three-month bills at 1.74%, compared to 5.11% just a month ago, and six-month bills at 2.44% rather than the 5.227% offered in the last auction.
I don't want to throw cold water on this, but let's not forget that these bonds only extend out for three and six months. This isn't a long-term fix, but it does give Spain breathing room.
Here at home, housing starts numbers jumped to a 19-month high in November. Issuance of permits also rose sharply. It's been said that for every 100,000 new units of housing that are built, 250,000 jobs are created. That would be a welcome gain for workers here.
The overall housing market remains deeply troubled, and more so after revisions to data from many years past showed that the crunch was even worse than originally reported.
While inventories are down, which augurs higher prices as demand picks up, a big backlog of yet-to-be-foreclosed properties, and those which sellers have been reticent to list, is hanging over the market. Still, the bright side is that the housing market is in recovery mode, albeit a slow one.
With the Dow jumping 2.9%, or more than 337 points, last Tuesday, this once again put the index above its 200-day moving average. Many technicians look at the 200-day average as a signpost, and the Dow was solidly above this marker for a year until dipping in early August.
Since then it's made brief appearances above water, with this week's rally putting it there again. Last Tuesday's gain wiped out all the ups, and mainly downs, since Dec. 9.
The pundits are out in force, as you might expect given that it's the end of the year. I thought you might be amused by this little "find" of mine concerning inflation.
Investors have been asking, "Will we see global inflation in 2012 or massive deflation?" Barron's, in back-to-back stories this week, has "experts" in one story claiming we'll see "face-ripping" inflation in 2012 as government printing presses begin operating overtime, while another duo predict global deflation on the backs of loan defaults, asset write-downs and a huge contraction in spending by consumers, businesses and governments. Remember this: Both can't be right — but both could be wrong.
Heading forward, the trades I'm recommending are the sale of Vanguard International Explorer (MUTF:VINEX) and Vanguard FTSE All World ex-US SmallCap ETF (NYSE:VSS). In both their places, I'm recommending you take half of the proceeds and purchase either Vanguard Emerging Markets Index (MUTF:VEIEX) or the Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE:VWO).
While I'll be buying the fund to stay consistent with the model's focus on open-end funds, you don't need to be that consistent, and I recommend the ETF shares, which come without front-end and back-end loads.
The other half of the money will be added to Vanguard Dividend Growth (MUTF:VDIGX) and Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSE:VIG).
First, most of us will be taking a loss in International Explorer and World ex-US SmallCap ETF, which are currently down 20.6% and 20% for the year. Those losses are worth something, as they can be used to offset gains in other parts of our portfolios, or to offset gains paid by other funds we own.
We're also buying into Emerging Markets Index after it has fallen 19%. I'm not promising that the emerging markets won't continue to give investors more pain in the near term. But in the long term, I think they offer great growth opportunities and, at current prices, we're buying in near the lows of the past year-and-a-half.
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It only took a few hours for car-wise Drive On reader Kjempe to deduce the correct answer for Drive On's first Mystery Car. Keep a lookout this Friday when we'll roll out the next one.
Kjempe solved our mysterywith the answer that we were all looking at a 1955 Dodge La Femme, a fabulous flop. Detroit learned an early lesson that you can't market cars aimed specifically at a single sex, especially with matching lipstick and handbag.
Says Kjempe:
Yes, there really was a car that was equipped with a female purse as standard equipment, and that car was the 1955 – 1956 Dodge La Femme. The La Femme was created by Chrysler's marketers (they're always to blame …) in an attempt to trade on the growing interest that women showed in cars in the mid-fifties.
Virtually a customized Dodge Custom Royal Lancer, the La Femme was offered in a feminine Sapphire White and Heather Rose color scheme while the vehicle's interior was adorned with special tapestry upholstery bearing... pink rosebuds on a pale pink background and pale pink vinyl trim.
Moreover, the La Femme came with a standard rectangular purse matching the car's interior that was stowed in a special compartment built into the back of the passenger seat. Each purse came complete with matching compact lipstick and cigarette cases, a lighter and change purse - today's equivalents of pepper spray, botox and valium...
And if that wasn't enough., the La Femme also came with a standard raincoat, rain bonnet and umbrella in the rosebud pattern that was stored in a compartment behind the driver's seat.
The marketing brochures for the La Femme were evenly feminine as the car itself stating "By Special Appointment to Her Majesty... the American Woman." Approximately 2,500 Dodge La Femmes were produced during the 1955 and 1956 model years, before Dodge completely dropped the model in 1957.
We're hoping he's back, along with you, this Friday for Mystery Car fever.
Chris Woodyard is an auto writer for USA TODAY who covers all aspects of motoring. He revels in the exhaust note of a Maserati and the sharp creases of a Cadillac CTS. Chris strives to live a Porsche life on a Scion budget. More about Chris


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PASADENA - Three years ago, Carol Iwahashi decided on a career change.
Iwahashi, working in real estate at the time, had always wanted to try nursing and liked the fact the industry was known for being stable. Once her kids got older, she decided to enroll in Pasadena City College, from which she graduated in June.
But perusing the tables at Advance Newsmagazines' health care job fair Thursday, she found that - although the health care industry has predictably been less hard-hit than other aspects of the economy - pickings remain slim during the economic downturn.
"It's supposed to be more stable. I'm sure in the long run the jobs will come back again, but right now it's hard," she said. "Still, it's not as bad as other fields or industries."
About 500 job-hunters turned out for the fair at the Pasadena Convention Center, where about 30 area employers, including Huntington and Methodist hospitals, advertised openings for nurses, imaging professionals, speech-language pathologists and other jobs.
The health care industry is faring better during the recession than other fields, said Michael Maisel, group manager at Advance Newsmagazines.
"Some people call the health care industry recession-proof, but I wouldn't," Maisel said. "It's temporarily slowed the growth of health care jobs ... but if someone wants to enter the health care field, they're probably seeing a long cycle of recovery coming up."
A study by business research group The Conference Board found that among major industries, health care jobs posted the largest increase in openings advertised online in August.
The average age of nursing students is rising, added Maisel, which indicates that more people are changing careers to what they hear is a less volatile industry.
Iwahashi said Thursday's fair was the best of the three she'd been to recently.
"Surprisingly, at this fair they've said they have some new graduate programs, some openings," she said.
Louis Carrillo and Jackeline Trujillo, both 35, are employed as nurses at a hospital in Los Angeles County but attended the fair anyway.
Their employer has recently instituted wage freezes and cut benefits.
"We're just seeing what's out there," Carrillo said. "It's all very cyclical."
Physical therapist Jason Julian, 28, attended with Molly McGowan, 26, who graduates with a degree in physical therapy in a month.
"I already have a job, but I'm just checking out the scene," Julian said. "There are jobs out there, but we're kind of picky."
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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
The Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor 1 (CNF1), a protein toxin from pathogenic
Few other bacterial toxins have been described to have therapeutic properties, such as the antrax toxin, which represents a novel and potentially useful chemotherapeutic [
CNF1 is a single-chain multidomain protein that contains a N-terminal receptor-binding domain, a translocation domain (middle domain) and a C-terminal catalytic domain, which modifies a specific cellular target in the host cell cytosol [
After binding to its receptor, CNF1 is internalized by endocytosis and subsequently transferred to an endosomal compartment by a microtubule dependent mechanism [
The cytoplasmic target of CNF1 is represented by the Rho GTP-binding proteins, important molecular switches of the Ras superfamily that oscillate between an inactive GDP-bound form and an active GTP-bound one which activates effector proteins. Transitions between the two forms are primarily under the control of activators (guanine nucleotide exchange factors, GEFs) and inactivators (GTPase-activating proteins, GAPs) [
The threshold of activation of Rho proteins by CNF1 is, however, attenuated because of a concomitant decrease of their cellular levels, due to the depletion of activated-Rho GTPases by proteasomal degradation [
Rho GTPases regulate the organization and dynamic of the actin cytoskeleton through their interplay with specific effector proteins [
The extensive modifications of the actin microfilament system induced by the toxin provoke a potent and aspecific phagocytic-like behavior, epithelial cells acquiring the ability to capture and internalize different types of particles, such latex beads, apoptotic cells, and also bacteria, through an endocytic mechanism known as macropinocytosis [
In addition to regulating the actin cytoskeleton organization Rho, Rac, and Cdc42 are also involved in many other cellular processes. Thus, the consequence of CNF1-induced Rho activation is the induction of a number of actin-dependent or -independent phenomena, such as contractility, cell spreading [
As concerns DNA transcription, we reported that CNF1 can activate the nuclear factor-kB (NF-kB) in epithelial cells [
In the nervous system, the Rho GTPases play a key role in several processes, and mutations in proteins involved in Rho GTPase signaling may be causative of some forms of intellectual disabilities. In fact, the ability of Rho GTPases to modulate the organization of the actin network plays important roles in the morphogenesis of the dendritic spines of neurons in the brain and in the synaptic plasticity [
Very recently, we have analyzed the effects of CNF1 on primary neuronal and astrocytic cultures [
The first report dealing wih CNF1 as a putative drug dates back to 2009. In this context, we have reported that peripheral or central administration of CNF1 potently counteract formalin-induced inflammatory pain in mice [
Astrocytes challenged with CNF1 provide a more efficient substrate to neuronal growth. F-actin (upper panels) and MAP-2 (lower panels) staining of hippocampal neurons growing on CNF1-treated astrocytes. To note that hippocampal neurons, growing on CNF1-treated astrocytes, produce a much more abundant dendritic tree, with a richer branching, creating a confluent network. Bar represents 50 μm.
As described above, Rho GTPases represent key regulators of the shape and morphological plasticity of axons, dendrites, and dendritic spines [
In line with their central role in controlling structural plasticity and actin cytoskeleton dynamics [
In our previous works, we showed that CNF1 (i) is able to enhance learning and memory performances; (ii) induces a re-arrangement of cerebral actin cytoskeleton; and (iii) enhances neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity in animal models. All these effects persisted for weeks and were strictly dependent on Rho GTPases activation [
Deficits in neuronal plasticity have been reported not only in Rett syndrome, but also in several other pathologies of the CNS, including Alzheimer'disease (AD). AD is characterized by an increment of neuroinflammatory markers, such as pro-inflammatory cytokines and b-amyloid, and by energy and cognitive deficiencies [
Also in this case, a single icv injection of CNF1 is effective in inducing an improvement of the performances of the mouse model used. In particular, CNF1 induces a long lasting strong amelioration of both spatial and emotional memory deficits, favors the cell energy restore through an increment of ATP content and decreases the levels of b-amyloid accumulation and interleukin-1b expression in the hippocampus of aged (one year old) apoE4 mice [
This review has been focused on CNF1 and on its peculiar property to improve dendritic spine density and neurotransmission functionality, thus, enhancing brain plasticity. These findings pave the way to a possible pharmacological approach to those CNS diseases that lack so far of an efficient neuroprotective or disease-modifying therapy.
We can assume that following injection into the ventricle, CNF1 first reaches, through the cerebral blood flux, the astrocytic compartment and that the activity of the toxin on these cells is at the basis of the observed
Therefore, CNF1 could be viewed in the future as one of those natural products at the basis of drugs used in the most varied diseases. We are aware that the microbial world is apparently a very unlike source for therapeutics, yet bacteria, with their toxins, can disclose new possibilities that deserve investigation.
The authors are grateful to Rossella Di Nallo, for her invaluable help in editing the manuscript.
None of the authors have a financial interest related to this work.


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21 Pages Posted: 20 Oct 2011 Last revised: 31 Oct 2012
Date Written: August 21, 2012
Antitrust merger policy suffers from a disconnect between its articulated concerns and the methodologies it employs. The Supreme Court has largely abandoned the field of horizontal merger analysis, leaving us with ancient decisions that have never been overruled but whose fundamental approach has been ignored or discredited. As a result the case law reflects the structuralism of a bygone era, focusing on industrial concentration and market shares, largely to the exclusion of other measures of competitive harm, including price increases. Only within the last generation has econometrics developed useful techniques for estimating the price impact of specific mergers in differentiated markets – so called "unilateral effects" analysis.
In Brown Shoe the Supreme Court equated the newly amended merger law's phrases "line of commerce" and "section of the country" with relevant product and geographic markets. When it drafted those phrases, however, Congress almost certainly did not have technical definitions of relevant markets in mind. "Line of commerce" was commonly used to describe a particular "line" of business, such as clothing or groceries. A "line" could include complements as well as substitutes. The phrase "section of the country" was intended to create jurisdictional limits. Mainly, Congress wanted to make sure that the Clayton Act's reach would be limited to mergers whose impact was felt in the United States rather than abroad.
While Brown Shoe required definition of a relevant market, its rationale was fundamentally at odds with the rationale for market definition in horizontal merger cases today. The Court was not thinking of a relevant market as a grouping of sales capable of being monopolized or cartelized. The perceived injury in Brown Shoe was not that the merger threatened higher prices from increased concentration in the shoe market – thus benefitting rivals but harming customers. Rather, the concern was that post-merger Brown Shoe would acquire a competitive advantage over its competitors. Indeed, Brown Shoe was a "unilateral effects" case in the sense that its concern was not with market wide collusion, but rather with the likelihood that the post-merger firm would be able to undersell other firms within the same market.
Viewed in historical perspective, Brown Shoe should serve to give antitrust policy makers far greater latitude to develop merger assessment methodologies that are not wed to traditional market definition concepts. Not only do they serve us poorly today, they are not what the Supreme Court had in mind in the first place.
This paper will appear in a symposium on market definition and market power in the Antitrust Bulletin, Fall, 2012.
Keywords: antitrust, mergers, relevant market, unilateral effects, upward pricing pressure, monopoly
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Hovenkamp, Herbert J., Markets in Merger Analysis (August 21, 2012). Antitrust Bulletin, 2012; U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-26. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1945964 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1945964
Innovation and Competition Policy, Ch. 9 (2d ed): The Innovation Commons
Innovation and Competition Policy, Ch. 10 (2d ed): Post-Sale and Related Distribution Restraints Involving IP Rights
Innovation and Competition Policy, Ch. 2 (2d ed): Complementary Products and Processes - The Law of Tying
Innovation and Competition Policy, Chap. 4 (2d ed): Competition Policy and the Patent System
Innovation and Competition Policy, Chapter 8 (2d ed): Innovation, IP Rights, and Anticompetitive Exclusion
Exclusion as a Core Competition Concern
In Defense of Market Definition
By Malcolm Coate and Joseph Simons
Innovation and Competition Policy, Ch. 3 (2d ed): Harm to Competition or Innovation
Does Merger Control Work? A Retrospective on U.S. Enforcement Actions and Merger Outcomes
Implementing Antitrust's Welfare Goals


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I belong to a pretty fabulous book club, filled with smart and interesting women. All of us have busy lives- many of which require considerable reading for our work- reading that as a rule is solitary, and doesn't stretch us outside of a "brain comfort zone." And so every other month, we meet to discuss a book selection. There are no rules about the types of books we choose- we all just have to agree that we would like to read it. Recently, we began designing our evenings to stimulates both our minds and our palates. These book discussion/food tastings have proven to be quite harmonious. Tasting food our characters or subjects might have tasted has helped the books come to life in an even more visceral way. Plus, we all love to eat- so any excuse will do.
"Tasting" is just a fancy name for the classic "potluck." tasting is a less expensive — and potentially more exciting — way to entertain. It is easy to divide up courses/costs so that no one person is burdened with the responsibility.
How it Works
- Start with your chosen book and then choose foods thematically linked to that book (this could be fluid: southern cuisine to accompany a Flannery O'Connor book- or specific: recreating the recipes printed in Like Water for Chocolate).
- Choose variations of the "same" item to taste subtle differences among them (ie three different types of oysters, or different types of cheese,
- Gather and print a list of adjectives used to describe taste and texture to help spark conversation ("crisp,"briny" "sweet"). Very often, you can gather these adjectives from manufacturer websites or simply by Googling your query ("words used to describe chocolate")
- At each course, guests take turns describing what they taste – and together enjoy discussions comparing and contrasting what they consume.
This is how my friends and I tasted The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It by Tilar J. Mazzeo Each course lent itself to lively discussions of taste, which only made of book discussion more engaging.
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Champagne
Roederer Estate Brut
Caposaldo Prosecco
Saint Agur
Fromager d'Affinois
Abbaye de Belloc
served with
Howard's Bread
(available at Fromage Fine Foods and Coffee (Old Saybrook, CT); The Cheese Shop of Centerbrook (Centerbrook, CT); Atlantic Seafood Market (Old Saybrook, CT); and The Cooking Company (Haddam and Killingworth, CT)
and Les Trois Petits Cochons Pâté Paysan served on toast with tiny slices of cornichons.
And finally, the dessert- and assortment of Chocolove Chocolate bars in the following percentages:


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Rare conjoined twins Faith and Hope die, aged just 19 days
These tiny girls made headlines around the world when they were born earlier this month. Sadly, news reaches us today that they have passed away at just 19 days old.
This story originally appeared on News.com.au
AUSTRALIA'S 'miracle' conjoined twins — born with identical faces and separate brains but sharing a skull and body — have died.
The girls' parents, Renee Young and Simon Howie from Sydney, aptly named their daughters Faith and Hope after they were born on May 8, weighing just over two kilograms.
Following a short labour, Ms Young was first taken to Blacktown Hospital before she was rushed by ambulance to Westmead Children's Hospital, where their babies underwent further medical treatment.
Faith and Hope were the result of an extremely rare condition known as diprosopus, which causes a baby to be born with two faces.
Fewer than 40 human diprosopus cases are known to have been born. Not all of them survived beyond birth.
SAD NEWS: Conjoined twin girls, Hope & Faith, have passed away. Our thoughts are with their parents Simon & Renee. pic.twitter.com/0hs1as7Tvv— A Current Affair (@ACurrentAffair9) May 27, 2014
Hope and Faith may have shared the same body, but they had very different personalities, according to their parents.
"Faith tends to cry a little more, while Hope takes after her mum and likes to sleep a lot," Mr Howie previously told Woman's Day magazine.
"Faith blows little bubbles and loves sucking her thumb but Hope prefers the dummy."
The couple had faced hurtful criticism from others who disagreed with their decision to go ahead with the pregnancy, after doctors advised them to terminate at 19 weeks.
But Ms Young said she had "more important things to worry about".
"Other people's opinions don't matter, but it's sad to hear it. Maybe they are just scared of difference," she said.
More from Kidspot
More stories from around the web about Faith and Hope
- Sydney's 'miracle' conjoined twins Faith and Hope born with rare condition 'diprosopus' from The Daily Telegraph
- Sydney baby with two faces survives against odds from nineMSN
- Sydney's 'miracle' conjoined twins Faith and Hope born with rare condition 'diprosopus' from news.com.au


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In the series finale, Sookie and her Bon Temps companions bid farewell to an important chapter in their lives while looking forward to several new ones.
Sookie tracks down H-vamps with a posse of vampires and humans.
Bill learns there is a price for deliverance. Jason feels a direct vampire appeal. Sookie thinks about what her future with Warlow will bring. Bon Temps gets ready as a new calamity puts humans and vampires at risk.moreless
Eric tries to save Nora by pledging allegiance to Bill. A tragedy forces Sam to return to Bon Temps, completely ignoring Alcide's threat. Jessica shows her appreciation to James. Sarah gets her revenge on Jason.moreless
Sookie and Lafayette deal with the aftermath of Tara's encounter with Debbie Pelt. The Vampire Authority along with a woman from Eric's past make a call on Bill and Eric. Alcide and Sam are faced with an angry werewolf pack. Jessica celebrates her new freedom with some partying. The recently turned Steve Newlin pays a visit to Jason. An old Iraq War buddy reignites Terry's PTSD. Alcide warns Sookie about the resurfaced Russell Edgington.moreless
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Kukla's Korner Hockey
Let's Talk KK
by Paul on 04/30/11 at 08:25 AM ET
Comments (39)
note- original post was 7:30am on 4/28/11
The gameplan
Moving to a larger server sometime late June/early July timeframe.
A complete software upgrade which has been on hold will happen soon afterwards.
The facts
KK continues to grow or month to month and year to year pattern.
Costs increase as we grow, advertising income has improved slightly from two years ago but the direct advertising dollar is still hard to get.
I am putting in close to 18 hours a day on KK but thanks to Alanah and George, I am able to take some time off here and there.
The request
Two years ago in May, we held a KK Fund A Thon which produced fantastic results.
I am keeping my head above water and people must remember, I have no corporate backing, no long-term advertising relationships and any and all money used comes directly out of my pocket.
I live a simple life as many of the "19" can attest too. I love what I do and feel there is much yet to attain.
With that in mind, please consider making a once every two year donation to Kukla's Korner. It is easy to do and any amount would help at this time.
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Keep up the great work, Paul, I will send something your way when I'm online at my computer.
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 04/28/11 at 10:04 AM ET
Paul, thank you for this site, and for everything you do.
Posted by Forlorn in VA on 04/28/11 at 10:15 AM ET
Thanks Paul !! Best site around even if there are RW Fans
Posted by Evilpens on 04/28/11 at 10:40 AM ET
Just threw some money in the tip jar. Keep up the great work, Paul!
Posted by Leo_Racicot on 04/28/11 at 10:48 AM ET
money well spent - to feed our addictions—great job as always—
hope we will all meet up down at the SCF at the Joe in June
Posted by howie young from up north on 04/28/11 at 10:55 AM ET
Easiest money I've spent all week.
Keep up the great work, Paul.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 04/28/11 at 10:59 AM ET
Posted by J.J. from Kansas
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 04/28/11 at 11:15 AM ET
I heart you Paul and all that you do to keep us puck heads informed of everything hockey. I'm happy to help. I couldn't live without this site.
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from the bar car on the stress train on 04/28/11 at 11:48 AM ET
On the way sometime in mid-May, Paul, when my IRS refund makes it way into my checking account.
Happy to help.
Posted by SYF from Twerkin' with Anastasia Ashley on 04/28/11 at 12:27 PM ET
Paul, I somehow missed this two years ago. I'll try and make up for that now. Thanks for all the hard work.
Posted by Dahrken from Grand Rapids, MI on 04/28/11 at 12:33 PM ET
Thanks everyone and much appreciated.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 04/28/11 at 12:34 PM ET
Paul, thanks for this wonderful site. I am happy to make a donation.
Posted by MsRedWinger from the State where Tigers roam in the Spring on 04/28/11 at 01:29 PM ET
Paul, thanks for providing this wonderful sandbox for all of us juveniles to play in. I know it takes time and hard work to run the site and keep all the stray cats, er, trolls from pooping in the sandbox.
One question, why doesn't the s code result in a strike text anymore?
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from The Land of Fake Boobs and Real Nuts on 04/28/11 at 02:05 PM ET
Thanks CDP and it does,
Try using the whole word, strike.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 04/28/11 at 02:11 PM ET
I too am happy to make a donation. Your site is a daily stop for me, and all your efforts are much appreciated.
Posted by Dr99 on 04/28/11 at 02:22 PM ET
18 hours a day Paul? Wow…I really want to thank you for putting that much time into this. It can't be easy and I appreciate the constant updates. You just have a great site, end of story. Thanks again.
Posted by Geno71 on 04/28/11 at 02:36 PM ET
Thank you, Paul. KK is my oasis out here in Colorado. Thank you for all you do. Donation sent.
Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 04/28/11 at 02:36 PM ET
Try using the whole word, strike.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 04/28/11 at 12:11 PM ET
<strike> Really</strike>?
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from The Land of Fake Boobs and Real Nuts on 04/28/11 at 02:39 PM ET
My fault, use [ instead of <
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 04/28/11 at 02:42 PM ET
Capn D:
the tag brackets must touch the first and last characters. No spaces before or after you text.
I'm more than happy to contribute. Thanks for all the hard work, Paul.
Posted by pilgrim from the ice at the bottom of the world on 04/28/11 at 02:47 PM ET
Thanks. No, really, thanks.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from The Land of Fake Boobs and Real Nuts on 04/28/11 at 02:51 PM ET
Paul, 18 hours/day is an understatement, right? Ever since I found your site, it's my primary source of news and Wings' updates. Your team is great. Thanks for all the hardwork!
I'm expecting a solid night's work under the bridge tonight, and a contribution will soon follow!
Posted by Jesters Dead on 04/28/11 at 03:08 PM ET
"Transaction Complete"
All hail the Emperor!
Posted by Rumbear from Top O the Hasek, Czech out my recliner..... on 04/28/11 at 03:25 PM ET
Done, Paul, well worth it. This is my first and usually only stop for all things hockey. I'd be lost without KK.
You take care of yourself, too, will ya?
Posted by BobTheZee on 04/28/11 at 04:26 PM ET
Thanks BTZ (Robert), just responded back and thanks again everyone.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 04/28/11 at 04:28 PM ET
Best site ever.
Posted by graf on 04/28/11 at 05:17 PM ET
Posted by Kel on 04/28/11 at 06:27 PM ET
Just bought a book after going through your amazon.ca affiliate link. Will donate something when I get home too.
Posted by Shane on 04/28/11 at 07:08 PM ET
As soon as I'm back from vacation Paul, I'll send my share. I don't like doing banking of any kind through my phone, partly because the damn thing crashes every other browsing session.
Posted by Alzy from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada on 04/28/11 at 07:09 PM ET
I rarely post anything…but Paul you do incredible work. I am fairly new to this site, but I am glad to donate for such incredible work! Seriously, the "19" are awesome and educated fans and it really makes my day to read all the articles and posts. I hope you will be able to gather enough money, because you truly deserve it
Thank you
Posted by Nathalie on 04/28/11 at 07:12 PM ET
Absolutely I'll donate. You do one hell of a job here and have earned every cent. Thanks for everything and being so passionate about what you do.
And kudos too for Alanah and George especially, and the rest of the bloggers, for helping make this such an awesome website.
Posted by Nate A from Detroit-ish on 04/28/11 at 08:56 PM ET
Always happy to help out. Where else can we carry on in a way that would have most "moderators" censoring and banning people. The freedom this site allows to say what we want, think and feel is and always has been the main reason i post here.
Stick Tap to Paul!
Posted by Wings_Fan_In_KC from ...somewhere southwest of The Motor City... on 04/28/11 at 09:12 PM ET
I am ordering a book from your Amazon link. Hey, it's a start, and hopeful to become a habit. Encourage your sponsors.
Posted by Rdwings28 on 04/28/11 at 09:33 PM ET
Glad to donate; hope it helps.
Thanks for the tremendous work, Paul.
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 04/28/11 at 10:28 PM ET
Paul, I'll be donating shortly, though I do have one suggestion.
Have you thought about donation subscriptions? They can be done through PayPal where people sign up and donate a set amount ($1, $3, $5, etc.) once a month. I do that for a podcast and a web comic, and I'd be more than willing to do that for this site, as I'd be getting more than my donation's worth. It may help to even things out over the year.
Posted by creasemonkey from sweet home san diego on 04/28/11 at 11:50 PM ET
Thanks Paul!
Posted by VandyBuck on 04/30/11 at 09:40 AM ET
Have you thought about donation subscriptions? They can be done through PayPal where people sign up and donate a set amount ($1, $3, $5, etc.) once a month. I do that for a podcast and a web comic, and I'd be more than willing to do that for this site, as I'd be getting more than my donation's worth. It may help to even things out over the year.
Posted by creasemonkey from Murph's flask on 04/28/11 at 09:50 PM ET
That would be a brilliant idea. It would even out the inflow and not even be noticed. My workplace has donations to United Way set up via payroll deduction, and while donating one lump sum of $52 at pledge drive time might not work, subtract just $2 from each paycheck during the year and it isn't even noticeable. Yet at the end of the year the amount gained is the same, and I know the participation is higher because it is so little to donate at one time.
I suspect quite a substantial proportion of the people who visit the site regularly would be willing to donate $2.50 a month for it, and the $30 annually compares very well with magazine subscriptions, which are probably read less often but a good comparable for the utility provided.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 04/30/11 at 10:22 AM ET
I've looked into the recurring subscriptions and the only thing holding me back is the fees that are charged by PayPal.
I would assume most people would subscribe at a monthly rate of $1.50 to $2.00. At that rate, a 5% fee would be charged back to me so I am not really sure if it is worth it.
If I could get 2000 people to isubscribe, yes, not a problem, but if only 20 people apply, well it may not be the way to go.
Some feedback would be great.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 04/30/11 at 11:11 AM ET
I have added a "Subscription" option for those of you who would like to be billed on a monthly basis.
The minimum charge is $1.00, anything less would not be cost effective.
You can find this button on the right sidebar on the KK Homepage and also on the KK Hockey mainpage.
Thanks and let's see how this works.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 05/01/11 at 11:05 AM ET
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TAMPA — It was the biggest game of unbeaten Armwood's season, but as far as coach Sean Callahan was concerned his Hawks weren't playing like it. In the first two quarters of a road game against district rival Jefferson, Armwood accrued nine penalties and had just four first downs.
At the break, Callahan lit a fire under his team. Fourteen seconds into the second half with a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, the Hawks proved to Callahan they took his words to heart. The return gave Armwood a lead it wouldn't relinquish on its way to a 28-9 victory against Jefferson.
"The whole thing was us settling down," Callahan. "Hopefully with adversity, we learned from it. … I was embarrassed by the level of play."
Armwood came in having allowed only 14 points all season, but Noah Pena capped off Jefferson's first drive with a 29-yard field goal to take a 6-0 lead. Armwood (5-0, 4-0) had just 7 total yards of offense in the first quarter.
Jefferson quarterback Deiondre Porter, who finished with 201 total yards, had a strong first half, and with 6:15 to go before the break he connected with Chavez Pownell for a 13-yard touchdown, the first Armwood had allowed in 12 quarters.
The Dragons (3-1, 2-1) wouldn't score again, and the Hawks' defense wasn't the only thing to blame.
Callahan's halftime speech forced Armwood to clean up its act in the second half, but Jefferson did not. The Dragons finished with 12 penalties, nine of which came after halftime.
Talvin Bailey's 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown gave Armwood its first lead, 14-9, 14 seconds into the third quarter.
Forced to play from behind, the Dragons were stunted by a scrappy Armwood defense. When the Hawks had the ball, however, Jefferson penalties helped push them closer to the end zone.
On Armwood's third drive of the second half, back-to-back Jefferson unsportsmanlike penalties gave the Hawks a short field. Two plays later, Greg Newton rushed for a 4-yard touchdown.
"I want to say statistically we've had less than six penalties in every game," a visibly frustrated Jefferson coach Jeremy Earle said. "All of a sudden tonight we turned into the worst-disciplined team ever."
Less than three minutes later, Pena, not far from his own end zone, punted the ball just 15 yards. A short return gave Armwood the ball at the 4-yard line. Armwood's two-play drive, ending with a 1-yard run from Craig Carrington, gave Armwood the game's final score.
Jefferson's explosive offense came into Friday's matchup averaging 445 yards per game. Friday, Armwood held it to just 237 yards.
After the game, quarterback Noah Johnson, who finished with 142 yards through the air, gushed about his teammates on the other side of the ball.
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Armwood's win was its ninth straight regular-season victory against Jefferson since 2002, having lost the only one because of forfeit. The regular season is not halfway over, but some are calling Armwood district champion after its win against Jefferson.
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Webblast is organised by Alan James, Joseph Ortenzi and Caryn Wilson.
The one thing we have in common is a desire to help facilitate cross-discipline conversations in the web industry. Between us we're probably no more than one or two degrees of separation away from anyone across the spectrum of web professionals in Sydney. Unlike Groucho Marx's edict that he'd never want to join a club that would have him as a member, webBlast is the result of a desire to create the sort of networking event we'd want to attend ourselves. We are consistently humbled by the number of people who think the same. Thank you to everyone who either comes to webBlast to meet friends and strangers, and to all the sponsors who have ever supported webBlast.
In our own words:
Alan James
a.k.a.: @adventia
I've been involved in web since 1995, which is pretty much the beginning from a business point of view. Started by building Siemens' first industry website in the UK, then moved to Australia in '99.
Since then I've worked for all sorts of companies – Expedia, St. George Bank, Clayton Utz, Thomson Reuters, even did my spell in agency-land working for OneDigital. In 2002 I decided to start my own web agency – Adventia Consulting, which I've done ever since. I'm pretty much a jack of all trades, but mainly a .NET developer and architect. I build websites and web applications in all sizes and shapes!
Oh and I help organise WebBlast once every three months.
And play a bit of squash, and watch any sport that England beats Australia in.
Joseph Ortenzi
a.k.a.: @wheelyweb
I'm a user experience consultant, interaction designer and inclusive design advocate, in Sydney since 2008 and still amazed at the range of awesomness centred in this city. I've experienced the web from both client-and agency side, and have serviced Gov, Finance, Commerce, Retail, and Corporate organisations.
I have been making websites since 1996, when the internet was on the other end of a "blisteringly-fast" 28k modem and a search of any description would never return 360,000,000 pages. I've spent the last 16 years online; the first half of that spent designing and developing websites, flash applications, online advertising, microsites, web applications and bespoke Content Management Systems. More recently, I've been concentrating on strategy, technical leadership, user research, knowledge sharing, usability, accessibility, and compliance.
When I'm not webBlasting I'm terrorising pedestrians on my bike, scaring the neighbours with my amateur bass-playing and complaining about the state of e-commerce in Australia.
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I started working in the IT industry in the late 1990's as a web developer, and quickly adapted to be able to traverse the business/technical communications gap.
This led to the founding of an Internet consultancy in Northern NSW with accounts in primary industry, tourism, and media organisations.
After relocating to Sydney in 2002, I began a career in Web Project Management, and joined Folk as a Senior Digital Producer in 2011 where my key responsibilities including managing budgets, time lines, and resources of large projects – putting my project management experience to good use.
I also find time to indulge in hobbies including; playing bass guitar, photography, comic art, and experiencing Sydney's live music scene.
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CAIRO, EGYPT—A 5,600-year-old tomb, built before the rule of Narmer, the founder of the First Dynasty, has been uncovered in the ancient city of Hierakonpolis, the capital of the Kingdom of Upper Egypt. The mummified remains of a young man had been buried with ten ivory combs, tools, blades, arrow heads, and an ivory statue of a bearded man. Egyptologist Renee Friedman, director of the Hierakonpolis Expedition, explained to the AFP that the well-preserved tomb will provide scientists with new information on Predynastic rituals.
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Let's just say that I'm not optimistic that Posnanski's Paterno book will be what it should be.
Let's just say that I'm not optimistic that Posnanski's Paterno book will be what it should be.
Looks like the Republican Party has another state politician sure to appeal to the wingunttia masses. This time it's in North Carolina, where state Rep. Larry Pittman is calling for the return of public hangings:
"We need to make the death penalty a real deterrent again by actually carrying it out. Every appeal that can be made should have to be made at one time, not in a serial manner," Pittman wrote in the email. "If murderers (and I would include abortionists, rapists, and kidnappers, as well) are actually executed, it will at least have the deterrent effect upon them. For my money, we should go back to public hangings, which would be more of a deterrent to others, as well."
Abortionists, rapists, and kidnappers.
Sounds like a rising Republican star to me!
The Jane Addams Hull House Association is closing today. This is depressing for all sorts of reasons, not the least of which is the loss of a connection to one of the progressive movement's greatest landmarks. The original Hull House complex was absorbed by the University of Illinois-Chicago and turned into a museum about 40 years ago, but the Association carried on the work begun by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889, serving tens of thousands of poor Chicagoans who will now have to rely on the over-strained resources offered by the city's remaining social service agencies.
Surely Newt Gingrich has some miraculous plan to lift Chicago's destitute from the cavern of their self-inflicted misery — perhaps by putting their children to work as custodians on our new moon base, where they'll be forbidden to speak the language of the ghetto — but I'm eager to hear Ron Paul's important philosophical musings on the need to expose the poor to the moral hazards of the welfare state. Perhaps they'll pick up a copy of Atlas Shrugged at the library and join him in his crusade to blow up the Federal Reserve.
Meanwhile, in the time I've spent this morning reading the news and perusing Addams' Twenty Years at Hull House, Willard Romney's money has metastasized by an additional $5000 — roughly a quarter of what a family of four earns in a year at the federal poverty level.
Fucking hell.
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I love Jon Chait's Mitt Romney/Ace Rothstein analogy. The problem for the conservative base is that their competing suitors can't even rise to the level of a card shark, a golf hustler, and/or a pimp from Beverly Hills. Rick Perry was like the juiced-in slots manager. ("You have got me there. Old Rick is as useless as tits on a boar.") Newt, even after he sorta decided to run for president 6 weeks or so before the Iowa primary, is more like Morry from GoodFellas, a pain in the ass who was useful in some previous roles but becomes intolerable as he gets more ambitious. ("I'd do anything for you!" "Except stop busting my balls.") I think Newt just asked the Republican establishment whether the diner they're heading to has danish…
Of course he was fully aware of and approved of the content of his racist newsletters:
But people close to Paul's operations said he was deeply involved in the company that produced the newsletters, Ron Paul & Associates, and closely monitored its operations, signing off on articles and speaking to staff members virtually every day.
"It was his newsletter, and it was under his name, so he always got to see the final product. . . . He would proof it,'' said Renae Hathway, a former secretary in Paul's company and a supporter of the Texas congressman.
But, in fairness, surely we need the essential civil liberties voice of someone who believes that the Bill of Rights shouldn't constrain state governments.
As a coda, I also recommend this segment of Pollitt's debate with Greenwald. It's true in some sense that Obama vs. Paul would be a "lesser of two evils" contest. But this is a trivial truth indeed — every national election in American history has been a "lesser of two evils" contest. LBJ escalated a particularly disastrous war and lied repeatedly about it, FDR sent people to concentration camps based on their race and signed off on extremely stingy social welfare legislation that systematically discriminated against African-Americans, Lincoln was a white supremacist who didn't believe the federal government had the authority to interfere with slavery in the states, etc. etc. Obama over Paul is at least as easy as LBJ over Goldwater or FDR over Landon, and to think that progressives could be genuinely conflicted over whether to prefer a moderate Democratic president to a guy who wants to restore the Articles of Confederation is absurd.
I'm not saying that any of you didn't already understand the deep-seated racism in Tea Party members. But if you needed any additional evidence, please see the legislative goals of the Tennessee Tea Party, which includes outrage over history classes teaching that the Founding Fathers owned slaves and that slavery was bad.
We talked to Tea Party leader Hal Rounds Wednesday. He described the way slavery is taught now as race-baiting. When asked if kids are walking out of school thinking our founding fathers were evil, he said "(The kids) are being taught (the Founding Fathers) were hypocrites and slave owners and part of the teachings about slavery was that it was inherently cruel."
Rounds first petitioned the state for the changes last year and is continuing the fight now.
We asked if you can seperate slavery in our country from the centuries old struggle for racial equality, Rounds believes you can adding "White people were whipped to."
Appropriate given Wolf Blitzer's increasingly embarrassing existence on CNN, watch him score what might be the lowest score ever on Celebrity Jeopardy.
Also, Andy Richter is a beast. Not that this is surprising.
Cynthia Nixon's recent comments are very wise:
Regarding her late-in-life sexual orientation switch, the "Sex and the City" star said:
I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line 'I've been straight and I've been gay, and gay is better.' And they tried to get me to change it, because they said it implies that homosexuality can be a choice. And for me, it is a choice. I understand that for many people it's not, but for me it's a choice, and you don't get to define my gayness for me.
Writer Alex Witchel reports that "her face was red and her arms were waving" as she continued, "It seems we're just ceding this point to bigots who are demanding it, and I don't think that they should define the terms of the debate," Nixon said. "I also feel like people think I was walking around in a cloud and didn't realize I was gay, which I find really offensive."
Nixon may think her comments are "politically incorrect," but they also represent what should be the clear progressive position. Obviously, people's attractions are driven to a greater or lesser extent by biological factors, and also obviously people have agency. The precise ratios, however, are completely irrelevant to political questions about LBGT rights. The issue is not just whether the means proponents of legally subordinating gay and lesbian use will "work"; it's that the ends are reprehensible, because there is in fact nothing wrong with being gay or lesbian. It os a profound violation of human dignity for the state to police consensual behavior among results irrespective of to what extent one's behavior is driven by biology or agency. It is fundamentally wrong and undemocratic for the state to prevent a same-sex couple from marrying on the same terms as an opposite-sex couple regardless of whether the couple is exclusively attracted to members of the same sex, chose their partner from a number of plausible same-sex or opposite-sex partners, or for that matter is asexual but wants to codify a long-term companionship. To put too much emphasis on the biological roots of sexuality, as Nixon says, concedes way too much.
Shorter Verbatim Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE): Contraception "is unrelated to the basic needs of health care."
Matt Duss vs. Daveed Gartentstein-Ross. Here they discuss the SOTU:
Matt talks with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross about foreign policy in the State of the Union. Will America miss the boat on the Arab Spring? Is Obama's triumphalism over Al Qaeda premature? Also, the simmering crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and Daveed's foreign policy trends to watch over the next decade.
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It's hard not to be bouncing off the ceiling for the chance to make fun of Charles Murray's new book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010. I really need a comedy fix right now and this could be the funniest book of the year. The only problem with Murray is that he's really hard to parody since he's routinely kicking parody's decaying corpse. Example one is this excerpt from Murray's book, where he provides what is essentially a whiteness quiz. This is great stuff:
12. Choose one. Who is Jimmie Johnson? Or: Have you ever purchased Avon products?
13. Have you or your spouse ever bought a pickup truck?
14. During the last year, have you ever purchased domestic mass-market beer to stock your own fridge?
15. During the last five years, have you or your spouse gone fishing?
16. How many times in the last year have you eaten at one of the following restaurant chains? Applebee's, Waffle House, Denny's,IHOP, Chili's, Outback Steakhouse, Ruby Tuesday, T.G.I. Fri-day's, Ponderosa Steakhouse.
Of course, Murray is conflating whiteness with heteronormativity and political conservatism. The writers of this blog certainly aren't real whites, except maybe for Farley since he probably does eat at Chili's. A non-fishing professor who thinks NASCAR is dumb and drives a small car is the wrong kind of white and therefore doesn't count. After all, I'd probably let my daughter have sex with a black man and we know Murray's uncomfortable with that. This is almost on a play on the Stuff White People Like blog that was big a couple of years ago. In both, there are lots of white people but only certainly kinds of whites count. Whereas for that blog, the writer was making gentle fun of a certain kind of white person, Murray actually takes this seriously.
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Tracy Lawrence Biography
27 January 1968, Atlanta, Texas, USA. The son of a banker, Lawrence was raised in Foreman, Arkansas, and sang in the church choir. He started working in honky tonks when he was 17 years old and moved to Nashville in 1990. He recorded his first album and the future looked bright until, on May 31 1991, he and his girlfriend were accosted by four thugs in a hotel parking lot. He suffered gunshot wounds and his album was put on hold for five months while he recovered. Sticks And Stones sold over 500, 000 copies and he had country hits with the Billboard chart-topping title track, Todays Lonely Fool, Runnin Behind and Somebody Paints The Wall.
In 1993, Lawrence enjoyed a hat trick of number 1s, Alibis, Cant Break It To My Heart and My Second Home (the video for which served as a Whos Who of New Country music). The following year Lawrence released I See It Now, one of the best collections of new honky-tonk recorded in the 90s. The album featured his fifth Billboard chart-topper, Texas Tornado. In 1996, he reached number 1 again with Time Marches On and Is That A Tear, although the albums Time Marches On and the follow-up The Coast Is Clear were lesser collections.
Lawrences personal life began to disintegrate at the end of the 90s, with a high profile conviction on a misdemeanour assault charge which ultimately culminated in a divorce settlement with his second wife. The singer returned to recording with 2000s Lessons Learned, and though he enjoyed a Top 5 country hit with the title track sales of the album tailed off alarmingly. He left Atlantic for Warner Brothers Records for 2001s self-titled collection, but neither this album or the follow-up Strong (on the DreamWorks label) managed to restore the commercial profile Lawrence had enjoyed in the mid-90s. He launched his own record label Rocky Comfort in 2006, releasing For The Love the following year.
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Obtaining some new exclusive details of Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady's top secret nuptials, US Weekly writes in an exclusive report on its site that while Gisele wore Dolce & Gabbana wedding dress, Tom opted to don a gray two-button peak lapel pure wool suit which was designed by Ermenegildo Zegna. He reportedly didn't special-order the suit due to the fact that he and Gisele wanted to keep their wedding private.
"I think he definitely wore something that he already had because it was such a last-minute thing," a source tells the publication. "Every suit that he wears is Made-to-Measure to fit him perfectly."
After completing their sacred wedding ceremony, Tom and Gisele were joined by a few of their family members for an informal gathering held later that day at their $11.7 million home in the Brentwood neighborhood of L.A. The supermodel was spotted sporting a more casual clothes during the gathering, US Weekly goes on detailing.
Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady wed in a Catholic ceremony which was begun at dusk on Thursday, February 26 in Los Angeles. Their wedding was said to be "very small and intimate" and was attended only by immediate family of the couple, including Tom's son, John Edward, whom he has with ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan.
The wedding came a month after Gisele publicly denied mounting Internet reports claiming she has been engaged to Tom. At that time, she proclaimed her intention to host an intimate wedding ceremony for just family and close friends.
As of press time, neither Gisele nor Tom has offered comment on their reported wedding. Also, there have yet words from their representatives regarding that matter.


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