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PARSIPPANY, N.J. and PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla., March 7, 2012 - PGA TOUR and Avis Car Rental announced today that Phil Mickelson has been voted February's PGA TOUR Player of the Month presented by Avis. As the official rental car company of the PGA TOUR, Avis will make a $50,000 contribution to the Phil and Amy Mickelson Foundation. Founded in 2004, the Phil and Amy Mickelson Foundation supports a variety of youth and family initiatives through involvement with Start Smart and the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy.
In a fan decision on PGATOUR.COM, Mickelson received 42 percent of the votes and outpolled Kyle Stanley, Bill Haas and Hunter Mahan. The four were nominated by a panel of national media for their performances during the month of February.
"It's an honor to be selected as the Player of the Month for February," said Mickelson. "The PGA TOUR has wonderful partners, and Amy and I are appreciative of the opportunity to help our foundation."
In the second week of February, Mickelson earned his 40th career PGA TOUR victory at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, posting a final-round 64 to come from six strokes back on the final day to win. His 40 TOUR victories rank ninth all-time. One week later, Mickelson finished second in a playoff to Bill Haas at the Northern Trust Open to move inside the top five on the season-long FedExCup points list.
"Phil Mickelson's extra effort on the course in February exemplifies the Avis 'We try harder' spirit," said Jeannine Haas, chief marketing officer, Avis Budget Group. "It's only fitting that the fans voted him February's PGA TOUR Player of the Month. We congratulate Phil and are proud to give back to charity in his honor."
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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 08, 2011
Pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, shampoo, toothpaste, pesticides, chemical run-off from highways and many other pollutants infiltrate the giant aquifer under Mexico's "Riviera Maya," research shows.
The wastes contaminate a vast labyrinth of water-filled caves under the popular tourist destination on the Yucatan Peninsula. The polluted water flows through the caves and into the Caribbean Sea. Land-sourced pollution may have contributed, along with overfishing, coral diseases, and climate change, to the loss since 1990 of up to 50% of corals on the reefs off the region's coast.
And, with a 10-fold increase in population through 2030 expected, the problems are likely to worsen, according to research published in the journal Environmental Pollution.
"These findings clearly underline the need for monitoring systems to pin-point where these aquifer pollutants are coming from," says Trent University Prof. Chris D. Metcalfe, Senior Research Fellow of the United Nations University's Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH).
"As well, prevention and mitigation measures are needed to ensure that expanding development does not damage the marine environment and human health and, in turn, the region's tourism-based economy."
Dr. Metcalfe conducted the study with Patricia A. Beddows of Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA; Gerardo Gold Bouchot of CINVESTAV Unidad Merida. Mexico; Tracy L. Metcalfe and Hongxia Li of Canada's Trent University; and Hanneke Van Lavieren of UNU-INWEH. The work was conducted with the cooperation of a local non-governmental organization, "Amigos de Sian Ka'an."
The researchers concluded that illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals and personal care products found in the groundwater at four of the five locations originated from domestic sewage.
The illicit drugs identified were cocaine and its major post-digestion "metabolite" chemical, benzoylecgonine.
Also found were caffeine and a metabolite of nicotine and the ingredients of personal care products such as:
Triclosan (an anti-bacterial agent used mainly in toothpaste, cleansers, and hand sanitizers); Synthetic musks (used in perfumes, deodorants, etc.); Non-prescription painkillers acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
The researchers point to pit latrines, septic tanks and leaking sewer lines as the pollution's likeliest points of origin, noting that just one-third of the state is served by municipal wastewater treatment systems.
Samples drawn near a golf course on a seaside resort, pointed to pesticide applications as another contamination source.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) pollution, meanwhile, likely entered the groundwater as runoff from highways, parking lots, airport tarmac, and other solid surfaces.
Reverse osmosis systems for treating drinking water are widely used in the Riviera Maya, "but this technology is unlikely to remove all micro-contaminants," the study says.
While the levels of pollution found are not considered a health threat today, "the data provided in this study raise some concerns about the potential for human exposure from the consumption of contaminated drinking water."
The researchers note the area has "a general lack of expertise and equipment for monitoring or tracking sources of pollution," and "few administrative links between those responsible for water and coastal management and the labs that generate the (monitoring) data."
They recommend:
+ Impermeable liners installed beneath golf courses and other areas that are extensively covered with turf to restrict the leaching of contaminants, nutrients and pathogens;
+ Lined and impermeable drainage canals, retention ponds and treatment systems to deal with runoff in areas where liners have been installed;
+ Adequate wastewater treatment infrastructure;
+ A halt to injections of treated sewage into saltwater below the freshwater aquifer;
+ Measures to avoid aquifer contamination from hard surface runoff;
+ An integrated approach to coastal zone management; and
+ Protection of all remaining mangroves, which buffer coastal areas from pollution.
They warn too that a combination of sea-level rise and over-extraction of freshwater contributes to saltwater intrusion into the aquifers, posing a threat to the region's freshwater quality and availability.
Without integrated approaches to protecting and managing the aquifer, "the tourism-based economy of the Maya Riviera region will not be sustainable over the medium to long term," the researchers conclude.
They deployed two types of passive sampling devices in five locations at depths of 1.5 to 10.5 meters to sample groundwater flowing under the area at a rate of 0.5 to 2.5 km per day to measure concentrations of contaminants and determine possible sources.
The freshwater in these aquifers forms a distinct lens on top of intruding salt water. The two water layers meet and mix in these flooded cave systems, which extend 8 to 12 km inland.
The area's highly permeable geology, characterized by remarkable sinkholes offering access to the groundwater cave systems, makes the peninsula very susceptible to contamination.
"Diving down a sinkhole into these flooded cave systems was a truly unique experience - and slightly terrifying for someone diving in a cave for the first time," says Ms. van Lavieren, a programme officer at UNU-INWEH and trained rescue diver.
"It is hard to imagine the actual size and shape of these cave systems without actually being in them. Thankfully, we were helped by experienced divers in the area to deploy and collect the passive samplers."
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Docket Management
Docket: 01D-0489 - Draft Guidance: Clinical Trial Sponsors on the Establishment & Operation of Clinical Trial DMCs
Comment Number: EC -13
Accepted - Volume 1
Comment Record
Dr. Kevin Anderson
2002-02-19 18:11:33
Axio Research
Comments for FDA General
1. General Comments
To: Documents Management Branch (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 From: Axio Research Corporation 2601-4th Avenue, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98121 Contact: Kevin Anderson, Ph.D., Director of Biostatistics Date: February 15, 2002 Re: Docket # 01D-0489 On behalf of Axio Research Corporation, we enclose the following comments and questions that relate to the recently published draft guidance by the Agency entitled 'On the Establishment and Operation of Clinical Trial Data Monitoring Committees'. We fully support the Agency's commitment to the safety and integrity of clinical trials, as reflected in the recommendations for DMCs in the draft guidance. We thank the Agency for its consideration of the points below and hope they are addressed in the final version of the guidance. 1. In the first paragraph, it is stated that "references to the sponsor with regard to trial management and decision-making should be understood to refer also to any individual or group to which the sponsor has delegated the relevant management responsibilities", which includes Contract Research Organizations (CROs). While CRO could be substituted for sponsor in some statements in the guidance and under some circumstances, it is typical for a sponsor to delegate some specific study responsibilities but little decision-making authority to CROs. For example, it is unlikely that a CRO would have the authority to amend a protocol or discontinue enrollment in an ongoing study. Similarly, although a CRO has an interest in the successful completion of the study (and perhaps financial benefits if a study continues rather than stops early), the CRO and its employees are not typically compensated based on a study's results or their market implications. Potential conflicts of interest or biases may exist for a CRO, but may not be of the same nature as those of a sponsor. Therefore, we suggest removing the last sentence of this paragraph. Wording such as the following could be substituted: "In some cases, references to the sponsor may also refer to these groups if they have been delegated equivalent responsibility and authority. The responsibilities delegated to Steering Committees or CROs can vary considerably across clinical trials and sponsors. It is important that the responsibilities and authority of the sponsor and any other entity be clearly defined and understood at the start of this relationship. Potential conflicts of interest of each party should be carefully considered when determining roles and responsibilities." 2. The draft guidance does not address open-label studies. Should a sponsor assume that any or all of the document applies to this situation? 3. Under Section 22.214.171.124, it would be helpful if the guidance would clarify the amount of information about an interim analysis that is necessary to include in the protocol. Under what circumstances would a protocol amendment be necessary if a change is made either to the protocol or the accompanying detailed analytical plan? For example, is an amendment required if the timing of interim analyses is varied? 4. A recommendation on the method and timing for the disposal of closed reports would be helpful. 5. The Guidance appears internally inconsistent on the issue of what material will be included in the open section of the DMC report. Specifically, should safety and event rate data be presented in the aggregate in the open section? Guidance Section 4.2.2 states the open section presents trial conduct issues such as accrual and dropout rates, timeliness of data submission, eligibility rates and reasons for ineligibility and implies that outcome data is only contained in the closed section. This is in disagreement with Guidance Section 188.8.131.52 which states that the open section may include status of recruitment, baseline characteristics, ineligibility rate, accuracy and timeliness of data submissions, and AGGREGATED SAFETY AND OUTCOME DATA [capitals added]. Guidance Section 6.2 states that the open section may include data such as enrollment, compliance, and EVENT RATES [capitals added]. There could be valid reasons why safety and event rate data is or is not included in the aggregate in the open section. At the minimum, the decision for whether to include this aggregated safety and event rate data in the open section should be thought over carefully and the DMC SOPs should very clearly identify whether or not this data is to be presented. 6. We suggest that the Agency briefly address the issue of the use of electronic media (email/the Web) for dissemination of DMC materials (reports, minutes, charters, etc). For example, "Electronic media may be used for transmission, dissemination and archiving of materials used in support of DMCs. In addition to the requirements set forth in 21CFR11 for e-records and e-signature, particular care should be taken to insure restricted access to the unblinded and other sensitive documents." 7. With a relatively limited pool of qualified experts to serve on DMCs, it is likely that individuals may be asked to serve on DMCs for multiple sponsors investigating therapeutics in the same disease. This could present an apparent conflict of interest since that individual may be privy to confidential information regarding a related or competing product. Opinions differ regarding the appropriateness of an individual accepting responsibility to serve on multiple DMCs in this situation. The simplest approach may be to recommend disclosure by the individual allowing the sponsors to assess the potential conflict and the associated risks. Similar issues arise in the standing DMCs established for therapeutic study groups (e.g., cancer, HIV, and the newer CF and Parkinson's Disease study groups) where the entire Board reviews protocols for potentially competing products. In these situations, study group leadership should be particularly vigilant in selecting DMC members and routinely reviewing potential conflicts of interest. 8. We applaud the Agency's support of traineeship/apprenticeship programs to develop a larger pool of qualified individuals to serve on DMCs. We strongly recommend that the NIH and FDA set aside career development grant funding specifically for this purpose. Respectfully submitted, Kevin Anderson


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Governor Schwarzenegger Prohibits Use of State Resources for Illegal Downloading of Copyrighted Material
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed Executive Order S-16-04 prohibiting the use of state resources to illegally download copyrighted material.
"So many of the entertainment industry's talented musicians, actors, writers and programmers devote their careers to creating products that enrich our society. We need to do our part to protect the creative and intellectual property they work so hard to create for the rest of us." said Governor Schwarzenegger. "Today California is taking a stand against use of state resources for illegal downloading of this material and standing in support of the work of these talented Californians."
Peer-to-peer file-sharing software technology holds the potential for many legitimate uses. However, these services are often used to enable illegal dissemination and downloading of copyrighted material. The presence of this software on state computers also presents a security and privacy risk by allowing individuals outside of the state system to access confidential and sensitive information. The executive order tasks the State Chief Information Officer with the development of a statewide policy regarding the use of peer-to-peer file-sharing programs on state computers. The policy applies to all state agencies, departments, boards, commissions and offices of the executive branch.
WHEREAS, use of some peer-to-peer file-sharing services on
state government computers and networks can threaten the security and privacy
of the information on those computers; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor of the
State of California, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the
Constitution and statutes of the State of California, do hereby issue this
order to become effective immediately:
2. The State Chief Information Officer shall develop a statewide policy for use by each state agency, department, board, commission and office of the executive branch regarding the use of peer-to-peer file-sharing programs on state computers, including a prohibition of such programs that pose risks to the security and integrity of state computer systems. The policy shall not prohibit legitimate file-sharing between, among or within federal, state or local government entities for official business through the use of file-sharing programs that do not pose risks to the security and integrity of state computer systems or that are not used for illicit purposes. The head of each executive agency shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with the statewide policy.
3. The State Chief Information Officer shall explore the availability and cost effectiveness of filtering, screening or blocking types of technology applicable for use on state government computers and networks.
4. The statewide policy provided for in this Executive Order shall not apply to the legislative and judicial branches of government, nor shall it apply to the constitutional officers of this state. However, I invite these branches of government and the constitutional officers to adopt and implement the statewide policy.
5. For the purposes of this order, the University of California and the California State University System are requested to comply with the statewide policy provided for in this Executive Order.


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TRA comes from a Sanskrit word TRAyate that means "to liberate."
The flowers that bloom in the spring, TRA la," Eleanor returned saucily, "have nothing to do with the case.
She has a new dittyFor every day; I wish you could hear it,TRA lal, TRA lal lay!
ExTRA, eks′TRA, adj. beyond or more than the usual or the necessary: exTRAordinary: additional.
The flowers that bloom in the spring,TRA la,Have nothing to do with the case.
While Spalato is putting on the likeness of a busy modern town, TRA has nothing to show but its ancient memories.
It was a pirate city, and there was continual strife between it and TRA.
TRA la fenestro antaŭ si Johano rigardas la virojn kaj la virinojn sur la sTRAto.
But, all on a sudden, Cleopa'TRA determined the fortune of the day.
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Mainstream Media Story Fails to Depict Key Split Between Commercial, Consumer Credit
The following is NACM's official response to an Associated Press article about credit and small businesses that ran in several mainstream media outlets late this week:
An article from the Associated Press that ran in several news outlets, titled "How small businesses can avoid loan rejections," or some variation thereof, had good intentions and a considerable amount of important information for small businesses seeking to improve their commercial credit standing. However, while it focused on the relationship between small businesses and their banks, it completely ignored the important relationship between small businesses and their suppliers. It is this relationship that defines the commercial credit score for all businesses. Further, the article missed the fact that Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. (DBCC), whose CEO provided all of the article's quotations, is a by-product of a greater problem regarding consumer and commercial credit.
The problem, in short, is that not many people recognize the vast differences between how consumer credit and commercial credit are extended, as well as how consumer creditors and commercial creditors are assessed for creditworthiness.
Regrettably the article failed to note that DBCC's primary product is a credit monitoring service which is sold to businesses for a fee. It's a carbon copy of countless other credit monitoring services offered to consumers by credit bureaus, financial institutions and other companies. While both consumers and businesses can monitor their own credit reports and address discrepancies for free, what DBCC's business model represents is an attempt to take a consumer product, and apply it in a commercial setting.
While this is logical, it's also dangerous because it further blurs the important lines separating the world of consumer credit from the world of commercial credit. If providers of commercial credit reports begin to treat the subject of their reports as though they were consumers, soon enough, legislators will, too. Any law or regulation that threatens commercial credit reports will threaten the free and open exchange of credit between businesses, ultimately exacerbating what's already a critical lack of information company creditworthiness.
There is a data vacuum that exists about businesses in this country, especially small ones. When companies consider providing goods or services to another business, they use whatever information possible to determine whether or not this potential customer will pay its bills on time. These suppliers sell on unsecured terms, meaning they often take no collateral for the goods and services they supply and are the last ones to be paid in the event of their customer's bankruptcy. This makes the financing they provide to small businesses considerably less expensive than traditional lending, and also creates a symbiotic relationship between the supplier and their business customer.
What these companies rely on most before selling to a small business is historical payment data, which answers the question "does this company pay its bills on time?" This data is included in a business' credit report and factored into their credit profile, but often there's too little information to really be of any use in making a decision, especially for small- or micro-sized businesses.
The problem is that too few companies report the payment activity of their customers to providers of commercial credit reports. This is a process that can be done electronically and anonymously, posing little risk to the company providing the information and to their customer. This lack of information sharing has created a scenario where small businesses can't even get a credit profile, let alone a bank loan, and all because no one is reporting their business' behavior.
Instead of paying a fee for a monitoring service that helps a company know and improve its credit report, the companies that sell to other businesses should be reporting their customers' payment history and accounts receivable data to the companies that create these reports. The more businesses do this, the easier it is for their business customers to create a credit profile and, hopefully, acquire more financing to expand. While some of the information in the article is useful, the piece ignores the real problem that's keeping loans out of the hands of America's job creators: the lack of available payment data.
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Topic: iPad
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03/05/2015, 10:03 am
Apple's upcoming 12.9-inch iPad -- commonly referred to as the "iPad Pro" -- will make use of an oxide LCD, most popularly known as Sharp's IGZO display technology, a new report from the company's supply chain claims.
Apple's 'iPad Pro' might include USB expansion ports, new fast charging tech
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Following reports that claimed Apple was forced to push back its production timeline for a larger 12.9-inch iPad, new rumors suggest the company is looking to incorporate USB 3.0 connectivity and possibly ports for keyboards and a mouse.
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Not since 1890 has this country suffered the embarrassment of four consecutive Ashes defeats but that is the fate confronting Michael Clarke's beleaguered team if they cannot reverse their flagging fortunes this summer.
Australia have now lost seven of their last eight Tests. The last time this happened was 1887-90, when the side was in the midst of eight consecutive Ashes series defeats.
Off the field, corsets, top hats and moustaches were in vogue, while on it England's W.G. Grace was etching his name into history as one the sport's first champions.
It was just six years ago this nation looked down upon England's team with scorn - winning the 2006-07 series 5-0 - but the boot is now well and truly on the other foot.
The Ashes were long gone before Australia's latest capitulation, but the sensational collapse cost the team a face-saving consolation victory and any hope of squaring the series. Former captain Allan Border, who led Australia out of the doldrums in the mid-80s, has a glass-half-full approach, telling Cricket Australia's news subscribers ''there are more positives than negatives'' from the fourth Test, others are not so optimistic.
Batting is Australia's biggest worry. This time they lost their final eight wickets for 56. The one plus of this series from a batting point of view has been the discovery of Chris Rogers, but he turns 36 at the end of the month.
The best of the rest, it seems, are not up to it. NSW's Nic Maddinson, Tasmanian Alex Doolan and Western Australia's Shaun Marsh have averages of 40 or below in first-class cricket.
''If we pick them then we're picking them on mediocrity,'' said Dean Jones, a former Test batsman during the Border era.
The Australian squad was derided as the country's worst ever Ashes touring party even before they left these shores, and their form since landing at Heathrow has done little to debunk the label.
Australia have one more chance to restore pride but if England emerge triumphant at The Oval Clarke will have another dubious honour - he will become the first Australian captain to lead his team to four Test defeats in a series in England.
''I knew there had to be a statistic,'' Clarke said. ''I have been part of a lot of records and a lot of them of late have not been great. We will try to win this Test.
''A lot of things are hard to swallow at the moment. I have taken losses personally especially when you make no runs yourself.''
It's not all doom and gloom. Australia's world champion women's team can retain the urn if they emerge triumphant in their Ashes series, played over a seven games involving a one-off Test, three ODIs and three Twenty20s.
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The Young Things: from fan-financed to gutsy rockNovember 16, 2012
Occasionally I think, "Dear band I've just found, please help a sister out and have a comprehensive and interesting bio for me to write a lot about." New York's The Young Things do not oblige. Their bio says this:
We are a NYC band. Garage-Indie-Rock-Pop yeah? Awesome Bio. Great Job.
Yeah, definitely a great job. Now I'll have to put some thought into this article. Awesome.
Thankfully, Hello Love // Goodbye Sexual, the as-yet-unreleased debut album from the New York rockers is a bouncy ride of exuberant and artistic rock that harkens back to strong Britpop influences, without losing the unabashed feeling of rocking out in an underground music hall in the East Village.
If you are one of the last few wondering if crowdfunding is a good addition to the music industry, let this band be a lesson to you – in their musical time of need, they turned to their fans and, with just 33 backers, they raised the final amount they needed to create a truly impressive debut record.
Hello Love // Goodbye Sexual (I don't know if it's supposed to have any connotations, but that title's also a simple combination of two of the songs on the album) is eleven tracks of marvelous rock music.
I mentioned the Britpop influence above, but there's a large dose of swaggering bravado in songs like "Easy To Lie" and "Goodbye Sexual" that sounds more like that New York attitude I love so much.
But during a lot of the album, flashes of The Manic Street Preachers kept coming back to me. The vocals aren't terribly similar, but on tracks like "All Human Life", "Lucy" and "Hello Love", the rollicking backbeats kept giving me flashes of deja vu. They're Garage Britpop tunes that would do delightfully well on radio.
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If members of The Manic Street Preachers and Oasis had cut their teeth playing in places like CBGBs and Webster Hall, I imagine they'd sound like The Young Things do today.
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The Lady Flames got on the scoreboard in the top of the second inning as Sarah Swor led off the frame with a single through the left side of the infield. Two batters later, Jessica Leary connected on an opposite-field home run, sending a 3-2 pitch over the fence in right for her first career homer to give Liberty a 2-0 lead.
The score remained the same until the bottom of the fifth when Appalachian State exploded for three runs. Danielle Peters led off the inning with a single straight back up the middle and then she stole second.
The lead-off batter continued to show her speed by swiping third base and was able to score as the throw to third was errant. Robyn Bronson kept things going for the Mountaineers with a double to right center. Liberty got the next two batters to keep the ball in the infield for outs; however, Stephanie Long gave Appalachian State its first lead of the game with a two-run homer to right field, putting the Mountaineers up 3-2.
But the lead was short lived for Appalachian State as Swor led off the top of the sixth inning with a solo homer to center field, knotting the score at 3-3.
The Lady Flames regained the lead in the top of the seventh as both Jeffs and Jessica Moore led off the frame by drawing walks.
Relief pitcher Kayla Richardson got the next two batters out, but Swor got her third hit of the game, driving in both Jeffs and Moore with a two-RBI single through the left side of the infield to give Liberty the victory.
Jeffs and Swor led the Lady Flames from the plate as Jeffs was a perfect 3-for-3 with a run scored and Swor was 3-for-4 with three RBI and two hits. Moore and Leary were both 1-for-3 with Leary driving in two with the round tripper.
Ellis went the distance for the Lady Flames, scattering four hits which led to two earned runs. The sophomore also struck out a career high as she fanned 11 batters. Richardson picked up the loss in relief as she allowed two runs on two hits and three walks in one inning of work.
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ah, so that rules out iEnvato? (ref point #4)
Additionally you say "we encourage you to use the "Powered by Envato" logo within your apps!", the legal jargon says you must…Is there going to be any substantial updates to the API , seems odd to do this "out of the blue"...
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Today's Fashionisto is decked out from head to toe in denim. Normally, I don't like denim on denim. I think it looks too cheesy. However, this Fashionisto did it right! His look reminds me a lot of something Frank Ocean would wear, and I love that. The long sleeve denim shirt gives you that edgy feel and has an acid wash look to it, keeping your friends guessing and wondering if you did it yourself.
I don't know about you, but I love cuffed jeans. So when I saw this Fashionisto rocking his cuffed denim jeans, I knew I had to take his picture to capture this wonderful look. Plus it's hot outside, so any excuse to cuff your jeans is something you should take advantage of. But the piece that had me really going crazy was this Fashionisto's awesome stars and stripes headband. I was living for his headband when I saw it, I was literally left speechless. You can tell this Fashionisto cares about the little details. From the cuffed jeans to the awesome headband, this just screams style. It may seem cliché but I totally love the denim and American flag combo, it just screams all-American to me. Having pride in your country will always be fashionable!
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The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra presents a free Fall Music Recital. This recital's theme—Once Upon a Time—invites beautiful and compelling vocal and instrumental music, including performances of fiddle music, opera, classical guitar, piano and flute solos, and piano trio.
There is no ticket price for the recital, but a $5 donation toward the KSO and PLUC is accepted at the door. There a nice reception after the performance.
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A Great Big World Give us the 'I Really Want It' Music Video
Last December, Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino of A Great Big World stopped by MYfm and played an incredible set on the MYstage (watch it here). They also talked to Kevin Manno (watch it here) and Valentine in the Morning (watch it here) about their success with 'Say Something' and working with Christina Aguilera.
At the time, they had just finished their debut album, Is There Anybody Out There? The album came out a month ago and has been hugely successful. On the album, the guys not only showcase their incredible voices, but their musical diverstiy. The album includes serious ballads like 'Say Something' and on the other extreme, animated and lighthearted songs like 'Everyone Is Gay.'
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'Dark Knight' Christian Bale Visits Aurora Shooting Victims
Sparked by a viral Facebook post in which a young woman named Emily Sanchez asked Bale to give the those affected by the massacre — which killed 12 and injured 58 — a reminder that "heroes can be real too, not just bad guys."
At the time, Bale was overseas but now in a surprise move organized by the actor himself, Bale has answered the people's plea.
The actor flew in to Colorado to pay a visit to the victims and staff at the Medical Center of Aurora, Warner Brothers officials confirmed to the The Denver Post.
"Mr. Bale is there as himself, not representing Warner Brothers," said an assistant for Susan Fleishman, executive vice president for Warner Brothers corporate communications.
In effort to fly undercover, Bale reportedly arrived at the hospital via ambulance around 2 p.m. MDT on Tuesday, according to Fox 31 Denver.
"Wow!!! Thank you so much for the visit Christian!! What a great guy! Still in shock!" he captioned one snap.
Following the shooting Bale spoke publicly supporting the victims.
"Words cannot express the horror that I feel. I cannot begin to truly understand the pain and grief of the victims and their loved ones, but my heart goes out to them," he said.
The visit comes just days after James Eagan Holmes, 24, allegedly opened fired during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises early Friday. Holmes, a former doctoral student in neuroscience, allegedly entered the theater through a propped-open emergency exit about 30 minutes into the local premiere of the Batman blockbuster. The shooting left 12 dead and 58 injured.
Holmes has been held without bond in solitary confinement at an Arapahoe County detention facility in Centennial, Colorado, since being arrested early Friday. He is expected to face first-degree murder charges — and possibly additional counts of aggravated assault and weapons violations — and is due back in court Monday, July 30.
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MONDAY SPORTS: Tigers go to 0-57 in Chapel Hill
Clemson scored just one field goal over a stretch of over 17 minutes Sunday and North Carolina capitalized in a big way, leading to an 80-61 Tar Heel victory over the Tigers at the Dean Smith Center. North Carolina improved to 12-7 on the season and 2-4 in the ACC, while the Tigers fell to 13-6 overall, 4-3 in league play. Clemson is now 0-57 all-time in Chapel Hill.
Jerry Rice's team won the first Pro Bowl in its new format over Deion Sanders' team, getting the 22-21 win on a two-point conversion by the Carolina Panthers' Mike Tolbert, after the Dallas Cowboys' DeMarco Murray caught a 20-yard touchdown pass with 41 seconds left to play. The game was played in steady rain, but warm temperatures, in Hawaii, and saw six interceptions and nine sacks. Instead of playing by league, the Pro Bowl players were picked by the retired NFL stars, Rice and Sanders, for their teams in a new draft format intended to improve the game, a set-up that saw some usual teammates having to compete a against each other.
Stan Wawrinka is this year's Australian Open champion, after defeating top-seeded Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on Sunday in an upset to win his first Grand Slam title. Nadal was not only battling his eighth-seeded Swiss opponent, but injury as well, after hurting his back in the second set. On the women's side, China's fourth-seeded Li Na beat 20th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 7-6 (3), 6-0 on Saturday to take the title, her second Grand Slam championship after the 2011 French Open.


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The genre-spanning UK duo talk tunes with RA's Todd L. Burns.
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Ishinomaki, Japan (AFP) April 27, 2011
Weeks after a tsunami crashed into her Japanese home town and took away her daughter, Takako Suzuki received the phone call she had long dreaded but finally come to hope for.
Police had found the remains of the 41-year-old woman, this AFP reporter's sister, only a few hundred metres from the ruined family house in the fishing port of Ishinomaki, now a wasteland of mud and rubble.
In a sign of how agonising searching for a loved one had been for Suzuki, 67, and for countless others here, a neighbour expressed relief at the news that the remains had been found, saying simply: "That's good".
The news brought a degree of closure for Suzuki after a painful search that had started after the March 11 quake, when snow fell on the town, and ended when cherry trees started to blossom above the rubble.
Across Japan's shattered northeast, more than 14,000 people have been confirmed dead as a result of the 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami -- but over 11,000 people remain missing, and it is clear many will never be found.
"Behind those who are missing, there are tens of thousands of anguished people," said Suzuki. "Children looking for their parents, parents looking for their children, and many many others."
Like them, Suzuki had spent weeks searching for her daughter, feeling her hopes slowly fade as she visited evacuation shelters, then hospitals and finally makeshift morgues, her wish in the end only to find the body.
During the gruelling search, she saw hundreds of bodies -- wrapped in plastic sheets, in bags or coffins -- as well as thousands of haunting forensic images, many of which she has been unable to banish from her mind.
"A pair of small brothers still hugging each other, a mother clutching her child to her breast," she remembered, sitting in her home, the ground floor of which was destroyed by the tsunami.
"These images will stay with me for the rest of my life."
As she readied for the worst, she requested her daughter's dental records, picked hair samples from the house for possible DNA matching and collected items she knew her daughter must have touched for fingerprints.
One month after the disaster came the phone call.
A police officer said a body carrying her daughter's hospital card in a pocket of her clothes had been found amid the rubble only a few hundred metres from their ravaged family home.
Suzuki, who had sought to steel herself for this day, broke down in tears.
"She was lying so close," she said. "I was sorry that I hadn't been able to find her. I had passed by that spot many times before."
Dazed, she packed some things and got in a relative's car.
"I put five boxes of tissues and a raincoat in a plastic bag, even though it was a fine day," she said. "I don't remember what I was thinking."
When she viewed the body and belongings, she saw a house key that was identical to her own. Then she collapsed.
"I left the morgue, helped by two policemen," Suzuki said.
"Which mother could keep her calm after seeing the drowned body of her child lying in front of her?" she later said.
Suzuki said she had a strange feeling when she found her daughter was missing her left shoe.
"I had been missing a right shoe and was looking for it," she said.
"Of course we weren't sharing the same pair of shoes. But I felt that between us -- a daughter and her mother -- we were sharing one pair."
Despite her grief, finally knowing her daughter's fate gave her some peace after the emotional turmoil of the previous weeks.
"When it rained, I had always worried because it may damage her body," she said. "When it was fine and warm, I worried because the body may rot... I have been relieved from these worries."
Still, the trauma has taken its toll.
"I used to be a cheerful person... Now I see flowers out there, but I don't see any reasons for them to bloom now.
"Whenever a big aftershock hits, I pray, 'Let me die in this quake'."
Because of the vast death toll in the region, crematoriums have been overburdened, and the body was kept in a coffin filled with dry ice at the funeral home, whose president was also killed in the tsunami.
It took one week before Suzuki could have her daughter cremated at a facility 60 kilometres (40 miles) away which is now burning 60 bodies a day.
In the nearby cemetery, mangled cars and ships lie scattered amid the rows of gravestones. Knowing it will take months before the ashes can receive a proper burial, Suzuki took the urn home instead.
"Her final appearance was what seemed to be a faint smile," said Suzuki. "It wasn't an agonised look. I believe and hope (her death) came very quickly."
Suzuki gently placed the ashes on a dimly lit makeshift altar.
"Welcome back," the mother said.
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Police divers are today helping the team of detectives investigating the death of George Taiaroa in Atiamuri on Tuesday.
The search in the Waikato River is part of the extended scene examination looking for any items that might assist with the ongoing investigation. It's not clear at this stage how long the Police National Dive Team will need to complete the search.
The positive response from the public continues and by piecing together sightings of the blue 4WD vehicle immediately after the incident Police have been able to track it through the web of rural and forest roads to the main road that runs between Mangakino and Benneydale.
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